The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 23, 1928, Page 3

SE eae THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1928 _Th hres ee ree Page 10, Q00 Belgian Longshoremen Follow Belgenland Dockers Out on oe rike PARIS COMMUNIST! CONVENTION ‘HAS SECOND SESSION Political, uation Discussed (Special Catie ts PARIS, 2 economic consequent the Daily Work tion in F asks of the F and mously rejected ion of the sands electoral tac er declared t un~ derstood where explaine prot tested any revision of the organiz: tion. Ch eigne and Berlioz, reporting onrc ions thruout country, de- clared in the e Ce This is proved, th ad, by the | of the f French w rd, of the re held the Party’s pol » up ting the gard of the danger of opportunism. Speaking for the Youth I Billoux addressed the conventio the need of combatting Par ity. He declared that opportunism can be conquered by the co-operation of the Party leaders and not by dis- Sensi. of canited pees act workers in their d. Presenting the tr: Monmous y demands. le union report, attacked the dangerous ions of.class collabora- the reas- ge, owing to ir In spite of ists in the | forts of the reform- he pointed must be wiped tion of the in- be speeded up. u also asserted the ni ombatting the errors ‘of ae 3 on the ions of N PLOTTERS DENY CHARGES 00 Others Show | Machines | Were Useless Moscow, During trial of Tune 22,-— Yester m /of the the en: a cf coun- ter-revolutionary “vities in . the coal f Krylenko stated that the pu prosecutor had re- ceived a decl on vath from the ster and Sebold, of the Knanp company. Poth of the technicians denied the story of the accus neer Badstie- ber. Sebold maint that the Kr nes in» excellent cond orzachable. The prosec ment from t that the machi stating sent to the Seviet Union were the equal of those sent to France and Be Kry lenko | declared that nes sent. the Soviet Union were not in good con dition, notwithstand Bebold has wwitten the prosecutor | offering to sv r to the. court. The court has drawn the ar technic‘an on emain | in the Soyiet the end of the trial. The Ger er Hobe also offered evidenc 5 tage ‘activities’ of t Ge neers, while the Krischevsky, confirmed» th: ments that the Knapp mac the Voravsky mine were usel TO HOLD PIGNIE W PHILA. TOMORROW Joint Affair to Spur! Eleetion Drive -PHILADELPHLA. June 2 vy. rvangements are going forward for the | joint pienie of the Workers’ (Com- munist) Party-and the Parents’ Coun- | cil of the Pioneers, which will be held Sunday, at Strawberry Mansion _ Park. The picnic is being arranged for the purpose of financing the imme- diate work of the party in connection with the election campuign and as a } means of contributing to the fund of the Pioneer Camp. LYER KILLED LEBO, Mass., June 22,—Flying in the teeth of a high wind, Wayne G Neville, an experienced mail! pilot on the Kazsas-Dallas line, was. killed in- stantly today when his plane crashed into a Pi six miles southeast of ick The plane caught fire after |) ne the eran. E ‘conomic Sit-| ‘the national con- | a docu- | the the plane Italian flyer ‘who 0 word: ‘hae Upon re Above Nobile, “a waste By LELAND OEDS, tandard Oil millionaires’ diversions, as subsidi 1 by the increase i How selves with tion According to the s fund, with a Jou ‘s, figures, tt value. of was created in December 1920, now ,.|has a market value of $4,109,569. If | | stock dividend shares turned over to the beneficiary are included the pres- | ent mazket value rises to $4,711,331 an appreciation of more than 70 per- 7 year: }eent in 7 The trust was created by Herbert | L. Pratt, now president of the Stan- idard Oil Co, of New York, for the | benefit of his wife. | that the income from the trust should jgo to hi and that on her death |the pr lher 5 ebildren. Tc day Mrs. Pratt |getting an annual income of more! | than $215,000 from the fund and from . | Pratt Trust, Dec. 24, 1920 1,000 shares Illinois Pipe Line 2.000 sha Chio Oil 1,000 Prairie Pipe Line 3. O. of California s. O. of Indiana O. of New York 2,900 | 10,C00 | 2,000 shares: S. Increase Wealth. These are all Standard Oil stocks and have consequently experienced \their share of the stock dividends and \split-ups which ~have characterized / Standard Oil history since 1920. In 1921 Standard of California split its | stock giving the owners 4 shares for| 1; in 1922 Standard of New York Gid*the same. ceived in stock dividends 6000 addi- tional shares of cent, 16,000 additional shares of Standard of New York or 200 per \cent, 8000 additional shares of Stan- dard: of California or 100 per cent, 2000 additional shares of Prairie Pipe Line or 200 per cent stock dividend and 10, 000 shares of Standard of | Grand totaly... .2..... | | | | Pratt Trust, June 4, 1928 7 18,060 shares Ohio Oil 15,118 shares S. O. of California } 16,000 shares S. O. of Indiana 26,000 shares S. O. of New York Bonds | Cash | Grand total...... * Jn addition the stock dividend shares turned over to Mrs. Pratt have a/ pa value of $601,762. This trust is_small compared with ions made out of oil.= lt re- s only a part of Mrs. ty. only a part of what she ll inherit. But its < clearly how the ting richer. | | the brief rich are history automatieall VIENNA, June-22.—The Congress the subject, Otto Bauer's: report on) ithe political situation, Bauer declar- ‘ yationalization ‘proved’ the necessity lof forming a strict regulation. of working hours, but, as usual, no jcor- | responding demands were formulated, interests of his own trade and | tacked industrial unions. THE WODERN SCHOOL STELTON, N. J. Re-organized under the directorship of JAMES H. DICK (formerly of Mohegan Modern School), open and prepared to accept appli- cations for day and boarding pupils. environment developing responsi- biljty and comradeship. Write. Open for Terms, Summer and W! Catalog in) Amundsen, Norwegian Explorer, Los in whioh® Ronald was | analyzed in a recent issue of the Walle | Street 3,000 when it. Pratt provided |, hould be divided among | ? adiane or 100 per cent. In 1922 the trust re-| ' Ohio Oil or 300 per! values were: Pratt’s | lof the Austrian Trade Unions yester- | day accepted, without ang\debate on ed that the post-war crisis of eapital-' ism is completely over. His repart on! Every speaker narrowly defended the! is now] pe amcirimysera) ( A School for Workers’ Children. Creative activities with a social} paration. t Hunting Fascist F ‘lyer egiun set’ out to” re ¢ General airshép, the Italia, had landed in the arctic his fli ight. by Amundsen, noted N recently found afte ved From Amundsen sin explorer STANDARD OIL BARONS ATTAGK BRITISH CLEAN UP MILLIONS : LABOR PARTY ions multiply while they amuse them-| Appeal sfor Workers’ | ng a /republican national administra- o | nthe value of the Pratt trust fund| Conferences | her share of the stock dividends de LONDON, June 22.—A manifesto elared on securities held by the trust.|@ttacking the present tendencies: in| ‘ ig |vegards to class collaboration in the * Could Support 500. |labbr movement, has been issued) by | ) This part of Mrs. Pratt’s income|the labor leaders, A. J. Cook and| jalone would provide 100 families with | Maxton. \a living wage according to the stan- The manifesto after declaring! \dard_ set by the U. S, department of} against cooperation of the workers jlabor. If there were no other wealth; with the British capitalists,- lays coming their way the 6 children would |down the principles of an unceasing | undoubtedly become millionaires. on|war against: capitalism and asserts Mrs, Pratt’s death with an assured|that the workers can win-‘the- pro- lincome of more than $40,000 apiece | ducts of their labor only by ‘their | whether they work or not. And they own efforts t the third generation from{ The manifesto further condemns inal Charles Pratt who as|the view that the Labor Par ekefeller associate founded the|should be a national and not a work-| Pratt fortune. ing class party. The seevrities. forming the original| The calling of rank and file confer- prineipal of the trust, with their mar- | ences for the expression of the work- | ‘pket values in December 1920, ware: | ers’ views concerning the present | policy is also urged. No concrete dif- edaceed Press). | Per Share. Total ferences with the Labor Party are $157 $157,000 stated in the manifesto, however. 265, 530,000 |The London Daily Herald, organ 180 180,000 | of the British Labor Party, in a lead- 290 580,000 |ing article violently condemns the 66 660,000 manifesto. 318 686,000 The capitalist press, while hailing what it interprets as a split in the ranks of the British Labor Party, is alarmed lest the move turn out to the advantage of the Committee. $2,743,000 In 1926 there was another 25 per cent stock dividend by Standard of New York. Four Applicants for |the growing strifc WORKER-PEASAN ‘TROOPS DISARM REACTION ARIE y, Jal pan ‘} Closer Draw being extend tions. of Kiangsi nort where especially active in the neig rtboroad| of Nanchang. * * * Strife Between Workers SHANGHAI, June 22.— News of among the Nan- king and the Kuominchun warlords and the understanding that the fc mer are arriving at with the Japan ese government is reflected in vari- | ous reports reaching Shanghai from | Peking. The struggle between ihe northern | warlords reached an acute stags! whert the soldi of Feng Yu Ssiang, | rival of the } ng government in | the race for the possession of Pek ing, disarmed the troops of the Nan- |, king general, Pai €hung-tsi. The | incident has caused deep resentment | among the warring factions. At the same time, a calculated co- operation between the governments of Nanking could be seen in the an- nouncement that the Japanese fleet is to be withdrawn from the Yang- tse. This announcement follows the re- port that a meeting called by the Teacheré and Students Union in Pek- ing had been dispersed by the police jand troops, = Cc hief ,a Smuggler EXPECT SE MAY _ HARBOR h Red , ten t hou- joined in a eatening to eign ship- an port. d to sail e cargo, vedores fol- ed Star of- AMONDWORKERS for a wage The men eae the big Br ip walked | STILL ON STRIKE | jout unanimously and were shortly jafterwards followed by thousands jalong the waterfront, | A he fog hu over IGov A che Anxious 10 | jestoniag’ acl aa mse aan rush Walkout : n the narrow quays ce attempted to CAPETOWN, South |disperse the They were African native workers ¢ontinued to |booed and hi the longshoremen stream into the town of Lichtenburg |and sympat yesterday from the diamond diggings Every effort is being made by the |just outside where a strike involy-|strikers to bring out the seamen who ared two days ago. |are sympathetic. Leaders of the har- Most of the str many with|bor workers declare that the seamen their entire families, have left the | will be out hin the next few days. diamond fields with all their posses-} => me rrr sions and have now no place to s Hundreds of the diamond workers are being temporarily housed in the jtown hall, in a number of churches | nd other available buildings. Their | ng, owing to the abkgupt/@ h, is in some cases considerable, ||| 7y Ve oe- Tarr. vf The police of the South African te VE, y inn government are on and and 3 threatening ‘to take extre: ures to suppress any action the strik. Are you a “DAILY WORKER” worker daily? ma are ers may take in the course of meet- s tic ; |||Huason Tubes to Hot ings and demonstrati ||Jwanna R * a to Berkeley The government reported to be thoroughly alarmed by what. it re.|| BERKELEY iiiGHTS NEW Bh, Fanwo: gards as one of the most crucial sit- uation in years. Phone, { In the intervening years the trust | disposed of its holdings in Illinois |T'ipe Line, purchased over half a mil- lion dollars worth of bonds and 500 | additional shares of Standard of Cali- fornia. Out of stock dividends it turned over to Mrs. Pratt 985 shares of Prairie Pipe Line, 1771 shares of Standard of Galifornia, 1825 shares of Standard of Indiana and 1045 shares of Standard of ‘New York, Each Harrisburg Job HARRISBURG, Pa, (F. P.), June 22.—Of 10,500 applicants for jobs at public employment agencies last month, but 25 per cent could be placed, asserts the Pennsylvania De- partment of Labor. 41 per cent of the applicants were women. 450 workers were killed in industry during the month and 36,426 were in- After all these changes che secur-|Juved. 4,400 serious injuries were ities rming the principal. of the reported from hard and soft coal fund in June 1928, with their market |” Per Share Total $62.50 $500,000 58.50° 884,403. 77.00 1,232,006 36.13 939,250. 548,000 5,916 pede tee eens - $4,109,569 ie ” Workmen’s Furnitsre Fire Insurance Society, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1872 227 EAST 84th STREET (Bet. 2nd and 3rd Ave.) Regent 4391. NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. ‘ance society United S Main Office: Telephone for worki g people, Fifty- Membership on Decem- throughout i, 49,600, Assets $700,000. yrance in force, $53,000,000. 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