The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 8, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THB UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 108. NOT ONE WORKER BREAKS RANKS IN BIG MILL STRIKE Mayor of New Bedford | Raps Children Clubs NEW BEDFORD, Mass., May 7. As on the previous Monday the at-| tempt of several mills to reopen their) gates after an invitation to the! strikers to return, resulted in a com- plete failure to disturb the solidarity of the ranks of the 30,000 workers’ fighting against the owners of 58 cot- ton mills who tried to. cut wages 10) per cent last April 16. After keep-| ing open several hours the mills; acknowledged defeat and again closed their doors. $ The great majority of the textile) factories did not attempt to reoren, knowing the uselessness of such an} attempt. But the attempted opening | of several of the mills here is gen- erally acknowledged to be a maneuver of the mill owners’ association, even! though members of this body have re- peatedly denied any desire to “resume! operations.” Organize Childrens’ Clybs. The successful organization of chil- drens strike clubs is. proving a more powerful factor in upholding the moral .of the strikers, than was thought possible. Not only are the children taught to support their . parents’ fight against the mill owners.| but they actively participate in the daily picket demonstrations, which have been the main cause of keeping! (Continued on Page Two) { - SEIZESHANTUNG “Strikes and Boycotts : Spread in South 1 TOKYO, May 7. — A new move on the part of Japan to seize the Province of Shantung was seen today when the General Staff and high officials in the army and navy departments submitted the proposa! that Japanese troops oc- cupy all of the railways in the prov- ince and the city of Tsinan. In addition to ordering 2,700 troop reinforcements to Tsinan, 19 destroy- | ers were ordered from various naval bases to Tsingtao. General Kazushige Ugaki, former Minister of War, has been appointed commander-in-chief of thé whole Shantung expeditionary force, which is expected to exceed 13,- 900 men. errant: 7, SHANGHAI, May 7. — With the observance of the thirteenth anniver- sary of the Japanese 21 demands to- day, the strikes and boycotts which! have been launched thruout sotithern | China to protest against Japanese en-/} croachment in Shantung are taking | on a more determined character. 4 Even the Nanking Government which at first attempted to prevent strikes and boycotts for fear that they might take the form of a protest against the Kuomintang as well as_ against Japanese imperialism, is en-} couraging the boycott. ‘ihe Nanking! government is admittedly more under | the influence of the United States | than under that of’ Japan. Police are-carefully patrolling the city in preparation for the general | virike which will be launched today. | Altho the authorities finally consented | (Continued on Page Three) M. Bell,~ Daily ' Worker Mitchell Bell, DAILY WORKER bs 2 agent of the Coney Island Unit of the a Workers (Communist) Party, was kil- led the other night in an accident while At work. i Bell, who was a motorman on a, } And even then only part of the’story { is told. : Imperialist Agent, Killed at Work Senators Wax Humorous at Fund Hearing ASHINGTON, May 7.-—It takes a good pre-election scandal like the Sinclair case to reveal the real. ex- tent and nature of campaign: funds. Today a battalion of presidential aspirants paraded up to the witness stand at the senate’s presidential campaign funds inquiry and. vehem- ently declared that’ they were run- ning their campaigns on an alleged financial shoestring. Presidential timber of every brand, all differing somewhat, in floral trappings, but |all essentially owned by the financial oligarchy, rolled up to the stand. The sena- torial aspirants “who testified, if laid end to end, would reach from Wall Street to the White House. Senator Goff, die-hard republican from West Virginia, testified that he had spent $60; Norris, republi- can senator from Nebraska that he had spent $6; Senator George, democrat from Georgia that he had spent $75. Other performers were Senators Borah, Hitchcock, Walsh. The next time something like the Sinclair scandal crops up, Amer- iean workers may get a little in- formation about expend‘tures in the 1928 campaign. PREDICT OTIS WILL BE CHOSEN Progressive Unionist Is Popular iio (Special to The DAILY WORKER) PITTSBURGH, May 7.—John’ S. Otis, well-known progressive trade unionist of this city, it is expected will be elected to the office of presi- dent of the Pennsylvania State Fed- eration of Labor in the convention which is to be held tomorrow at Philadelphia. Sentiment for Otis has been growing since the resignation of James 'H. Maurer. Otis is receiving the support of the Progressive Trade Union Committee which has been active in the cam- paigns here to improve union condi- tions. Otis has been a delegate to the Central Labor Union from the Ma- shinists for the past six years. At he American Federation of Labor convention last year Otis was almost the only delegate who fought for pro- gressive policies. Crouch Will Speak at Anti-Imperialist Meet Publishing Association, Ine., 38 First Street, New York, N. ¥. Outside New York, by mail, 86,00 per year. i Paul Crouch, who has just returned from the Soviet Union, will speak at a meeting of the All-America Anti- League, on Thursday, | May 17, at-8 p. m. at Royal Palace, | 16 Manhattan ave., near Broadway, | Brooklyn. Other speakers: will be ‘ Socrates Sandino, brother of ‘the Ni- caraguan rebel leader; Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-America Anti- Imperialist League, and V, Tawras, editor of the Lithuanian workers’ paper Laisve. Admission «will be 25 | cents, Genevieve Taggard In Radio Reading Tonight Genevieve Taggard, - prominent American poet, will read from “May Days,” an anthology of Masses-Lib- erator poctry which she-edited from tation WEVD tonight at 10.40. The reading is part of the weekly program of “Rebel Poets,” under the direction of Henry Reich, Jr.~~ Hatered as second-clanu matter at the Post Office” at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1978, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1928° TAMMANY HALL SHOWS HAND IN 7-CENT FAR SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Im New York, by mail, $5.00 per year. Pablished daily except Sunday by The National Dally Worker ILLINOIS MINERS AGAIN DEFY LEWIS-FISHWICK MACHINE FINAL CITY EDITION | Se | 75 THE DAILY WORKER = Price 3 Cents i STEAL Sigman and Boston Police Bar Militant Delegates CONVENTION NOT OF RANK AND FILE WORKERS SAY Progressives to Hold Demonstration BOSTON,.-Mass.; May 7—A con? centration of over 200 police placed at the disposal of the reactionary Sig- man and Breslau clique in control of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union here, refused to per- mit the delegation from the New York Joint Board to enter the convention to represent the tens of thousands of cloak.and dress- makers whose confidence they have. When the delegation, which was led by Louis Hyman, Joint Board mana- ger, Joseph Borachovich and Rose Wortis, reached the hall and presents ed their ‘credentials to the police guard massed around the doors, they were informed that instructions hac been issued by the right wing offi cialdom to keep out of the hall all but the machine followers of the twc union-wrecking cliques, namely, that of Morris Sigman; president, and that of the contender for the presidency B. Schlesinger. Stopped by Police. Hundreds of the Boston union mem- bership had accompanied the Joint Board delegation when they went to the convention hall. The entire dele- gation, together with the Hundreds -of workers escorting them, on reaching the hall were met with the police order to “move on.” Even members in good standing of the Boston cloak- makers’ union were refused pernfis- sion to enter as spectators of the con- vention of their own organization. After marching up and down before the hall several times, the delegation together with the hundreds of cloak makers who had collected, marched to a mass meeting held in the Paine Memorial Hall. There, they were greeted by an enthusiastic ovation from the thousands of Boston cloak- makers attending the meeting. At the fake convention which opened about 10 in the morning, the two cliques in control, while united in their aim to keep off the convention floor all signs of the protest of the (Continued on Page Two) NEARING COLUMN SECINS TOMORROW : Communist Writer Will Contribute Feature The first regular feature column by Scott Nearing, noted Communist Speaker..and writer, begins in The DAILY WORKER tomorrow. It will appear daily and will frequently be illustrated by appropriate ~ photo- graphs. 4 . Nearing in_his articles will discuss current economic problems, comment on tho-news ,and contribute historical sketches, ‘ _ The: acquisition of Nearing’s de-| ing new and lively features for the | readers of ‘The DAILY. WORKER. It will be followed by others, all aimed | to increase the influence of the paper among the American workers. partment is the first step in provid~| iB , 57, = - Illinois Miners’ Wives Who Fight Side By Side With Men DOwY Wehk UNDE APMED GUARY - The above picture shows a group of miners’ wives at O'Fallon, Illinois. In spite of the increased terrorist activity of the coal company thugs, Ku Klux Klan ana state troopers, these women have streamed out to mass picket the mines which the coal barons are attempting to re-open with scab labor. MEWBER OF S, P, GIVES TO CENTER Marionette Show Opens Tomorrow jude member of, the. Spcialis has contributed to th®-drive for $30,000 to establish the . Workers’ Center, He is Clarence V. Howell well-known in the pacifist movement. who enclosed a $5 contribution in a letter expressing great enthusiasm for the activities of the Workers’ (Communist) Party. The letter, ad- dressed to William W. Weinstone, dis- trict organizer of the Workers’ Party and secretary of the Center, states: “I want to make a little contribu- tion to the new Workers’ Center with the restaurant, bobk shop, youth movement, etc, I plan to go into Rus- sia this summer, where I expect to see the great things there being accom- plished. “Although Iam a member of the ‘socialist party, and although I am_a pacifist, I'am so thoroughly enthusi- astic about many of the things that grew out of the Workers’ Party and that the Workers’ Party takes the lead in accomplishing here, that it is only common sense. selfishness that prompts me to contribute.” More Workers in Drive. This letter is evidence that even honest socialist realize that the Work- ers’ Center at 26-28 Union Square wil! be the true center of the militant workingclass of New York and vicin- (Continued on Page Five) NASSAU JAIL FILLED. ALBANY, N. Y., May 7.—Due to the inerease of prisoners in the Nas- sau County Jail, Correction Commis- sioner” Kennedy today recommended that the male hospital and detention rooms be remodelled. so as to provide room for 14 more cells. Jailed for Poem on U.S. (Special to The DAILY WORKER) BELLVILLE, Ul, May 7—Local| Union 128, of District 12, Tlinois, | yesterday elected five delegates to} movement against the Lewis-Fish- | wick machine which began with the } return of the delegates from the} April 1 Pittsburgh conference and} which has been gathering momentum | ever since is rapidly coming to a climax. Movement Spreads. The eléctions of delegates yester-| day by local 128 followed a similar| election held last week by local 705} at which. the miners completely} routed the Fishwick machine and} chose seven delegates to the Bellville | conference. The call for the special district con- | vention was sent out to all local unions and was addressed to the rank and file of district 12. Afters a detailed account of the/ situatiom, in the mers’ union in} which it is shown that the separate agreement policy of the Lewis-Fish- wick machine has resulted in the weakening of the strike and the threatened defeat of the Penn-Ohio miners, the call urges all locals to elect delegates to the rank and file convention to be held May 19. The call is signed by over one hundred of the best known and most trusted fighters in the miners’ locals of dis- trict 12 from every section of the| state. Oust’ the Traitors. | The purpose of the convention Will} be to work cut a program to meet the deep crisis which has _ been| brought upon the union by the in- competence and corruption of the Lewis-Fishwick machine, to place the union into the hands of the rank and} file and to remove the bankrupt and dishonest officials who are working together with the operators to de- | stroy the union as was shown in the case of Oral Daugherty president of IGNORE HEALTH REGULATIONS. A survey of candy factories in New York, conducted by the Consumers’ League, discloses that of 25 factories visited only three required the legally preseribed food -handlers’ card from workers on entering employment while in 10 factories the workers were never given medical examinations. the special district convention called; his treach the...Save-the-Union , Committee | here for May 19 at 10 a. m. The | ILLINOIS MINERS WILL | | OUST MACHINE MAY 19: in Ohio. Daugherty removed: by the Lewi in Ohio- when thé any longer to shield He is now,scab-herd- sub-district was recent Hall mac machine fi ing for for mpanies-whith are at- témptihg to begin “open “shop» operd- tions, ANTHRACITE T0 OUST CAPPELIN Delegates Prepare for May 21 Meet WILKES-BARRE, May 7. — Act- ive preparations by the Tri-District Save-The-Union Committee for the special district convention of District 1 to be held May 21 at Scranton are being made as the movement to oust the Lewis-Cappellini machine is in- creasing. Cappellini has issued a warning that expulsions will follow of all those who take part in the movement. This threat is not being taken seriously, however, since Cappellini’s influence has practically disappeared. Progressive forces have been warn- ing the miners of the dangerous tac tics which are expected from the Brennan-McGarry elements who while voicing -opposition to Cappellini are really playing the game of Lewis, the biggest enemy of the union. a i, ea Moves Headquarters. WILKES-BARRE, May 7. — Ele- ments opposed to the work of the Tri- | District Save-The-Union Committee in the anthracite have succeeded in forcing the committee from its head- quarters at 513 Coal Exchange Build- ing. New offices have been opened in Room 806 Commerce Bldg., corner of Northampton and Washington Sts. The work of the committee and the whole progressive mine movement in the anthracite has taken on additional importance, George Papceun, sec: tary of the Tri-District Committee announces since the miners have i the past few weeks had numerous evi- dences that the Save-The-Union Com- mittee is now the only opposition to the Lewis-Cappellini machine. WALKER ATTENDS SECRET MEETING; BARS RECAPTURE | Workers Party Rallies Opposition Details of further activities. of Mayor (“Traction”) Jimmie Walker. former Controller Charles L. Craig; and other members of the Tammany Hall machine in carrying out their plan agreed upon with the traction interests came to a climax with the revelation yesterday ‘of a secret con- ference held by this group last Wed- }nesday in which it was decided to | sidetrack any immediate efforts to- | wards recapture of the subways—ad- mittedly the only method by which the increased fare can now be pre- vented. x) Evidences of a widespread mass pretest movement under the leader- ship of tic: workers’ (Communist) Party were seen yesterday as a re- sult of the announcement of an active campaign by: district 2 of this party, which has been the only organized op- ion to the fare steal. Nearly a n mass meetings wu - |pices of the party are |tonight. Some of the in the city will appear | ings. | It was disclosed that | and Craig, who is the city in the suits agaii borough apd whioatethie * (Continued on Page Two) TO HOLD GAP MASS MEETING TONIGHT |Workers Will Zaritsky Score A mass meeting of all cap and mil- linery workers will be held tonight to protest against the recently instituted campaign of International President Max Zaritsky and the “clubs” thru which he maintains himself in power, to wreck the International Cloth Hat Cap and Millinery Workers Union by expulsion of all progressives and mil- itant_ members of the union, who are opposed to his collaboration with the | employers. The meeting will be |held in Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St, jand Irving Place, at 6 o’clock. | J. B. Salzburg, until recently the jleader of the Chicago capmakers’ jstrike, and member of the general executive board has come from Chi- ago especially to speak at this meet- ing. The progressi policies in the locals, under the leadership of the left wing, » continually improving con- ditions, and the tants are mobiliz- ing the mémbership’ to fight the ly expressed intentions of Zar- to install the piece work sys- te and to bring back the 44 hour |week, Zaritsky defends ‘these be- |trayals with the excuse that he is do- jing it “for the good of the industry.” | Salzburg, after leading a bitter |fight against the lockout of the Chi- cago bosses, who demanded the piece |work em, was removed from hip by the Zaritsky clique. is Jit jleade: |Salzburg’s response was to broadcast ja statement to all union locals, de- |Mouncing Zaritsky and his action, For |this he was removed from the man- gership of the Chicago Joint Board and suspended from the general exec- utive board. | At the meeting tonight, Salzburg jwill follow up the attack he made on the clique controlling the |board which attempted to destroy the |powerful Millinery Local 48 by order- general | PLAN BIG ELECTION DRIVE its dissolution in the namé of a one-man B.-M.-T. surface car, was! CALL GORDON PROTEST into him while he was tive she O2 YOuth Organizations Join Campaign trolley of his car. He was 27 years. burg discussed the Local 43 issue in , i | an article which appeared yesterday To Place Communist Ticket in South old and lived at 725 Montauk Court, ; Brooklyn. He is survived by his! widow, Mrs, Rose Bell. | @ell was one of the most active | members of the Workers Party in; Brooklyh. The Coney Island Unit, has sent a resolution, expressing con- | dolences to his widow. WASHINGTON STATE FIRE. . MOUNT VERNON, Wash,, May 7. fire sw through this town. mens is hiehinated ph MIRA ANN, Ce A The first of a series of mass’ meet- ings to demand the immediate re- lease of David Gordon, 18-year-old Community Church, 34th St, and Park Ave., Wednesday, May 16, at 8 o'clock, The meeting will be held under the auspices of the Committee for the Release of David Gordon. Prominent ‘speakers will address —-Six buildings were burned “when; the meeting, it was announced last The} aight. * Viwtertay fia piarstinn weep es ef ‘ of the Youth Committee for Miners’ Relief, representing 52 youth organi- zations of this city, joined in the ‘Communist poet, will be held at the|demand for Gordon’s release. Gordon was convicted for writing the poem, “America,” and is at pres- ent serving an indeterminate term of three years in the New York Reformatory. During the past few weeks a movement was begun to bring about his release. : Gordon, it has been learned from re- (Comtinued on Page Five) {2 Ranson te rinaiom to David Gordon, 18-Year-old mem- ber of the Young Workers. (Com- maunist) League and former schol- arship student at the University of Wisconsin is now serving an inde- terminate term of three years in the New York Reformatory for hav- ing written @ satirical poem “Amer- toa”, which: annoyed the judges of the Court of Special Sessions, Hundreds of. thousands of workers | will give close attention to the, pro- ceedings of the National Nominating Convention of the Workers (Commu- nist) Party to be held in New York on. May 25. to. 27... For the first time they will see a great na- tienal political gathering which was assembled not merely to nominate eandidates for president and vice- president of the United States of America, but planning to aid -the struggge of the workers on strike and the unorganized and to improve the conditions of Negroes, youth, women and children. To Hold Demonstration. The delegates to the convention will be greeted with mass demonstration by the workers of New York, at Mecca Temple, 138 West 55th Street on Fri- day evening, May 25 at which num- erous delegates who have never yet appeared on a public platform in New (Continued on Page Two) He in the DAILY WORKER. Hold Luncheon of Daily Worker Agents Friday | A luncheon and meeting of DAILY WORKER agents will be held Friday, ‘May 11, at 7 p. m. sharp at the Co- operative Consumers’ Cafeteria, 54 \Irving Place, between 17th and 18th ‘St. Among the speakers will be. Jay \Lovestone, William W. Weinstone, A. a and Robert Minor,