The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 29, 1928, Page 1

ployes entered defenses against the / — Y GRAFTS HALF MILLION IN ONE GARAGE HERE 1HE DAILY WORKER im DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: | PCR THE ORGANIZATION OF THB UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Eatored as second-class THE DAILY WORKER. atter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1978. [ FINAL cry || |___=prmon_ | Vol. V. No. 126. Published daily except Sunday by Phe Nationa! Dally Worker Publishing Association, Ine., 38 First Street, New York, N. Y. “COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN IN EVERY STATE” [5 SLOGAN 3,500 GARMENT WORKERS ATTEND | BUILD UNION MEET Honest Elements Now| Out of Sigman Union | Crowding the isles from the speak- ers’ platform out into and almost fill- | ing the lobby of Cooper Union,, 3,500 | cloakmakers came to the meeting | called by the Tolerance Group last night, and tumultuously applauded | the the announcements of the group leaders that every member of their group had sent in his resignation as paid and unpaid functionaries in the fake union of Morris Sigman. | Striking the keynote of their state- ment of position B. Kaplan, formar chairman of the right wing Local 2. declared that “there is nothing left for any honest element remaining in | the right wing union to do but join | with the National Organizing Com- ! mittee and fight with them for the | building of a real union. The high pitch of enthusiasm was | reached when Joseph Borachovich | Murdoch, Fred E. Beal, strike leaders, and 5 other active strikers heading a| while only three of the followers of | was introduced as the representative | of the National Organizing Commit- tee. Borachovich welcomed into the ranks of the cloak and dressmakers all elements regardless of politie¢al be- liefs whose primary desire is to build a real cloakmakers’ union and again regain union conditions destroyed by the 19 war on the membership con- ducted by the right wing. Other speakers for the Tolerance Group declared that the only conclu- sion that can be reached after they saw that the Sigmans and Schlesing- ers intend to continue the fight. on the members is to join the struggle of the N. O. C. Two of them, Louis Goldstein and Philip Greitz announced that at 4 p.m, that day they had sent in their resignation as, business agent in the Sigman local. Other speakers were Nathan Steinberg, A. Silver- stein and A, Guteson. Philip Gretizer was chairman. Unanimously, all the thousands present rose to adopt the following resolution: “Whereas the leaders of the Inter- national have rejected the demand of the ‘Tolerance Group’ (which is also the demand of the thousands of cloak and dressmakers) for an end to the internal struggle, on a basis where all | elements shall unite in order to re- | build the union, and restore union conditions, and have thus demon- | strated that they are determined to continue the destructive war in our union, i “We, the assembled cloak and dressmakers, declare that we support the open and decisive action of the Tolerance Group, which realizing that nothing further can be expected of | the International, has affiliated with | the National Organization Committee, which has set as its object to unite all the constructive forces for the re- building of our shattered union. “We declare that the time has come when we, the workers of the shops, | who have suffered mostly from the destructive war, must unite our} forces and begin to build the union. | “We call on all registered members together with us to rally around the | National Organization Committee, EConieined-on: Pome. on Page Five) JUDGE PAROLES SCABS, POLICE No Protection Given to Miners (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 27 (By Mail).—In a gesture of impartiality, the coal kings’ courts of Allegheny county placed 13 striking miners and 15 coal and iron police and strike- breakers on six months’ parole fol- lowing their arraignment before vis- iting Judge James A. Chambers on charges of inciting to riot and as- sault and battery, according to re- ports received by the National Min- ers’ Relief Committee. “No Discrimination.” The parole sentences were passed on all defendants “without discrim- ination” though the most serious charges were those made against a group of coal and iron policemen and two groups of scabs who were charged with inciting to riot. None of the accused company em- | | charges made by the strikers. The clashes out of which Thursday’s court on Page Two) | | was effected through payroll padding \by means of fictitious names of per- iman. Lougheed and Stoeber have pleaded guilty and will testify for the state. charge that Al Smith, Morgan-spokes- |of the vile-smelling spots of the city Victims of Radium Poison to Try Class dpatine Four of the victims of the United States Radium Corporation, whose case comes before the New Jersey Sheltering itself behind the statute courts today, shown in the picture. of limitations, the corporation suc- ceeded for a long time in preventing the case from reaching the courts. The women are dying. Scores.of other workers are said to be infected and scores more are still working at the radium plant. PICKET MILLS DESPITE STRIKE HEADS’ ARRES (Special to the Daily Worker) @ HURT IN ASSAULT NEW YORK, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1928 BY BLACKSHIRTS | Police Jail Four Anti- | Fascisti BOSTON, May 28. — Three anti- | fascist workers were stabbed and several others bruised and battered | late yesterday when a group of jeer- jing anti-fascists was attacked by | ading to Faneuil Hall to celebrate the | more than 400 Fascisti, and Italian! World War veterans, who were par-| | 18th anniversary of Jtaly’s entry into | Rey World War. The fascists, enraged by the per- clsbant booing of the group of anti- | Fascists, led the attack with drawn| | knives. Police reserves, arriving on} | NEW BEDFORD, Mass., May 28.—Despite the arrest of William T. the scene, arrested four anti-Fascists, | picket line at the Hathaway Mills, and despite the absence of the leaders | Mussolini were mee into custody. TAMMANY GRAFTS $00,000 IN HAUL | weeks ago. | were picketed by 1,000 strikers and| Bronx Garage Yields Big Swag to Officials Fully a half million dollars of graft in one garage alone during the short period of three years is the record of the Tammany Hall street cleaning department as revealed in the opening! address yesterday by Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Ryan to the jury which was selected last Friday to try Charles A. McGee, assistant general superin- tendent of the department and Wil- liam J. Oswald, Bronx district super- intendent. In the address to the jury, prose- cutor Ryan showed that tke stealing sons never actually employed. This graft took place in the garage at Cromwell Avenue of which William J. Lougheed was foreman and Benja- min A. A. Stoeber was assistant fore- Thus far no reason for the volun- tary confessions of Lougheed and his assistant who have revealed the exis- tence of hundreds of thousands of graft yearly in the Tammany street cleaning department alone has been advanced officially. But the readi- ness with which the prosecution has been willing apparently to grant them immunity as state witnesses, their seeming anxiety to implicate even themselves lends credence to the man in the New Tammany Hall, is making a show of fumigating. some| administration in preparation for his presidential campaign. It is recalled that the New York World, now chief defender of Al | Smith, was the paper instrumental in | securing the confessions of Lougheed {and Stoeber. Lougheed, prosecutor Kyan de- clared, carried an emergency weekly | payroll of $3,390. Of 126 emergency workers which he certified to have carried, only 82 were actually em- ployed. This scheme, Ryan showed, could not have been carried out with- without the knowledge and conniv- ance of their superiors, lirGee and Oswald. It is believed, however, that” those higher up in graft will as usual es- cape punishment. Legal Bickering Delays Suit of Radium Victims NEWARK, N. J., May 28.— Ray- mond H. Berry, counsel for the de- fense, in the proceedings against. the United States Radium Corporation by the five women who were poisoned while working for the firm and are expected to die soon, after a deluge of legal wrangling, moved to post- pone the cases of the five women until June 18. The entire day in court was taken up with a series of legal bickerings, and it is doubtful, Judge Mountain himself admitted, whether the “cases” will be disposed of until after June 30. who were compelled to be in court to-} day, picketing this morning was the! best attended and more enthusiastic |than at any time-since the 28,000 | workers walked out of the cotton }manufacturing mills in a fight | against a wage cut more than six! Mills in the south end} over 300 patrolled the gates of the north end plants. Trial Postponed. Later in court, Labor Defense, providing legal aid for the strikers, succeeded in obtaining a postponement of the trials of Mur- doch, Beal and the other five till Thurs they went to the halls to address strike meetings. Protest meetings against the fast intensifying police terror were held by the International Labor Defense, in the north and south end halls of; the Textile Mills Committee. Robert Zelms, of the I. L. D., spoke at the meetings in addition to the union heads. Another striker was arrested yes- (Continued on Page Two) JAPANESE TROOPS MURDER CHINESE VANCOUVER, B. C., May 28.—A number of dock workers were killed by Japanese marines who attempted to break a strike of port workers called to protest against Japanese policy in Shantung and Manchuria, according to information received here by the Canada Morning News, left wing ones newspaper. ee) Sea Seariy: May 28.—The strate- \gic city of Wu-chau which is,situated | between Kwantung and Kwangsi provinces has been taken by worker- | peasant troops, according to informa- | tion received here. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28, — Ku Yin-fen, one of the members of the central committee counter-revolution- ary Kuomintang and two officials of the Canton government have arrived here on board the President Jackson. Ku is allied with Li Chai-sum, Can- ton war lord, who recently received a large loan from be the International! . After theit-reiease on, bail} SEEK TO SETTLE \Laboratory W Workers in| | - City-Wide Strike | A large group of dental laborator, owners, disregarding the policy of the Dental Manufacturers’ Association, met last-night 4 draw up a resolu-| tion in an effort to effect an agree- ment whereby the workers, out on strike throughout greater New York | work with all their demands granted. This move was made because of the powerful united front put up by the strikers. An attempt on the part of the bosses to import strikebreakers from other cities, and from the employes of ;members of the National Dental Man- ufacturers’ Association, last night, | was frustrated. The workers of Pitts- | burgh, Cleveland and Chicago refused to scab on the striking workers in New York. Jobs Demanded for 1,000 This failure, it is believed, prompted the bosses’ meeting last night. According to a statement given out by the strike leaders, the strikers will not mediate unless the employers’ group is large. This means that the bosses proposing settlement must be able to provide employment for about 1,000 workers. At meetings held yesterday in the Labor Temple the strikers demon- strated again that their spirit is as |fresh if not better than it was at the |inception of the strike. | Hall Is Filled The first meeting of the day, which hall. A roll call showed that not a single striker was absent. They cheered repeatedly while) a statement on the demands was being read and pledged that they would continue to fight until the union was recognized and their demands granted. At present the industry is com- pletely tied up. Over 95 per cent of all those engaged in the trade in Greater New York are out on strike. | | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Im New York, by mail, $5.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. Where Careless Excavation Killed Negro Boy The cave-in of the 148 St. caused the death of a Negro store near the tunnel. which is believed to have been causd subway excavation at St. The picture shows the debris after the cave-in, Nécholas Ave. and boy and the destruction of a grocery by careless shoring of the sides. This is the second time within a few months that there has been a serious cau L along the ine of the City’s new subway. DENTAL OWNERS BLOOR TRIMS LEWIS, — CON VEN TION IS TOLD “We are now going to hear from one Bae ‘has young coal miners attending | the convention,” James P. annon, chairman of the Saturday morning session | |of the Workers (Communist) Party nominating meet, announced. But Jim \looked rather merry ah aay: 6f 16 oS |delegates thought there was a hitch y | somewhere. Laughter followed by prolonged | cheering and applause met the |sprightly entrance on the platform of | Ela -Reeva. Bloor—Mother Bloor” ; who began like a gattling gun: “[’ve just come in from the coal fields of Indiana,” she said. “They’re \fighting like hell there against both for two weeks, should go back to|the coal operators and the Lewis. gang. And they know that the Work- ers Party has been in the lead wher- ever the battle was the thickest and the danger greatest.” Mother Bloor, past 65, is carrying | on the fighting tradition of Mother Jones, 98-year-old labor veteran of CConennad en £6 on Sagi Five) THREE MILLINERY : PICKETS JAILED Three pickets of the striking Mil- linery Hand Workers’ Union, Local 43, were arrested yesterday morning before the shop of Rothschild and Hershison, 63 W. 36th St., on charges of disorderly conduct and hailed into Jefferson Market Court, 6th Ave. and 10th St., from which they were later released on suspended sentences. The | arrests followed a militant picketing | demonstration of union members at both the uptown and downtown shops. During the lunch hour and in the afternoon the strikers were joined by | |began at noon, completely filled the|@ large number of other union mem- bers on the picket line. The strike, union officers 7, is going strong. Many new members are coming to the union seeking to work at union shops. The millinery fighters are fighting against the attempts of the officers £2 of the international union to destroy | ‘the local which grew from 400 mem- bers to 4,000 in the two years of its militant leadership. JINGOES TRY TO HALT HAYWOOD MEET To Appeal ; to Washington, Veterans of Foreign 2 Wars Say) AN attempt to stop the New York District of the Workers (Com- munist) Party from holding a mem- orial meeting at the Central Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave., this Friday in honor of the late William D, Haywood, Communist and founder of the I. W. W., is being made by the New York State Department of the Veterans of For- eign Wars, it was learned last night. Haywood violated the federal laws by opposing the entry of the United States into the World War, and then, like a confessed criminal, he jumped bail after he was con- victed,” declared Department Com- mander Jdan A. Brunner, of the Foreign Veterans. “I will appeal to the local office of the United States Department of Justice to stop this so-called mem- orial meeting. The local police and state authorities do nothing to stop Communist meatings. The Reds hold them all the time, especially on May Days and in honor of Lenin. “But in such cases there is no violation of city ordinances or state laws as long as the meetings are orderly. In this case, however, there is a distinct differance. A gross attempt is being made to hon- or a lawbreaker, a bail-jumper, an enemy of his country. The United States authorities should step in and bar the meeting. “Tf the Communists bring Hay- wood’s ashes to New York, I believe the federal authorities would have the right to seixe them. I hope to find somé way to step this meet- ing.” The Veterans of Foreign Wars is unique in that it is wholly composed of men who have furthered the im- perialistic policy of the United States. It is more exclusive than the American Legion as soldiers who never left training camps can- not belong to it. Soldiers who fought in Siberia, France, China, Nicaragua, Mexico and the Philip- pines are its members. Neither Commander, Brunner nor the Department of Justice agents, however, will get a chance to dese- crate Haywood’s ashes as they lie in Moscow and will be placed in the wall of the Kremlin at the time of the world congress. Soldiers of the Red Army stand guard’ over the ashes of the American leader, who died on May 18, WORKERS CENTER © DANGE SATURDAY : | Will Follow Co Concert and | 1 Celebration | A dance will follow the great con- | cert and celebration that will be held | at the Workers Center, 26-28 Union Square, Saturday evening. The program of the concert will be of the highest artistic order. Among | | the artists who will participate will} be N. Nazaroff, celebrated Russian | baritone, and his two children and L. Newell, noted harpist and soloist with he Capitol Theatre Symphony Or- |chestra. Other artists, equally distin- | guished, will also be on the program. The affair on Saturday has been| seen forward to eagerly by hun- | dreds of workers during the past few | weeks because it will be the occasion | of the award of the red, revolution- ary banner to the unit making the! highest totals in the drive for $30,000 | to establish the Workers Center. The} board of directors of the Center an-| nounce that competition has been so} keen that it will be impossible to de-| |termine the winner until shortly be- fore the award is made. This means} that all units still have a chance until Price 3 Cents Parading Fascists Stab Three in Boston SEVERALWORKERS. “WORKERS PARTY NOW NATIONAL,” LOVESTONE SAYS 3ig" Demonstration for: Foster and Gitlow ‘The first great Nominating Conven- {tion of the Workers (Communist) | Party came to an end late Sunday/ night, having accomplished greater and more stirring results in its two! of deliberations than even the{ t enthusiastic members of the Party had anticipated. A platform which will carry the, message of struggle to all sections} of the working class and landless} | farmers, two standard bearers, Wm. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow to; whose popularity nearly one hour of steady demonstration by over three, hundred delegates and two thousand; -| visitors testified, a unification of the, Party activities through the launching! |of the first great political campaign, | |an imbuing of comradeship and class; solidarity between Negro and white workers, native and foreign-born | |workers—these were the high-lights of accomplishment by the convention. A National Party. That the Workers (Communist) Party of America has in the most real sense become a national party with a prospect of winning the leader- Fee: of large sections of workers and less farmers, Negro masses, na- sit Americans as well as foreign- bow workers in all sections, was the }major conclusion drawn from the Ithree days’ convention proceedings by Jay Lovestone, general secretary of the Party, in summing up at the last session of the convention, Sunday night. “Chief among the results of this historic convention,” Lovestone said, | “is the fact that there has been com- | pletely exploded the notion that our | Party is an organization east of Chi- jcago. This convention with its dele- gations from the scenes of struggle from every section of the country, from the mine fields, from the textile areas, from the Negro workers, from the farm sections, from all states from. Maine to Texas and from California, tO Massachusetts, is an evidence of the hold which our Party has secured over the American working class.” Greatest Gathering Yet Held. The first convention of the Work- ers’ Party and the most stirring and demonstration gathering, in the | opinion of old fighters in the labor movement, ever to be held by a polit- ical gathering of workers in America, came to an end with the singing of the International, with hand shaking of delegates figuratively across the {continent, with a determination by these delegates to go forth to the sections bringing to Saturday evening to secure further Mente of th : contributions and collect the pledges| them the spirit of enthusiasm an that have been made. The bann re which embued the great conven will be awarded by William W. Wein- stone, district organizer of the Wor! ers (Communist) Party and secretary of the Workers Center. The board of directors also announce | that all collection lists must be turned | in together with all contributions and | pledges by Saturday evening as this} wilf mark the complete wind-up of the drive. Tickets for the concert and dance| are 50 cents in advance and 75 cents} at the door. They are on sale at the} Workers Center, 26-28 Union Square; | the Workers Bookshop, 26-28 Union Square; United Workers Cooperative, | | 2700 Bronx Park East; and the Unity Cooperative, 1800 Seventh Ave. As) accommodations are limited to about} | 600, all those wishing to attend, should | secure tickets at once. Change Greek Cabinet LONDON, May 28. — The recently | resigned cabinet of Greece is being! reconstructed by Gen. John Metaxas, | former minister of communications, | said an Exchange Telegraph dispatch | from Athens today. It is understood that former Pre- mier Eleutherios Venizelos, who is said to have his eye upon the presi- dency of Greece, will be a member. MACHINE KILLS WORKER. | | George Gates, a 45-year old ma- chinist, yesterday was caught in the belt of a machine and killed while working at New York Switch. and Crossing Company, Hoboken, N. J. tion. “The platform which we have here (Continued on soit Pah ES ce Five) N.Y. PRESS BEHIND POWER INTERESTS \Gave Much — Space to Utility Group WASHINGTON, May 28. — New | York newspapers have served as pu- | blicity and propaganda organs of the power interests, it was established at the Federal Trade Commission inves- tigation today. Fred W. Crone, director of the New York State Public Utility Informa- |tion Committee, testified his organiza- | tion distributed a weekly bulletin among 1,000 New York newspapers, but denied any attempt was made to {influence colleges or schools. Under questioning by Robert E. | Healy, commission counsel, Crone said the bulletin and publicity released |sometimes were printed verbatim in the newspapers. Crone admitted his advertising ac- count had steadily increased, but de- nied that there was any connection between this and the amount of space _ (he was getting in the newspapers. “I don’t think an editor. would use our stuff unless he felt it had some pub- — lic interest,” he said with apparent os seriousness. \/