The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 10, 1928, Page 2

At Page Two Miners of District No REFUSE T0 SIGN RESPOND TO | Scores of militant workers are taking advantage of the spe- PER OPPO ING |cial offer of a two-month subscription to The DAILY for (eae dollar to ensure their receiving their paper daily for the Many who are already subscribers are send- ing the special subscription as a donation to workers who are next sixty days. SAVE-UNION MEN Lewis Threatens to Cut Off Relief By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. R.R. Boss Seeks Merger| PITTSBURGH, Pa., April n a an attempt to starve the progressive lias j miners of Western Pennsylvania into | submission to the Lewis machine, the Fie officers of District 5 are circulating | @ petition among the strikers de- whanding that they sign an agree- ment which calls for a repudiation of | their support of the Save the-Union } on strike, laid off or unemployed. | Committee, on pain of being cut off from relief. : | Militant Spirit Rising. The rep f 2 o this yel- low dog as taken | various forms it has been an effective to the latest strikebreaking stunt of the discredit- ed officialdom. | In Avella the miners’ wives chased organizer Carville Wolcotta and his yellow-dog pledge out of town. In Pucketty Creek the miners stormed the organizers who trying to terrorize the mem s into signing the pledge and sent them back to their headqua t New Kensing- ton with only a f af-ver- wards repudiated on t sheets. ; The miners of Ki mn their wives are threatening to march on the headquarters of the sub-district | at New Kensington, and demand) their allotment of relief. Frank Hef-| Railroad consolidation, which | would combine some of the largest roads in the east, is the plan orig- inated by L. F. Loree (above). The railroad bosses like to pool their | resources in the fight against the workers. “The eagerness with which the American workers are re- sponding to the one dollar subscription opportunity is a fur- ther proof of their devotion to their paper and evidence that ferly, Lewis repr tive in the} . ’ . Allegheny Valley, ordered Renton to| /Vp 2 1QCVS 1 2 t * , * SE | 4 pudiate the Save-the-Union Commit- | Ti B Ti t te | To Be Topic at. official of the Renton local to Hef-| ferly, “we will point you out to the} them.” ; , | The struggle of the miners again& | Bey Bivers Sige. | the coal barons will be the chief is- starvation brigade able to secure the} trati t Madi % signatures of most of the local mem- May ae 3 ee Square Garden taken belief that they were putting | 2 ¥ one over on the machine. While sign. | ‘Re treacherous labor bureaucracy the oppressive coal vacate the barracks unless they re-| “If you come to Renton,” said an | May 1 Meet children as the one who is starving | Only in one local was the Lewis) .16 discussed at the May Day demon- bers. And those signed it in a neal athe atkipula of tha ininard against | and | Jct ie | ing the pledge they told the organ-| °" ee a tgs “BAR NEGROES IN izers that they considered it a scrap |; mbolizes the fight of the workers | Rose Baron, secretary of the New get A in the entire country to save their! o! aper and not binding, being|~ . 4 | Bae caer duress. But the officials | Uions and to make them organs of} want signatures badly, for publicity j class struggle. The historic rank and| suyposes, no matter how secured. | ile conference just held in Pittsburgh | The miners are now determined that| Will be discussed by representatives the only signatures they shall get of labor and by « leading coal miner. | are those of their own henchmen.| _ May first symbolizes the spirit of ‘And these are getting fewer and few- class-conseious labor, which is déter-| ey . | mined to free the working class from| In New Kensington, where the re-| the chains of wage slavery. May Day} volt against the machine has assumed| /S 2" iiternatlonal holiday which had | tie. proportions of a thoro clean-out, | {*® birth in the United States in the! the organizers weakened and after| ovement of the workers to estab-| threatening to cut off relief decided | lish the eight-hour day and to create | to withdraw the threat when only |? organized labor movemenit in the} 65 out of 700 members signed the | entire country. May Day in 1928 will pledge. Jexpress the best traditions of the} Lewis Cuts Off Relief. | American labor movement. In Eastern Ohio, the officials cut| Hrs cotta sang off several locals from relief. Local} 1840 of Bellaire held a meeting to discuss relicf and the Save-theUnion | Conference. They endorsed the send- ing of delegates to the conference| and forced the officials of the sub- district to continue the relief. It was a@ complete victory for the progres- sives. It is reported that the officials of District 5 offered the Harwick local $300 provided Tommy Lochrane was|, tga expelled. Lochrane is a young mili- Square Garden will ring out the de- tant fighter. | mands of militant labor for unem- In Avella as elsewhere the policy| Plovment insurance, for an end to the of the machine was to distribute the | Tule of pulcatague by the: American relief for the entire local to the two|i™Perialist forces, for struggle dozen Lewis henchmen that have sur- | *#ainst imperialist war, for the de- | workers that wili gather in Madison Square Garden in one united demon- stration, that the American work are conscious that only through themselves from the scourge of unem-| ployment. low wages, speed-up sys- |tems, cavitalist terror, injunctions, and all the horrérs of the capitalist | system. The May Day meeting at Madison vived in that town. On Saiurday | fense of the Soviet Union, arainst the morning, Organizer Wolcott attempt-|(fforts of the exploiters to lower the ed to distribute the check for $275) Standard of living by the seven cents | that: formerly went to the whole local|fare in New York, by increasing | among the twenty Lewis men. The| hours. by lowering wages. miners’ women demonstrated axainst Among the speakers at Madison hima and charged attempt- | Square Carden will be representatives ing to starve the st $ into 8 | of the militant trade union movement porting a reactionary program that|9f New York and of the Workers would mean the death of the strike | (Communist) Party. and the destruction of the union. i Wolcott t frightened and called | i on President Fred Siders of thesleeal | Chicago Local Names Convention Delegates union to “call off the women.” But| Siders refused to intervene so Wol- eott had to pull out of town with the| CHICAGO, April 9.—The Amalga- women at his heels. mated Clothing Workers’ Local 39 of Coerced Into Signing. | Chicago recently held elections for “We signed because our children) delegates to the national convention are hungry and we had to have the) of the union to be held in Cincinnati money for food. But we told the or- ) beginning May 14. ganizers that we did not agree with| The right wing electoral adminis- & word of it and we won't pay any|trative machine succeeded in count- Attention to it. 97 per cent of us are! ing into office 14 of their followers strong for the Save-the-Union. The/!as delegates, it is reported. pledges were signed under protest |. and against the will of the members.” This statement was made by Charles} Sanders of Curtissville No. 2 to al Tepresentative of the Save-the-Union| Committee. | In District 2 an attempt was made} to expel from the Cresson local those i Conference. The motion was voted|!other dual organizations and we de- down by an overwhelming majority.) lclare that we will stand by the laws Members of the general relief com-| land policies of the United Mine mittee at Portage who were ousted! |y, ‘ 4 Berend ckohiha ih thelr absence were Workers of America. We pledge our- u re\Iselves to exclude by voice or vote put on again by the rank and file| |i, meetings of this local union all on their return. speakers, reports, or communications Welcome Delegates Home. from the so-called “Save the Union” At Portage and Jamestown, the!|dual organization and all other dual delegates returning from the confer- organizations to the end that the ence were enthusiastically received||\aws and policies of our union shall at packed mass meetings. starvation pledge circulated by the ‘Lewis machine: April 4, 1928. DECLARATION OF POLICY. We, the undersigned members of Local Union No....... U. M. W. A.,, orevail and that victory in this strike This is a copy of the yellow dog|{nay be won at an carly date. oF . Five Defy “Yello THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928 w-Dog” Tactics of Lewis “Machine manager of tinued. MILITANTS APPEAL TOCONVENTION ON ‘SIGMAN VOTE RULE Conference Soon of All| Taken Off Ballot (Continued from Page One) against the illegal and unconstitu- tional action of the G. E. B. We appeal against the abuse of its pow- {er in inaugurating a policy of expul- | sion and discrimination which has brought our union to the brink of ruin. We appeal to you, delegates, to repudiate the unconstiti)ional acts jof the G. E. B. and restore to our members the rights and privileges to which we are entitled in accord- ance with the provisions of our con- stitution and the decision of our con- vention. “Brothers and Sisters! Our union is today at the most critical period ‘of its history. This crisis can only jde met by removing the illegal bar-| riers against the participation of all members in the affairs of the union and by bringing about the active co- operation uf all elements, regardless of their political views, in an effort to rebuild our organization. “We fervently trust that you will act favorably on this appeal and will once and for all time put an end to |the policy of expulsion and discri- mination and bring about unity on a basis of majority rule in our organ- ization.” PUBLIC LIBRARY Proceedings Instituted Against Authorities CHARLESTOWN, W. Va., April 9. --The attempt of the board of educa- tion of this city to prevent Negro pupils and their parents from using the main library of this city has re- sulted in a mandamus proceedings be- ing instituted against the authorities. The immediate cause of the legal action followed a resolution hy the It will show by the thousands of} beard of cducation declaring that | dividual. ted to write ston Public “the secretary be requ the librarian of the Chz -3| Library to inform any colored citizen j fears. who come into tho library, that, inas- struggle will they be able to free|™much as the board has provided the | Mussolinis and our fascists, Garnett Branch Library for their ex- clusive use, they must use such li- hrary instead of the Charleston Public Library, and that the librarian be in structed to refuse to serve them here- after.” The petition filed by the Negroes charging discrimination denies the right of the schoo! authorities to issue such an edict and points out that the libraries as well as the public schools and other public buildings were con- structed out of common tax funds for which Negroes were assessed ‘ * Bosses’ Tool in Jail CHICAGO, April 9.—Robert Tuft, former executive secretary of the Open Shop Association, which has fought the printing workers in their struggle for better conditions for many years, has been imprisoned for embezzling $25,000 from the associa- tion. Tuft complained in court that the salary of $125 a month paid him to be the bosses’ tool was insufficient, and he was forced to embezzle. these workers. the increasing poverty of the American working class is pre- venting many elements from subscribing to the only paper which defends their interests,” said A. Ravitch, circulation The DAILY WORKER. “The thousands of militant American workers who are car- rying on strikes against their exploiters in the coal and other industries, the millions who are unemployed or idle as a result of lay-offs justify this special subscription rate, Ravitch con- “The DAILY WORKER is as necessary as food to It is imperative that they receive their fight- | Wall Street A : ae : i 7 &y An appeal to all members of the | Fascist Alliance of North America to Communist Party, was issued yester- | day by the New York Section of the I. L. D., 799 Broadway. The meet- ing will be held next Sunday, April 15, at Tammany Hall, 14th St. near Third Ave. The appeal, which was issued thru York section of the I. L. D., states: “Mussolini has added another mur- der to his long and bloody record. Once more has the head of Italian fascism shown his contempt not only-| for the oppressed workers of Italy, but for the workers of the entire world, by killing in the most brutal manner one of the most devoted lead- ers of the working class, Fought For Workers. “The crime of Castore Sozzi was that he hated fascism and fought for its overthrow with all his heart and soul. It is the crime of which those who labor in the service of the work- ing class throughout the world stand convicted. And the murder of Sozzi | is not merely the murder of an in-| It is a direct attack on the |part of organized fascism against all |the workers whose growing power it “In this country too we have our The foul murder of Sacco and Vanzetti still burns in the memory of all class con- {scious workers. And just as Musso- lini gloats and becomes all the more arrogant with every new oppression, so Governor Fuller in this country has strutted and blustered since he murdered Sacco and Vanzetti. Only \the other day he announced that he would not be a candidate for vice president since he considered the gov- ernorship. of Massachusetts second Jonly to the presidency. In other | words, he would not exchange the jrole of chief murderer for a mere |vice presidency. Fights Fascism Here. “The International Labor Defense, which fights unremittingly against | the Mussolinis and terrorists of this | country, calls upon all its members | and all class conscious workers to join! in this protest meeting against Italian fascism. A blow at Mussolini is a blow for working class freedom everywhere, It is a blow against the ( | militant workers to take part in the mass meeting called by the Anti- solini of Castore Sozzi of the Italiane SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION OFFER MADE BY “DAILY ing paper daily. The DAILY WORKER, in spite of the burdens which are being placed upon it by the Wall Street government thru its courts, is making this effort to bring the paper within the reach of even the most exploited workers. unusual offer. States,” Ravitch said. International Labor Defense and all protest against the murder by Mus- show your solidarity with your Italian comrades in the struggle which is the struggle of the entire working class!” IS JOBLESS, BUT SENDS MINER SUB Brooklyn Workers Tells of Need of “Daily” (Continued from Page One) which is the fight of the entire Amer- ican working class, What about those workers who are lucky enough to have jobs in this era of Coolidge “prosperity”? How much will they give for free subscriptions for the striking miners? How much will they give to defeat the Lewis machine, to defeat the coal barons, to defeat the capitalist enemies of all workers? Cut out the attached coupon at once and mail it with the proper sum. * * * Striking Miner’s Free Subscription. Daily Worker, 88 First St., New York City. I am enclosing herewith ¢........ for a free subscription to a striking | miner. .12 months $6.00 3.50 6 months 2.00 . 3 months 1.50 - 2 months 1.00 + 1 month NaMOiiaciersrcceyssas ee eeeeeeeeee Address ......... eeeecacosces sees City cc cceicceee dbosdccevccecececes jeago on Saturday, April 28. TOKYO, April 9.—Lifting the cen- sorship on the recent gigantic “Red Raids,” the government announced Fullers and Coolidges of the United class war. Workers of New York, States and for the victims of our own jCommunist sympathizers had been arrested. WORKERS HAIL NEW $30,000 CENTER Union Square Is Now Hub of Activities of Militant Workers The announcement that a home for;called the Sacco-Vanzetti demonstra- movement, to be rs Center, would the revolutionary known a be has met with an enthusiastic response from all sec.ions of the militant workingclass of this city and vicinity. The need for such a enter has been felt for years, but the revolutionary movement had not developed suf- ficiently to make it realizable. The growth of the Communist movement within recent times and its increasing influence among the exploited masses has now made a centralizing building necessity. New Era Arrives. Workers throughout the city have expressed the opinion that with the establishment of the Workers Center, a new era in revolutionary activity will be ushered in. Many have re- | tions in Union Square and have stablished at 26-28 Union Square, | | pointed out what extraordinary op- portunities for Communist propa- ganda would have been afforded had the Workers Center been in existence at that time. It’ would have drama- tized in a vivid manner the active participation of the Workers Party in all the struggles of the workingclass. Are Raising Funds. Meanwhile those in charge of the campaign for $30,000 to purchase and finance the building are letting no grass grow under their feet. Lists and certificates are being semt to every unit of District 2, Workers (Commu- nist) Party, with instructions to start work immediately, as the most in- tensive kind of activity will be neces- sary to secure the $30,000 by the end of the month when the entire sum must be paid. All Workers Party members are expected to contribute as much as they can, in addition to soliciting coniributions among their friends and sympathizers of the movement. Will Be Asked Once. This will be the only time that workers will be called upon to con- tribute to the new building. When the present campaign is over, the Workers Center will belong to the Workers Party and to the revolution- ary movement. From it will radiate strength to every phase of Communist’ and left wing activity. Despite the fact that so many workers have been hard hit financially by unemployment and strikes, they will bend all their Japanese “Red Raids”, energies towards making this home a reality. Let every class conscious working man take advantage of this « “May Day is approaching and hundreds of celebrations of labor’s great holiday will take place thruout the United “Every celebration must utilize the occasion to bring the dollar subscription to the workers.” pplies the “Great Principles of Democracy” to Nicaragua United States marines will see that General Moncada, agent of American imperialism, will be elected in the coming presidential elections in Nicaragua. When the United States enforced the principles of democracy in the Nicaraguan elections in 1912 only 80 people voted in the City of Leon, which had a population of 50,000 and marines saw that they voted “right.” From left ta right President Diaz, ke pt in office by the marines; General McCoy who is in charge of marine “supervision” and General Chamorro who hankers for the presidency already promised General Moncada, FASCIST MURDER WILL BE PROTESTED SUNDAY CANNON TO SPEAK AT SEATTLE MEET To Conclude Tour in New York, May 18 (Continued from Page One) An excellent ground was laid building up the defense movement here. Greet Mooney’s Appeal. In San Francisco a large mass meeting was held, together with a state conference of the organization, attended by 112 delegates repre- senting 65 organizations, including numerous trade unions. The announce- ment that Tom Mooney had appealed to the International Labor Defense to recommence an international agi- tation in favor of the release of Mooney: and Billings was enthusias- tically greeted. Future meetings are still to be held in Spokane on April 16; Butte, April 16; Great Falls, April 17; Plenty- wood, April 19; Minneapolis, April 22; St. Paul, at the Labor Temple, April 28; Rochester, Minn., April 24; Duluth, April 25; Superior, Wisc., at the Workers Hall, April 26; and Chi- On the next day, April 29, Chicago will hold a proletarian banquet for Cannon. The final meeting in the tour will be held in New Yory City Friday, May 18, at Irving Plaza, Irving Place and 15th St., under the auspices. of the New York local of International Labor Defense, Republicans Afraid Of Exposure in Graft Trial of Mrs. Knapp ALBANY, April 9.—Speculation as to whether the coming trial of Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp, former repub- lican secretary of state, charged with graft in connection with the 1925 cen- sus fund, will disclose the members of the republican party under whose or- ders the former secretary conducted her alleged wholesale corruption, is the main topic of conversation in polit- ical circles here. During the recent Moreland in- vestigation of Mrs. Knapp, Dr. Walter Laidlaw, one of the principal wit- nesses referred to an unnamed re- today that 1,013 Communists and |PUblican power who it is claimed gave orders to Mrs. Knapp. The defense counsel will be headed by John J. Conway, former assistant district attorney, of Albany, and P. ©, Mrean, another local lawyer, ac- cording to an announcement yester- day. IOWA DEMOCRATIC VOTE. DES MOINES, Iowa, April 9.— Although the Al. Smith forces were appatently “in” today, those who earried on the “favorite son” fight for a delegation for E. T. Meredith to the democratic national conven- tion at Houston refused to concede defeat in Saturday’s county conven- tions, Meredith got instructed delegations from two of the state’s eleven dis- tricts, while Smith got four, lacked one vote in one district and five in another for a majority. DELEGATES FOR HOOVER. PROVIDENCE, R. I, April 9— Another state swung into the Herbert Hoover-for-president parade today when resolutions of the republican state convention all but instructed the seven delegates-at-large and the six district delega' to vote for Hoover at the Kansas City republican national convention. > und) > EX-KLEAGLE, IN COURT, TELLS OF KLAN KILLINGS Plans for Murder of Coburn Told CHICAGO, April. 9.—Cold, caleu- ‘lated murder is described in the de- position of David C. Stephenson, once “Grand Dragon” of the Klan in In- diana. In his deposition Stephenson told a startling story of intrigue, of- ficial corruption and inciting to mob violence. Stephenson told of plans to murder Captain William S. Coburn, one of the original Klan organizers under Col. Simmons. Coburn was assas- sinated in Atlanta. They first tried to frame him with @ woman, the deposition states. The date was July 12 in 1923 at Buckeye Lake, O., in a cottage which I oc- eupieda There were three men pres- ent. One was a gunman. I was told: “Coburn must be eliminated by one means or another. He is trying to bring out some things in a lawsuit that will be extremely embarrass- ing.” The next time was at a yacht party on Lake Huron in August, 1923. I was seated next to a man and of a sudden he reached over, took my arm and said confidentially: “Can you get hold of someone to bump Coburn off?” I said “What do you mean?” He replied “I mean that Coburn must be eliminated. If he brings out what he’s trying to in that suit I'll be ruined.” He said “Well, I’m going to get rid of Coburn and his whole outfit. If old Simmons don’t keep his mouth shut we will send him down the road with a man that will come back alone.” Later at a hotel in Cincinnati I was told there was a plot underway to dis- credit Col. Simmons and Capt. Co- burn by involving them with a woman. I was told they were going to take pictures of Coburn and Cot. Simmons and others on the black list by the process of dual exposure, create a picture which would leave the impression with the public that Col. Simmons and Coburn were guilty of serious offenses against morality. Klan Sued in Pennsylvania. PITTSBURGH, April 9.—Depost- tions and the taking of testimony in the suit of the Ku Klux Klan against five former members and the counter- suit of the defendants demanding an accounting of the Klan’s affairs in Pennsylvania will probably continue the greater part of this week, it was thought likely as the trial opened in federal court here today. Scores of witnesses from all parts of the country here, and sensational disclosures of murder, inciting to mob violence and political corruption by the Klan were promised. Metropolitan Workers’ Soccer Standing Division “A.” P. W. L. DP. Hungarian Workers 2015 2 8 88 Scandinavian Work. 2013 2 5 81 Bronx Hungarian 2211 6 5 27 N. Y. Eagle 22 710 519 Spartacus 20 610 5 15 ArmaniansGen.Ath. U.13. 5 5 8 18 Freiheit S. C. 21 412 5618 Red Star S. C. 19 410 5 13 Martian’s S .C. 19 310 612 Division “B.” P. W. L. DP. Hungarian Workers 1612 1 8 27 Prague F. C. 1410 3 121 Red Star 16 6 8 214 Fordham S. C, 8611128 Freiheit S. C. 0.3 8 0 German Hungarian 8 56 8 010 Claremont 8. C. 2 2 Ly Spartacus 8. C. 13387 8 8, N. Y. Rangers w1724 Blue Star S. C. 11110 0 8 Division “C.” P. W. L. D.P. Trumpeldor F. C. 44008 Scandinavian Work, 5 4 10 8 Prague S, C. 6 B41 ke Prague Juniors B.S totes? Falcon F, C. 820165 Y. M. H. A. 5 3206 | Spartacus F. C. 562304 German Hungarian 6 1 8 2 4 Red Star S. C. 815624 | Vagabond F, C. 2°12 0.3 ' Cooperative 606511 Claremont F. C, 10100 Results of April 8 Games. Bronx Hung. vs. N. Y. Eagle, 2:1. Scandinavian vs. Freiheit, 5:0, Red Star vs, Spartacus, 2:0. Ger. Hung. “A” vs. Freiheit “B,” 7:0. Scandinavian Workers “B” vs. Fal- con, 3:2. Y. M. H. A. vs, German-Hung. “B,” 6:1, Red Star vs. Cooperative, 10:2. CHARGED WITH FRAUD. BUCYRUS, 0., April 9.—William G. Sharp, of Elyria, son of the late William Sharp, Sr., former U. S. am- bassador to France, is scheduled to appear in magistrate‘s court here to- morrow along with two other men, on charges of obtaining .money under false pretenses, a: SRR AA SRE NSN EO