The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 9, 1928, Page 1

f DRAFT PROGRA ,] THE DAILY WORKER F'! q M OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL ON PAGE 3 IGHTS TO ORGANIZE THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR W. EEK FOR A LABOR PARTY FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT . eet. Ss “x Vol. V. No. 161. Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, Inc., 26-28 Union Sq., New York, N, Y W YORK, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1928 SUBSCRIPTION RA n New York, .00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, 86.00 per year. ELECTION DRIVE OF _[FRAME-UP SEEN WORKERS PARTY IN FULL SWING NOW Mobilize Forces Thruout Country; Will Carry Campaign to Every Factory and Farm \ Collections in Factories and Street Corners, Tag Days, Sale of Stamps, Buttons Planned 4 The launching: of a drive to raise h fund of $100,000 to place the Communist ticket on the ballot in at least thirty states of the union| and carry the message of Commu- nism into every corner of the United States was the outstanding feature of the election campaign of the Workers (Communist) Party last week, according to a statement is- sued by the National office of the Party yesterday. Never before did the members of the Workers (Communist) Party display as much enthusiasm as they are showing in this election cam- paign. From one end of the coun- try to the other district organizers and campaign managers are report- ing to national headquarters that the comrades are bending to the task with the enetgy that spells | success. | Collections in factories and street corners, tag days, and the sale of stamps and buttons are some of the methods that will be used to raise the $100,000. Prospects Bright. It is generally admitted that the jprospects for waging a successful \ campaign were never brighter than this year. The Workers (Commu- | nist) Party has already; established itself as the only party of the prole- tariat in this election. In spite of the sentimental squawks that come from the clerical candidate of the socialist party, there is no opposi- tion to big business expressed poli- tically outside of the Workers (Communist) Party. Since the republican and demo- erat conventions were held the for- mer insurgents in the GO. P. and the alleged..progressives who bore thé democrat label have climbed on the bandwagons of the old parties. Those “Insurgents.” * Herbert Hoover—the imperialist efficiency engineer, the wrecker of the Hungarian Soviet government the stool-pigeon who used the funds of the American Relief Administra- tion in an attempt to overthrow the Soviet government of the U. S. S R.—has_ been busy purchasing the disgruntled insurgents who sniped at Coolidge and Mellon during their term of office. The latest “insurgent” to fall into Hoover’s lap is Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa. Brookhart was always a thorn in the side of the administration, but Hoover pulled his teeth, and the Iowa senator now pretends that Hoover has the in- terests of the farmers at heart. Senator LaFollette of Wisconsir still poses as a progressive, but was quite cordially received at the Kan- sas City convention. The opposition to big business inside the G. O. P. always anaemic, has been liquidated. Al Smith, who is as popular in Wall Street as Hoover, is experienc- ing a little trouble in the South, but i the opposition to him there is based on his religious affiliation and his partiality to the cup that cheers. This opposition is not serious. The Southern democrats, hungry for a chance to plunder the national trea- sury, are willing to muffle the southern conscience for material considerations, They can soothe their wounded spirits by lynching Negroes. It should not be forgot- ten that a Negro was lynched right in the city of Houston on the very eve of the democratic convention and that neither Al Smith nor any other leader of the party uttered a word of protest against the outrage. Capitalist Line-Up. The two capitalist parties are now lining up their forces and mapping out the campaigns that will bring one or the other into the executive mansion in Washington for four (Continued on Page Four) | > ANOTHER PLAN TO CHAIN INDIA Sir Ganesh Singh, England’s min- » ister to the Bihar and Orissa gov- ernment of India, has recently sent a plan to Sir John Simon, the hea of the (British labor-spongored) Simon legation, which was boycotted by the Indians in spite of the at- tempted explanation by the labor- ites, suggesting another plan of “self-government.” The Singh plan js looked upon by Indian publica- tions as an attempt to save the face of the Simon commission and to foist a “self-government” on India | | of British domination, TAXICAB DRIVER BARES NEW TRICK ‘Hackmen’s Political Party’ Exposed (By a Taxi Corespondent) I have been a taxi driver for nearly twelve years. It is no ex- aggeration to say that conditions are worse in this trade today than at any. time that I can remember Many times I have asked myself the question, what is the reason fx this? No doubt other drivers asx the same question. Well, I’m np goin: to say that I have the auswer. But we can learn from examining some of our “friends” in the industry. The most interesting thing about the very bad conditions in our trade is that more than any where else there are dozens of schemes on foot individuals and organizations offer- ing to help and to fight to correct these evils. The one I want to talk about here is the “Taxi Weekly,” a trade paper run by a man called H. A. Innes Brown. Would-Be Politician. In addition to editing the paper Brown is also now trying to build up a Hackman’s Political Party. He | claims to have enrolled nearly 8,000 cab drivers in his scheme. Even if he has one-third that number, this shows you what the taxi men have yet to learn. \ program for the party he is running He has held no open meetings. Ne officers have been elected. No one knows just exactly what his game is, any more than his statement that it is “for better legislative and administrative treatment of the taxicab man.” He gets the men to send in their names “in secret.” They pledge themselves to vote in some sort of vague “primary to be held by this party.” What kind of game is this, you will ask. Well, it isn’t hard to un- derstand. Brown, Union-Hater. Brown came to New York from Boston where it is said he was of- ficially connected with the Mogul Checker Cab Company, one of the open-shop, union-hating fleeters of that city. In 1923 we find -him in the employ of the Mogul. Checker Cab Manufacturing Corporation of New York with offices at 59th St and Broadway. Among other things he was at that time editing the “Checkerboard,” the official scab paper put out by this concern for distribution among the drivers of the city. When the taxi drivers em- ployed by the Mogul Cheeker fleet owners went out on strike in the summer of 1924, Brown was a man to be reckoned with. He had previ- ously received a good training in the spirit of strike-breaking in. the U (Continued on Page Four) NOBILE PARTY MEMBER DIES 2 Of Those Stranded Seriously Il] VIRGO RAY, Spitzbergen, July 8 (UP).—Natal Ceccioni, chief en- | gineer of the ill-fated transpolar | dirigible Italia, died today as a re- | sult of injuries received when the airship crashed May 25 on its re- turn from the North Pole. The death of Ceccione, who was marooned with Nobile on a small icefloe, leaves but four known sur- vivors of the Italia still held cap- tive by the northern elements. Two of these today were reported ! Brown doesn’t give any aims.orJ.—.... | ers. seriously ill as a consequence of their life on the melting ice. They | are believed to have contracted , pneumonia. Detroit Steel Rod Workers Organize DETROIT, Jul> 8.—Workers em- ployed in the placement of steel reds in building construction have organized. They are chartered by ‘ron Workers. WITH MILITANT UP FOR HEARING Labor Defense Appeals For Funds A new frame-up of a militant worker looms with the appearance this morning in the First District Criminal Court, Center and Franl:. lin Sts., of Nathan Kaplan, a * 1} worker, who faces a charge of fel- onious assault as a result of his participation in the anti-imperialist demonstration in Wall St. July 3. Kaplan will come up this morning for a hearipg with 14 others against whom the charge is dis- orderly conduct. The case of Rose Plotkin, 13- year-old member of the Young Pioneers, who was also arrested when police attacked the demonstra- tion, will be hear¥ tomorrow in Children’s Court. 137 £. 22nd St. She has been corn‘ined to whe Heck- scher Foundation, the cour} refus- ing to release her on a writ of ha- beas ~orpus. A threat of deporta- tion to her home town in Indiana hangs over the Young Pioneer. Labor Defense Issues Appeal All of the 16 workers, arrested are being defended by Jacques Bui- tenkant, representing the New York Section of the International Labor Defense. An appeal to workers to help smash the frame-up of Kaplan and the threatened deportation of Rose Plotkin, as well as the cases of the 14 others arrested, by con- tributing funds for their defense has been issued by the New York Section of the I. L. D. through Rose Baron, secretary. The statement follows: “The capitalist courts have de- cided that a scapegoat is needed to punish the militant workers who demonstrated against American im- (Continued on Page Two) PARTY ELECTION BUTTONS READY Stamps. Designed by Ellis For Sale Half a million “Vote Communist”) stamps and a quarter million “Vote| Communist” buttons with the Fos-| ter-Gitlow pictures are being pre-| pared for distribution by the Na-| tional Campaign Committee of the) Workers (Communist) Party with headquarters at 43 East 125th St., it was learned yesterday. The stamps were designed by the | noted proletarian artist, Fred Ellis.| of The DAILY WORKER editorial] staff. Printed over the red Ham-| mer and Sickle is the slogan “Vote Communist” in black. The photo- | graphs of Foster and Gitlow are tastefully worked into odd corners of the stamp, which also carries the slogan “Vote for the Party of the Class Struggle,” while underneath in a heavy black border the name Workers (Communist) Party, stands forth like the shining headlight of a locomotive. Sell Stamps. “The whole stamp is just about the size of a special delivery stamp. They will form a wonderful medium of propaganda, for they were got-| ten out with the idea that they are to be posted on envelopes, letters (Continued on Page Five) WANT SAFETY INSPECTORS) PETALUMA, Cal., July 8.—The| state building trades council conven- | tion petitioned the California Indus- trial Accident Commission to ap- point additionai safety ispectors in order to protect the lives of work- An increase in accident com- | | announced. Still Behind the Bars | | For 12 long years Warren K. Billin hown above, has been bchinc the bars of Folsom Jail, joint victim with Tom Mooney of one of the most brazen frame ups in the history of American labor. Billings and Mooney, be- trayed and forgotten by the offi-+ cial labor bureaucracy, now look to the workers as the only force which can free them. A masa movement to secure their release has been started by the Interna. tional Labor Defense. DEMAND RELEASE OF JOHN PORTER 8,000 Hear Speakers in New Bedford NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 8. —Over three thousand workers ral- lied to a mass meeting held here Friday to protest against the im- prisonment of John Porter, textile strike leader and member of the Young Workers (Communist) League, and to demand his release from Fort Adams, Newport, R. IL, guardhouse, where the army author.) ities are keeping him pending al court martial for desertion and| strike participation. Note Solidarity A resolution addressed to the sec- retary of war and to the comman- Ger-of Fort» Adams“was enthusias- tically passed by the assembled | strikers and strike sympathizers | after they had listened to several! | speakers. The meeting also voted) | that a telegram be sent to Porter, | expressing their solidarity _and| pledging aid in his fight for free.| dom. The speakers declared that Por- ter is now locked in solitary con- finement because he had admitted deserting the ‘army when he saw that it was an instrument of the bosses against the workers, but that he now regretted not having stayed so as to eonvince the other soldiers of this fact. His apprehension by the army was effected only after he refused to obey a police order to cease strike activities, the spokesmen of the New Bedford Textile Workers Union declared. Porter is vice- president of the union. Organizer Figurede of the local | Young Workers (Communist) | League; Nat Kay of Boston; Ed | Winn of the Boston Paper Hangers Union; Jack Rubenstein and Ther- esa Valente of the Textile Mills Committee were among the speak- ers. The International Labor De- fense, the Young Pioneers and the Portuguese Workers Club also were represented by speakers. Paul Crouch, ex-soldier and Communist was chairman. A national conference will sooa be held in New York for the pur- pose of organizing a national com- mittee for Porter’s defense. The headquarters of the drive, however, will remain in New Bedford, it was i | Ft. MacKenzie Federal Employes Form Local SHERIDAN, Wyo., July 8.—Fede- ral employes at Fort MacKenzie have organized with 50 charter mem- pensation was also demanded. THEREMIN TO DRAW MUSIC OUT OF AIR SATURDAY Famous Soviet Scientist to Perform at Great Coney Island Stadium Concert The finishing touches are being put on the plans for the great con- cert and enteytrinment to be held Saturday evening at Coney Island Stadium. Though the committee in charge has not yet completed the entire program t he announcé- ments made thus far lLave no woubt that .the suit acai will be the greatest xX that would help to hide the reality | ‘he International Union of Structural) proletarian musical event -ve. h d this country. bers. The mere fact that one of the per- |formers will be the world ‘famous Prof. Leon Theremin; the Soviet | scientist, is sufficient to make this ,concert an outstanding event on the musical calendar. This great scien- tist has discovered the principle by which music can be drawn out of the air without the aid of a mu- s‘cal instrument. This principle is the transformation of electro-mag- netic energy into acoustic energy. Merely by moving his hands through an electro-magnetic area Prof. Tnesemin achieves changes in pitch, ftimber and volume which enable | him to produce music of the greatest tion. NON-UNION COAL DIGGERS STRIKE SOUTHERN MINE Night Shift Out in West Va. Town (Special to The DAILY WORKER) ELM GROVE, W. Va., July 8.— The night shift of the Elm Grove mine laid down their tools last night |and joined the strike of unorganized coal diggers in northern West Vir- ginia. “We couldn’t stand the rot- ten conditions any more, so we’re joining the fight,” they told strike leaders at Laura Calegari’s shack. “We're willing to die starving rather than go back without a union,” they said. “Airtight” Injunction Since the famous “airtight” in- junction was granted to the Elm Grove Mining Co., Mrs. Calegari’s house has become the center of strike activity. No mass meetings are allowed; no two people are per- mitted to walk together, or talk to- gethér on the road; strikers espe- cially are not permitted to speak to scabs. Mrs. Calegari was forced to aban- don her soup kitchen, which fed all the pickets once a day’and 65 chil- dren three times a day with the food sent by the National Miners’ Relief Committee. “I suppose we got nothin’ to kick about,” she said. “They, still let us breathe.” Instead of breaking the strike, tha injunction has stiffened the back- bone of the struggle, as the new walkout indicates. The men who joined the strike yesterday declare that they had been brought to the mine under false pretenses. False Promises “They told us a new mine was starting up and they needed people ‘CHICAGO PLANS: RELIEF PICNIC |Mother Bloor to Speak At Saturday Outing (Special To The Daily Worker) CHICAGO, July 8. — Prepara- tions for an attendance of more than 10,000 are being made at the Miners’ Relief Picnic which is to be held next Saturday at Riverview Park. Announcement that Mother Bloor, veteran of the revolutionary labor movement and charter member of the United Mine Workers of Amer- iea, will speak at the picnic, has assured a large attendance, it was announced yesterday. Mother Bloor is back from a trip in the mine} fields and her recent experiences) are said to be the most interesting in her long career in the militant and Communist movements. The picnic will open at 12 Noon.) In the afternoon games and other| entertainments will be held. A Moon-) light Frolic will feature the even- ing session. Dancing will continue until 1 A. M. | One of Chicago’s best twelve-| piece orchestras will furnish music.) Nothing will prevent the picnic, it is announced. Provisions have been made in case of rain. Lumber Men Ignore Edict to Add Hours MELBOURNE, July 8 (FP). — Although lumber workers have been working 44 hours since 1922 the federal arbitration court now orders a 48-hour week. The men have de- cided not to work longer than 44 hours. They have also decided that where employers reduce wages, OVER 15,000 TEXTILE NATIONAL EDITION Price 3 Cents STRIKERS TO PICKET; DEFY ARMY DISPLAY - rit of Ne = Sp We Bedfo ff rd Strik ers Unbroken | ] | The beginning of the 13th week of the New Bedford textile strike will witness today the greatest n the strike started in answer to t the mills. Photo shows typical p be increased manifold today. mass picketing demonstration since he attempts of the bosses to open | nicketing demonstration which will Poverty Halts : Graduationin Socialist City |, SOEs July 8. — The family of Grace Soldt, 14- year-old Milwaukee girl, did not see her among the graduates at a public school here recently. The girl herself had been looking forward to the exercises for an entire year, but at the last mo- ment was prevented from being among her classmates. The School Board, $f which Mrs. Victor Berger is a member, yesterday. received a stinging communication from the family citing the circumstances sur- rounding the incident. Grace’s mother had purchased a colored dress for her just a month be- fore the date of graduation. A few days later the school princi- pal, Miss Sarah J. Carroll, an- nounced the girls should wear white dresses. Poverty, however, prevented the parents from getting their daughter the white dress, the letter says, and the girl wore her colored one.. She was asked to leave the auditorium just a few minutes before the formal exer- cises, and was handed the diplo- ma several days later. VOTE TO OUST LEWIS MACHINE : Mine Local Condemns Cappelini (Special to The DAILY WORKER) WILKES BARRE, July 8.—De- mands for the ousting of the Lewis- Cappelini machine in district 1 were made in the form of a resolution drawn up by local union 1635 of Plymouth, The resolution de- nounced the district officials for their treachery and betrayal of the miners and attacked the interna- tional board members of the United Mine Workers union for its refusal to oust Cappelini after a special dis- trict convention had voted to remove him. The resolution further declares that Cappelini is incompetent and | unable to carry on the unions’ busi- they will reduce output accordingly. beauty. Volpe to Perform Less sensational than Prof. There- min, but equally distinguished, is another artist who will perform at the concert Saturday evening. This distinguishea artist is Arnold Volpe, founder of the Lewisohn Stadium concerts and one of the foremost liv- ing American conductors. Volpe will conduct an orchestra of 50 mu- sicians in a program of well-known symphonic selections. Then there will be the Roxy Bal- let. Those who have seen this noted ballet will require no recommenda- ness. best groups of terpsichorean artists now performing before the Ameri- ean public. Tickets on Sale Other details of the great pro- gram on Saturday evening will be announced later. Meanwhile the important question of tickets must be settled by workers individually. All those who want to be sure of being presént at this epoch-making concert must get their tickets at once as they are selling fast. They are on sale at the -office of The DAILY WORKER, 26-28 Union It is considered one of the Square. fe NO VOLUNTEERS: MILITIA DRAFTED New Bedford Captain | Threatens Workers (Special to The DAILY WORKER) | NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 8.} —tThe entire local force of Nationa) Guard regiments, which conta many strike sympathizers and the | relatives of strikers and strikers themselves, refused to volunteer for| strike duty Monday morning when} the textile mills will make an at-| tempt to reopen. | At the regular Saturday night} drill in the state armory Captain Charles Perry, Jr., and Lieutenant | Charles: A. Stanley -stood before} the assembled guardsmen of the 2nd{ Battalion of the 101st Field Artil-} lery and saw their repeated calls {for volunteers for strike duty go| {completely unanswered. Not a single man stepped forward at the com- | mand. ° Threatens Men A frantic call for Major Harold Winslow, battalion commander, was |then dispatched. The major ar- rived. After a long harangue alter nating between cajolery and threat of drastic draft orders, only nine of} the whole battalion stepped forward. | \This in spite of the fact that he had| \informed the men that an insuffi-| cient response would be followed by| a draft of the entire battalion. Be- fore the threat was delivered the lofficers stated that the volunteers| |would be paid at the rate of $4.25 la day, while draftees would only| |get $1 a day. | Major Ashly this morning issued a precept requiring all commanding | | officers to assemble battalions and | ort men failing to appear. All tional Guardsmen failing to put| |in an appearance will face courts] | martial, the statement declares. The Textile Mills Committee is-| sued a statement pointing out to the strikers the deadly use to which) their own brothers and relatives will be put. militiamen to avoid under all cir- cumstances any action that will hurt the cause for which their fel- low workers are struggling. UTILITIES MAKE RECORD PROFITS Still Carry On Efforts For Higher Rates Public utility corporations which are conducting a nationwide cam- paign for increased rates and fares | and for reductions in taxation show r | record earnings according to figures | made public by ninety-five such pub- ¢ utility companys which report their earnings to the United States Department of Commerce. Operating gas, electric light, heat, power, traction and water services, power, traction and water services excluding telephone and telegraph companies, they comprise practically all of the important organizations in the United States outside the com- munications field. | INCOME TAX TOTAL LOWER) WASHINGTON, July 8 (UP).—| The treasury department announced today that income tax collections for.| the fiscal year ending June 30) showed a decrease of $45,455,965, | | compared with last year, totaling | $2,174,496,477% | It then appealed to all|* T. M. C. Urges Militia Not to Aid Bosses |Batty O.K.’s, Use of Mounted Police (Special to The DAILY WORKER) NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 8, —In de: 2 of heavily armed units ‘ational Gu: ‘dsmen and mounted mn to the entire po- lice power, striking textile workers here will stage one of the greatest ng demonstrations ever seen when the mill owners make their gesture of opening the 56 mills to- morrow Twenty-eight thousand workers have just entered he 12th week of the strike. Chief of Police McLeod posted an an- nouncement this afternoon ordering “all not concerned in the issue to re- main outside areas in which police will be working.” Attack Expected , in ad morning. el © go out tomorrew morning st him in commanding the dispersal of the tens of thousands of pickets expected, after which he will official, invoke the “Riot | Act” as the militia marches in. In answer to the police announee- ment that the mills will swing their gates open at 6:45 in the morning, the call went around among the strikers to turn out en masse long before that hour. Bill Keller, in the name ofthe New | Bedford Textile Workers Union of 2 the Textile Mills Committee, issued °% an appeal to the troops “to refrain’ -*#, from any action against their brothers. who are fighting the bat- tle of the working’ class, of which they themselves are part.” Warns Against Spies The T. M. C. statement further declare: “Our picket captains are especially instructed to offset the at- tempts of provaeateurs whom, we are certain, the manufacturers will plant among the picket lines to rouse disturbances among the -pick- , thereby providing the labor- hating army officials with an ex- euse to order the militia to an at- tack. a “Through military discipline and the fear of court martial the bosses * and their agents, the city and army authorities will attempt to force these troops, strikers and the rela- tives of strikers to attack our lines.” The picket captains of the Tex- tile Mills Committee will be pro- vided with orange arm bands, with the name of the union printed thereon in full. Another occurence here, which has aroused much bitter resentment among the masses of strikers, as do the bosses’ threats of a coming military and police terror, is the statement made by the officials of the Textile Council of the United Textile Workers. Batty Endorses Terror In view of the massing of an elab- orate apparatus to break the strike by onslaughts of armed forces, Wil- liam Batty, secretary of the council, announces to the press that “tech- nically, we are satisfied with the preparations being made for police protection Monday. +The Textile Council will be chagrined if the im- pression went out that the New Bedford authorities were forced to resort to mounted police to keep crder in the ranks of labor.” Batty then openly displayed hig role as provacateur when he endorsed the use of mounted police after his , question as to whether the horses“) were trained or not was answered — in the affirmative, The New Bedford Cotton Manu- facturers’ Association is scheduled to meet at 10:30 tomorrow to plan joint action on whatever the developments may oceur during the morning’s demonstrations. . x Tonight’s mass meetings of the Textile Mills Committee are ex- pected to be attended by the largest crowds since the of the strike. The meetings.will be held at both ends of the city, EDUCATOR AND SON ESTES PARK, Golo, J : George H. Sleight, 59, i of department of educt at the versity of Illinois, h gil, 25, professor at Hi versity, Clinton, N. ¥, e a mysterious stranger’ ea as they slept in a t Park, near here, Both w to @ hospital hemes — am,