The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 20, 1928, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1928 URGE ALL GREETINGS BE RUSHED FOR SPECIAL MAY DAY EDITION OF THE DAILY WORKER _ Cities in the remoter sections of the United States must rush their May Day greetings, advertisements and articles if they intend to be represented in the special May Day edition of The DAILY WORKER equally with such cities as Los Angeles, Phila- delphia and Detroit, a representative clared yesterday. Special departments of the May Day edition of The WORK- and on t) of the Business Office de- ER will be devoted to many of the towns and cities in the interior Material for these spe- cial departments must be forwarded at once, the Business Office pointed out. The work of collecting and immediately rushing the greet- ings for the May Day edition is especially important as their early receipt will result in a considerable economy in mechanical he West Coast of the country. costs of The DAILY WORKER, it was announced. All individual sympathizers, labor and fraternal organizations shouid be in- formed of the importance to them of being well represented by greetings in the May Day WORKER. The publication of this special edition is a milestone in the history of labor journalism in the United States and must re- ceive the most energetic attention from the workers thruout the country. The response of this time and the strictest matter at once.” the remoter cities and districts should be immediate and one hundred percent. “It is not yet too late to forward greetings and ads,” the Business Office stated, “but every moment of delay is serious at attention must be given to this urgent NEW OIL SCANDAL LOOMS AS INVESTIGATION IS DEMANDED STANDARD OIL IN SALT CREEK FIELDS GRAFT ‘Defense Rests in Sin- clair Trial s of inquiry as the clima of debate in which S to several weeks | on (R) | of Indiana, chargec Wilson | democratic admini was just as culpable in the scandal as the Harding adm tration, use of t Creek tion would Co. definitely | The field was | rd subsidiary. the leasing of the fie The Salt Creek inve draw the Stand into the oil corr leased to a Stan WASHINGTON, April 19.—Ap-| parently believing that the additional | time, expense and effort were not} mecessary, the defense in the Harry F. Sinclair conspiracy trial in the Teapot Dome case today rested with- | out putting Sinclair on the stand or} introducing the 150,000-word deposi- | tion made recently by Albert B. Fall. | Fall, former Harding-Coolidge secretary of the interior, was origin- | ally jointly charged with Sinclair. | But he was let off with the deposi- | tion, taken in his El Paso home, and | was not further troubled to explain | Sinclair's $233,000 gift to him at the} time of the Teapot Dome lease or| Sinclair’s slush-funding of republican party campaigns. The case is expected to go to the jury Saturday. “SPREAD TEXTILE STRIKE,” DEMAND Struggle Forces Stores to Close Down (Continued from Page One) centers. It is easy to see, say the | mill committees in their statements | to the workers, that the strike will become a long drawn out struggle if the other mills, controlled or led by the Butler interests, are permitted to assist the New Bedford mill- bar- ons’ fight by making up their work. | After the mass meeting held Wed-| nesday by the Textile Mill Commit-| tees, at which they pledged their sup- port to the Textile Council in con- ducting the strike, despite refusal of | such aid by the bureaucrats in control | of the union, the leaders of the mill | committee movement began the work} of recruiting mill groups in earnest. Leaders Criticized. The announcement by W. L. Mur- doch and Fred Beal, in charge of the| work, that in addition to the non-} also eligible for membership in the} committees, is meeting with increas- | ingly favorable response fi thousands on strike, the committee announces. | Severe criticism is being levelled| at the leaders of the Textile Council | for the manner in which they are preparing relief machinery. So far, the only relief measures taken have been for the union members, who are to get relief from the union treasury. The executive board of the Textile Council, in a meeting called to organ ize a committee to start a drive in the city for relief funds for the strik- ers as a whole, spent most of their time mapping out plans to prevent the Textile Mill Committee from in- ' augurating such a drive. Officials Obstruct Relief. After lengthy deliberations their plans for relief petered down to mak- img applications to the city police authorities to prevent the Mill Com- mittee from getting permits for their own drive. Latest reporis carry the information that they have succeeded. Joseph Freeman Will Talk at Sunday Forum Joseph Freeman, co-editor of “The New Masses,” radical magazine of arts and letters, will speak on “Some Recent Aspects of American Litera- ture” Sunday at 8 p. m, at the open forum of the Workers School, 108 E. 14th St. Freeman, together with Floyd Dell, conducted a course on “Social Forces in American Litera- ture” at the school during the past & SCENES | pee | too | WASHINGTON, April 19. — A Sweeping investigation into the leas- Ing of government oil lands in the Salt Creek f Wyoming was proposed in the senate this afternoon by Sen. Norris (R) of Nebraska. | Norris sponsored the resolution of | AS TRANS-A ee Photos above were taken as Major Fitzmaurice, the Irish Free 4 | State flyer, landed at Seven Islands after he had left his German imperiali eg yer re pa companions, | Baron Huenfeld and Capt. Koehl, who flew the Junkers plane Bremen from Ireland to Greenely Island, near Nova Scotia, Canada. Photo at left shows a group of inhabite BROPHY, TOOHEY | ARE INDICTED | Mass Picketing Spreads| Despite Arrests (Continued from Paye One) day walked out to swell the rapidly rising tide of thousands already on | strike under the leadership of the| Save the Union Committee. | The largest’ number came from | Slickville, Export and Dunningtown, | following mass meetings addressed by | organizers of the progressive forces. Thirteen mines in the Kiski Valley | are affected. One thousand addition- | al miners are already lined up with the committee in this area. Operators Concerned, The steady spreading of the strike | is forang the operators to abandon their original pretense of indifference and are seeking to devise means of breaking the rising movement, Judge \Cummings, before whom arrested |pickets have been taken, expressed |the desire to get the strike leaders into his court with the object of put- ting them into jail. State troopers this morning drove | Jup to the picket line at Thompson {where the mine superintendent was walking among the pickets. At his | request, the troopers launched in with their clubs against the pickets. In | the excitemerit all heads looked alike to them and one of the first to be| struck was that of the superintendent | himself. | Discrimination. | At Lily, troopers took away picket | boxes with the charge that the min-} fers were not members of the United | Mine Workers of America, that they | use objectionable language to strike- | | breakers. No picketing would be al- lowed from now on, they said. The miners, it is known, will carry on} just the same and will win out as hundreds of others who have carried | on mass picketing demonstrations in | violation of orders by company con- | trolled police. | At East Wilkesboro, the Sustead | and Seaman Mine was flooded yes- | terday. The miners were about to} }come out in response to the call of | the Save the Union Committee, yes- i ‘ |terday, when the superintendent, who union strikers the union members are|i, aico the constable and judge, ar- rested three Negro miners and tried |to frame them on the charge of flood- €\ing the mine which employs about 400 men, | Canadian Sends $12 to Pay For Mine Subs _ | (Continued from Page One) | It is already costing the paper over | five hundred dollars per week in free papers to the striking areas. We shall have to stop sending The DAILY WORKER ‘o those who are receiving the paper I NEE already, unless our readers send in free subscriptions for | strikers. © | The DAILY WORKER has fought the battle of these strikers. The DAILY WORKER has carried on the |battle cry of class struggle. These |workers understand this and an- | preciate what The DAILY WORKER |means to them. They ask for The 'DAILY WORKER every day. They like The DAILY WORKER more and more every day. They NEED The DAILY WORKER every da One hundred thousand striking miners and 50,000 striking textile workers appeal to you. What is your answer? ; Here is a free subscription to a | striker, Daily Worker, 35 First St., N. Y. City |1 year $12. 6 months $6. 3 months $2. |Name | Address \City 'State : a es Nii NS ts of the island watching for the plane. Fitzmaurice landing at Seven Islands. Center photo’shows the Fairchild plane with Fitzmaurice, swooping over Seven Islands. Photo at right shows ' Most Anyone in N.Y.Can Be a “Marshal” HARSH ATS are very proud of their title partly because of the fame which Napoleon’s marshals gave the name. This is true of federal marshals, federal deputy marshals, Fourth of July parade marshals and New York City marshals, New York City marshals are in bad oder now because of the loan shark investigation, which has dis- closed that these pay-triotie law- enforcing badge-polishers use their badges to shake down or hi-jack ‘wage earners who have been forced to mortgage their future wages to the money lenders at illegal inter- est rates. So profitable is the marshal “racket,” in fact, that many on whom Tammany Hall has not of- ficially pinned credentials are never- theless using the title for what it is worth, CRRA eee QUESTIONING before Magistrate McAdoo yesterday showed sev- eral examples, examples. One former marshal was asked why he had never got around to take the “City Marshal” sign out of his office window. “T forgot,” he answered. Mrs. Joseph Ether, 34 First St., was next questioned as to a similar in her window. My husband was a marshal,” she said. Questioning brought out the fact that her husband died three years 2go. “well,” she continued, when askea why she did not take the sign down, “it’s a sort of a land- mark, you know.” ‘OUT OF SCHOOL ON MAY 1° 1S SLOGAN, (Continued from Page One) ence of 50 delegates representing working class children’s organizations April 15, called by the Pioneers. The other organizations represented were the American Non-Partisan Jewish Workers’ Schools; Czechoslovak La- bor Schools; Friends of Culture; Min- ers’ Relief Scouts groups; Ukrainian Labor Schools and Finnish Labor Schools. This united front of the working class children opens an epoch in the proletarian children’s movement in America. It is fitting that May 1, the day of international labor soli- darity, the children should join with their parents to support with all their energies the huge demonstrations of unity af Madison Square Garden. ‘ FRANKS FATHER DIED. CHICAGO, IIL, April 19. — Jacob Franks, father of Bobbie Franks. who was murdered by Nathan Leo- pold and Richard Loeb, now serving life terms for, the slaying, died here today. |Workers Center Asks" ‘Immediate Return of; All Banquet Tickets) The Workers Center has issued a demand that settlemgnt be made before Monday for all tickets for the banquet which will open the new building. After Monday and Until Friday, April 27, the day of the great “Red Banquet,” tick- ets can be obtained at the Work- jers Ceeter, 26-28 Union Ssuare, or at the Workers (Communist) Party, district office at 108 E. idth St. sarees. { WORKERS SCHOOL. TO RAISE $10,000 (Units Spur Efforts in Big Campaign (Continued on Page Two) ‘ success in order that the work of the school may be expanded. The “Red Banquet” Throughout District 2 Workers Party units are directing their efforts towards the “Red Banquet,” which will be given at the Workers Center i Friday evening, April 27, to cele- brate the establishment of the new home of the revolutionary movement. |The banquet is now only a week away land militant workers are urged to} purchase their tickets at once, as only a limited number of guests can be accommodated. Tickets are on sale at $1.25 each at 26-28 Union Square and 108 E. 14th Sty As the pace of the $30,000 drive intensifies, new contributions are com- ing in even greater numbers. Among the units who brought dona- tions yesterday are: 2B-2F, $36 in cash, $54 in pledges; 2H-1F, $30 in cash; 8D-3F, $32; 2D-5F, $17; 3D-6F, $12; 2D-2F, $80; Section 5, Branch 6, $73 in cash, $200 in pledges; Sec- tion 4, Unit B, $106. An unusually good showing was made by the membership of 1AC-7F and 1AC-1F, which held a joint meet- ing addressed by Ella Wolfe. IAC- TF collected $55 in cash and pledged $105. 1AC-7F collected $128. The quotas of each of these units is $160, and since these were initial contribu- tions, the members feel confident of surpassing the required sums. rr Se Spur To Education The establishment of the Workers Center will act as a tremendous spur te workers’ education, D. Benjamin, assistant director of the Workers School, declared yesterday. “The facilities ‘of the Workers School, which will occupy the entire fifth floor of the new building, will be so greatly increased,” he said, “that every phase of the school’s work will be benefited and its in- | fluence will be extended to include larger and larger masses of workers. “At preseut we have six fylass- reoms, an office and a library. In the Workers Center we will have nine rooms, all of them larger than the present ones, including office, a library twice as large as our present library, a study room and a student council room, Our capacity will thus be 100 per cent greater than at pres- ent. In addition, six of the rooms sible their conversion into an audi- toriym, seating, between 500 and 600. Largest Communist School “The Wcikers School now has about 1,800 students and is the largest Communist school in the world out- side of the Soviet Union, accordine to the agitnrop department of the Communist International. It is also the only school which is self-sup- porting. But despite the fact that cur school is in a thriving state and is a real training field for the class struggle, we are greatly hampered by the physical conditions of our present quarters, which do not permit us to function properly and to ex- pand. “All those physical difficulties will be done away with in the new build- ing. Next fall we expect a registra- tion of 2,000 students and we will he gble adequately to take care of all of them. Thus the Workers School will become an increasingly greater force in the revolutionary movement, molding the fighters that are in the front-line of the class- struggle. will have sliding doors, making pos- | Birth Control - for Miners, is - Coolidge Plea (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Apri! 19.—Cool- idge sponsors birth control—fcr min- ers! Not “Keep Cool” Cal, but W. H. Coolidge, chairman of the board of directors of the Island Creek Coal Company, with headquarters at Bos- ton. The coal magnate who testified be- fore the senate coal committce today was willing to admit that he and the president had a common, simian an- cestor some ten generations ago. He suggested that birth control would prove, perhaps a slow, but neverthe- less a sure cure for over-population in the mining industry. “This business of bringing up a large group of children,” contended the coal baron, himself a father of less than eight, “ain’t what it is cracked up to be.” There is a law in the United States against advocating or disseminating the knowledge of birth control and it would not surprise anyone if Mr. Coolidge should run afoul of the pro- tectors of public morals in ‘the de- partment of justice—to say nothing of the Catholic, Church. § | Against the Nicaraguan War Work or Wages for Unemployed Name ' tennenesoascengesseqeeree’ Collected by: Name .. i MINE LEADER TO ~ SPEAK AT MEET Toohey, Foster to Tell of Coal Struggle As a demonstration of their solid- arity with their striking brothers in the coal mines, militant workers in New York and vicinity will flock in large numbers to Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th Street Monday night, where Pat Toohey, National Secretary of the Save-The-Union Committee and William Z. Foster, National Secretary of the Trade Union Educational Leagve will address a mass meeting for the purpose of acquainting New York workers with the miners’ strug- gle and with the events leading up to the historic Pittsburgh conference. Toohey To Tell of Struggle Tochey is making a special trip to New York for the mass meeting, and will present the complete story of the coal diggers’ struggle, of especial interest to New York workers. William Z. Foster has made an in- tensive and exhaustive study of the coal mine situation; especially those conditions obtaining in the bituminous \fields end will present his findings at TLANTIC FLIER LANDED AT SEVEN ISLANDS AMALGAMATED IN CHICAGO GIVES UP HOUR DEMAND Fail ¢0 Even Ask for It in Pact (Continued from Page One) strong was the general opinion that the reactionary Hillman administra- tion would at least put up a strong fight for it over the conference ta- bles, that three of the largest men’s clothing manufacturing firms not having agreements with the Amal- gamated, announced several days ago che installation of the 40-hour week. The “big chiefs” of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers, immediate~ ly upon completion of the pact here, entrained for Rochester, where the negotiations for a new agreement ara also to be completed. That the new agreement will also not improve the conditions of the workers, is consid- ered a foregone conclusion, The sufferers from the wave of ree organizations continually in progress in the factories in every market, in which those workers not able to keep up with the speed-up systems are indiscriminately thrown from their jobs, are not to receive the slightest benefits from the “unemployment fund” as the Hillman administration apportions it. Those losing their jobs due to speed-ups, do not get re- lief, only those who have jobs, and are temporarily laid off, are per- mitted to apply for relief. Another use for Hillman’s “insurance fund” is to make good the dues and taxes of those deemed “worthy” by the administration’s executive boards. A statement issued by Abraham Beckerman, right wing manager of the New York Joint Board of the Amalgamated, declares lamely, when asked what his opinion is in regards to the granting of the 40-hour week by three open shop firms, that the three firms may very easily recall the 40-hour week, since they have no agreement with the union. The ‘workers term this ridiculous, since a union firm can easily do likewise, but, say the workers, the statement shows clearly what a frank sell-out they perpetrated by dropping the de- ‘the meeting. Strike a Blow for mand for a shorter work week. 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