The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 21, 1928, Page 4

Page vv« THE DAILY WORK ER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1928 OHIO MINERS HOOT BETRAYER FROM PLATFORM; DAUGHERTY URGES TRUCE WITH BOSSES (By a Worker Correspondent) 0. y mail).—Oral Daugherty, the treacherous deposed leadér of the miners in the Hocking Valley, has earned the sheckels of the coal operators. A few days ago leaflets were dropped over the valley from an airplane announcing a mass meeting and advocating that the miners return to work at re- duced pay. - Daugherty claimed that he had nothing to do with the pub- S pre followec Be, The Daugherty ident. at him and drove him from the platform. lication or distribution of the leaflets by airplane, which proves that the coal operators and business men arranged it. April 9 and was meeting took place on and by Lee Hall, president of the ict secretary, and Phil Murray, i Hall was the first to speak, followed but Murray fared badly, j d 1 Murray: for the miners hooted Leaving the stand he shouted that there were some Poor. Phil. ddressed by “rasping hyenas in ‘the crowd.” Then came Daugherty who advocated a truce between the coal operators for a settlement. district; George miners and the operators till “government regulation can pro- nter: ational vice- duce a fair wage scale.” : by Savage. Then John L.. Lewis earned what he has received. Daugherty, his did, man, has been fired, but the disorganizing work that Daugherty because he followed the policies of Lewis, is now bearing fruit. pleases, cated Secretly. Lewis may try to disavow Daugherty as much as he but Daugherty has done openly what Lewis has advo- According to report, Lewis is negotiating with the Indiana Lewis denies it, but he is wait- ing for the ground to be prepared by similar Daugherties in the other districts. This is Lewis and his officialdom. —EDGE. Federal Mill Joins Ajax as Hosiery Strike Spreads, Correspondent Writes STRIKERS. FORCED Where Baa esis a he ag TO PICKET 300 FEET FROM SHOP GATES STAGE CONTESTS BARGE CAPTAINS AS FRUIT PACKING SPEED-UP TESTS Organization Is Need to NEW YORK HARBOR Whole Families Drown stele ie es UU if -— -DRA MA———_+ ARE PAID S70 IN ‘Ten Days that Shook the World’ Praised in Berlin, Germany ROM Berlin comes a report et Jokn Reed’s “Ten Days that, Shook ~ BETTY BLYTHE. to mean victc Two this week. The ho strike is spreading jax Mills | ell membe n Federa-| ned Hosiery Work- out and the strike inning to get even more > bitter, eting continues Progressive Coal Miners Demand Brennan Ouster By HRACITE MINER. What’ is the present role of the Brennan forces in the anthracite? The fact that an individual or group of individuals have in the past made certain gestures and = grand- stand | plays and have acted the role of champion of the rank and file should not obscure the view of the masses of workers. Parading under false colors in the midst of the struggle the Brennan |machine in its entirety, and if he is do a certain thing when wo: speed- ed up to the limit. Second, results. of such contests are made as basis fou wage ‘scales. and. rates for contracts and-piece-work. For sma! prizes and the “honor” of being mentioned as back+breaking. fools in the press, @ number of thoughtless workers are willing to harm the cause of labor and help. their exploiters. Wages and rates are fixed according to what specially trained experts can do. The result is that the earnings of aver- age persons, i.e., the majority of the workers, are generally next to noth- ing. . Cappelini, are as loud in their praise of Brennan. Brennan cannot pose as an opponent of Cappelini and at the same time do the dirty work of Lew- is. If Brennan is against Cappelini, he must also be against the Lewis not opposed to the work and policies of Lewis, he is opposed to the rank and file, which is fighting the nefari- ous treachery of Lewis and his gang. Brennan, Enemy of Progressives. Orange Packing. The eighth annual California Val- nein Orange Show will be held at foreed to work for as low as $70 a month. F Out of this sum they have to feed and clothe their families. The only ‘hing given to them in most cases are | furniture and cooking utensils. The work is very hazardous as the} least bit of overloading is the cause | of a boat’s sinking. In many cases 1 have known of entire families being drowned. With the high cost of living, their fare is meager and frugal and they have little comfort in life compared to shore workers as they are always towing to different parts of the city They have no sanitary conditions at all, often being forced to take drink- ing water in a barrel which gets stale | | companions, {hundred and twenty thousand people past few weeks. The aim of the producer, according |to one rev iewer, has been to make the not the individuals Trotsky, and their | appear as the soul and! spirit of the revolution. Crowds of! workmen, soldiers, sailors and peas-} ants function as a unit, and this lack of a definite personality on which to} focus attention detracts from the in-| terest of any particular situation. uen'in, Zinovie Lenin is seen in one or two epis- odes, Kerenski is shown dreaming of | power, a china figure of Napoleon typifying his dreams. There are one on the screen in the film. the World,” the newest Russian film Ww a8 kers Must Or ganize a . bit the director of the famous “Po- Phoenixville Factory | Defeat Piece-work From Overloading _ |temkin” picture, M. Eisenstein. ‘The ee = | ee - ics praise the film highly, one (By a Worker Correspondent) Th ict } ei j the Wat ji e in Ol ; i th (By. a Worker Correspondent) (By a Worker Correspondent) be saying that the screening ‘‘was ie picture shows a section of the Wabash river in Ohio where the sé ¢ i as are Wh nknistuatvdoripared) wish “ost cLPHIA, , Mail).| rising waters yearly wash out the farms of many poor farmers in the EO een ela Sag Ube The barge captains of New York! Magmiftent combaretinasy screen.” Cam-| region. The farmers in this vicinity have become tired of waiting for Scape en sof | arbor are greatly exploited by the “Ty. Oi into dohctbe wb 2 A ¢ in various branches of | poat loying the: This pictured history of the Bo! government aid and have gone ahead with their own construction of : i i ‘ oat companys employ nem. } ye Si = vhic! ras t i i ndustry, such as fruits, vegetables ‘: |shevik” revolution which was no’ \ bulwarks. 4 Peet) These men, many of them married raat ae! Lmao ‘ P| ind cotton, ete. Why? First, they aaah i cehidces ready for the anniversary last Oc- } vant to know-how long it takes to[27¢ having several children, are|t oper, has been showing in Berlin the i Featured player in “A Daughter of Israel,” from the French story of Pierre Benoit, showing on the Cameo Theatre sereen this week. PAVLOV FILM TO BE SHOWN WEDNESDAY AT TOWN HALL The famous Pavlov film, known as the “Mechanics of the Brain,” which was shown here a short time ago on Is of group has built up a machine con-| What does Brennan mean by “dual” : aie f ; | 3 , : Pa i Anaheim, Southern Calif., from May|in a few days and is often the cause} 44 is the first ti two separate occasions to specially | e sa kas rs he be nl . 4 5 m y ime that th s adied : ng ‘i » Keeping t a a field Mano orice Cag eay Hane Sail ats Tae fret a 24 td. June 8.. ‘The second world cham-| of disease. iiidravelfes hove bea nS ee aah ieigstedl sunlenceer its meibatintne “aki j effect ve oe Weadevehif {3 thelr focal dsbaeuued | necean with ae “dual” SrpsniRIOR Beer Bein pene See wl ii wine heres chee has no regular picture, and the entire effect is of eats Pe fee ee sae ae rey bg ie cs gern als k ce 2 same is. sometimes as ‘ ubli al is Wednesda; of their past records and. on-the basis|in the district or any other district? | {80 “Ke Place there at the handling lined day and nieht qulle| omeede anu constellation.| Tight. John B, Watson, the noted r of pickets is beine i f the “spoils system.” Many honest | Brennan cannot fool the progressives e a ¢ wonde: in itself, but needing a rz REPS ry s of Bie kets is being in- Soa ate Leese PT S eiieed wathiatich wabdaty: Wint ilar : a the upon et ean Gee ee. i he is a aes ge enough | powerful telescope to disclose the aah Lge pt iat ti will explain the bos shy ee and if this still support this machine because of | wanted to: aasure: Lewis was ‘that helitn cpeste i eon tae ee coe Ee iee wos ing toed. witon) Me ciget stale photography and the | ‘"¢vorcnes uae y the strikers | ¢ t | chance of the| Brennan and his machine behind the} would be less their inability clearly to see the real] is Union Commitee. this affair will probably be in the form of smaller wages and rates for piece-work. not connected wih the Save-the- i lower Lewis understands tug boat comes to tow him, he is in most cases fired and thrown on the individual scenes of streets, interiors and wide perspectives are, however. The picture was made in Soviet Russia, especially for showing to the | this very well, and so will the miners. The Save-the-Union movement is not labor market without. home, clothes} or any visible means of support. Their children receive no education Experts are responsible for the lowering of the standard of living as fine as ever. workers and peasants, and to point out the progress made along scientific lines in Russia. The film was screen- breaking thru the picket lines. | Smoke-screen raised by the Brennan- should be a special attempt! ites. It is therefore important for made to or the Save-the-Union forces to build anize those not in the union. The enemies of the workers, hos: bosses, tm crush the strikers by sending ma-/ the ¢hinery to Phoenixville, Pa., can be operated by scab labor. Those j blocks and extend and broaden the} the! leadership of these blocks so that) have attempted also | the widest masses may participate in; leadership of the progressive aa re where it | forces. Brennan Will Show Hand. dual to the miners union, despite|of the workers, not only in the fruit at all and grow up in ignorance about VOLIVA TURNS TO BUSINESS. ed everywhere and caused much inter- Lewis’ open and Brennan’s veiled de- ception. Brennan’s assurance to Lew- is that he is not connected with any “dual” organization is sufficient to | brand him as a faker and exposes jhim as the wolf that he is, cloaked on and vegetable lines, but also in the cotton fields, in the woods as well as A few workers, people born and the world they. live in, yet. these eon-| ditions exist in the biggest metropolis in the richest country on earth. —EX-CAPTAIN. | railroad construction work, etc. Contracts and Piece- Work. CHICAGO, May 20.—Members of ;the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion City yesterday filed suit to restrain Wilbur Glenn Voliva, | general overseer of the city and no- est and comment. PRISONER DIES IN MISHAP. SALEM, Mass., May 20.—William 'R. Brown, of Lynn, a prisoner in the raised in the cotton fields of southern ns Workers’ Club adhere to the protest | activities of the said organization, al- ‘ready set in motion on a city- effected by the strike should see that, plant at Phoenixville is organized.| Brennan machine was forced to call Some of the strikers ought to go|on May 21 at Scranton, will afford to Phoenixy ket and bring ample opportunity to all miners to} out the scabs there. |see thru the Brennan smoke-screen. Arrest Threatened. The fact that this is an insurgent} One of the pickets at the Ajax Mill) convention should not fool anyone as/ en threatened with arrest be-|to the nature of the Brennan gang} she rmed the mothers of|and its purpose. The militant and bbing girls of the strike. | Progressive miners of the district} militant young worker | should have real progressives to rep-| ed for helping | resent them at this convention. The in their strike| progressives must assert themselves d wage cuts, ete, |and force Brennan and his henchmen is not to be feared on her part. either to put up or shut up. It is} The Ajax Hosiery Mills are placing ,of utmost importance to wage a vig- in the Philadelphia capitalist pa-|orous fight against the machine at cause in: one of the for si And, of course, the| this convention. Philadelphia papers, being tools of | Why is it necessary now, more than the bos: are ever ready to suppress|ever, to fight the Brennan gang all fhews of the strike against the workers, It is only The DAILY WORKER and print | along the line? Because many un- thinking miners still haye confidence in Brennan_or his followers and also | Which is a workers’ paper, which wil’ | because many timid miners are ag-| eooperate with the kers in their | tually afraid to be in opposition to Struggle against wage cuts, speed-up|the Brennanites, even against their | and the destruction of their unign. own better judgement. This condi- The workers in the hosiery industry | tion of affairs must be reversed and ask the s vort of all workers against | an open fight against the Brennan their enemy, the capit owners of] foreesmust -be conducted with the st the industry, whose fiendish desire. same vigor asthe fight against Lew- | for more and more profits is forcing }is-and Cappelini. Brennan is but a the workers to live like beasts by ig-leaf cloaking the Lewis shame.) lowering ard of wages their stand-| Brennan must be exposed and elimin- W.C.P. |ated in order to clear the road for| JOIN FARE FIGHT In the convention call signed b ight Brennanites and given wide} wblicity by the press in District 1, —— ficers; they are not opposed to the (By a Worker Correspondent) i werk and policies of Lewis; they are At our last Wednesday meeting iy fhe with any “dual” organization; ving. | They are not calling the convention }to embarrass the International of- |these Brennanites make it clear that: Spanish Workers’ Club, familiarly {they-want’Lewis or one of his rep- ‘known as the Spanish Workers’ Cen- | teseritatives to preside at the conven- ter, passed the following resolutions: |tion; they want to investigate the 1. After reading a communication| murders in Pittston of Campbell, Reilly, Lillis, including the shooting of the gunman Frank Agati. These Brennanites pretend to be opposed to Cappelini, yet only a few weeks ago they were asking even Cappelini to preside over this convention. Brennan’s development as a power must be checked at once. Brennan, like all opportunists who have trick- |cards up their sleeves, has seized upon the ever rising sentiments of the surging masses of miners who are out to get rid of Cappelini—and also Lewis. Everyone in District 1 it fare. { hates Cappelini. The miners, oper- A resolution was also made and| ators, businessmen, professionals, all opted that the Spanish Workers’) detest Cappelini. Even the politicians Club give all possible aid, morally.) have’ no use for him. All these ele- rially and financially, to the re-| ments have different reasons for ntly organized Spanish fraction of| their hatred, the chief being that he All-America Anti-Imperialist| is not sufficiently clever to “play the ie, United States section. On the} game” like the rest of the labor lative of our membership, a Span-| skates. Incidently it is interesting to conference, under the auspices of| note with what maternalistic love the league, will be held at our club-} press of this district embraces Bren- , 56 W. 118th St., on May 4 nan, who knows how, and does “play vat 3 p. m. the game.” The same press, politi- OR —L. NARVAEZ. | cians, businessmen, etc., who dispise from the Workers (Communist) Party urging the workers of New York and all labor organizations to organize into a solid unit and protest against the machinations of the Tammany Jords and the Interboro Rapid Transit ‘Company, who are seeking to impose Mpon the workers a seven-cent fare #@ resolution was carried without a vote that the Spanish ide Je for the safekeeping of the five- The district convention which the} in sheeps’ fleece. The height of infamy is reached by Brennan and his henchmen in pre- | tending to be the friends of Reilly, Campbell and Lillis — progressives who were shot without even a chance |to fight back. These heroes of labor | were outstanding leaders of the very | movement which the Brennanites to- gether with Lewis and Cappelini | brand as “dual.” To place the name \of the infamous Agati on the same list without pointing out what a dirty ‘Gog he was is an insult to the sense of love and respect which the miners jhave for their fallen leaders. Bren- |nan, McGarry, Kearney and all the jrest of the Brennanites must take | fall responsibility for Bonita’s con- |fmement in the penitentiary, for it! is they who have blocked every at- tempt at freeing Bonita. Bonita has/ | been double-crossed and betrayed by | jthese Brennanites—these so-called friends of Bonita. Friends of Lewis. Lewis has replied to the convention | {call in a letter to one of the signers | of it. The tone of this letter which | begins with “Dear Sir and Brother” and ends “May I not request that) j the men who have attached their |names to this circular rescind their jaction....” clearly shows that Lewis understood the call which reads payt: “We are not calling this con- to embarrass the International of- | |ficers.” Lewis’ further attitude, how-| lever will depend upon the strength } muster at this convention. does not fear the Brennanites. He does fear that this convention, tho a Brennan convention, may be “cap- tured” and turned into a real rank and file convention. This is Lewis’ real fear. There is little time left, and the few progressives that are to be present must fight all along the line, contest every inch of ground and expose the reactionary Brennan gang. Brennan must not be allowed to get away without saying in most emphatic terms just where he stands. He must state his policy, program and his aims. He must come out openly and in public make clear where he stands on the program and policy of the Save-the-Union Committee which is the only program and policy that can guide the masses of exnloited miners to victory. If Brennan does not re- pudiate his statements of servility to the Lewis machine, then the miners must repudiate Brennan and his gang. There is no doubt that Bren- nan will evade every serious ques- tion, but he must be smoked out at this convention. AIR “CRASH KILLS 1, BROADVIEW, Ill., May: 20.—One | man was killed and ‘another escaped with minor injuries near here when states, have picked as much as 500 pounds of cotton a day during con- tests. |contests, is the remedy for the de- in| CONGRE | WASHINGTON, May |veution for any ulterior purposes or | that the Save-the-Union forces can | Lewis | { Vaudeville Thears | PALACE. Charlotte Greenwood, “Her Morn- ing Bath,” by Norma Mitchell; Frank Keenan in a playlet by Nancy Brad- But not even the most able worker is able to keep up such a speed for any length of time. Some of those “honor-seeking” fools worked them- selves to death in a short time, ac- cording to reliable information. From| ford titled “The Second Perform- 50 to 100 pounds is all an average|#"ce”; Frank Mitchell and Jack Du- person can pick from sunrise to sun-|'@2t; Kazana, assisted by Harold set, ie., in the Arizona and California| L@nder and Adoree; Weir's Elephants. fields. And the rate is generally from 142 cents to 2 cents per pound. In the south, however, picking is a little easier, but the picking rate is also lower down there. Workers who™man- age to make $10 a week are consider- ing themselves lucky. Station work (small ‘contracts) on the railroads and highways, ete., and piece-work and contracting in the woods, especially in the northwest, have'done much harm to the welfare of the railroad and lumber workers. Organization, not back-breaking BROADWAY. Frank Dobson and Company with Marian Saayres; Pat Henning; Joe Mack and Gail Rossiter; Fanfair, with Joan Croy and Harold Ames; Nee Wong. On the sereen “The Escape” with Virginia Valli and William Rus- sell, from Paul Armstrong’s stage play. JEFFERSON. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday— George Weist and Ray Stanton; Fred Heider and the Green Girl; Joe Wes-/| ton and Collette Lyons; Circus, others. Feature photoplay: Lya De Putti in “Buck Privates.” Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday—Doe Baker and Co.; Marie Vera; Jack MeLellan and “Sarah.” Photoplay: “Ladies.Night In a Turk- jish Bath,” starring Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. crease in wages. Organization will jalso give piece-work and labor done by contracts a death blow. Down with contests conducted in the interest of the. bosses!.. Migratory. workers < in California and elsewhere take notice! +L. P. RINDAL. ‘ S ADJOURNS MAY 26: 18.—It was jannounced* in. the senate --yesterday| sthat céngress would adjourn’on Sat- purdays May. 26° aang ‘Somebody Else Needs Me!” The Daily Work 2nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RED POETS’ NIGHT | Thursday, May~24th at 8 P. M.,.at. the LABOR TEMPLE Mth St. and 2nd Ave. | Revolutionary Poets writing in various languages, | DAVID GORDON will read his prison poems Cowboy songs by MARGARET LARKIN I MICHAEL GOLD JOSEPH FREEMAN GENEVIEVE TAGGARD JAMES RORTY ROBERT WOLF ADOLF WOLFF M. J. OLGIN, For Benefit of Daily Worker and Workers Center. TICKETS 50 CENTS. On sale at local office of Daily Workey, 108 E. 14th Street; Workers Bookshop, 26-28 Union Sq., & New ar eu 39 rte aes Sa. HENRY REICH, JR. | A. B. MAGIL ABRAHAM RAISIN ' H. 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