The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 2, 1928, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER, wr ¢ { ) iW. YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1928 Army, Na G0 TO NICARAGUA TO FIGHY NOT TO ae WATCH ELECTIONS) © —ntsi!G8 wine Big Ammunition Cargo} Proof, Says Marine Editor, DAILY WORKE ing be speed with w there, by the I would like to tell you hew some | | Before the last world : plenty fi feel on the eve of « Ke f d the beans and let for war in N f coming, | few re ws = _ j nd would: fieht | 4 are going 5 what. side j | In for Fighting. | First, all of us know we are not go- | r the elections. Many among us | Rae oe ee ee leah Pe d-timers who have been i e fight- | : e the mem of the y E Beare ein ae been inchs ight | : nee i the Hotel Adelphia in Philadelphia. , and we can see by the ich we are being rushed g¢ loaded on the Oglal in for some REAL figh , if any of us had a bout what we were going were done away with by Larsen, in command ling from Hampton Roads, just stated “We may be used to supervise the elections, but it is equally possible that we will be ordered into the hills to aid in the capture of Sandino. My erders so f: landing at Corinto.” So even the major considers it nec- essary to show up the formal ex- planations from Washington, altho none of the men have taken the elec- tion excuse seriously from the start. Friend Among Wounded. of my friends here had just received news that one of his bud- diés is among the wounded men who fave recently been shipped to the hos- pital in the Canal Zone, and are in a critical condition. Of course such news docs not help the officers in keeping up the pretense that this is just a game or a glorious adventu which we are going on. Add to th the many reports about marines with malaria, and you can imagine men are josing a lot of this m which the officers have ng to work up. One sue of “Our Navy” that seven ma- rines were brought ito Managua su’ fering.from malari@ and: other ail- ments in a single py recently. So you see, no matter how quiet the officers are about the casualti kness, ete. ir. Nicaragua, it pretty hard to hide the truth from us as we are bound to get reports thru various channels, and most of the men know what they are in for, just as they know why they are being rushed to Niearagua: to crush San- dino pefore the rainy season sets in. Opposed to Job. as I remarked before, enthusiastic about the dirty business, there are several! that I know of who are definitely oppesedtow going to Nicaragua to fighb-against the people of this little country.in-—-erder to protect Wall Street’s” profits and guarantee a eanal as part of the preparations for the next world war. We haven't ex- actly made up ovr minds as to what we will do when we get there, but you can be sure that many of us will refuse to shoot those soldiers who nré defending their country, and that some of us r even follow the ex- nmple of those marines who had tt ts to go ¢ The letter some of si And w hardly anyone is to Sandinc y quite a f > now, s an hour, and this e to mail a let- Hampton Roads, Working Class Women Aid Miners’ Relief (By a Worker Correspondent.) BLOOMFIELD, Conn., (By Mail). 0 for the relief of the strik- ing miners of Penn lvania and Ohio was raised in a house to house col- lection by a united conference of working class women’s organizations here. There organizations have also sent about 12 cases of clothes and shoes to the Pennsylvania-Ohio Re- lief Committee. A second mass meeting will soon be arranged by these organizations, to- gether with another house to house collection. The working women of Hartford are demonstrating their solidarity with the striking miners in their ef- forts to save the United Mine Work- ers union, —I, Rockford Unions Grow ROCKFORD, Ill, April 1.—The furniture workers in this city are or- ganizing into trade unions in order to fight wage cuts. Trade unionists are giving their support to these workers so that they may thus protect them- selves, since a successful attack on the furniture workers would be bound to spread to other sections of the working class here. { tons of ammunition | go no further than the | BE ROLE OF MEN IN COMING WAR Cannot Be Avoided While Bosses Rule DAILY WORK | | sie Are most certain we never | be able to abolish war,” was one of} the frank statements from the cap-| |tain’s speech, which gave this as aj reason fer a stronger navy, thus con- | tradicting the old sob stuff about a} strong navy to prevent war. | The only trouble is that this war | which the bosses and the officers are | |looking forward to will be one thing | i for them, and another thing for the | soldiers, sailors and workers who will | |have to be the cannon-fodder when | | this next war starts. We agree with |Captain Kearney that there is no | chance of abolishing war as long as | | the bosses and their officers have the | , but we are not so sure that the FOUL STBERAGE HOLE Palen ts they. will have something to say too when the next war comes. i —“SEAMAN.” | Editor, DAILY WORKER: jold timers here said that this cough | | I promised to write again when | holds on often as long as three weeks. Mounted Cops Beat Up! we reached our outfits, and there is} When the weather got a little be 4 Anti-Horthy Workers ae satin. The two pictures above show the superdreadnought Colorado many of whose crew, as well as the crew of the Ruth Alexander, a liner, had narrow escapes from death when the boats collided off the California The sailors in the American imperialist navy are constantly d to death from the many accidents in the present rush of | preparations for imperialist war. | certainly plenty to tell about, as the|ter, those of us who were over our | | trip down here was even worse than | seasickness began to craw! out of our | some of the things you described |bunks like drowned rats out of their} (By a Worker Correspondent.) Slocum in your paper. holes. But no s r are we well| CLEVELAND, (By | Mail)—To- y of the shipment we all got | enough to sti ut our head, than | gether with a group of Hungarian lop at abcut three in the morning, and|the offic workers demonstrating against the Horthy delegation visiting Cleveland, roup of young workers picketed City Hall recently. The Horthy fter early chow we were vith the dog tags out while the of-|come out for a and are still too sick | ficers called the roll and checked up|to walk. ; ‘ niente on everybody. Finally we were jam-| Further, they take advantage of | (clegation was to have Motte oe med onto the small tugs, about 700|our = sick by putting up ‘chow |r! see eee eaca they aac con- on a tug, and finally brought up te|which isn’t fit to eat, and when a fronted by the pickets. The pickets the Brocklyn piers where a second|man does feel well enough to eat check-up was made, lest any one|something, he just becomes sick should eseape before he is shipped to | again. “Hell.” | Need Money for Food. came toward the Horthy delegates, bearing banners with slogans such as “Young Workers, Kick the Horthy Murderers out!” “100,000 Unemployed Enter “Special Quarters.” When thi ‘as over, we were al- lowed to e the quarters especially provided for the enlisted men on these army transpor These special quar- jters are a section of the ship which would well compare with the old steerage at its worst, where they used to carry cattle before the war. Th hole v we were all shoved in, ubout twice the size of a fai large living room: it is just the length of |the width of the small transport }Here they had provided four bun high, canvas. with the bottom bunk y two to four inches from the floor and the top bunk only about two feet beneath the ce Two rows of these bu the space between the bunks is only about a foot, just about room for a man to squeeze himself thru. Despite the crowded quarters, only artificial ventilation is offered, and it is a wonder the men don’t suffocate on the trip, while despite the closed hatches there are enough cracks to let the r seep in, even if no fresh air can these ng the vd it so much when horses. For three or st of us were so t cleaner | It is only the soldiers who have a {few dollars with them and can buy ;some decent food from the canteen, {or food served to the officers which they can get on the sly sometimes if they have the price, who aren’t sick the entire trip. Finally we reached our destination only to be put into quarantine, where it looks like we will have to stick it | cut for at least two weeks. Then we | will be in our outfits and the hard “work” and the hard drill will start, no matter whether some of us are still sick or not. Then a lot of the | fellows who read signs about “Don’t | Shiver” will realize what it means |to sweat in the awful heat which |many of us are already beginning to |get fed up on, tho the real work |hasn’t started yet. Of course a lot of the fellows are kicking but when they do some | toughened corporal or sergeant who |had gone thru this hell many times before, yells: “You’ve got three years |to do it in so you had better snap jaut of it now.” And the threat of |K. P., extra fatigue or the guard house, usually s the soldier put his head down e everything | h it was these rot of cour n conditions as in Cleveland,” “Not a Cent to the Horthy Murderers!” “Thousands of Young Workers in Horthy’s Jails!”— and taking up the lead of the Horthy parade. escorted the delegation to the city hall. When in front of the hall the pickets were set upon by the mounted police and motorcycle officers, the banners torn from their hands and the demonstrators commanded to “Beat it!” Not satisfied with scatter- ing the pickets, the police seized one of the young workers, Bill Kovach, and attempted to beat him. Andther young worker, Lil Borer, was set upon and chased by a mounted police- man. A great percentage of those ‘picket- ing were members of the Young Workers League, which has played an important part in the demonstrations against the Horthy delegation all thru their stay in the United States. UTILITIES ON PROGRAM. WASHINGTON, April 1 (FP).— Whether it shall add the issue of regulation of public utilities to its am for the next two years | ill be voted upon by the convention f the National League of Women| Voters in Chicago, April 28-28. s' vy Correspondents Describe Vile Conditions of Military ‘Slavery \- | Sey ys: ee “THE SCARLET FOX” HUNGER NEAR AS 1S GOOD MELODRAMA MOREMINES SHUT . rs 3 WILLARD MACK is in his glory at the Theatre Masque where his new- est play “T! is now The sh n produce in the lez interesting once on rf “during: th on the_usua > lodrar murder the su perior manner™ it which it is playec it out of the ordinary class. Michael Devlin, sergeant of the mounted police, a character in Mack’s success of a decade ago — “Tiger Rose”, portrayed in the present pro- duction by M k himself, is as signed to tch the murderer of a ine owner. At first he accuses the ne strikers of the murder, but later izes that he was mistaken. takes y | The secend act of the three act play, is the best and makes up for the inf ities to be found in the other | uve ac It alone makes a visit to the Masgue worth while. The act in question shows the joint of “Swede” by ladies of easy virtue headed by Cora herself. l Vaudeville Theatres —————————— PALACE Lupino Lane, motion picture star; Jaraes Barton;’ Nance O’Neil in a con- densed version of “The Lily”; Trixie Friganze; Jane and Katherine Lee; “The Parisian Redheads,” featuring Bobbie Grice; Maryon Vadie’s Dance Etchings with Tina Poles, pianiste; Eileen and Marjorie. BROADWAY “Keep Stepping” will constitute the main attraction on the Broadway stage. This is a miniature musical comedy with, The Notables and Juvenile Steppers as stars and Gilbert Lamb and Flo Perry as featured as- tists. On the screen, Edmund Lowe in “Dressed to Kill,” with Mary As- tor playing opposite him. JEFFERSON Mr. and Mrs. Norman Phillips and Norman Phillips Jr., in “Parents,” a comedy by Edgar Allan Wolf; Eddie Miller and Frank J. Corbett; Boyle and Della, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The photoplay will be from the story by Howard Irving oung. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Al Shean of Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean, and Miss Lynn Can- tor, prima donna of the “Greenwich Village Follies,” will be the chief vaudeville attraction. The screen fea- ture will be Richard Dix in “Sport- ing Goods.” Among others the vaude- ville will include Little Billy, and Norman and Norman. by Svend Gade which Universal pur- chased as a starring vehicle for Con- rad Veidt, will be released under the title of “The Play Goes On.” “In the APR CE Coleen Moore in “Her Wild Oat,”| Cora, (Marie Chambers) which is an | the present season, “The Scarlet Fox establishment of “cheer,” populated jis worth COLEEN MOORB rt the Jofferson Theatre. Lewis in Move Against Pittsburgh Delegates « Worker Correspondent.) Kansas, (By Mail).—Work in this district as the mines closing down one by one. At are working only two We held a left wing miners’ meet- me time ago at Mulberry, Kan- F which we cooperated with the Save-the-Union Committee in Pitts- gh, Pa. Brother Ocbler was our speaker. We had about 100 1 miners from this district pres- and the meeting had a lot of iive end is played in a manner which Mr. k can well be proud cf. The act = We elected four delegates to the Tees | Pittsburgh conference and we also elected finance committees to finance is dynamie and moves along ‘at a\their way. rapid pace. the The only complai t it is too short. Miss Cha acterization as Cora is rema «hle, quite. the best of its kind. seen in a long time. The members of the supporting cast include adequate actors such as Alice Moe, Katherine Wilson and Hans San- quist. The Lewis henchmen are at work trying to put a stop to this kind of a move. They are advising all men to | keep away from our meetings, \threaten'ng expulsion from the Uni- ted Mine Workers. They’ve got most of the ignorant workers and scissor bills seared to death but we are fight- {ing on. Already half of this district Altho produced at the tail end of {is scab and if the progressives don’t f the year. For an evening’s \is uniformly satisfactory. “Grease Paint,” the original story ; The settings are by Cleon Throck- morton, who as usual has dene a re- markable piece of work. —=S. A. Pi: i enter- ‘ : as 2 tainment ata play of constant thrills, The acting in this scene is superd) i js to be highly recommended. While certain parts, such as the accusation | of the strikers is to be condemned, it | . ei take over power in a short whil y addition to the best plays 01 ile our district is blowed up. We haven’t got much finance to help out our DAILY WORKER, but all our brothers are on the rocks, It’s a pretty hard proposition when a man’s in a hole and can’t get out. On the average we’ve worked three months in a whole year, so you know |we have to scamper to make ends jmeet. —TWO BROTHERS, MINERS. KEITH- ALBEE CAM 42nd STREET & BROADWAY EO 4th Tremendous Week Czar Iv the Terrible an Enacted by the MOSCOW ART PLAYERS headed by LEONIDOFF. A SOVKINO PRODUCTION. Added Attraction—OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE 10th ANNIVERSARY “‘Ivan the Terrible’ outstanding production. in the movies. c “Greater than Potemkin.’—Gk. “A worthy picture."—HAL “Perfect motion picture.” jugene O'Neill's Play, —— The Theatre Guild presents —, Strange Interlude John Golden Thea,, 58th, Evenings Only at 5:30. OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. the ees Pye WORKER. RHARD, EVix. W a TEA Vis. WORLD. ENING TELEGRAM. Ley BE E. of B'way |) 4, BROW EUGENE O'NEILL'S Marco Millions Th., W. 524 St. EB Guild Mats, Week of Apr. 9: “VOLPON 1MR. & M | PHILLIPS and NORMA | F 8 ether Ac COLEEN MOORE in “sttat WILD OAT” Such acting rarely seen Kitgct JEFFe So Re Avis. S5*- Evas:' oe RO Mon., » & Wed., Apr. ions NORMAN HILLIPS Jr, 8:30 0 Thurs. & Sat LAST WEEK PORGY Republic yrs. Weak ‘AM ETARRIS Mats. Wed W. 424 Vvs.8:40 at.,2:40 Gb way, 46 St. Evs. 8.36 FULTON pats’ Wed asat. 2.36 The Greatest Thriller of Them All! Th Ev tre, National 42a, W. of Evys. 8:30, Th B'way. & Sat. By Bayard 41 St. W. of B’way . Mts. Wed. &sat.2:30 “The Trial of Mary Dugan ” Veilier, LOVELY LADY coluldn’t get out of our bun Defenders of” with Anmm Harding-Kex Cherryman ng this time all the vor rt accumulated, as there are COMMUNIST | with Wilda Bennett & Guy Robertson. | ar THE DAILY WORKER no sailors on the boat to clean it up and it until the men are well ‘ enough to, clean it up themselves. There no place for the men to ‘ undress, ce the barrack bags are piled on top of the bunks, so the men usually slept in their clothes for the whole frip, which for us was 10 days | 1oPaiiama, while those going to Ha- waii will be on“at least 15 days. | Get Diseases. | A large number of us were in- |flicted with diseases, and had to go |to quarantine when we got off the ‘boat, while almost everyone had some | {kind of scalp disease due to the filth | and the crowded quarters, and many jeateh body diseases. | As one. of. the fellows remarked: “Fo¥ the officers who are riding the \first passage it is like travelling on! the Acquitania or the Ieviathan. |'They have the best of everything. To jthem it is a pleasure to make this of Uncle Sam, are put in places where jcattle have traveiled, but where it is doubtful whether or not even cattle could stand it the way we are travel- ling now.” Trip Hangs on Chest. It really is a wonder that every- one isn’t diseased when he gets off, altho plenty of us were sick as it was, and those who didn’t catch a real disease can’t get the trip off their chests, and are still coughing like they had the “con.” One of the on trio. But we, the so-called ‘defenders’ | . 26 . 50 50 . 50 1.00 1.00 1.50 A. Mochek, McDonald, Pa. J. Eli, McDonald, Pa... J. Senoff, McDonald, Pa D. Mlinac, McDonald, Pa..... | W. Mikedes, McKeesport, Pa. I. Zilich, McKeesport, Pa.... J. Sotirakin, McKeesport, Pa. P. Galatat, McKeesport, Pa.....1.00 Ganolweice, McKeesport, Pa... .1.00 G. Anderson, McKeesport, Pa...1.00 G. Ferrie, McKeesport, Pa.. G. Kreneos, McKeesport, Pa. N. Godich, McKeesport, Pa.. N. Critanovich, McKeesport, H. Sabich, McKeesport, Pa. P. Berletic, McKeesport, Pa c D. Graham, Dunblane, Sask., Can. 4 A. Pulka, Dunblane, Sask., Can.. C. Waaroen, Dunblane, Can.. H. Laukkarien, Dunblane, Can.. .5C M. Wist, Dunblane, Sask., Can.. .50 W. Peralo, Dunblane, Sask., Can. .50 W. Maimu, Dunblane, Sask., Can. .50 M. Leppon, Dunblane, Sask:,Can. .50 Y. Annale, Dunblane, Sask. Can. .50 W. Wiemi, Dunblane, Sask., Can. .25 ‘W. Numan, Dunblane, Sask., Can. .50 O. Hietala, Dunblane, Sask., Can. .25 J. Sokumers, Dunblane, Can.... .25 L. Lazarovitz, Phila., Pa. 1.00 C. Yempolsky, Phila., Pa 1.00 L, Leve, Phila., Pa.... ++-1.00 B. Glazer, Phila., Pa. 1.00 F. Mezer, Phila., Pa. 1.00 N. Seres, Phila. Pa. 1.00 L. Richman, Phila., Pa 1.00 C. E. Miller, Phila. Pa. 1.00 A. Schwartz, Phila., Pa. - 1.00 Nov. 7, 1928, up to Harry Blake, clo. SCOTT NEARING is available for lecture dates, beginning 21, 1928. — For information write to First Street, New York City. and including Nov. Daily Worker, 33 Important articles by Krupskaya, John Pep- per, Wm. Z. Foster, Jay Lovestone, Wm. Weinstone, and oth- ers. This issue is illustrat- ed with excellent car- toons on the miners’ struggle, and has a book-review section. 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