The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 16, 1928, Page 2

KM Rotem ae et ry Ow wom eo Bn hea coh PM Ow _— AR ae __ Page Two Be Y eon PURCHASE PLAN URGE Present il Collection Measures Temporary MOSCOW, U.S. S 1 The PI ( Com. mittee Committee 6: nom the orgz " zations g proved r Approve Draft Program. TI Ple epted the infor mation c: r the repo appr f the Com cided to leave ions in the intern < ft r It was de- program t id Congres: The Ple nted out, in its decision < the grain pur. chase policy the low level of agriculture, esy lly of grain pro- ductio: h the swift de- velopme t industry car- ries \ danger of a breach betwe. 1 alist town and the petty bourge: In order t nis problem, the production of individual, small and middie farms must be furthered s laid down by L plan, ing the modern ited out. the - conditions grain pur- the de- Central ion Com- y solutely stated the raordinary measures employed in that campaign are only temporary and are not the organic result of the decision of the Fif- Congress to increase inst the capitalist nin The neces- collective technical of pon a i s made, th teenth Party nounced the NEP, New Eco- being abandoned is THEREMIN ii| Produces Music from the Air ROXY BALLET posiponed ‘Until Saturday Evening, July 21 ght of Mexi can Aviator, Carranza. En THE DAILY WORKER, NEW v_YORK, MONDAY, JU LY 16, 19) ds In calire O h his journey from New York to Mexico Cit , met dea n his plane hit by lightning in New Jerse exchange of courtesy in recognition of Lindbergh’s tr can government of furthering American imperialis t ambitions. Pho 3 Clas he hopped off. s War Prisoners Have Birthdays Soon GRANADA, Minn., Ju 15 (FP) Birthdays in August political and class-war prisoners A meri can penitentiaries are follows: At Walle announce James MeIn 9410; 25 John I 20-9412, At Me Aug. 25 Ignatz Simich, Southern Illinois Prison, Randolph Tl, Cards and letters are appreciated y the Co., k the poli siny the NEP rem s of the proletarian state pol n the coming gri purchas! campaign, it indicated that the Party liquidate the er adership which have bee’ on of the plenum con- the recrudescence of Js and declared itself in favor rmer of elasticity in regulating trade, for a slight incre for a correct distribution of indus- systematic struggle aga’ secret trial products in the country, for a stilleries and for the formation of a state grain re: In conclusion the Plenum decision declares that support of the poor resulted in a considerable extension and middle peasants with seed corn of the land under seed and that this ¢ rve fact, together with the favorable harvest outlook, should ensure a normal tempo in the grain. pur- chase campaign until the autumn. Fascists Take Diploma from Labor Lawyer GEN Bruno Cas July 15.—Because » Who was not even sympathetic to the Communists, de- fended the before the Special Tribunal in Rome on June 22, his diploma as a lawyer has been taken away from him. 16 workers at the trial The sentence of the court, which sent five of the defendants to serve of hard labor each and the others to two to nine years of hard labor each, concludes with the following sentence: “The Tribunal the conclusion of the lawyer Bruno Cassinelli, who ‘requested the exclu- sion of Paragraph 3, Article 1, in his the the accumulation of a number of terms of 21 years Special examined as opinion continuity and penal defenses from the same action is absurd.’ The Special Tribunal considers this conclusion in the form in which it has been expressed as insulting to the dignity and the reputation of the court, orders that the objectionable expression be erased from the court records and decides to hand the matter over to the royal commission of the Law- yers’ Chamber for such disciplinary action as the case demands.” as part of the general program of the Capt. Emilio Carranza, y. The Carranza flight Mexican was an Meci- ’s plane being to shows Carra Appeal Issued to Aid Chinese Trade Unions An appeal to devote the last 2 weeks of July of Chinese by the League. to meetings in aid trade unions is Union Educational The league states that the weekly wage of the best paid Chin- issued Trade ese building worker is only $3 while common labor gets $1 to $1.50 a usually working 11 to 12 hours a day. Child labor is uni- | versal. Labor laws are unheard of. Both native and foreign imperialists are torturing and executing active labor men and women. The American agitation is to be part of a world-wide labor protest. Philadelphia Plans Relief Collections PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 15.— House to house collections will be held here on two Saturdays, July 21 and July 28, for the benefit of the striking mners throughout the coun- try, in connection with National | Miners’ Relief Week. The volun- week, | Morton writes that she i teers will meet at 1 A. M. on these! days at 4035 Girard Ave.; 2926 Gor- don St.; 1331 North Franklin St the Kensington Labor Lyceum, 2nd and Cambria Sts. (entrance from rear); the Northwest corner of 8th and Ritter Sts., and at 1208 Tas- ker St. Every worker in Philadelphia has been urged*to do his bit in collect- ing funds for relief work among the striking miners. BRITISH TOILERS’ SLAVERY SHOWN BY BIG CONTRAST Soviet Workers Are Privileged Class (Continued from. | Rage One) scattered throughout the United States. The Woolworth chain ex- tends to England where it employs girls at about $5.80 a week to pile up part of its enormous profits. Last year's profits of $3 represented a return of more than 1000% on the original investment of the owners. more than Injfact and a less rent absorbed half of Josephine’s earnings. after paying for the room morning cup of tea she had than 0 a week left for food, clothing, carfare and the other necessaries of life. And her work- place is surrounded by gorgeous hotels, restaurants and shops pur- veying the most costly luxuries to Room the rich. The Daily Herald com- ments “Presumably Woolworth’s will not miss her very much. There are so many other girls available. But is this firm, which. is owned and con- trolled by an American millionaire, proud of the payment it made to Josephine?” Worker’s Widow Lauds U..R. S. R. The tribute to Russia is from the pen of Mrs. James Morton, widow of an English worker who accepted Lady Astor’s offer to pay the traveling expenses of any worker who would go to live in Russia. Mrs. s receiving a pension from the Soviet Union of about $58 a month and continues: “When you stop to think of what would have happened if we had re- mained in England during Jim’s long illness, then I think I am fortunate in spite of all our misfortune. By this time in England we would all have been in the poorhouse. I can never tell you how kind they have been to us all the time during his illness. professors, hospital treatment and nurses. Nothing was spared to make it better for him and for the | rest of us as well.” We had the best physicians, | Young Militarists Honor Al Smith | | | | With Wall St. directing his campaign, Al Smith can now turn his attention to proving himself as hundred per cent jingo as possible. Photo shows Al with a group of Boy Scouts just after he had been re-elected Chief Good Scout by the young fascist military organiza- tion. The Tammany sachem feels perfectly at home in a military uniform. j h Sk Lewis Gang Circulates Holds Up Stores resem As Manager a Refuses Food MILWAUKEE, July 15—A man in dirty overalls and minus a shave for many days realized that cash is necessary to live in the “land of the (Special To DAILY WORKER.) NANTICOKE, Pa., July 15.—Re-| ports have been circulated that Lo-| cal Union 900 of the Bliss colliery | of the Glen Alden Coal Co., where | a progressive leader won out in election against the reactionary of- ficials headed by board member, John Kmetz, are protesting the re- free,” and that those unable to find/ cent elections because Joe Christian work are “free” to starve. a well known fighting progressive, Going into the Atlantic and|was elected as secretary of Local Pacific store at 21 Wells street, a typical looking victim of American “prosperity” asked for something} to eat. He was reminded that food is for sale, not to give away. The man left, but returned the follow-| Conference held recently in Pitts- ing day and again asked for food | burgh. This is only an excuse, it The refusal was repeated more|is known, because Christian was energetically than before. Finding} put up and defeated John Kmetz, pleas of no value, the man drew a| the reactionary board member who revolver. and forced the manager | is part of the Cappellini machine 0. S. Wallace, into a corner, and|and who is president of Local 900. then took $24 from the cash register. 4 Union 900. The reactionary officials are try- ing to discriminate against Chris- tion because they claim that he at- tended the National Save the Union a BILLPOSTERS JOIN UNION. SIGN WRITERS ORGANIZE. HIBBING, Minn., (FP) July 15.— N ANTONIO, Tex., (FP) July Billposters on the iron range are now enrolled in Local 99, Int. Assn. a teal of the painters brotherhood of Billposters & Billers, a jences of | tional offices here. “to Lslatte of the | All-Union Communist Party Discusses Draft Progr’ NATIONAL biel ISSUED FOR NEW TEXTILE UNION |Convention Here In September Continued from Page One opening the eyes of the mill work- ers to the need of a real national union that will try to organize the industry and its more than one mill- ion workers, it is pointed out. Very few thousands of the 1,100- 000 textile workers are organized at all, investigation shows. Even the organized workers are being led by a set of bureaucrats who act as the mill barons’ effiicency aides, experi- mill» workers thruout the country reveals, Reports from all over New Eng- land show that this is the opportune moment for the launching of a new union in the industry. The hun- dreds of new members obtained each week by the Fall River unit of the T. M. C. shows that the workers there are prepared to enter a strug- |gle to win back the wage cut re- cently enforced by the bosses and the officialdom of the reactionary independent union there, the Ameri- can Federation of Textile Operatives. Mill Committees Popular. Not only has the firmly intrenched prestige of the T. M. C. in the New Bedford strike been one of the major causes for the growing popularity of the mill committees, but the very form of the organization has cap- tured the imagination of the masses of mill workers. The idea of an in- dustrial union that sets as its task the organization of the entire in- dustry and not only the compara- tively few skilled workers, is one of the chief factors explaining its rapid growth everywhere. The official call, sent out to the enumerated bodies of ‘textile workers, is printed in full in another column of this issue. Credentials sent along with the call are to be filled out and sent in to the Textile Mill Committee na- -The credentials officially state that its subject is a delegate to a convention whose pur- posé is the building of a new na- tional union of textile workers. 1 PROFESSOR Cite eee cece chicane A Russian and Oriental Dances Conductor Symphony Orchestra ARNOLD VOLPE Saturday, July 21 TICKETS FOR SALE ALL DAY AT THE STADIUM Admission: 75c; $1.00; $1.25 and $1.50 ‘CONEY ISLAND STADIUM Surf Avenue and West Sixth Street