The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 19, 1928, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1928 Page Three 45,000 Textile Workers Strike in Bombay; Walkout Is Spreading Ropidly CALCUTTA STRIKE! TO SCORE MURDER OF FIVE PICKETS 35 Mills Shut Down by Bombay Walkout BOMBAY, India, April 18—More than forty-five thousand workers have gone out on strike to prevent the installation of two shifts of twelve hours each. A general strike that Recondition S- 4 On Which Forty Lost Lives | With the gaping hole in her side patched up and recon- LAUNCH ATTACK IN ENGLAND ON UNION MILITANTS Reformists Try to Curb Youth of Left Wing LONDON, April 18.—The new at- tack which the conservative leaders of the British trade union movement | are planning against the left wing |elements was launched yesterday | when the Executive Council of the eee be Dente yt = STALIN EXPOSES. Photo shows v man w aria vorkers in tn | ing wool dust and fibre chin hour « introduce considerable num- pees ber of mills im the Fconomic Intervention shorter worl Replaces Military week which 3 introduced with the BERLIN, .Ay ‘18. -Referring to three-shift system, st of a number of Ger- has not only bene on the charge of par- fited the mili'ticipa in a counter-revolutionary workers — directl alin, Secretary of the but has res nist Party, in ad- ‘om the ma- a TACTICS IN USSR t tn will completely tie up all of the cot- ton mills of the city is likely. ditioned, the submarine S-4, sunk off Provincetown, Mass., by the destroyer Paulding has been floated again in Boston. | i c of the Mose | Boiler Makers’ Society—with a mem-! in greater economy of the Moscow Phe entire affair has been skillfully whitewashed by the naval | authorities. b aken to prevent rn capitalist from attempt- k down the workers dic- Soviet Union, Stalin He declared Large demonstrations are being held bership of 69,000—appealed to its by the bree by the pickets in an effort to call out membership to defeat “a Communist of machinery and pa? with economia steed other workers. Thirty-five mills conspiracy to capture the society.” provided thousand. eon ds to ports eeetvane have already been completely shut ane a a There is a strong left wing section a of unemployed ane 0) Pepores down by the strike. 5 * Go Jin the union which has been fighting . $ % dad ‘ workers with jobs Latee forces of police are being MORGAN V me) or ie It | Coun the policies of the Executive Fe held in readiness’ by the local au- 0 GO an Ault | Council a EN eee EET RF SR WE on eC Dp thorities. Minor clashes between police Warning that the new attack a and pickets have already occurred as BERLIN, April 18.—$5,000,000 -in| would be launched thruout the trade J AP ANESE LEFT | "ox tt 1lé n 1 On the result of an attempt to prevent Soviet gold, which was transferred| union movement was evident at the picketing of certain mills. from the steamship Dresden to the/last meeting of the General Council Co —”; a ane Reiher in the English channel in| of the British trade union fanerene NZVESS CNS a BOMBAY, ry 18,—Several locals order to prevent its confiscation by|when John Hill, Secretary of the of the metal workers’ unions in Cal- Morrow Aids in Debt the Bank of France, is now safe in} Boiler Makers, introduced a resolu- in Soviet l ni 10n cutta have gone on strike in sym- Settlement the vaults of the Deutsche Bank. tion calling for the expulsion of | HE pathy with the 20,000 striking rail- The Reiher entered Bremerhaven] minority movement and Communist /TJpholds Cules Com- |} late way workers here after mass mect-| 4 . cia] commission appointed by yesterday and was transferred un-! leaders from the trade unions. 1 ‘ MOSCOW, (By Mail) —The eight ings had been held to protest coal the International Committee of Bank-]der heavy Pas to Berlin. Altho Hill’s motion was tabled at Ho d Convention lAll-Union Textile Work« mpraus ® ta es * the killing of five railway strikers at ers to survey the finances of the Mex- | the time, it will be taken up at the -— te it abeow Mt id ON W Bamangachi, near Calentta, when ican Government is next session of the General Council,|: The Trade Union Council of Japan,|has opened in Moscow. More tha police fired into Sate ns expected to return TEXTILE WORKERS which will be held on April 25. Wal-|which is composed of 35,000 militant | 715,000 t workers part ad a Strikers... Otter, trade anion locals are at the end of this ter Citrine, Ben Turner, conservative | workers in various industries, will) in the election of the 850 voting dele- 0 Nes ye Gl Sensei us J0n ute eeaee week. The Mexi- |hedd of the textile workers’ union,|hold its fourth annual convention| gates to the convention. 1,000 Marines Sent to a iGaverninent | Mel } and other right wing mémbers of the | this month, according to a release The opening session of the Congress | Shantung SEEK BOOKS FOR made it clear last General Council are expected to sup-j}sued by the Pan Pacific Trade Union | was addressed by representativ Me ear that it would pert Hill’s motion. Secretariat, with headquarters at|the textile wor unions from! | a = ‘ fe unable to meet Shanghai. eleven countries aiding the United TOKIO, April 18.—One thousand its |7 . SC) The central committee of the] States, Japanese blue jackets today are on Mabe to J Pe Mor. The Council Officialdom STR | K E TIES UP | Trade Un‘on Connell (Nippon Rodo-|m their way to Tsingtao, China, on board Syrigeay * fae ; 3 iss - 2a] | slovakia. two cruisers and four destroyers. gan and other fi Tries to Halt It cumia ca Tas issued’ an ag as ; They will be posted in the Shan- nancial houses. pi goneseine the importance of the con-/| | | iniview ae sta. < tung railway zone, where the south- = “| town. They replied that the mill com- lpeonia, the 6 ea Pe The commander of the inter- ead aR mittees formed a national movement, [rts world “rere ane tuging| York, Germans Salive forces was ordered to take ner in J. P. Mor-|that intends to stay in New Bedford e Japanese are rushing ahead to- “defensive steps as ; gan and Co., is re-| io organize mill antis to which union] STOCKHOLM, April 18. —Workers | ward another world catastrophe! Baron yon Huenefeld’s determ aCe | Baepe 88 ea ported to be active | nen as weil as non-union men can be-| inthe assembly plant of the General thru ceaseless gree 5 on Of tig, to complete the ‘ Morgan Envoy in securing a set-| jong. It was further stated that the|Motors Company here have gone on \their imperialistic 8 eet ve in the ‘Bveménd- we: D. W. Morrow tlement between the| -ommittees are the most powerful|strike in sympathy with the leather | onies, especially their colonies in the ipa ca’ padionnda nel Mexican Govern-| sorce making for successful maintain-| workers and upholsterers who quit| ast,” the statement says. “Work- fia ter atapan Walken 0 ment and the International Commit-|ance of solidarity among the strikers. last week to protest against the at- ers of the East, China, India, Indo-|¢, he ahs Gaiad ian tow 2 tee of Bankers. Revision of the pres-| Batty then said he would start|tempt of the company to hiré non-|nesia are gradually being awakened the Bremen on Mitewell Field ent financial agreement is expected in| trouble if the committee didn’t leave | union workers, and are carrying on a struggle {ho translation of the message. Kellogg Concludes New view of the sharp drop in the revenue | town, according to Murdoch. The strike is virtually complete. | against imperialist exploitation.” | A reception that will rival in ful-| Pact With Fascist Italy book fund campaign and telling of of the Mexican Government. Outside of one small meeting, to = Sse Ste 583 3s te r ‘olone! ae 9 b ede Rost 1 Ni ht Ww k Ss a h CG Net someness the one tendered to Colonel ACR SRB, UO eRe OU acer ostal Nig. or | Swedis' rou ctive Lindbergh a year ago is being WASHINGTON, April. 18—Italy sp: : i : me i a x : ig the labor prisoners’ desire for books Pacific Fleet Warming med, rca peepee | BOS Dp pared here for the German-Irish|and the United States have concludec ave Tom Mooney, who has already . ing 0 e * WASHINGTON, April 18-—(F.| CLEVELAND, 0., April 18.—The |fliers. It is not known yet when they|a general arbitration treaty identical served 12 years of a life term in Up for. the Coming War against he mull PANE alee P.) —Fifty thousand postoffice; work of the Swedish fraction of the | will arrive. 5 in scope with the Franco-Americar San Quentin prison; Loren Roberts, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 18. cae tbet Mf * ae elas regular|¢lerks are affected by the Sproul| Workers (Communist) Party has! At Mitchell Field, where the visitors |treaty signed last February, the state in Walia Walla’ (Wash.) Prison, ound for Hawaii to engai einai, alates ne oes cre are|bill passed by the House, which/been so effective that today the| will land, if they come by airplane, |department announced today. | Claude Merrit, railroad unionist serv-| gag picketing, thousa would give a ten per cent increase in| Swedish fraction in this city is grow-| preparations to care for the thousands} Ambassador Martino and Secretary h} at Britain, Fra Poland arid G LABOR’S JAILED | i i, Dy Starts: <Book Fund Drive _ Adding to its many activities in protecting the working class from the capitalist frame-up system, the Inter- national Labor Defense has inaugu- rated a book fund campaign to pro- vide the 47 victims of capitalist “jus- tice” now serving long prison terms with books. Among political prisoners who have written the I. L. D., endorsing the | test against Japanese en- ed|croachments in Shantung province d Manchuria has been gaining eadily in Ba oueee ing in San Quentin; Henry Corbish- | @2U8) bea ogra yi eee i ig tag ee tie pei pay to postoffice clerks employed at! ing and there are left the Swed: who will be there to greet them arc| Kellogg will sign the pact tomorrow. ley, IMinois militant miner, railroaded Wiiadaclevehkcamblad 44 fai a nas pen Polling the gates of|night. Secretary Flaherty of the| section of the socialist-labor party| under way. The landing field wil!|The last Italian-American arbitratior to jail by the coal bosses, and Leo Waters, waa cquraing the Sanihie 45s lanilla. National Federation of Post Offi e only two members. be triple roped. treaty expired in 1923. Ellis in San Quentin. dey: Critfelae"Headets: Clerks explained that the purpose of | —— Workers of the World Unite! “The prisoners want books, hun-| [eq by a vanguard of destroyers,| The sentiment among the workers|the measure is to reduce night work dreds of books,” the I. L..D, states, | the rea EUS flotilla, composed of Moe is bitterly critical of the union leader-|done by this punitive pay rate | in a booklet just issued. “We want! than 100 ships of the line, sailed out|ship for their refusal to safeguard} There is no reason why much of the | you to help us. We can turn weary| of the harbor at dawn. | the solidarity of the ranks of the|work done at night may not be done long days of loneliness into more ——_——. strikers from the coming attacks of|by day, at a great saving to the|- cheerful and more useful ones for 4 CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE the mill barons through refusing to|health of the workers, the labor prisoners. While with us| SISTERVILLE, W. Va., Apr, 18.— | assist the mill committees in prepar-| Other post office workers’ bills in the labor movement, these men} The charred bodies of four children |ing picket demonstrations. are » making slow progress. were so busy fighting, organizing, they had but little time to read. Now they want books. Books for pleasure and books to make them better fight ers for labor when they are with us were removed from the ruins of their home, at McElroy Creek, Tyler Coun- ty, 15 miles from here, today, fol- “lowing a fire which swept the upper story of the home of Mr. and Mrs. While the mill bosses’ association oe has as yet taken no public action to- ward trying to smash the strike, only fools can believe that secret strike- breaking preparations are not under again.” Denton Tennant, = way, the workers declare. In answer to a statement made by Secretary Batty in which he declared i—? Defenders Sf” that the leaders of the mill commit- tees are “egoistic agitators, who will E hay E EDA Be 2 Y Woe R K bs R divide the strikers,” Murdoch, speak- ing in the name of the committees de- clared to the press, “the greatest 5) S. B. Nucleus, Santa Barbara... .2.00} guarantee to the unity of the strikers e | A. C. Barreti, Warspite, Alt., Can.1.00| is that the union men as well as the .25| W. P. Sukut, Chicago, Ill non-union men both belong to the ‘os Lithuanian Work. Women’s. Al. same mill organization.” i 10.00! “Ours is a national body. We are 10.00 | fighting not only for the cause of the 09 | New Bedford workers, but for the textile workers thruout the count Because these events are the the whole situation, our fight for the S. Schneiderman, Detroit, Mich.. I, Lauken, Detroit, Mich.... TI. Selaberg, Detroit, Mich J. Solomon, Detroit, Mich. J. Brunbink, St. Louis, Mo... Dr. HM. Richter, Chicago, IN. .50.00| A. Z. i i A. Seider, Chicago, Ill. J. Wecker, Chicago, Ill. St. Nucleus 4, San Pran., “Cal.. C. Vangelloff, Chicago, Ill. lo. Park, Cal )/ Rumanian Cul. Club, Detroit j winning of the strike mus. be iuude ; Fall River, Mass...1,00) Siegel Family, Ontario, Calif. here. As the New Bedford wage cut ©. D. McLannan, Seattle, Wash.1.00|G- Stuhris, Palm Beach, Fla.. Bane Gee, yn Fe Waly ene eee the textile situation countrywide. We are already beginning to take steps for decisive action in Fall River, where 25,000 workers were recently prevented from striking agai so a 5 | wage cut by the union leadership,” §. Leonowiez. Phila., Pa... ‘00, Nucleus i, Berkeley, Cal. . M. Konirzes'd, Ph'la., Pa | D. Rallef: Toronto, Can. 3% §. Laskows'i, Phila., Pa. 49 | ©. Vasiloff, Toronto, Can. J. Criss, Lyman, Wash 5.00 B. Djidroff, Toronto, Can. H, Smith. Decatur. TH... L. Vasiloff, Torouto, Can. P. Du Val, Murietta, Cal N. Nicoloff, Toronto, Can J. Doyle, (col.), Pitts, Pa. : 2 R Salisburgz, Raymond, Mont. the statement says. ; Camp Nitgedaiget, Beacon, N.y.e0 09 E+ Moe, Raymond, Mont.... The workers attending the mgss M. Zieper, Worcester, Mass. 3.00 A.B. Westphal, Raymond, Mont. 1.00 Pi hai) sfternoon, ware B. Grovenbacher Phila, Pa... 1.09, Seerange, Raymond, Mont see aie * wii leaders, of the At Stresone Oetiteal Islip, N “y.'1100, M. Evenson, Raymond, Mont rene sviap 0 al United Texiile 3. Guiee: New York City: * yy) LS. Smith, Raymond, Mont Gaal Lay ce bbe was formed ae J. Tomilgat, Groton, Conn... 2.00 M. Beckrean, Los Angeles, C: Qt Seas ° ey if 926 Passaic strike. 61 Ved, Bhandh 66, G 4 M. Greenberg, Los Angeles, Cal. 25) 5 a and title pene president of the Rapids,’ Mich: at 5.00! M. Harris, Los Angeles, Cal... j local, and Ellen Dawson, members of s. ng es (woh) A 609 E. Weiner, Los Angeles, Cai E.R. Field, Algonac, Mich. 5.00\ 4. Ahaloft, Beltan, ae Cal A. Victor, Lawrence, Mass, . 1.00) P. Gorgaff, Hatch: dane J. B. Rhodes, MeKeesport,, Pa 1.09} A. Tagaraff, ‘Beltan, Mont A. T. Haningtino, Detroit, Mic! 1.00; J. Kofoetf, Beltan, Mont. Firnish Fed., Waukegan, Ill... .25.00' |G, Pagoff, Beltan, Mont. . F. J. Anderson, Portland, Ore...1.00![, A, Kelly, Beltan, Mont N. Rubin, Boston, Mass...... 5.09 G, Acheiff, Weltan, Mont. Section 7, Boston, Mass........ La 09! Ss. Tatroft, Beltan, Mont. T. Rauttila, Allanwater, Ont., G. Hamoff, Beltan, Mont. Canada ........5... ..4.00/B. Gogaeff, Beltan, Mont. J. Dick, Denver, Colo. 2.00!G,. Aguzaroff, Beltan, Mont. F. S. Loure, Tueson, Ariz .09! A. Hodoff, Beltan, Mont.. A. Suckkowen, Maynard, Mass. .50' K. Hutinoff, Beltan, Mont J. Supola, Maynard, Mass. 50|N. Dadianoff, Beltan, Mont F. H. Mack, Maynard, Mase H. Sosanoff, Beltan, Mont F, Stasuckwvich, Maynard, Mass. 50 | H. Aboloff, Beltan, Mont. J. Nurmi, Maynard, Mass... oe H. Rubaeff, Beltan, Mont. z v Olsa, Maynard, Mass. 5|G, B. Revazoff, Beltan, Mont. . .25|H. Marzoeff, Beltan, Mont T. Tegueff, Beltan, Mont Strike a Blow for Seulguety Against the Nicaraguan War A Fighting Miners’ Union and a Victorious Strike For the Recognition and Defense of the Soviet Union |.For a Labor Party ' For the Organization of the Unorganized For a Workers azd Farmers’ Government Work or Wages for Unemployed For the Overthrow of the Capitalist System 5 This Is Jy Token to the May Day Honer Roll Name Amount Name What Price | Aliens in America? | | | | | | | by Edith Rudquist. the National Executive Board of the | Textile Mill Committees, James P, Ried, and Fred KE. Beal, also spdke An analysis of the sev- ae ia eral anti-alien bills; their | ante ¥ vicious provisions, and ‘Ball Arranged to Aid|] the purposes of the law- Chicago Needle Worker makers in proposing ie them. 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