The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 7, 1928, Page 1

TAaE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 83. TWO BILLION IS ELECTION STAKE. IN WINDY CITY Republicans Shoot It Out for Control CHICAGO, April 6.—The stake for which the rival Thompson and the Deneen factions of the republican party are fighting here consists of contro! of the expenditure of about $2,- 600,000,000 of public funds in Chicago end Illinois in the next four years, at a rate of $500,000,000 annually. For this stake the factions are re- sorting to bombing and shooting in addition to “investing” huge sums in the purchase of whole blocks of votes for stuffing ballot boxes in the pri- mary election Tuesday. Thompson For Smith. Among the leading candidates of the Thompson faction for republican nomination are Governor Len Small, Robert E, Crowe, Cook County prose- cutor, and Sen. Frank L. Smith. All are seeking renomination. Senator Smith has already been rejected by the senate for such open slush fund- ing by Samuel L. Insull, utilities magnate, and others that even the senate did not dare countenance it. But the Thompson faction insists on send- ing him back again to represent its interests in oil-soaked Washington. Homes Bombed. F Mayor William Hale Thompson is not seeking re-election, but his polit- jeal future is bound up with his machine. A coalition in opposition to the Thompson-Small-Crowe machine has put forward Louis L. Emmerson, Il- linois secretary of state, for governor; (Continued on Page Two) RETENTION OF N.Y. RENT LAW FORCED Governor Signs Meas- ure Following Protests The Emergency Rent Law protect- ing tenants from being put out on the streets, has been extended for another year, with the signature of the bill by Gov. Smith. The law was passed in modified form and will cover only apartments renting for $15 a room a month, begining June 1st to Novem- ber 30th, From that date until June i, 1929, the law will apply to apart- ments renting for $10 a room. The bill was signed by the governor only after strong protest from tenants’ associations throughout the city de- manding protection for 700,000 ten- ants who would be affected by the killing of the law. According to the State Housing Commission’s report 700,000 families4 would be faced with eviction. In spite of this fact, the Commission urged that the law be discontinued. Another, the Grenthal bill, also-ap- proved by Gov. Smith, continues the power of judges to exercise their dis- cretion in giving tenants time to move, not to exceed a period of six months. The landlords are well protected un- der the law by the requirement that tenants must pay a deposit in court of the entire amount or such install- Fs ments thereof from time to time, as the court, judge or justice may direct. This is the joker in the law, and of |f course operates against the interests of the workers. WARE TO TALK AT: FORUM TOMORROW Agriculture Expert Will Discuss USSR Farmers Harold Ware, head of the Russian Reconstruction Farms, Inc., noted Americar agricultural expert, who has been taking an active part in the building up of agriculture in the Sov- iet Union for the past few years, will be the speaker at the Workers School Forum, 108 E. 14th St., tomorrow, at & p.m. on the subject: “Impressions of an American Farmer in the Soviet Union.” Brownsville Dance for Threatened with losing its sec-' ond class mailing privileges because of its irregular appearance, the “Young Worker” has pealed for funds. The Brownsville section of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League has answered this appeal of the only militant voice of SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. eal LT Peter Voikoff, Soviet Union am- bassador to Poland, who was as- sassinated last year by one of the thousands of czarist emigrees pro- tected by tle fascist Pilsudski gov- ernment. § A similar attemp wil INAPERIALIST MEET Will Demonstrate at the White House Hundreds of Washington workers will demonstrate in front of the White House against the Wall Street invasion of Nicaragua on Saturday afternoon, April 14. The demonstra- tion will be held under the auspices of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, of which Manuel Gomez is secretary. The decision to organize a demon- stration in front of the White House follows on the heels of a campaign on the part of the All-America Anti- Imperialist League which has brought the league into a number of con- flicts with the U. S. postal author- ities. A hearing on the league’s applica- tion for an injunction against the postmaster, which was postponed at the request: of Postmaster J. J. Kiely, mw come up Friday morning, April “The purpose of this demonstra- tion is not to appeal to the presi- dent, but to the great,masses of the people against\ the/president,” said Gomez yesterda: Howard Kester; of the Youth Sec- tion of the Fellowship of Youth for Peace, has offered the cooperation of his delegation in the demonstration. The main group will leave New York by train Friday evening, April 13th. Others will go by car, and some will hike. Groups from Phila- delphia and Baltimore will join on the way. Those desiring to go to Washington for the demonstration are asked to communicate with the All-America Anti-Imperialist League, 89 Union Square, New York. ‘ Concert Tonight for Soviet Union Colony For the purpose of raising funds for the John Reed Agricultural Col- ony of Alexeyevska-on-the-Volga, Soviet Union, “Russky — Golos,’” Russian newspap- per, will hold its | annual concert and ball tonight at 8:30 p. m. at Web- | ster Hall, Third) | Ave. and 11th St. | Prof, Leo There- f min, famous Sov- f iet scientist and | inventor of music| 3 from an ether in- strument, will be present, it is an- nounced. The concert is an annual affair and attracts hundreds of workers from New York City and vicinity. Theremin SNOWSTORM SWAMPS OMAHA. OMAHA, Neb., April 6.—While New York sweltered in the warmest day of the year, Omaha was com- pletely isolated from the rest of the country by a heavy snowstorm, which tore down telephone and telegraph wires and blocked traffic. The tem- Entered as second-class matter at the Pust Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1578. BARELY DISARM TERRORIST WHO TRIED TO SHOOT Pilsudski Regime Aids Monarchist Groups WARSAW, April 6—An attempt by a young Russian monarchist to as- sassinate Bogomuloff, Soviet Union ambassador to Poland, was_ barely frustrated last night, when embassy employes overpowered Salina Hoppen Waldentynowicz, young White Guard- ist, as she was about to fire a revolver at the U. S. S. R. envoy. The would-be assassin, who was dis- guised as a boy, was disarmed by a number of detectives after a brief struggle. Bogomuloff’s predecessor, Voikoff, was shot and killed last year by a young monarchist, who was given a light sentence by a Polish court. Only the intense desire of the Soviet Union to maintain peace in spite of all pro- vocations, prevented the outbreak of a war, the Soviet Union made it clear. The refusal of the Polish Govern- ment to suppress the Russian mon- archist organizations functioning within its borders was protested by the U. S. S. R. immediately after the murder of Voikoff. Numerous mon- archist organizations exist in Poland and use Polish soil as a base for counter-revolutionary activities in the Soviet Union. That the monarchist organizations are supported to a large extent by Great Britain has also been charged by the U. S. S. R. press. An army ofmore than thirty thou- sand White Guardists is being formed within Poland, according to informa- tion received by the Soviet embassy. the Ukraine some time in the late spring or early summer, are under the leadership of Levitsky, former lieutenant of General Simon Petlura. The Soviet Union is expected to renew its demand that Poland take measures to curb the activities of Russian monarchist groups. MARINE FORCES SENT 10 PANAMA The United States army transport St. Mihiel with 560 officers and en- listed men on board, sailed today from the army supply base in Brooklyn for Panama and Porto Rico. The men leaving for foreign duty were in command of Col. Matthew C. Smith who will be stationed in Pana- ma. Major General George Leroy Irwin, who is to take over command of the Panama division, was also on board. In_ Brownsville Rally The New York Council of Unem- ployed will hold its first open air meet- ing in Brownsville tonight at 8 6’clock at Pitkin and Bristol Aves. Murray Sumner, acting secretary of the Coun- cil, will be among the speakers. RAISE $112 FOR MINERS. A total of $112 was raised for the benefit of the striking miners at a concert and dance held. recently by the Bessarabian and Podolier Club at 1347 Boston Road, Sam Cherkes is president of the executive board of the organization. COOLIDGE BLOCKS FLOOD AID. WASHINGTON, April 6.-—Presi- dent Coolidge again today reiterated his objections to certain features of perature hovered between one and two degrees below freezing. trol bill. POET IN ROGUE GALLERY Young Worker Tonight’ Gordon Urges Aid for “Daily Worker” David Gordon, young author of th yesterday for the rogue’s gallery. he was a scholarship student, to serve¢ three years in tke city reformatory, is now definitely ranked with thieves | and murderers for the crime of op- | the working youth of America, by arranging a dance for tonight, at the Premier Palace, Himsdale and Sutter yes., Brooklyn, All young workers students are urged to attend, YOR ae posing the existing order. | Gordon is now in the Tombs, from | where he will be sent to the city re- formatory at Welfare Island within the next few days. The court or ap- ie poem “America,” was photographed The 18-year-old member of the Young urgently ap-! Workers League, who was dragged from the University of Wisconsin, where peals ruling upholding his conviction also declared valid the $500 fine im- posed on The DAILY WORKER for printing his poem, which displeased certain patriotic organizations who seek every opportunity to attack the only daily paper in the English lang- (Continued on Page Three) The monarchists, who plan to invade | Jobless Meet Tonight | the Jones-Reid compromise flood con- | NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1928 MINERS TAKE UP FIGHT IN LOCALS Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. | | With the huge oil id sewer scandals dragged into the light, the population of Europe is being considerably increased by the exodus of politicians and oil magnates from this country. Maurice Connelly, at left is boro president of Queens and Tammany politician who is beating a strategic retreat across the Atlantic. Myron Blackmer (center) is attempting to shield his father H. M. Blackmer, who has fled to foreign shores to avoid the oil scandal. Mrs. Alfred J. Brousseau (right) is head of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which is blacklisting all liberal and radical speakers. She is a notorious “professional patrioteer.” | New Emigration Wave as Scandals Hit G. 0. P. and Tammany ) & MRS. KNAPP PLEA IS “NOT GUILTY” 6 Indictments Charge | Graft in Albany ALBANY, April 6.—Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, former republican secre- tary of state, appeared in supreme court before Judge Callahan this afternoon and pleaded not guilty to six indictments charging her with felonies and misdemeanors in connec- t#on with her administration of the 1925 census fund. She is accused of wholesale graft in connection with her use of the funds. Bail was fixed at $6,000. Charges Once Dropped.~ John J. Conway of Albany, former District Attorney of Albany County has been retained by Mrs. Knapp as her counsel. The indictments against Mrs. Knapp were handed up to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Callaghan by a special grand jury last night after it had been in session six hours, had heard 24 witnesses and had deliberated on the evidence 75 minutes. Criminal prosecution of Mrs. Knapp before the special grand jury was jordered by Governor Smith after the | district Attorney of Albany county | had recommended that the charges against her be dropped. Ample Time For Defense. Mrs. Knapp is not likely to be placed on trial before May 1, it was said at the Court House. It was re- ported that her counsel would be given about three weeks by Justice Cal- laghan in which to prepare her de- fense. BROACH T0 FALL, SAYS UNION MAN Electrical ‘Workers Will Oust Czar (By a Worker Correspondent) Riding for a fall, our ‘Little Caesar’ in Iccal 3 continues without regard to the rocks and crevices in his road. H. H. Broach was not always inter- national vice president of our union. Wf he will read the writing on the wall. as he has so often beasted he can do, he will see that he will not very much lorger contiiue in the of- fice. | | | | ’ More Exclusions. Last night he again kept out of the meeting a number of workers whom he fears to let attend the meet- ings because the truth of h At a previous ™ conceit, he boasted of a bet that he had won of some hundreds of dollars asa result cf the last election: in the local Broach’s knowledge as to the out- come of the last election was inter- estingly prophetic; but we must not forget that his present, hand-picked administration has become a most useful tool in the hands of this réac- tionary labor official. One Reason For Expulsions. For having dared to express their honest opinion regarding Broach and his machine, progressive forces capa- ble of drawing a large vote, have been excluded from meetings of our union. Such action makes possible clear sail- ing election and his chances of win- ning election bets grow bigger. When the question of exclusion of (Continued on Page Seven) ‘Soviet Gold Is Returned The $5,210,000 of gold that the Sov- iet Union sent here Feb. 21 to back up purchases made in this country is now on its way back to Europe on the steamship Dresden, having been re- jected as “tained” by the government of President Coolidge, whose party was so quick to “recognize” the slush funds which oil magnates offered. When the gold arrived in this coun- try the United States treasury depart- ment announced that it would not be accepted by the assay office. The Bank of France brot suit in the United States District court March 6, claiming the gold on the ground that French gold was confiscated in Russia at the time of the revolution. The Bank of France 's it will con- tinue its case against the Chase Na- tional Bank and the Equitable Trust Co., which received the gold in this country as correspondents of the Sov- iet State Bank. ONE DAY LAY-OFF AT BISCUIT PLANT Miserable Pay, Spy Sys- tem Mnintained For the third time this year, the National Biscuit Co, has hit 10,000 workers in one of its New York plants with a one-day lay-off. Slack times are blamed for the cracker plant closing. Top earnings of piece work girls occasionally reach $28 a week but the average is below $20. The factory force at the National Biscuit Co. plant, at Ninth Ave. and |15th St., was recently cut in half, and the workers left were forced to ldo the work of the full force. Lay- loffs two or three times a week have|the change windows in the stations | distric ‘SINCLAIR JURORS AGAIN SHADOWED But They Are | Shadowed | In Advance | WASHINGTON, April 6.—Thou-| sands of dollars are being spent here shadowing in advance jurors who will hear the testimony against Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, in his trial for | conspiracy in the Teapot Dome Oil| lease. When Sinclair and Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, were on trial jointly last winter in the} same case, William J. Burns, inter- | national spy, his son: and Sinclair were convicted of-jury shadowing. A | mistrial was declared. = Employers Aid Government. In the present instance, in which | Sinclair is being tried alone, the shadowing is being done beforehand. The private lives of 550 men and women veniremen are being investi- gated by both federal and private de- tectives. The federal agents are be- ing assisted in their inquiry by the jemployers of the veniremen, each a prospective member of the Sinclair} jury. IR. T. PREPARES FOR 7-CENT FARE Stock Advances 9 Points! in Wall St. | Preparations by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for institu- ting a seven cent fare advanced an- other step yesterday with the an-| nouncement by the company that it! would issue “tokens” for the increased | | | om ~~ eae fe tw i. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents White Guard Plot to Murder USSR Envoy in Poland DEMAND SPECIAL CONVENTIONS TO OUST OFFICIALS Returning Delegates to Show Ws PITTSBURGH, Pz April 6.— Headquarters of the National Save- the-Union Committee at 526 Federal still a scene of tremendous tho the delegates who made ave-the-Union Conference are er a hundred roads st provinces of the coal to the * empire. Their task is to spread organiza- tion. Word already reaches Pitts- burgh that they are electrifying the communities through which they go. Little’ impromptu) mass meetings ring up in the coal towns where he delegates stop to talk. Little or- nizations are left behind in the tory through which each delegate s, on his way to his assigned The movement to Save-the- Union spreads as if by contagion, from each of these new centers. Centers already organized catch quickly the general outlines of policy decided by the conference, Main Task. The greatest organization task is the creation of special district con- ventions to elect new officers in the districts. Almost all of the districts of the miners’ union have provisions in their constitutions for special con- ventions to be called either by the executive Boards of the districts (whieh in, this. case will never. be done) 6r, after a specified time, after a certain number of local unions have passed resolutions in favor of con- ventions, or after a certain percentage of the membership has signed a peti- tion for a special convention. The rules differ from district to district, and the machine, which fears special conventions on principle, but dares not abolish them altogether, has made them very difficult to call. It will refuse to accept the petitions because of technicalities, it may expel locals about to pass resolutions to call spe- cial conventions, it will miscount the number of locals voting for conven- tions, and in the final analysis, it will abrogate, by fiat, the right to call conventions, or will postpone the date for a year or so. All Expected. All this is known and expected by the Save-the-Union Committee. The 526 Federal Street Office is now busy sending out instructions and answers to quiries about these technicalities. The plan is to proceed along “legal” forms as long as that is possible, and until it is thoroly demonstrated to every memher in the district that the cfficials will not and do not intend to grant any democracy. Then the pas: ta: jcharge. These tokens will be sold at/ Save-the-Union \Committees of the will call conventions. Some ‘been the usual lot of the worker in| and the turnstiles will be altered to|conventions can be expected within @ {the plant in the past. Workers who {have been at the plant for 15 years jor more have not been spared in the} a¢ any time. Whether the city will general staff, of a w ‘lay-offs. | The workers in the National bak- eries are unorganized. ithe workers are forbidden and a stool- |pigeon system is maintained, workers \charge. 'Saposs to Lecture to | | The first step in the program of the Office Workers League to carry on a campaign of education among ' the office workers will be taken at a lecture on “The Evolution of the Office Worker,” by David J. Saposs at the Civie Club, 18 E.\ 10th St. Monday at 8 p. m. Meetings of} N. Y. Office Workers, | receive the new slugs. |. Decision on the fare |has already been argued, i it, which | expected !be able to prevent the increased fare, | which the federal courts are expected to authorize, is doubtful. A increase of nine points in the market price of Interborough stock in Wall Street in- dicated the bankers’ opinion yester- day as to the outcome of the increased | |fare “fight.” Support Increase. That the city officials have sys-| tematically played into the hands of | the traction companies while pretend-}| ing to fight for the five cent fare has} been seen in every development dur-| ing the past few.months. The last confirmation it is believed was the} appointment by the city of former Controller Charles L. Craig to handle (Continued on Page Two) NEW CENTER IS OPEN | month. The National Save the Union Com- mittee is the centralizing force, the on thirty-one fronts, thirty-one districts of the min- ers’ union. Lewis, First Enemy. The most immediate enemy is the Lewis administration in the miners’ union. Its ally is the organized force of operators. The weapon of the enemy is terrorism, hunger, cold and starvation. Men prominent in the Save the Union movement are ex- pelled; which means that they must go without work, or work in unor- ganized fields. Families of men prominent in the Save the Union work are threatened with eviction now from the poor barracks, across the street from their houses, out of. which they were evicted by the com- panies. Local unions that resist the expul- sion orders of Lewis and his lieuten- ants, or local unions that have recog- ed the leadership of the Save the Union Committee, are to be cut off the relief list of the United Mine Workers of America. An attempt to lash the men into line with a reac- ing‘for Broach’s machine at the com- Workers to Inspect Left-Wing Building Leaders of the Workers (Communist) Party and of the left-wing move- ment and officials of various workingclass organizations will be among those who will take part in the public inspection of the new Workers Center, | 2 ion Squar RL OP Re Sea sien PAO paar eey paeine Soe row, closing at midnight of both days. | Hundreds of militant workers of | The new Workers Center will bring this city and vicinity are expected to Workers Communist Party, the Young visit the building, which in a short together under one roof District 2,| while will be converted into the home Workers League and the est Ms ‘of the progressive labor movement of District 2, The DAILY WORKER, ‘New York. The inspection will con-|the Workers School, Uj Elore, Hun- itinue throughout today and tomor- (Continued on Page Three) | ately jand Lewis decrees it. tionary class collaboration policy, leading straight to chattel slavery as a logical conclusion—through the suffering of their families, deliber- inflicted. The law allows it The miners, the Save the Union Committee, and its district and local organization reply with an offensive, The word has gone out that local unions are not to recognize expul- sion orders. Already a half dozen unions in Illinois, others in Indiana (Continued on Page Two). 4