The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 28, 1928, Page 4

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MON MAY 28, 1928 Ban Young Workers from Kenosha Strike Meetings, Correspondent Writes MASS PIGKETING DEMANDS BRING -- EXPULSION RULE ~ Call Out Unorganized, Communists Ask y Correspondent.) (By mail).—At a 330 workers locked | A Hosiery Mill he# leader of the strik- hereafter no one ttend strike meet- on of those on a, who is also a} ie DAILY WORK- save the hall. Attend. ice clared that all | open to repre nosha News and to the sympa- attend. What | that all mee > st ner statement. the lock-out the leadership of | represented by the} F, Budenz and | f the American shioned Hosiery e refused to carry on an. actics to win the strike. x Workers League, local the lead in pointing out | sity of call- of for ague has picketing be Beep out seabs. 150 g the > leaflets is- 2 Young Workers League ation with a League rep- But he was forced to pick the Allen A mill as the strikers we’ wing impatient with | his doing no junction He therefore allowed the picket for half an hour scabs were leaving the mill times a week. In this tended to keep down the that would have among ikersoif. picketing had | not be allowed. However,. the Young Workers League continued to issue leaflets | calling upon the strik in daily mass picketing from early the morning until night, and the im- of ‘calling out the unorgan- portaneé ssed. Hundreds of copies » that Budenz de ‘ the meetings the he DAILY WORK the Young Worke League, of the fact that the League representative helped picket the plant whenever the strikers thr t line around the Allen udenz would ride rway to the hotel Dayton. —RID. PEPPER STRESSES. ELECTION FIGHT Convention Cablegram Hails sed from page one) mine textile ront of re proofs beginning to offensive o the b The Ww orkers (Commun- ist) Pa of America plays today the} srole of the nan and organizer of all str of the Americ: working cla All the forces of American ¢ list society are united today a the working c¢' Phere is one big united front from Coolidge, Hoov and Al Smith Green, Matthe Woll, Norm the defen (Com fc Workers the only genuine the only revolu- | Thomas and Maurer of capitalism. munist) Party working ‘class p: ate relatives.” | of the Young Work- | _ kers just one unskilled | also | allowing the strik- | ing to violate the in- | arisen | to organize | {9 ermined | St in| n | conduct. Seamen Are Left On Rammed V essels The picture shows passengers fr York rammed. vess | New Bay recently. The OFFICER KNOCKS — 1s meeting the day be-| DOWN CRIPPLE Worker Dr axed Off to. Station House (By:a Worker Correspondent.) A prime piece of police brutality | | was executed recently between 26th | | and 29th Streets where thousands of unemployed fur work: ssembled in the vain. hope of getting work. Without warning the Tammany | thugs violently shoved and drove the | |workers in all directions. The slightest protest was made an excu Hor slugging and arrest. . Lately while standing with some Niherworkers: on thecebrner of “Gth| Avenue, I witnessed one of these acts {of police brutality. Suddenly and without warning a pug-faced bull charged in upon a group of workers} peng threw a poor, deformed worker on his back. This worker cannot get | | around without the aid of a stick: | With an effort he rose to his feet and | ldefied the officer for his cruelty. | The agent then began to threaten the cripple and used his fists, finally | pulling him off to the station. This| brought forth a loud cry of protest | from many of us, but other cops} quickly came on the scene and began {to punch and kick any worker who | was near them. They finally got hold {of a woman worker and dragged her off to the station house. The agony of the crippled worker \was so apparent that hundreds of | workers gathered The poor man declared that he was ly too willing to go peacefully and that he was not afraid of the police- man or of his higher-ups. But the |cop seemed to get brutal satisfaction ‘om the way he handled his helpless } ictim. In this fashion we all pro- ceeded to the police station in 30th} There the victims were taken be-| fore the judge. : Several of us wanted to gain ad-| m: on by putting ourselves under | charges, but we’ were thrown out. | This in short is the meaning of {civil liberty in the United States. |This is indeed the land of the “free | |and the brave.” Only when the learn to free the \ illusions about car and organize them: as a power to fight as a class against the capi- talist class which stands for brutality American workers s from the lemocra \to and oppression of the toiling} s will they have a_ real| under a workers’ and oars ers’ government. —N. K. Worker Arrested at | Open Air Meeting | Arrested while Force an open | meeting Wednesd: Charles en,.a member of the proletarian party, appemred yesterday before Judge Rudish in Ave. Court, Brooklyn. O’Brien said a member of his au- | lon morning | the Fifth “Idience had started a fight with him {while he was holding his meeting at {52nd and Fifth Ave., Brooklyn. /A policeman was called, who arrested /0" Brién on a-charge of disorderly | Judge Rudish postponed O’Brien’s | case until next Tuesday. He is being |defended by Carol Weiss King, repre- | ifense, which also furnished $500 bail for him. | ‘Two Killed When Train tionary force inst impe ism against yellow rialism, ‘ain: * trade union capitali ’ GARY, Ind., } ‘The engineer Stronger Than Ever. [aes fireman of a Monon Railroad| “The Workers (Communist) Party| is today stronger than ever before in its history. It is the only hope of the American working cl A powerfu' election campaign will immensely strengthen the Party, if‘ the Party understands how to mobilize the masses, how to appear as a true de- fender of the workers, working farm- ers and oppressed Negroes. “Every Party member must under- stand the demand of the day: A fighting front toward the deadly enemy, toward capitalism, and abso- lute unity within the ranks of the Party. (Signed) “JOHN PEPPER.” “ i n were killed when an Indianapolis | Chicago bound, struck the | tr | tr miles from here, and, over-| None of the passengers was | fifteen turned. injured. Sec’y. of (Seab) Labor ILAV RHILL, Mass., May 27 (FP).| —Seeretary of Labor Davis was| served by scab waiters at a chanioeel| of commerce banquet. When the Haverhill chamber refused to pay the union scale, waiters struck and called on Mavis not to attend the meeting. Davis ignored the union men. PG by coast guardsmen, after the big ship had been rammed in a fog on seamen, of course, remained on ls to help unload store behind the bulls. |. | an | world whatsoever. | tial campaign of the Party, | butcher jin ‘ony the liner Mohawk being rescued the 3 in an effort to lighten the ships. Calls Dail os Worker Real E ye- Opener (By a@ Worker Correspondent) DULUTH, Minn., (By Mail)—I am reading The DAILY WORK-| | ER whenever I get a chance to buy) one on a stand and I like it very If) | much. It sure eye-opener. |the majority of the working class |vead your paper and took your ad-| | vice, this world would be a better] | | place to live in. | Your paper teaches the working] eve in its own power,| |to do away with militarism, unem-| | ployment, and instead to have bet-| | ter working conditions, old-age} | pension laws, and many other good] | things. —Ss. KL FINNISH WHITE TERROR SCORED Convention Urges Aid For Victims (Continued from page one) social-democrats, pretending to rep- resent the workers, stepped into pow- er and gave Finland a fascist govern- ment. When the enraged workers at- tempted to throw off the corrupt so- cialist bureaucracy in control of some of the trade unions, the government steps in on behalf of the socialists, jailing, persecuting the militants. And when the Communists and left wing workers get control of the unions, the fascist government suppresses the unions or initiates fresh persecutions and puts back the social-democratic treacherous leaders by use of police force and fascist terror. “Now a new wave of suppression | of the working class press and organi- | zations has been initiated, making it extremely difficult for the Finnish working class to organize a deter- mined fight against the preparations for an attack on the Soviet Union now being organized in Finland under the leadership of British military: officers, and making it also extremely difficult to defend the interests of the work- ers and exploited peasants against the brutal attack of the master class and the government. The Okhrana, or se- }eret police of Finland, tortures scores }of Communists and militant workers and peasants in their dungeons, deny- ing the right of legal defense or of communication with the outside Even medieal as- | sistance is denied them. Socialist Treachery. ‘Whereas, the tional Convention of the Worl ist) Party of Ame ssembled in New. York on Ma 26 and 27 for the purpose of planning the presiden- has been given a report on the brutal White ominating (Commun. | Terror conditions enumerated above; | and “Whereas, we learn that Mr. Hupli former -democratic member of | the Finnish cabinet, who last year in jthe name of the social-democratic party of Finland, persecuted the working class of Finland, as official for the fascists, is now in America with the head of the Bank of Finland, Ryti, to secure direct finan- cial assistance. from the Wall Street to | Senting the International :Labor De- | bankers to support the crumbling rule of the Finnish fascist government and to secure financial a: tance in pre- | paring their war on the Soviet Union; “Therefore, be it resolved, that this National Convention (1) declares its solidari and support to the tortured | struggling ond heroie Finnish work- ing class; (2) demands the immediate and unconditional y e of all work- ers and peasants in the j of fas- cist Finland; (8) demands the imme- |trailer of a motor truck at St. John’s, | ate granting of full‘and free right to organize for the Finnish working class, and (4) ‘calls upon the workers |and the working class press of the | United States to protest the presen America of the agents, soci and fascist, of the bloody Finnist |government, and to support their brothers, the Finni workers and peasants, in their struggles. “Down with the fascist government of Finland! “Down with the social-democratic butchers! “Long live the Finnish Communist Party!” ||. Lew Head, “canned” “SOCIALISTS"” RECEPTION IS COLD AFFAIR Los Want Class Struggle | tte | (By @ Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Cal., (By Mail) A jackass-as candidate for the p - | dency was advocated last night at the | open forum, 780 South Grand Ave., | by a man who acted as a representa- | tive of the Church of Rome as well as in behalfof the . Berger- Hillquit- Thomas ‘combination of~ the" ist” party. The incident caused a lot! of laughter and clapping of hands at | the expense of the “new socialism” }of the S. P. Socialist Platform Suits Republicans. as editor of a Pasadena capitalist paper, spoke on the-subject, “The socialist party plat- form,”. He dealt with a few of the main’ planks, such as public owner- ship, unemployment insurance and civil liberties, ete., and his defense of lines as reformers’ speeches generally do. “This platform is a_ practical one.” he declared. “LaFollette sym- pathizers and any liberal republican can vote for it,” he continued. “Then it must be reactionary,” a voice said. “Instead of going forward, the late Robert M. LaFollette advocated a move backwards to 1776.” Announcement of the meeting read in patt, as follows: “The National Convention of the socialist party just held in New York City adopted what many believe is the finest platform in its history.” Yes, “the finest”— because the class struggle has dis- appeared from it, others suggest. Few S. P. Sympathizers Present. “How many ‘socialists’ are here?” Mr. Head wanted to know, as he be- gan speaking. Something like 30 “yellow” hands went up, or a little less than four per cent of the estim- ated total of 800 hands (400 persons) present. “Good!” he shouted. “I am glad to have some sympathizers!” he continued. Then jhe proceeded to fell a story about an Irishman who also was out looking for sympathizers. The man was advised to go to Boston, Mass., “where nearly all the Irish are on the police force.” Well, the police strike inf that city made Boston fam- ous, for a while, and put Coolidge into the White House. But the fame changed into infamy, .however— through the Sacco-Vanzetti case. What Head really meant by his sym- pathy tale. isn’t clear, But, anyhow, “socialists” in the trade unions have found numerous policemen sympa- thetic enough to help them beat up left wingers in the labor movement. Silent on Class Struggle. During the question period, workers wanted to know the stand of the “so- cialist” party on the class struggle, class collaboration, recognition of the Soviet. Union, whether the S. P. be- lieved it could get rid of slavery by putting a piece of paper into a ballot box, ete. As announced at the begin-| « ning, the speaker refused to .answer “critical questions.” He admitted however, that he did not see anything about the class struggle in the S. P. platform. Jackass Advocates. “Why not leave all social ills to the Catholic Church?” a man, who claim- ed to be a non-proletarian socialist, asked. Laughter all over the hous: ‘Well, this is no joke, I really mean it!” he declared. Storming applause and laughter. This man later spoke in behalf of the “soctalist” party. He “social-| j | \k r od a M Ae SAN FRANGISCO ‘The. End of St. Petersburg” Opens Tonight at Hammerstein AIDS NICARAGUA HE New Sovkino film to Peach | Asante: “The End of St. Peters- Angeles Workers buries latest of the motion pictures nade by the Russian Soviet govern- ore ill have its premiere tonight at Hammerstein’s Theatre. Arthur merstein, of the American rights, to the film, will present it, The.showing will be featured by a score com- Ham- Stothart. A sym- phony orchestra, ne under the com- | Alesis Davee poser’s direction, Sona will play music. “The End ‘of St. Petersburg” was directed by W. J. Padowkin. Natan Zarchi is the scenarist. rector is Serjeij Koslowski. Prominent in the cast are Paul the instrument ran along the same|Petroff, Katrina Kaja, Alexis Davor, | |Naton Golow, W. Obolensky, and Serge Alexandrowsky. None of these persons ever appea ed before a cam- era prior to their participation in the making of the film. Director Padow- kin, who with S. N, Eisenstein, is rec- ognized as the foremost among Rus- | sian film directors, refused to engage | ja professional actor for the film.} |Upon a director, he contends, rests the weight of the enterprise. His patience having been taxed, he ex- didn’t say anything in favor of it. however, and ended his three minutes speech by saying that he was in favor of a jackass as candidate for presi- dent, as pointed out at the beginning of this article. He would vote for such @ creqture, he said. Prolonged ap- plause. As the names of the S. P. candidates for president and vice- president were not mentioned at all at the meeting, it isn’t clear, with what part of the animal kingdom Thomas and Maurer are classed by the “socialists” of Los Angeles. The chairman, Dr. Clinton J. Taft, wanted to hear from “socialists.” But "| with the exception of the one who acted as the representative of the pope, all kept silent—even the S. P. secretary, Anderson, who was see? in the audience. Workers Answer S. P. “Keynoter.” Frank Spector, sétretary of the lo- cal I. L. D., characterized the S. P. as the “fink left wing of the capital- ist parties.” The platform doesn’t mention class-war prisoners such as Mooney and Billings, he said. It has a lot of space, however, for throwing “slurs on Soviet Russia,” he declared. Rose Rubin, representing the Work- ers (Communist) Party, was held back for some time by Chairman Taft who, wasn’t any too anxious to hear her, it seemed. The S. P. has given up the class struggle; the miners’ strike not mentioned, and nothing said about the organization of the unor- ganized, she said. The policies of the “socialists,” republicans and the democrats are almost the same, she continued. Head said, as pointed out above, that “any liberal republican can vote for the socialist platform.” Queen Silver, atheist lecturer and writer, also spoke. She was raised in the class struggle, she said. But the S. P., being capitalistic like the re- publican and democratic parties, has separated itself from the masses row she pointed out. Capitalists like un- employment. Therefore no unemploy- ment insurance can be hoped for, she declared. —L. P. RINDAL. 1800—7th AVE. UNITY CAMP PROLETARIAN CO-OPERATIVE SUMMER HOME Opens Decoration Day Excellently arranged for the opening, ‘ Wednesday CHILDREN’S COLONY in Unity Camp For workers’ children from 5 to 9 years. 2 Busses leave Tuesday, 6:30 P. M. from Co+operative House. Registration Now Open. DIRECTIONS: Busses leave-Friday—6;:30 P..M. Saturday—1:30 P. M. from 110th Street and 7th Avenue direct to the camp. By train from Grand Central Station or from 125th St. to Win- dale and from there take our automobile to the camp. For registration come to our main office TELEPHONE, MONUMENT 0111, CAMP TELEPHONE, WINGDALE 12-F-10, Corner 110th St. dwner | posed by Herbert | the | The art al N“PORGY” Rose MeGlendon, who does splendid | work in the Negro folk play, “Porgy,” which is returning to Broadway, open- ling at the Republic Theatre this eve- ining. |plains, by the desire of professional | lactors to depart from realism in his | ilm, “Mother,” and so he dispensed | vith them in “The End of St. Peters- |burg,” his newest film. The cast was recruited from the fields, the fac- | 'tories, the offices, the police and the army. The film will be shown twice daily at Hammerstein’s Theatre. | Vaudeville Theatres ] PALACE Will Mahoney; Fowler and Tam- ara and their Guatemala Marimba Orchestra; Miss Juliet; Nelson B. Clifford and Marie Marion; Doc Bak- er; William and Joe Mandel; Bernice Claire and Clarence Downey; Six Daunton Shaws. HIPPODROME Ned Wayburn’s Buds of 1928 with Peter S. Larkin, Floyd Carder, Helene Shapiro and Patricia Patti; Frank and Milt Britton’s Brown Derby Band, featuring Ray Loomis; Eddie Cole and George Snyder; Espe and Dutton. The feature photoplay will be “Crooks Can’t Win,” starring Ralph Lewis, BROADWAY Joe Wilton and Rex Weber; Abbott and Bisland; Bert Spence and Edith True; the Misses Halstead and Danie}; Johnny Harmon. “Hangman’s House” will be shown on the screen with Victor McLaglen starred. STAGE UNIONS TO MEET. Stage employes’ unions. are electing delegates to the Detroit convention June 4. _ ARMY OF DEFENSE Workers Party Raises | Funds At Dance | SAN FRANCISCO, May 27.—In | line with the call for medical aid to | Nicaragua, a Sandino Red Cross | Dance was held in San Francisco | under the auspices of Street Nucleus ine 4 of the Workers (Communist) | Party. Many Latin-. American sympa- thizers with Sandino were present. | A check for $25 was sent to the | secretary of the All-American Anti- Imperialist League in answer to its | call for medical supplies to the San- | dino forces. All militant organiza- tions are enlisting in supporting the Nicaraguan liberation army in its | fight against invasion by American | imperialism. ‘Tailors Still Fight Milwaukee Lockout MILWAUKEE, May 27 (FP).— |The tieup of the Adler clothing shops, the biggest in Milwaukee, is complete since the firm locked out its union workers a month ago. Offered yellow dog contracts the 800 members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers tore {them up. Strikebreakers under po- lice protection are failing to produce suits and are brought in and out of |the shops as a blind to deceive the unionists, according to manager Piep- enhagen of the Amalgamated joint board, iSkilled Craftsman Can’t \Get Job; Kills Himself ST. LOUIS, May 27 (FP).—Wm. B. Vordenfeld was a skilled cabinet- maker but unemployment in St. Louis is no respecter of persons. His fam- ily was in need. Despondent over the {futile job hunt he left a note, “You'll |find my body in the shed, I give up the struggle,” and hanged himself. Worker Killed in Fall Harold Devlin, 35, of 715 Knicker- bocker Ave., Brooklyn, fell yesterday from scaffolding on which he was working as a sandblaster cleaning the store of Stern Brothers, 41 West 42nd St., and was killed. on ~ j——- _‘The Theatre Guild presents —— | BOOTH Thea., Eugene O'Neill's 5 | de | one trange Interlude John Golden Thea., 58th, E. of B’way Evenings Only at 5:30. Engene O'Neill's Marco brepapcin Week of June 4; ‘Volpone”. PORGY By Dubose & Dorothy Heyward REPUBLIC THEA. ane 2d 5 Mats, “YOUTH. ASTRAY”; - Powerful, Gripping ‘Modern KEITH-ALBEE 42°ST BAY WiS1789 THE RUSSIAN “The End of St. Petersburg” Music by Herbert Nights 8:40; 50e to $1.50. 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