The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 1, 1928, Page 2

To ANNOUNCE BIG PROGRAM FOR STRIKERS’ FAIR Many Features at the Affair Sunday Details of the program of the big Miners’ Solidarity. Fair, to be held in Pleasant Bay P: y, which were announced last night by the National Miners Relief Committee, indicate this fair kill be a red letter day on the proletarian social | calendar of the year One of the features of the mu sical part of the program will be the Russian Balaleika Orchestra, which will play some of the best- known Rus folk-songs as well as musfe of the new Soviet Russia. Two Lithuanian choruses, the Aida Chorus and the Liras Chorus, which have been rehearsing faithfully during the past few weeks, will pre- sent a program of great interest. Both the balaleika orchestra and the Lithuanian choruses will appear in native costumes, adding color and pieturesqueness to the scene. Children Dancers. Also appearing in native folk cos- tume will be the Polish children dancers, who will present a series of folk dances. An important part in the pro- gram will be played by the Work- ers’ Relief Scouts, organized by the | Children’s Committee for Miners Relief, who will appear in tableaux and many other interesting num- bers. Sports. The sports program, which is be- ing arranged by the Youth Com- mittee for Miners Relief, will in- elude gymnastics and athletics of all sorts, as well as soccer, base- hall, boxing and many other sports. The Freheit Soccer Club and a number of teams of the Metropoli- tan Workers Soccer League will participate. Two of the biggest features of the program will be the first show- ing of the miners’ strike film, a vivid depiction of the miners’ strug- gles, and the taking of moving pic- tures of the Solidartiy Parade in which a large number of working class organizations will take part. In addition, there will be open-air dacng, with music furnished by a jazz orchestra, and liberal refresh- ments. Tickets for the Miners Solidarity Fair are 35 cents and are on sale at the National Minera, Relief Com- mittee, ii Broadway oom 337. WORKING WOMEN TO FIGHT WAR Seott Nearing Will Speak at Meeting Continued from Page One ance for this delegate conference. | asa stepping stone for the all-im- portant drive for trade union organ- ization which is to open in the fall Every woman worker who is inter- ested is welcomed to attend the (delegate conference on Thursday to hear Scott Nearing’s expose of the Imperialist peace treaties and war plans. Many nationalities will be repre- sented at the great outing of the New York Section of the Interna- tional Tabor Defense, to be held Saturday, August 11, at Pleasant Bay Park. Several thousand militant New York workers are expected to be present at this annual left wing affair, the proceeds of which will go to aid class war prisoners and their families. Beginning at noon, 9 program in- cluding athletics, games, open air dancing, a torch light parade, a mass scene and refreshments, will Jast far into the night. An out- Standing feature will be the taking of moving pictures of the outing. Tickets are 35 cents and are now on sale at the office of the I. L. D. 799 Broadway, room 422, and at the Workers’ Center, 26-28 Union Square. HO OES YOUR NUCLEUS WORK? What problems fronted with? What questions would you like answered? The Communist Nucleus What It Is How It Works By M. JENKS Just off the press! Deals with and solves the prob- lems of your nucleus. A real manual for work your nucleus. Secure Your Copy NOW! 15 Cents Workers Library Publishers Aj 39 East 125th St. _ New York City is it con- in How Crash Ss York City. ty per and 69th FIND COAL SMOKE GREATES CANCER People in Factories and Slums Affected Acting under pressure of the thou- sands of people living within the smoke-infested areas of New York City, the Division of Industrial Hy- giene and the Department of Health | is trying to discover the effect of smoke fumes on the human-body, in an attempt to correlate the presence of the smoke with the growth of cancer. In a vey made of the deaths resulting from cancer during the last seven years, sufficient evi- dence exist thought, to estab- lish definitely the fact that coal smoke and fumes create a condition conducive to the growth and spread of the deadly disease. | e Bad Conditions. One of the places where this con- dition was found was in the poor sections of the city, where the work- ers can not afford modern lighting and heating facilities, and there- fore must resort to the burning of coal for heat and gas for light. An- other instance was found in the| existence of badly-constructed heat- | ing equipment in factories, where, | through the negligence of employers, | thousands of workers contract and die of the deadly disease every year. The condition in the slums, where the light and heat is favorable to! cancer, is further aggravated by the presence in the vicinity of factories, from whose chimneys the smoke pours throughout the day. THREE WORKERS KILLED IN BLAST Boiler Explosion On Steam Derrick Search was continued today for the bodies of three men believed to have been drowned’ or blown to pieces in the explosion of a boiler on a steam derrick of the Merritt Chapman and Scott Corporation at Staten Island. Tony Tarsen, an Engineer who was injured in the explosion, said he believed the men were hurled through the roof when the boiler exploded. The steam derrick sank immediately after the explosion and divers and wreckers were enlisted to search for the men. Larsen said the boiler had been giving trouble and the men had been working last night repairing it Early today they were resting when there was a terrific roar. He could not remember how he reached shore hed mass of debris of Steel and Wooden Elevated Cars Injured 60 Passengers when a steel car rammed a wooden « ne of those injured were hurt so where the cars collided. It is for Give Lie to Mellon; egro Segregation in Treasury, Charge WASHINGTON, July 31.— The recent denial by Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon that segregation of Negroes prevails in the thirty-odd bureaus under the treasury department was given the lie today. In an open letter to Mellon, Neval| H. Thomas, president of the Wash- ington branch of the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Colored People bitingly charged that segregation is rampant in the de-| partment. NABISCO PLANTS CONDITIONS BAD Workers Victims of} Many Lay-offs | Continued from Page One | it’s worse than at any other time. I'm not blaming the company for these bad conditions, but the com- pany is making us suffer only be- cause it gets more profit out of our sweat. I think that we workers are more to blame, for not organizing to fight these terrible conditions. I think when it comes to organizing, we can help ourselves a lot through the Daily Worker, where we can write to exchange opinions about conditions in the various depart- ments. | I used to read the Daily Worker | every Wednesday, when I got it free, but since a week ago I buy it every | THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, W Hold: Big Miners’ Relief Solidarity Affair EDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1928. ar on the Ninth Avenue Elevated structure at Columbus Avenue severely that it is questionable whether they will live. The picture this privilege that the traction barons are demanding a seven BRUTAL ATTACK ON PRISONERS One Killed As Result of Uprising MIAMI, Fla., July 31.—Despite rigid censorship by the authorities, details of a brutal attack on in- mates of the Nassau Prison are just seeping thru. One prisoner was killed and four policemen and two wardens were wounded in an all-day riot which resulted in an unprovoked attack upon one of the prisoners by a keep- er. Streams of icy water from pow- erful fire-hose were played on the 90 prisoners and bla¢kjacks were used freely in the attempt to force them back to their cells. Vile food and persistent, unpro- voked brutality on the part of the wardens are given as the reasons for the uprising. ANTMPERIACIST RALLY SATURDAY New York League Will Hold Demonstration \Australia "Government Forces Longer Week On Lumber Workers | MELBOURNE, Australia, July 31.—The federal “arbitration court” ordered a reduction in wages and |the lengthening of the working hours of lumber workers here. The lumber workers have been working 44 hours per week when this order was made and raised the hours to |48 per week. NEW BEDFORD RELIEF DRIVE Weisbord to Speak at WIR. Meeting New Jersey workers are rallying to the support of the New Bedford Textile workers now out on strike for five weeks against the wage slash of 10 per cent which the mill owners forced onthem. Reduced to the starvation level by irregular un- employment and low wages, this was the last straw. Twanty-six thousand workers answered the wage-cut by walking out. The mills have stood still and the ranks of the textile workers statement issued by the local New | York Workers International Relief, which has just started a special on Sunday a FACTIONALISM | U.S. IS ‘WITHOUT POLITICAL BASIS’ BukharinStresses War, Trade Union Work Continued from Page One cept in connection with the analysis of the international situation, be- | cause they represent methods of war preparation. We must therefore subordinate all other questions to the question of the war danger. “Communist activity must be Marxistically coordinated, for ex- amnlo the Communist must point out that the trade union bill in reat Britain has not only an inter- nal significance, but also an inter- national significance as part of the war preparations. Trade Unions. “In expectation of war, the chief task of the Communists is to win the masses, but this is impossible with- out increased trade union work. The Red International of Trade Unions must be especially supported there- fe The opposition shown the de- cisions of the R. I. L. U. in conse- quence of the difficulty of work in cisions of the R. I. L. U. in conse- quence of the difficulty of work in the reformist trade unions, points to | a tendency present to restore the old |slogan, ‘Away from the trade | unions.” No Neglect of Old Unions. “The organization of the unor- ganized is extremely important, but work in the reformist trade unions must not be neglected. “Tt is not impossible to win the trade unions. Every replacement of reformists by revolutignary workers means a reoteanligattn of the trade unions in question. The opposition to the decisions of the Red Interna- tional of Trade Unions must be fwught, as also the slogan of pro- duction control. “The growing contradiction be- tween the political influence of the, Communist Parties and their organ- izational strength must be overcome. Mass_organizations must not be re- garded as a substitute for Commun- ist Parties, but only as points of support. “Greater attention must be paid to the problem -of unemployment. Un- employment in the United States is fundamentally different from, say |unemployment in Great Britain have grown, Unemployment results on one hand| stronger and larger, according to a|from rationalization, and on the) ‘other, from depression. U.S. Imperialism Not Exhausted. “The forces of American capital- On the occasion of the 14th an-|drive for funds in support of the | ism are not exhausted, but at pre- niversary of the World War a de- monstration against war will be held next Saturday, August 4th, at New Bedford strikers. Weisbord to Speak. sent large investments in industry are not profitable and hence the Bosses Fight Six Day Week for Food Workers COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 31—Restaurant bosses in this city are fighting the six-day week for culinary workers and have asked the State Industrial Commission to uphold the seven-day week. | Colorado law prohibits strikes until the commission reports on the ie. Baldwin and against MacDonald simultaneously. This seemed im- possible a little while back, Change in France. “There is a great change in France, too. The French Party fights on the slogan ‘of class and no longer votes for social democratic candidates. | “These changes are a blow against the right wing. The right wing |danger must be beaten everywhere. Breaches of discipline will not be tolerated, but the parties must not fail to use the weapon of conviction Supports German Party Leadership “The delegation from the All- Union Communist Party opposed the removal of Evert from the leader- ship of the German Party. The con- |solidation of the German Party is |necessary on the basis of a severe struggle against the right and the |carrying out of the Essen Party de- cisions. The Executive Committee , of the Communist International com- |pletely supports the present leader- |ship. of the German Communist Party. | U. 8. Factionalism Without Political Differences. | “In Poland and the United States | factional struggles are proceeding without. serious, political differences. The Executive Committee of the Comintern must pay particular at- | tention to the Ozech Party where the | Red Day error is most serious. The greatest task is ideological clarifica- | tion of all the parties. Preparation Against War Danger. | “We have a little time to prepare | against war and must use the pause |with revolutionary energy in order | to bring the majority of the workers and decisive sections of the pea- santry over to our side. “The Congress must demand from the Executive and from the parties linereased mental production, in- ‘creased recruiting power, improve- |ment of the party apparatus, im- | proved youth work, better colonial work, better anti-militarist work and thorough preparations for il- legality. It is illusory to believe that we can always work as now and everything must be done to prevent |a repetition of the Red Day error t Pleasant Bay Park \ ANTI-WAR MEET TO EXPOSE FAKE | KELLOGG ‘PEACE’ Workers to Rally in Union Sq. Saturday Continued from Page One jalism. These speakers will elab- orate the “platform of the Workers (Communist) Party in its election campaign, touching on imperialism and the war danger. 4 The role played by the socialist party, eagerly dogging the foot- steps of the major capitalist par- ties in this country, is clearly brought out by the statement of its chief exponent, the Rev. Norman Thomas, in an address at Columbia University, in which he praised the Kellogg anti-war pact. The mass demonstration against the war dan- ger to be held at Union Square next Saturday will be turned by the workers into a huge protest against capitalism, the breeder of imperial- ist wars, and against the socialists who are the props of capitalism. in Czecho-Slovakia. “The Soviet Union has had great victories. The final conquest of the world, however, will probably take place in connection with the second world war. This ig not haps With Engelg we cal the capital- ists, ‘Try to“felease the dogs of war and the Comintern will answer with the victory of the Communist Revo- lution’.” (Protracted applause). Bukharin’s theses were then unanimously daopted as a general basis and handed over to the com- mission for final form. The congress then approved unan- imously the activity of the Execv- tive Committee of the International, the Executive Com- mittee of the Young Comit: ternational and the International Control Commission. The political commission was unanimously elect- ed, and the first noint of the agenda concluded. The congress then adjourned un- til tomorrow evening. Casas re ah ean, MOSCOW, U. 8. S. R., July 3i— The fifteenth session of the + orld congress”6r"the Communist Inter- national opened here on July 28 under the chairmanship of Rem- mele. y UY “Dividends Paid From the First: of July MERS, RPORATIo Fl : The’ campaign for relief opens|'*™@® capital export. day at a news-stand. Believe me, it’s worth many times more than any other paper because it gives all the news from the viewpoint of the worker. Before I finish, I want to suggest that perhaps a better day than Fri- day could be picked for holding open-air meetings at lunch time. On Friday a good many workers remain inside the factory as it is pay day. Tuesday might be tried. If it is too late to change the day this week, I think it should be changed next week. I have just finished reading a pamphlet which I bought at your noon, Battery Park, under the aus- Thursday night in Passaic, N. J., pices of the New York branch of with A. Weisbord as speaker. The the All-American. Anti-Imperialist Passaic textile leader, coming from League, according to a statement the strike zone of New Bedford, will issued by this organization at its relate the facts of the struggle and headquarters, 799. Broadway, Room Make the appeal for relief. Every 536. textile center in New Jersey is lin- Workers’ leaders, editors of prom. ing up for solidarity with the New inent labor and liberal periodicals, Bedford strikers. and others opposed. to world jm-| The Workers International Re- \perialism and imperialist wars lief is confident that the returns in have been invited to participate in contributions will be convincing and |this demonstration. Among those |overwhelming proofs that the New invited are Louis F. Budenz, of the Jersey textile workers are 100 per Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers’ cent with the New Bedford textile Union, John Haynes Holmes, of the | strikers, realizing that a victory for Community Church, William Pickens |New Bedford means a victory for last meeting. It is called “The | o¢ the American Association for the |¢vety other textile worker in the Workege (Communist) Party, and| Advancement of Colored People, country. The meeting for A. Weis- What It Stands For.” It is a great Bishop Paul Jones, Arthur Warner |Dord will be held at 7:30, August 2, pamphlet, and has opened my eyes to a lot of things I used to wonder about. I wish every worker in the National Biscuit Company could read it. of The Nation, Edmund B. Chaffee, |*t Ukranian Hall, President St., director of the Labor Temple. Passaic, under the auspices of The Kellogg “peace pact” will-be NeW.¥% ? i exposed, it was declared, as another | Reliefs sands offices are at I Union maneuver of the imperialist powers |" us=te™ Be of the U. S. for preferred position OPPONENTS” IN —wW. C. in the present economic rivalries ff [among the imperialist nations of | the world. “We maintain that the Hollinger gold mine, scene of the | tremendous expenditures for mili- |» death of 20 workers in an explosion | tary purposes of the U. S. as well | early this year, has laid off over|as the other imperialist countries half its men, it is reported. A | contradicts this alleged intention to| drastic wage slash is about to go| outlaw war,” the statement de. into effect, it is said. ‘ clared. DEATH MINE LAYS MEN OFF. TIMMINS, Ont., July 31.—The PANAMA, July 31.—Nine more arrests of members of the Perras "Soman Party has brought the Mass Demonstration Saturday, August 4 at 1 P.M.-Union Square, Near 17th St. Auspices: Workers (Communist) Party and Young Workers ' (Communist) League tal of political arrests to fifteen, | The prisoners are charged with i | citing revolution and threatening the | existing government, the same charge brought against the five men | arrested Monday. REMEMBER AUGUST 4TH, 1914 | THE OPENING OF THE WORLD WAR! FIGHT THE WAR DANGER! local New York Workers International | PANAMA NABBED Land Workers and Peasants. “The question of the land workers) can hardly be discussed here altho | this question is very important, fo: | example in China and the Balkan countries where the peasants and the land workers are in ferment. | “The peasant question in the Latin} American countries is particularly | important. With regard to the or-| ganizational forms for the peasan-| |try, we must maintain our former | decisions. Proposals for the revision | of the former decisions and the for- mation of political peasant’ parties is absolutely incorrect. | VV Negro Question. gt | “The parties have not paid enough |attention to the Negro question 6% dividends are being paid from the first day of deposit on gold bonds in denominations of $100, $300, $500 and $1,000 secured by the second mortgage of the second block of houses in the Co-operative Workers’ Colony. Offices: 69—5th Ave., New York, N. Y. | TELEPHONE: ALGONQUIN 6900. 2700 Bronx Park East (Co-operative Workers’ Colony) 'This is important not only for the United States but also for Latin America and Africa. | “The Indian situation is altered _ by the fact that British imperialism | is investing less capital thus re- | tarding the process of the industrial | development. This worsens the \condition of the peasants who are unable to fly to the towns and ex- | plains the front of the native bour- | goisie against Great Britain. The re- | volutionary crisis will strengthen | and express itself in the agrarian revolution and struggle for the in-| | dependence of India. | “The Vienna insurrection was a real insurrection and the slogan for the formation of soviets might have been issued. “Now that the Trotzkyist opposi- tion is settled, the chief danger is ‘in the right wing. “The impossible has happened in Great Britain. 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