The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 30, 1928, Page 1

BIG NEW YORK CITY MINE RELIEF TAG DAY STARTS TODAY THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED 7 gE 40-HOUR WEEK ‘ LABOR PARTY a’oO 64 = Entered 49 second-ciasa matter ai the Post Office at E DAILY WORKER. New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. FINAL CITY EDITION Do? Yublished dati: ~* ed daily except Sunday by The National Daily Werk. 5 . . 88. hs * 1% 62% 154. Publishing Association, Incy 88 Viret Street, New York, w. x, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1928 Hitt Golde Menon ne wall wom ee Te Price 3 Cents oe & £ gn v PORTER 99 YEARS Forced to Shovel Coal 10 Hours a Day (Special To The DAILY WORKER.» NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 29 —In addition to the charge of deser- tion from the U. S. army, which the | young vice president of the Textile Mills Committee, John Fforter, facing, it is now learned that the army authorities’ are planning to weave around him a net of numer- ous other charges by which they hope to sentence this militant worker to the maximum penalty of 99 years’ imprisonment. | These charges are: participation in a strike, activity on the picket lines, and civil arrests in connection with these activities. Others Jailed. While civil strike leaders are also being jailed for similar activities here, mere participation in a strike while under army jurisdiction, is punishable by a life term in prison as a maximum sentence. More facts are being brought out to show with what premeditated vi- ciousness the mill owners planned to get rid of Porter. This was done in so open a manner that patrolmen on the picket three times that the federal authori- is ties would be notified of the fact) that he was a deserter, if he didn’t | « quit strike activities. Porter. in prison, with a life term staring him in the face, answers this with the same militancy as was his answer tu the demand of police that he quit strike activities, according to Paul Crouch, who visited him yes- (Continued. on Page Two) MINERS’ RELIEF TAG DAY TODAY Workers in Different Trades to Participate Thousands of New York workers will gather at half a hundred sta- tions thruout the city this morning and armed with collection boxes, red flowers, wearing a relief appeal on their sleeves, will spread out thru- out the length and breadth of the city’ to solicit aid from the millions of people of New York for the striking miners and their families. Tomorrow the scene will be repeated, with special concentration on the nearby beaches and summer resorts. The miners’ strike, about to enter its sixteenth month, finds the em- battled miners as determinedsto win for themselves. a militant union as they. were when the strike began. All Trades Help. This solidarity of labor is well demonstrated by the number ~ and variety of trades in which the mine relief soliciters are engaged. Among them are furriers, garment makers. millinery workers, window cleaners traction workers, and women em- ployed in unorganized shops and fac- tories, such as Schrafft’s and the Na- tional Biscuit Co.,—the latter mobil- ized by the New York Working Women’s Federation of New York. From the northernmost point in the Bronx to the tip of Brooklyn at Coney Island, and extending far out into Queens County, miners’ relief stations are established. Downtown Manhattan has 18, Harlem has 8 there are 12 in the Bronx, 5 in Browns- ville, 3 in Williamsburg, 4 in lower Brooklyn, 1 each in Coney Island anc Brighton Beach, and 3 in Queens County. The mobilization is ex. pected to gather at least five thou sand volunteers, workers young and old men, women and children. Party Members Needed For Work on Tuesday _ All Party. members are asked to report for important work at the Workers’ Center, 26-28 Union Square, on Tuesday, July 3, at 10:80 a.m. _—J. BALLAM. line threatened Porter | vames Lackeys Wall Street has found Al Smith, | head of Tammany graft ring, re- liable. It has put him over as demo- cratic candidate for the presidency. The democratic conventir has selected Joseph Robinson (right) at Smith’s. running mute in its bid for the farm vote. ° Joe Robinson, “Dry,” to ® ry,” to Run & Aq 6é 3d with Ai, ““Wet (Special! to The DAILY WORKER.) HOUSTON, June 29.—Joseph T. Robinson, senator from Arkansas, demo-atic whip in the senate since 1922, today nominated by the Houston .onvention as vice-presiden- tial running mate to Al Smith, who was named fourteen hours carlier in a cut and dried program exceeded for its deadly control only by that staged at Kansas City two weeks ago. Nothing here failed to take place as expected, from the staged public statements of endorsement by Wall Street spokesmen to the switching of tue Uhio delegation vote in support of Smith. Both. facts happened on schedule. It was known that the Morgan interests had passed out the word to name Smith, that Smith would exert his influence to secure Robinson Same Methods. In the naming of Robinson, today, the same calculated and methodical program was carried out. Robinson fully answers the demands of the democratic politicians. He is a prot- estant, a point which will be used to offset Smith’s catholicism. He is a bone dry—for publication, of course, just as Smith, in spite of the hypioc- risy and camouflage of the str’ forcement plank in the platform >y remain a partial wet—for publi Uh« Robinson is also a “farm” spok > as these have come to be known since the republicans put over Curtis in an equally camouflaged betrayal of the farmers’ interests, era * - Platform of Camouflage. HOUSTON, June 29,.—The platform ado} ted by the democratic party con- vention is seen here to be a near mas- terpiece of evasion and camouflage couched in languag2 which yet gives Pie Spb carats of calling forth real attle. CLOAK CHAIRMEN MEET I$ PLANNED The local committee of the Nation- al Organization Committee will hold a business meeting Monday to pre- pare the order of business for the coming full conference of the Shop Chairmen’s and Delegates’ Council, which will be held Monday, July 9. This was the announcement issued yesterday from the headquarters of the N. 0. C., 16 W. 21st St. The lo- ¢al committee will meet at these of- fiers immediately after work. The Shop Chairmen’s Council’ is a permanent institution established at un all day conference of shop repre- sentatives in Webster Hall recently, and is fast becoming the moving force behind the drive of the work- ers in the ladies’ garment industry to rebuild their union over the head: cf the Sigman gang. * * Call Workers to Picket. All active cloak and dressmakers are called by the Joint Board Cloak- makers’ Union to come ta thy nirtet lines thrown around the shops de clared on strike by the Joint Board. They aré Shapiro & Sons, 35th St. and Proadway; and the Classy Cloak Company, 39th St. and Eighth Ave Both these firms are strike-bound because of their attempt to carry out the orders of the Sigman-Schlesinger clique by discharging workers who refused to register with the right wing union. The Classy firm locked cut a whole shop of 40 workers. Reveal Donetz oe CONSPIRED WITH | FOREIGN POWERS AGAINST ULS.S.R, Find Lenin Predicted Situation Years Ago MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., June 29.— The final examination of traitorous engineers involved in the huge crim- inal sabotage plot in the Don Basin teday revealed that in addition to their sabotage activities, certain en- gineers had supplied foreign institu- tions hostile to the Soviet Union with information concerning the military strength and positions of the USSR Government. The examination of those accused in the conspiracy ended yesterday. The court questioned the defendants on their relations with foreign insti- tutions in closed session. The techni- cians Budny, Matov, Sushtchevski, Shadlun, and Skorutto admitted that they were members of the sabotagers organization and that they had sup- plied not only economic information to the white” guardist former owners of the mines, but also information concerning the military strength and positions of the Soviet troops. They also said that they had been fully prepared to cooperate with the anti-Soviet foreign group in case the latter organized a new military of- fensive against the Soviet Union. Prosecutor Krylenko, in his speech for the prosecution, reminded the court of Lenin’s statement concern- (Continued on Page Three) AT GREAT CONCERT Volpe’s Orchestra to Perform July 14 Music-loving workers will be treated to an unusual symphony con- cert at the great concert and enter- tainment to be held at Consy Island Stadium July 14. Arno Volpe’s Sym- phony Orchestra of 50 musicians will render several of the most famous numbers in the symphonic repertoire as part of a program that will include many notable art{sts. Volpe is one of the leading Ameri- can orchestra conductors. He was the founder and first conductor of the stadium concerts and last year acted as guest conductor at these concerts. He is therefore already well known to thousands of workers. Plans for the great July 14 concert have not yet been completely worked out, but present indications point to its being the greatest proletarian musical event that has ever been staged in this country. Among the other artists on the prograta will be Prof. Leo Theremin, the young Soviet scientist and inventor, whose, dis- covery of a method of drawing the most beautiful music out of the air without the aid of musical instru- ments has been the sensation of the musical and scientific world for the past few months. Twenty-five thousand of New York’s militants are expected to pack Coney Island Stadium for this re- markable concert. WHERE DEATH COMES AFTER SPEED-UP NOTED CONDUCTOR = peas From left to right above are Melach Epstein, editor of the Freiheit, uh hers (Commu for congress from the 12th congressional district in New York City; James P. Cannon, secretary of the Int: tional labor Defense, congressional candidates 20th district, and en Gold, head of the Te se candidate 23rd Congressional District. ? SPEED PLANS FOR BIG N.Y.C. ELECTION DRIVE Plans for placing the candidates of the Workers (Communist) Party on the ballot in the city and state and:for mobilizing the Party membership and sympathizers, were discussed at an enthusiastic election conference, which | was attended by 75 delegates from © language bureaus and industrial groups of the Workers Party, includ- ing section organizers, campaign managers, agitprop directors, dele- gates from the Negro committee, the women’s departmer and the, Young. Workers League. Plans were discussed which prom- ise to lay the foundation for a wide- spread, intensive drive for support of the Communist program and can- didates such as New York has not yet seen. To Start Signature Drive. The conference was addressed by Bert Miller, organization secretary of District 2, who spoke on the pro- gram of the Party, and Rebecca Grecht, state campaign manager, who reported on the signature drive and the problems of organization. It was decided to begin the signa- ture. campaign immediately. The services of sympathizers will be en- Usted in every section. Various headquarters will be established in each assembly district where candi- dates have been nominated, from which the drive will be conducted. All Sections of Workingclass. Special emphasis was laid on the need of reaching workers in shops, the mobilization of all left wing forces for the campaign in the unions and unorganized factories, and the problem of reaching the workers in language, fraternal and other labor bodies. The decision to organize campaign committees in every indus- try and in all language organizations met with hearty support. In this year’s election campaign, the Party proposes to carry on inten- sive propaganda among the Negro workers in Harlem and Brooklyn. The importance of this task and the broad possibilities for activity were (Continued on Page Three) ES 1 on demas rete heed ek Daily Worker Agents All DAILY WORKER agents of District 2 are asked to report at the business office of the “Daily,” 26-28 Union Square, Wednesday | evening at 8 p. m., in reference to the July 14 concert at Cone;: Is land Stadium. TROOPS OF FENG, CHIANG TO CLASH Report Army Revolts in Hankow SHANGHAI, June 29,—Armed clashes between the troops of Chiang Kai-shek and those operating under Feng Yu-hsian are expected to break out at any moment, according to dis- patches received here from Peking. The main body of Feng’s army is north of Hokien but a section is in control of the Laufang railroad and it is for possession of this road that hostilities are expected to ensue. The Kuomintang is alleged to have| promised Feng the Control of Peking should it fall to the Nanking troops and those of Feng, and the latter has for some time been preparing to assert his side of the understanding, it is reported, ss ‘ * Hankow Army Revolts. SHANGHAI, June 29.—Dispatches rushed here from Hankow report that the army under Chen Cien is in revolt against the Hankow government and that the fall of government is im- ninent. No further details could be obtained. REPORT FIGHTING IN CROATIA TOWN BELGRADE, June 29. — Street fighting, in which several persons have been injured, is reported to have broken out between Serbians and Croatians in Sebenico, according to a disvatch from Zara yesterday. The fighting began when Croats, who were demonstrating against the shooting of Raditch, leader of the Croatian Peasant Party, passed thru he main thoroughfare of the town. Sebenieo is a port on the coast of Croatia. Feeling against both the Serbs and the Italians is reported to run high in the city. ist) Party candidate BANKERS AGAIN ENDORSE SMITH| Schwab Gives Indirect Approval No political perty would dare to oppose big business, Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of di- rectors of the Bethlehem Stee! Com- pany, declared yesterday in an. ad- dress before tHe opeiing session o7 the Bolt Nut and Rivet Manufactur- ers’ Association. “I’d like to see the political party that attacks business because it is prosperous,” Schwab warned. Approves Smith. His remarks were taken as an ex- pression of confidence in the eminent safety for big business of Al Smith on the eve of whose nomination for the presidency by the democratic party Schwab spoke. “I am a re- publican and will probably vote the republican ticket,” Schwab said hy way of further elaboration, “but I am not afraid that politics is going to hurt business.” Schwab also urged a “czar” for the manufacturers such as now is maintained in the motion picture in- dustry and in baseball. The banker and steel magnate’s declaration on the safety of Al. Smith is the second which has been offered in the past two days. The first endorsement was by John J. Raskob, chairman of the board of the General Motors Company and personal friend of Smith. Stocks in Wall Street sky-rocketed following Raskob’s announcement. It is considered significant that the General Motors Company with which Raskob is connected is a Morgan controlled concern and that the Schwab’s Bethlehem Steel Company has just combined with the Morgan- directed United States Steel Com- pany. These facts are taken to prove the oft repeated charge that Al Smith is Morgan’s man. FUR SHOP STRUCK FOR JULY RAISE Transforming into action the in- structions given to the Joint Board of the Furriers’ Union by the fu workers at the recent mass meeting to launch a campaign to obtain July Heavy Death Toll Among 625,000 Workers in Auto Industry By ROBERT W. DUNN. (Federated Press.) DETROIT, Mich., June 29.—De- spite “safety first” campaigns, safe- ty managers and the oceans of pro- paganda against accidents put out by such employers’ bodies as the Na- tional safety council, accidents con- tinue to increase in the industry that makes our Packards, Chevrolets, Studebakers and Model T Fords. Hazards to workers’ life and health increase as mass production intensi- fies its drive for the 625,000 work- ers directly employed by the automo- bile companies and by motor parts and accessory manufacturing con- cerns. This is the conclusion of a study on “Safety and Production” re- cently completed by the American Engineering Council). More Speed, More Accidents. In auto factories studied by the council, in its survey of some 40 in- dustries, accident figures had in- creased more than four per cent in four years in the face of ail current safety drives and propaganda. But far more significant is the discovery that the increase in the severity of accidents in these auto plants was 22 per cent during the same period, and greater than the increase in produc- iion itself. The survey covered four specimen plants embracing 15,000 workers. Commenting on these and similar arresting figures for certain other (Continued on Page Two) 5 wage. raises for the furriers, Ben Gold, manager of the union, announced that the first strike for this purpose was declared yesterday morning. Work in the fur factory of Fiel & Ellowitz, 145 W. 28th St., was halted when the 15 workers in the shop went out on strike after they had presented a list with the raise demanded along- side each name. The workers, upon leaving the fac- tory, immediately began to picket the shop. They were soon joined by many other workers in the market, who were enthusiastic at the prompt action of the Joint Board, whose ac- tion, they said, shows that the union eonsiders resolutions passed by the members as no mere mouthing of words. is expected within forty-eight hours, NE BEDFORD MILL STRIKERS TO PARADE TODAY Plotters Served as Spies of Imperialists POLICE THREATEN ATTACK ON MASS DEMONSTRATION Polish Workers Sign Up With Mill Committee NEW BEDFORD, Mass., June 29. —Mayor Ashley answered the com- mittee of the New Bedford Textile Workers’ Union of the Textile Mills Committee, who came for a reversal of the decision of the police not to grant a parade permit to the strik- ers for tomorrow, with a categorie refusal. He declared that anyone trying to parade will be arrested. Strike leaders immediately counter- ed wth a call ta the workers to come to the parade. The strikers will march permit or no permit, they said. Police are preparing all their forces to break up the demonstration of tens of thousands of textile strikers and their sympathizers. * * * NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Juhe 29. —The Textile Mills Committee repre- sentatives yesterday appeared before the City Council with a demand that the decision of the police chief not to grant a permit for the parade planned for Saturday be reversed. In spite of the City Council’s refusal to do so, the Committee announced later that_plans for the parade. were going. ahead. Coming to the Board of Aldermen and the City Council with an official letter from the union, a committee led by Eli Keller was informed that its request tas been placed on file! At the City Council meeting Keller was not even permitted to speak in spite of being the representative of tens of thousands of the city’s population. After coming out of the building the committee declared that it will hold the parade even if the appeal to the mayor which is planned for tomorrow will be fruitless, as is expected. This course of action was later confirmed at the union headquarters by Organ- izer Rubenstein. Polish Workers Join. The largest meeting’ of Polish strikers yet held in New Bedford, Continued on Page Two) JAIL NORWEGIAN COMMUNIST HEAD Many Workers Arrest- ed for Aiding Strikers OSLO, Norway, June 29.—A lead- ing member of the Norwegian Com- munist Party, Christiansen, has been arrested here in connection with the printers’ and building workers’ strike. The arrest was made under the law which prohibits strikes, passed recently by the Norwegian parliament. ‘The law also imposes penalties on per- sons helping strikers. Further arrests are expected as a result of the stringent execution of the law. A number of persons have already been fined up to 500 crowns for aiding the strikers. Trade union members, who have been lending support to the strike by regular contributions of a crown monthly, are to be penalized. At the present time such subscriptions ate being collected for the printers and building workers, y VILNA DEMANDS — HANDED POLAND KOENIGSBERG, East Prussia, June 29.—The Lithuanian government _ has handed the Polish delegation In Kovno a security pact demanding ree- ognition of the Lithuanian frontiers as they existed in 1920, according to a dispatch from Kovno. i The Lithuanian frontiers as sketeh- ed in the demands include Vilna. The reply of the Polish government 1 / ¥