The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 22, 1928, Page 3

Fascist Terrorists Jai 1,000 tin Italy; “Try” Communist Leaders May 28 At Odds Over China 3) LEADERS OF ITALIAN. PARTY FACING PRISON Communist Interna- tional Issuel Appeal (Continued from page one) nihilate the Communist Party and the best revolutionary forces which are opposing the reign of terror. “Try” Party Leaders. “The trials of thirty-two members of the Italian Communist Party which has been postponed so often has now; been fixed for May 28th because the fascists wish to exploit the pogrom spirit produced by the fascist press in connection with the Milan explosion. “While fascism is planning new murders, Albert Thomas, social demo- 'D cratic leader, is Mussolini’s guest and has issued statements praising fas- | cism,.” The Executive Committee of the Communist International has appeal- ed to the workers of the world to show solidarity with the victims of fascism and to demonstrate against the terror and the treachery of the > social democrats. * * * MILAN, May 21.—A special tribu nal here sentenced Torchio and Chiosa to five and four years’ imprisonment respectively for membership in- the Italian Communist Party. The Communist Balestra was shot dead while trying to cross the Italian border near Vintimiglia without a pass. Many Communists have been arrested in Turin, Rome and Gen- zano. The leaders of the Communist Party have been removed from Milan to Rome, where three hundred and fifty Communists are imprisoned. The great trial of the Communist Party Jeaders will begin on May 28th. The ministry of interior has pro- hibited the circulation of the follow- ing newspapers: The Manchester Guardian, the London Nouvelle Oeuvre, Quoti lonte. The proprietors of all bookshops in Milan have been compelled to remove all books by Henri Barbusse, Romain] Rolland from their shopwindows. H Page Three American and , ae has declared that it will prevent the Japanese Imperialists With the declaration by Secretary of State Kellogg that the United States recognizes no special claims in Manchuria, the conflict between American and Japanese imperialism in China has been sharpened, Japan| Kuomintang troops (the hirelings of their way into Manchuria. Photo shows detachment of Kuomintang troops. HAND DOWN HROMADA DECISIONS TOMORROW (Special to Tne Daily Worker) WARSAW, May 21.—The verdict of the Hromada tria] will be announced on May 23rd. Workers and racial minorities in Poland are awaiting the re- declared that the prosecutors speech. gave the impression that the trial was. taking place in times of the inquisi- tion and not the twentieth century. Honigwill showed that the document dated August 18, 1925 and allegedly: from the Polotzk G. P. U., was ac- Hromada’ didn’t exist thus proving that the-document was a forgery. At Order Of Mussolini BERLIN, (By Mail).—Joseph Riva. “| militant worker, was tortured to death in Genoa on April 18th, according to reports received here by the Inter- ;| national Red Aid. The chief of police, Bruno, declared that he had received orders to torture the prisoner from Mussolini himself. The crime occurred in the Manassi Prison. MILLINERS 10 FIGHT FOR LOCAL, CALL SAYS The last half of the statement issued by the Millinery Hand Workers’ Local 43 of the International Cloth Hat Cap and Millinery Workers’ Union follows. The first half appeared in made to the right wing general exec-@~-— utive board of the union, and con- demns their action in ordering the dissolution of the local. It defiantly declares that the militants will fight ngainst all enemies for the mainten- ance of their organization. “Our International at the last con- vention registered an increase in membership of 4500; Local 43 con- tributed over 3000 members to this inerease. Is this the crime of our local that induced the G. E. B. to make the decision to arbitrarily break up this local which has given so much strength and prestige to the International Union? “We declare frankly that it is im possible for our members to believe in the sincerity of the G. E. B. state- ment that its decision was adopted with the idea in mind to strengthen eur International. Union. If the G. E.. B. had really only this idea in mind, why then this drastic and un- constitutional action; why not consult the workers themselves whose in- presumably are to be protectéd 8 decision? The convention’s de- sion to establish a Joint Board was pted in order to coordinate all ac- { tivities of the locals and to arrange for more organized cooperation. If the G. E. B. was really sincere it would caypy out the instructions of the Con- vention and not violate them. Real Motives Bared. “We declare that the real. motive for the arbitrary and disruptive ac- tion of the G. E. B. is provided by the statements made to our commit- tee by some of the members of the G.E.B. at the full meeting of the G. E. B. held on March 2nd-10th. “At this meeting statements were made inferring 4hat our delegates dared to vote differently on certain questions and.on the electién of offi. cers. Theso statements reproached us for being progressive and even went so fer as to suggest that they would rather see no local of trim- mers then a local imbued with pro- j gressive ideas as is Local 43. “What constitutes -our prorres- sivism which in the eyes of the G, F. T. is a crime for which Local 48 is to be destroyed? We have fought for the organization of the unorganized workers and have demonstrated suc- yesterday’s issue. The statement is fake amalgamation schemes. “Tf the G. E. B. persists in earry- ing out destructive policy, then our membership can have no other alter- native than to enter into a militant struggle for the preservation of our union, To Appeal Decision “We hereby appeal to our next Convention against the unauthorized and detrimental decision of the G. E. B. for the disbanding of Local 43. “Since the decision is for the dis- banding of the local, the appeal must jServe as a stay of the decision. The privilege granted us by the constitu- tion to appeal to the convention would {be entirely useless if the decision | should in the meantime go into effect. The disbanding of, the local would leave nobody to carry the appeal to the convention, and in case of favor- able action by the convention on the appeal, the damage done by carrying out the decision could no longer be jrepaired. We accordingly request that the G. E. B. shall hold the de- cision in abeyance and shall take no j action that will in any way be harm- | ful to the integrity of our local until the next eonvention has acted upon | our appeal.” INDIANA MINERS ‘QUST OFFICIALS Daily Worker) (Special tv 1 One hundred and forty-eight dele- gates from all parts of rict 11-of jthe United Mine Workers of Amev- ica, met in Clinton-in special distr | convention today and formally indi ed the Lewis regime and his district henchmen for their betrayal of the union and the strike. “Notional Representatives: etutive committee, Mother Bloor, well known militant woman leader and Tom Parry, former Springfield vice- president were the principal speakers sults of the trial with the greatest intere: The defending counsel Honigwillé—————__—— tually dated at a time when~the} Death in Fascist Jail) | Pioneer parents organized into parent | TERRA HAUTE, Ind., May 21..—}, Pat Toohey, secretary of the Save-} The-Union Committee, Powers Hap-! good, one of the members of the ex-} cess by increasing our membership: the convention. Davey Jones, old from 400 to 4000, We have increased| militant miner with a record of a the wages of the workers. We haye| score of years of struggle, was elected stabilized the hours of work’from any| chairman of the convention. and all hours to the strict adherenes ‘Phe whole program of the Save- of the 44 hour week, and have aim-d| The-Union Committee was adopted. fo establish the 49 hour week. We have succeeded in enlisting the active participation of the rank and file in Resolutions similar to those adopted at the Bellville special convention held in Dlinois yesterday were affirmed, A our successful activities. We have relenting in our opposition to ey of the piece work system, fight on the Lewis policy of separate agreements showing ihe cooperatio OF the ‘machine and the operators was it. PARENT COUNCILS | Philadelphia Movement Is. Sw But Sound | PHILADELPHIA, (By Mail).— councils are a great help to. the Pioneer movement. Philadelphia parents organized into foui parent councils have proven their importance. The start was a hard one, for, this was a new activity and the Pioneer leaders did not know how to lead the organization and at the same time not to antagonize the parents, and the party membership responded very weakly. However, those active in the Parent Councils have to a certain extent found their way to get them interested in the Pioneers and draw them closer to our movement. The Parent Councils are not only important as auxiliary organizations to the Pioneers, but also as one of the most.important bridge organiza- tion that the party has. There are very few activities which will inspire non-party workers and draw them close to our movement as will the work of parents for their children’s organization, the Young Pioneers. One year’s activity has proven this to us. All have taken a greater interest in our movement and a few have joined our party. The activities of the Pioneers .are reflected upon the Parent Council. When the Pioneers decided to build a camp, to organize classes, the Parent Councils have helped them to carry thru. these resolutions, And when the Pioneer movement grows into its natural functions, organizing masses of children in the schools and directly participating in the struggles of the! workers, this will at once reflect upon| the activities of the Parent Councils| which will be there to encourage and} help the pioneers. While our comrades are busy with many activities the Parent Councils must by no ans be neglected. French ‘Pig Tron Output) PARIS, May 21.—In no previous month was the French output of pig iron and steel so large as in March last. Pig iron amounted to 858,000 and metric tons, steel to 80. metric ‘tons, a 1 of more. than TO AID PIONEERS: Chinese the American empire) from pushing | LEWIS TOOLS AID Dual Organization Is Price of Treason BLOOMINGTON, Ill, (By Mail) —| |The dual orga ion formed inj | northern. Illinois last week is due to} {the fact that either the officials of| | rict 1 and District 12 do not! | have the proper understanding. of the| situation or they are “misleaders of| labor.” | The large scale production of the| southern Illinois coal mines together | with the competition of the cheap la- bor coal of Kentucky and ether non- union fields have been slowly taking | the markets of the northern coal fields of Tlinois. A few small mines, like Mimonk, who sell most of their output in Normal and Bloomington thirty miles away and the rest to the railroads, Verona mine that has a railroad contract, and the two mines at Peru and LaSalle that use coal at their zinc industry which is in con- junction with the coal mine, are the| only ones which have been operating. So some six mines work while the rest lay idle. The operators of the idfe mines | say, “We will seal the mines up, we} will close them forever, unless ‘you! take a reduction in wages.” Their of- fer is $5.00 to the day labor under- ground and $4.00 or less on top, ‘The loader (long wall system) is to re- ceive $1.20 per ton, with several modi- fications for dead work. The board members and officials of Sub-district 1, seeing that the mén were in favor of taking a reduction in wages, called a mass meeting at Spring Valley Ma) 8 to urge the men to vote against the operators’ pro- posal. About thirteen hundred miners from the northern field attended. The two board members gave lengthy dis- cussions, emphasizing the point that the men would be thrown out of the organization if they voted to go back to work at a reduction, but offering no solution for the crisis in the north- ern coal fields, When the meeting was opened the chairman stated that anyone would be given an opportunity to express himself. But the bulldozing methods used by them intimidated the men from expressing any contrary opinion. This is an example of how the leaders have been coercing instead of coop- erating with the men, A vote was taken the next day. Wednesday, at Cherry, Spring Val- ley and Ladd, and the miners voted to take a reduction. So a dual or- ganization is formed, known as the Northern Ilinois Coal Miners, and Fishwick, instead of attempting to} bring peace to the northern field, says| that a dual organization cannot exist within the U. M. W. A. and expels} }000 tons on previous high figure: them. ‘ | | UNITY improvements: Hot and cold show Modern con ee ee Rowing. eas Direc from 110th Street and 7t take you to the exmp. 1800 — 7th AVE. Camp Telephone Wingdale 10-F : OPENS MAY 26th Register Now. Unity Camp is equipped with the following new 1. A new dining room which can accom- modate 1,000 guests, A dining room for children, Sumny and airy bungalows, A casino near the lake, A large department store, Buses leave every Friday at Avenue Grand Central trains to Wingda TELEPHONE MONUMENT 0111, CAMP ers, !sympathy with the str: jand Santa Fe remains one hundred DOCK WORKERS oo a OF BUENOS WILL” will tit dl |tion owners and attacked the town, jaccording to despatches from the Chauffeurs in Santa Fe [province The immediate cause of the rile joutbreak has not been disclosed. Go on Strike | While the announcement shas not BUENOS AYRES, May 21.—A |been confirmed, it is believed that the large majority of port workers in |government has given seéret orders Buenos Ayres voted for a general |to rush troops to the affected areas. strike in sympathy with the dock |The official silence is doubtless owing workers of Rosario who have walk- ck ¢ ed out. The vote was taken on |*° fear of a repetition of the insurrec- Monday. |tion of peasants which broke out in the * * * jcountry last summer. tripartite BUENOS AYRES, May 21. — Aj —— nae four hours is believed to be the out- | Turkey Will Not Sign come of the present unrest with which | rere despatches from the city state, The Laas eeveet Mie Gr authorities are taking savage meas BIKey will be signed, acco general strike within the next twenty- | all industry in Rosairo is seething,| PARIS, May 21 ures to stave off the impending gen- | 1e*Patcl eral walk-out but it is questioned | Stantineple. ne whether their efforts will be suc-|!8 denying that it has ever entertai cessful. such idea. + ++ & It is stated that the Italian govern- BUENOS AYRES, May 21, — The|™ent will sign the nor entire membership of the Chauffeurs | Pact with Turkey. Union of Santa Fe has walked out in| men and other harbor we ing to a despatch from the city striking chauffeurs join the ranks of | the railroad men crane, derrick and_| winch handlers and dyers who declar-| ES ed a sympathetic strike two days ago. With the chauffours on strike and a = large section of the railroad men out, (By a Worker Correspondent) the cities of Rosario and Santa Fe are virtually cut off from the rest of the country and there is little traffie on the streets. A special meeting of the Smargoner und Umgegend (and v ity) Branch 285 of the Workmen's Circle was held jon May 15. A resolution was adopted protest- In spite of the government's effort to rush in strikebreakers, the com- plete solidarity of all branches of la- | Polish fascisti. bor have forced the strikebreakers to down their tools almost as soon as they appear on the wharves. Police still maintain a threatening attitude, but there have been no fur- ther casualties during the last twenty- four hours. A number of the victims of former police charges on picket lines of the longshoremen and dem- onstrations are reported to be recover- | ing. | | The tie-up of the ports of Rosario Further the resolution demands the immediate release of the members of the White Russian Work- ers and Peasants Party, “Hromada,” who are now on trial at Vilna. At the same meeting five dollars was donated to the Joint Defense Committee of the Furriers, Dressmak- jers and Cloakmakers by the Branch percent effective with scores of ves- sels lying idle in the two harbors. Shipping men are reported to be frantic as the losses accumulate with | every day of the strike. Requests for | government aid have gone no further than an official summoning of strike- breakers tho there are rumors that | an excuse will be found for calling out the troops if a strike settlement is majority of the membership are re- ported to be in favor of the walk-out, | Delegates have reached here from | the strikers in Rosario and will pre- sent their requests for aid. at “Don’t Lose a Possible Chance to Get Another Reader for ‘Your Daily by Destroying Me!” —The Daily Worker. | _eeeeeeee. } are $1.50 per plate, and aggression | tin “= PROTEST AGAINST = ing against the terroristic acts of the | Reservations must be made in advance. 14th Street and 26-28 Union Square. Peasants Seize \)QNETZ PLOTTERS ADMIT GUILT AT TRIAL IN MOSCOW Charge Foreign Powers Aided Conspiracy one) (Continued from page ists brought capitalist corrupt i] counter- are not at s that hun- bles were ” for before the led himself ve the ap- ind declared ty. The accused guilty in a third accused repeated his par- t indigna- is journal- en of the , thirteen partly not guilty. re present. ed guilty | ion the éx- accused who had egun. Kharkov ter of the plot, , and later Moscow. \Oi1 Blazes in Rumania Cause Deaths of 7 Men | aie 21.—A” second |. BUCHAREST, | rous fire ted in Ru- manian oil fields, where the first was ‘still raging unc ked after three |days. Five persons were killed when /an explosion ignited an oil-well at Ploesti, 45 miles north of here. The fire spread to five other wells and | engendered so much heat that fire- | men were unable to approach. The first fire had taken the lives —A. B.S. | of two engineers in the Ocuri distriet. RED WELCOME FEST not reached within the next few days. Arranged by the Party Members of District 2 Leaders of the strikers declare that | ‘ in Honor of the Delegates to the fhe spirit of the men is better after the week’s struggle than ever. The | i ominatin Convention sympathetic strikes have gone far to! National 'N 8 encourage the longshoremen. of the * * 2. | BUENOS AYRES, May 21, — The mmunist) Part Argentine Regional Workingmen’s Workers — : ) - Fedreation has called two meetings | of America to vote on a sympathetic strike in| held support of the strike of harbor-work- Mee ers at Rosario and Santa Fe, it has been announced. The overwhelming | SATURDAY, MAY 26, at 8 P. M., | j the WORKERS CENTER, 26-28 Union Square Tickets are on sale at 108 East WELCOME DEMONSTRATION GREET THE DELEGATES of the Workers (Communist) Party National Nominating Convention For President of the United States of America SPEAKERS WILLIAM Z. FOSTER B. H. LAUDERDALE, Texas SEN. CHAS. E. TAYLOR, Mont. SCOTT NEARING, New Jersey 1. FORT-WHITEMAN, Alabama WM. W. WHINSTONE STANLEY CLARK, Oklahoma JAY LOVESTONE, Chairman. BEN GOLD ESE SAE Com was BEN GITLOW JAMES P. CANNON WM. F. PATTON, Iowa ANITA C. 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