The Daily Worker Newspaper, July 31, 1928, Page 3

TAHE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1928. wrase Itice nnn “Butcher” Machado, Sole Legal Candidate, Is Joint Nominee of Three Cuban Parties ‘WHIPS FOR COMMUNISTS POLICE TRAMPLE | WORKERS FACE Torture Workers in Rumania Prisons WOMEN IN ARONT COMMUNISTS ARE VOTE CAMPAIGN Militants Move to Act Despite Terror (Special to the Daily Worker) HAVANA, Cuba, July 30.— Gathered in the chamber of the house of representatives in this city, the joint assembly of the three legal political parties yesterday went thru the solemn farce of nominating General Gerardo Machado as the sole candidate to succeed himself in the) coming elections. Having disposed of the Commu- | nist Party by refusing it permission | to Participate legally in the elec-| tions, the representatives of the as-| sembled parties, chiefly representa- tives of business and professions or of special American interests, pro- | ceeded to nominate the only legal candidate. Assisting at the nominating farce ‘was ex-president Menocal, the pliant tool of the American capitalists. The leaders of the Conservative, “Lib- eral” and “Popular” parties sat around a center table while the dele- | gates responded to the roll call. There were 167 present sufficient to make up a quorum. K Following the anouncement that Machado is to be the sole candidate in the ensuing campaign, the three leaders of the acceding parties made speeches lauding the accomplish- ments of their candidate. At the same time plans for carry- ing on an agitation against Machado in spite of the prevailing police | terrorism are being formulated by | the militant leaders of the workers. The newly nominated president is better known among the Cuban working class as “Butcher” Machado for the persistent campaign of terror which he has carried on against them. GITLOW SCORES ROLE OF HOOVER Exposed as Oppressor of Colonies Continued from Page One the function of an American presi- dent. “The report shows that the Liberian government was originally opposed to the loan, but under pres- sure of threats by the United States government through the secretary of Commerce, Liberia was forced to submit to this financial lynching Process. Land Stolen from Natives. “The Liberian government was forced to grant a concession of a million acres for rubber planting to the Firestone interests, land stolen from the natives, who ate forced to slave for the American rubber trust at a wage of 25 cents a day. “In addition to the enslavement of the Liberjan people, every shred of independence has been torn off the Liberian republic, by the arrange- ment which permits the president of the United States to designate of- ficials that will have a right to over- see the returns on all Liberian in- terior and exterior revenue and to control all expenditures. Crushed Colonial Peoples. “Floover’s part in the criminal conspiracy against Liberia shows up the “rubber tire” candidate of the Republican Party in his true light, as the enemy of the colonial peoples and particularly of. the oppressed and persecuted Negro race who have long and mistakenly looked on the Republican Party as the organiza-| tion that emancipated them from) chattel slavery. “The answer of the oppressed Negro masses to the exposure of| Hoover’s role as an agent of the ex-_ ploiters and lynchers of their race is to break with the Republican Party, as well as with the Demo- cratic Party, the historical party of | ; slavery—and to join forces with the | exploited white workers in the United States and in all countries. under the leadership of the Workers | | (Communist) Party and the Com-| munist International.” Workers in Coke Fields Angry at Wage Cut UNIONTOWN, Pa., July 30.— The H. C. Frick Coke Company, a non-union subsidiary of the steel trust, cut wages 11 per cent for all workers except pit-coal diggers. The eut affects 35,000 men in Fayette and Westmoreland counties, Out- side day laborers will get $3.60 a "Where U.S. S. R. Heroes Battle the Arctic Searching for Amundsen | Map shows the Arctic wastes over which the Soviet icebreaker Krassin and Sedov are conducting a wide search for the still missing Amundsen party ok the remnant of the Italia crew. By ALBERTO MOREAU wiz the approaching elections in Nicaragua, the Wall Street Gov- ernment at Washington is at an im- passe. It is meeting with two great | difficulties impossible to overcome. The indifference of the Nicaraguan masses towards the coming elections as manifested by the lack of interest for the American financier candi- dates and the ever growing populari- ty and strength of Sandino’s army of independence. Nicaraguans Resent Intervention. |The Nicaraguan masses have no jillusions as to the sincerity of American interference in the coming elections in Nicaragua. They deep- ly resent the presence of the Ameri- can marines and their officials who are determined to enforce the will of Wall Street by giving no choice to vote for any but candidates approved |by Washington. As a result, the workers and peasants of that coun- try are taking the attitude of ab- solute indifference towards the coming elections. Thus the Ameri- can government is alarmed at the frightful result that such an atti- |tude might bring about. It is at| present unable to cope with the| situation. U. S. Workers Fight Intervention. Furthermore, General Sandino and his army are becoming more and more popular, not only in the Latin- American countries but also in the ‘United States, the metropolis of ruthless imperialism. The militant} workers of this country have inces- santly manifested their disaproval| of the presence of the American marines in Nicaragua, condemning the cold blooded murder of hundreds | of Nicaraguans and the ruthless des- truction of their farms and villages by the orders of the-Government of J. P. Morgan & Co. They manifested their condemnation at mass meet- ings organized by the Workers Com- munist Party and the U. S. Section of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League. The oppressed masses of Latin- America look upon Sandino’s army of liberation as the starting point which eventually will liberate them from the yoke of American imperial- ism. Financial and material support Capitalist Press Lies About Sandino is being rushed to the camps of Sandino from everywhere. The re- |Pport of Gustavo Machado, who ar-| rived in Mexico after a four-months’ Stay at Sandino’s camp, is an in- spiration to the millions of the op- pressed masses of the two conti- nents: The morale of the army is unshaken. General Sandino has cognizance of the fact that hundreds of thousands of workers in the U. S. are with him. While the Daily Worker carries the accurate news of the arrival of| Gustavo Machado in Mexico, bring- ing Sandino’s message of his un- shaken faith for the struggle which will rid Nicaragua of the presence of the American financial bandits the capitalist press carries the false news of Sandino’s disappearance and the surrender of his army. The Washington Government is at an impasse and this is the cause for the lies spread by the kept press. The Nicaraguan masses are determined to fight American interference and their two weapons at present are: Sandino’s army and an absolute in difference to Wall Street’s elections. At the nij ssion of the World Conference of the Communist In- ternational held Jul; W. Z, Fos- tets.of. the Unite § ieee wares man. e discussion of the Buk- harin theses continued. Bunting, of South Africa, drew the attention of the congress to the importance of doing. work amongst women. Kemeny, of Hungary, declared that the Hungarian social democ- racy was developing from a liberal workers’ to a fuscist workers’ party. Jilek, of Czecho-Slovakia, then | A analyzed the economic situation in that country and dealt ‘with the party’s Red Day defeat. He de- clared that reorganization was necessary in order to win back the confidence of the workers. Contin- uing, he said that since the liquida- tion of the last crisis the party membership had doubled. Sharedshi, of Persia, took the floor to say that the Persian dele- gation agrees with Bukharin,, but demands more detailed treatment of the agrarian question, particularly in regard to the Orient. Dimitrov, of Bulgaria, reported that the Communist Parties of the Balkans had freed themselves from all opportunist elements and unsuit- ‘eble leaders and were now advancing | toward Bolshevization. He argued that as the Balkan parties have sim- lilar tasks coordination is necessary. | Alinin, of Indonesia, declared that |the party must pay more attention |to its reformist colonial policy be- cause the latter is confusing the workers. He said: “The Dutch Communist Party must support us in fighting Dutch imperialism.” Cachin wili be chairman of the tenth session. Heidar, of Palestine,’ demanded more attention for the Near East. Katayama, of Japan, said that Ja- ‘pan is a bulwark of reaction in | Asia. He said that the chief task \of the Japanese Communist Party |is to prevent war against China and the Soviet Union. Horsky, of Czechoslovakia, de- clared that the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia made great mistakes in the peasant and national ques- tions. It must learn from its er- rors, he said. Petrulesen, of Rumania, declared |_ that capitalist stabilization in Ru-| mania was shaky and there was a NINTH SESSION OF RED WORLD CONGRESS committees and trade union frac- tions, he said. Katayama of Japan stated that there was insufficient connection between the Communist Parties of the homelands and the colonies and the former gave the latter insuffi- cient support. This. is particularly true of the a al Dutch and the American Comfnunist Parties, he said. Katayama demanded the Yanidation.. of. Aas etionel ism in_ the | @ establish- Fr — a closer onic between | the Communist Parties of Japan and | the United States. i | Hansen, of Norway, declared that the struggle against compulsory ar- bitration was internationally im- portant. The Norwegian workers | delivered a heavy blow against it in a recent successful strike, he| said. Garlandi, of Italy, said that the Communist Parties were negiecting work among the peasants. The Communist International must have a clear program for peasant work, he declared. Dewey Party Faken on Tour of the Kremlin MOSCOW, July 30.—The party | of American educators led by Pro-| fessor John Dewey of New York, which arrived here recently, was today taken on a tour of the various | institutions within the walls of the | Kremlin. Among the sights seen were the thirty churches within the Kremlin walls, and the Soviet Military Aca- | demy. The churches have been con- | verted to museums, workers are at present arranging the historical and art relics of the former czarist re- gime within their walls. JINGOES TRAIN 1500 MORE. PLATTSBURG, N. Y., July 29.— 1,500 more workers and week for becoming soldiers in the event of an imperialist war, at the Citizens’ Military Training Camp here. The authorities are proud that the youths have a very “satisfac- tory” record of shooting which will be put into actual practise against their fellow workers of other nations unless the young soldiers turn against their own capitalist oppres- THE DIARY OF A- COMMUNIST SCHOOLBOY EE EE " What does a boy of twelve think about in the land where workers rule? == student | youths will end their training this | PORTO RICAN HUNGRY LIFE Bread ee Under | U.S. Imperialism of Ameri- Some of the “benefits” |can imperialist rule are shown in a| Prisoners must endure before the| called report given out by the “Bureau of Labor.” Even this reactionary or- ganization is forced to admit that the workers of Porto Rico have come to the verge of actual starvation | under the American government. - | Thousands Hungry. | Thousands of workers are endur- | ing the pangs of hunger in a land | of wealth and the masses are unable | | to afford even enough bananas. Bread is a luxury here. Beef and | pork are seldom seen in the homes |of the workers. The diet of the laborers consists of bananas, cod- fish, rice, beans, zornmeal and cof- fee without milk. The codfish pur- chased by the workers, however, is of very inferior quality, but costs at least 12 cents a pound. Cornmeal of the worst quality costs 4 cents a pound. No More Free Bananas. Bananas were free to workers un- | der Spanish imperialism, but under American imperialism they cost 20 cents a hundred, which is a consider- able sum considering the few cents a day received by the workers. One child generally consumes five bananas at one meal and twice as many are necessary for an adult worker. Clothing at Expense of Food. Clothing and shoes of the worst class, according to the Bureau of Labor report, are bought on credit and always at the expense of food. The cost of clothing is twice as high as it was ten years ago. | The number of unemployed in Porto Rico is estimated at between 200,000 and 400,000. Wealth for Bosses. Porto Rico is naturally one of the richest parts of the world, and every year tens of millions of dollars of wealth are produced. But the land |is owned by large corporations and | | the workers who produce so much| | get only the blessings of starvation | land being under the rule of Ameri- can imperialism. | BELIEVE 4 DROWNED | PEORIA, Ill., July 30 (UP).—An} | automobile with four passengers plunged through the railing on a/ drawbridge across the Illinois River | | yesterday and sank out of sight in | the channel. The passengers were believed to have drowned. BUCHAREST, Riinaniay ©. “(By| “Ah, Buiu Mail) —As a result of the awful conditions in the Rumanian prison of Jilava, Arnoldi, a member+of the Communist Youth League got heart disease following mistreatment and Aurel Rotenberg collapsed entirely due to maltreatment. C. Nenita, secretary United Labor “Ab, Buium! he?” “That has nothing to do with it, your honor. You are pledged to He is a Jew, isn't follow the law and administer justice.” “Was the prisoner tortured? What are they, Communi: “That also doesn’t matter. The SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, July 30.| Organizations of Galatz, protested|law holds good for all citizens and the sufferings that proletarian every miscarriage of justice must be to the attention of the chief justice Paraschievescu. The) judges.” | following dialog ensued: “Certainly. But it is very good “Who is he?” asked the justice. ‘that they have been whipped.” FIRE IN PRISON KILLS 3 INMATES 16 Badly Burned; 7 Very Seriously HOUSTON, TEX., July 30 (UP). —Three convicts were killed and seven more were in serious condi- tion in Houston Hospitals today after fifty-six men on Blue Ridge Prison Farm Number 2, were trapped in a fire during a week-end movie at the farm. William Key, L. B. Klinkscales and Floyd Pinson died in Houston hospitals Sunday. The seriously burned are Joseph Dalby, Joe Rievera, Archie Bayne W. E. Hall, Frank Monroe, Earl Beaver and G. E. Merrick. Nine men, less seriously injured. were in the hospital at Imperial Prison Farm. Elmer Clay, movie operator, had just finished the third reel of a comedy when a truck driver from another prison farm, a visitor, lit a cigaret. The flaming head of a match flew into a can which con-| tained the film. There was an ex-| plosion and the burning celluloid) | was strewn about the room over the) convict spectators. Key, Klinseales and Pinson were badly burned and crawled but a few feet from where they had been seated before they were trampled by |i the panic striken prisoners. \Many Imperiled In Rooming H House Fire | ALBANY, N. ¥., July 30 (UP). OCRORE Seana |house for men here early today, Miss Pearl Smith, housekeeper, |staggered through smoke - filled | halls to warn 18 occupants. A 19th | roomer, overcome by smoke, was carried to safety by the firemen. * | The other occupants barely had | time to flee the street in their night clothes. Few personal Possessions | | were saved. TO ALL OUR READERS: ee ERS: PATRONIZE OUR ADVER coupon stating where you ings, ete. Name of business place .... Address Your name .. 83 FIRST STREET Do not forget at all times to mention that you are a reader of The DAILY WORKER. Fill out this DAILY WORKER TIZERS buy your clothes, furnish- teen e eee eeneenesemereccen NEW YORK CITY Calles Asked To Stop Anti-Machado Papers MEXICO CITY, July 30.—The Suban government, through its min- ister in Mexico, has requested the Mexican government suppress the Communist weekly, “El Ma. chete” and a radical magazine pub- lished by Cuban revolutionary ex- iles, called “Cuba Libre,” on the ground that these two publications have devoted their pages to malign- ing the Cuban people. It is not ex- pected that the Mexican govern- ment will accede to the request. Neither paper has dedicated any space to attacking the Cuban peo- ple, but they have carried very trenchant articles attacking the dictatorship of President Machado and his treatment of wokrers and Communists, to Two Open-Shop Auto Companies May Merge BUFFALO, July 30.—Another merger of auto corporatons looms with the announcement that the stockholders of the Perce-Arrow Motor Company wll vote on August 7 on the proposed affiliation of the Pierce-Arrow Company with the Studebaker Corporation. Both corporations are controlled by tho General Motors Company, | |the greatest open-shop corporation in the world. The proposed merger | |is thought to be part of the general rationalization program of General Motors for the purpose of tighten. ing its hold on the motor industry. OF FRENCH JAIL 600 Workers at Prison Demand Liberations PARIS, July 30.—Six hundred Communists and workers surrounded the jail at Troyes yesterday demand- ing the liberation of five workers found guilty by a military tribunal of inciting to revolt, according to a report from that cit}. The workers massed around the penitentiary and called upon the prison authorities to liberate the men whom, the y declared, had been sentenced u and before a grossly prejudiced tribunal of offi- cers. Unable to cope with the masses of workers, the Troyes police when they appeared on the scene attacked the workers with a fire-department hose. The workers reformed in other sections of the town and continued to demonstrate for the prisoners. * * PARIS, July 30.—Working women ridden down by mounted police, gar- des republicaines and armed police trampling and beating up strikers are the latest details on the attempt of the workers of Limoges to release a fellow worker imprisoned for dis- tributing a leaflet before the shoe factories in the city. Masses of women workers formed the advance guard during the demon- | stration in front of the jail, the latest dispatch states. The police rode among the women, brandishing their sticks and sabres. Repeated charges were made, GET STINNES, JR. FOR FRAUD BERLIN, July 29.—Hugo Stinnes. Jr., son of the big banker, was ex- amined yesterday at the Hamburg court in connection with his relations with a scheme to swindle the German government out of $500,- 000,000 in war loan bonds. 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