The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 10, 1928, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDA » MAY 10, 1928 Page Three gan sabotage Conspiracy ‘USSR MINE UNION CONGRESS OPENS; | German Capitalists Helped Organize Sabo C4 in Donetz Basin Railway Seized by Japanese Imperialists > BATAII PRAVDA BLAMES PILSUDSKI FOR ACCUSED ADMIT TAKING BRIBES Where Imperialist Troops Concentrate — BENE | } mI FOR CONSPIRACY Trial of Conspirators to Take Place Soon (Continued from Page Ones dred) thousand roubles; the engineer | Beresobsky, who took charge of the distribution of the money admitted that he had distributed-one hundred and seventy-five thousand roubles Beresovsky admitted that he had re- ceived twenty thousand roubles per- sonally. The relations between the numer- ous foreign firms and the conspira tors was clearly proved in the investi- gation. The firms kept the con- spirators supplied with money. Many of the accused confes purchasing unnecessary and , machinery, for example machin vy was purchased from the German firm Knapp on a contractual basis by the engineer Gorletzky. Admit Taking Bribes. The chairman of the purchasing committee, Kusma, admitted that he had taken a bribe of 2,500 roubles, while the German mechanic Badstie- ber admitted that he had obeyed the instructions of the German engineer Sebold to bribe the mine manager. He confessed also to signing a docu- ment concerning the usefulness of useless machines. There was clear evidence of rela- tionship between the conspirators and the Russian Department of the Ger- man Algemeine Electrische Gesel- schaft. The brother of one of the conspirators, Bashkin, works in the department of the director Bleiman, Conspirators Confer. According to the testimony of the aceused Kasarinov, a conference took place in the Russian department of the Algemeine Electrische Geselschaft which was attended by Bleiman Bashkin, Kasarinov and a representa- tive of the former owner of the Sher- binov mine, Dvorshantchik. In the name of the Algemeine Electrische Geselschaft, Bleimann agreed to con- tribute one per cent of the purchase price to the sabotage organization. Another one of the accused also gave evidence proving the rélationship of the Russian department of the A. E. G. and its director Bleimann with the sabotage organization. Engineer a Fascist. The accused A. E. G. engineer Otto admitted being a member of a fascist organization before his departure for Russia. (to denies the sabotage charges levelled against him but is GULF The Japanese imperialists have province of Shantung. OF PECHIHLI seized the railway between Tsingtao and Tsinan as a preliminary move in their drive to take over the entire HUNGER STRIKE I YUGOSLAV PRISON Jailed Trade Unionists Demand Release BELGRADE (By mail), — Trade union officials who were arrested in the town of Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in a raid on the trade union headquarters have gone on a hunger strike to pro- test against the imprisonment. Widespread agitation is going on in Yugoslavia against the brutality in prisons where thousands of working class political prisoners are being tor- tured. MOVE TO END AID TO WOUNDED HIT Send Medical Supplies to Nicaraguan’ Army Declaring that his statement was a “reckless and irresponsible” one and made for the purpose of hindering shipment of medical supplies to the seriously compromised by the evi- dence presented by Kasarinov. The Donets trial will probably be- gin here on the fifteenth of May be- fore the Supreme Court. The Court President will be the University Rec- tor Vyshinski and the prosecutors Krylenko and Reginski. There will be five judges including a Donets miner and a Moscow factory worler. The trial will probably last cne month. PUPILS DEMAND TEACHERS RETURN Had Criticised Teapot Dome President wounded Nicaraguan liberal soldiers opposing marine invasion, the All- \merica , Anti-Imperialist League yesterday replied to Senator Fred- erick H, Gillett’s insinuation that funds collected by the league for ‘medical supplies were being used to buy ammunition. The statement referred to was made in the course of an attack on the anti-imperialist league at the otel Astor, Monday before a meet- ing of the Government Club. An- other speaker at the meeting was Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane, represent- ing Major General John H. Lejeune, Sommander of the marine corps. The reply is in the form of a letter so Senator Gillett mailed yesterday from the headquarters ef the All- America Anti-Imperialist League, 39 Union Square. .It reads in part as folows: Part of Text. MILWAUKER. May 9 of names have been received at the, office of the Young Worte a munist) League, 802 State St., affixed | to petitions circulated by the league} demanding the immediate reinstate-} ment of Winfred C. Howe, in Hundreds ructor of modern history at the West D: vision High School, who was charged‘ with undermining the respect of the! students for the principal and the; school administraticn. Howe had for a numt of years} been connected with a publication, the | “Comet and Sun,” published independ- | ently of the school authorities in| which the students had a free medium | to exvress their thoughts on questions | of education and politics. For: years| this rublieation had been a thorn in| the side of the reactionary school au-/ thorities because of its frank criti- cism. One article published by the “Comet ! and Sun,” sent in by a contributor, | mentioned the fact that students of) the publ’c schools have for years been) told to hold in respect a president who has been found to be smeared from head to foot with *** oil of Teapot Dome. ; The instructor was not given a proper hearing in the presence of the school board. who ignored entirely 9 petition he was to present signed by! over 250 students demanding that the! school board reconsider the entire! ouestion of Howe’s distissal. “ailor Is Drowned William Henry Murray, chief boat- swain’s mate of the U. S. S. Newton. | id at the foot of Washington St.. oklyn was drowned when he fell everboard from the gangplank. His was recovered by members. of in your avvack on the medica y aund Campaign of tne au- Auieea ANM-Liperaist League, unc svew LOrKx ‘Limes yueces you as hav- sng Said: ‘2 Sdspec. cms funds reat Use Wi be to buy aiuiualuvus. Sup, "we Clauenge you lv prove that your ‘suspicious’ ace anyulug more Wlau lupesiaust propaganda. “ALtHeMeU LEPeLU IS w Lacsiuue vs a@ communication trom penor 2.0y- JAN LUcCivus IM 10NUddHs, ocanuwi- eaging receipt vi our sirst suipinene Of pandages and meuwal suppnco aud Sedu vial Wey fave ucem aor Warucu to Wen destinativit, senor 2UrClos is the oly Pecogniced repre- semlarive Of Ueleral Oaudiny OUwide et avicavagua iseu. ‘Lhis commum- Cation 18 concreve proof of what as beng done with the funds coliectea 4ux vangages and medical suppiies. we uy woe belleve that you will ven- yuesuon tne integrity ci sucios, Whose reputaiua is sovwit thIUOUL The Americas. Reckless Charge. “our statement is a reckless and irresponsible one, without a shred of evidence to support it. Your purpose is obviously to hinder the medical supply campaign and to prevent even elementary first aid equipment from reaching the wounded Nicaraguan soldiers. Such an attitude is not among imperialists. The whole his- tory of imperialism is a record of callous brutality toward the oppressed ‘peoples, punctuated as it is. by an «smritzar Massaere in India, a Shang- jhai Outrage in China, a Damascus ‘Massacre in Syria, and an Ocotal | Massacre in Nicaragua, Red Cross Refuses Aid. “The American Red Cross, which pretends to help all suffering hu- bee but which is in reality a Wow \RREST SOLDIERS AS COMMUNISTS Japanese Government Fears Radicalism TOKIO, March 9. — The newspa- pers report that a number of soldiers have been arrested and charged with having relations with Communists. The War Ministry has appointed a special commission under the chair-| manship of General Hata to work out special measures for “the protection of the army against dangerous ideas.” The Japanese Admiralty has issued an appeal to the Fleet and tovall workers warning them against “radicalism.” The rectors of the various universi- ties however still persist in their op- position to the intentions of the gov- ernment to dismiss a number of “rad- ical” professors and students from the universities and to dissolve the stu- dents ¢ircles for the study of social science. The university authorities in Kioto have refused to carry out the mstructions of the Minister for Edu- cation ordering them to dismiss the “radical” professor Kavakami, one of. Japan’s best known economists. The workers and peasants party Rodonominto which has been dissolved by an order of the government, called a public meeting in Kioto on Satur- day. The meeting was broken up by the police. The police arrested the iwo members of parliament Yama- moto and Midzutani, but quickly re- leased them. The rooms of the Rodo- nominto in Kioto have been devastated by the fascist organization Kenkoku- kai. EXPOSE KEYMEW'S PROPAGANDA J03 Patriotic propaganda of the Marvin Keymen of America stripe is put un- der the lense in an 11-page report just published by the research depart- ment of the Federal Council of Churches. The Federal Council has been repeatedly déscribed by Marvin, the D. A. R. and fellow patriots as linked with Moscow in spreading Communism in America. Marvin's efforts, asserts the Coun- cil report, “are characterized by mis- use of terms, half-truths, misrepre- sentations and insinuations. Plainly false statements are not lacking. Often charges are apparently phrased so as to avoid specific libelous state- ments, while accomplishing a maxi- mum by way of damaging insinua- tion.” The following is given as an example: “There is a conviction among those who have watched the Federal Coun- cil’s activities that attached to the of imperialism has ~re=! fused to assist Sandino’s woundedyour own senatorial way.” a ‘this vicious extreme left is a pot of Soviet gold.” Nesta ‘Webster, an English writer who specializes in trailing “World Reyolution propaganda” is held to be the inspirer of much of Marvin’s odd and venomous attacks, Half the re- port is devoted to examples of patri- oteers’ wild charges. The study may be obtained from the Federal Council, 105 E, 22nd St., New York City, at | ‘ 15 cents a copy. USSR Official Dead (Special Cable to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 9. — Alexander Ziupura, Vice Chairman of the Coun- cil of Peoples Commissars died yes- terday of a brain stroke at the age of fifty-eight. Jjupura was a mem- ber of the Central Committee of the | All-Union Communist Party. soldiers in any way. The marine ad- ministration in Nicaragua has tried to maintain a medical supply blockade against the national liberation army. And now you, an American senator, | speaking on the same platform with the representative of the marine ‘corps commander, attempt to support “cordon sanitaire” GAINS. REPORTED | Wages Increased; Coal Output Grows | MOSCOW, (By Mail).—The Sixth | Congress of the Miners Union which was opened on April 20th, signalizes a broad development ‘and considerable growth of the Soviet Russian mining industry. This, in spite of the efforts {of the agents of the world bour- geoisie to create in one of the most important districts of the mining in- dustry a base for economic interven- tion which, for a number of years did great harm to the Industry. During the two years which have passed since the Fifth Congress,. the production of coalhas increased by }92 per cent and constitutes 122° per cent compared with the production in 1918; the production of oil has in- creased by 45 per cent and constitutes 125 per cent of the pre-war produc- tion; the production of peat—by 76.1 per cent, constituting 404 per cent compared with 1913; the Metal- lurgical industry increased by 156.7 per cent. This rapid development. of the mining industry was possible only owing to the considerable increase in the productivity. of labor and’ the con- |siderable amounts spent on capital construction (in five years—trom 1923 to 1928—the capital expenditure of the mining industry amounts to 1,323 million roubles). Wage Increase. The growth of the industry and the j merease of the productivity of labor | was accompanied by systematic wage |vises (a 40.5 per cent increase in two jyears). During the last years big jefforts were made to improve the housing conditions of the miners, which is shown by the expenditures on the construction of houses. In 1925-26, 38 million roubles were spent for this purpose, in 1926-27, 18 million roubles were spent for this purpose, and 49 million roubles have been as- signed for the construction of houses in 1927-28. As the mining industry develops, we witness a systematic increase in the number of workers in enterprises, commensurate with this is the growth of membership in the union——from 361,611 on January Ist, 1926 to 473,- 882 on January 1, 1928. Much has been done in regard to promoting rank and file trade union members to important economic, So- viet and cooperative costs (7,000 members of the miners’ union were promoted to such posts in the course of two years). Tke union has considerably consoli- dated its financial position, and thanks to strict economy in regard to the upkeep of the apparatus of the union, 58 per cent of all the member- ship dues were handed over to the fund of the union in 1928 instead of , the 84.5 per cent in 1926, Build Workers’ Clubs. By 1928 11 big labor palaces and 27 workers’ clubs were constructed at |the total cost of about 10 million roubles. Throughout 1927-28 build- ing operations on a large scale were earried on. This has certainly given an impetus to cultural work ina-num- ber of mining districts. However, the work of the union has still many de- fects and errors. which came to light through ‘the Shakhtinsk trial. = Thésé errors are being thoroughly discussed and severely criticized at the miners’ congress. Fail to Find Bodies Of Navesink Victims Divers have been unable to fine any of the bodies of the 17 men lost when the war department dredge Navesink was sunk last Monday in the Narrows off Cl'fton, S. I. Applications for thes must be sent in at May 30 Only a few Reservations left FOR MAY SAILINGS May 25 - -“Carmania” $450 - -“Aquitania” View of Tsingtao, where the Japanese imperialist troops are con- centrating for a drive to capture the whole of Shantung province, A division of 18,000 troops has just been JOBLESS SCARE AUSTRALIA GOVT, Demonstration Routs Assembly Session ADELAIDE, Australia, May 9, — The assembly of South Australia was dissolved yesterday when unemployed workers seated in the gallery demon- strated for unemployment relief. As the assembly began its regular discussion an unemployed worker in the gallery shouted: “We’re tired of your talk. What about relief for the | hungry and unemployed?” When the house guard ejected the young work- er other unemployed seated in the gallery took up the cry and demon- strated for unemployment relief. The attempts of the police to break up the demonstration were futile and the government, headed by the premi- er, withdrew from the field. FAIL TO EXCLUDE CHINESE SAILORS WASHINGTON, May 9.—Attempt to exclude Chinese and other Orienta! workers from employment on Amer- ican ships met defeat with the failure of the so-called white race amend ment to the new merchant marine bill. The bill was passed on May 5 by a vote of 51 to 44. An example of the starvation wages paid Oriental labor was brought out in the course of the discussion on the amendment. It was pointed out that the pay of Chinese stewards on Pa- cific steamships is $10.97 a month as compared with $43.80 paid to white stewards by British ships in the same service. Merger With Open Shop Traction Firm Fails WASHINGTON, May 9 (FP).— Organized employes of the Capi Traction Co., one of the two street! railway systems in Washington, are | pleased as the Harley P. Wilson syn- | dicate fails to drive through congress the merger of t! ystem with the Washington Railway & Electric sys- tem, which is open-shop. The district public utilities’ eommission approved the merger plan, and barred the de- mand for a guaranty of the right of trade union organization and a living wage. PROPERTY OW S WIN. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., May 9.— The New Rochelle city administration today lost the first round of its ef- forts to collect taxes amounting to more than $7,000,000 ssed against , | Offered liberty if he would quit polit-| ter the writ wa | | | MURDER PLOTS Protests White Guard | Organizations MOSCOW, Mas ane Referring to the recent attempts of Russian mon- jarchists in Poland to | | | Soviet Union minister and the trade | representativ in Warsaw, the | Pravda, official organ of the All- | Union Communist Party, declares that | the responsibil the crimes committed and being prepared” falls directly upon the Po! Government. That the Pilsudski ¢ Ra Shae permitted fostered the organiza- tions of white guardists in Poland is the charge levelled by the Pravda. The Pilsudski Government, the | Pra ja, says, has permitted the or- ganization of raiding parties which have crossed the border in an attempt to loot towns in the U.S. S. R. MORE POLICE AT TEXTILE MILLS Bosses Take Advantage of Union Fiasco PAWTUCKET, R. I., May 9—Now that the officials of the United Tex- tile Workers’ Union have displayed ditional amnesty for political of-| their abi to engineer a miserable fenders. fiasco, by agreeing not to oppose the These men and women are Flemish| @pPlication of the Darlington Textile “activists,” long aggressive advocates Mills for an anti-pic ting injunction of the independence of Flanders from| While the negotiations for a settle- Belgium. Because they accepted|™ent were in progress, the mill own- German aid in setting up an inde-|€?S are intens fying their offensive pendent Flemish government during|#S#inst the strikers by doubling the the war, 1,500 “activists” were prose- number of pol e guards, state police cuted under war-time laws after the|#"d deputy sheriffs. armistice. Most of these have already served their terms. Prominent among those still held is Dr. August Borms, teacher and Flem- ish nationalist chief, who was sen- “for n despatched from Japan to Tsingtao. rnment has Many Flemings Have Served Long Terms | By HAROLD Z. BROWN. (Federated Press) More than 150 political prisoners and eiles are a skeleton in the closet of “heroic little Belgium,” late cham- pion of “democracy” versus imperial- ism. This was revealed when the In- ternational Committee for Political Prisoners, an American liberal-labor group with headquarters in New York, addressed an open letter to the Belgian parliament urging uncon- The ranks of the strikers are solid despite the fact that the employers succeeded in their ruse of calling the union officials to a conference for a settlement, when asking them to in- tenced to “death, 10 years’ loss of| struct the union attorneys not to op- civil rights and costs.” “Death” was!'pose in court the company’s applica- commuted to “life” and he has been;tion for an anti-strike injunction, behind the bars now for eight years.| which the union officialdom did. Af- granted the bosses ical activity, he refused it. Other} broke neg ms despite the Flemish prisoners and exiles have} union officials’ agreement that all followed his example. | disputed questions be arbitrated. The Flemish—who do not speak} French, but a language more Wee Dutch—are a majority of the Belgian | people. But their own upper class/ Nashua Mills Close has largely deserted their language = 4 and traditions, and is leagued withthe) NASHUA, N. H., French-speaking Wallons who rule | than 500 Belgium. Practically, therefore, Flemish workers and peasants are in the position of a national minority. off 500 to Lose Jobs When May 9.—More are to be thrown out of work, |when the recently posted announce- {ment of the Jackson mills here goes into effect. The Nashua Manufactur- {ing Company, owners of the mills, | stated no reasons for the shutdown | which starts May 10 and continues j until June 4. It is generally believed |that the shutdown is a preparatory measure, taken to starve the workers thereby lessening their resistance to an intended wage cut. Wholesale Dismissal Of Radical Teachers From Jap Schools TOKIO, May 9.—The news agency Simbun Rengo reports: “In a confer- ence between the Minister for Educa- | tion and the Directors of the Japan-} ese universities an agreement was} come to concerning the disciplinary measures to be taken against radical iprofessors. According to this agree- \ment 6 professors will now be dis- missed, 1 professor in Tokio, 1 in Kioto and 4 in Kiusiu. “Further arrests have taken place jin the meantime of Communists, in- ieluding two young men who but re-! lcently received their degrees at the university and a high school woman ee Toe cet INVESTIGATE POLICE. The Association of the Bar of the City of New York has adopted a reso- |lution recommending an investigation | by the state crime commission of the {use of force by confessions. police in obtaining 3 property owners. “SEE RUSSIA FOR YOURSELF” TOURS to SOVIET RUSSIA sumvir (Free Visés—Eztensions arranged, for to visit any part of U. S. S. 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