The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 5, 1928, Page 4

Page Four THE DAILY WORKER; NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1928 Arrest Workers Who Picket Philadelphia Carpet Mill, Correspondent Writes BOSSES COMMAND. Preparations ‘or Next Imperialist War Go On» MEN TO GWE UP | UNION OR JOBS injunction Won By Fetterolf Company (By a Worker Correspondent) PHILA.,( By Mail).—A letter and in The DAILY WORK- 4 Regular soldiers of the friend of for shown rehearsing mine gav you to print i stimulate the soldi interest the and Washington officials will sit in ER. The strikes in the textile in- | — Z dustry in Philadelphia are bitterly AT UNIST fought. Here it is: COA M We are hearing again the slogan of the bosses, “the open shop,” or to speak more truthfully, “the shop that is closed to union me (ag nee of Section One of . Marks Place, New ed from the in conjunc-} re, About twelve week council of textile v tion with organizer White endeavored to organize tne Wilton carpet work- ers. Th that upon this knowledge coming to the owners of the fetteroif Mills, they rkers the 30 d the number of members in good s' ing, Bert Miller, who made the prin- eip S nting the dis- trict, ou 1 the work before us. He |pointed out that we may expect in the future an more severe s than the one now facing Amer- 0 incensed their employers re ordered quite a ber of their weay- even near office. F ers to come to the About | ¢ i twelve or thirteen men_ presenvea|ican industries. themselves, but the firm was not tax- Bowery and Wall St. ing chances witn a iarge aelegation} and insisted that all repair to their Section One has many’peculiar prob- lems, Besides being an industrial and private oftice in single tasnion. a residential section it the The first man questioned was asked | Bowery in which congregate the un- if he belonged to this new union. He|/employed from other se ns of the answered yes. He was told by Mr./country in search ¢ . nd Wall Fetteroit tnat he wouid either give|Street which is the greatest financial up his union or h ob. he man re- onghold in the world. The Bowery fused and on the baiance of the menjoffers opportunity for agitation hearing the ultimatum delivered that|among workers who come and are they could not work as union men, a|later diff 1 all dustries strike occurred. for you The usual course i worker the plant w slosely picketed. At no looking for time was there violence, no one was} injured, no property destroyed. ‘iwo} men were arrested ror picketing, they ‘were charged with a breach of the among as followed and all y to go anywheres to se’ a master. In Wall Str ices of all the financi work, read s, the Morgans A demonstra- feller’s office is and the Rock peace. ‘lhe case was heard before |tion in front of Roc E Magistrate an as they char news which spreads around the world Was a makeshut one. The magistra’ nd is e D ty. apatt We may look for new and greater discharged them’. ‘The firm being an- noyed by kets sought an injunc- an effort to attacks on the un he pic Sixtee a military towrnament to be held June 16. To nits on a proportional bas nd-© a4 nth Infantry at Fort Jay are here wives of officers, munitions makers the gallery to watch the shooting. SECTION HOLDS CONFERENCE it) (Communist) Party held ttended by all Ss according to Correspond [ the Worke A section bulletin is about to make its first appearance, This bulletin will reflect the life in the section, and should be of great value. All of the department heads of the section reported, and then there was a lively discussion from the floor, in the course of which there were point- ed out possibilities of noon hour open air meetings in the Wall Street vicin- i the fact that the Bowery is a recruiting center for the army, nayy and marine.corps, and the f: that the Battery is one of the principal points from which American troops are sent to all parts of the world. After Comrade Miller made his brief closing speech, and the new sec- tion executive committee was elec’ the delegates left with a determi ‘ence back into the units and to carry ‘on with renewed vigor the struggle {for the emancipation of the enslaved j workers. —NORMAN SILBER. G0P. HEADS SELL MASTERSHIPS PLUMBER HELPERS START CAMPAIGN FOR UNIONIZING Amerie an Association Would Aid All (By a Worker Correspondent) The plumbers’ helpers of New York City are not the only ones who have refused admittance into the Plumbers’ Union. In Philadelphia the same problem exists. Unorganized. There are about 4,000 plumbers and and their Only about 200 plumbers, steamfitters and steam- fitters’ The plumbers’ helpers are not organized. The officials of the Plumbers’ Union there don’t give a damn about organ- been helpers and steamfitters helpers in Philadelphia. helpers are organized. izing the plumbers’ helpers into a union. The plumbers’ helpers, how- evi right to become union men. A Plumbers Helpers’ Club has just | been organized in Philadelphia, The {club has at present about 30 mem- bers. More and more helpers are joining the club. They have asked the American As- sociation of Plumbers’ Helpers, with headquarters at 7 E, 15th St., New | York City, for copies of their official organ, “The American -Plumbers’ Helper.” Their request was granted. Aid Organization. The American Association will help jall helpers to organize as much as it : : Le : | possibly can. tion to bring the spirit of the confer- | News also comes from Boston, M that the plumbers’ helpers there have organized a club. The. plumbers’ helpers in New Haven are not behind in organizing themselvy: They, too, have organized a Plumbers’ Helpers Club. The various helpers’ organizations should unite and fight together for admittance into the U. A., our parent body. In unity there is strength. This is a very good beginning. The r, think that they have a perfect 1 tion in the Common Pleas Court No. 1; Judge McDevitt presiding. After a hearing which took place on two aiternoons, an injunction was given x standards of e of class col- | further lower the li the workers. An increa laboration may be expected on the part of union officials. To answer plumbers’ helpers of other cities and towns should follow the example of their brothers in New York, Phila- these attacks will mean struggle and against the union wo , restraining e, in every struggl tuem any further picketing |!" ©Y°TY e i jtor. Therefore, a strong and perma- around the mill or the vicinity. | Quite a number of these workers |nent relief organization must be built. = had years of service in Mr. Fetterolf’s| Relief for the miners is of utmost Besiby, Me) Petkecdlt’ adutia thee importance and that work must be oh or a shed vigorously. they are skilled workers. These work- por hone oy high Ad hes andes Behe oo. ages pee roea Loe all. other industrial countries in the tion of their choosing and Mr. Fettes, (matter of social legislation, needs an Me has boon ang Saye the in,|BRemployment bill. Such a bill has yho has been assisted by the in- trom 2 a ; Fs jbeen offered by the Council of Un- jiietion will hasten the day when | employed and it is the task of the men battling for their wives and chil- ss bring this bill before the nnot be enjoined in striking 0 Hint adoption may be al bosses who assume | ip over their very lives.| 5 Picture in your mind these skilled regarding con- of work, no voice treated like a You read of the loyed Distribute In outlining more mediate task of the Section, Comrade Miller stressed the importance of concentrating on particular shops for raised in th behalf, piece of machinery. feudal days, well the own she tl ee me ie en f sur ‘ e particular industry are aj ig a SST pipe hehe veer in this period. men and women | * (ork saipontes aq aoa : Sees ea have been bullied and threatened, who ae oe ey fa sabl ee : has le i . 1 vorker is a va a =| ntact 5. ce a work in their employ. ai oe ee ual Bas a pee el But a w-apon must be found. to we MMeaBigase chs tied = at} a : . dustries in time of war. There area ¢rush men and women who, being Ms 8g tes good many metal workers as well as strikers are looked upon as law- F : MET eio when they rebel against ser ‘needle trades worker: pay box i against Set- | akers, printer vile conditions imposed by their masters. ask- jand seamen in Sec Section One is also the stronghold of the “socialist” party and the effort A STRIKER. era to hold it up to the workers in its Horthy Officials Try to t ght is at for this ¥ y ting from Frame Up Workers to deceive work- ring the torch BUDAPES to a body devoted to a pro- construct a new gram which s Capital by con- being made fusing Labor. The Section will be mobilized 100% : the election campaign. The first ask of obtaining nece signatures will be a test for the energy of which the largest section in the district is against John arrested in a police into a Budapest pr Nass who an Austrian subject, Was removed from Budapest to the new jail at Ofen, where an effort w. instituted to prove that he was en-| gaged in a huge to over-| throw the Horthy r as |capable, Literature Distribution, ade Hofbauer, the section or- stress The tmtportance™ Oi on. Since the es- on headquarters, tion of literature improved, but there or much greater improve- ment in that field. The need for op¢ forums and speakers for open air meetings w: brought out fin the course of his speech. Educationel meetings, which are now regularly RAW MATERIALS OUTPUT. WASHINGTON, J The production of raw mat in April 1927, according to statistics of the Dep't. of Commerce, declined as com-. pared with the previous month, de- clines occurred in the output of min-| erals and in the ma‘ketings of animal) products and crops, while the out- put of forest products increased. Contrasted with last year, all groups| “The ontout of manufactures. after | sete a SE aed sorbic Bre ene | ake Oba Sdjustments for working-time dif-| vided into nine factory districts with ferences, was larger in April than in| 4 street nucleus in each factory diss either the preceding: month or April) trict: Tn addition, there will be a a of last year. Printers’ Unit, and a Seamen’s Unit, : also“tworInternational’ Branches and . S 0. I ATION | the Night Workers’ Branch. The or- _ / PARIS, June 4.—Prof. Seroe Vo-) panization plans are all completed and “Yonoff, discoverer of the famous|the saction will commence working sland operation for rejuvenating men| on the new basis very shortly, women, declared today that the} Comrade A. Gusakoff, the tion holic Church approves his work } Agitprop director, who also presided notal talks and industrial reports, In order to carry on more effective- made upon him by Dean Inge | face must be towards the factories, t. Paul’s Cathedral, London, who| seamen and Wall Street.” The elec- gland grafting “an insult to n,? ‘ {the Party as well as to popularize it. relief is a vital fac-| finitely the im- | held in the units, should include shop | S purpose the section was di-; statement was called forth by an| at the conference said, “the Party’s | tion campaign must be tised to build ; ' ‘Suicide Correspondence | Reveals Graft | WASHINGTON, June 4.—An ex- | haustive investigation of charges that jpostmasterships have been bought jand sold in the south was promised | today by Senator Brookhart (R) of |Iowa, chairman of the special inves- | tigating committee named by the sen- | ate. | The committee will get under way |shortly after the republican national ‘convention and will continue its in- }quiry all during the summer, Brook- }hart said. | The investigation, resulting from the joint demand of Senators Harris jand George, demoe: of Georgia, will be the first ever conducted in this field. It was brought about largely by the sensational suicide of L. S, Peterson. ster at Douglas, Ga., who left mdence on which the Georgia senators based charges that the job was bought and sold. Republican national committeemen especially will come under the scru- tiny of the committee. The first witness probably will be Postmaster-General New. | After a {conference with the postmaster-gen- ‘eral, Harris and George announced |that they had asked for full coopera- | tion in the inquiry and promised that they would exert every effort to give |a “square deal” to everyone involved | The Georgia senators will present the Peterson and other cases, while | other southern senators and congress- {men are expected before jthe committee, | Atlanta, the committee probably will |go to Nashville, Tenn., Brookhart said. to appear | LIVED LOD OUGH. LONDON, June century is | long enough for anyone to live in the opinion of most of the centenarians in England and Scotland. A nev \paper interviewed 13 persons aged {more than 100 to see if th |take advantage of a Voronoff gland operation that would add 40 more years to their lives. Ten of them said they were ready to give up the cares of life right now. 4 5 VIA LONDON COPENHAGEN HELSINGFORS 69 FIFTH AVENUE After a hearing at| desired to} delphia, Boston and New Haven. Now is the time to organize. It is never too late. For organized we will be for all that. —c, SPEAKING TOUR Will Address Workers On Elections KANSAS CITY, June 4.—Rudolph Shohan, district organizer of the Young Workers (Communist) League jof America, will make a tour on his return to Kansas City from the Na- tional Nominating Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party, during {which he will cover the following places on the following dates: Pitts- }burgh, June 4 to 11; Columbus, June {12 and 13; Dayton, June 14; Cincin- jnati, June 15 and 16; Indianapolis, June 17; Springfield, June 18 and 19; | St. Louis, June 20 to 22, | Shokan will speak on “Youth and |the Elections.” Plans are being made now to or- ganize and advertize meetings of the League wherever there are units, for | Shohan to cover. NEW BLAST IN STAMFORD, Conn., June 4.—Two explosions followed by fire apparently sweeping a large area called all of | plant of Richards and Co., a Dupont De Nemours Corporation subsidiary, in South Stamford, shortly after eight ja. m., today. No casualties resulted from the ex- plosions, as far as could be deter- mined half an hour after firemen ‘reached the plant. A Worker’s Tour to Soviet Russia TO WITNESS THE CELEBRATION OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION NOVEMBER 7 CEVERY | WORKER SHOULD PARTICIPATE”) The Group Sails Oct. 17th on the Ocean Greyhound Cunard S. S. “MAURETANIA” 7 DAYS of Interesting Sightseeing Trips LENINGRAD — MOSCOW $375.00 May Be Paid in Monthly Installments, WORLD TOURISTS, INC. NEW YORK CITY SHOHAN TO MAKE HOOVER SPENDS Dea Ma BARBERS’ UNION |. “OFFIGALS NEVER ‘Pou Grocn’s New Play * Ting” REMOVED SIGNS i } = a © AUL GREEN’S new full length{ play “Tina” has been acquired by} | the Provincetown Playhouse for pro-} duction next season. Paul Green is{ the author of “In Abraham’s Bosom,”! |which was produced by the same} jgroup last season. The play won the! 1927 Pulitzer prize. “Tina” deals with} the white folk of the Carolina moun-} | tains, ! “Him,” the E. E. Cummings’ play, | which recently was playing at the| Playhouse, will open the Province-}| | fown season sometime in September. | his will be followed by “Balance,” aj {play by David Pinski. “Lazarus Laughed,” by Eugene O’Neill, is again on their schedule for production next season. | ‘COURTNEY. Rank and File Diseust With Leaders Spreads (By a Worker Correspondent) As a member of Local 913 of the barbers’ union, located in Long Island City, I would like to disclose the con- ditions prevailing in this town. About two years we were organized with the slogan, “Only thru organi- vation can we stop the master barbers from doing injustice-tg the journey- men barbers.” Today, in my opinion, it has become a joke, for the Master Barbers’ Association has the upper hand in every respect. The only time the rank and file] “Say When,” Mare Connelly’s mus ‘mows the union exists is when dues|¢al version of “Love-in-a-Mist,” will) are to be paid. The last meeting was | Be presented at the atc i re held about eight months ago when I| Thursday night, June 21. Part of the One of the chief features in the r seas ! ge i vork Oe i y introduced a resolution forbidding the ; Score 3S the work of Frank Harling, Ray Henderson musical show display) of union signs in non-union! The principal members of the cast are] “Good News,” now in its ninth month at Chanin’s 46th Street The- atre. This was p: bers and the send out a delegate the n remove the signs. But they never did this and. they never explained why xd by the mem- {Ruth Thomas, Alison Skipworth, Beth promised to! Walker and Guido Nadzo. The mys- ch day. to! tery play, “The Silent House,” now . running at the Morosco, will move to TURNS IN $150 Active in Giving Help to Miners Special to the Daily Worker) TOLEDO, O., June 4.—Announce- ment was made yesterday by the Toledo Hungarian Miners’ Relief Com- mittee of which Chas. Bozo is secre- tary, that $150.09 has been turned over by this organization to the Na- tional Miners’ Relief Committee of Pittsburgh. The money was realized as a result of a dance held recently in this city. This committee has been very active in work for relief of the miners during the past few months. Chauffeur is Crushed Leon Faingnaert, 45, of 140 West 62nd St., a chauffeur employed here by L. A, Hamilton, of the Plaza Ho- tel, was crushed to death Sunday when the automobile he was repairing slipped from a jack and pinned him shop: als not. The members of this local are 2 ff eae thoroughly disgusted with these ac- The Irish Guild Players will open their season at the Provincetown Playhouse tonight. They have taken over the house for June and perform- ances will be given on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights. The repertory of the company includes plays by Padraic Colum, Lord Dunsany and W. B. Yeats. tions of their of: Is. They are fur- ther disgusted with the unjust over- time they are forced to put in and the reduction in wages. —A. PAPER MERGERS, PRIGE WAR LOOMS Aarons and Freedley’s next musical comedy will be called “Hold Every- thing,” and is scheduled to reach Broadway about Labor Day. John a | McGowan, author of “Excess Bag- Canada Price Fixing: gage,” and B. G. De Sylva are the Groups Breaks Ranks authors of the book, and the music and lyrics are by Mr. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson. MONTREAL, June 4.—Dissolution | of the Canadian Newsprint Export | ie Association, which is expected to lead Negro Escapes Sing to a price war and gigantic mergers with smaller companies going under, | is seen today from the announcement | of the withdrawal from the associa- tion of important members. Sing in Ash Cart OSSINING, N. Y., June 4.—Be- lieved to have buried himself in a load : g _|of cinders which was carted from The Anglo-American Pulp and Pa- | Sing Sing, Van Harris, Negro, twenty- per company and the Brompton Pulp j two serving a fifty year term and Paper company have withdrawn : y fe ok és ‘ xs missing at roll call today. and Price Brothers have given notice a a of withdrawal. Overproduction of bout a year ago a prisoner escaped newsprint has forced the break in the |-7°™ Sing Sing by hiding himself in ranks of the association. Formation |°" ashean. fi ___.jto the floor. ‘ of mergers which will enter the price cutting competition now that no defi- My GiGd Halling PicurerilUnave be meet UNVAL ih is expected to start immediately. | PTA ~ THEATRE, B’way at 58d St. HAMMERSTEIN’S Wav peas THE RUSSIAN FILM CLASSIC “The End of St. Petersburg” “Of all the motion pictures playing in N. York, e End of St. Petersburg” is easily the most vigorous, heroic and In many ways the finest."—Quinn Martin, The World, Music by Herbert Stothart—Russian Nights 8:40; 50¢ to $1.50, THOUSANDS MORE WASHINGTON, June 4. — The Hoover presidential primary in West Virginia cost $18,685 Harry C. Wood- yeard, of Spencer, the state manager for Hoover, testified todey before the | senate presidential campaign fund} Choir. ymphony Orchestra, Mats. Daily 2:40; 50e to $1, Incl. Tax. ny BOOTH Thea., W. 45 St. Bye: 8:30 | The Theatre Guild presents all umitice sie 6 BEAR eG Se Eugene senatorial nominee in. New. Jevsey/ THE GRAND ST, FOLLIES | *:5:"* Strange Interlude spent $50,000 in his primary between OF 1928 January 5 and May 15, he told the committee today. Union Officials Held . Iegally in Zagreb) BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavia, June 4. John Golden Then., 58th, E. of B'way Evenings Only at 6:30. VOLPONE Guild Th., W. 524 St. Evs. CHANIN’S. W. of Broadway 46th St. Evenings at 8:25 Mats, Wed. & Sat. SCHWAB and MANDEL'S MUSICAL SMASH with GIO. OLSE and HIS MU: Mats. Thurs, & Sat. 10 DUPONT PLANT : Stamford’s fire fighting forces to the! PORGY —Officials of the trade unions in Za-} gteb have on hunger strike} LUNA The Heart of Coney Island : ie ir phate Battle of Chatenu-Thierry By Duboxe & Dorothy Heyward against their illegal detension in the rece. SKY CHASER - i RE T THEA., West 424 St. b prison. The men, all function. | TILT-A- | -Free Circus, Con- || REPUBLIC yrctswip, & SAT. A ‘ PARK WHIRL | certs and Dancing 's in the unions, were seized dur- Luna’s Great Swimming Pool ing a recent raid on their_ head- ae as uarters. Their is no legal charge ‘i Evs. 8:30. Mats. 4 Winter Garden "is, 8:30. 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