The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 26, 1928, Page 4

i j —Pase | Four tHE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928 jLewis Piled Up Huge Fortune While Strikers Starved, Mine Correspondent Reveals’ fHANaOvTS RELIEF 1S NOW | Postmaster Peterson of Dou Ga., committed suicide because ne ‘went broke paying politicians to keep his job. Postmistress Esther BeCollum of Con: senate investigati always under the she , told nittee suppe tood sed her to pay 5 per cent of come to HPaMa ther position. Now comes G. F Flanders, republican boss of Geor- gia’s twelfth district, with the state- ment that he could sell Yy post- }whastership if he want , which he didn’t. He added n not a pa erafter.” He might ss for an dirhonest man in capitalist America, the but in Russia h on ow Yo ha fes ing am Here’s Dave, liewho has been of from © Stically every horse in the British | Wales, prac- Prince thrown WeEmpire. He has gone head first Vilinto more ponds, and been dragged out of more ditches than any other iM&ne man in the history of royalty. OUPrinces, along with snake charm- Pexg, “aviators, evangelists, senators SBand hypnotists are used by the DErapitalists to put on a show for the thhvorkers to keep their minds off the Dodd fact that they produce every- etkhing and have nothing. The £Prince of Wales wouldn't want to Sesist being used in this way be- vause he makes a good living at it, plet’s all he knows, ahd he doesn’t Mohave to take in washing. He cawouldn’t be bright enough to re- dasict if he wanted to. Any person towho has been thrown off as many cohorses as the Prince of Wales and catloesn't know enough to take a Kigtreet car, isn’t right smart. ~ * * * * John O'Connell, who recently died after working 72 years for the Con- weolidated Gas Company, was given a of mall bag of gold a couple of years Nego in recognition of his services. stlf_a young worker starting out into foiife wishes a bag of gold that’s how diro get it. er he we In Evening Clothes Mbove gentleman all dressed P his best clothes has no- Ho go. He expected to at- Klan demonstration in which proved. a flop when Heflin, the chief mouth C for the hooded order, id to appear. The Klan is wkers by preventing the of a Catholic, Al Smith, presidency. The Klan de- @ protestant for chief slave- of the American nation. Fesignation ‘of Becretaty of [Interior Hubert Work has been by the president, it was at the Summer White ‘today. Work resigned to the work of National Chair- f the Republican Party. to protect the interests of | white Vann~ VITAL NEED OF HEROIC DIGGERS Houses, Cows, Cars, Sold for Food (By a Worker orrespondent) WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (By Mail). In January, 1927, Lewis’ organ, | the United Mine Workers’ Journal, stated that the two best citizens in the United States are, ete eet sllon, secretary of the U. S. treas- and, *second, John i Lewis, president of the United Mine Work- | ers of America. Mellon said no back step from the European debts The Young Pioneers are not 0 struggle, the side of the and Lewis said no back step from the Jacksonville agreement. Oh, no!| Labor Defense. Ruin When the delegates returned from the national convention in 1927 they ted to us that a national policy ee had been appointed by and that everything would All we had to do was Lewis be all right: to stay out until victory should be By SOL AUERBAC HL. yen the International Express ours. Well, we did what was asked of us. We spent every penny we had saved. Some of us had property pulls out of Stolpce, the Polish which we mortgaged. Some had border town. Cross-tie by. cross-tie their life insurance policies turned it creeps towards the border of the into as much cash as they could get.|U. S. S. R., seemingly afraid to Some had cows or automobiles which | make the plunge into the land of the they sold. As a consequence of all| Workers’ and Peasants’ Soviets this we were thrown out of our|Thru the meagerly plowed land of houses, our furniture was sold in|the Polish peasant, kept in bondage order to pay the rent. |by the rule of the Pilsudski fascists We have been hungry because we | Carefully it feels its way, guarded sacrificed practically everything and | by _the bayonets of Polish soldiers in order not to take a back step we| The ride is endless and impatience did not return. After a period of |Snaws at one’s throat. Two hours 16 months our dear President Lewis | ™ore to the border and then another calls his hand-picked so-called policy | Wo hours to Nigorelye, the Russian committee and abolishes the Jack. | border town. On the platform of our sonville scale and tells us to go to|coach stands the commander of the work for whatever we can get. If| Polish guard. His uniform is im- that is not one of the greatest |Maculate, decorated with medals treacheries ‘in the labor history of | displaying the important looking the United States, I do not know |fficer’s braid coiled about the| wit te shoulder. He smokes cigarettes and | looks into the distance. “The Devil!” Lewis’ Pile Lewis made a fortune during this | strike relatively as large as the one Morgan and others made out of the | last World War. Many locals were | expelled and their charters revoked for no other reason than that Lewis wished to pocket more money for himself and his henchmen, although these locals deserved to remain in| the union. A statement of finances was issued and we found that the international treasury received $24,- | : 104,000. But we strikers did not | Ah, I see—to play football. “But tell me, Mr. Officer,” I ask see more than $2,000,000. Where | ,, ne, * ik datenuoe the coat |“What are you doing here on the | Russian border, When we sent a committee to! | France?” Pittsburgh to see P. T. Egan, presi- | dent of District 5, to give us some | on relief because we cannot live on $1 per man, 25 cents per woman and 20 cents per child, P. T. Egan told our committee that they had no money, and that they had not been notified by the international that the hard coal miners had not paid any assessments and that they could do nothing to pay anyone anything more. lhe mutters in French. Football in America. He is one of the many Frenchmen who officer the Polish Army, fi- nanced by French gold. I strike up ja conversation with him in French As soon as he learns that we come from America he takes it for granted that we are football players “But why the deuce do you want to go to Russia?” he wants to know and then answers his own question: He smiles in a superior fashion, as child. ““Ah, I see, that you in America don’t know what's going on here. Those rotten Bolsheviks over there on the other side of the border have thrown their country into ruin and havoc. We are here to prevent those brutes from coming into Europe Our task is important tecting Western civil A Superior Intelligence. This is certainly a naive specimen! The European militarists have done their work well and placed their most refined products in a strategic position. “But what have you got against the people of the Soviet Union?” I ask him. “Listen to me. They don’t know what’s good for them. They allow the Bolsheviks to do as they please Finds Out Facts When we were not able to stand such living any longer, a few locals decided to send me to District 1, to! the hard coal district, to raise some funds for us starving miners and cur families. When I arrived I found, to my surprise, that the brothers in the hard coal have been paying their assessments, some of them for ten months consecutively. They also said that they pay $2 per month each for assessments. And, Next year we are going into that that is the truth. | country and change the government We figured the entire thing out | ; and found that hard coal miners had | Distriét 5, where there are 31 inter- already paid Thomas Kennedy |national organizers, all receiving $2,844,000; the Illinois miners paid|$11 per day, plus expenses. from October 1, 1927, to April 1,| Do not be frightened, my 1928, the amount of $960,000; the brothers of the hard coal American Federation of Labor from | your ssments have been November, 1927, until July, 1928, $1| taken care of.” But we soft coal per month for 2,800.000 members, strikers have to go hungry and paid the United Mine Workers’ naked. We appeal to you hard coal treasury the sum of $20,800,000. workers to please help us in our The grand total is $24,104,000. great need. If you give us enough Many Officials bread and coffee we will not go back Everybody should learn what has|to work. but will stay out until a been done with all that money. Part | succes finish. Remember that of it went to tho striking miners, part to keep up the offices of Dis- tricts 2, 5, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17 and 29, fon adlavion- Oo ORREAAE Who ase fe dear fields, “well ‘ul ished and that relief has been cut off from the Lewis clique, and send everything you can to the National much greater quantities now than | Miners’ Relief Committee, 611 Penn- | ever before in the history of the sylvania Ave., Pittsburgh. U Inited Mine Workers, especially in SOFT COAL BEGG AR TO ALL OUR READERS: RE RET ore PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTIZERS Do not forget at all times to mention that you are a reader of The DAILY WORKER. Fill out this coupon stating where you buy your clothes, furnish- ings, ete. Name of business place Address Your name ,. Address Mail to DAILY WORKER 83 FIRST STREET NEW YORK CITY but they are doing theii revolution the wo group of girl Pioneers at a picnic held by the Cleveland International (Photo by George Elson, Cleveland.) SOVIET SKIES BEAM AN EARLY DAWN | standstill. so far away from} e smiles at the silly question of a | terov,” the Jacksonville seale has been abol- | fawn Wrarleare Canon ej | nly the future fighters in the class share now in winning to s children. Above is a over for tent open They'll welcome us with arms.” LEAVE the imperialist ignoramus to watch the landscape and to im- agine himself enthroned in the Kremlin, and join my companions who are on the lookout for the So- viet Star. It is already dark. But in the direction of the U. R. there is a gentle light in the sky which gradually grows brighter and throws everything into half light: It is the early dawn! The light sweeps up from the Soviet horizon, crushing mountains of darkness before it as it comes to take possession of Eur- ope. The darkness recedes before the marching dawn, like a barrier giving way before the impetus of masses. Columns of light-brigades swarm over the sky, in massed’ for- mation to conquer the European night. They seem to be led by a group of three—the soldier, the pea- | sant and the worker covered with the crimson reflection of their flag. This; is a mirage thrown into the- sky from the U.S.S.R., overshadowing |Europe like a storm cloud. We are traveling towards these brigades of hope, towards the Fatherland of the Proletariat, towards the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics! The train almost comes to a We rumble slowly over a small wooden bridge. In the half light we can make out two grey clad figures carrying guns, each side of the stream. The one on the left is a Polish sentinel. The} one on the right. “Russkii, Russ ” we shout at Very class-conscious worker should|\rar with Mary Boland in the chief | him. belong, work and vote for. |part. Rouben Mamoulian, who| “Da, da,” he answers, waving his —C. RABIN. | staged “Porgy” and “Marco Mil- jarm to us. We are in the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics! A few paces from the Soviet sen- tinel there stands an archway, mark- ing the border line. In the light of the early dawn two legions are - | visible: “Workers of The World Unite!” Away All ge “Communism Borders!” ‘Splendid Clubs For Workers of U.S.S. R. MOSCOW, railroad Sweeps July 25 (ES).—The workers club, “Kuhmis- now ten years old, has 5,000 members, 2,000 club circles, reading rooms and a library of 60,000 vol-| umes. The main hall df the élub seats more than 2,000 persons. The club is visited by many foreign workers. Take. the DAILY WORKER With You on Your Vacation Keep in touch with the strug- gles of the workers while you are away on your vaca- tion. This summer the Elec- tion Campaign will be in full swing. The DAILY WORK- ER will carry up-to-the-min- ute news concerning the campaign of the Workers (Communist) Party in the various states, Daily cable news service from the World Congress of the Communist International which opens soon in Moscow. Vacation Rates 2 weeks 65 2 months $1.50 1 month $1 3 months $2 Enclosed find $...,..... Ot months subscription : weeks to The DAILY WORKER. Name . Street . Citys. State DAILY WORKER 26-28 UNION SQUARE NEW YORK, N. ¥, one one | PHILA, OFFICIALS Foote New Plays Scheduled by H. Harris for | FORCED TO JAIL 2 CORRUPT JUDGES Bribes, Extortion All in| Day’s “Work” season, according to announcement sent out by his office. one of the new plays, say's Harris. tress this and next season. (By a Worker Correspondent) cing her case. PHILADELPHIA, (By Mail)—| Other stars who will Corruption of the judiciary, partic- ularly the judges, known locally ase magistrates, has reached such a de- gree that it has become necessary for the “higher” officials of the| system to take cognizance of condi- | tions and make an effort to do some- | thing. Even if Diogenes were living at Marx Brothers | George Jessel | John Halliday sey and his wife Estelle Taylor. The GHT new productions are tial be Sam H. Harris the present| Jeanne Eagels will be starred in despite the fact that Equity has} banned the appearance of this ac- A com- mittee from Equity is again consid- be seen under the Harris banner are the Helen Menken} and Jack Demp- Jack STATE WELFARE WIZARD REALLY WAS DETECTIVE Was Coming Season | LEONID LEON IDOFF, ‘Service Club” | His Game | (By a Worker Correspondent) | Last winter a fellow by the name |of Dalton operated a club known as the Dalton Service League, at 113 E. J4th Street. Recently I heard a fellow who | knows Dalton well. He said that he | Dalton was an agent of the Burns detective agency. Any one can clearly see the aims {of an organization which has an |agent of the aforementioned strike~ present in Philadelphia, he’d have to) Dempsey -Estelle breaking outfit. use bie ae npg ee ead Lega ec x 8 d Keep away from Dalton and his ever built, _ any | “The Big Fight,” kind. these officials who is even remotely| Mstelle Taylor = i® Ve © ite Have nothing to do with their “pure,” let us say cream-colored i stead of white, yet only two magi trates have thus far been singled out for trial. Sept. 17. “The Big Fight,” premiere at the Majestic Theatre on a melo- drama dealing with the prize ring by | Milton Herbert Gropper and Max| “welfare clubs.” —MAIN. “service clubs” or In the role of the mad Czar| which he plays with perfection in Judges Brought to “Justice.” |Marchin, will he staged by David| “Czar Ivan the Terrible.” The | 8301 a eee. cit: Seeley These magistrates are Joseph| Belasco. Associated with Harris in Bovine Bun ville: Sptoys.. ta tHe) eee ye en BC Renae ; Perri and Robert Patton. Indict-| the presentation will be Belasco anc| C@meo Theatre this Saturday, show- | ments were also returned and used against Samuel Wonsosky, a profes-| Albert Lewis. The Marx Brothers’ attraction, en- Northwest Side: 2021 W. Davidson St., 2736 W. North Side: 2409 N. Halstead St. ing in connection with the other | Soviet masterpiece, “Potemkin.” Davidson 8t, sional hanger-on at the courts. Pat-|titled “Animal Crackers,” is sched- ne sa raNorth Side: 2400 N. Halrtead t ton and Rubenstein are out on $10,-| uled to open on Sept. 24 at a theatre . mperial ore 5 : eo 000 bail apiece, and Perri and Won- yet to. be announced, “Animal Chicago Workers Plan | Hungaria PS sonsky are at liberty on $5,000 bail| Crackers” is described as a “musical| i ‘ : Albany Park: 4021 N. D each. bouffe,” and is the work of George Big Drive for Miners cicero: 5100 w. 23rd St. The indictments cover 210™pages and are so numerous that the total is unknown. |supply the score and lyrics. The indictments against the| Jessel will. be seen in a play by judges, prepared by the district at-| poi Cohen, Samuel Spewack and torney and alleging misdemeanor in|pinself. After an out-of-town oper office, include taking fraudulent bail |i-°'Gn Labor Day, Jessel’s produc- unlawful release of prisoners, neB-| tion will come to New York late in lecting to administer oaths to bonds- | so tember. S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. |Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar will Maywood: 4210 S. 9th St. South Sid 3116 S. Halsted St. CHICAGO, July 25.—The Chicago | headquarters for the great ahsets ISAS ae ay eat Soe creas Relief and Defense drive from July| Home; 8201 8. Wabash Ave. Com- 29 to August 5 announce intensive | unity House. preparation to mobilize the entire| Woodlawn: 547 1. 61st St. Progressive labor movement for a| Pullman: 2054 E. 94th St. factory and house to house collec-| , Workers will be sent out from tion to feed, clothe and defend from| these stations into surrounding ter- igs i i ‘ ritory aan boxes and collection PMatG OE fcivibery end) Co en eee Harry Hervey | famities, ze “nh Sataty Cunsmilttda ake AD Many of the cases of bribery and| ang Carleton Hildreth from Hervey’s| “the tranch | eaebre swhos waeetene Seine te extortion were practised against ie branches of the International novel, sented early in October in Philadel-| John Halliday has been en- | Faed by the producer for a com- poor workers, usually arrested for] some minor offense and mulcted by | |the “judges” who took advantage of their lack of legal knowledge. ledy, tentatively called “Women. Bribery and Extortion. |The authors are Edith and Edward) This condition is general today in| Ellis and their play will have its | Philadelphia, and it should not be | out~ of-town opning in Philadelphia supposed by any worker that/on Sept. 10. Harris will sponsor merely because two out of many | “Women” in association with Lewis “Congai,” and will be pre-| »|ings of their membership. Commit- | Labor Defense are working to put | Spare to call at 23 S. Lincoln St., for Jover this great campaign and are|®ssignment of work. jeallinb special mobilization a eee WAYMEN WIN INCREASE. |tees of women workers have also| CHICAGO, July 25.—Majntenance been formed for the purpose of | of way workers on the New Orleans making the work a success. | Northwestern, N. 0. G. N., C. N. O Stations have been established at | & T. P. and A. G. S railroads have the following places: | won on increase in wages, it is re- meet- West Side: 23 S. Lincoln St.; h judges are to be tried on these) Other plays will include “The| keer | ROG ain neaeaee OI charges that this condition will end | Autumn Violin” and “Don’t Count | tions,” will direct several of the| workers on the Southern railroad | Not at all, for bribry and extortion |Your Chickens.” The former is de- are a part of the system. | scribed as an “idyllio drama” from But every worker should remem-|the Russian, which has been trans- ber that he has it in his power to|lated by Isadore Fried and adapted | change conditions and that this can|for the American stage by Eugene be accomplished by the organization | Leontovich and Elizabeth Serber of the workers into unions and by|Fried. “Dont Count Your Chick- the organization of a strong Work-| ens,” by Edith Fitzgerald and Rob- }ers (Communist) Party to which |ert Riskin, was tried out early this DAILY WORKER ANNUAL PICNIC SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 10 A. M. TO MIDNIGHT PLEASANT BAY PARK MOSCOW—LENINGRAD Free Visés (Extensions Arranged for to Visit Any Part of U8: Sok.) « COMPLETE TOUR $450. AND UP “SAILINGS: 8. S. “ROTTERDAM” — Aug. S. S. “PARIS” — — — — Aug. 10 Via: LONDON Return: — COPENHAGEN WARSAW BERLIN HELSINGFORS PARIS World Tourists, Inc. 69 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY Telephone: ALGONQUIN 6900, aforementioned plays. ‘i - BOOTH Trea...45 St., w. of of Bway “Evenings | 8:20 Mats, Tuesday and Thursday, 2:20 GRAND ST. FOLLIES Heart of Coney Island le of Chateau Thierry Wirth, Phil & Family BIG FREE CIRCUS P. K Luna’s Great Swimming Pool 50 Acres of Real Fun CHANIN'S 46th St.w,, of Broadw: * Aee CAMEO “22 Bray Mate, Wed & See | CAPT. OH. A. “HUNTING BIG SCHWAB and MANDEL'S MUSICAL SMASH OOD NEW , With GEO, OLSES and HIS MUSIC ~The LADDER SEATS NOW ON SALE 8 WEEKS IN ADVANCE. CORT THEATRE, W. 48 St. Eves. 8:30. Mats. Wed. & Sat. Money Refunded if Not Satisfied With Play. GAME IN AFRICA” THRILLING—AMAZING—REAL and “ARCTIC SEAL HUNT” FLIG HT ABANDONED. PARIS, July 25.—The ministry of the marine announced today that the round the world fight of the French seaplane Frigate will be abandoned due to engine trouble. Read This First! . We say “tead this first,” because this requires action! ny This is the big week. Every man, woman and child in sympathy with the struggling coal miners | will co-operate fully in our National Miners’ Relief | and Defense Week. Every sybscriber of this paper must take the con- tribution list sent him and collect funds in shop and factory, in ‘union and lodge, from friends and neighbors. Every subscriber of this paper must register with the National Miners’ Relief Secretary or the Inter- national Labor Defense Secretary of his city at once, and take part in the big house-to-house collections on Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29, If. you have not received a contribution list for this special drive for funds then write us this minute and we will send you one by special delivery mail. Everybody must help just a little more at this most critical period. If the Coal Miners and Their Families Ever Needed : Assistance-- They Need It Now! National Miners’ Relief and Defense Week Conducted Jointly by the National Miners’ Relief Committee, International Labor Defense | Address all mail and make all remittances to the National Miners’ Relief Committee, 611 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, Penna.