The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 28, 1928, Page 3

FOREIGN NEWS --- / THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1928 POLES TRY 13; YOUTH CONFERENCE TO|ARREST 23 WHEN ( \ ‘Page Three BY CABLE AND MAIL. FROM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS 70,000 SOUTH WALES SOUTH AFRICAN MINERS ARE JOBLESS yeenges PROTEST By LELAND OLDS, Federated Press | WANTEDWORKERS' LAN MINERS” RELIEF cope qyE¢ yp. » eo | By P. to 15 per cent young coal miners -in the Balkans and demanded to know | STATE, CHARGE Sixteen of Fascists), Vic- tims Are Boys FRANKEELD. More than T; rank and file dele- gates met in conference in Pittsburgh April 1 to devise ways and means of saving their union. After one year of militant struggle against all of the forces of the coal operators and the state; against the imported scabs and thugs; against the coal and iron present at the conference as dele- gates. (This is quite high and the charge of the Lewis outfit was that the Save-the-Union Committee was composed of “irresponsible young- sters”) because Pat T. and Tony} Minerich, tho leaders of the general! struggle, can still be considered (and! COLOMBIAN PORT Rail and Dock Workers | Win Wage Increase The decay of a great industrial area is a phrase used by the London | ility in England. Times to describe the famous South Wales coal field. had work 8 or 4 years ago are out of find work in the Welsh valleys. They®— are helpless victims of capitalist sen- The number of miners employed in South Wales has fallen from 240,000 to 170,000. The Times correspondent work today. They will never again PEONS TO SWELL 70,000 miners who | AGAINST TERROR |Arrest 3 Speakers at Mass Meeting 5 : KOENIGSBERG, East Prussia, police and state constabulary; and|as far as age goes are) young min- BOGOTA, Colombia, April 27.—|says: ‘SANDINO CAPETOW th Africa, April April 27—One hundred and thirty-| against the treachery of their own of- ers, The same holds true of Joe An-| The police have arrested 23 foreign 100,000 Jobless. |27.—Three s k at th bi Paces nine Ukrainian workers and peasants |ficials, 1,100 coal miners from Penn- gelo and George Papcun, Young coal workers on the charge of “engaging| “Behind thesé bare figures, and —— : meeting he re to protest again ae were yesterday herded into two courts | Sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, and/ miners parti€lpateTW'tWe discussions.|;, Communistic activities.” Fifteen|down between the steep hillsides} Americans in -Panic at|murder of one native by t twe by the Polish police to face mass/ other states, from the anthracite and|A young fellow, representing the un-| o¢ them were arrested at Barranquilla where no other form of work is avail- |police, and the wounding 0 charges of revolutionary activity against the Pilsudski fascists. Most of the defendants are Ruthen- ians and Jews. Sixteen of them are boys who were still in school at the bituminous coal fields, organized and unorganized, Negroes and _ whites, young miners, wives of miners and children of strikers met in the great- est conference of its kind and display- organized delegation, spoke in its} name. His first words were: ‘Well men, you are now looking on a young! typical scab from the coke regions.” and eight at Cali. They were alleged to have propagandized soldiers and workers. * *» * able, lies a social disaster that only Full recognition and the most vigor- ous intelligence can stay. Revival of the oversea demand for Welsh coal, Sudden Advance MANAGUA, April reaching here from the east coast 7.—Reports |" three men, J. Go- nt of the Cape sec- an National Con- ity as Ndobe, the former or- ¢ : ss ‘ : He went on to explain the reasons BOGOTA, April 27.—The Ga ing of the local (charity dis-| 43+. that the droataatansienile be: former OF time of their arrest in eastern Galicia.|ed a fighting spirit that breathed de-|for his scabbing. ‘he fact that the bian government is preparing repres-| pensing authorities from bank- inp felt by the Ainepioana thittel over f congress and The Polish authorities are deter-| termination to win the strike in spite | Lewis machine sold them out in 1922.| 1,6 measures against the workers.|ruptey, transfer to employment else- ; = mined to make the trial of the Polish workers and peasants an impressive and warning event. One hundred and eighty-three witnesses have been of all obstacles and difficulties. Rank and File Confident: This conterence was one of real 50,000 of them were simply left to} their own fate after coming out on strike in support of their fellow work- There have recently been several vic- Where of those who will never be torious strikes in various parts of, Teabsorbed in the mines, are the es- Colombia, notably in Barranquilla, |S¢ntial needs of the coal field.” the threatened approach of the army of independence under General Augusto Sandino whose brilliant dash to the Mosquito region menaces the movement, have been thrown into rs rallied to the ng when, despite arrested by the - é vitality. No sign or word of. defeat|ers. In the anthracite debate, young where a general strike of all port,| The Times points out that there are] entire Caribbean seaboard of Nicara-|& e the capitalee marshalled by the state against the| was evident or heard. The great! miners from east Ohio, from the an-| maritime and railroad workers ended’ today just over 100,000 registered] gua, the oe lath “a By defendants, most of them police, spies | Save.the-Union Conference helped to|thracite, and other places saw the| with a victory and increased wages,|unemployed men and boys in the 2| phe special detachment of 300 | Press bie nee and qi Pe peas ta a consolidate all the forces of the rank/ correctness of the committee’s pro-| and in Cartagena the workers of the counties of Glamorgan and Mon-/..arinos instantly rushed from Corinto | 4 OEY ecunded- un ian, ata eae potas ees ices : and file and to inspire the miners in| posal and spoke for it. Andean National Corporation, an{mouth. to reenforce the east coast sector has Bi y Sea Charged with plotting to .burn farms and destroy telephone and rail- road communication as part of a scheme to set up an_ independent workers’ republic in the Polish Ukraine, the 139-workers and pea- sants are expected to receive a short trial. The sixteen boys are charged with having organized a revolutionary so- ciety after the congress of Ukrainian Emigrants in Berlin in 1927. SERBIA DREADS FASCIST ATTACK | VIENNA, April 27.—Charging that fascist plans contemplate an im- mediate customs union with Albania | which will eventually extend an} Italian protectorate over the whole | country, three Jugo-Slav deputies yesterday denounced the fascist plots whether the Serbian foreign minister issaware of these projects. They further demanded to know if the great powers will stand for such the necessary confidence in their own ability to lead the union to victory. Every coal miner who was present at the conference knew what he was there for. He knew and understood \the grave crisis which his organization is faced»with. The speeches of the delegates following the reports of Brophy and Toohey -were sufficient evidence. “Miner after miner from all parts of the country pointed out the disastrous results of the Lewis policy in their respective districts. The dra- matic and fiery speech of Voyzey, the rank and file miner who ran against Lewis in 1924, will never be forgot- ten by anyone who was there. Negro Miner Speaks, The speech of the Negro delegate from Clinton, Ind., made and left a deep impression. Old timers who were driven out of the union because of opposition to the Lewis or the Farrington machine like Parry of Illinois and Myerscough of the an- thracite, gave color and prestige ‘to the conference. Papeun, who spoke on thé role of the youths wes well re- eeived and roundly applauded. The coal miners came there for a purpose; not merely to make --and hear speeches; but to work out plans for taking over the machinery of the Lewis Machine Cuts Off Relief. The policy of Lewis is to cut off entire locals and active individual militants in the union from all strike rel‘ef. This has been done already in the past, and will be done more ex- tensively in the present period. The unorganized coal miners who are re- sponding to the call of the S-U-C to spread the strike will not be fed by Lewis. The task of supplying the un- organized and discriminated against militants with relief falls on the shoulders of ee See working class. Young Work elief Committee. The young workers as part of the working class, have done their bit in the past to raise relief for the strik- ing miners. The Youth Conference for Miners’ Relféfy~altho containing some liberal and student groups, is nevertheless predominantly a joung workers’ relief committee. The youth conference has sent: in $3,200 to date. True, that is only a drop in the bucket but is quite an achievement when we consider the fact that in the past each youth organization did its own work in a disoyganized and decentralized manner. There was no coordinated activity, and no cooperation between the youth organizations. Now that has been done away with. More than American concern, won an increase | in wages when the railway workers| of Calamar declared a sympathy strike. Fantastic rumors and’ atéu8ations are being spread by the chief of po-| The so-! lice and minister of war. cialists and Communists were accused of manufacturing bombs. The minis- ter of war announced that the so- cialists had sent to all newspapers notices proclaiming a revolution in the middle of May. He also an- nounced that circulars had been dis- tributed among the soldiers in the barracks of Bucaramanga, asking them to join the revolution. The minister explained that for these reasons he had stopped all va- cations for officers and men, and that the government is prepared to erush any revolutionary outbreak. SAY POLITICIANS SELECTED JUDGES Removal of 3 Chicago lexcept by luck anywhere in South | Wales. Decaying Area. “Let this be perfectly understood,” it says, “there is no work obtainable Savings being exhausted, a man has nothing with which to set up on his own in any form of business; nor would the prospect be encouraging when one closed shop after another marks the spreading bankruptcy among the regular trades people. Gradually in the minds of some, the terrible truth is establishing itself that they are living in a permanently decaying area.” The Times classifies the miners of this region into 4 groups: Those work- ing 6 days a week, those on part- time working 2, 3. and 4 days a weck, those permanently unemployed who receive unemployment pay and those permanently unemployed who are en- tirely dependent on official charity. The permanently unemployed miner, if eligible for unemployment pay, receives about $5.60 a week for himself and wife and 50 cents a week additional for each child. Even if this barely covers rent for 2 rooms and a minimum of food it means that “as the months go by, first boots and { clothing wear out and then bedclothes and cooking utensils,” gradually re- ducing self respecting people to slum not arrived and is not expected for| seek several days. In the meanwhile the | e smaller force of marines in Puerto | Workers wa oper be Cabezas is desperately throwing up| 4! ion of the P 8 sia . temporary obstructions for the de-| Protest meeting was arranged. fense: of the town, which is a short| The arrests were campaigning distance from General) the Native Admini ; ¥% Sandino’s present base. ~ makes criminal the rousing of “hos- It is doubtful, however, that San-| tility bétween native and Europeaa ent among the native dino will attempt to seize the Puerto Cabezas which is not of any military| value since it is exposed to bombard- ment from the American sea forces, while the army of independence has no ships. Hundreds of peons, men and women, continue to stream into the army of independence as the Sandino forces advance thru the eastern re- gion. The Mosquito coast is a strong- hold of Sandino sentiment and his army is hailed as a deliverer. | Calls Irish Minister British Embassy Tool DUBLIN, April 27—Charging that it was useless for the Irish Free State to have a minister in Wash- ington who was merely an adjunct of the British embassy, Eamon De Valera, republican leader, yesterday elements.” These and other arrests have caused the formation of a National Commit- tee for reedom of Speech by the Central Committee of Negro Trade Unions and the Trade Union Congress of white workers together with the African National Congress. The newly formed committee will act not only in the case of the three men re- conte arrested, but in the case of two other Communists and a number of Negro trade union leaders who have | been jailed under the same law. Forced to Sue A verdict of $670 was handed down by a jury before Judge Mahoney in the sur e court in favor of Sarah Lodewick, an aged woman, who was forced to sue for her wages for her services as housekeeper during the war for the headquarters of the Wo- an invasion and ask if it would not be! union: This wi i that, the youth now “definitely j As habits. proposed that the Dail Eireann abol-| men’s Overseas Division, 107 E. 39th better for the League of Nations to eee ‘Way accomplished a. the esta al youth section Jurists, ked $4 Per Week. ish the post. It is not worth the'St. which was affiliated with the take control of Albania at once,. in order to oust the Italians. Plans for an invasion of Jugo- Slavia from Carinthia on the north and from Saloniki on the south with Greece and Bulgaria neutral, are be- ing perfected by the fascists at pres- ent, according to a persistent rumor. The miners’ strike has now entered a new phase. The rank and file of the union are no longer blinded by the misleadership of the Lewis machine. The vast majority of coal miners are fighting consciously against the poli- cies of Lewis, against the division of Intense resentment has been caused |e union into separate sections—bi- thruout Jugo-Slavia “by the recent | raid on the Serbian consulate in Milan | in connection with the bomb explosion | there. The fascists’ made a formal | apology but: maintain that the con- sul’s actions justified their act. Cuban Terrorist Quits Job as Squabble Over Presidency Sharpens HAVANA, (By. Mail).— Zayas Bazan, the Minister of Interior and head of the Police of Cuba and the principal tool of the dictator Machado in the suppression of the labor move- ment, has resigned. This resignation at the present critical moment has caused considerable discussion in the Cuban press, but the real reasons are not revealed. In his letter of resignation, Zayas Bazan declared his adherence to Machado, but nevertheless it is gen- erally believed that he resigned in opposition to Machado’s projects of perpetuating himself in power. Other leaders: of the “Liberal” Party (Machado’s Party) would like to have their turn at the presidency which brought the former presidents. an average of $20,000,000 per term. TO BAN MONTREAL MAY DAY PARADE Court ‘Sustains Action By Police Chief MONTREAL, April 27.—The May Day parade planned by militant work- ers of Montreal will be barred by the police as the result of a decision handed down by Justice Philippe De- mers. The decision was made when Albert St. Martin attempted to se- cure court action to nullify the order of the local police who had outlawed the parade. “Parades stop the circulation and prevent, citizens from using the street,” Justice Demers said. St. Martin in bringing his case into court had pointed out that the streets of Montreal had been frequently used for parades and processions, tuminous and anthracite. The miners want a national agreement, and will proceed to call a national strike in order to get it. The miners will not tolerate the playing of white worker against black, discrimination against the youth, and all other forms of di- viding the workers and pitting them against each other. Against Lewis Rule. The fight is now an open’ one against the forces of the operators and against the Lewis rule in the union, The miners are grimly deter- mined to win. If the response of the strike call in the unorganized fields is indicative of anything at all, it is that the coal strike is now taking on national proportions, that the unor- ganized miners are ready and willing to respond to the call of the Save-the- Union Committee, and that the fight of the miners is of the greatest sig- nificance to every worker in the U.S. and its ‘success or fail-re will for many years influence the develop- ment of the entire labor movement. Young Miners Take Leadership; What role did the young coal min- ers play at this historic conference ? In the first place there were from 12 of Workers’ International Relief. Second Youth Conference. The Second Youth Conference for Miners’ Relief is being held on Sun- day afternoon, at the Irving Plaza. This second conference is being called in order to attract more youth organi- zations into this work, for the pur- pose of intensifying, increasing and extending its relief activities, and to inspire the young workers and stu- dents to greater efforts for the strik- ing miners, in line with the new situ- ation in the Miners’ Union, and the greater necessity for relief. y The young workers and students can and will continue to do excellent work. Hundreds of young people can be used for Tag Day, activity. Thou- sands of young workers can be ap- proached to contribute for miners’ re- lief one way or another. That will help to bring home in some measure the idea of class solidarity to the young workers. In the high schools and colleges, special tag days can be arranged and much relief can be raised in that way. In New York University, for instance, in two hours time, the Liberal Club succeeded in raising over $107. The young workers will now go out and raise thousands of dollars for |militant miners. The young workers |will show their class solidarity with jthe coal miners and support them to jthe utmost in their fight to preserve their union from the attacks of the ‘coal operators, and the disruption of the Lewis machine. (Oil War Rages in Burma RANGOON, India,’ April 27~-New ‘developments in the price-slashing \war raging between the Royal Dutch Shell and the Standard Oil interests thruout Burma were disclosed yester- day, when the Indian tariff investiga- jtion board drew from the Shell rep- resentative the admission that his jeompany wanted the price-cutting ; \stopped as quickly as possible. The Shell Representative claimed that Standard had made the first moves in .price slashing; the president of the board retorted that the Shell had done so, The British and Americans are fighting a life and death battle for the control of the Burmese territory which is an expanding and largely undeveloped market. : ’ * : Skow Indian Exploited A recent article in ‘the Journal of the Textile Institute, England, de- seribes some conditions of Indian la- bor exploitation as follows: “Wages are paid in some cases monthly, 10 or 12 days in arrears, Workers are often housed in bar- racks where four or five families share one small. room. In Bombay, there is some provision made for the yet, provided.” hae SOVIET All tours include a 10-day tional interest May 25 “Carmania” May 30 “Aquitania” ~ $450 AND UP. ¥ Bs ‘ INQUIRE: Don't care of married women. The ineffi- 3 Get ciency of the Indian worker is prim- WORLD TOURISTS, Ine. |arily due to lack of education. No : ‘welfare centers or recreation are, as ALGONQUIN 6900 69 FIFTH AVE, . NEW YORK, N, Y. VISIT THIS SUMMER FREE VISES INTO RUSSIA LENINGRAD where places of historical and educa- Groups Served by Official Travel Buro of Soviet Gov. / COMPLETE CUNARD SERVICE \ $500 AND UP. VIA—London, Helsingfors, Leningrad. RETURN—Moscow, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris. CHICAGO, April 27—-A demand of the Chicago crime commision that three criminal court judges be re moved from the bench, has engaged the attention of the executive com- mittees of the circuit and superior courts which are responsible for the appointment and removal of criminal court judges. The three jurists who drew the fire of the crime commission are, Emanuel Eller, Otto Kerner and Stanley Klar- kowski. The crime commission charges the three judges were put on the crim- inal bench through the influence of politicians. The charge lists the three named judges as the worst offenders on the criminal bench in the practice of re- cent years of striking off a major charge against a criminal, accepting a plea of guilty on a minor charge, and eliminating jury and trial, but at the same time “bargaining” with the criminal on the exchange of lesser punishment for a plea*of guilty. It is charged that Judges Eller. Kerner and Klarkowski have nullified a total of 364 felony indictments dur- ing the past three months, Judge Eller was out of town today and could not be reached. The other two declared they had no apologies to make for their records, pone. eat Else Needs Me!” | —The Daily Worker. RUSSIA stayover in MOSCOW and will be visited. July 6 “Caronia” July 9 “Aquitania” $500 AND UP. The miner’s family dependent on poor law relief receives about $4 a week, probably in food vouchers, some of which have tg be surrendered to the landlord for rent. The miners who still have jobs are making little | better than $2 a day and unless they | have full-time work are no better off | then those receiving unemployment | pay. | MEXICAN TROOPS DEFEAT BANDITS MEXICO CITY, April 27.—Nine- teen reactionaries were killed when a band of 400° tried unsuccessfully: to} ambush a federal column near Las Guajalotas, state of Guanajuato, said| a dispatch to the war office today. | After a fight of several hours the reactionaries were driven off. Another detachment of bandits was driven off by rural guards when it attacked El Cubo mining camp, near the city of Manuel ~Doblado, Guanajuato. MAIL THEFT JURY DISAGREES. The jury in the trial of Fallah L. Quinlin, former republican postmis- | tress at East Northport, L. 1, was unable to agree on a verdict. She is! accused of rifling the 1 when in charge of the post office. ' money it costs, De Valera said. 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