The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 26, 1928, Page 1

360 ORGANIZATIONS TO GREET WORKERS CENTER OPENL THF = THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY HE DAILY Wo Emtered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. RGR. FINAL CITY EDITION Vol. V. No. 99. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8,00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928 Published dally except Sumday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. Price 3 Cents LATIN - AMERICAN Strike Called LABOR TO ATTEND MAY FIRST MEET To Assemble at Madison Square Garden One of the working class organ- izations that will celebrate May Day at Madison Square Garden will be the Spanish Workers Centre (Centro Obrero de Habla Espanola). The recently organized Spanish Workers Center which intends to or- ganize all workers who speak Span- ish, has already made itself active especially in Harlem where over 50,- 000 Latin American proletarians live in the worst conditions possible. Mexicans, Nicaraguans, Venezue- lans, Guatemalans, Porto Ricans, Cu- bans, and South American workers who deeply resent U. S. imperialism in their native countries and the worst kind of capitalist explcitation A large number of men, women and children are still needed to join in an artistic, cooperative ven- ture. Participate in the Miners’ Tableau at the May Day demonstra- tion to be held in Madison Square Garden. Rehearsal tonight at Irv- ing Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. in the United States, will voice the’ class solidarity with all other organ- | izations by taking part in the inter-! national workers’ celebration. Significance to Workers. For. the Latin’ American worker, May Day has a special significance this year. American marines are in Nicaragua causing death, misery and starvation to farmers and workers who are heroically backing Gen. Au- gusto C. Sandino in his desperate fight against Wall Street. These workers have seen the farce of the Pan-American Conference held at Havana which, they hoped, would re- lieve them from United States dom- ination. Badd, To Protest Wall Street. The Latin American workers will protest at Madison Square Garden against Wall Street rule and against capitalism which holds them in sub- mission here in the land of “happi- ness and freedom.” By their pres- (Continued on Page Two) MILITANTS GALL TO UPHOLSTERERS Urged to Vote for Rank and File Workers °« (By a Worker Correspondent.) At the last nomination meeting of Local 44 of the Upholsterers’ Union the rank and: file of the union nom- inated three who were in opposition to the officialdom at present in pow- er. But befcre one of the nominees accepted the nomination he made the following rmarks: “Something must. be done in order to change the pres- ent prevailing ¢:ndiiens.” The member did no’ state defi- nitaly, however, why we rust change the condition in our tees! union. i'v: this reason I wili try to explain ‘the fundamental issves jrvolved. First, I want te explaiti what kind Mf organizational r.ctkcds our busi- ness agents are using in order to organize the open shops. They do not speak to the workers in the shop in Socialist Party Town five union carpenters in this city, where a socialist party administra- tion is in power, went on strike when contractors on a new school building cut wages from $1 to 80 cents an hour. The pay of laborers was re- duced from 40 to 35 cents. that altho the city administration is headed by members of the socialist party, the workers have to face the same struggles in cities where repub- licans and democrats control. The cut was ordered in spite of so-called labor representation on the schoo) board, James H. Maurer, socialist party candidate fcr vice-president of the United States, is a member of the city council. eter ek Dispatches from Reading last night did not state whether the contractors who slashed the workers’ pay are members of the socialist ‘party. MANY TO SPEAK AT FRIDAY BANQUET In $30,000 Drive Tomorrow -night at 8 o’clock the long-awaited “Red Banquet” of the militant- workers of New York City and vicinity will take place at the Workers Center, 26-28 Union Square. The banquet, which will be attend- ed by hundreds of workers, will open a new chapter in the history of the revolutionary working class of this city, as it will celebrate the acquisi- ition of the Workers Center as the All units are informed that a notice in the “Party Bulletin" gav. the incorrect date for the “Red Banquet” at the Workers. Center. The date for the banquet remains Friday, April 27, as originally an- nounced. eee new home of the Communist and left wing movements, 300 Organizations Respond. s More than 300 sympathetic organ- izations have responded to the invita- tion to send delegations and they will be adequately represented. A few | tickets are still left and workers wish- ing to attend the banquet are urged jto apply at once to 26-28 Union Square or 108 E. 14th St. All those who still have unsold tickets in their possession are also asked to turn these in at once to these places. Many leaders of the Workers (Communist) Party, prominent fig- ures in the progressive trade union movement and others in the forefront of workingclass activity will be pres- ent to welcome the guests. Speeches (Continued on Page Two) JOBLESS HOLD 4 MEETS TODAY Union Sq. Gathering About 202 unemployed workers gathered im Union Square yesterday which they intend to organize, nor do they make any effort to inform the workers in the shop about the organizational drive. Introduce Speed-up System. Allow me to mention the follow- ' ing incident. Mr. Wagner one of our business agents, organized a shop and the workers were informed by the boss that they were fired. The following Monday the. boss hired union men from the local in place of the former non-union help, but by the end of the day three were fired. Then the boss called upon the union every day for new men at the same Bt (Continued on Page Two) Special Articles In Big May Day Edition Articles and greetings _ from prominent leaders of the militant ‘American workers will be found in the special May Day issue of The DAILY WORKER. “Honor Roll” lists and individual greet-) ings must be in the office of The) ‘DAILY WORKER no later than April 27. All workers are urged to place their bundle orders |, re. A int your friends and with the only workin eee: the United afternoon and voiced their protest against the persistent ignoring of their situation by the Tammany Hall vity government. The meeting waa onc of a series being held under the 284inst a combined insurgent-demo- auspices of the New York Council of the Unemployed. The unemployed workers were ad- creasing seriousness of the unemploy- employed workers to use mass pres- of ciiy officials. ‘ Ac u meeting of the executive board of the New York Council of the. Un- employed, held at 101 E. 14th St. last night, important plans were discussed for extending the scope of the or- ganization’s activities. re Four meetings of unemployed workers are scheduled to be held to- day under the auspices of the coun- cil. At 1L a. m. there will be a meet- ing at 101 W. 27th St., unempioyed shce workers will meet at 51 E. 10th St. at 2 this afternoon; and at 3 . 1, two open-air meetings will Le Ave, and the others at°110th St.” Fifth Ave. \ f An open air meet ‘in’ Rutgers | | READING, Pa., April 25.—Thirty- | ! Progressive workers here point out Contributions Growing) -| strikers, nearly all of whom are al- 200 Voice Protest at| drcvsed by John Di Santo, secretary |@ppropriation bill, which would have of the council, and Louis A. Baum,|Wwithheld funds for marine occupation secretary of the Photographic Work-|of Nicaragua after Feb. 1, was de- ers’ Union, who pointed out the in-|feated, 52 to 22. ment situation and called on the un-|voted for the amendment, while 33 ste +o compel action on. the part !it, ~~ x P. held, cne at 138th St. and: St. Ann's |No NEEDY WORKERS. SENT TO CHARITY BODY BY FAKERS Mill Committee Assails Union “Relief” Plan The Workers’ International Relief. 1 Union Square, New York City, will; send a crew of special organizers on Saturday to establish relief headquar- ters in New Bedford, Mass., where 80,000 textile workers are in th tenth day of a general strike agains‘ 58 cotton manufacturing mills who) tried to institute a 10 per cent wage} cut. Another set of organizers will be! sent to Boston Saturday to open cen-| tral offices for the gathering of funds) for the textile workers’ relief. The Boston headquarters will direct the| intense national relief campaign to} be carried on, while the New Bedford station will be primarily a distribu- tion agency, according to a statement by the W. I. R. A fund-raising campaign will also be carried on in the city of New Bed-, ford, in spite of the refusal of the police authorities to grant a permit to the Textile Mill Committees, the announcement adds. The Workers’ International Relief intends to de- mand the right in New Bedford, as #o-conduct tag days and other forms of relief activity, it is stated. ™ * * t Bureaucrats’ “Relief” Plans. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., April 25. —Proof of the contention of the Tex- tile Mill Committees here, who are rapidly establishing themselves as the official organization representing the 23,000 unorganized of the 30,000 textile strikers, that the officials of the Textile Council intend to do noth- ing for the relief ofthe thousands of strikers, was borne out when the re- lief plans of the Textile Council heads were made public here yesterday. The Textile Council announced that the Social Service Exchange, a city charity institution, has agreed to take care of all cases of great privation as these cases are reported. Union ready in great need of relief. “The main reason for the fakers’ members will receive small benefits after an investigation, according to the Textile Council. Mill Committees’ Program. This cynical announcement of send- ing “special cases of privation” to the city charities, after the bureaucrats had loudly declared in the city’s press | that they are working on plans which} will bring relief to the unorganized workers on strike, is condemned by’ the Textile Mill Committees. They! declare that the American. Federation ;of Textile Operatives are not at all concerned with the sufferings of the (Continued on Page Two) Senate Votes to Carry on War in Nicaragua WASHINGTON, April 25.—The ad- ministration won a victory today cratic attack in the senate on its Nicaraguan policy. The Norris amendment to the navy Seven republicans and 15 democrats republicans and 19 democrats opposed | Another step ‘in the virtual con- version of the Printing Pressmen’s Union into a company union was seen here as a result of the new contract which has been drawn up between this organization and the American lewspaper Publishers’ Association. ||The contract which was put over on members of the union by Major. L. Berry, president of the or- ‘ion, provides for compulsory in disagreements Organization Rushes Relief Plans Army | Cutting their way | with machetes thru the jungles and. | swamp-tangles of the Mosquito Coast, the Nicara guar and peones, men women, are brav- ing the travel in the rainy perils of season to swell the ranks of the army of independence now nearing their district. The companying ac- pic- ture shows women volunteers with rifles and machetes Bee 3 COMMUNISTS RESPOND | TO APPEAL OF STRIKERS 1 ARITSKY DEMAND “Enclosed find check for $12 to pay for ten one month subscriptions to The DAILY WORKER. Will do everything in my power to help spread the DAILY WORKER—Enmil Falk, Member Workers (Communist) Party and ee “©P, S. Enclosed find ten names of strikers.” This is another example of the lead- ing role of the Workers (Communist) Party.and its,membership, In every struggle of the workers against their masters the Communists are the first to put their shoulders to the wheel on behalf of the workers. The Commun- ists are the first to line up with the working class to put an end forever to the system of wage slavery. Hundreds and hundreds of strikers are requesting that The DAILY WORKER be sent to them. Hundreds and hundreds of DAILY WORK- ERS are being sent FREE to the strikers. The cost to The DAILY WORKER has been hundreds and hundreds of dollars. We do not be- (Continued on Page Two) JOINT BOARD 10 HOLD MASS MEETS Announces Policy on Coming Convention ries uae ue i Sa WEST MINERS ALLED ON STRIKE Save-Union Forces to Extend Walkout (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, April 25.—A call to all miners still working in the Oid West Mine, center of many past struggles in the United Mine Work- ers’ Union, to come out and join the! strike has been issued by the sub- district 4, Save-the-Union Committee. | Most of the miners in this section| have already joined the national} strike. Those in the Old West Mine who are still at work have been foreed| back due to a separate agreement signed by the Lewis-Fishwick ma-| chine. | The call declares in-part: “Broth-| ers, join our ranks in the fight against wage cuts, in the fight for a national agreement and for a clean-union. “Do not continue working under armed guards,” it continues. “Lewis and Fishwick and the other corrupt officials must go. “Strike to save the union.” Hold Dance for Greek! Workers’ Paper Sunday Greek workers of New York will hold their semi-annual spring ball at the Palm Garden, 308 W. 52nd St., next Sunday, April 29th, at 8 p. m. The affair will be for the benefit of the Greek organ of the Workers (Communist) Party, Empros. The main feature of the evening will be a 8-act play in Greek, based on the struggles of the Greek pea- sants against the exploiting class. Following the play, Catherine Mez- quita, formerly of the Manhattan Opera Co., will perform the dance, “Breaking Chains.” The regular ad- mission charge will be $1.00, but only 50 cents for non-Greek workers. between local unions and the news-| paper publishers. | One More Step. “A series of mass meetings will be held throughout the country, to which the policy of the Joint Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union to- ward the coming national Convention of the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union will be taken for the approval of the workers in the in- dustry.” This was the announcement made yesterday by the leaders of the union. after they had issued their declaration of policy toward the Bos- ton convention of the International which takes place in May. Another announcement issued by the Joint Board yesterday states that all workers who wish to accompany the unions’ delegation to the conven- tion in Boston should make their ar- rangements thru the office of the Joint Board, 16 W. 21 St. It was learned that hundreds of needle trades workers here have already announced their intention of attending. “Give Everybody a Chance to Read Me!” —The Daily Worker. bowen | Strikebreaker Forces Compulsory Arbitration on Pressmen bodies. be willing to,maintain indefinitely the | yirtual company union which Berry is | division of the The agreement, which is another’ developing. step in a long series of curtailments| has been accepted by the employers and provides for compulsory arbitra- tion also in cases of lapsed con- tracts, thus ruling out strikes and forcing the member: abide by the decisions of outside Ss for all time to] banks, Recently Berry, who is himself a] Mineola trial, placed the nine work- of the powers of the membership,/ newspaper publisher, dispensed with | crs in immediate danger of going to the regular elections in the union on | prison. the ground that there were no op-|of the Joint Board of the Furriers’ posing candidates. Berry is the owner of several|cate of reasonable doubt from the number of large ranches |court of appeals judge, that this was r (Ciptioad on Page Two) _ — of the court of appeals grantinz the BERRY MOVES FOR COMPANY UNION That is, if the members “will | officers,” the call adds. MILLINERS REJECT Vote Down Right Wing) Demand to Dissolve | Fourteen hundred members of the Millinery-Local-43 of the Cloth, Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ Interna- tional Union, at a stormy member- ship meeting held Tuesday night, un- animously voted to condemn the de- cision of the general executive board of their international union demand- ing the dissolution of their local union. Th meeting was held in Bryant Hall, 42nd St. and Sixth Ave. International President Max Zaritz- ky and general organizers Spector and Goldberg in long speeches urged acceptance of a decision which, it is charged, has but one aim, to dissolve a local whose militant members and leadership have caused it to grow from 300 members to 4,000 in only two years. Their pleas were un- animously voted down. Instead, a decision of the local’s executive board to make a demand on the general executive board to withdraw thir union-wrecking plan, was carried’ without a dissenting vote. The recommendation of the local board was to elect a committee of 12 from Local 43 te go before the gen- | eral board with the demand for a withdrawal of their plans for the (Continued on Page Five) MINEOLA DEFENSE MEETING TONIGHT Plan Mass Movement to} Free Furriers \ All sympathetic organizations are appealed to by the Joint Defense and Relief Committee of the Cloak Mak- ers and Furriers to send delegates to the conference scheduled tonight for the purpose of organizing a mass campaign to raise money for the de- fense of the nine frame-up furriers in the Mineola case. They face sentences ranging from two and half to five years in prison. The con- ference will be held at the headt- quarters of the Joint Board of the Cloak and Dressmakers Union and will begin at 6 o’clock. “The recent decision of a judge convicted unionists an opportunity to appeal their case to higher ca ts. means an expense of thousands of dollars. This must be raised im- mediately,” the defense committee’ call states. “Those organizations not able to elect delegates in time should not fail to be represented by their A recent decision of the appelate Brooklyn supreme court, confirming the verdict of the It was only after attorneys Union succeeded in getting a eertifi- averted, i MINE STRIKERS COMPEL SHERIFF TO OPEN PRISON’ Save-Union Men Still In Jail (Special to The DAILY WORKER) ST. CLAIRSVILLE, 0., April 25. Fifty one women, tricked into the Belmont County jail last Saturday/ after they had made a protest march; on the jail in protest against the ar- rest of a number of Save-The-Union mine leaders were today released on their own recognizance when the in-! creasing militaney of the miners in! this section forced the authorities to act. Held For Grand Jury. Thirty miners arrested Saturday and Monday for mass picketing were like- wise released today on bond, by Squire C. B. Bradfield, pending a grand jury hearing. The women had spent almost forty eight hours in the overcrowded unsanitary jail, with on- ly one cot for every three women. They were compelled to sleep in shifts. Belmont property owners signed two thousand dollar bonds for three picket leaders, one thousand for three others and five hundred for the re- mainder. Joe Webber, Andy Plechaty and Frank Sepich whose arrest before the Mutton Hollow Mine near Lans- ing precipitated the demonstration of the women at jail and which resulted in their arrest are still in jail but are expected to be released following a hearing late this afternoon. “I am determined to fight this mass picketing proposition to limit,” She- riff Hardesty said, “I am quite sure that the national guard will cooper- ate with me.” Meanwhile reports reach the Na- tional Office of the Save-The-Union Committee of the disruption of three mass meetings in Belmont County by deputies and national guardsmen. Carl Hacker, head of the Cleveland International Labor Defense was bombarded with a volley of questions regarding his opinions on mass picke eting by Sheriff Hardesty. When Hacker insisted that his opinion was irrelevant, the sheriff escorted him to the county line and threatened him with arrest if he returned but Hacker insists that the I. L: D. will defend pickets, A twelve year old boy came to sheriffs office to plead for the re- lease of his mother because pop can’t cook like mom and we're hungry.” A carload is expected from the na- tional miners relief committee this week. But the real reason for the release of the women is that the sheriff has had his face slapped almost every day when he got fresh near the picket line, One miner said: “It kinda got his goat I guess.” Mass picketing throughout West) ern Pennsylvania, Illinois and West’ Virginia as well as Ohio is increasing daily under the leadership of the Save-The-Union Committee. Mine after mine is closing down. Coal diggers are determined to spread the, strike until one national agreement is achieved, { * Contract Juggling *. Charging that “certain powers at Albany” have been trying to give his; companys’ contract to another ref, “more favored,” Frank S. Howell, chief engineer of the sub-contractors! for the foundation of the new State’ Office Building. has announced that his company will make no changes in plans for the foundation in spite of the fact that engineering difficulties, including guick-sand, have been en- countered, according to published re- ports. t “Daily” Needs Cars Monday and Tuesday The DAILY WORKER ithe use of two or three cars | Monday evening, April 30, ltceadicg morning, May 1. communicate at once with Fox, local office, Workers munist) Party, 108 BE. 1 Telephone Stuyvesant 6584. — FORCE RELEASE OF WOMEN PICKETS — for Textile Strike j