The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 1, 1928, Page 3

BG OETA ET 5 i RRR TART American Manager of Nicaraguan Mine Wants U. S. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YOR", WEDNESDAY, A Tae IGUST 1, 1923, Yage Three WELL TREATED BY SANDINO'S. MEN, HE SAYS Charges Wall St. Is Cause of Invasion | WASHINGTON, July 31—| Through the Anti-Imperialist | League the following letter was sent to the White House: “Mr. Calvin Coolidge: “President of the United States. “Esteemed Sir: “At the present time, I, along} with 18 other American citizens am | @ prisoner of General Sandino: We | request that you withdraw the | American troops from Nicaragua | “f h ¥ States marines in Nicaragua, A picked General “Moncada as the ~ ‘They Will See That “Fair” Nicaraguan Election Turn and Frank F. McCoy, president Coolidge’s special envoy to supervise the Nicaraguan vote. tions for the marine-controlled elections, in which it is alleged that the American state department has s Out Right — From left to right in the picture are Brigadier-General Logan Feland, commander of the United dolfo Diaz, hand-picked Americap, president during the inter-regnum, Prepara- successful candidadate, are practically completed. permitting that country to admin- ister its affairs as an independent government. While American troops remain in Nicaragua, neither our lives nor our property are safe. Dur- ing the recent disturbances Amer can lives and property were safe. Our present difficulties are a result of the maintenance of American troops in Nicaragua. All that Gen- | eral Sandino asks is that American troops be withdrawn and that Nic- | aragua be permitted to solve its| political questions without foreign | interference. | Treated with Respect. “I left the mine of La Luz on the 18th of April, and I am glad to re- port that I have been treated with consideration and respect, I do not consider my life in danger on ac- count of the forces of Sandino. Nevertheless, I am exposed to the same risk as he and his soldiers, in case of an armed attack or in ease} American airplanes bomb Sandino’s | troops. I am certain that if the) American people were given a} chance to decide that they would be in complete agreement with me, that | it is a mistake to send troops to this | country. And furthermore, I am convinced that the American people are not in favor with the policy to- | wards Latin America of the present | administration. | “There exist certain Wall Street | interests who wish to obtain ad- vantageous concessions and raw materials and want their interests | protected by armed forces of the American government. Foreign capi-| tal not backed by marines, is well | received here, I understand that | the mine of La Luz has been worked here for over twenty years by an American company, and has passed through, many revolutions, without.) the Americans being disturbed in any way. This is the first time that the Americans are being bothered. | “Trusting that you will give this, letter the attention it deserves, I re-| main, | “(Signed) GEORGE MARSHALL, | “Administrator of the La Luz and “Los Angeles Mining Company.” | CHICAGO, IIL, July 31.—Labor | EXILES ‘REBELS’ |last night at a big conference to ar- | range plans whereby they could all) To Apply to All Anti- Government’ Actions EXPENSES FOR SOVIET STUDENT Special Courses for Home Industry | By CLARINA MICHELSON. } LENINGRAD, July 11 (By Mail). | Although home industry in the U. S. S. R. is necessarily affected by the increased industrialization there are still many workers engaged in it, mostly in addition to their other | work. There are even whole villages which engage only in home industry. This work commands good prices | and is in great demand outside the | In Leningrad a large building} houses a School for Home Industry, started in 1924, where 309 students, | from 16 to 30 years, study linen| making, lace making, wood carving, | metal work, tapestry making, ete. | The four-year course brings workers | from all over the U. S. S. R. They | are given food, clothing, some money | each month and are lodged in a special dormitory near the school. In connection with the school is a museum where are shown specimens of all the home industries from the time of Peter the Great to the pres- | ent day. | | CHICAGO PICNIC TO HEAR GITLOW Election Drive Now in Full Swing linois Campaign Picnic a huge suc- cess. Representatives and the mem- bership of the Workers (Communist) |Party, the Young Workers (Com- munist) League, the various trade organizations and sports organiza-| tions in the city, all sympathetic to, |the Workers (Communist) Party LISBON, Portugal, July 31.— election campaign, attended the The law passed by the Council of | meeting. Ministers that metes out punish- | After the meeting, at which all ment to all those who attempt or the organizations present pledged “conspire to overthrow the govern- | their support to the Campaign Pic- ment,” -decrees that deportation! nic and to the party election cam- shall be the penalty. paign,.a proposal to invite Benja- Workers here regard this new! min Gitlow, candidate for vice-presi- law with much apprehension since |dent of the United States, on the it can be turned against them in| Workers (Communist) Party ticket, strikes and mass demonstrations as | to address the workers at the Cam- well as against those participating | paign Picnic was made. in the armed revolt of last week. | The invitation will be forwarded The participants in the uprising {to Gitlow immediately. It is almost in Lisbon will be exiled to the island certain that Gitlow will accept. of Timor, in the Malay archipelago Gitlow has already arranged to off Australia. The soldiers of the speak at the Connecticut State Pic- garrison will be sent to the African | nic for the election campaign which colonial service for three years. | will be held at Hartford on August ie! : i Aceording to all present indica- Mexican Troops Rout tions, the Chicago workers have Counter-Revolutionists thrown themselves heart and soul | into the fight to place the names of MEXICO CITY, July 31—Federal the Workers (Communist) Party soldiers dispersed 450 counter-| candidates on the state ballot in the revolutionaries near Los Volcanes fall. Petitions and circulars calling Ranch, a Guadalajara dispatch to| upon the workers of Illinois to vote the Excelsior said today. No report for a ticket of the workers are now of casualties was made. Five priests being circulated throughout the were said to be among the rebels.|state. Illinois workers are also pre- Seventeen counter-revolutionaries| paring for active participation in co-operate in making the coming II- | | Police Raid Offices of Trish Revolutionaries DEATH LOOMS IN ITALIAN PRISON Torture Brings Serious Illness GENEVA (By Mail).—Immedi- ately after sentence was passed on the Communists in the recent trial | before the special tribunal in Rome |they were transferred to various | prisons. Until now it was not known where the prisoners were sent. According to latest reports, how- ever, it is known that Terracini, who {had been sentenced to 22 years in | prison, was transferred to “Santo | Stefano.” This prison, in which the worst criminals are placed, is the | worst prison hole in Italy. Terra- | cini, who has been behind bars since | the spring of 1926, became seriously | ill. | At the trial in Rome he already | | showed that he had suffered from mishandling that led to his illness. In the hell-hole of Santo Stefano, | Terracini’s condition grows worse | jevery day. It is feared that in a short time the sanie will happen to him as happened to many others im- | prisoned by Mussolini. | DUBLIN, July 31.—A group of detectives carried out a raid on the editorial offices of the Irish national | fevolutionaries’ newspaper “The Re-| ‘public,” which lasted for hours. | They searched for material on the} activities of the national revolution- aries. When the raid brought no results the detective squad searched the en- tire building of the newspaper’s press for manuscripts that they wished to withold from publication. This likewise had no result. The homes of many national revol- utionaries have also been raided and a number arrested. 5 MORE INDICTED IN CHASER GRAFT Legalized Intimidation Aim of “Inquiry” The New York County Grand Jury yesterday returned indictments against four more attorneys in- volved in the so-called ambulance- | chasing inquiry, which is drawing | to a close now. Those indicted are Morris Cohen of | 182 Nassau St.; Abraham Oberstein | of 119 Nassau St., and a former! 70 CLOAK MEET clerk of his, now being sought for | | his connection with the ambulance- | chasing activities; and Louis M.!| ‘ Phillips and Nathan Gordon, both of To Launch Campaign | 299 Broadway. ‘ * i The charges against the men are| (0 Build Union Aug. 8 forgery and grand and petty larceny. | - The inquiry, held originally at the |,,, Continued from Page One instigation of several corporations | 6 Cree struggle for a union of the city in an effort to effect a | the rank and file, under the lead- decrease in the number of suits con_|CTS"P of the National Organization tinually filed against them by work. CQmmittec. ae ers injured through their negligence, | 1... which destroys wae Tee rent has succeeded in intimidating the cM, Which destroys our lives must workers to such an extent that the | tion ee ee Se rene suits, according to a statement of | through meitately The Sean ee ee have fallen off cloak and dressmakers must once than 50 pe . more establish its control in the so-called investigation was begun. ! cloak and dress industry. Enough aay Be REE suffering. Enough fear. Enough | sighing under the whip of the triple | alliance of the bosses, the. under- | worldiand the union traitors. Get to work to organize the union. Let = |us begin to establish union condi- | | tions. 4 iy 2 Owner’SeeksKidnaped Workers Spread Message. | “This is the great task before us. | | You cannot permit yourselves to be | |stifled in the sweat-shops like ¥nice |in a trap. You must take up the | |struggle in defense of your life in-| terest. You must organize your | HOQUIAM, Wash., July 81—Junion. Spread this call of the Na-| Thirty Japanese laborers, employed | tional Organization Committee in here by Donald W. Lyle, wood pulp PRISON MURDER ROUSE ITALIAN WORKING CLASS Anti-Fascist Is Found Hanging in Field GENEVA,.(By Mail).—The latest deaths in the Florence prison, Mur- |ate, have roused the Italian work- | ing class to tremendous protest. The Communists Alfredo Maren- celli, Shorsi, Poli and an unknown | Polish prisoner died following fear- |ful mistreatment. In the same prison the Italian Communist Tar- gioni is now a raving maniac, having lost his reason after being tortured. In the Santo Stefano prison the sick | Communist leader Terracini is slowly | collapsing. |. News of another murder has also leaked past the Italian frontier. A few weeks ago the body of a man was found hanging from a tree in an open field. It’was the body of an anti-fascist from Fiume, who was first choked and then hanged to |create the impression that he had |committed suicide. The officials naturally kept this strictly secret. The relatives of the murdered Serdos were not even permitted to know the details of his burial or where he was | Urged on by the relatives buried. | of Serdos, the city officials of Fiume, | attempted to have the body trans- | fered to the native city for recburial | but the request still remains un- | answered. Troops to Leave ; he Country Where Chinese Re arie The picture shows the execution grounds at Canton. dreds of workera, men and women, have been executed by the war- Here hun- lords. The latest murders were those of seventeen workers arrested in the recent terrorism. BARE FACTS IN CENTRALIA CASE Victims Innocent, Two Jurors Swear UJ,S; PRUDISHNESS NEW IN HISTORY Greek Classic Barred From America BALTIMORE, Md., July 31.— nocent and not guilty and that not| Evidence has just been discovered one of said defendants, Loren Ro-| that the prudishness of the Amer- berts, Bert Bland, 0. C. Bland, Eu-|ican government is something new gene Barnett, John Lamb, James McInerney, Ray Becker and Britt Continued from Page One in history, and would have aroused the indignation of the Ancients. actionaries Murder Workers The officials have made no investi- Smith, killed, injured, wounded or gations into the murder of Serdos.| harmed anyone; that these affiants Under the rule of Mussolini the and each of them, believed that in death of an anti-fascist is not worthy |the event of a hung jury, a new of investigation, on the contrary it |jury would have been called and in is hailed as a “patriotie and heroic |the face of the hysteria that then deed.” existed, innocent men might have News of the murder of Serdos has been hung; that rather than have aroused the protest of the anti-|this happen these affiants believed fascists of Fiume and Trieste, where | that it was to have a second degree | mittee, a body representing varied prisoners’ release and in which the International Labor Defense, is one lof the most active forces is con- tinuing a vigorous agitation for the incarcerated men. free to work for the release of the others and leaving an opportunity to spread the truth; thatrin the event of another trial and these affiants RECORD DIVIDEND |were to sit as jurors in this case ants would be ‘Not Guilty’ and no Declares $2.75 or 11% | power or influence could induce them /© \to return a verdict of Guilty in any On Stock degree.” (Signed) “W. E. Inmon. A dividend of $2.75 per share for the second quarter of the year, or| showing earnings for the quarter of | $46,932,986, Higher prices for its steel prod- ucts coupled with a larger volume ef business, probably resulting from he had many friends and followers, | Verdict against seven defendants and and were permitted to receive in evidence what they now know, their (Signed) “E. E. Sweitzer.” at the rate of about 11 ‘per cent, was yesterday announced by the United its recent merger with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation and the consequent | acquit two, thus leaving the two U.S. STEEL PAYS verdict for each and all said defend- States Steel Corporation in a report | monopolization of the market and WOMEN STRIKERS JAILED. CHENGAIL, India, (By Mail)— , the rising of its prices, were respon-! At the beginning of July a number sible for its record earnings. The net earnings for the first quarter of the year were $40,934,032. These net returns are available for dividends on common stock and rep- resent the surplus after salaries are of women strikers at the Ludlow jute mill were asked to see the man- ager. A number of their comrades followed them. These women refused to accept |paid to oficials and dividends are | 8°0thing verbal assurances from the paid on preferred stock, interest is ™anager, who thereupon became paid on bonds and large sums are | threatening. When the women star- set aside for depreciation and sink- | ted to talk to him they were hustled ing funds. out of the room by mill officials and The workers of the large open-| the police. shop steel corporation, which is a| Seven were arrested; a number Morgan-controlled concern, _ are | were dragged by their hair out of the among the lowest paid in the coun-| mill. Some. sustained serious in- try and work under the most tax-| juries; an “old women of 60 was ing and dangerous conditions. carried unconscious to hospital. The Centralia Liberation Com- elements in the movement for the| After having circulated for 1,500 years, the story of Daphnis and Chloe, a Greek love classic known to students thruout the world and not jeven objected to during the Dark Ages of church rule and supersti- tion, has been marked “taboo” by | the American authorities. A translation of the story pub- lished in England was held up here by the customs officers on the ground that it would “corrupt morals” of the innocent Americans. BUILD MICKIEAN PIONEER CAMP | | GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., July 31: | Registration is now going on for | the second week of the Pioneer Camp for workers’ children, at Cooperative Lake. During the first week a model group was demonstrated and the children learned many valuable les: | sons in cooperative living and experi- menting besides conducting an in- teresting sport and educational pro- gram, 1 All workers are urged to send their children or donate contribu- tions for the Camp to 211 Monroe, Room 209, where registration is go- ing on at all times. MACHADO TERROR AGAINST LABOR SROWS IN CUBA Communists Sought as “Conspirators” HAVANA, July 31..-A campaign to persecute Communists and mili- tant workers was started here today when Cuban secret service men raided working class districts and _radical centers in a search for Com- munists, whom, they allege, are im- plicated in the plot to as sinate Gen. Gerardo Machado, president of Cuba. According to reports released from the pol headquarters one “suspect” has already been arrested, Miguel Gonzales, who is alleged to have in,his possession documents im- plicating a number of Communists. It is generally believed here that the Machado regime will take this opportunity to arrest and persecute as many Communists as possible, un- der the pretext of discovering those implicated in a plot to assassinate the ident. Those having already had experi- ence with Machado justice, do not think that any of the Communist “suspects” will escape unscathed. WORKERS ON CITY DAM IN WALKOUT Strike Against 10-Hour Day, Low Wages FITCHBURG, Mass. (By Mail). —Unable longer to endure the long hours, low -pay and unbearable working condition’, workers on the city’s new reservoir dam have walk- ed out in a body. The strikers de- mand a reduction of hours from ten to nine and a pay increase from 40 to 50 cents an hour. The strikers’ ranks are holding firm despite the threats of coercion being made by the city government. Effofts to resume work on the res- ervoir dam with the aid of scabs have thus far met with little sue. cess. Production of Color Films to Start Soon ROCHESTER, July 31 (UP) | The new Kodacolor films which will: |make colored motion pictures avail- able for Cinekodak users will be of-s: { fered to the public immediately, ac.” cording to officials of the Eastmat © Kodak Company. bc Production of the film is not yet? in full swing, it was said. A limifed number of deliveries will be made ‘within the next few days. To Witness the | Celebration of | | the 11th Anni- versary of the NOVEMBER REVOLUTION NNOAQP contractor, were attacked last night by a group of over forty men, who broke into the bunkhouses which the contractor had given them as every shop, in every sweat-shop, | everywhere where cloak and dress- |makers slave. Tell them that the signal for organizing a union of the | workers has been sounded. Awaken sleeping quarters, loaded the Japan- e workers forcibly into trucks and started in the direction of Tacoma. One of the trucks went into a ditch near Tacoma, and the work- ; ers who had been imprisoned in it) “Bring your complaints about the escaped. They are believed to be open shops you work in, or the so- in hiding somewhere in the vicinity | called union shops where conditions of the accident, frightened not only have been wiped out to our office | by this last act of intimidation and at 16 W. 21st St. Call your fellow- | oppression, but also by many other| workers to join with you in the similar acts perpetrated on their|struggle to establish a union. race by white bosses in the past. | Arouse them froin their indiffer- Lyle, the owner of the plant at/cnces. Root out submission and fear whjch they were employed, has left| from the hearts of your co-workers for Tacoma to claim the Japanese | and shopmates. Make clear to every as his property. worker, young or old, that he has them! Rally them to the organiza- | tion meeting at the Bronx Stadium | right after work on August 8, which | will mark the beginning of the cam- | paign to build the union. CONCERT STELTON, N. J. FOR THE BENEFIT OF The Daily Worker WILL BE HELD IN THE AUDITORIUM | and BALL _ | no SOVIE bf COST OF THE ENTIRE TOUR $375 $25 First Payment, i | | | 1 FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 8:30 P. M. | | balance payable in H installments. s ma wOncCE Statements from several Japan- nothing to lose, but has a union to| and five federal soldiers were killed | in a smaller fight near Atenguillo. | the Indiana and Missouri state elec- tion campaign drives. ese organizations in the vicinity brand the act as an attempt to cre- ate a virtual system of. ownership | over the Japanese workers. Acts | of this sort have been frequent of- | eurrences in the region, and the) gain that will fight for the improve- ment of your conditions. “Forward to the meeting at the | Bronx Stadium! | “Forward to a union of the work- | ers! 100,000 To fight the mighty Wall Street’ Powers with their billions. Send your contribution at once to the National Election Campaign Committee, 43 East 125th Street, New Yark City. Alexander Trachtenberg, Treasurer. white owners of factories and plan- tations are treating the Japanese laborers as slaves. Machado Delegates to Go to Kellogg’s Parley HAVANA, Cuha, July 31.—Presi, dent Machado of Cuba has sent a formal acceptance of the invitation to the western hemisphere “peace” conference that is to be held on December 10 to Kellogg. Machado will send. Dr. Antonio Sanchez de Bustamante, chairman of the Sixth Pan-American Confer- ence, and Dr. Orestes Ferrara, am- bassador to Washington, to repre- sent the United States department and Machado hae conference, “NATIONAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE, “Louis Hyman, Chairman.” 200 Weavers Strike Against $5 Wage Cut HARTFORD, CONN., July 31 (F} P).;Two hundred Bigelow-Hart- | ford Carpet Co. weavers walked out | of the Thompsonville plant when wages were cut $5 a week. | | SOFIA, July 81—The worker | deputy, Abraham Sloyanoff, who spoke against the abuse of justice by the Bulgarian courts and its use against the workers was ousted from the senate ‘for a period of three ses- sions, uf This concert will be the vent of the year and ould ‘not be missed by All of the proceeds will go to the support of our revo- lutionary working - class newspaper | 69 Fifth Ave., New York | World ae LAST TOUR THIS YEAR‘ group sails OCT. 17 on the express ship “Mauretania.” Free Suviet Vises We assist you to extend your stay so as to visit your relatives and friends in any part of the Soviet Union. ists, Inc. 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