The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 19, 1928, Page 5

‘N.Y. WOMEN WILL” CONFER THURSDAY ON MINERS’ RELIEF Working Women Group Calls Meeting Relief for thes str ing miners will be the chief task of the first dele- gate conference of the New York Working Women’s Federation, to be held Thursday evening at 7:30 at the Labor Temple, 14th St. and Second Ave. The conference will bring together delegates from the millinery workers and many other trades, as well as working women from fraternal or- ganizations and housewives, The call-to the delegate conference lays special. emphasis on conditions among the miners, pointing out the faet that the miners’ union, once thé backbone of the labor movement in this country, has been torn to shreds by the coal corporations and the cor- rupt union officials. ~A delegation from the — Ladies’ Auxiliary of the United Mine Work- ers and from the Progressive Mine ‘Women’s Committees will be in New York this week to bring greetings to the conference. How thousands of women have helped carry on the strike on, the picket line, on the march to organize and pull out the unorganized, and in the relief kitchens’ with their miner husbands and fathers to regain union conditions won in former battles, but lost thru the Lewis misleadership, will be told the hundreds of women affiliated to the new organization. The New York Working: Women’s Federation, which was launched at a city-wide conference May 19, declared as its primary object the organization of the unorganized working women in New York. The delegate conference Thursday is the first step in the ef- fort to reach women workers. TAMMANY CLEARS WN DEPARTMENT Rogers Gives V Whitewash to Smith ‘Fences (Continued from Page One) is being honestly administered, Rog- ers declaréd in his report. Charges of fraud are unsubstantiated and there is no evidence to show any em- ploye of the bureau ha&been corrupt. Last winter the industrial survey commission, a republican-controlled organization dominated by the open shop interests of the state carried out a series of investigations/caléu- lated to @xpose the widespread graft in the compensation payments by the insurance companies. As a matter of fact, numerous instances were un- vovered by Henry D. Sayer who is the exeeutive secretary of the survey commission, but the purpose of the “investigation” was to discredit the compensation laws and to prepare for changes in the interest of the .em- ployers and the private insurance: companies. This fact was~at the time exposed by the DAILY SORE ER, Much to Hide. Following this first step the mem- bers of the industrial survey com- mission, Senator James S. Truman, chairman of the commission; Jasper W. Cornaive, another member and Sayer, issued a series of statements to the press charging widespread graft in one of Al, Smith’s. depart- ments. Thereupon Smith instituted his “investigation” into the depart- ment, The meaning of this move. soen beeame clear to the members of the industrial survey commission each of whom, and especially Sayer, had more than a little to hide them- | selves. Governor Smith appointed his per- sonal friend, Lindsay Rogers, to do the trick for him. Rogers was origi- nally professor at Columbia Uni- versity, later he served Smith well as the creator of the infamous gov-\| ernor’s. commission report in the needle trades issue, still later he be- -came the “impartial” chairman in the cloak making industry and fin- ally was rewarded by the bosses by being made executive chairman of the Skirt and Dressmakers’ A\ssociation of this city, a job which he still holds. Rogers began the job for Al. Smith. Deal Is Ended. 'Therevpon the three republican “investigators” for the open shop in- _terests and the insurance companies' “promptly denied any knowledge of graft in the department and repudi- “ated their interviews to the press, although one after another of news- paper ccrrespondents swore on the a stand to the accuracy of the reported interviews. _ The report now issued by Rogers, right hand man of Al. Smith, head of pant gralt. completes the circle ~ arth ends the re Ten counts have glready been le public in Rogers _veport each of which whitewashes the jepartment of labor under which the | * compensation claims are handled. Everything is thorough and good ac- cording to Rogers, in spite of the} xe that thousands of working men are cheated by insurance of their real claims, kept rly wt - | waiting endlessly and deprived by 3 for ea od, Netity eke-otle THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, ZUNE 19, 1928 Plane # in Which the eitet Woman ‘oer’ ARS ae 20-Hour Flight’ Like == who the men have risked their lives — for glory and imper- , ialism, Miss Amelia © Earhart, Boston * social worker, also made the trip by air across the Atlantic. shows plane in which the flight was made. CALL STRIKES IN CLOAK FACTORIES Bosses Trying to Force Registration (Continued from Page One) condition, it being completely swamped with open shops. Had Fired Worker. The first mentioned firm had dis- missed “Martin Feldman, an active union- membex, because’ of direct or- ders from the Sigman office, which threatened to call a strike if the boss continued to employ him unregistered. The employer sent the“worker a let- ter admitting therein, since he Was an able mechanic, that he would not have been dismissed but for the insistance of the right wing union. The Joint Board in calling a strike demands his immediate reinstatement and the re- establishment of union conditions, which the Sigman union permitted the boss to dispense with. The strike called in the other shop is for similar reasons. Call to Picket. In calling the strike the Joint Board appealed to the active union members to report for picket duty before the buildings where these shops are lo- cated. Cloak and dressmakers are asked to report early. It is also pointed out that the shop of Shapiro and Sons has two entrances, the most important one being the employees’ entrance, 137 W. 385th St. and not the Broadway entrance. Committee of 500 Meets. The chief work of the meeting of the Committee of 500 held last. night at the Joint Board headquarters, 16 W. 2ist St., was a discussion of ways and means to be adopted in launch- ling a drive to organize the majority jof shops in the trade, which is now non-union. The strike calls reported above received particular attention at the meeting. The problem of assign- ing the members of the Committee of 500 to their respective units of ten each, which was begun before the meeting, was also completed yester- \day. It was also decided to recruit additional volunteers for membership in the committee. Injunction Against West Virginia Miners Issued (Continued from Page One) strike meeting at Triadelphia. will be | heard June 21. | Trial was postponed Thursday, June 14, following the release of the nine-on™ bond. All are charged “with | disorderly conduct and trespassing. Eight of ‘the pickets were arrested ~fwhenra~ parade of niore than hundred miners stormed the Ohio county jail at Wheeling under the leadership of Frank Henderson end Betty Gannet to demand the release of Guynn. The miners had rushed to Wheeling in autos and trucks. Others had “bum- med” rides on the highway. Bond is fixed at $500 cach. Three hundred each was required for the other six. Wovld Take Children. Laura Calegari. widow of a coal digger who was killed at the Triadel- phia mine three years ago, ‘who is | leading the present strike there, faces 2 court fight to prevent the county from tuking her two children from her on false charges of- neglecting them. The warrant ordering her to appear in court and show cause why the county shoula not talse her child- ren, names her activity on the picket line us preof of neglect. JEALOUSY MAY HALT FLIGHT. HARBOR GRACE, N. F., June 18, Disheartened because her flying rival, Miss Amelia Earhart, was first’ to make a non-stop flight ovei the At- | lantic, Miss Mabel Boll, of the plane Columbia, intimated today that her own flight may be cancellea. It is repixtd that the Columlia will fly back to the United States, Preferable East Side, near 14th St. ‘Transportation. Must have ‘contin- uous hot water in room. Private phone essential. State price, particulars; let- ters only. H. Samuel, 69 East 12th St. “For Any Kind of Insurance” CARL BRODSKY 7 E. 42d St. New York City Telephone. Murray ‘Hill 5550, Patronize LERMAN BROS. Stationers & Printers 29 PARE 14th STREET N.Y, Corner Upion Square | Pel Algonquin 3356, 8843, ‘ for Guynn, Gennet and Henderson }- WANTED FURNISHED ROOM | | Labor and Fraternal News I, L. D. Open Air Meet. An open air meeting will be held at 110th St. and Sth Ave. today at 8 p. m. under the auspices of \the Harlem I. L. D, Louis A, Baum and others will speak, * Women’s Conference. Delegates from shop unio: ternal and housewiv r have been called to the Working Women the Labor Temple, Room 42-4, at 7:30 p, m * . . e. 14th June 21 Iron and Bronze Workers. A special meeting of the Iron and| Bronz Workers’ Union will be held to- day at 7B. 15th St. at 8 p. m, The last nominations for all officers | of the union will be taken up and the unfinished business which was to be taken up at the last general member- ship meeting will be’ considered and acted upon. Fretheit Pienic. Saturday, July 28 Freiheit Picnié will ue Bees at Ulmer Park, foot: of 25th Brooklyn. Organizations may or- on 560 tickets for $20 with the organ- ization’s name on the tickets, | hold a's Mine Relief The National Miner: tee WIN “hold int nival, elief Commit- onal fair and on Sunday, August 5, at Plens- y Park, Brenx. Organizations are requested to keep this date open. bees ce Welcome To Kate Gitlow. Kate Gitlow is back from Rwts To greet her, the d Councils v ss will hold The S the Inte: Dance 1347 Boston Road, for the benefit of the class war prisoners now in jail in the United States, * * I. L. D. Outing. An outing will be held o July 21, at 12 noon, at Pl K, Bronx under the auspi ork Ly , then take Union to-end.of line, Free busses DONETZ PLOTTERS PAID BY GERMANS MOSCOW, U.S. S. R., June 18.— The accused engineers, Vladimirsky, Potemkin, Stelbring, Vahikovsky and Yussevitch were examined in yester- day’s session of the trial of the Don- etz counter-revolutionary plotters. They testified that Baschkin, the confidence man in Berlin for the sab- otage group, proposed Yussevitch as the connecting link between Charkov and Berlin and Paris. The central group at Paris gave Yussevitch and the accused engineer Matov 250,000 francs apiece for sabo- tage. Yussevitch was appointed_to a post in Moscow which was not men- tioned in the course of the trial, Yussevitch made a number of vain attempts to.deny his receipt of the sabotage money. Charkoy confirmed the statement that Yussevitch was a member of the leadership of the sabotage praAR ACh: SOVIET ‘PROTECTS AUTHORS. MOSCOW, June 18.—The Soviet Society for Gultural Relations has organized a literary section to, pro- tect the rights of foreign authors translated into Russian and. ciicu- |lated in the Soviet Union, as well as the rights of Russian authors trans- lated abroad, Unity Co-operators Patronize SAM LESSER Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailor 1818— 7th Ave. New York Between 110th and 111th Sts.” Next to Unity Co-operative House. No Tip--Center Barber Shop NEW WORKERS CENTER 26-28 Union Sq. .1 Flight Up NEW YORK CITY Individual Sanitary Service by Ex- perts. — LADIES’ HAIR BOBBING SPECIALISTS. Patronize a Comradely Barber Shop, MARY WOLFE, STUDENT OF THE DAMROSCH CONSERVATORY PIANO LESSONS Moved to 2420 BRONX PARK EAST Near Co-operative Colony. Apt, 5H. Telehone ESTABROOK 2459. Special rates to students from the Co-operative House. All ee. ADMISSION he Cents, AUSTRIAN LABOR VIENNA, June 18.—The~ Tenth Congress of the Austrian. Trade Unions opened here today, with 350 eign countries present, mitted during the session showed that there had been a tremendous falling off in. membership in the five years that have elapsed since the last con- gress was held. The question of trying to/rejuven- late the organization was so pressing |that not once during the entire ses- broached.’ The congress occupied ‘it- self with organizational matters, and futile plans for bringing its member- ship lists to a higher level, ically. has | Photo | 7 | been modified in some particulars but "| other lesser lights, was approved by} CONGRESS OPENS. delegates and many guests from for-| Reports: sub- sion was an. economic question even | numer- bes be: Five COLLEGE CONTROL Workers Party: Activities 1S THE SCHEME OF . |Regular “Endowments” | Plan Intended WASHINGTON, June 18.—Control of colleges through permanent en-j dowments and the placing of pro- fessors on utility company payrolls} has been planned by the Power Trust, | {it was revealed today. | | These plans were developed by| responsible leaders in the industry in a written report subpoenaed by the | Federal Trade Commission in its} | utilities investigation, | For fear to risk what one leader termed a “high-handed attempt” to jeontrol textbooks the project has} not in fundamentals, according to the} }commission’s recoid. Measures to control both teacher and textbooks in colleges are an e | tension of the editing and attempted | rewriting of high school texts by} | Power lobby organizations. Other | documents in the record show this editing, done by propagandists and | leading magnates. pee manuscripts. | A report of a “subcommittee on| eed: of the National Electric Light Association’s committee on co-| operation with educational institu- tions, submitted in january, 1927, re- commended engagement of "a man | whovis capable to make a survey of all educational institutions in this country where any course relating to the electrical industry is taught in- volving engineering, legal, or business problems.” POWER INTERESTS : It was proposed at one time the|” “biggest” men in the industry pass} ¢ economic d the d election ¢ invited. Topic: platform Pomorro Union Wednes 2nd Av Sickness, An economic 000 annually is incurred in America | through accident, sickness and death. iCharles H. Herty, adviser to the Chemical Foundation, Inc., annual meeting of the National In- dustrial Conference board. | achat | Death Costly. Seer Ceres eee WE ALL MEET ) at the NEW WAY CAFETERIA 101 WEST 27th STREET nw YORK Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted 916 Prospect Ave. oor E. 162 St. { a Patronize tne : a I. STERNBERG ‘ITALIAN-AMERICAN Optometrist RESTAURANT ANTONIO SCHIAVO, Prop. 86 East 4th Street Cor. 2nd Ave, NEW a YORK, Telephone Stagg 5356. Dr. J. C. HOFFER Surgeon Dentist 287 South 5th St., near Marcy Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. Proletarian prices for proletarians. Phone Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant | i | | SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere | where all radicals met 302 E. 12th ST. NEW YORK \Dr, ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: 9: 249 EAST 115th STR Cor. Second Ave. New York Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 MADISON AVE. PHONE: UNIVERSITY 5865 PYCCKHM 3YBHOM BPAY DR. JOSEPH B, WEXLER Surgeon Dentist 25 years in practice, Moderate prices, 223 SECOND AVE. NEW YORK Temple Courts Bldg. Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 199 SECOND AVE. Bet, 12th and 13th Sts. Strictly Vegetarian Food. p29 ueURD REEL AEE STORY NIE HCNSTANT acct Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Phone, Algonquin 8183 Room 803 All Comrades Meet at BRONSTEIN’S VEGETARIAN HEALTH RESTAURANT 658 Claremont P’kway Bronx. | eee PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ICNIC the ‘candidates will be there Sunday, June 24 veiw Pleasant Bay Park Metropolitan Sports League—Artistie Concert and Jazz Band—Open Air Dancing—Torchlight Parade Vaudeville Program—Refreshments, Auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party. TICKETS ON SALE AT 26-28 UNION bday ae loss of $15,000,000,-| told the Bf = ) Health Food | Gr 3 Sq Section 7 Meeting. of iseu ama D: Open Air Me Republican and candidat Square. B. and Ha igug, Midolla, day, and eh June. 2 10th § J. Washi nN). G DAILY WORKER CARNIVAL And PICNIC at Pleasant Bay Park SUNDAY, JULY 8th Raiss, bin, 8. Levy » Prim H, rk, D, B vemeyer St., Ro >semond, ngton Pow _ | Night Davis, . Baum, Jacobson. Ave, J.| was returning from a voyage to New Astoria, J, Mary Bronx. Sutter’ & Cork, Rosen H nd Suskin, | * . * Workers Meet Tomorrow now ations a Worke WORKER SHOT IN | STOMACH, JAILED. | SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, June 18, —Suffering from a shot in the ab- domen fired by a police officer, Jesus |Matos, Porto Rican worker, who at- tacked and stabbed Antoni Barcelo, president of the Porto Rican senate, was hustled off to jail yesterday. Barcelo, who has a long record as la Porto Rican politician, received |only a slight wound in the side. He York where he had been awarded an honorary degree by Colombia Univer- sity in recognition of his services_to Wall Street imperialism. Concert, Dancing, Athletic Exhibitions, | Soccer, Basketball — Refresh- ments — Games for Young and Old, Women and Children. Baseball, ADMISSION 50c. WORKERS CO-OPERATIVE CAMP I'TGEDAIGET BEACON, N. Y. Mass Plays—Mass Singing—Sport Other Recreations Every D. Entire Activities and lay of the Summer Season. RATES, $17 PER WEEK. 69 — 5th AVE. Tel. Algonquin 6900. or in the COLONY, 2700 BRONX PARK E. Trains leave to Beacon from Grand Central every hour. Boat leaves to Newburgh 9 o’clock in the morning. Labor and Fraternal Organizations Attention! Airy, Light Rooms To Rent! for OFFICES and MEETING ROOMS at the WORKERS CENTER, 26-28 Union Square. Elevator Service. Telephone Stuyvesant 1201. $1.50 ROUND TRIP.