The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 25, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS TO ORGANIZE THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK FOR A LABOR PARTY FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. F INAL CITY EDITION Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publighing Association, Inc., 26-28 Union Sa. New York, N, ¥- | Vol V., No. 175. NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1928 Price 3 Cents : VIOLENT REACTION NOW THREATENS MEXICAN WORK ERS World ges of Communist /A[nternational Discusses Bucharin’s ‘Thesis Beles to Make Workingelass History NEGRO DELEGATE SAYS SOCIALIST PARTY BETRAYS French Delegates Tell of Work in Army MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., July 24.— Under the chairmanship of Carlton, | the sixth session of the World Con-| gress of the Communist Interna- tional opened here today with the continuance of Nikolai Bukharin’s discussion. French Imperialism. Semard declared that the French delegation was in agreement with Bukharin’s report and theses but would like to see more emphasis placed on the role of French im- perialism. He pointed out that the main aim of French imperialism is to extend its colonial possessions. | thus intensifying the antagonism} with the other imperialist powers | Simultaneously it is oppressing the French working class. The French social colonial A group of delegates to the National Nominating Convention of the Workers (Communist) Party, standing in front of the Workers Center. 26-28 Union Square, New York City, and displaying a copy of the Daily Worker announcing the nomination of William. Z. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow as the standard-bearers of the workers in the coming elections. This convention launched the greatest poli- democracy! 18) tical campaign that the American working class has ever under- oppression | supporting taken. (Photo by G abroad and capitalist ee lath ater ke 2, at home. Semard drew. attention to the suc- cessful anti-war propaganda wie the French Communist Party is con- ducting among the troops and in| the factories so that, when war the imperialist conflict can| d into a civil war and pro- | revolution. CLAIM OF SANDINO’S “DEFEAT” NOW EXPOSED ‘MILL BOSSES IN NEW FAKE MOVE. ‘State Board, § Boss Tool, comes. SUPERIOR, Wis., July 24.—The |recent claims of Secretary of Navy Wilbur that Sandino has been “de- feated” were exposed today by the| | admission of Wilbur himself that the ia hs eee les to act thousands of marines now in Nicara- quickly enough. He cited as eX-| 214 will remain there. This infor- a eee errata’ | mation was given to Coolidge today Rogitch, of Yugo-Slavia, declared | PY the Seeretray of the Navy. sser of. Holland, next de- clared that the Executive Committee | of the Communist International had| _HAILS TRIUMPH OF > USSR. RESCUE SHIP 'Central Executive Committee Contrasts Fascist Cowardice With Communist Courage Pointing to the wide political significance of the achievements of the Arctic rescue éxpedition of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics exposure of cowardice on the part of Mussolini’s agents. As the importance of events concerning the ill-fated fascist gesture | at polar exploration are not diminishing, but promise to increase from day to day because of remarkable social significance the statement published here is of much importance. The American masses will have | their opportunity, in all probability, to greet the heroic Soviet aviators, | Chukhnovsky and his comrades, in the near future, since Foreign Min- | ister Chicherin has stated that the invitation to the aviators to visit the | United States will be accepted. The statement of the Workers (Communist) Party follows: A Triumph of the Soviet Union. Fascism, the militant dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, and Sovietism, the militant workers’ rule under Communist leadership, have shown their mettle in the Arctic ice-fields. For years the American bourgeoisie has worshiped at the shrine of fascism. Not only capitalists and their newspaper henchmen, but even a section of the so-called liberal intelligentsia were captivated by the spectacle of the “strong arm” that knew how to keep the workers and the poor peasants down- trodden and deprived of the most elementary rights. In Mussolini’s white terror the ruling classes and their satellites admired what they called “efficiency,” “discipline,” “order.” On the other hand, while fogced on the whole to admit the gigantic successes of the Soviet Union, the same classes and groups kept on denouncing the workers’ rule as “tyrannical,” “corrupt” and “morally degrading.” Imperialism and Communism—a Contrast. The outstanding facts of the Nobile expedition and the rescue activities of the Soviet ice-breaker Krassin’s crew have manifested even to the bourgeoisie the true nature of Fascism on the one hand, Communism on the other. that, his delegation was. completely in agreement with Bukharin and was | very thankful for the liquidation of| Some time ago, the Navy Depart-| ment denied that Sandino had an army of more than 200 soldiers. Re- Calls “Peace Meet” cently, they have reported the “sur-/ (Special To The Daily Worker.) |render” of about 500 Nicaraguan | NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 24. | These claims were shown to be false! Warrants were issued by the lo- anti-Party factional struggles. Negro Work. Fy Negro delegate of, the Nobile’s expedition was a link in the chain of imperialist ven- tures. Even when the representatives of finance capital are not engaged in direct plunder, they have to keep the annexationist- militarist spirit alive. Even when they cannot send troops to occupy foreign lands, they at least undertake actions symbolizing military oceupation. Such a symbol was the Italia’s flight to the pole, accom- | in saving many members of the lost crew of the Fascist polar junket, the | Workers (Communist) Party of America issued yesterday from its na- | tional office at New York a statement contrasting these achievements | with the miserable failure of the fascist “exploration” gesture with its | Photo shows a truck of food, mine fields. It is the food and ‘ sent by the Chicago branch of the National Miners’ Relief Committee, ready to leave for the Illinois clothing contributed by workers thruout the country that is keeping the striking miners fighting against the united front of the bosses and the bureaucrats. more ammunition to the heroic mii ional Miners’ Relief Committee, 611 Penn Ave., Send mers by contributing thru the Na- Pittsburgh. GREATER GRAFT INQUIRY LOOMS Queens Workers Are Burdened | A new Queens peat investigation of wider scope than the recent sewer scandal inquiry loomed as a possi- ility yesterday, interview given by William L. Leon- eral Grand Jury, which is probing the income tax status of the late John L. Phillips, head Tammany |erafter who swindled millions of dollars in his city contracts. | Criticizes Officials Implied ‘criticiam was aimed at Buckner and his associates when as a result of an} ard, foreman of the Brooklyn Fed- | MEETING OUSTS NEGRO DELEGATE : Republicans Would Not “Embarrass Leaders” WASHINGTON, July 24.—Mrs. Mary C. Booze, a Negro delegate to the Republican National Commit- tee from Mississippi, was today ousted from the meeting place in which sixteen other women dele- | gates had met, all on invitation, in order that her removal might “save republican leaders and especially Dr. | | Hubert Work, chairman of the Re- publican National Committee, em- barrassment.” Leonard expressed regret that the| grand jury, to which the sewer pipe | evidence had been presented, voted | F™ o'm stine. WORKERS PARTY “mito to Fight Mine -_ etsver» CHURCH TO SAVE KILLER; SMASH LABORMOVEMENT |Congressmen May Be | Expelled MEXICO CITY, July 24,—Indi- cations that the hold of the church hierarchy over the Calles govern- ment may save Jose De Leon Toral, assassin of General Obregon, and that the whole force of the govern- ment may be employed against the labor movement, was revealed in a statement today by Aurelio Man- rique, spokesman for the reaction- ary land owners who now dominate the political situation. “We regard Obregon’s assassin as |@ personage who was controlled by | superior outside forces,” said Man- |rique. “We do not demand his death, but we do demand justice and we believe this can be achieved most. uickly by removal from the goy- ernment of those labor leaders whose anti-Obregon activities cre- ated the atmosphere for the mad act jof the assassin. The influence wielded by those labor leaders must be wiped out of Mexican public af- fairs.” The assassin of Obregon recently confessed that he killed Obregon for religious motives. It appears that pressure is being made by the church, in alliance with the “Agra- rians,” to save Toral. Tt is expected that an official | statement will’be issued by the gov- ernment withdrawing the assertion that the church is responsible for the assassination. The new “confession” of Toral is being kept secret. It is possible that he may repudiate his statement» | thatthe crime is due to religious in- fluence, on acount of the dominance Work, now the official manipu-|of the church in the political situa- | lator for the Hoover candidacy, was) tion and the fact that his life might scheduled as the principal speaker | be spared. eG by the re-enforcements of marines | ¢al police against seven of the strik- | panied by all the bombastic phrase-mongering and flamboyant self- | only misdemeanor _ indictments | Moral issues are involved in the| ) Ami eregation, ‘asserted that the érican Party was not yet paying sufficient attention to work among the Negroes. In spite of the intolerable exploitation of mil- lions of Negroes, he pointed out that nothing had been done to bring these workers closer to the Party. “The American socialist party has} organized reactionary trade unions in which we are without influence,” Ford declared. He further main-| tained that race prejudices are found even among Party members and} that there were not sufficient good) directors of Negro work on the | Continued on ey aioe Three Jeration is being given to the rea’ The latest claim of Sandino’s “de-| feat” is shown to be equally false. When Wilbur annouced the “de- feat” of Sandino, he refused to give | any details. It is evident that serious consid-| situation in Nicaragua, which is not revealed to the public. Of consider-| able significance is the fact that Morgan, was present at the confer-| ence of a ee ate and President Cool- | Announcement idge. REPORT POLISH | |Thomas Cochran, partner of J. P| | ing textile workers for their part) |in a mass picketing demonstration today on the charge of parading without a permit. Over two thou- sand pickets and spectators an- 1] swered the attempt of the mill | bosses’ association to prevent pick- eting by threats of a new reign of terror. All are held on $300 bail. * * NEW BEDFORD, Mass., July 24. that Edward | Fisher, chairmarf of the State Board |of Conciliation and Arbitration, is | addressing letters to the mill owners’ | Testile Gn and to the heads of the ‘extile Council for a conference Fri- das. July 27, indicate that new steps are being taken by that instrument KEEP UP SEARCH, FASCISTS PLEAD | BORDER CLASH of the mill barons to end the strike lof the 28,000 textile workers whose {walkout more than 15 weeks ago WARSAW, Poland, July 24—| completely silenced 70,000 looms. Nester accounts report that one} ‘As before the steps being taken Polish soldier was killed and another, by them, show that they are making aggrandizement of which the blood-reeking demagogue Mussolini is past master. The Nobile expedition pursued no scientific aims; it was not intended to make new discoveries; it used exploration as a convenient pretext; it was to remind the powers engaged in a franti¢ race for air domination that Italy was a great aerial power; it was’to plant a cross blessed by the Pope and a flag consecrated by Mussolini on the “roof of the world”; it was to divert the attention of the masses at home from their intolerable conditions and from the sentencing of large numbers of Communist and other militant workers to long years of prison; it was to convey to an astounded world the glory of Fascism. Failure of Expedition. The expedition, like war, like any other severe crisis, only proved the inner decay of the system of which it is an expression. The fate of the Ifalia and its crew is by no means an accident, as there is no accident in the collapse of a disease-corroded body. The expedition was ill-equipped, ill-organized. Its commander, “General” Nobile, was not fit to lead. He had no scientific standing. He knew more about champagne parties than about polar flights. Like his lord and master Mussolini he knew only how to throw dust in the eyes of the world without gaining the confidence of his fellow fliers, and with- out establishing between himself and the crew a spirit of co-opera- tion so essential in hazardous undertakings. No Ban on on Krassin Visit, U. S. Says | MOSCOW, July 24 (UP).—A re-| quest that Russia continue her search for the six men who disap- peared with the wrecked gas bag of | the dirigible Italia was received from the Italian government today, along with an offer of two big sea- planes to assist in the search, * Spa U. S. Not To Welcome. WASHINGTON, July 24 (UP).— The federal government will not stand in the way of the contemplat- | ed visit to. the United States of Prof. Samoilovich, head of the Russian re- | lief expedition aboard the Krassin, and Chukhnovsky, Russian air pilot, who assisted in the rescue work fol-| lowing the dirigible Italia’s polar flight, it was said in official circles | here today. | wounded in a struggle with Lithu- another effort to pave the way for | anians near the frontier today. The betrayal of the tens of thousands jengagement is said to have taken o¢ workers by refusing to call to the | place at Neutroki. Coming immediately after mar-| | proposed negotiations the real repre- sentatives of the workers,—the Tex- shal Pilsudski’s review and overt en-|tile Workers Union of the Textile couragement of his legion during the anniversary exercises at Vilna, the | rumored clash on the border is caus-| ing intense excitement here, and con- | Mill Committees. Edward Fisher, chairman of the State Board said that letters were being addressed to the mill owners’ firmation of the report is eagerly association and to the heads of the | being awaited. Textile Council for a conference Fri- The government nas not as yet day, July 27, 11 a. m. in the fore- issued an official | will not until the receipt of further |details from the border. It is ex-| pected, however, in view of the pres- | ent administration’s attitude to-| statement andj) noon in the New Bedford City Hall. No Replies Yet. Neither the employers nor Batty’s ‘union have as yet given official re- plies to the conference invitation wards Lithuania, that relations be- }4¢ jt is almost a certainty that | tween the two government’s may be they will both accept. The Textile seriously strained within the next) i1] Committees, it is believed, will forty-eight cent oom: Lithuanta Afoused. KOENIGSBERG, East Prussia, July 24.—A wholly unconfirmed ru- again follow the same procedure of demanding representation on the |grounds of safeguarding against a betrayal of the workers interests. The discussion at the last confer- | ly around the ques- ‘They must, however, comply with mor from Kovno states that a clash| ence was entirely q all iemieraian reslationa con- between Polish and Lithuania detach-| tion of rescinding the 10 per cent cerning Russian visitors today. country, bettee: sey wipe pape Det ctails are lacking but reports of of the workers for a wage increase visas, Authorities displayed little inter- | est in dispatches saying that ar- rangements were being made in| New York to fete the Russians | there. Federal officials can take} no part in the welcoming pohedio Start New doatth For Amundsen. OSLO, July 24—A new search | for Roald Amundsen and his five | companions, who have heen lost since they set out to seek the fi to this ments took place near the’ frontier wage cut,—the textile council fakers completely: disregarding the demands | ‘tremendous excitement thruout the and a lessening of hours, as are the |country have been received. Continued on Page Three TO PROTEST SENTENCE 'Meetings to Demand Porter’s Release Superior, Wis., July 24—A large number of mass meetings protesting Young Workers cist Nobile expedition Jurie 18, is against the two and a half year, being organized. The probable whereabouts of the| court-martial sentence of John Por- real nature of th capitalist mill-| tarism which sent Porter to prison | ter, textile strike leader of New Bed- Amundsen plane has been caleu-| ford, will be held in Wisconsin and lated by the director of the Meteor- Minnesota during the next two ment. ological Institute at Tromsoe | weeks, The meetings, arranged by the (Communist) League, will be utilized to show the | purpose of Porter's sentence, and the for his activites in the labor move- Speakers will discuss the Porter sentence and the war danger. Nobile’s Cowardly Desertion. When the dirigible collapsed and rescue came in the person of the Swedish flier Lundborg, Mussolini’s “air ambassador” committed an act of cowardice and treachery. He left his five companions on the ice pack. He flew to safety alone, abandoning his co-workers to their bitter fate. His superiors in Rome hastened to explain his action as prompted by a‘desire to lead rescue activities; but empty words could not cover up the shame of the Fascisti. The Fascist “General” has not lead any rescue activities. He saved his own skin. He stands revealed as a dastardly coward in the eyes of even his own class. He reveals the moral fibre of the regime of which he is the exponent. In trying to white-wash Nobile’s cowardice, Mussolini and his Fascist government identify themselves with the coward and traitor. No more lurid light could have been thrown on the blood-stained dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. Desertcd Malmgren to Die. Like master, like man. Even the capitalist world shuddered on hearing that two Fascist officers, Captain Mariano and Captain Zappi, left the young Swedish scientiest, Dr. Malmgren, to die in the frozen wastes. Malmgren was one of those heroic men who attempted to rescue the stranded Fascists. Malmgren was trying to lead the two captains to firm land. When his wound and exhaustion made it im- possible for him to proceed, the men he tried to rescue left him to die, taking with them all the provisions. The example of the chief was repeated by his subordinates in a more hideous manner. By ordering Mariano and Zappi to keep quiet about Malmgren, Mussolini identified himself al with this blood-curdling crime. Fascsim showed its real face. The Soviet Rescue Ship. | Into this picture of inefficiency, corruption, cowardice and treachery come, like a refreshing breeze, the activities of our comrades of the Soviet ice-breaker Krassin. The Soviet rescue mission had no political aims in view. Moreover, it was not animated by particular Jove for the personnel of the Italian dirigible, who it knew to be Fascists. It plowed its difficult way to the ice-bound Arctic because it deemed it its duty to rescue fellow human beings. But what a revelation was its appearance on the frozen scene to a breathless world! A Triumph of Soviet Science. Unlike the Italia, the Krassin proved excellently equipped with all that modern science can offer, thus bearing witness not only to the economic strength of the Union of Socaailist Soviet Republics, but also to the eagerness of the ruling proletariat to make science its greatest weapon in the construction of socialism. Unlike the Italia, | the Krassin was headed not by bluffing “Generals,” but by an earnest scientist, Professor Samoilovich. And unlike the crew of the Italia, the Russian flier, Comrade Chukhnovsky, when forced down*on the ice, thought first of the Italians who he had sighted, and although in pert himself, radioed to the Kracsin the nosition of the stranded Continued on Page Three i against former Borough President | Maurice E. Connolly. The declaration was made after |the Federal Grand Jury had heard |the testimony of Mrs. | mother-in-law of Frances Phillips, |co-heir to the missing millions of the dead sewer contractor. Workers Hit It was revealed that workers who vurchased homes in Queens, paying from $500 to $750 down, face the loss of their little homes because they cannot pay the huge taxes and the exorbitant sewer levies there. WOMEN WORKERS WILL MEET SOON Federation to Mobilize Against War Danger The New York Working Women’s Federation call to the Second Dele- zate Conference scheduled for Thursday, August 2, has been sent to unions, fraternal bodies, and working class organizations thruout the city in an effort to arouse women to the need for combatting | war propaganda. A special appeal has been made| to women who are working in in- dustries, factories and shops where Thompson, | |campaign to elect Hoover, Work told the conference. Immediately following the speech Mrs. Booze was tricked with the help of a pho- tographer from attending a lunch- |eon which the women had arranged. Republicans have at times pre- tended to be the friends of the Ne- groes. 1,350 U.S, MARINES TO LEAVE CHINA Use “New Diplomacy” for Chinese Masses WASHINGTON, July 24 (UP).— Acting Secretary of Navy Theodore D. Robinson, approved today im- mediate withdrawal of 1,350 offi- cers and men of the marine corps and 13 airplanes from the Tientsin area in China. The exact date of the sailing from China of the transport Henderson, which will convey the marines to San. Diego, will be determined by Admiral Bristol, commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet. The with- drawal was recommended by Ad- miral Bristol and concurred in by the state department. The departure of the 1,350 ma- | rines will leave 48 American officers and 2,467 men in China. . . WASHINGTON, July 24. — The there is no union organization, The conference, which is to be|" held Thursday evening, August 4th at Labor Temple, 14th Street and Second Ave. at 7:30, is another step in the direction of organizing the fighting spirit of working women) to struggle against the war menace which threatens the world. The call to the delegate conference | urges that every effort be made at this time to bring unorganized women into the Federation. withdrawal of some of the Amer- ican marines from China, following close upon Kellogg’s call for a Sino- American conference, is looked upon here as a definite step towards the recognition of the Nanking regime. Although government officials here would not commit themselves definitely on the recognition of the counter-revolutionary government, they indicated that recognition would be very likely to follow the proposed conference. On pages 1 and 4 of today’s Daily | Worker appear two interesting pictures taken by George Elson, a worker-photographer of Cleveland. These two photos are excellent il- lustrations of the type of pictures, that the “Daily” wants to receive from its readers, . ' MORE PHOTOS WANTED “Daily” Mal Makes Appeal for Pictures We want more like them. We also want pictures of picket-lines, | open-air meetings and demonstra- | tions, working class athletic activi- | ties, etc. It is not necessary to have complicated photographic ap- paratus. Camera snapshots that are clear will do—preferably of the Continued on Page Three MEXICO CITY, July 24 (UP).— Demand for removal of labor party men from all government offices throughout the country was made today by the powerful union of rey- olutionary parties. The union has accused the labor party of “psychological authorship” of the assassination of President- elect Alvaro Obregon. Luis N. Morones, head of the la- bor party, already had resigned his post of minister of commerce, indus- try and labor in the cabinet, along with two fellow-officials, at the de- mand of the party. The demand now would mean removal of labor men from posts as governors of states, municipal officials and as senators and deputies in the legisla~ ture—a complete political ouster. [Editor’s Note: The term “Trevo- lutionary parties” really means “re- actionary parties.”] * * MEXICO CITY, July 24.—Fol- lowine the forced resignation of Luis N. Morones and other so-called “labor” leaders from the cabinet, the reactionary “Agrarians” and the Catholic clergy took steps today to restore the power of the church and to crush a)] workers’ organizations. The reactionary parties today an- nounced that they will not be sat- isfied with the resignation of Mo- rones, Gasca and Moneda and made demands upon the government for the expulsion of every member of the “Labor Party” from both houses cf congress. “We do not counsei disorder,” Manrique, reactionary leader of the “Agrarians,” stated today. “We see no cause to seek war until all other resources have been exX- hausted” This is regarded as a threat at civil war unless the sy- premacy of the wealthy landlords clergy and American capitalists accepted submissively. In spite of the fact that the as- sassin of Obregon has confessed that — the killing was caused by the church, the Catholic clergy, in alll- — ance with the rich land owners of the “Agrarian” party, is using the ~ opportunity to return to power and | charge the “Labor” party, which has | been anti-church on account of tl pressure of the masses, with | ppoeatbiey for the ass It is evident that the clergy ides are preparing a pe ‘secution of the militant workers o | Mexico, with new attacks t the peasantry and reaction in tl jiand question. FIND ROMAN COINS BENEVENTO, July 24 (UP) —< Gold and silver coins, believed to bes long to the Roman age, were covered at the Commune of rano when an old building was De stan