The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 5, 1928, Page 5

PREACHERS HELP TEXTILE BARONS SIN NEW BEDFORD \ Senator Butler Buys Up Sky-Pilots NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (FP), July 4.—Former Senator William M. Butler, through private detectives, has ordered New Bedford preachers to tell workers to return to the cot- ton mills under a 10 per cent wage reduction. Indirectly he has prom- ised to “take care of” them if they will help break the strike from their pulpits. At least a dozen ministers have confirmed the story of the Rey. Lin- den H. White, pastor of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, who revealed ac- tivities of the Butler-bossed private detectives. J. Aspin Reed, head of a Boston detective agency, called on White and urged him to help call off e strike. He was to call on manu- cturers to open their mill gates to ungry workers, although they had falready published their intention of * opening July 9. Bribe Preachers “Will the manufacturers take down the wage cut notices,” asked Linden. “No,” was the detective’s immedi- ate reply. Turned down, Reed came back the second time. The minister stuck to his guns, and then Reed re- marked pointedly and cooly: “Do you mind, Mr. White, if I take your answer back to Senator But- ler? You know he is interested in the mills here.” Reed also offered to “take care of” the pastor. To some he offered auto- mobiles. Bribery unavailing, Reed threatened White that he would cal) up the mill treasurers and notify them of the preacher’s refusal to » Serve them. Linden’s public statement followed 4 plea from Father Noon, Catholic lergyman, imploring the mill work- ers to stick it out. He asked the bosses to rescind the cut, asserting that even the previous wages had been far too low. Uses Private “Dicks” Butler, former chairman of the National Republican Party, former U. S. Senator from ‘Massachusetts and confidante of President Coolidge is a firm believer in the efficacy of private detectives in breaking up strikes and smashing unions. Be- tween 1918 and 1922 he paid $250,000 to the Sherman Service to disrupt the union, corrupt leaders and tear down resistance to wage cuts. The attitude of the New Bedford Council of Churches in urging arbi- tretion of the dispute has been offi- cially commended by the State Church Federation. The Federal Council of Churches is understood to \,be deeply interested in the New Bed- |ford struggle and is making a pre- jliminary study of the struggle to de- (termine whether it should conduct 2 ‘formal survey. \ T HE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928 Page Five ) BOSS DISCOMFITS: HILLMIAN MACHINE Says 50,000 Garments a Week for Seab Shops Despite all the ballyhooing of the Jewish Daily Forward. who together with Sidney Hillman of the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers Union are trying their utmost to convince the world that workers in the trade are prospering under the Hillman regime several uncomfortable facts come to light to expose the chaos in the trade First it was the graft scandals that were exposed, and now the almost complete disorganization of the indus. try becomes known through the ad- mission of the. bosses. As many as 50,000 garments per week are being sent to non-union contracting shops from New York manufacturers, is the announcement made by the manager of the Chil- dren’s Clothing Contractors’ Asso- ciation. Not only can this traffic be stopped the workers bitterly complain, but jeven if it couldn’t, the officialdom should lavnch organization drives to unionize the out of town open shops To prove that it can be stopped, it is then pointed out, all it is necessary to know is that the material shipped out is all cut goods, and a strict and honest control of the cutting end of the work would prevent this work from going to scab shops. It will be remembered, however, that the re- cent graft exposures showed the union officialdom as aiding and help- ing to ship these orders out of town for a cash consideration. BERLIN, July 4.—Telephonic com- munication with Mexico was opened: yesterday at 267 marks for three minutes of conversation—considered a rrohibitive price. By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press) To millions of workers slaving throughout the world to provide the tribute exacted by the American dollar empire the 4th of July will loom as unything but the birthday of liberty. They will view it as the day set apart by the world’s greatest exploiters to glorify their rise to power. Gradually it will be transformed into Empire day, demanding worship of imperial power, wherever the dollar has estab- lished its dominion. The change in the character of the ‘ : i \ Z 4th has been in progress many years. But it has proceeded most rapidly since the world war enabled American capitalism to declare its financial in- dependence. This transformation is reflected in the recent expulsion from the Daughters of the American Revo- Jution of a member who protested the , blacklisting of scores of prominent persons for professing the principles of the declaration of independence. { Prior te the world war the United States was still in part an economic colony: of Europe. Its workers had each year to produce the tribute re- quired by Furopean capitalists on the five to six billion dollars which they had invested in America. The great- er part of this tribute went to Eng- land which held about $4,000,000,000 of American seeurities. War Profits for U. S, Huge was profits shifted the balance of power to American capitalists. They bought back a large proportion of the American securities held in Eu- rope. They bought the investments of England and other European coun- tries in Central and South America. They established New York as the moneylending center of the world and with the end cf the war began to pour dollars into ali parts of the world, tak- ing mortgages on governments, buy- ing up industries, engrossing power yesources, building railroads and fac- tories. Tho latest census of America’s in- yading dollars shows $5,200,000,00 in- vested in Latin America, $4,300,000,- 000 in Europe, $38,900,000,000 in Can- ada, $700,000,000 in China, Japan and the Philippines and $400,000,000 in other parts of the world. These dol- lars, which extend the domination of American capitalists over the econo: mic activities of other peoples, are in- creasing more than $1,000,000,000 a year. Enslave Latin America. The growth of imperial power over Latin America is evident in the in- crease in dollar investments in Cu from $220,000,000 in 1912 to $1,400,- | Imperialism and Fourth of July | 000,000 in 1918, by the increase in dollar investments in Mexico from $80,000,000 in 1912 to $1,288,000,000 | in 1928, by increases in China from $15,000.090 te $451,000,000, Bra- 241 from $50,000,000 to $388,000,000, Peru from $35,000,000 to $169,000,000, Venezuela from $3,000,000 to $162,- | 000,000 and so on all the way down to ments increased from $3,000,000 to $20,000,000, U. S, Investments First. In total foreign investments the United ‘States is still second to Great frritain, if British investments in the dominions are included. But Ameri- jean foreign investments are increas- ing more rapidily and in economic power there is mo comparison. The annual income of the United States at $90,000,000,000 is nearly equal to the entire national wealth of Great Hritain which is estimated at. $100,000,000,000. American wealth is estimated as highas $550,000,000,000. In productive power the United States stands preeminent. U, S. Dollar Controls World. The dollar has stabilized capitalism in Europe, blocking the spread of bankruptcy and social revolution. It is recognized even by British bankers as the world standard of value. Am- erican bankers, bulwarked by the fed- eral reserve system, are capitalizing the situation. Under their direction American dollars are boldly storming the economie defenses of other nations or filtering in as the situation re- quires. And behind the dollars are the American marines and the ‘enor- mous potential war strength of the American people. All this is summed up in the cele- bration of 4th of July 1928, It marks the development of empire worship. To Work For Hoover Following Resignation CHBCAGO. July 4. (UP)—Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work arrived here yesterday from Superior, Wis. after submitting his resignation to President Coolidge. Work held conferences here with republican leaders regarding a west- ern manager for the campaign of Secretary of Commerce Hoover, re- publican presidential nominee. There was no indication of who would be appointed. James W. Good, who has been under consideration, is understood to have refused the offer because of press: of “personal busi- One worker was killed and 40 injured, when a crowded Bergen Street trolley jumped a switch and crashed into another trolley at St. John’s Place and Ralph Ave. Brooklyn. repair is said to be the cause of the crash. Photo shows the damaged cars after the wreck. Workers’ Calendar All announcements for this column must reach The DAILY WORKER sev- eral days before the event in question to make the announcement effective. Many announcements arrive at the of- fice too jate for publication owing to the additional time needed for the delivery of the paper, . . Chicago D. E. C. Meet. CHICAGO, Ill.— The District Exec- utive Committee of the Young Woerk- ers (Communist) League of Chicago will hold an organizational conference of shop nuclei on July 22. All func- tionaries of various units, and com- rades in different factories have been urged to attend. * Martins Ferry Picnic. MARTINS FERRY, Ohio.—The Young Workers Club of Martins Ferry, Ohio, has arranged a picnic and dance to be held at the Volt's Farm here on July * * 8, from 10 a. m. thruout the day and night. All those wishing to attend should meet at the Hungarian Hail, M nd Cen 3 ere will be rerreshments, me Transportation to Vo: * * Philadelphia Y. W. L. Excursion. PHILADELPHIA, for the benefit of the Young Worker, central organ of the Young Workers (Communist, League of America, will akers, _ ete. Farm is free, take place Saturday, July 7. Boats wili leave the Chestnut St. plier at 10 a,m. and 2 p.m. Tick re 50 cents; | chilaren, 25 cents. ets must be bought in advance i>om the Young Worker, at 1214 Spring Garden St. Otherwise the proceeds will not go to the Young Worker. . * Party Picnic. MILWAU: . —— The second summer picnic the Workers (Communist) Party and Frei- Milwaukee heit Workers’ Club will take place July 8, at the Pleasant Valley Park, Wood- lawn Ave., West Allis, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh District Picnic. PITTSBURGH, Pa.—The third annual picnic of the Workers (Communist) Party, District 5 has been postponed from July 4 to July 8. It will be held at Nicholson Farm, Swissvale, Pa. Philadelphia Miner’s Relief. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Miners’ Relief Conference nere has ar- vanged a picnic for July 29 at Maple Grove Park, rs eS Highland Park, Il. The Workers Party of Highland Park, Ill, will hold a picnic for Miners’ Relief on Sunday, July 8, at Zahnle Grove, Refreshments games, dancing POLISH AIRPLANE PILOTS STRIKE Pilsudski Government May End Walk-out BERLIN, July 4.—Pilots of the Aerolot Company, a Polish commer- cial airplane concern, have walked eut on strike, according to dispatches received here from Warsaw. Repeated demands for increased wages had been disregarded or re- fused by the company, the reports state. The men finally lost all pa- tience and declared the strike. The company made an immediate appeal to the government and it is helieved that action will be taken to force the men to resume work at once, Leaders of the strike declare that the men will not go back to work un- til the company complies with their demards. Mexican Troops Halt Band of Reactionaries MEXICO CITY, July 4—I the course of four fights between Federal soldiers and a reactionary catholic | band, 79 were killed. It is believed that the band was led by four eatholic priests, two of whom were killed in the encounter, The fighting occurred near Santa Isabel and Zapotlan Del Rey, the Federal troops losing eleven. Negligence in failing to keep switch in Pa.—An excursion | rash | | ae | | PHILLIPS, SEWER GRAFT KING, DIES Tammany Ring Still in| Control John M. Phillips, dictator of the corrupt Tammany Hall political | machine in Queens and under indict- LAUNCH CAMPAIGN’ TO AID ALL TEXTILE J I the striking textile workers of New| Bedford, Mass. | Some of the activities for the next few weeks have already been mapped | out in detail and are presented here | Many other elaborate affairs are| now being outlined by the conference| functionaries, | On July 8 a house to house collec- tion will take place in Boston, Dor- chester, Cambridge, Roxbury, Malden | Mattapan, Winthrop, Revere and] Chelsea. Two hundred couples are needed to participate in this canvas. | Every sympathizer of the strug-| gles that these workers carry on at this time are urged to report at one of the above centers for duty, Sun- day, July 8, at 9 a. m. The head-| quarters will be announced later. A huge New England outing to Camp Nitgedaiget, Franklin, Mass. has been arranged for July 15, The various conferences and relief com- mittees existing throughout New England will organize truck and bus excursions to Camp Nitgedaiget on ment ir connection with the $29,000,- 000 sewer graft scandal, died At. lantic City yesterday from acute kid- ney trouble, | Phillips was to have gone on trial | this summer in federal court charged with failure to pay income taxes | amounting to nearly $1,000,000, | He also was to have appeared in| Supreme Court this month to answer | an indictment charging him and Maurice E. Connolly, former Borough | President of Queens, with conspiring to defraud the city of millions of dol- lars in the letting of contracts for | sewer construction. Phillips had the | exclusive agency in Queens for a special type of sewer pipe which was sold to the city at exorbitant rates. The Queens political ring, controlled by Connolly and Phillips, was one of the most powerful in any city borough. Phillirs dictated the city sewer con- | Milwaukee | tracts. An investigation which stalled | | for many months recently was finally force to return indictments. Tammany Hall did some window dressing in preparation for its na- tional nominating convention by forc- | ing out the too brazen Connolly. It | was noted, however, that the same machine ia still in power as was proven by the character of the com- mitteemen sent to the convention at Houston ali of whom were attached to the string manipulated by Phillips. STORMS IN WEST KILL FIVE PERSONS More Than 20 Hurt; Re- ports Incomplete ST. PAUL, Minn., July 4 (UP).— Hail, wind and rain storms over Min- nesota, Wisconsin and North and| South Dakota during the last two days left five deaths in their wake and property damage amounting to more than $2,000,000, reports indi- cated today. It is definitely known that five! persons have been killed and a score or more injured. Communication still was disrupted to parts of the states | and the complete toll probably wiil | not be known for several days. Reports last night were that nine} persons had been killed, but with the establishment of more complete com- munication, the death list was cut down, Amundsen Reported Rescued By Yacht) TROMSOE, July 8 (UP).—An un- confirmed report received here to- night said the British yacht Albion had rescued Raold Amundsen near South Cape, Spitzbergen. The Albion had reported early today that she | heard faint radio signals which might have been sent out from the seaplane in which Amundsen and his compan- ions started on an expedition to the relief of the crew of the dirigible Italia. The reports, which were without other confirmation, said a Norwegian sealing vessel assisted the Albion in the rescue and that both vessels were proceeding to Tromsoe. WORKERS CENTER, ness.” 1 Labor and Fraternal Organizations Attention! | Airy, Light Rooms To Rent for OFFICES and MEETING ROOMS at the Elevator Service. Telephone Stuyvesant 1201, 26-28 Union Square, July 15. This day will open the Na- tional Park week drive for the relief and defense of the New Bedford strikers. Busses will leave from Svringfield, Worcester, Brockton Haverhill, Chelsea, Lynn, Roxbury and Boston at 10 a.m. The various headquarters in these cities will be announced later. Reserve this date Every class-conscious worker should come out on this day as an expres- sion of solidarity with the strikers of New Bedford. A lecture on “The Significance of the New Bedford Strike and the Role of Relief Strikes” will be given by F. G. Biedenkapp, of the W. I. R., on July 20, The purpose of this lecture is to acquaint the broad masses of workers with the real facts in the New Bedford strike and rally them | to the active support of these strug- gles. The lecture will take place in | New International Mall, July 20, at 8 p. m. The proceds will go for the ' benefit of the New Bedford strikers ASKS RHINELAND FREE OF POWERS Mueller Has Few Words For Labor BERLIN, July 4,—Renewing the | demand for the liberation of the Rhineland from the occupation of Al- lied troops under the world war treaty, Chancellor Mueller yesterday said: “Early restoration of the sovereignty of the Rhineland is essen- tial if the barrier to international un- derstanding: is to be removed,” Mueller had only a few words to} give to the labor problem, stating that | Germany would “adhere” to the eight hour day agreement. The rest of his declaration was taken up with pro- posals for keeping the army out of politics. { MOSCOW, July 4, — Undeveloped hydraulic resources in the Soviet takings for the relief and defense of} Labor and Fraternal Organizations An outing will be held on Saturday, uly 21, at 12 noon, at Pleasa ark, Bronx, under the auspic Ne York stion, International Labor | | De e. ake Bronx Park Subway lor to 177th St., then take Union- port to end line, Free busses |to park. | j | Brighton Beach I. L. D. \Forming Tag Days, Pic-| The Bill Haywood branch of the T | ] 7 L. D_ will _me y evening, July nies in New England | tin’ h Ave., Brigh- ton BOSTON, Mass., July 4.—The New| Bakers Council 1. | ‘ England Textile and Miners Relief| , Rekers Council 1. of the United Conference of the Workers Interna- | party on the tional Relief is planning huge under- Washington 0p. m, situation i the striking miners’ district. . * * Council 10. Council 10, of the United Councils of Working Class Women will hold a lecture at 1940 Benson Ave., Brooklyn, 4 80 p.m, The subject of the lectur l be “The New Stage of the Wome Movement in America To. day." Ray Ragozin will be the speaker, WORKERS PARTY ACTIVITIES NEW YORK—NEW JERSEY Executive Meet Subsection 3C. | An executive meeting of subsection | 3C of the Workers (Communist) Party | will be held to 6:30 p. m, at 101 West 27th St. All comrades must be present. | Section 7 Conference. The section campaign conference of | section 7 of the Workers (Communist) | Party will be held Friday evening, at | 1940 Benson Ave., Brooklyn. All peti- | tions and instructions will be given to members 0° the section at the meeting. | No one must fail to be present. Electrical Workers in| Newburgh Go on Strike | NEWBURGH, N, Y., July 4.—The electrical workers in this city went on strike today, after company offcials refused to consider the demands of the electrical workers union. The striking workers are demand- ing $11 a day and a five-day week, whereas the employers say that they will not raise the present standard of wages and working hours, which are: | a five and one-half day week and ten dollars a day wages. a Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: 9:30-12 A. M., 2-8 P. M. Daily Except Friday and Sunday 249 EAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York Telephone Lehigh 6022 Dr. J. Mindel Dr. L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 _ Phone, Algonquin 8183 Telephone Stagg 5356, Dr. J. C. HOFFER Surgeon Dentist 287 South 5th St., near Marcy Ave. Brooklyn, N. ¥. Proletarian prices for proletarians. PYCCKHM 3YBHOM BPAY DR. JOSEPH B. WEXLER Surgeon Dentist 25 years in practice, Moderate prices. 228 SECOND AVE. NEW YORK Temple Courts Bidg. I. STERNBERG C ptometrist Byes Examined—Glasses Fitted 916 Prospect Ave. Cor. E. 162 St. Union are estimated at 62,380,000 horse power. BRONX, N, ¥. Telephone—Kilpatrick 8443, FLOODS DESTROY CROPS OF MINE STRIKERS IN OHIO. Situation Becomes Des- perate (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) RENDVILLE, Ohio, July 4.—The striking miners of Hocking Valley are | standing by helplessly, watching the their summer food sup- ands of coal diggers have worked on little garden patches for weeks, looking forward to the vege- tables to supplement their one-meal-a- day ‘fare, only to see it all carried away by the high waters. Picket lines are active on every road 'eading to the mines. The at- tempts of the Ohio Collieries Cval Co. and the Sunday Creek Coal Co. to operate to their mines open-shop are meeting with complete failure. No matter how hungry they are, the coal diggers are on the line morning and evening. Now that the gardens are gone, ap-+ peals more poignant than ever before have come to the National Miners’ Re- lief Committee, urging that their lo- cals be included in the relief lists. | Conditions in this part of Ohio are probably more desperate than in any other section of the strike area. The National Miners’ Relief Committee is | appealing for more funds, so that it can expand its activities to take in these camps. All funds sent to 611 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., are im- mediately converted into food and send into the strike camps. ATTENTION Party Units, Sub-sections, Sections, Workmen’s Circle Branches, Women’s Councils, Trade Union Educational Leagues, Workers’ Clubs, ete, You Can Get 500 Tickets for $20 with the Name of Your Or- ganization on Your Tickets. Make $100.00 Profit By Participating in the FREIHEIT PICNIC SATURDAY, JULY 28 ULMER PARK Bro ob ry i Send your Check, Money Ors der, or bring your cash to the ‘REI HBT 80 Union Square, N. Y. 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