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J Floyd A. Rave, Siaident of the Cleveland Boy Sceut council, appa- rently forgot whom he was working | for when he issued an order that each Boy Scout should accost any woman he found smoking and re- | quest her to deposit her cigarette in | the nearest cuspidor as a daily kind 3 deed. Cigarette manufacturers, who have kept out of the newspapers the slightest hostile propaganda, and whose eyes have been glisten- ing at the prospect of the immense market offered by women smokers, stood aghast. They sent instruc- tions to James E. West, chief of the executive hoard of the Boy Scouts PREPARING FOR BIG CONVENTION, Ratification “Meet on) August 5 | Thruout the length and breadth of New Jersey, workers’ organiza-| tions and labor unions sre prepar- ing for the coming ratification con- vention of the Workers’ (Commu- nist) Party, to be held at 93 Mercer of America. He wrote a letter of St» Newark, on Ausust 5, and are rebuke to the Cleveland scout head, Preparing for the Red Proletarian pointing out that his crusade showed poesamnich will precede the con- ® “misunderstanding as to the real vernen she Shy: one aims and purposes of the Roy Scout ew Jersey workers are girding Ne: rg their loins to do battle against the TIDUS SEE ene tel Sim Ie t0:Cre~ arr beeatie mbchivie: of MayOvEingie ae doo th wa big business, not the republican machine of Senator beg sie Edge and against the democratic * ee Governor Moore, agent of the Pub- |lic Service Commission. The army jof injunctions issued against work- ers on strike, the violation of the |free speech innumereble times; the use of police brutality against work- ers, and widespread unemployment thave all contributed toward making the coming convention of the Work- ers’ (Communist) Party an organ- |ized mass protest against the depre- dations of capitalism and its play- | mate, corruption; a mass protest which will resolve into a militant fighting body which under the ban- ner of the Workers’ (Communist) Party will fight the capitalist parties and spread the program of the Workers’ Party afnong all | workers. The ratification convention, which | | will get under way at 10 o'clock in |the morning on August 5, will pre- f sent a scene of solidarity of labor | such as has never before been wit-| |nessed in New Jersey. Delegates} | will come from every city, town and - | village, and will represent every in- dustry, in the state. Unorganized | | as well as organized workers will| a | be there to ratify ‘the program of) |the only workers’ party in the The society page of any capital- | country. ist newspaper is the real comic sec-| tion. Any worker could get a kick be held at the same address, 93 out of these funny faces if Dumb Animals has to support them in their tom-|™uch eating of good food, will also} fooleries, On the steamer Rocham-|be turned into a protest meeting} beau, which was off the Newfound. |*eainst the War Danger, the date land’ Banke, Misa Elsie Ekngren|f the banquet coinciding with the (above) was a little bored as she | 14th anniversary of the outbreak of dared her friend, Morton Hoyt, to| the last World War. The charge of | it | Mercer St., at 8 o’clock on Saturday. | second best. weren't for the reflection that he, August 4, besides being the scene of |the Pirates, 4 to 2. Sa asd wei Belief that Tom Heeney ever ae. was a set-up for Gene Tunney to knock down kept thousands of fight fans away from the encounter in New York two nights ago. And the fans seem to have been right, except that Heeney was too game to stay down. Rickard, shown at right in the picture talking to a newspaper man, claims that his Well informed circles state that that figure is * losses were $250,000. for consumption of federal tax authorities. Besides Rickard, the wealthiest promoter in the country, has cleaned up thousands enough to cover during, the last few years, ATHLETICS YANKS; The Philadelphia Athishical one) wona free-hitting game from the Chicago White Sox, 7 to 4, yesterday. Each team used three pitchers. Philadel- phia got 16 hits off Walsh, Con- nally and Cox and Chicago collected ten off Quinn, Rommel and Grove. The Yankees did not play. Dazzy Vane titted in one of his peerless pitching performances for Brooklyn and the Dodgers defeated St. Louis, 5 to 2. Vance gave the Cardinals only six hits. Mitchell, Haid and Johnson were hit hard by Brooklyn. Fussell, Pittsburgh The Red Proletarian Banquet tc/ rookie, staged a pitching duel with! Fred Fitzsimmons and came out The Giants defeated Fussell gave nine hits and Fitzsimmons eight. Four errors hurt Pittsburgh. YESTERDAY'S RESU LTS American League Philadelphia, 7; Chicago, 4. jump into the ocean. Hoyt, who| makes his living as a Washington | society man and who had been | brought up to .be @olite to ladies, | was a little embarrassed. He didn’t | know just what to do, so he jumped | overboard to show his good breed-| ing. The steamer turned back on| her course and fished him out half | drowned. “Thank you very much,” said Miss Ekengren. Hoyt proposed marriage. “Mercy no! I think you're all wet now!” replied Lire Ekengren. admission to the banquet will be one dollar, this covering cost of food and permission to voice one’s protest against the war mongers. All workers’ clubs which will not meet in time to elect delegates to| |the convention and banquet are re-| | quested to be represented by mem-| | bers its Executive Committe For those delegates coming in fon | outlying districts for both the ban-) quet and convention, overnight fa-) cilities will be provided free. Washington, 7; St. Louis, Only games scheduled. National League New York, 4; Pittsburgh, 2. Brooklyn, 5; St. Louis, 2. Cincinnati, 3; poe aaa 1. Chicago, Re Boston, 1 PORTER REMAINS > | so penurious he rides a wooden * * * NANKING PACT It’s pretty tough to have to work for a boss like Cal Coolidge, who | | | horse to save the price of hay. Er- i nest Gilpin, his cook, couldn’t worm ‘ enough out of him to take care of | ‘ | his wife, who has just sued him for | Continued from Page One | non-support. Cal was always hang-| Nanking government for some time. | ing around the kitchen, anyway, and | indicates that the United States was Mrs. Gilpin thought she ought to | anxious for a separate treaty, it is) have a change of scenery. | generally believed. * * The note gives Nanking the right} to tax American goods entering China as it deems fit providing that | it does not discriminate in favor of! ‘imports from other countries. The treaty is to become effective on January 1, 1929, if both govern-| | ments ratify it by that date. eo € * | | SHANGHAI, July 27.—Although | official circles of the Nanking re-| |gime expressed some dissatisfaction |that the pact signed by MacMurray | and Soong did not mention anything | about extra-territoriality they look | forward to the recognition of the Nanking government in the near future. | Reports from Tokio indicate that | Premier Tanaka did not receive the note of the Nanking government, | which claimed that the old commer- \ cial treaty between Japan and China was abrogated, with much favor. Although no note has yet been Te-| \ceived from the Japanese govern- | | ment reports from Tokio indicate | ‘that they will be unwilling to enter * Thrill for Rich } Getting killed is just part of the day’s work for members of the la~ boring class. Capitalism, so stingy to workers in all other respects, is | generous in the number of ways it | provides for this purpose. A worker can breath rock dust in a subway, let a roof fall on him in a coal mine | or fall off the 45th floor of a new | | government. | i DR. ISAAC GROSSMAN 297 E. 10TH STREET NEW YORK Telephone: Alg 6860 | into equal treaties with the Nanking | _ : MILITANT REBEL (Continued from Page One) time. Received the stamps and writing material from you and from someone from the Y. W. L. whose address I didn’t get be- cause they kept the letters and clippings sent to me and they only let me glance at it and I haven’t as yet received it. - “Although my sentence is heavy, my heart is light and my spirit high because I know that I have been given the maximum senténce because I have remained true to the working class. Regardless of what sentence they may yet im- pose on me, I will remain loyal to the working class and fight for | the working class as long as there is an ounce of blood in me. Only life imprisonment could separate me. ~ “Received a letter from Hem- ming, New Mexico, from a com- rade. Nothing more at present but hope to hear from you shortly, T remain “Comradely yours, “JOHN PORTER.” Phone Stuyvesant 3816 John’s Restaurant SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES A place with atmosphere where all radicais meet. 302 E. 12th ST. NEW YORK Health Food Vegetarian Restaurant 1600 MADISON AVE. PHONE: ENIVERSITY 5865 building. Above is the method se-| lected by Cunliffe, British auto racer, who is shown the moment be- fore he was hurled to his death to provide a luxurious thrill for the | British leigure classes. After a\ bloody auto race the rich parasite drives to his empty palace, casually picks up the History of Rome a: ‘recoils in horror before the degrada- | tion of the patricians who pbc themselves by watching gladiators | fight. Actually the Roman sword | experts patched up a working agreer | ment before they entered the lists | to get themselves all bloodied up and | yet leave the field at the end of the, day in the best of health, PYCCKHM 3YBHOM BPAY Dr. JOSEPH B. WEXLER Surgeon Dentist 25 yrs. in practice. Moderate pricer. 223 SECOND AV. NEW YORK Temple Courts Bidg. Dr. J. Mindel Dr, L. Hendin Surgeon Dentists 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803 Phone, Algonquin 8183 | | WOUNDED IN PRISON FIGHT. | BALLSTON, Pa., July 27 (UP).— A close range pistol battle was fought in the Saratoga County jail here early today between a prisoner and three deputy sheriffs. Deputy | sheriff Fred Currier was critically wounded, | I. STERNBERG Optometrist Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted 916 Prospect Ave. Cor E. 162 St. BRONX, N. Y. Pear nee rv ie 8448 All Comrades Meet at BRONSTEIN’S VEGETARIAN HEALTH RESTAURANT 558 Claremont P’kway Bronx Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 19: SECOND AVE. Bet. 12th and 13th Sts. Strictly Vegetarian Food. WE ALL MEET at the NEW WAY CAFETERIA 101 WEST 27th STREET NEW YORK GAIN ON || GIANTS WIN TILDEN BEATS LACOSTE IN GREAT TENNIS MATCH ROLAND GARROS STADIUM, | PARIS, July 27.—The vast, colorful, throng that jammed the stadium | today saw William T. Tilden, II, re- | instated captain of the United States | team, stage a marvelous comeback | to tennis form and defeat Rene La- | coste of France in the first singles match in the challenge round for| the Davis Cup, emblematic of the world’s team championship. The score was 1—6, 6—-4, 6—4, 2—6, 6—3. Henri Cochet of France, in the! other match of the day, defeated John Hennessey of the American} team, 5—7, 9—7, 6—3, 6—0, and the | teams ended the day at one match—| all. Three victories for either team | will decide who shall Pde ees the cup MEXICAN POWER HANGING FIRE : Continued from Page One own candidacy for the presidency. | | Yesterday, however, he definitely | made public his support of the presi- dent. In some quarters this is taken! |to mean that Calles has agreed to) support Saenz for the presidency two years hence after the special term Calles is.to serve will have | ended. | Concessions to Reaction? Whether or not Calles and his im- | mediate supporters have made any basie concessions or agreements to the reactionary leaders is not yet known. The policy of the militant labor and peasant forces and the Mexican Communist Party has been to give qualified support to the Calles gov- ernment as against the extreme re- action which is threatening the coun- try. In manifestos issued by the Mexican Communist Party and the | National Peasants the workers and peasants were called upon to organ- ize for the fight against reaction and against impe: fT RUSSIAN Taught by proferstonal teacher; university graduate; instractor in} | Russian at Berlitz School of Lan-{_ gunger. | MICHAEL M. JERLITZYN 2018 Fifth Ave., N.Y. C. Harlem 5560 “For Any Kind of Insurance” CARL BRODSKY 7 FE. 42d St. New York Citys Telephone Murray Hill 5550. MARY WOLFE STUDENT OF THE DAMROSCH CONSERVATORY PIANO LESSONS Moved to 2420 Bronx Park East Near Co-operative Colony. Apt, 5H Telephone EASTABROOK 2459 Special rates to students from the Co-operative House. Unity Co-operators Patronize SAM LESSER Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailor 1818 — 7th Ave. New York “Between 110th and 111th Sts. Next to Unity Co-operative House ‘Tel. Res. 187 Pulaski St. Pulaski 1770. . Pulaski 5216. Insure with DAVID OSHINSKY GENERAL INSURANCE Office: 60 Graham Ave., Brooklyn. Fire, Life, Public Liability, Com- tion.’ Automobile, Accident, Health. No Tip Center Barber Shop NEW WORKERS are 26-28 Union Sq. 1 Flight Up NEW YORK CITY Individual Sanitary Resvice, bby Ex- perts.—LADIES' HA hy OBBING SPECIALIS’ Patronize a Comra a4 miiies Shop Units, branches, nuclei, ete. of | Tra the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Com- munrist) League in New York City are asked to send notices of their activities to this column. There is no charge. All notices must ar- rive one day in advance to ensure | publication. | Subsection! 3C Meeting. All units of subsection 3C will 1 Monday at 6:30 p. m, at 101 West 2 St. The election of campaign direc tors and other important matters will take place. All members must attend Branch 4, Section 5. Branch 4, Section 5 will hold meeting to’ observe the 14th anni versary of the World War, Monday, July 30. Comrade Betney will lead the discussion on “Communist Tactics in the Next War.” a Jugoslay Fraction. Jugosiay Fraction will hold its first outing on Sunday at Edenwald. Games and refreshments will feature. Dire tion:—Take Lexington Ave. sub to Bast 180th St., then change for Boston & Westchester R. R. local to Dyre Avenue. Branch 6. Branch 6 announces the opening of Campaign Headquarters in the 6th As- sembly District, Bronx at 2700 Bronx Park East, Home of the United Work- ers Cooperative Association. An ap- peal is made to all Workers Party members and sympathizers to report nightly to the above headquarters for campaign work. The {mmediate job on hand is the task of getting sig- natures on the petition to place the Workers Party on the ballot. Com- rade Leo Zsencer in charge of the campaign of that district will be at the headquarters nightly to issue In- structions. Section rs aucaners Class, Section 7 Speakers Class will meet Tuesday at the campaign head- | quarters, 1873 48rd St. Brooklyn. All | Lmembers of the class are asked to ‘report promptly at § p. m. Browneville ¥. W. L. Meet. The Brownsville unit of the Young | Workers (Communist) League has |} arranged two open air meetings | which will be held on the following | | dates and places with the following | speakers: Monday, at Hopkinson and Pitkin Aves.—Frum, Palchik, Gudesman, M. | | Mellman and Lipshits. Tuesday at Hopkinson and Utica | Aves.—Kase, Mellman and Williams. | The following open air meetings for next week have been arranged by District 2 of the Workers (Com- munist) Party: Monday, July 30 Rudgers Square—Wright, Milgrom, Baum, Schalk, and I Cohen. H First Ave.,’ and 49th St. N. ¥.— Schachtman, LeRoy, Gussakoff, Rei and Blake. Tuesday, July 31. Grand St. Est. and Havemyer, | B'klyn—Bimba, Rosemond and G. Welsh. Sutter end Williams, B’klyn—Nes- sin, Lipzin, Ed. Welsh, and Joe Cohen. Wednesday, Aug. 1. Myrtle and Prince, B'klyn—Pad- | more, Suskin and Napoli le Pencil Co. (noon)—P. crows, | Dayton Ave., Passaic—Marshal, Frelman ‘ee a vhursday, A Hendrix and Sutter Ave., B'klyn—| Padgug, Silber and Pasternack | Steinway and Jamaica, L. L— Powers, Baum, Harfield and Heder. 138th St. and Annes Ave., Bronx— | Jacobson, Wortis, Shapiro, Weich and Moore. 40th St. and 8th Ave., and V. Smith. | Allerton and Cruger., Ave Bronx— Bentall, Leibowitz, Peer, Wilkes and Cibuisky. 24th St. and Mermaid Ave., Huiswood, Hendin and Rallam. Loose Weils Biscuit Co., L. L—B. Miller. (noon) | Friday, August 3. National Biscuit Co (noon)—Grecht, | and Ross. Bristol and Pitkins, B'klyn—Rago- | zin and Lypain. | N. ¥.—Yusem Cn rst Varet and Graham; B'klyn—Magli- | | acno, H. Willia Lillienstein, Taft | end Severino. bth Ave. St., Y— and 110th Meeting Rooms and Hall TO HIRE Suitable for Meetings, Lectures and Dances in the Czechoslovak Workers House, Inc. 347 E. 72nd St. New York Telephone: Rhinelander 5097 Get Your Money’s Worth! Try the Park Clothing Store For Men, Young Men and Boys || Clothing 93 Avenue A, Corner 6th St. NEW YORK CITY | trict Organizer. Trachtenberg, and LeRoy Market and Plaza Markoff and Stanley Saturday, August 4. First Ave. and St.—Bentall Auerbach, Blake and Lillienstein 13th Ave. and 42nd St., B’klyn Padgug, Suskin, Lustig and Magli- eano West N genline. Lyons, Codkind, Reiss Newark, N Y Ww N. J ht 14th St. and Ber and Schal . * W. L. Hike. The McKinley Square unit of the Young Workers (Communist) League will hike to Hunter Island tomorow Those wishing to attending should West Farms depot (177th St.) m. A big progsam including sports, swimming, canoeing and a bont have been arranged by the committee in charge of the hike. . Bronx Y. “Fight War Danger.” Fight the War Danger” leaflets and accompanying election campaign contribution envelopes are now ready in the district office. Every cam- paign director must call for these at once for distribution at open-air meetings. They must be used at every meeting up to August 4th Party Days! All comrades, including all func- tionaries, are ‘instructed to attend unit meetings held during this period, to take up important tasks in con- nection with the election campaign standing. Section and unit executives and to place themselves in good are instructed to prepare a special order of business for the meetings to be held on the Party Days. ' Party Membership Meeting. The comrades in the units are asked to thke note of the fact that there will be a Party membership | meeting Wednesday, August ist at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E. 4th St. No other meetings are to be arranged to conflict with this date, Note is also to be taken of the fact that on Saturday afternoon, Au- gust 4, the anniversary of the World War opening, there will be an open air demonstration at Union Square | under the auspices of the Workers | Party. All units are to make ar- rangements for mobilizing masses of workers to attend. District Executive’Committee, Dis- | « trict 2, John J. Ballam, Acting Dis- Note For Literature Agents. The National Party platform out. All section literature agents are urged to procure bundles of them at the Workers Book Shop, 26-28) Union Square. Additional copies of the “Communist” for July are also | available, Subsection 35, Subsection™3E will hold a mem-| bership meeting on Tuesday, 6:15 p. m. at 101 West 27th St. Ail mem- | bers must come on time, because ac- | tion will be taken against members who fail to answer at the roll call Worker Jailed, Beaten |in Greek White Terror ATHENS, (By Mail).—The work- er, Papadopoulos, secretary of the | Workers Bureau in Saloniki, was ar- rested because he carried out the mandate given him by the general mass meeting of the labor unions | and declared that the mass meeting scheduled for July 2, must take place under all circumstances, legal or not. On his arrival in prison Papado- poulos was fearfully mishandled. LATE ‘NO PERMIT ASHLEY DECISION Citizens’ Body Petitions Signed for March Continued from Page One cuse to refuse the permit. They de- | clared that the parade will be held regardless of official sanction. Mobilize Police. The city authorities are preparing | to mobilize the greatest array of po-| lice strength yet set up in the strike situation to break up the parade to- morrow. Police forces in all neigh- boring towns are being liberally tapped to provide a police strength large enough to attack the tens of thousands expected to turn out. Thousands of citizens here are signing the petition circulated by the Citizens Relief Defense and Civil Rights Committee, recently organ- ized and under the chairmanship of Alfred Saulnier. As soon as the mayor’s refusal of permit was learned of the petitions were issued for signatures. This was at 6 o'clock last night. The immediate response was tremendous. The petition de- mands that the mayor permit the textile strikers to exercise their con- stitutional right to parade. * Bar Workers’ Spokesmen. Admission was again denied the representatives of the Textile Mill Committee when they went to the conciliation conference” held today between the Textile Council and mill bosses under State Arbitration Board auspices. The union declared, as it did after being refused admit- tance to the previous conferences, that no strikers will heed any deci- sions this fake conference, that no fake conference may arrive at. * * The Textile Workers’ Union of the T. M. C. has announced that its policy of mass picketing of struck mills will not be abandoned in spite of the recent mass arrests and jail- ings. Labor aa Frateraid Organizations Labor and fraternal organiza- tions in New York City and vicinity are asked to send notices of their activities to this column. There is no charge. All notices must arrive one day in advance to ensure publication. *“ Workingelass Housewives, Council No y Istand, will part Ragozin and Peretz Shickman will _ Ray Councils of Brighton | Beach aud Bath Beach, alo all Weve ing class wom f eighborhood Scandinavians To Hold Sports Meet. Scandinavian Workers’ | Athletic Club will hold a festival in Ulmer Park, Broklyn tomorrow. Among the features will be two soccer games, one betweea the Swedish S, C.and the Norwegian team Klippen; another between Scandinavian Workers A. C. jand Hungarian Workers A. C. Working Women's Federation. On_the eve of the anniversary of the World War, the New York Work- ing Women’s Federation is calling a delegate meeting of shop representa- tives and delegates of its affiliated at 7:30 sharp Au- At this conference the and the methods to n fighting the war danger | will be discussed by women promin- ent in the labor movement. Women’s organizations are invi to send delegates, and girls working In shops are Invited to represent their shops at this conference 1. L. D. Open Air Meet. The Sacco-Vanz: branch of the Titprsincional. Defense will hold an open air meeting at Wilkins and Intervale Aves. the Bronx, today at 8:30 p. m. ‘The speakers, I. Zimmerman and 8. LeRoy will dis- cuss “Capitalist Justice in the United States,” emphasizing the Mooney- Advertise your union meetings here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 26-28 Union Sq., New York City AMALGAMATED, FOOD WORKERS Bakers’ Local 184 Meets IstSaturday in the month at 3468 Third Ave. Bronx, N, Y. Ask for Union Label Bread |) W NOW OPEN orkers Beok Shop 26-28 “UNION SQUARE Books, Pamphlets, Magazines, on all subjects. OPEN DAILY UNTIL 9 P. M. EXPERT Stenographer Wanted FOR IMPORTANT PARTY WORK AT ONCE. Must be Party or League member. CALL HARLEM 1278 r~ Workers Canes! Clothiers, Inc. SUITS MADE TO ORDER. READY MADE SUITS. Quality—Full Value 872 BROADWAY, N.Y. Cor. 18th St—Tel. Algonquin 2223 WORKMEN'S SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT FUND UNITED BRANCHES of BROOKLYN aud QUEENS at Gerken’s Cypress Hills Park, Concert Music—Dancing and other “Punch and Judy” SUNDAY, JULY 29th, 1928 Gates Open at 10 A.M. « GRAND VOLKSFEST Cypress Ave., Evergreen, L. L Attractions—Games for Children Free Tee Cream for Children AFTER 6 P. M., 50c Take Cypress Avenue Car at Ridgewood to End of Line Great Boat For the Hungarian On the Boat SWIMMING POOL FREE AT STONY POINT—GAMES, ETC. Tickets: $1.25 in advance. Square. $1.50 at the pier. Boat leaves East 91st St. pier 10 A, M. sharp. At Tomorrow--Sunday, July 29 to Stony Point On-the-Hudson UJ ELORE Arranged by Greater New York’s Workers and Fraternal Organizations Dancing and Refreshments For sale at Uj Elore, Hungarian Daily, 26-28 Union Good Time Assured for All Excursion Communist Daily Put the Party on the Ballot All Party members and all sympathizers are asked to report for duty to collect signatures to put the Party on the ballot at the following headquarters which are open every evening: Section Section Section Section Section Section 1—Downtown Manhattan—60 St. Marks Place 4—Harlem—43 East 103rd St. 5—Bronx—2075 Clinton Ave. 6—Williamsburg—29 Graham 7—Boro Park, 764 40th St. 8—Brownsville, 154 Watkins Avenue St. Spend Your Vacation UNITY CAMP WE HAVE BUNGALOW ACCOMODATIO Your Proletarian Summer Home Improvements and Conveniences Directions: and 7th Ave. Camp by bus. Central or dale and from there take our machine to the Camp. registration inquire 1800 SEVENTH AVENUE Corner 110th Street. From 110th St direct to the From Grand 125th St. to Wing- | Friday . | Saturday 1800 For Telephone:,Monument 0111 Camp Tel.: Wingdate 10-¥-12 © BUSSES LEAVE Seventh Ave., Corner of 110th St. . 6:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. ++» 8:30 A.M,

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