The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 21, 1928, Page 1

a 2 * COAL MINERS BATTLE TROOPERS AS MORE PITS SHUT DOWN TSE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY T E DAILY WORKER. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. X¥. under the act of March 3, 1579. FINAL CITY EDITION Vol. VY. No. 95. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Im New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $0.00 per year. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928 Publishing Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Price 3 Cents Association, Inc., 33 First Sireet, New York, N. ¥. Union Offi COMMITTEES LEAD | PICKET LINES AS LEADERS BETRAY Politicians Seek to Sane- tion Wage Cut NEW BEDFORD, Mass., April 20. —Preparations for the betrayal of 30,000 textile workers on strike here are seen in the report that Thomas MeMahon, President of the United Textile Workers of America and W. E. G. Batty, secretary of the Ameri- can Federation of Textile Operatives have buried all past differences and have united in repudiating the work- ers Textile Committees. The coming together of these two men at this time it is known can only mean a preliminary for such a sell- out as they put over on the Fall River workers recently. The textile work- ers here are strengthening their or- ganization of textile committees in order to insure themselves against such a move. Relief will not be forthcoming from either the United Textile Workers or the American Federation of Textile Operatives, according to reliable in- formation, and one of the tasks facing all progressive workers of New Eng- land and the labor movement is to set up relief machinery especially for the 27,000 unorganized siriking workers. ~The move of*McMahon and, Batty. is particularly directed against the unorganized textile workers whom they have madé no attempt to include in their organization. No picketing has as yet been made and the Textile committees are directing their ef- forts towards organization of strike committees and will, if neessary, take over the strike, Or eke NEW BEDFORD, Mass., April 20. -—The end of the first week of the great strike of 30,000 textile workers against the ten per cent reduction in wages which the 58 mills here tried to install last Monday is marked by the fact that despite lack of sanction from the officials of the small skilled workers’ unions, the number of work- ers picketing the mills are increasing daily. oe The criticism of the Textile Mill Committee, leveled at the union lead- ership for its refusal to arrange or- ganized picket demonstrations, is hav- ing the effect of heavily increasing daily the hundreds of workers turn- ing out early in the morning to picket in front of the mills in which they work. wal. Picketing Increases. The report that several mills intend to re-open their factory doors was met by an immediate outpouring of workers who parade the mill till the gates were again shut. Several other developments of im- portance became known vesterday. It was learned that the numerous siate senators elected from New Bedford are beginning the usual attempt to chalk up a “good” record by filing mo- tions in the State House, by asking for a commission to “investigate” the strike in New Bedford. The attitude of the workers show that they expect nothing but a white-wash of the com- panies’ wage slash. The danger in this move by the bosses’ agents in Boston is pointed out, however, by some of the union members who are acquainted with the fact that Samuel Ross, head of the AFTER ATTAGK Tear Bombs Are Used plete shut-down of the Westmoreland | Coal Company mine at Export, the | center of every great battle in this | section since 1910, was the occasion and a crowd of nearly four hundred pickets today. out to the call of the Save-the-Union forces. and strong. This morning the pickets succeeded in unloading fifty men whe company property. State troopers ar- rived upon the scene and began hurl- ing tear gas bombs. with a trooper who then raised his club to strike the miner. The trooper was disarmed and, according to some eyewitnesses, was roughly treated. rived on the scene and began an in-| discriminate beating of the miners, Ever in White Valley, a Pittsburgh jmoved from Export, \beaten up by troopers. Export has spread new, enthusiasm throughout the region, showing remarkable leadership quali- ties. ‘CENTER WILL BRING NEW FACILITIES TO “DAILY” cials Are Preparing for Sell-Out of New Bedford Textile Strikers STARVING STRIKERS IN PENNSYLVANIA GET RELIEF “ e F Despite the efforts of the coal barons, the Lewis machine and the Senate “investigation” committee to prevent it from functioning, the Pennsylvania-Ohio Miners Relief Committee, 611 Penn Ave.,-Pittsburgh, Pa., continues to send food and clothing to starving miners and their families. The picture above (taken near Pittsburgh) shows a group of striking miners with bags of food distributed to them by the relief committee. Against Strikers PITTSBURGH, April 20.—Com-| The full force at Export walked Picketing has been regular were going to the pit from wagons on Miners Resist Terror. One of the pickets remonstrated New detachments of troopers ar-| no matter where they were found. Coal Company town, two miles re- miners were Militaney displayed by miners at Strikers are Many of them participated in (Continued on Page Two) FOSTER TO TELL OF MINE. FIGHT Thousands W ill Attend Meeting Monday Thousands of militant and progres- sive workers in New York have watched with the greatest interest the struggle now going on among the mine workers to save their union from destruction. What chance have they of succeed- ing the face of almost overwhelming odds after thirteen months of their strike ?, (Continued on Page Two) Y. WW. L 10 HOLD DANCE TONIGHT The sixth anniversary of the found- ing of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League will be the occasion for a youth celebration to be held tonight at the New Harlem Casino, 116th St. and Lenox Ave. A feature will be a program given by a troupe of five young striking miners from the Illinois coal fields. A Negro jazz band will furnish mu- sie for dancin; WATERBURY vLANS TIED UP. WASHINGTON, April 20;—Plans for the Mississippi Valley Deep waterway development were tied in a knot today by Canada’s refusal to santion diverson of Lake Michigan “waters to the Chicago sanitary dis-| What is the significance of the re- cent Pittsburgh-Save-the-Union con- ference for the future of the Amer- ican labor movement? These and many related problems willbe discussed by William Z. Fos- ter, national secretary of the Trade Union Educational League who will speak on “The Significance of the Miners’ Struggle,” Monday at 8 p. m. at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St. 5 Freeman Talks at Open Forum Tomorrow Night Joseph Freeman, co-editor of “The New Masses,” will speak on “Some Recent Aspects of American Litera- ture” at the weekly open forum of the Workers School, 108 E. 14th St., to- morrow night at 8 o’clock. Freeman will discuss the Right, Centre and Left tendencies in mod- ern American literature as represent- ed by William Carlos Williams, Will Durant, and the New Playwrights group, it is announced. on April 1 writes as follows: “Dear Sir: SUPPRESS FALL'S GRAFT STATEMENT fata Deposition Was Taken for Sinclair Trial WASHINGTON, Apr. 20. — An ap- pearance of mystery today surrounded the suppression in the final moments of the Harry F. Sinclair oil conspiracy trial of the 150,000 word deposition by Albert B. Fall, former Harding- Coolidge secretary of the interior. But an explanation for the sup- pression of the document is found in the report that it places too much re- sponsibility on the late President Harding for the deals‘ between Sin- clair and the republican party and later the republican Harding cabinet. Taken in Secret. The deposition was taken in secrecy in Fall’s El Paso home by = special government prosecutors and has not yet been made public. Fall was or- iginally charged jointly with Sinclair with conspiracy but appears to have been let off with the deposition, which was to have been used, however, by the Sinclair defense. Fall’s deposition set forth the plea that he was “influenced by others” to write the fatal letter to the sen- ate committee in which he lied about receiving $233,000 from Sinclair. He told of being visited by Senators Smoot (R) of Utah, Lenroot (R) of Wisconsin, and Will H. Hays, the re- publican national committee chair- man who negotiated the oil slush fund for the republicans in the Harding- Coolidge campaign. “Our Old Chief.” Hays is qpoted as telling Fall, “You! and I are both members of the Hard- ing administration and this matter (the senate investigation) should be stopped. For the sake of wur old chief write the letter.” In another place in the deposition, Fall set forth the defense that the responsibility for the oil leases was Harding’s. “Despite all the criticism of these people who were under obligation to him, I think he (Harding) was an (Continued on Page Two) Can you send the man, whose name I am sending twenty | ®copies of The DAILY WORKER? He was a delegate at the conference at Pittsburgh. I believe it would be a good thing to send him twenty copies to forward and distribute among the men that Lewis betrayed. I have sent copies of the call so they are well informed on our campaign, but they must see just how ‘ul we are. Then they will be more and firm. “T was a delegate at the conference and am proud to say that it was the best one that I have ever attended and now I am heart and soul in the fight. The men to whom The DAILY WORKER is to be sent free of charge are living in the vicinity of Fair- mont, W. Va., and they must not be overlooked as every man on the pro- gressive side is another stab at the Lewis henchman. _ “Yours truly, —“AN OHIO DELEGATE.” This striker puts a postscript on his letter as follows: “I almost over- looked a name for The DAILY WORKER. Send the paper to this miner. He would also like to have about 25 copies of The DAILY WORKER. He, also, was a delegate and promised to get three mines to strike so.don’t fail to send him the copies requested.” Comrades, readers and sympathiz- ers; The DAILY WORKER does not want to say “NO” to this progres- sive, militant worker. The DAILY WORKER wants to say to this battle- scarred miner, “YES.” It is up to you. Do these strikers get the paper, YES or NO? If your answer is “Yes” fill out the “Free subscription to strikers | sub.” Daily Worker, 35 First St., N. Y. City} 1 year $12. 6 months $6. 3 months $2.) Name | Address DISARM TROOPERS VINE DELEGATES WANT HUNDREDS QUT One of the delegates to the “Save-the-Union” Conference in Pittsburgh MINES AT CALL Lewis Officials Carry On Sabatage HOUSTON, Pa, April 19. (By Mail).—Of the one hundred and thirty men employed at the Midland No. 1 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company in Houston, Pa., last Thursday, only fifty reported for work today.” ‘The fifty, who were not of nationalities affected by the celebration of the Greek-Russian Easter, were herded to the mouth of the pit by the mine superintendant John Bartrum. A Coal and Iron policeman who accompanied Bartrum from door to door of the shacks in the “scab patch” roused the reluctant strikebreakers by pounding on the thin clapboards with his mace. Pickets near the patch charge that the Coal and Iron police threatened the scabs with violence if they refused to enter the mine. Strike Effective. The conference of the National Save-the-Union Committee which served as a signal for dropping of tools in many mines operating with non-union miners, saw two-thirds of the scabs leave the Midland workings. The following approximate tabulations give some indication of the effective- ness of the Save-the-Union program at the Midland mine. The position of the Houston mine is such that a com- plete shut-down would mean the al- most automatic closing of fifteen other mines in the vicinity. March 31—300 non-union miners (Continued on Page Seven) “Novy Mir” Concert To! ‘Be Held Here Tonight The spring.concert and ball of the Novy Mir, Russian Communist week- ly newspaper, will be held tonight at Hunts Point Palace, Southern Boule- vard and 163rd St, cent of the proceeds will be donated Twenty-five per WORKERS PARTY UNITS IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE CITY HASTEN DRIVE FOR FUNDS Minor Tells of Plans for Powerful Mass News- paper; Size To Be Increased Hundreds Will Attend “Red Banquet” Next : Friday Night Facilities to make The DAILY WORKER increasingly a mass newspaper for the workers are among the maior objectives of the $30,000 campaign for the acquisition of the new Workers Center at 26-28 Union Square. The DAILY WORKER, official organ of the Workers (Com- munist) Party and national voice of the militant labor movement, will be one of the organizations? housed in the new home of the ‘MA h revolutionary movement of the| New York industrial district. MINE TABLE “Improvements are contemplated | Strike To Be Portrayed international Publishers. FINAL FUR PLEA in the paper to extend its influence and make it a more adequate ex- pression of the interests of the mill- ions of exploited workers of this} country,” Robert Minor, editor of The DAILY WORKER, said last night. at “Garden” Two of the chief improvement will | be the increase of the number of col-/ The life of the miners—the class umns on a page from seven to eight,|struggle of the miners—this is what hus making The DAILY WORKER the miners’ tableaux at Madison regulation newspaper size. This will Square Garden May 1st will portray. }~-six-extra columns of reading) There will be seééa from the matter daily and eight columns on | every-day life of the miner, there will Saturday. |be a portrayal of what takes place in “A Better Daily.” \a mining village after a mine explo- “One of the great problems of The sion, There will be a strike scene, DAILY WORKER,” Miner said, “has Showing all the forces lined up been lack of space to print all the @gainst the miners in their battle. news that is of interest to class con- y ‘A~ rehearsal for the mineet scious workers. The addition of six! | strike tableaux to be given at the columns will mean a great stride in| | Madison Square Garden May cele- vie sirecsoa . Melanesia ee bration will be held today at 2:30 9 - Mm. vii Plaza, Irvi tarian DAILY WORKER.” Peerage: fake Another significant feature of the’ | women and 10 children are needed. new and improved DA WORKER 9——_—____________ will be the acquisition of a daily press And in addition to this vivid descrip- service. This means that spot news tion of the actual life of the miner from every part of the world will there will be representations of John come over the ticker in The DAILY L- Lewis, of the coal barons, of the WORKER office 24 hours of the day. thugs and state police. This daily press service maintains a To Show Daily Struggle. correspondent in the Soviet Union,’ How the burden of “prosperity” in and The DAILY WORKER will thus the country falls on the miners’ shoul- receive daily cables from the workers’ ders, how the senate committee makes and peasants’ republic. Incidentally, its inv ion, the struggle of the the correspondent of this press serv- miners within the union against the ice in the U. S. S. R. is Eugene corrupt leadership of Lewis, and the Lyons, author of “The Life and Death hope which the Save-the-Union Com- of Sacco and Vanzetti,” published by | mittee gives to the rank and file, all will be portrayed. Miners from the coa] fields are ar- to take part in this mass rep- ntation of the miners’ struggle, announced last night. Rehear= already under way and the y painting the scenery ture figures which ving miners in the Great Opportunities. 3 The great opportunities that await |7Y The DAILY WORKER when it moves into the new home of the revolution- |! (Continued on Page Two) Brunt of Struggle. ere is reason for the miners? } ‘gle being made the centre of the |May Day program. This year May |Day finds the brunt of the class ,|for the relief of the striking coal miners, The artists who will entertain in- clude Mme. Euphaly Hatayeva, who will sing songs of new Russia; Peter Biglo’s Quintet, Bavarian National Dancers and Great Finnish Band Or- chestra. Dance music will be fur- nished by Kulick’s Orchestra. City State ° ‘DAR Supports Blacklist WASHINGTON, April 20.— The D. A. R. congress today decisively de- feated the “blacklist” protest resolu- tions submitted by the Kansas In- surgent Delegation. Only 14 delegates arose when the question of supporting the resolutions was put to a standing vote by Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, President General. ASK UNION REPRESENTATION. BOSTON, April 20 (FP).—Union labor is demanding representation on the school board’s committee survey- ing city schools. SEIZE 5 FOR HANDING OUT ‘DAILY’ Boss of Johnson and Johnson Mills Calls Cops Himself NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., April 20.—More than a thousand copies of The DAILY WORKER were distribu- ted to the workers of the Johnson and Johnson medical supply factory here, in spite of the arrest of five of the distributors, superintended by the elder Johnson in person. Among’ those arrested, three of whom were children, are George Gyuran, Irene Hornyat and Veronica Kovas. The children were released at the police held for questioning. The distribution took place as the workers were streaming out of the employment gate of the Johnson and Johnson factory Thursday evening | The copies of The DAILY WORKER which were handed out contained special articles and pictures on the intolerable conditions within the Johnson and Johnson Red Cross shop The distributors, chiefly members of the Young Pioneers, had success- fully handed out over a thousand copies of the ‘aver when Johnson, & K # % the head of the concern, himself stormed out of the building and grab- bed a paper from one of the Pioneers. A few moments later two private cars containing policemen were driven up and an officer arrested the dis- tributors, Charged with distributing handbills without a permit, the five workers were herded to the New Brunswick police station and compelled to wait from six until 8.15 p. m. for the ar- rival of the judge. Johnson’s private Se ge on Page Two) Hi A final hearing on an application for permission to appeal the case of the nine fur workers sentenced to long terms of imprisonment in a Min- eola, Long Island, court last year, will be held today in the appellate division. The Appellate Division con- firmed the decision last Saturday. The prisoners were to have surren- dered themselves to the authorities Thursday but were granted a stay. If their petition is denied they will immediately be taken to prison. The defendants are Jack Schneider, Samuel Menscher, Oscar Mileaf, Mar- tin Rosenberg, Joe Katz, George Weiss, A. Franklin and M. Malkin, all sentenced to two end a half to five years, and Otto Lenhart, sen- tenced to one and a half years, ‘all Workers Party T Members, Report | at Offfte Today! All members of the Workers (Communist) Party are expected jto report at 108 E. 14th St. at 10.30 a. m. today to participate in Party work of the utmost import- ance. The work is of special sig- ——. nificance, acocrding to William W. Weinstone, district organizer. struggle in all industries and in all unions, the developing “two-front” struggle against the bosses and at the same time against the union bu- reaucrats and right wing labor lead- ers. The National Miners’ Relief Com- mittee (formerly the Pennsylvania- Ohio Relief Committee) is offering the miners’ tableaux. Celebrating (Continued on Page Two) PROTEST POLISH FASCISM SUNDAY. United Front. Meeting at Irving Plaza Representatives of a large number of organizations are expected to at- tend a united front ‘conference to. protest against the fascist terror in: Poland, and particularly against the trial of 56 members of the White Russian organization “Hromada,” to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at Irving Plaza, Irving Plaza and 15th St. ‘ The conference is being held the sane of the Committee