The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 29, 1928, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928 CHICAGO DISTRICT TAKES BIG STRIDE FORWARD IN DAILY WORKER SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE The Chicago district is jumping into the midst of the big national campaign to to The DAILY WORKER by crammed with subscriptions sent to the office of the paper is an indication that the workers in the Chicago district have awakened to the fact that both Los add 10,000 new readers May Day. An envelope Angeles and Detroit have a long start in the national drive. The Chicago workers are determined that the other sections shall not take an undisputed lead. “We will give Detroit a hot race,” writes Sam Hammers: mark, district agent for The DAILY WORKER in Chicago, in a letter accompanying the subscriptions, menting on Ch icago’s fine showing. “The Chicago district is really only at the beginning of its campaign. But we will finish with a bang.” The importance of free distributions of the paper in the Chicago territory was pointed out by A. Ravitch, the circulation manager of The DAILY WORKER in com- showing which Chicago and will accomplish still “Chicago is a huge industrial center and ought to be one of the best fields for distributing free copies of the paper,” Ravitch said. “In spite of the excellent has made so far in the cam- paign, I am absolutely certain that that district can better results,” Bonita-Moleski-Mendola Defense Committee Issues Appeal to All Workers “Good Will” Militarists Nose Dive Into River ANDICTED MINERS - CALLUPONLABOR TO DEFEND THEM Urge Mass Meetings) and Seek Financial Aid| | WILKES-BARE message to the mine workers 0 country as well as to the labor move- ing generally w ent out today by Bonita-Mol dola Defense C mittee signed by Stanley Dzien- gielewski, secretary, “appealing to the} workers of the country to rise in esl support of the innocent progregsive miners who have been indicted for murder. The committee which has been endorsed by the imprisoned miners is their official defense or- ganization. The statement follows: “With the approach of April 9th the eyes of all miners in the anthra- cite ‘region, of miners throughout the country, and of all workers the country over are focussed on Wilkes- Barre, Pa., where the Luzerne County jail houses the three latest offenders against corrupt unionism and chal- lengers of capitalist Bonita, Adam Moleski and Steve Mendola. On that date the forces of the state, the corrupt district machine of the United Mine Workers, and the ulcerous individual contractors will combine in an attempt to railroad to the electric chair Sam Bonita, and perhaps imprison for life Adam Mole- ski and Steve Mendola. In Labor’s Cause. “The vital significance of this case to all workers lies in the fact that these militant fighters against cor- ption in their union contended ainst the same ruthless, bureau- weratic forces which today are threat- ening the ruin of the American labor movement. Already in the interests of the militant surge of honest, pro- gressive anthracite miners three men have been murdered brutally; first Thomas Lillis, treasurer of local 1703, and only one month ago Alex Camp- bell and Pete Reilly, returning from a visit to Sam Bonita in jail, were at- tacked by hired gunmen and their * bodies riddled with bullets from re- yolvers, automatics, pump guns, rifles and a machine gun. “The blame for this reign of terror ean properly be placed on the officals |“ of District One of the anthracite. Rinaldo Cappelini, president of the} cog in the Lew! the responsibility. Prosecution. district and a machine must b Cappelini Help “Cappelini and h are in open alliance the frame-up prosecution of Bonita, Moleski and Mendola. Before even the formal hearing was held, a secret conference took piace, attended by the district attorney of the county, city and county police officials, and of- ficial representatiyes of the Cappelini machine. Plans were discussed as to the best and shortest method of send- ing Bonita, Moleski and Mendola to the electric chair, and (according to the mikes Barre Times-Leader of February 22, 1928) the prosecutors of the state ‘were given the promise of the labor leaders that they would give the commonwealth their wholehearted support.’ murder-machine ith the stz A Common Cause “The progressive conference of April First to be held in Pittsburgh will be attended not only by. soft-coal miners who are on strike, but by an- thracite miners and even unorganized delegates. The whole miners’ union isin the throes of a mass-cleansing movement, of a militant surge to rid the organization of corrupt officials such as John L. Lewis, international President, and Rinaldo Cappelini and other Lewis men. Attendance at the April ist conference in Pittsburgh will be a blow at the murder machine of District One, and—support of the defense committee of Bonita, Moleski and Mendola is a blow not only at the corruption of District One, but at the whole Lewis machine of corruption in the miners’ union! “Workers! Support the National Bonita - Moleski - Mendola Defense Committee! “A donation toward the defense of the three miners is an act of self- ‘justice,’—Sam }- |Greene Counties of preservation! It may not be long be- fore workers in other industries wili be subject to the same combination of murders, corruption and frame-up as are the anthracite workers of Dis- trict One today! “Workers! Organize mass protest meetings! It is only through the solidarity of all workers and their united efforts in support of Bonita, Moleski and Mendola that these throe victims of capitalist-class-justice can be saved from martyrdom! “Workers should send donations— as liberally as possible—to the Na- tional Bonita-Moleski-Mendola De- fense Committee, 513 Coal Exchange Building, West Market Street, Wilkes- Barre. Pa. | Stalin, Rykov, Yaroslavsky Review Red Army E The upper picture shows Josef Stalin, the general secretary of the All-Union Communist Party; Alexi Rykov, president of the Cowncil of Peoples Commissars, and Jaroslavsky, member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Party, watching the parading battalions of the Red Army. Below are the lines of Red Infantry passing in review under the walls of the Kremlin. PROGRESSIVES CALL OUT 100,000 MINERS (Continued from Page One) spread use of the blacklist, spy sys- tem, and infamous Coal and Iron Police and company guards, The un- organized miners are being reduced to a state of virtual slavery by the coal companies, The Way Out—Strike! “The demand of the unorganized miners for higher wages, - check- weighmen, the tonnage system, and mine committees; for the abolition of iad spy system, blacklist, and the ke pany stores; and for a union can be done in only one ef- fective manner, and that is to strike and to organize. “The Gave-¢he-Union Committee calls upon the unorganized miners of Fayette, Westmoreland, Somerset, and msylvania to strike April 16, 1928. The Save-the- Union Committee has voted to issue this strike call for April 16, 1928, sub- ject to the approval of the great Na- tional Conference of the rank-and-file miners scheduled to be held April Ist, Hundreds of delegates from all mining regions of America will gather. The Save-the-Union Com- mittee calls upon the unorganized miners of Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala- bama, West Virginia, and elsewhere to prepare for a strike call which will be issued later. Strike! “Strike April 16th. The 100,000 unorganized miners of Pennsylvania must empty the mines on this day. A solid strike of these 100,000 miners is a guarantee of victory. “Strike for increased wages! “Strike for the Jacksonville scale! “Strike for shorter hours! “Strike against the robbing screen system! “Strike for the tonnage system and checkweighmen! “Strike for the establishment of mine committees! “Strike against unpaid dead work! “Strike against the blacklist and spy system! “Strike for the right to organize! “Strike for a union! “Strike to help win the” heroic struggle of all coal miners now in progress! Rank and File, Not Lewis Will Lead. “Past strikes of the unorganized miners were betrayed by the Lewis machine, but this time this re- actionary group will not have the op- portunity to mislead and sacrifice your interests. We must say to the Lewis group: ‘Hands off the April 16th strike of the Pennsylvania un- organized miners.” Lewis and his henchmen will not get a chance to betray you in this strike, for this strike will be under the leadership of the miners themselves, who are or- ganized in the Save-the-Union Com- mittee, Organize For the Strike “Brothers! Strike April 16th! “Organize strike committees every- where! “Organize a committee in every mine. Select a se¢retary from each of these committees, and have ‘him communicate with the office of the Save-the-Union Committee. “Strike for better conditions! “Strike for a union and union| standards! “Down with the Open Shop—For a 100 per cent union throughout the whole mining industry! “Brothers! Strike April 16th! The forces of the Save-the-Union Com- Nmittee within the United Mine Work- ers of America will not tolerate the signing of any ‘agreement by that | organization which will desert the struggle you will wage. They will} fight bitterly against another “1922” | betrayal. Empty the Mines! We will fight as one. “Organize! “Prepare! “Strike April 16th! —‘SAVE - THE - UNION COM- MITTEE, Room 201, 526 Federal St., NS., Pittsburgh, Pa. INJUNCTION WAR CRIPPLES LABOR Boston Workers Dispute | Over Jurisdiction BOSTON, March 28.—Jurisdiction- | al warfare in the local, unions of the | American Federation of Labor has} again broken out. Carpenters’ District Council which! applied for an injunction against the officials of the Lathers’ Union Local | 72 and a number of building con- tractors. The reason given-in the application for the injunction is the fact that the lathers have been installing what is known as hollow “metal trim.” The carpenters’ union charges the Jathers’ organization with conspiring to take the carpenters under their jurisdiction and in this manner to wreck the carpenters’ union. Hearings on the injunction proceed- ings are being held in the Suffolk | county court. Labor Protests Seipel Tablet to Monarchists | VIENNA, March 28.—Chancellor Seipel, of Austria, will preside at ceremonies here on April 1, when a tablet to the memory of the late em- peror Charles is unveiled. Charles died in exile seven years ago. Labor unions are protesting against | the erection of the tablet. A 13- Hour | Day ALBANY, N. YY, M Mar. 28.—Under | a bill signed today by Gov. Smith boys under 16 will not be permitted to sell papers on the streets of any city with a population of 20,000 or more before 6 a. m. in the morning or after 7 p. m. The new law provides for the is- suance of street trades badges to newsboys. It prohibits all Boys be-| tween 12 and,17 from selling papers | unless they@@?2 such badges, This time it is the | STRIKING MINERS OF PITTSTON, PA, ORGANIZE RELIEF Establish Station of W.LR. BULLETIN PITTSTON, March 28.—“Apply to the coal operators ‘arbitration’ ma- | chinery,” was the substance of the sol- ution to the individual contracting evil as announced in a statement from the temporary headquarters of the United Mine Workers Union at Wash- ington, John L. Lewis speaking. The announcement made today was the result of a conference between Lewis and his Cappelini henchmen of District 1, whom he had called to Washington. It is believed that Lewis Ly this postponement of action is leav- ing the way open for the Brennan | forces to carry out their plans which ure understood to be those indirectly of Lewis himself. * * * (Snecial to The Daily Worker.) PITTSTON, Pa. March 28.—Min- ers of Lecal 1703 yesterday took the initiative in establishing a branch sta- tion of the Workers’ International Re- lief, an organization devoted to the j assistance of workers in need. Fred Biedenkapp, secretary of the organization, who came here to make the arrangements, spoke before a meeting of the local and was enthusi- astically received by the miners. Over some opposition from representatives of forces not favorable to the miners a vote was passed to accept the relief offer. The vote was 450 to 4, Called by Mayor. Biedenkapp was called te the of- fice of Mayor Gillespie who ques- tioned him in great detail regarding the purposes of the relief station. Biedenkapp explained that his or- ganization had no other purposes than that of relicf. The mayer indicated that he had no immediate objections, The movement to establish and en- large relief efforts for the local which has: been locked out by the Pennsyl- vania Coal Company since December )£1 was opposed chiefly by Frank | MeGarry, chairman of the local. Me- tarry is one of the Brennan repre- sentatives, He has pushed himself to the fore since the murder of Alex Campbell and Peter Reilly. ‘Brennan Exposed. William Brennan, former president of District 1, who has been playing |the game of the arch-traitor, Lewis, while pretending to fight the contract system and the Cappelini clique, has recently shown his real hand by mak- ing an attack against the Bonita- Moleski-Mendola Defense Committee. McGarry’s attack on miners’ relief now brands Brennan and McGarry, who represents Brennan, as the com- [plete tools of the Lewis regime. The miners’ union is big enough to take care of its own relief, was the position taken by McGarry and. his two or three supporters. Bieden- kapp agreed to this proposition. | Then as the miners realized that the |effer of help might be withdrawn, there were shouts from various parts of the hall, “We haven’t received any- thing from the union,” “We are glad \to get help.” “The International has | done nothing for us.” | leven members of the local were |elected as a committee to administer | the relief. Charles Licata was elected j}chairman and Tum Carroll as secre- |tary of the committee. A suitable lo- cation is now being sought. Before entering the.meeting Bied- enkapp was searched for concealed weapons. i - Progressive Movement Growing. The miners here are rapidly devel- eping their own activities. Local 1703 jis uniformly in-the jead -of these movements, One of the significant developments is the growing. sus- picion. of the Brennan forces which | have, shown themselves to be untrust- worthy during the period when mili- yak Drgrcsdive action is necessary. ‘Owners Are Enriched In Playground Deal WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., March’28. |—Supreme Court Justice George T. | Taylor, Jr, today ‘approved the ap- praisal of the land and equipment at |Paradise Park, an amusement resort at Rye Beach, which is being displaced jby a $5,000,000 county operated play- land. Paradise. park. had been oper- ‘ated as an amusement park for 11 years. The owners, Frederick Ponty, of Rye, and Joseph Haight, of White Plains, were awarded $536,012 for the and and $156,900 for the amusement | devices. F. Trubee Davison, assistant secretary of war again proved himself “ail wet,” when the plane in which he was a passenger on a “good will” flight to Latin America, took a-plunge into the Coatzacoalcos River in Mexico. Davison is one of the chief sword rattlers in the United States, and his “good will” towards Latin America is of the sword-rattling imperialist variety. The Davidson plane is shown above after its plunge. INVESTIGATION FORCES CANDY PLANT ACTION The factory of the Ritz Chocolate Company, 520 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, was shut down and an embargo placed on the sugar purchased by the Shapiro @andy Co., 11-138 Emerson Place, Brooklyn, by Health Com- missioner Louis I. Harris yesterday © as the result of reports of the unsan- itary conditions found there. In the Ritz factory workers labored under the most miserable conditions, investigators for the Consumers’ League said. Clothes were dirty, utensils were covered with dust and the melting candy running over the floor made it almost impossible to walk. Everything in sight was sticky and the odor almost overpowering. Windows were so dirty and the shelves so blocked with rubbish that they barred proper ventilation and light. have health cards from the médical | department. In the Shapiro’factory it was found that water oozed from , the »sugar| Thirty of the workers did not | | Witnesses SEIZE TRUCK 10 COVER $75 DEBT - Pestify In Loan Shark Quiz When George Clancy, a truckman of 6086 Third Ave., Brooklyn, could not pay back promptly a loan of $75 to the Julius Knepper Finance Corpor- ation, 463 E. 163, the Bronx, his $400 truck, his sole means of earning a sacks. It was reported that they were | living for his wife and two young purchased from a dealer who buys foodstuffs in places where gites have occurred. “4 TROOPERS SHOOT AT MINE PICKETS Club Strikers at Bulger, Block Mine (Continued from Page One) Bulger mine. Not until tear bombs were exploded was the demonstration broken up. Eight Arrested. Four pickets were arrested by state police and four others by deputy sher- iffs and taken before justice of péace in Burgettstown. All were released without bail pending trial tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. Charles Zin- esky, one of the pickets, declares that, far from being terrorized the striking miners will mass-picket. every mine in the district until all have closed down. The Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners’ Re- lief Commitiee supplies food and clothing to every local in this dis- trict, * * * Nationalization Opposed. WASHINGTON, March 28.—Percy Tetlow, of Charleston, W. Va., ap- pointed president of District 17 of. the miners’ union and tool of national President John L, Lewis, in testifying before the senate committee today, opposed nationalization of the mines and urged cooperation to aid the coal operators as well as the etrugeling miners. “What we lack is a Policy of co- operation to help all sides,” Tetlow said. He proposed legislation also to per- mit consolidations, regulate selling prices, curb use of anti-labor injunc- tions*and the recognition of collec- tive gl anand Muscle Shoals els Bill ; Reported i in Senate WASHINGTON, Mar. 28,—The house military affairs committee af- ter a year’s consideration today for- mally committed itself to government ownership and operation of Muscle Shoals by a vote of 17 to 4. The committee voted to send to the house floor the new bill of Represen- tative Morin (R) of Pennsylvania; chairman, which sets up a $10,000,000 | government corporation to operate| the project for making fertilizer and production of” hydro-electric power. | In addition the Blue Streak Roller | Coaster Company was awarded $62,- 110 for its device and Harry C. Baker, ef Port Chester, was awarded $20,- 1000 for the The four members opposing the bill were Ransley (R) of Pennsylvania; hae (R) of Connecticut; Forthing-|are charged with having made liquor ham (R) of Massachusetts, and Hill |sales pen members of the cesta “pitahtin’ children, was seized and later sold at auction. Clancy was one of a dozen witnesses appearing before United States Commissioner Cotter and a grand jury to consider the cases of 15 loan shark companies. Loaned $75. Claney testified that he had loaned $75 from Knepper, for which he had put up a large mortgage on his truck. After it was seized Knepper also claimed $60. for costs incidental to repossessing the truck. When Clancy was unable to procure the money, Knepper, he charged, soid the truck at auction. Four more city. employees testified against Jacob Sarner of No. 154 Nas- sau Street, charging him with solicit- ing loans in city offices and charging them high rates of interest. Sarner’s books have been ordered seized for tax examination. Hear Testimony. é Leonard Sarath, No. 1340 Grant Avenue, Brooklyn, testified that the Premier Discount Corporation, No. 11 Columbus Circle, “charged him $200 interest fora $600 loan. Unable to pay a balance on it of $105, he said, the company refinanced the loan, giv- ing him. $300 for a note of $360, The. investigation in federal court will continue today. The income tax reports of the loan sharks will be in- vestigated as it is believed that des- |pite the huge profits they have made they have not paid any tax on them. Political Feud Blamed In Chicago Bombings CHICAGO, Mar. 28.—A reward of $61,000 has been offered by republi- ean politicians for information lead- ing to the arrest of the men respon- sible for the bombing of. the homes of U. 8. Senator Charles S. Demeen and Judge John A. Swanson. republicans offering the reward are members of a faction within the Illinois republican party ies to Deneen and Swanson. “Big Bill” ‘Thompson, book-burning mayor and States Attorney Crowe ,have offered to share in giving the reward. Ac- cording to the anti-Deneen faction, the bombing was Deen’s own organization credit Thompson and Crowe,” while Deneen followers say the ings. Chicago police have made no arrests. Indict Cideagoa wetnial For Booze Law Violation CHICAGO, Mar. 28.—Alderman Titus Haffa and nine others indicted here today by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Haffa and the others intelligence department. ‘he the work of, “toy dis-| anti~) Deneen faction was behind the bomb-| CLOAK “LEADERS” STEAL ELECTION; BAR MILITANTS BostonRightWing Rules Lefts Off Ballot BOSTON, Mar. 28.—Despite the al- most complete boycott by the member- ship of the elections in the Boston Lo- cals 46 and 39, held here Tuesday, the right wing clique in control of the International Ladies Garment Work- ers Union announced the election of their own delegates to the coming na- tional convention. This was accom- plished by the simple expedient of ruling off the ballot any name known to be in favor of unity in the union, In the Dressmakers’ Local 45 an election and objection committee of five, which is supposed to decide on the eligibility of the candidates, was elected at the recent membership meeting. The right wing officialdom immediately deposed three members from the committee, because they feared that they’ might declare ‘the left wing candidates eligible. Of the remaining two, one resigned in pro- test over such unconstitutional pro- cedure. The only one left, a right winger, willingly did as he was told in drawing up the official ballot. The membership is enraged at these terrorist\acts. They are demanding the calling of a membership meeting, so_that new honest elections may be held. A membership meeting of Local 56, held on Tuesday, was turned into a protest demonstration by the member- ship, when the right wing chairman announced that all candidates run- ning for delegates to the convention would be compelled to sign a “yellow- dog statement.” This is a printed pledge declaring that the undersigned condemn the Workers (Communist) Party, the Jewish Communist Daily Freiheit, and the Trade Union Edu- cational League. Not only left wing members of local 56 protested at the meeting but even such who were known not to be in sympathy with the left wing. See- ing that the meeting was getting be- yond his control the chairman tried to adjourn the meeting, but without success., He then left the meeting. The vice-chairman, however, even though not a left winger, then took over the chair and conducted the meeting to its close. SEND FREE SUB TO EVERY MINER (Continued from Page One) Complete destitution prevents them from seeing daily the one paper which has become vital to them in their struggle. Thousands of free distributions of The DAILY WORKER have taken place among the miners in many of the coal fields. Thousands of papers have been given away for nothing. A number of free subscriptions have also been sent to the neediest miners. But the needs of The DAILY WORK- ER, which is itself struggling against the most vicious attack that the Wall Street government has yet launched upon. it, have required every spare dollar. ~The Workers’ Duty. At the same time the demand for hundreds of free subscriptions in the coal fields has become so pressing that it can no longer be ignored, Hun- dreds of free subscriptions of The DAILY WORKER must be sent to the striking miners to aid them in their fight, Never before has there been such an opportunity to bring The DAILY WORKER to thousands of coal miners and their families, This cannot be done unless every worker and every workers’ organization makes it his duty to send free sub seriptions to the striking miners. Let our slogan be a free subscription for every striking miner. The striking miners are demanding to have The DAILY WORKER. Let the militant American working class meet. this’ demand of their striking comrades. Send a free subscription to The DAL WORKER to a strik- ing miner. ' Fill out the attached blank. Take a fighting part in the struggle of the miners. Striking Miner’s Free Subscription. 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