The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 7, 1928, Page 1

‘ } Several of the Russian prisoners , BIG JOINT DEFENSE CARNIVAL AT STARLIGHT PARK TODAY THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS: FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY Vol. V. No. 160. ¥ublished daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 33 First Street, New York, N. ¥. THE DAILY WORKER. Entered ax ne€und-cluss matjer at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1928 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Outside NeW York, by mai 6.00 per year. New York, by mail, $8.00 per year, FI VAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents CALL TROOPS, MOUNTED FORCE TO MILL STRIKE AREA Le Police Celebrate “Independence” Day GIVEN TO ELEVEN fas? 2 DONETZ PLOTTERS Commutation for Six Is Recommended MOSCOW, U. §. S. R., July 6.— After a deliberation of forty-eight hours sentences of death have been} handed down’on eleven of the half| a hundred citizens of the Soviet Union charged with sabotage in con- nection with , counter-revolutionary activities in the Donetz coal fields and other sections of the U. S, S. R. Of the eleven men sentenced to death, the sentences of six have been recommended for commutation. Less severe sentences, in propor- tion to the degree of criminality of the various sabotagers, have been passed upon the other defendants. These are chiefly terms of imprison- ment. | have been paroled by order of the | court and, of the three accused Ger- man engineers, two have been ac- quitted while oye has been paroled, The sentencing of the eleven sabo- tagers concludes a trial which has gripped the attention, not only of two of Wall Street’s policemen. A demonstration in Wall St. on July 3, demanding the withdrawal } of American marines from Nicaragua, was attacked by the police who showed their patriotic fervor by slugging and arresting workers. Photo shows Fanny Toohey, one of the demonstrators, being taken to jail by | } the Soviet Union, but of the entire world, for. weeks. The seriousness of the offense and the ramification of sabotage organization has aroused the workers throughout the world and.led to the belief that the govern- ment would demand thé severest. sen- tences to put a final end to similar ‘treachery on the part of its techni-} Coney Island will be the center of cians, the map pf the world for 25,000 work- Seah * * ers on Saturday evening, July 14. Generous Politician. This is the evening when the great BERLIN, July 6: — The German} concert and entertainment of the left ees a of the League forthe Rights| wing movement of New York will Man has prepared a petition to|take place in Coney Island Stadium. ‘the Soviet government urging that| Amd it will be the night when 25,000 @ number of the engineers convicted | fortunate workers will for the first of sabotage and counter-revolution-|time see and hear the greatest in- ary activity in the Donetz basin be| vention of the century that enables spared the death penalty. the most beautiful music to be drawn 25,000 WORKERS TO ATTEND BIG CONCERT SIGNATURE DRIVE MAKES PROGRESS Communist Drive To Get on Ballot Much ‘progress is being made in the campaign for signatures to put the Workers (Communist) Party on the ballot in New York State, accord- ing to reports received from the Red Essex, the special automobile which is touring various parts of the state. Donald Burke and George Pearlman, who are in charge of the Red Essex. report great interest in the Workers Party campaign thruout the state. Burke and Pearlman have also been doing some organization work in ad- dition to securing signatires. They organized a Workers Party branch in Poughkeepsie with about a dozen members. This is the first time a Party branch has been organized in Poughkeepsie. Distribute Daily Worker. Burke and Pearlman also took charge of the distribution of 250 copies of The DAILY WORKER at (Continued on Page Three) > ILLINOIS COAL DIGGERS DEFEAT LEWIS MACHINE Fishwick Gang Resorts to Terror (Special To The DAILY WORKER.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 6—In- complete reports of the elections now being held in the Illinois local unions of the United Mine Workers of Amer- | ica show widespread victories of the progressive forces, despite the ter-| ror resorted to.everywhere by the | Lewis-Fishwick machine. | The most complete returns so far | received come from Sub-District 9, Franklin County. The Vallier local elected a full progressive slate. Chris- topher Local, No. 2376, all officials | progressives. Coello, No. 282, all progressives. Buckner, reactionary. Orient No. 1, Local No. 303, reac-| tionary cfficials appointed by Lon) Fox, Fishwick’s sub-district president, | after revoking charter and reorgan- izing local, In the Orient No. 2 lo- cal, the reactionaries resorted to one of their characteristic tricks to in- validate the election. Large Attendance. A count of the members at the meeting showed 1192 present. The | election of three tellers, all progres- sives, was sufficient warning to the reactionaries that the progressive slate was certain of winning, and three reactionary officials constituted themselves part of the board of tel- lers. The reason for this became clear when the ballot boxes were opened, Before the ballots were distributed they were marked by the three elect- ed tellers with their initials, But when the ballot boxes were opened 1392 ballots were counted, 200 of them without the tellers’ initials. These had obviously been put in by the reactionaries, but in an attempt to conceal this they marked some of them for the progressive candidates. Game Exposed. The progressives demanded that the vote for the candidates be count- ed, feeling certain that even if 200 votes cast for the progressive can- didates were disregarded the progres- (Continued on Page Two) Tickets For Concert On) | Sale at ‘Daily’ Office) Tickets for the great concert at Coney Island Stadium July 14, at which Prof. Leon Theremin will be one of the leading performers, are now on sale. All workers who want to make sure of being present at this umusual proletarian musical event should secure their tickets at once at the office of The DAILY WORKER, 26-28 Union Square. Fight For His Release | MILITARY LAW AS MILLS WILL TRY TO OPEN MONDAY Jingo Apparatus Called Mere Gesture of Bosses, | As No Strikers Will Break Ranks Eugene Barnett, one of the eight Centralia I. W. W. prisoners at Walla Walla, Wash., who condemned to life terms in 1919 at the instigation of the Ame Legion and the lumber interests were the north The International Labor Defense, in co-operation with @ number of other labor orga tions, is now waging an intensive - campaign for their release. Fight to Free Exght Victims of Centralia Renewed interest and a determina- tion to “see the fight thru” are being shown throughout the organized la- bor movement in the northwest and even more easterly points in the case of the eight Centralia I. W. W. pris- oners now confined in Walla Walla. Wash., penitentiary. This case is at present being considered by the Washington state parole board. Among the labor organizations which have already passed resolutions advocating the immediate release of these framed-up labor fighters are the Seattle Central Labor Council, the Spokane Central Labor Council, the Tacoma Central Labor Council, the Everett Central Labor Council, the Seattle Labor College, the West- ern Progressive Farmers’ convention in Washington, and the Milwaukee central labor body. In most cases the resolutions were unanimously adopted. The next step in the fight is to a certain extent waiting upon the de- cision of the Parole Board which has the case under review. At its session a little while ago, Mr. Finn, repre- senting the Spokane unions, Char- lotte Todes of the Seattle I. L. D., Elmer Smith and Mr. Taylor, repre- senting the Tacoma unions, spoke strongly for the imprisoned workers. THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE A second petition, which is repor-| out of the air without the aid of a ted to be in preparation, is signed by | musical instrument. Heinrich Mann, celebrated German} Prof. Leon Theremin himself, the ase at this sensational discovery, will be on w= | hand to display his invention. Merely THOUSANDS T0 BE -by moving his hands he will draw forth tones of unrivalled beauty and play the most difficult compositions. Coming from the country where the realization of the proletarian revolu- a possible, Prof. Theremin will greet j 7 | the revolutionary proletarians of this Proletarian Athletes in country for the first time at Coney Many Sports Events |Island stadium. Prof. Theremin alone would be at- All roads will lead to Starlight] traction enough, but in addition other Park today. Workers from every| famous artists will perform. Among huge sports carnival and jamboree of| noted Symphony Orchestra and the the Joint Defense that promises to| Roxy Ballet. Tickets are selling fast mark a turning point in the history | and all those who want to make sure of proletarian sports in-this country.| of being at this great proletarian The great carnival will be a social] concert should secure them at once event with a serious underlying pur-|at the Daily Worker office, 26-28 pose. Militant needle trades work-| Union Square. union-smashing right wing cliques in co-operation with the bosses. Imme- diate funds are needed for their de- fense and these funds will be sup- plied by the great carnival today. The carnival will be the greatest DEFENSE CA gathering of proletarian athletes tied witnessed in this country. The aang leading workers’ sports clubs of the 1 city are cooperating in the affair. Labor Defense Drive On Baseball, soccer, swimming, boxing, wrestling. gymnastics, are among the athletic events included. In addi- tion to the athletic program there will a concert by the Hungarian Sym- phony Orchestra, a children’s ballet from the Non-Partisan Workers’ children’s schools and a literary open forum by members of the young group of writers known as “Union Square.” Fifty thousand workers from every nationality, will be in Starlight Park today. Adinission is only 60 cents, and half price for children. ' LOOMSINMEXICO VERA CRUZ, July 6, — Vote for ® general strike to become effective novelist, and several other notables. | great Soviet scientist responsible for tion has made this great invention part of the ci’ will throng to the} them will be Arnold Volpe and his ers have been framed up by the ——— . be dancing all afternoon and evening, part of the city, every trade, every the latter part of July was taken by July 22-29 An urgent appeal for support to the joint miners’ defense and relief drive to be conducted by the Inter- national Labor Defense and the Na- tional Miners’ Relief Committee was today issued from the national office of the I. L. D. at 80 E. 11th St., by assistant secretary Martin Abern. Plans are now being perfected for the drive, which is to last from Sun- day, July 22, to Sunday, July 29, inclusive, The I. L. D. statement points out the pressing necessity for adequate means to carry on the defense of the hundreds of miners who have been. arrested, indicted or imprisoned in the present miners’ struggle. Among the most important cases cited are those of Anthony Minerich, chairman of the National Miners’ Relief Com- mittee, whose appeal is now before a higher court; John Brophy and Pat H, Toohey, the framing up of Frank Brbot, a striking miner of Triadel- phia, W. Va., the cases of the 51 the Mexican Federation of Labor, | women in St, Clairsvilld, 0., and hun- CROM, yesterday, dreds of others who are victims of Dispatches recelyed from Mextfco|the violent llass “justice” City gave no further details, though there {s an intimation that the strike | quested to send fu Friends and ecepniiners are re- ds for the joint decision is based upon a protest|drive during that week to the Na- against recent decisions of the arbi-|tional Miners’ Relief Committee, 611 tration committes, \ Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, will be larger in size of pages and will have a new and better appearance. Watch for it on the news stands. Ask for it if you don’t see it. If you fail to get The DAILY WORKER Monday, you will miss the first instalment of the new Draft Program of the Communist Inter- national, which we will begin publishing Mon- day and will continue in daily instalments until completed. Direct telegraph service from all countries. The only reliable labor news. There will be many other attractive features. For instance, an article by Jack Stachel, an ar- ticle on the Donetz trial by Moissaye Olgin and —Tom O’Flaherty is back with his column. Get a new reader for The DAILY WORKER. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Ju grip this city when the National 101st Field Artillery, and a spec 100 march in to reinf COMMUNISTS GET POSTS IN BRITISH | MINERS’ UNION Secure Majority on the| Executive Committee (Spectal Cable to The Daily Worker) LONDON, July 6.—The election of officials in the Lanarkshire Miners’ | Union here yesterday resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Commu- |nists, when both the highest offices | of the union were obtained by mem- bers of the Communist Party of | Great Britain. McAnulty was elected president of the union and Allan was given. the post of secretary. Both are members | of the Communist Party. Hunter, who was elected vice president, is a close sympathizer with the left-wing move- ment in England. | In addition to procuring the two | highest offices, the Communists also | secured the majority of places in the | executive committee of the Lanark- | shire Miners’ Union. RAP NEW YORK POLICE TERROR |\Communist Children Issue Call The Communist childrens’ organi- zation in America, the Young Pioneers, District 2 issued a state- ment yesterday calling upon all work- ers and the children of workers to protest against the recent arrests and elubbings of its members for partici- pating in a demonstration against American imperialism in Wall St. The statement says: “On July 8 a demonstration called by*the All American Anti-Imperialist League was held in Wall Street. “This demonstration _ protested against the sending of marines by the American capitalists to the American colonies and to Nicaragua and China to murder and oppress the workers and their children for the benefit of insuring the profits of Wall Street. “While the workers were protest- ing, the police brutally attacked the children present, and arrested many of the most active ones. Rose Plotkin, an active member of the Young Pioneers and a member of the leading committee, was one of those arrested for participating in the demonstration. “The demonstration was arranged on the anniversary of the fight of the American people for freedom against colonial oppression, in that case British oppression. This shows how the capitalist class treats those who on July 4th, so-called Independence Day, dare to raise their voices in the fight for freedom against American oppression in the colonies. “Rose Plotkin has been arrested and is being held in the Children’s Court because she dared to distribute leaf- lets demanding that the marines be withdrawn from the Philippines, Nic- aragua, China and other American colonies. workers and Calls For Protest “The Young Pioneers of America’ call on all workers and workers’ chil- dren to protest against the arrest of Rose Plotkin. “The Young Pioneers call on all workers and workers’ children to sup- port the fight against colonial oppres- sion, and to join hands with the rest of the workers and their children in the colonies against their common enemy the American bosses. Progressive Miners Victorious in’ Elections Tens of Thousands Expected to Turn Out For Picket Demonstration at 56 Mills ly 6.—Virtual military rule will Guard units, Battery D of the ial mounted force of more than e the police and reserves mobilized by Mayor Ashley and the mill bar- ons as a Sinister threat against the tens of thousands of strik- ers who will picket the 56 mills when they attempt to reopen Monday morning, July 9. The decision to call in the troops was “officially” reached after a con- ference between Mayor Ashley, Chief of Police McLeod, Major Winslow and Lieutenant Perry of the 101st Field Artillery. But the mayor, whose friendship to the mill bosses can be dated to before the time he received a $20,000 gift from them, got his unofficial instructions, it is stated, be- fore the above mentioned conference. Expect Many Pickets. The resentment of the masses of strikers, and even of the general pub- lic, toward this threatening gesture, is so intense that it conclusively in- (Continued on Page Two) TAMMANY GANG UP FOR TRIAL Connolly Pleads Not Guilty NEW YORK, July 6 (UP).—Mau- tice E. Connolly, former borougk president of Queens, and Frederick Seely, former sewers engineer for the borough, pleaded not guilty today when they were arraigned charged with conspiracy to defraud in the con- struction of sewers. Supreme Court Justice Tompkins, in Long Island City, set their trial for September 4. * * * “Investigation” Nears End Testimony was completed yesterday in the hearing of charges against Frank C. Gannon, suspended superin- tendent of the Brooklyn street clean- ing department. who is accused of violating the city charter provision against a city employe having a finan- cial interest in companies handling city contracts. Magistrate Dale re- served his decision until next Friday. Gannor. and his partner have been shown to have raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in the current Tammany Hall graft scandal. The principal witness today against Gannon was Edward Yunker, his brother-in-law, of 120-20 209th St., Bellaire, Quenns. He said that he had received sums ranging from $2,500 to $6,500 from the Brocklyn Ash Removal Company, with which the prosecution has tried to connect Gannon. 60,000 Taxi Drivers To Receive Copies of Daily Worker is Plan Thousands of copies of the DAILY WORKER will be distributed Monday among the New York taxi drivers in accordance with the plan an, nounced by the business manager of the paper. The Monday issue will be featured by & number of special news items showing the blackmail system in force among the cabmen, urging organization of these exploi, ted workers, and exposing the police control of the industry. 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, vgs) Vc hiclateae