The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 6, 1928, Page 2

Pawn Tou MILITANT LEADER SHOWS FISHWICK BEHIND BETRAYAL Coal Diggers Will Not Be Stampeded (Special to The Daily Worker.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 5.—‘John L. Lewis is now ready to surrender the Jacksonville scale,” John Watt, chairman of the Arrangements Com- mittee of the National Miners’ con- vention called for September 9-16 to organize a new miners’ union, de- clared in a statement issued today. “Lewis’s whole strike policy was aimed at bringing the miners to the point of exhaustion, when a wage cut could be forced on them, and he is now taking the final step. This is the real purpose of the meeting of the policy committee called by Lewis,” Watt said. In his statement Watt showed that the ostensible reason for the meeting of the policy committee, the demand of Fishwick’s executive board that the Illinois district be allowed to “ne- gotiate a separate agreement,” is ob- viously false, since Lewis’s publicly declared strike policy was based all alone on negotiating separate agree- ments. Opposed by Militants This policy! was fought from the very beginning of the strike by the progressives in the U. M. W. A. as leading to the isolation of the miners of western Pennsylvania and Ohio, where the main attack on the miners’ union was taking place. Fishwick’s executive board really demanded permission to abandon the Jacksonville scale, and this was given support in resolutions passed within the past two or three weeks by a number of locals in WMinois which are controlled by the Lewis-Fishwick orees. According to Watt, Lewis| vill now submit to the “pressure” ‘rom the Illinois miners, engineered hy himself and Fishwick, and will! abandon the Jacksonville scale, al- i gh the public statement that will issued by the policy committee lowing its meeting may be couched in vague and evasive terms. Miners Undaunted The effect of this on the membership of the U, M. W. A., Watt said, will be to inerease their determination to get rid of their false leaders and to bring larger numbers of them to the new progressive union which will be or- ganized at the September convention. FERRY-WORKERS WIN WALK-OUT THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928 Watt Exposes Move of Lewis Machine to Force a ck Miners to Scab Pits No Publ July 4. The patriotic ardor of the ic to Break Up This Demonstration The Ku Klux Klan held a demonstration and celebration in Jamaica by the failure of their beloved Klan senator, Heflin of Alabama, to show up. Photo shows the girls purchasing tickets to the celebration. Klanamen was somewhat dampened DRIVE FOR RED ELECTION FUND Require $100,000 For , Campaign Fight (Continued from Page One) chinery can never serve the purpose of the new order which will be set up when the workers seize power, as was done by the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union, and proceed with the reconstruction of society on the basis of the interests of the workers and exploited farmers. . The Workers (Communist) Party alone of all the parties in the field raises the revolutionary banner and urges the workers to organize them- selves for a militant struggle for im- mediate improvements in their living conditions and for the final overthrow of the capitalist system and the or- ganization in its place of a Workers’ Soviet government in the United States. Revolutionary Candidates In this national election campaign the standard-bearers of the Workers (Communist) Party, William Z. Fos- ter and Benjamin Gitlow, with a life- long record of struggle in the Amer- ican labor movement, will sound the eall for the organization of the Amer- ican workers into the Communist Party to fight against the strike- vreaking injunctions issued by Re- publican and Democratic judges, to fight against the reactionary bureau- eracy of the A. F. of L., to oust it from control of the unions and to organize the workers into powerful, militant unions under a leadership that will recognize the class struggle and oppose class peace and class col- laboration, The Fighting Party Tie-up of July 4 Crowds! Forces Victory | When sixty men, employed by the Brooklyn and Richmond Ferry Com- pany on their four boats, walked out om strike, at 10:30 a.m. July 4 crowds being at their thickest, traf- fie to Staten Island was held up for the day. The mon asked for an in- -reaso of five dollars per week and time and a half for overtime, but a light improvement 6n their present parnings. The motorists, angered at this power of the ferry-workers to spoil | a perfectly good day for them, waited in ever-increasing lines for hours. | Commissioner Goldman delayed a prespective pleasure trip long enough to act as a scab-herder for the ferry company. He put the city ferries} ot the disposal of the company. But to no avail, since all traffic could not be acconimodated. The com- pany was finally forced to. grant the workers’ demands and the lines be- fan working again at 6 p.m. POETS HELP MINERS. The Labor Temple Poetry Forum, which meets every Tuesday at the Labor Temple, 2nd Ave. and 14th St., will devote next Tuesday’s session to oroletarian poets. Those who will ‘ead include Harold Anton, David Plotkin, Herman Spector, Reiss, and others. Twenty-five per cent of the proceeds will be given to the Na-! { tional Miners’ Relief. RECOVER SHII’S TREASURE ST. NAZARIE, France (UP), July] The Italian steamer Artiglio, king to salvage the valuable cargo of the Belgian liner Elizabethville ) that was sunk off Belle Isle, today + recovered tons of ivory tusks. The steamer’s real object is to find a shipment of diamonds lying in a dynamite-surrounded safe. FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL RALEIGH, N. C. (UP), July 4—) Fire, threatening an entire business ' block, including the city auditorium | ‘ere, was brought under control in) mid-afternoon after the Yarborough . Hotel virtually was destroyed. Fire fighting equipment was ) called from Durham, 26 miles away, to aid local firemen in controling the flames. MAIL PLANES LOST “TARIS, July 4 (UP)—A French airplane that was feared lost in the wild Rie De Oro region of Afric was located far off its route and was ex- rected at Toulouse today. Another mail plane has beén gone without trace since it left Casablanca, Mo- roceo, Saturday. » j | United States. | this fund. ‘J uly Defense Bulletin Is The Workers (Communist) Party will fight for the immediate recogni- tion of the Soviet Union, the immedi- ate withdrawal of the armed and gov- erning forces of Wall Street from Nicaragua and other colonies, to sup-} port the struggles of the striking miners and textile workers, to or-| ganize the Negroes for a fight against | racial discrimination as well as in- dustrial exploitation, to fight against the persecution of the foreign-born workers, to urge the organization of a mass Labor Party, and to demand the immediate release of all class-war prisoners. These are only a few of the issues that the Workers (Communist) Party will bring before the masses in this campaign. The contest. between the only party of the workers and poor farmers and the parties of the cap- italists will be a bitter one. The bil- lions of Wall Street will be behind Hoover and Smith. The dollars of the workers and poor farmers will be behind the Workers (Communist) Party ticket. The Workers (Communist) Party is launching a drive for a $100,000 campaign fund to fight the mighty Wall Street powers with their bil- lions. The billions of Wall Street will be used to befuddle the workers with poisonous propaganda and- to pur- chase votes on election day. The campaign fund that the Work- ers (Communist) Party is raising will be used to carry the fight against wage cuts, longer hours, rationaliza- tion, and the exploitation of the workers into every corner of the The Workers (Com- munist) Party is asking the exploited masses of the United States. whether in factory or farm, to contribute to Workers and exploited farmers! Get behind this drive for the $100,000 Communist Party Election Campaign Fund! Mooney-Billings Issue The July issue of the Labor De- fense Bulletin, which has just been published by the New York Section ot the International Labor Defense, is a “Free Mooney and Billings” number. Articles in its pages trace the history| | of the frame-up of Tom Mooney and | Warren K. Billings; stresses the long Hei against a labor-hating and imperialist government to free the {two militant workers, and appeals to |the workers of New York to help in the mass drive that has been inaugu- | rated by the New York Section of the International Labor Defense. The cover design shows Mooney and Billings caught in the spider web of dollar diplomacy. | his impartiality, but his speeches to STRIKERS BARRED FROM CONFERENCE Mill Committee Brands Parley as Invalid (Continued from Page One) ers against the 10 per cent wage slash. Another fact indicating the purpose of the conference was presented by qualified observers who said that the mill owners hope thru the calling of this hearing to demoralize the ranks of the strikers in preparation for the coming+Monday. According to a re- cent decision of the mill owners they will make an attempt to reopen the mills then. Big Demonstration, The Textile Mills Committee lead- ers, however, are confident that the picketing demonstration arranged for this Monday will be so tremendous in size as to compel the bosses to again close the plants. The sentiment among the striking tens of thousands shows that New Bedford will see the greatest manifestation of working class solidarity in the history of New England’s labor struggles, the union leaders declared. That the union leadership partici- pate in no conferences, nor join in calling one until the mill barons are ready to give a preliminary guarantee that the 10 per cent wage cut order will be withdrawn, is the sentiment of the strikers. “If negotiations are to be held,” the workers say, “let there be negotia- tions over our other demands.” This refers to the demands put forward by the Textile Mills Committee and among which are a 20 per cent wage raise and a 44 hour week. “Impartiality.” An interesting fact that can be re- lated is that one of the members of the State Arbitration Board is at the same time the chief official of the Mule Spinners Union of the Textile Council, Samuel Ross. His member- ship on the board requires that he be strictly impartial in a controversy be- tween the workers and the bosses. Not only are the bosses satisfied with the strikers, in which he scolded them for not wearing cotton instead of silk stockings, shows him to be more than partial-—to the bosses. This morning saw large and enthu- siastic picket lines covering many mills at both ends of the town. At the Whitman Mill about several hundred pickets of the Textile Mills Committee marched. Suddenly from around the corner came a line of about half a hundred pickets of the Textile Council. They tried several times to outmaneuver the Textile Mill Com- mittee pickets and cut them off from the mill gate. Their leader stated that under no circumstances would their line leave before the Textile Mill Committee members, But by about eleven o’clock all the Mill Com- ittee members were still there while | the Council pickets had completely faded away. | VERMONT FARMER RUINED BY FLOOD Land Destroyed, Stock Gone, Lot Hopeless The devastated condition of the farmlands of Vermont constitute a serious drawback to the rehabilitation of these farms, according to a survey completed by the United States De- partment of Agriculture. The floods of last November, fol- lowed by the spring floods, have wrecked havoc with the small farms and meadowlands. In spite of the serious danger of further erosion and back-sliding of the river banks, the government has as yet done nothing. The task is too great for the farmers to handle alone, since it requires the building of dams, dikes and jetties, which is quite out of the question for the already exhausted farmers, who are threatened with complete annihil- ation. Many of the farms were covered with a layer of unproductive earth and gravel, livestock washed away homes ruined and huge boulders tak- ing the place of chicken-houses and barns. It is estimated that 10,000 AUSTRALIA GOVT, PASSES DRASTIC ANTI-STRIKE LAW Reactionaries Aim to Wipe Out Unions SYDNEY, July 5.—The Australian parliament has just passed a labor law that is even more severe than the British anti-strike legislation. This instrument of suppression has been passed in » land whose six states either have a “labor” government or had one for a short time, The new law forbids everything which has “the character of a strike or an uprising,” not approved by the Higher Court of Arbitration. The penalties are set at 1,000 pounds fine for an organization and 50 pounds for a single person, but when the or- ganization excludes its militant lead- ers the fine may be eut from 1,000 pounds to 100. So when a union in Australia gets rid of its most revo- lutionary leaders it can save itself a cost of 900 pounds sterling. The law further provides for a nul- lification ef organization charters, which practically means that a union, at the time of an industrial conflict, is recognized only as a collaboration partner. Jf the law would only go one step further it would mean the entire destruction of legal unions, The law also provides for the wip- ing out of union laws that are judged to be dangerous, and can override the will of the union leaders. Anyone who publishes anything against the lawful carrying out of these decisions will be fined 100 pounds, DENOUNCE POLICE ATTACK ON MEET Workers Party Nominee Shows Tammany Role (Continued from Page One) workers in Wall street, at which 16 workers and speakers were arrested. while Hoover, the republican candi- date for president, is pledged to carry on the policy of the Coolidge govern- ment which is today waging war against Nicaragua. Fights for Workers “The only political party which fights for the exploited workers and farmers and against the invasion of. colonial countries by American impe- rialism is the Workers (Communist) Party. In the coming elections al) workers and poor farmers should pro- tect their own interests by rallying around the platform of the Workers Party and its standard-bearers.” The case of Minor, which was sup- posed to come up for a hearing yes- terday, was postponed until Monday when he will come up, together with 14 others arrested at the demonstra- tion. Reports published in the capi- talist press that he had forfeited his bail of $500 are untrue. Postpone Case The case of Rose Plotkin, 18-year- old member of the Young Pioneers. arrested at, the demonstration, was also scheduled to be heard yesterday. She appeared before Judge Samuel D. Levy in Children’s Court, 127 E. 22d St., but the case was postponed until Tuesday. In the meantime she} was confined to the Hecksher Foun- dation, 5 E. 105th St. Jacques Bui- tenkant, representing the Interna- tional Labor Defense, who is defend- ing all those arrested, is preparing a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of the young militant. ISSUE APPEAL TO DEFEND WORKERS Scab Mines Indifferent to Life An appeal for funds to help defend the 16 workers who were arrested Tuesday afternoor when police at- tacked en enti-imperialist demonstra- tion in Wall Street was issued last night by the New York section of the International Labor Defense which has taken charge of the de- fense work. The appeal, signed by Rose Baron, secretary of the section, eays in part: “The International Labor Defense secured the temporary release of all those arrested and they will come up for hearing Monday. The I. L. D. also furnished bail of $500 for Rob- ert Minor and $1,500 for Nathan Kaplan. For all this defense work immediate funds are necessary. Not one of those arrested must be sent tc jail for even a single day, or a precedent will be set which will be used against militant workers in the future. The International Labor De- fense appeals to all class-conscious workers to save their comrades from the ‘justice’ of the capitalist courts by sending funds for their defense to its office, 799 Broadway, Room 422. “The I. L. D. also asks all workers to aid its work by attending en masse the great outing which it is arrang- ing in Pleasant Bay Park for Satur- day, July 21. All the proceeds of acres of meadowland have been en- tirely ruined, and the remainder re- quire complete reseeding. this outing will be u: for the de- fense of workers in the clutches of the capitalist courts.” of es Children ¥ 3 provised pool. TAXI NEWS IN Many Feature Stories of Cabmen’s Lives Organization tasks of the 60,000 New York taxi drivers, the role played by the police in ruling the lives of these workers, a reprint of a letter sent out by the Taxi Bosses’ Association, enclosing the blacklist against hundreds of drivers—these and many other features will be published in the Monday issue of The DAILY WORKER. It is planned to get a copy of the paper into the hands of every cab- driver in the city on that day. This is a great and important task and requires the co-operation of thou- sands of workers. Every Workers Party member and sympathizer, every reader of The DAILY WORKER is asked to join in this plan by purchasing one Or more extra copies of the paper next Monday and pass them to a taxi driver. Go to your newsdealer today and order your Monday copies in ad- vance. Do not delay but act now, so that we can know how many papers to print. Ask the news- dealer to send in the order imme- diately. “Do this for your paper and your class. | Poor Find It Hard to Keep Cool cone ‘ x 3 Pj Mere ‘ Sy 7 Bis While the children of the rich disport themselves at exclusive beaches, hundreds of thousands of poor children in New York City are compelled to resdrt to all sorts of makeshifts in their effort to escape from the heat. Photo above shows children playing in an im- COMMUNIST VOTE MONDAY ISSUE ‘AGAINST MUELLER Socialist Will Carry On Former Policies BERLIN, July 5.—Speaking be- fore the Reichstag today, Chancellor Mueller emphasized that his govern- ment would continue its predecessor’s foreign policy. Mueller’s statement was made in the face of the vote of non-confidence which was given him by the Com- munist members of the Reichstag. One hundred and thirty-four deputies voted against the Mueller govern- ment. voting, Mueller, a social democrat, formed his rump coalition when his efforts to form a grand coalition failed. MICHELSON RECOVERS CHICAGO, July 4 (UP).— Profes- sor Albert A, Michelson, of the Uni- versity of Chicago, well-known scien- tist who recently conducted experi- ments on the measurement of speed and light, is recovering from an at- tack of anemia and digestive disor- ders, MORE SCRAPS OF PAPER GENEVA, July 4 (UP).—The League of Nations Security Commis- sion toaazy adopted drafts of non-ag- gression and mutual assistance treat= ies which will be submitted to the September League assembly. al In July the Banks Are Paying Half Yearly Dividends Transfer Your Savings toa . Co-operative Workers’ Finance Institution ON PORK Subsidiary of the United Workers’ Co-operative Ass’n. 6% dividends are being paid from the first day of deposit on gold bonds in denominations of $100, $300, $500 and $1,000 secured by the second mortgage of the second block of | houses in the Co-operative Workers’ Colony. The GOLD BOND CAMPAIGN Will Be Ended in July Subscribe Now, Don’t Be Left Out! : Consumers Finance Corp. Office: 69 — 5th Ave., TELEPHONE: ALGONQUIN 6900. Branch Office: 2700 Bronx Park East (Co-operative Workers’ TELEPHONE: OLINVILLE 894, Twenty-eight abstained from |: FIND MORE GRAFT MACHINE IN N. J Erie Railroad Inspector Admits Pay From City The republican-controlled State { Legislative committee of New Jersey, seeking to forestall exposure of G. O. P. corruption moved. yesterday to make publie the huge graft in Mayor Frank Hague’s regime in Jersey City. According to a statement by the committee, an analysis of the pay- rolls of Jersey City contains enough political dynamite to blow up the Hague democratic machine. Hague is vice-chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Committee in addition to be- ing mayor of Jersey City. An investigation now being eon- ducted by the committee revealed that John Quirk, 820 Pavonia Ave. who has been ar inspector and supervisor for the Erie Railroad for forty-five years, has at the same time been on Jersey City or Hudson County pay- rolls intermittently since 1911, ‘and that since last April 1 he has heen drawing $7 a day as a street con- struction inspector for the Hudson County Boulevard Commission, Mayor's Kin on Pay-Roll At the hearing last week, it was brought out that a sister and a brother of the mayor are drawing salaries from the city for “services” that have not yet been definitely dis- covered. . During the questioning, Quirk ad- mitted that his job on the Erie rail- road was supervising the loading of freight of eight stations and several docks in Jersey City, and that he had about 80 men under his control. For this he receives, he said, $262 a month. Can't Remember His Job. Considering the time that this work requires, the fact that he has held many other “city jobs" for years has thrown the question of graft into the foreground. He testified that in 1911 and 1912 he was employed by the Fire Commission at $1,000 a year, and for a half year in 1918 by the Police Commission, After that he was given “odd jobs” as “inspector of streets and public works” at $6 a day, Since then he has had city jobs “when- ever there was a chance to get one.” Under examination, however, he was unable to give any details of the work he was supposed to inspect. FIND ABANDONED PLANE TOULOUSE, France (UP), July 4.—A steamer reported today it had found a seaplane or land airplane New York, N. Y. abandoned off the African coast. Colony) IN DEMOCRATIC vail &