The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 9, 1928, Page 2

ie “i Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1928 Guard Streetcleaning Official Who Revealed Huge Graft in Department COMMUNISTS GAININCREASE DAILY WORKER’S ADVERTISING, CALL TO READERSI|TAMMANY TOOLS SUPPORT OF PENN. LABORPARTY MEET Foster and d Gitlow Are| Endorsed for Election | om Page One) were conspicous by their absence from the labor par convention, although Maurer was present, in the hotel (Continued f session. In from the convé socialists of Reading ere followi ing | in the Se toe of the etionaries, | abor party | | representing j s with eight | al unions, the re- four coun delegates, nr with about, twenty dikenese mainder representing miscellaneous trade unions in the different parts of | the state were unanimous in condem- | nation of the’ former state chairman} Kutz, and the old state executive | committee for criminal failure to} fight the battle of the workers in} the political field and for reducing the state labor party fo an adjunct) to the republican and democratic parties. So Litter was the anger and! resentment of the delegates against the former chairman Kutz and the old executive committee that neither he nor any of the old officials with the exception of executive member Bob Normam and former secretary Oyler, dared to show up in the con- vention hall until the late afternoon recess when Kutz made his appear- ance in the almost empty convention | hall accompanied by four people] claiming to be delegates, but present- ing no credentials, and declared the | convention adjourned leaving the hall terwards together with the former secretary Oyler and the} four fake delegates. This action by} Kutz did not in the least disturb the | delegates who reconvened on time for} the evening and the last session of the convention. | Kutz Absent. The delegates, as they were coming | to the convention hall beginning at! about 10 a. m. as instructed by the/ official convention call issued by the | old state executive committee and | signed by Kutz and Oyler, seemed | rather amused at finding out that Kutz was not there and that he was net expected during this weekvas re- ported by the hotel clerk who received a letter from Kutz to that effect only | this mornirg. The explanation of- fered by some of the delegates for} the absence of Kutz was his fear to} face the convention, whose state of mind was known to Kutz before hand, for his treachery in endorsing the re- publican politician Water for state treasurer on the labor party ticket. The convention was opened offi- cially at noon today by Bob Norman, the sole member of the old executive committee at present at the conven-| tion hall. lowing the opening of the convention the delegates pro- ceeded to the election of Emmet Cush as temporary chairman and Bob Norman as temporary secretary of the convention, also a credentials committee with delegate Getto, a sminer of Bentleyville as chairman of the committee. The arrival later of Charles O. Oyler, former state secre- tary, a Kutz henchmen, and his per- sistent effort to delay and block the| convention were unsuccessful. Discuss Reports. The discussion on the activities of the old executive committee and the imimediat® tasks of the state labor party occupied the major part of the afternoon s n. This session closed | with the adoption of a_resolution| repudiating the non working class policy of the Kutz administration and instructing the incoming state exec- utive committee to build a real mili- tant labor party in Pennsylvania, to| fight politically the injunction, anti- | strike laws and evictions of striking} workers, for unemployment relief and} insurance, for the abolition of the) coal and iron police and the with-| drawal of the state police from the mining area, against Wall Street war in Nicaragua, and for the recognition | of the Soviet Union. The endorsement of William Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow for president and vice-president in the national elections took place at the last session in the evening, at which were also adopted resolutions calling for support of the miners’ strike, for the immediate release of Benito and the other miners, for the protection of the foreign born, ete. Ben Thomas, chairman of the state committee closed the convention with an impressive speech to the effect that a new working class leadership has come into office in the Pennsyl- vania state labor party as a result of this convention, a leadership which will strive to make the labor party an effective political instrument in the hands of the workers of Pennsylvania ’ i BALTIMORE, Md., May 8.—Wil- liam Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow were placed on the ballot in Maryland as Workers (Communist) Party can- didates for president and vice-presi- dent. Altho only 2,500 signatures were necessary, over 3,000 names were on the petition filed with the at} the time when ~ convention was in| jers was taken yesterday when Loui: The readers of The DAILY WORK- crease the amount of advertising ap- pearing in the Daily. It is a well-| known fact that every newspaper is sqld a loss and depends on its ad- | vert ements to maké up this loss and | something more. | Made Thieves; Now the with the murder of @ grocer during an attempted holdup. enough to struggle in other ways ag imposes on the poor, ing. Having made thieves of them, | _ youths die in th die in the electric chair. BECKERMAN MAN FOR PIECE WORK Hollander Sp eaks At Bosses’ Dinner The first step toward the piece- ‘work system in the union membership of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- Hollander, manager of the Jewish Coatmakers’ branch of the union, right-hand man of A. Beckerman actionary boss of the w Yor Joint Board, came out openly in avor of piece work at a banouet n to the employees of one of the -Mack Co. This is the second time that the j administration of the Amalgamated], has intimated its intention to put ; over piece work for the bosses, but the first time in public. Workers Foreed To Attend . The occasion for the banquet was the successful and profitable comple- tion of a year’s work by this firm. The Beckerman machine had per- mitted these bosses to operate on the piece-work system, and they thus have tendered their thanks to the union officials for the profits ex- tracted under the system by giving a banquet to their workers, non- attendance at which meant immediate dismissal from the job. Now that the negotiations for a new. agreement are only several weeks off, the existing one expiring at the end of the month, the Hill- man administration is speeding up its plans to begin an inimediate offen- sive against the protest of the masses of the union membership. Doug! Even a trade journal of the em- ployers has declared its assurance that anotherhigh union official is de- finitely known to favor the piece- work system. Beckerman is meant, it isgenerally believed. This trade journal, in reporting the banquet,» re- cited the history of the firm, saying that the union officialdom of the Amalgamated, especially, gave picce- work to this firm in order to be able to use it as an argument against the speed-up system’s opponents. They gave he employer to take absolut ers from the market. Convention Starts Monday The coming national convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union which promises “good times” |for 300 machine followers and their 700 guests and friends, according to \the official announcements of cial trains” and “sight-seeing” stop- overs, is scheduled to begin in Cin- cinnati next Monday. The convention will be ended by the time the New York officialdom begins negotiations with the New York employers for a renewal of the agreement. It is for chine arrogantly makes public state- ments favoring the vicious speed-up system, workers here declare. King, Gomez to Speak at Haiti Protest Meet Senator William H. King of Utah will state his position on the policy of the U. S. government in maintain- ing marine rule in Haiti. The protest meeting to be held under the joirit auspices of the Haitian Patriotic Union and the New York Branch of the All America-Imperialist League, next Sunday, May 13, at New Harlem Casino, 90 West 116th St. Other speakers at the meeting will be Wil- liam Pickens, of the National Associ- ation of Colored People; Robert Minor, editor of the DAILY WORK- ER; Henry Rosemond, of the Haitian Patriotic Union, and Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All America Anti-Im- secretary of state. perialist League. and | gest firms in the city, the Charles] be liberty in choosing his crew of work-| ¢ “spe-! this reason that the Beckerman ma-| | But unlike the capitalist newspa- pers, the ads of The DAILY WORK- 4) ER are being called on to help in-|ER have never been sufficient to pay the publication expenses. The paper jhas been compelled constantly to call lon its readers to make up the deficit. |The workers of this country can save |themselves thousands of dollars and |}place The DAILY WORKER on a State Would Kill Them The five boys-avove, ranging from 15 to 22 years old, are charged Not strong ainst the conditions which capitalism scores of youths are driven to gangdom and thiev- capitalism is demanding that these FOSTER 0 TALK __ ON MINE STRIKE Vi orkers Party Meeting To Be Held Tomorrow “In its whole life,’ said John Brophy, speaking at the historic April 1st Conference, “the miners’ union never faced such a crisis as oday, and the fatlt lies with the Lewis policies.” The story of the events leading up te this erisis, the picture of the present situation in the miners’ trike, und the consequences of the strike if it should not be won, will zed by William Z. bership meeting of 3 of ,the Workers Party, to be held Thursday at 6 p. m., at Bryant Hall, Sixth Ave, nd St. Members of these sect are required to attend the meeting and briag along their Party membership cards. A special registration will be held at the door and a record made of all those in attendance. Foster will expose the treacherous policies of Lewis, showing how his tendencies have always been to split the union up into many fragments, and thus weaken its resistance. Lewis’s treachery during the 1922 strike will be dealth with. A large part of his address will be devoted to the present situation in the unor- ganized fields, where the miners have recently made the phrase “Solidarity |of Labor” a burning reality by down- ing tools to carry on the strike side by side with their organized brothers. RIGHT WING FUR _ FINISHERS MEET } a ‘Registered Workers Plan One Union When the details of the meeting of the right wing fur finishers union. of | Council, held last Monday | night in the headquarters of the right | wing union, were learned, it was dis- 1 that even there the workers | to revolt against the at shop conditions ‘en- y the fur bosses since the es- ment of the dual union by the American Federation of Labor. Demand Committee of 15 After a bitter discussion held on the floor of the meeting, in which the | machine in control of the Joint Goun- cil were condemned for their activity jin annihilating. standards, a motion | was passed with only three opposition votes that a committee of 15 be elec- ted to take steps leading to the re- jestablishment of one union in the industry. The committee, after being (elected, was instructed to appear be- {fore the Joint Council meeting and demand that they call a mass meeting of all furriers, where the question of ‘one union shall be discussed and acted | Upon. The committee was also told to ap- pear before the local meetings of the other 3 in the Joint Council to ask them to elect similar cummittees to make the same demand from the Joint Council. The significance of this meeting lies in the fact, that the committees from each, local comprising about 60 people in all, when elected, are asked to take immediate independent action in the event of a refusal of the Joint Council to call the mass meeting, that is, to call the mass meeting them- selves under their own auspices. At this meeting the question of regaining a single strong union, which is cap- able of combatting the inroads of the employers’ offensive. ; ¥ “ {sound financial basis by starting a vigorous campaign for ads. In another part of this paper read- ers will find & coupon headed “Pat- ronize Our Adyertisers.” We ask you to do a small: thing: fill out the cou- pon with your ‘own name and address and the address of the place where you buy some articlé of apparel, fur- CLOAK DELEGATES TO REBUILD UNION DESPITE SIGHAN “Organize Over Heads of Fakers,” Is Slogan (Continued from Page, One) expulsion policies which have been car- ried thru with the aid of the bosses and take steps to unify and re-build our organization. “In order to prevent any opposition of its policies on the floor of the con- vention the international administra- tion has made sure to eliminate every opponent by illegally removing such candidates from the ballot. In view of this it is hardly to be expected that this convention of hand-picked delegates will seat the elected rep- resentatives of the workers, nor is it to be expected that it will take any steps to unite the workers in an ef- fort to re-build our organization, which has been shattered during the period of the struggle. “The workers know that what is necessary at the present time is not merely a change of personnel in the administration, as is advocated by some of the opponents of Sigman who are sponsoring the canuidacy of Mr. Schlesinger, the former resident, but a fundamental revision in the policies which will qo away with expulsions, discriminations and surrender to the bosses, and will unite all the workers regardless of their views and opinions in one common effort to re-build the union and restore union conditions. Demand United Union. “The workers have authorized us to come to Boston to fight for a united union, controlled by and in the! interests ‘of: the workers, In the event® that* those in ‘control of this convention will continue the present policy of expulsions, persecutions and surrender to the bosses, we are thén authorized’ to take steps to lay the basis for the re-building of our union and for the restoration of union con- ditions for the workers in our indus- try, above the heads of the Sigmans and thé Schlesingers. “We desire to state that the fake issues_of Communism. raised by Sig- man is intended to prejudice the pro- gressive delegates in the union, is nothing but a smoke screen to hide the sinister motives of the present administration desiring to maintain itself in control of the union by force and violence.. The propaganda thai we are coming to create trouble is an old practice of the administration to becloud the real issues. We have come to Boston to transact business in the best interests of our memheo~ in the union.” Yesterday’s session of the fake con- vention controlled by the Sigmanites. and the Breslau-Schlesinger clique, was marked by a series of speeches begun by Sigman who delivered the “key-note” speech after the Star Spangled Banner had opened the of- ficial sessions. Speeches were also made by suc hunion-smashers as Matthew, Woll, Max Zaritsky, head of the capmakers’ union; who began the mass expulsion policy and other les- ser “lights.” Sigman, in his. speech, admitted that since he had acquired the presi- dency of the International, the union- ization of the wade has gone con- tinually down, but the blame was attached by him not to the union- smashing tactics of himself and his aides, but to the Communists. This was the only subject discussed by the other speakers, Meetings Called The left wing delegation is arrang- ing a series of mass meetings to be held thruout the week for the needle trades workers here. A “proletarian banquet” was held yesterday in honor of the delegates and was arranged by the progressive workers here, in the International Hall in Roxbury. To- night a ball will be held by the Frei- heit sympathizers of Boston, in honor of the delegation. -It will take plaze in ee Scenic Auditorium, more than 1,000 taxi drivers “were stripped of their badges, cards and books in raids made yes- terday and Monday by a special corps: of: police connected with the office of Deputy Police Commis- sioner Nelson Ruttenberg in charge of the Hack Bureau, it was learned last night. The drivers by the police action, nishings or any other necessaries. Fill out several of thesé coupons with the nates of several business places that you patronize. These, business places are potential advertisers, potential sources of rev- enue for The DAILY WORKER. The coupons will enable the business of- fice of the Daily to dpproach these above. potential advertisers. Increased ad- vertising is absolutely essential if The DAILY WORKER is to grow and im- prove and lift a great financial bur- den from the shoulders of the work- ers of this country. Workers, here is am opportunity to help your Daily that will cost you only @ two-cent stamp: To the Glory of the Capitalist System Unemployed workers being “fed” by a boss eharity are shown The expressions on the faces of the men tell more eloquently than words can the price these workers have paid that the capitalists might crush them. While the bosses make gestures of relief to distract the workers from the real unemployment issue, the army of the jobless daily recruits new forces thruout the United States. CENTER TONIGHT New “Brick” Lists Prov- ing Popular (Continued from. page 1) Workers Party units .in District 2. Each of the lists, which have been de- signed ‘by Hugo Gellert, contains 20 red bricks, priced at 25 cents, 50 cents and $1. The entire list totals $10. On each brick is printed: “Add Another Brick to Workers Center.” This has become the new slogan to finish up the drive for $30,000 to es- tablish the Workers Center. All class-conscious workers and units of the Workers Party are urged to de- vote all their energies to selling these bricks in order that the drive, which ends May 15, may be a success. This. is also the final week for the competition for the beautiful revolu- tionary banner, which is now on dis- play in a window of the Workers’ Center. The banner will be awarded to the unit or organization which col- lects the most money in the drive. The Young Workers Social Culture Club is arranging a package party and danée for next Sunday evening at 8.80 at its clubrooms, 118 Bristol St., near Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn. The proceeds will go to the Workers Center. * LEWIS HENCHMEN IN NEW SCHEME Plot to Oppose ‘haan of Coal Diggers BROWNSVILLE, Pa., May 8.—En- raged because rank and: file miners of local union 2086, Pike Mine, have defied the Lewis machine and have voted unanimously to support the Save-the-Union movement, Interna- tional Organizer Lorence Dwyer and his self-appointed assistant, Thor Bevans of So. Brownsville, are seok- ing methods to annul the action of the miners. Bevans several weeks ago tried tc prevent four delegates to the Apri! 1 Save-the-Union Conference at .Pitts- burgh from reporting to’ Local: 2086 on their return from the conference. The miners, however, voted 100 per cent to hear the report and then voted to accept it and joined the Save-the- Union movement. WATCHES PLANES‘ IN CHILE. SANTIAGO, Chile, May 8.—Ernest Joknson, attache of the British Lega. tion in Argentina, has been sent here by the British government to loo, efter British air interests in Chile. are unable to continue working and. must apply to the Hack Bureau for new licenses. Most of the men who were deprived of their credentials made applications for a renewal of their licenses several months ago. When the credentials were not forthcoming on March 31 when they expired, they continued to work with their old licenses. Tt is charged by many taxi MARIONETTES AT Cas. Russell Gets Reward for Services 'HARLES EDWARD RUSSELL, like his friend John Spargo, has made good. Spargo has been making up for his xthe very feeble and dubious ser- vices which he once rendered the old socialist party by hawking fas- cism in the columns of the New York Times and attacking the Sov- iet Union. Russell has been attack- ing the Soviet Union and hawking “patriotic biographies.” Yesterday it was announced that he had receivedd the Pulitzer award for the “best American bography teaching patriotic and unselfish services to the American people.” Russell was once city editor of the sanctimonious New York World, owned by the founder of the Pul- itzer prize, WEATHER HELPS SANDING TROOPS Marines Vainly Pursue Nationalists PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, May 8—The rainy ‘season has de- veloped in Eastern Nicaragua ham- pering the movements of the United jStates marines that are vainly trail- ing the netionalist troops under Gen, Sandino in the Pis Pis River Zone. Word was received today of a second clash between marines and nationalists on the Waspook fiver. Nationalists ambuscaded along ihe shore openec fire upon an advance ‘guard of niarines in a boat. The fire was returned. The advance guard was reinforced and later a United States bomling plane dropped 4 mbs over the district where the netion- alists were believed to be barricaded. Women Hold Mass Meet For Miners Tonight A mass meeting and concert for miners’ relief will be held tonight at 1472 Boston. Road under the auspices of the Bronx Section of the Women’s Miner’s Relief Committee. Miners diréct from the struggle in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Il- linois will address the meeting. Other speakers will be Juliet Stuart Poyntz and Ray Ragozin. Featuring the concert will be programs by Irving ‘}Sehoen, tenor; M. Margolis, soprano and a violiti tecital by J, Kessler. A. meeting of the Women’s Mine .| Relief Committee will be held on Monday, May 14, at Brooklyn Labor Lyceum, 947-959 Willoughby Ave. Brooklyn, 1, 000 TAXI DRIVERS LOSE WORK CARDS Police Attack Is Under Orders of Yellow Taxi Company drivers that the raids and the re- fusal to renew the licenses is due to the connection between the Hack Bureau and the Yellow Jaxi Co, which is attempting to eut down the number of drivers in the city. Late yesterday afternoon and evening the special police force con- gregated at the West Shore Ferry and examined all drivers that ap- peared, 1626 Arch St, FEAREXPOSE; NEW DETAILS PROMISED araft Reached Millions, , Loughleed Charges Police last night were guarding William H. Lougheed, in fear that those who will be exposed in the sen- sational street cleaning graft scandal may attempt to take the former Tam- many Hall official “for a ride” to prevent him, from implicating scores of active Tammany Hall camp fol- lowers. Exactly what threat have been made against Lougheed has not been made public against Lougheed has not made public, but yesterday I. M. Sackin, his council, went to police headquarters and requested that his client be protected. Aspecial detail of uniformed men are now guarding Toucheed’s home at 2110 Bolton Ave., the Bronx. * * In a signed confession, Lougheed charges that the graft amounts to several million dollars annually. The vayroll system, as he describes it in his sworn statement has extended to s}] boroughs and been in operation for years. He charges that many officials of the department share in the spoils. One of those named by Lougheed holds one of the leading positions in the street cleaning department. Leading Official Involved. One. of the charges made by Loug- heed is that one of the officials of the main street cleaning office em- ployed to check payrolls in Manhat- tan, the Bronx and Brooklyn is link- ed with the graft gang. The following is taken from that part of Lougheed’s affidavit in which he describes the alleged “payroll pad- ding” system: Q. Describe how the payrolls were padded. A. Names and addresses would be obtained mainly from the Italign. section of the Bronx from doorbell’ plates. The names would be put on the payroll, given names and addresses so that it would appear all right, and from 30 to 50, 60, 70 and a little more than 100 fictitious workers on the payrolls of the Crom- well Avenue garage alone. Q. .Was this done only in snow re- moval work or at all times of the year? A. At all times of the year, only in a lesser amount in the-winter time. Q. Who would obtain the names for you? A. It was suggested that —— (giving the name of one of his subor- dinates) would go out and get them. Lougheed, who frankly admits that he began to “take” in 1915, said that he was at the Cromwell Avenue gar- age from its opening. He said the “payroll padding was started right away.” Q. How much did you get each week? A, All the way from $200 to $1,800. CANNON TALK TO EXPOSE FRAME-UP Discuss Famous Cases May 18 The entire history of the American frame-up system will be thoroughly diseussed and analyzed by James P. Cannon, national secretary of the In- ternational Labor Defense, at a lec- ture ‘that he will give on Friday eve- ning, May 18th, at 8 o’clock at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. Cannon will show the relationship between the frame-up system and the efforts of the capitalist class to main- tain and increase its dominance over the workingclass. The Sacco-Vanzet- ti case and its implications will be prominently featured in his talk, which will be given under the aus- pices of the New York Section of the International Labor Defense, 799 Broadway. Cannon will also discuss the frame- up of Mooney and Billings and tell of the mass movement which the I. L. D. is starting to free these victims of capitalist justice. Having visited Mooney at San Quentin prison in the course of a country-wide tour, Cannon will be able to-give an intimate pic- ture of the man who for 12 years yee rotted in the dungeons of eapitalism for his devotion to the workingclass. All those attending the lecture will receive a three-months’ free subscrip- tion to the Labor Defender, monthly organ of the International Labor De- fense. . U.S. S, R. Delegates to Talk in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, May 8.—A mass meeting to hear a report of the Amer- ican Trade Union Delegation to the Soviet Union will be held Thursday at 8 p. m. at Grand Fraternity Hall, *