The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 17, 1928, Page 2

Fi ot $f an ents Page Two WEST PENNSYLVANIA MINE DISTRICT REPUDIATES OFFICIALS PORTAGE, Pa., April 14 (By m ing out an injunction ag: t “Save-t bers, cutting off relief and expelling Workers of America were made by district two, Bozo Demich, Ghizzoni, a board memb than 800 miners at the Rivoli Theatr al international of that district at a meeting of more ail).—When threats of tak- he-U Committee mem- them from the United Mine James Mark, president of organizer and John whole uni ‘e Thursday afternoon, hun- vich, a member of the of the union, was a str’ the audience, cried, ‘‘That’s a lie!’ Pandemonium reigned as the men demanded that Kemeno- dreds of voices from the floor shouted, ‘“You’ll have to expel the ion!” When Demich launched into an attack upon the officers of the committee and charged that the father of Vincent Kemeno- board of rank and file ¢ommittee utive reaker, Kemenovich, <j THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1928 adjourned the meeting. who was amongst At a mass meeting held in the Hungarian Hall that evening, Kemenovich reported upon the program adopted at the national conference held in Pittsburgh, April 1 and 2, and the. decisions of calling district and national conventions to oust the Lewis officialdom and correct the policies which are dooming the union. The miners enthusiastically endorsed the program. OF vich be allowed to speak. But the officials refused and quickly 16, report great success. next few days. LEWISFAGAN MACHINE dozens of strikers from this district who are organizing non- union miners nearby, preparatory to the general walkout April A conference of representatives from non-union mines in that region was held here Saturday evening, to perfect the plans for. their part in the strike. meetings will also be held throughout this territory within the Large mass San Francisco District Rushes Work for Special May Day Edition of ‘Daily’ WORKERS’ FORCES NAME WATKINS AS THEIR CANDIDATE Repudiate Shipstead as Capitalist Agent MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 16.— The evening papers in the Twir Cities announce the filing of William Watkins, member of Switchmen’s Union No. 306, as candidate for U. S. senator in the farmer-labor primaries. The filing of Watkins indicates that} the bona fide working and farmer elements within the farmer-labor party are determined to resist to the last the surrendering of the machin- ery of the workers’ organization to Senator Shipstead, who has never by word or deed done anything to build the organization or to forward its principles in any way, shape or form. A Workers’ Representative. Watkins enters the race for the primary elections in the farmer-labor campaign in cepted candidate of over one-third of| the delegates to the state convention, which convention was in the coatrol| of the Shipstead elements backed by the official families of the railroad brotherhoods and the A. F. of L., who have constantly fought the idea of independent political action through- out the entire building of the farmer- labor movement in the northwest and are still opposed on princi, dependent political action building of an independent political party of the workers and farmers. * ’ * Expose Shipstead. (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., April 17 (By Mail)—Has the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota become an instru- ment controlled for personal advance- ment by Senator Shipstead? This question has been agitating the minds of all sincere builders of the farmer- labor movement since the close of the recent state convention. Shipstead maintains silence on his intentions and even the capitalist journals won- der how honorable these intentions are. LEWIS BEGINS TO OUST LOCALS Miners Refuse to Ac-| cept Act (Continued from Page One) ttarvation pledge.” t At a meeting held Tuesday after- noon, 500 miner: erly denounced the relief policy which was starving hundreds of families while the few reactionaries were fully. Speakers from the floor de- manded to know how international of- ficials interpreted the union constitu- tion to permit such actions. But the district organizer who was present, escaped ith the promise that P, Fagan would come out to “interp’ itution. ‘exple the con served as The expulsions nation.” Last Monday, en Carlyle Wol- eutt, district organizer of the union sent in u truckload of food for only 14 of the 72 families living in one row of barracks three Avella, state troop deputy sheriffs and constables threatened to explode tear gas bombs to disperse the en- raged wives of striking miners who stoned the. committee distributing the food and charged for the food. Will Present Mass Tableaux May Day iles outs! (Continued from Page One) spectators or passive listeners, but will actively participate in the mili- tant plans to fortify the fighting fronts in the various fields of the class struggle in the United States. Prominent Speakers. Nationally prominent speakers and leaders of the rank and file will re- port on the conditions prevailing in the many industries where the work- ers are afflicted with unemployment traitorous leadership, company unions and suchlike “blessings” of Coolidge- prosperity. Along with the reports the speakers will lay before the gathering plans for intensifying the struggle all along the line. To make the celebration accessible to the thousands of unemployed and partly employed, an admission fee of only 25 cents and 50 cents will be charged. and the| supplied plenti- | G Oy -1y ST LAWRENCE MORE AID FOR NEW WORKERS’ CENTER Bronx Sections Plan For Drive | (Continued from Page One) \the section, the quota will be sur- passed. | Plans For Banquet. Plans and instructions for the cam- paign were also discussed at a meet- ing of all the section, subsection and | unit organizers of New York City, held Sunday morning at 108 E. 14th St. Collection lists, receipt books | and tickets for the banquet on Friday | evening, April 27, were distributed | and the organizers urged to see to it| that every phase of the campaign ac- tivity be carried on at 100 per cent efficiency since the entire $30,000 must be raised by the end of the month, New Jersey Party organizers met | in Newark’Saturday and made plans |for developing the drive on a broad scale throughout New Jersey. At a joint meeting of Subsections 2E and 2F, held the other night, $55 was collected in cash and $100 prom- ised in pledges. The units of these subsections will also take up cam- paign work individually. Unit 3D 4F collected $32 at a mem- bership meeting, with $71 being {promised in pledges, as this unit’s |initial contribution to the campaign. |3D 5F has taken up the slogan, “$10 |a Member” and each member has | pledged to raise at least $10. | | Organizations Aid. The Brownsville Youth Center and |the East New York Club have each | pledged $100, thus joining the ranks jof the non-party organizations who are actively working in the drive which will establish a home for the entire revolutionary movement of |New York City and vicinity. | An anonymous worker, who gave} ‘his initials as S. P., has handed in /$10 as his personal contribution to |the drive. | Enthusiastic sentiment among for- Jeign-born workers is giving the cam- paign a truly international character. | Workers of nearly every nationality are joining in the drive and besides their own contributions, are solicit- ing donations among their friend All efforts in the drive are being di. rected towards the proletarian ban- | quet that will be given at the Work-| ers Center April 27. Workers are urged to secure tickets for this ban- quet at once as only a limited num- ber of guests can be taken care of. Tickets, as well as collection lists and side of |receipt books for the campaign can | forum addres: |be obtained at 26-28 Union Square or | jat 108 E. 14th St. PROTEST VERDICT | IN BONITA TRIAL (Continued from Page One) stances surrounding the whole case and the refusal of the judge to ac- cept the first verdict, questions are |more than ever being raised as to the immediate for which dictated the “class verdict.” The Boniia-Moleski-Mendola De- fense Committee is preparing to rally the labor movement to secure the freedom of the innocent young mine ‘leader, and to prevent the conviction of Moleski and Mendola. 19 Hurt in Fire Fire in a six-story apartment house at 1931 Madison Ave. here today drove 50 tenants to the street, resulted in the injury of 19 persons, including | firemen, and caused a havoc among Hangs Himself U. S. Business; PITTSBURGH, April 16. — Mark Grunbaum appears to have been a very sensitive young man. The twenty-two year old son of a wealthy merchant of Cologne, Ger- many, Grunbaum carried on an inten- sive investigation of American busi- ness methods, After completing his study, Grumbaum hung himself today in a Pullman car wash room en route from Chicago. While in Chicago, Grumbaum stud- ied the methods employed by the leaq- ing industrial firms in Chicago. Whether a survey of the Chicago stockyards or the prospect of viewing the interior of a Pittsburgh ste) mill | was responsible for Grumbaum’s sui- cide has not yet been determined. FALL PROTECTED IN SINGLAIR CASE Evidence Linking Do- heny, Fall Rejected WASHINGTON, April 16.—Not only is the oil conspiracy case against Albert B. Fall virtually dropped but Justice Jennings Bailey in the re- sumption of the Harry F. Sinclair conspiracy trial today refused to ad? mit evidence bearing on Fall’s rela- tionship with E. L. Doheny, leasee of the Elk Hills Reserve. Doheny gave Fall, former Harding- Coolidge secretary of the Interior, $100,000 at the time the Elk Hills re- serve lease was being negotiated. But Justice Bailey today refused to per- mit the special government prosecu- tors in Sinclair trial to put E. L. Doheny, Jr., son of the oil man, on the siand to tell about the $100,000. | The son delivered the $100,000 from | his father to Fall. Fall was originally charged jointly with conspiracy with Sinclair. But he trial. REENELY ISLAND, WHERE GERMAN MONARCHIST This is Greenely Island, off Nova Scotia, Canada, where the “Bremen,” landed after crossing the Atlantic, with th and Captain Koehl, and the Irish Free State pilot Capt. Fitzmaurice aboard. Photo at left shows a typical dog team, the only means of transportation on the snow covered island. Next is shown & map of Greenely Island. Neat to the last photo is a general view of the island. Greenely Island residents must mush to mainland across an ice covered strait for mail and papers from outside world as is shown in photo at extreme right. Makes Study of NEW COOPERATIVE CAMP IS FORMED Workers Support Sum- mer Resort at Monroe The workers of New York are to have another cooperative camp this summer, it was learned last night. The deed for the property was signed yesterday by the Common- wealth Cooperative, 186 Liberty St., for 350 acres of woodland and farm land at Monroe, N. Y., which is with- in commuting distance from New York. Here, on the shores of Lake Walton, a camp will be built imme- diately, and there will be aecomoda- tions for some workers by Decora- ion Day. First of a Series. The Commonwealth Cooperative has been organized by a group of members.of the Union of Technical Men—engineers and architects, most of whom are employed by the City of New York. They have opened their membership to all who are “un- questionably not explciters of labor,” and the camp at Monroe will be the first of a series of cooperative un- dertakings. When the camp is estab- lished, plans will be started for co- operative apartments, retail stores and restaurants such as are now be- ing operated so successfully by other workers in the city. Seek New Members, The new camp at Monroe, it is an- nounced, will have rates low enough so that workers can afford to spend their week-ends and vacations there. “It will be truly a cooperative ven- ture for the benefit of workers and in addition to the best of food and comfortable accommodations in bun- gallows, the camp will have swim- ming, boating, tennis courts, an ath- letic field and a general recreation hall,” the announcement continues. The Commonwéalth Cooperative is seeking charter members at $100 each in order to finance the equip- ment of the camp immediately. The regular membership fee is $10; and all members, whe-her charter or otherwise, have one vote in the man- agement of the cooperative. A work- is vacationing in California. It is not jer who joins the Commonwealth Co- a part of the governmeni’s program joperative now becomes a member not to try him or even to put him on the jalone of the Monroe camp, but of all stand as a witness in the Sinclair |future ventures. All workers, especi- * . * | Smith Linked with Sinclair, Senator ald P. Nye, of North Dakota, chai lands commi Teapot Dome ee investigating the| lease graft, said in a! here that he did = intend to apologize to Gov. Al Smith for linking him and the democratic, party with the slush funds. ally those who are not members of one of the existing co-operatives, are -|urged to help build this new organ- ization. Informscion can be obtained an of the senate public |from the Commonwealth Cooperative Room 306, 136 Liberty St. The pres- ident is Marcel Scherer, treas., E. Chase; sec’y., Nat B. Sparer. The executive board includes I, Finkel, A, E. Shapiro, Nurma Berman, M. Bass, C. Leet. Morgan to Save Soul with New Book of Prayer J. P. Morgan, son and apt disciple of “Pirate” Morgan, has discovered a new conscience fund, it was learned yesterday. He has volunteered to defray the expenses of issuing the new standard Book of Common Prayer of the Pro- test Episcopal Church, which will probably be authorized at the General Convention in Washington next Octo-~ ber. A family precedent for the con- tribution is found in the fact that Morgan, Sr., the founder of the fam- ily fortune, paid for a re-issue of the prayer book in 1892. In the new book, it is announced the Ten Commandments will be in a shortened form. While the pledge of obedience will be omitted from the marriage ceremony, no mention is made of the commandment “thou shalt not steal.” D. A. R, HEAD HITS FOREIGN-BORN Expect Split Because of Labor-Baiting WASHINGTON, April 16.— A warning against foreigners “who show a disposition to interject destructive ideas regarding home, religion and government” and an appeal for the preservation of fundamentalism in re- ligion were the chief features of an address by Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, before the national convention of the organiza- tion, which opened here today. There are 30,000 foreigners in the United States and it should be the first duty of all citizens to make them understand that acceptance of Ameri- can “ideals and institutions” is obliga- tory, the leader of this women’s la- bor-baiting crganization told her au- dience. On the eve of the convention, Mrs. A. J. Brosseau, president general of the D, A. R. and wife of the president of the anti-union American Founders’ Association, issued a statement in |which she intimated that the “dis- \lc yal” members, headed by Mrs. Bailie, would be dealt with as “offenders,” Mrs. Brcsseau is also on the ad- visory council of the Key Men of America, which has been in the fore- front of the attempts to crush The DAILY WORKER. Starvation, Misery By SCOTT NEARING, (Federated Press). | Meester N. Y., official residence of Gov. Al Smith, leading candidate for the presidential nomination on the democratic ticket—Near midnight with its lights and fine buildings — Ice in the gutters --A bitter wind. “Excuse me, pardner, I’m out of a job. Looking for work, No place to go tonight and nothing to eat. Could you spare Al Smith, ; labor's foe. = He is middle- aged, a plasterer by trade. His hat and clothes are patients in a hospital across the street. i good. He speaks well. He is no pro- fessional. He vanhandles awkwardly. Mock Democratic Presidential Aspirant past the big hotels—Off the main thoroughfares—A restaurant fre- quented by workingmen. Tim is carefully selecting 10 cents worth of food. After making up his mind to a 5-cent dish of fried potatoes, he hesitates between coffee and rolls. The coffee wins. Tim settles down to his 10-cent meal, The waiter throws in a roth ‘ H Tim {fe 17, helper on a milk truck. Goes out at half-past two in the morn- ing, quits at noon. “School? Hell, you might as weil be locked up as go to hese schools. Never liked ’em! They don’t teach you nothing. Anyway, whrre’s the money coming from for school? A feller’s got to eat, ain’t he?” * * * W bated restaurant door is pushed open. Stanny enters. Stanny is eight. His nose just reaches the door-knob. He offers his newspapers. sullenly, to the scattered customers. Stanny is a study. His trousers sag. His shoes are broken. His grimy face is thin and pale, but there is a glint of defiance in his eyes. “Why should I be in bed? Some- body’s got to make the money. Sure he’s out of work. He ain’t had no work for a month.” Stanny goes out, snap- omg and ugly. ihe waiter shakes his head, ‘ i “It’s every night, and if there's one, there's a dozen the same size. It’s a crime,” * * * Albany, Al Smith’s capital. The capital city of the richest state in the greatest country—God’s own coun- try. Al Smith and the other big busi- ness men have heen on the job in Al- bany for, years—generations. If this is the best they can do it may be time for someone else to take a hand, a BS e German monarchists Baron Huenfeld, FLYERS LANDED cf o. 30,000 STRIKING AGAINST PAY GUT Many Joining Textile Mill Committees (Continued from Page One) was leading the attempt to head off the strike. While the policy of the union offi- cials toward the unorganized strikers has not as yet been clarified by a public announcement, their recent declaration of hostility toward the Textile Mill Committees in which they publicly rejected the pledge of sup- port tendered by the committees. The Mill Committees, however, went right on mobilizing the unorganized work- ers for the struggle. Disregarding the vicious attack of the heads of the Textile Council, the Textile Mill Committees immediately responded to the situation and raised the slogan of “Spread the Strike throughout New England!” Overwhelming Response. Reports coming in from textile centers in other states, are already showing that the response to this slo- gan will be so overwhelmingly favor- able as to make it almost impossible for the reactionary leadership of the American Federation of Textile Operatives and of the United Textile Workers to choke back a huge general strike wave. In Fall River the membership of the union is again raising the demand for a new strike vote. A recent strike vote there, taken after 25,000 work- ers had been forced to suffer a wage cut of 10 per cent was declared in- sufficient by 11 votes less than a two- thirds majority. The officialdom, many of whom are political appointees to soft state and city jobs, such as the Council head in Fall River being the Police Commissioner, are passing self satisfied resolutions of “moral” support to the New Bedford strikers. More Wage Slashes. Rhode Island textile workers, hitherto the least affected by the gen- eral wage reduction campaign of the employers, are also beginning to suf- fer wage slashes. In addition to a pay cut announced by the J. P. Coats Company, one of the largest thread manufacturers in the world, employ- ing 4,000 workers, comes the report that Rhode Island mill owners gen- erally are contemplating immediate wage reductions. Will Fight Sell-Out. The Textile Mill Committees in New Bedford are also preparing the sentiment of the strikers for a fight against any attempt of the union basis for believing that the council heads are considering such a betrayal jis the fact that Secretary Batty of the Textile Council has already made a statement to the local press in which he declares that “the actual striking of the operatives need not necessarily prejudice the question on negotia- tion.” * * e Vote to Join Strike. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., April 16. Following the action of the 35,000 textile workers who went on strike against a 10 per cent wage cut here yesterday, as a result of a strike vote taken recently by the locals of the American Federation of Textile Operatives, the membership of the American Yarn Finishers’ Union voted ai their meeting yesterday to join the strike, despite the fact that their union is affiliated with the United Textile Workers Union. While the mill in which these work- ers are employed posted notices that ihey are not cutting wages, the work- ers declared that a recent revision in the pay schedule is equivalent to a 25 per cent wage reduction, \THOUSAND SEE “RED RUSSIA.” SAN FRANCISCO, Aprjl 16—A thousand people paid admission to the California Hall to see one of the re- cent films from the Soviet Union, \titled Russia,” ” bureaucrats to put over a sell out. A| 'SUBS, ARTICLES, “COLLECTED: CALL | SPECIAL MEETS Send Greetings Early Is Paper’s Appeal Greetings, advertisements, stories and subscriptions are being enthusias- ically collected by the San Francisco workers in preparation for the special edition of The DAILY WORKER on May Day. Plans for a systematic canvassing of all labor and fraternal organiza- tions for the purpose of collecting greetings for the special May ist edi- tion of The DAILY WORKER are be- ing energetically pushed by the San Francisco workers. Individuals Approached. All individuals, as well, are being approached by those collecting greet- ings and are urged without fail to secure space for greetings in the May Day issue of the workers’ press. Special meetings during which the May Day edition of The DAILY WORKER will be the principle item on the agenda are being called, and particular stress is being laid upon the necessity of a one hundred. per cent backing in San Francisco for the thirty-two page edition of the only English labor daily whose militant policy makes it a worthy representa- tive of labor on labor’s international holiday. Excuse Party Members. Members of the Workers (Com- munist) Party are being excused from their accustomed activities for the week of the May Day drive when they will be employed in spreading the news of the edition as they collect greetings, advertisements and articles. Special distributions of The DAILY WORKER are also being discussed as a means of bringing the paper to hun- dreds of workers to whom it is now familiar by name alone. Summonses Ignored In Knapp Graft Case ALBANY, N. Y., April 16—Two relatives of Mrs. Florence E..8. Knapp, former secretary of state, who is under eight indictments for allegéd malad- ministration of the $1,200,000 1925 census fund, today defied subpoenas and failed to appear before the spe- cial grand jury which is investigating the census scandal. which involved many members and officeholders of the republican and democratic par- ties. Served with subpoenas at their home at New Bedford, Mass., on Sat- urday, Mrs. Mark L. Bodkin, and Mrs. Helen B. Smith, sister and sister-in- lew respectively of Mrs. Knapp, were not present when their names were called today. WORKERS PICKET POLISH CONSUL Release of 56 Hromada Prisoners Demanded By M. A. STOLAR. (Special to The Daily Worker) CHICAGO, April 16.—About 100 members of the Chicago Committee Against Polish Fascism picketed last Saturday the Polish consulate here at 844 Rush Street carrying signs yeading: “Release the Hromada Prisoners,” “Freedom For the 7,000 Political Prisoners in Poland” and “Down With Pilsudski and His Fascist Government.” The picketing was a climax to a protest meeting earlier in the day at Redifer Hall, 30 N. Wells St., against the persecution of the Hromada pea- sant organization of the White Rus- sians in Poland, 56 of whose members, including members of the Polish par liament, aie now on trial in Vilna, Prowand, Delegation Visits Consul, A committee of four, George Maurer, local secretary of the Inter- national Labor Defense, B. K. Gebert, representing the Volish workers of Chicago, John Semashko of the White Russians and J. Warenitzen of the Ukrainians went to the office of Mr. Kurnikowski, Polish consul general, at room 417 to present the protest. The consdl accepted the statement of the committee and promised to for- ward it to the Polish legation in Washington. He refused to commit himself on the matter, Are you a . “DAILY WORKER” worker daily? 1 | } Vt Fi V