The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 11, 1928, Page 2

anne THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1928. a eC j fi seciactmnsemmymsantesupampatormec scr tener aden BHARGES POLICE COMPLICITY IN LEGION. RIOTING ‘Cops Arrest Sneaker; Hoodlums Free Ha “Tammany Hall, through trol of the directly resnonsit assault on the Workers (Cc thursday at Aves., Ast the meeti wdy elements in open conn ith: Abe: 1ocal-be Tice,” it fi issued by ist) Party “In spite f at ample notice of th ee had: GeaG cones viously th statement of the fact that vious meetings from the same sour- ees forecasted trouble at the meet- ing on Thursday evening, not a po- Jiceman was in sight. It was evi dent from the outset that the entire attack was carefully planned, down ‘0 the last detail, including precau- turbances at pre tions against police interference. Tmistead of preserving order at the Meeting, instead of arresting the disturbers, the police officer arrest- €d the sveaker who had a legal right to speak, thus giving clear lence f his collusion with the rowdies of Tammany Hall. “The workers of New York will y the lable, ‘Veterans of Foreign Wa h these ele- ments have assumed. The thousands of unemployed and wounded veter- ans, those who are in the shops and mills receiving as the f of the last war to ‘make the world safe for democracy,’ wags cuts, speed-up and increased exploitation, know that this organization does not speak in their name. On the con- trary, we have grounds to believe that the entire attack was planned and premeditated by the democratic organization of Astoria. “In this particular instance, the American Legion has assumed the role of the Fascist blackshirts of Italy, seeking by the use of terror- ism to prevent the exposure of the graft and corruption of Tammany Hall in Queens. The workers will be intimidated as little by such methods in New York as they were by the terrorism of legionaires in Centralia. Our meetings will con- tinue with the full support of the workers of Astoria. “The entire incident is no sur-/ prise. It is in complete accord with the policy of Tammany Hall in the last strikes of the teamsters, trac- tion workers and furriers. Police brutality, interference with work- ers’ meetings, these are no strangers to the sidewalks of New York and the workers will understand from the entire occurrence that Tammany Hall holds in prospect for the work- ers the same rule of terror which the republican rule in Pennsylvania and New Bedford holds out to the miners and textile workers.” PARTY SCORES _ > BOSS OFFICER ; fails in Attempt to 14 _ Break Meeting Police failed in their attempt to _ | break up an open-air meeting of the '» Workers (Communist) Party on "Thursday evening. The meeting was held in the stronghold of Tam- at 59th St. and Columbus A policeman insisted on a permit dnd was “angered” when told that (@ permit was not necessary since ‘the Party members who were con- ‘ducting the meeting had informed ‘the police precinct of the fact that “& meeting would be held. Although ‘the name of the officer who was Hntormed of the meeting, McFar- flane, was told the officer in ques- stion at his request, he yet demand- fed, to the surprise of the audience #8 well as to that of the Party members, to bring McFarlane there In the meantime 50 copies of the Daily Worker were distributed. ‘The Party speakers decided to go another corner have their ing, after the young duped dlums of Tammany gave the t 8 some trouble. t 7 to )0,000 GRAFT IN The long drawn-out graft inquiry the Tammany Street Cleaning partment finally disclosed yes- y from the records of Com- ioner James A Higgins, that $1,500,000 has been lost ough graft and waste during the year in this department alone. is was only a conservative) imate of the huge amounts that e been squandered through of- Tammany corruption. In admitted, Sa Edward Heefli, was ex a Jamaica Ave., Hollis, L. 1. BIG CAP, MILLINER MEETING MONDAY Distributes Circular; Loses Job Desperate efforts are being made by the reactionary officialdom of the Cloth Hat Cap and Millinery Workers Union to prevent the mas- ses of workers in the industry from attending the big mass anti-injunc- tion protest meeting being called for Monday evening in Webster Hall, 11 St. and Third Ave, by the Cap and Millinery section of the Trade Union Educational League. Sam Beerum, wilely known left winger, was taken off the job yes- terday and told by the right wing organizer Herschwitz to appear be- fore the executive board to face charges of assisting in an “illegal” meeting. In spite of Beerum’s protests that as a member he is’ guaranteed the constitutional rights of being noti- fied by letter of charges and not stopped from work in the middle of the day, was unavailing. Hersch- kowitz and the employer sent him out of the factory despite his fur- ther statement that he is ready to appear before the board at any time after legal notification. He is to appear Monday. The meeting is called to protest | against the policy of the socialist! officialéom in applying to capital- ist courts for injunctions against the legally elected officers of Boston Local 7, President Zaritsky is doing| this in order to smash the militant Capmakers union there. The circular distributed by Beer- um, for which he lost his job, de- clores in part: “COME TO PROTEST against the application for an injunction to the Massachusetts courts—the mur- derers of Sacco and Vanzetti— against the militant workers who re- fuse to recognize Zaritsky’s com- pany-union in Boston. “COME TO PROTEST against| the union-smashing policy of the] General Executive Board, by which} Sigman, Shiplakoff and McGrady smashed the unions of cloakmakers, dressmakers and furriers. “Down with the injunctions! Down with the union-smashing ac- tivities of the injunction-president | Zaritsky! Down with Zaritsky’s betrayal of the Chicago strike against piece-work!” 40 WORKERS HURT : IN TRAIN CRASH Thrown From Seats in Head-On Collision PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10 (UP).— Two interurban cars, loaded with home-going workers, met in a head- on collision here late today. Nearly 40 persons were bruised and cut in the crash, but none was seriously injured, officials of the company said, ‘ The crash occurred ona sharp curve on a trestle south of the city. The front ends of both cars were telescoped and passengers were thrown from their seats. Motormen of both cars said the signals gave them the right of way. 10 Killed Near Malay Island Quake Scene AMSTERDAM, Aug. 10 (UP).— Ten persons were killed and many -slightly injured in three villages along the coast of Flores Island in the Dutch East Indies which were damaged in the volcanic eruption on |JINGO TO DEDICATE AIR PORT. | Paloeweh Island, a dispatch from| Batavia #aid today. Despatches 13 Fe worker,’ was buried fourteen feet deep when the et Under In Excavation C Exposes Tammany ) Hand Behind Brutal Attack on Asi Worker Buried Jave-In ~ BEAR BABIES IN FLIMSY HOVELS In Extreme Need of Medical Aid AVELLA, Pa., Aug. 10. An | epidemic of babies is expected in the barracks and tent colony in the outskirts of Avella. M Mary Groves is expecting her eighth baby, M: Andy Barro her sixth, Mrs. Fred Siders her third, all within the next few weeks. In tents supplied by the National Miners’ Relief Committee serving as the “maternity ward,” many infants have already arrived. The greatest, problem facing the women of Avella, is how to secure doctors’ aid. Throughout the strike fields, desti- tute miners’ families are refused medical help unless money is paid in advance. Another problem is getting clothes for the new infants —as well as the other children who walls of a cesspool which he ‘MINERS’ WIVES. avating gave way and the debris and ‘sand came rushing down. The tragedy occurred at 184-17 10 Killed in Storm in East Indies; Many Hurt BATAVIA, Dutch East Indies, Aug. 10 (UP).—Ten persons were killed and many injured when three LOCAL 3 WILL STICK TO FIGHT villages along the coast of the aa Island of Flores were struck by baal o ms which followed the voleanie Electrical Workers to eruption which took a toll of 1,000 Start Again persons on the Island of Paloeweh last Saturday, according to further Continued from reports of the disaster received here | motions for today. Page One $24 and $23. Broach’s henchmen were scattered through- Roktinda Mountain, the center of out the hall and had carefully pre- the disastrous eruption; is still pour-/ pared speeches which they tried ing out great quantities of ‘smoke vainly to put across # an attempt and five commercial vessels are to raise the dues to $24. piled on the coast of the island,| For the first time since Broach where they were swept by the tidal has been in New York he met with wave which followed the eruption, decided defeat, it is said. The Little Cemsar was furious. He jumped from his seat like a wildcat and threatened the member- ship. He warned us that he still knows how to get all the money he ‘SOCIALISTS’ ARE run about barefoot, in remnants of old dresses. How to stretch the food sent by the National Miners Relief Committee to feed all the hungry mouths for a whole week is a cons- tant problem. Berry Patch Guarded. When the children tried to sup- plement the meager fare by picking berries from the patches on the outskirts of the tent colony, armed guards were on hand to chase them away. “This is company property,” their parents were warned, “and you know what we can do to anybody who trespasses.” But the immediate problem, the problem which is alarmingly urgent to the Avella women, is the raising of enough money to furnish doc- tors’ care. Every penny received) by the National Miners Relief Com-| mittee is used to buy food—flour,| potatoes and milk for the children. | Mothers Appeal. Special donation must be sent to| the relief headquarters within the next few days to insure this ex-| tremely necessary care for the, FOR IMPERIALISM Colonials Demonstrate Against Congress Continued Page One ing, amidst the applause of the dele- gates. mass organizations, such as the Workers International Relief, the League Against Imperialism, ete. Wibaut of Holland then reported on behalf of the economic commis- sion concerning the post-war econo- mic situation and working-class policy. The only speaker in discus- sion was Brailsford of Great Britain who demanded control of banks and currency by workers through the! League of Nations. Wibaut agreed and the resolution was adopted. In the afternoon session Paul Faure demanded in the name of the French delegation the evacuation of the Rhine section. Discussion took place on point 4 of the agenda. Kuy- pers of Holland demanded a fight) for the eight-hour day. Mortens of! Belgium proposed ‘cooperation of the Second and Amsterdam Interna- tionals with the same end in view. Lord Oliver then presented a re- solution on point three of the agen- da. The resolution is little different from the infamous draft of the Colonial Commission of June 2 and! 8. substitutes “‘self-determination” for “self-government” and speaks of “Indian peoples” instead of “the Indian people”. Self-determination is also demanded for the Philip- pines, Corea and Anam. The debate took place under the chairmanship. of Seitz, the Austrian. onhari of Madagascar thanked the International for work on behalf of the colonial people. from needs, He would send his business agents to all the jobs, he threat- ened, and force each man to part with a day’s pay. A man is free not to pay, he added sarcastically. This means, as everyone well un- derstood, that anyone who refuses to pay will lose his job. Usual Camouflage. Broach continued his attacks on strikers’ wives. They have endured the hardship of living in tents or barracks, sometime not eating any- thing for days, during many long months. But now, these mothers| send an urgent call to women in other cities to come to their aid by sending what they can spare to the relief headquarters, 611 Penn Ave- nue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Do not fail us ovria Meeting “MORE FOOD” IS CALL OF TEXTILE WORKERS sare DRO PU RE nail LUC tow Oa a oe : e | A committee representing the SUPPorting the strikers is John M. Workers International Relief of Pacheo, who donates 20 pounds of Brockton, Mass, headed by Henry bread daily and occasionally gives a| R. Gage, secretary, visited the W. I. !@rger amount. Yesterday he sent R. office here yesterday and pledged the relief kitchens 200 pounds of to send a truck-load of 750 pounds poy ben aad back 2 ae aay ee Rhine tof All couthihationstahweliene cant} used in repairing the shoes of the| t the Workers International Relief, if strikers and members of their 49 William St., New Bedford, Mass, families. The bread will. be baked every Monday night and be sent to New Bedford every Tuesday morning, Gage announced. The leather will be secured with the assistance of the shoe workers of Brockton, it be- | ing one of the leading shoe manu-_ facturing centers in the country. Manuel Pincheiro and Joao Salg-/Kntire Shops Change nerio, workers of Hartford, Conn., to N fe) C Books yesterday sent in a money order of $20.25 to be used to feed the strik- MENON FORE ers and their wives and children, Continued from Page One The two workers write that the) national Organization Committee. money was collected among the) The rank and file organization men who are working with them in| Committee of 500, set up in New digging ditches in the streets of York several weks ago on entering Hartford. an open shop for organization pur- poses, are heartily greeted by the| employees in the factory, who de-| GREAT COSTUME clare that they have been waiting | for the call to organization. Over | fifty shops organized in two weeks, | a large number of these having been k organized since the big Bronx Sta- {dium meeting, is the record hung up : Ss by the Committee of 500. National Dress at Big) underworld organization commit- “Daily” Affair tees of the right wing scab union, costing Sigman literally thousands The first proletarian outdoor cos- of dollars, are being driven from tume carnival ever held in this| Me *hops they visit by the irate country will take place Sunday,| ‘The Joint Board, which is the New Aug, 19, when the great Interna-| York body of the National Organi- tional Costume Carnival of the zational Committee, flood the work- Daily Worker will be held at Pleas-| ing areas with literature calling for ant Bay Park. | mass participation in the fight to ; if . build a new and _clean union con-| This unusual event will bring to-| trolled by the workers. This new) gether thousands of workers of| form of struggle against the bosses many nationalities who will wear|and their socialist agents meets’ the national dress of their countries, Bee a ag daaS ever reaching pre- 4 eo , dictions of the most optimistic producing a spectacle unrivalled for aiong Wis Tale wine leaden colorfulness, Russian costumes are expected to B The Italian branch of the Joint iio ake Poth Shupee Morn GUrOE |e vesting thatreromiel the lewor do czarist times and more modern cos- ‘ ' tumes that have come in since the| hall in union headquarters, 16 W. : 4 41) | 21st St., last night. E. Oswaldo, or- revolution. A Russian hour will} ce Z also be one of the features of the &@nizer for the N. 0. Cc. and Charles carnival, during which tea will be ©, Aer ieee head served in samovars and a Russian ss qe eing carried out to accordion orchestra will play many °S@nize the thousands of Malian ‘CHINESE TRADE UNIONS TODAY Thousands of Workers to Participate Continued from Page One opportunity to render real aid to their Chinese brothers and strike a |blow against U. S. Imperialism which is taking the lead in support- |ing the Kuomintang reactionaries. International solidarity of the work- ing class is the weapon-needed by the workers of China to help them defeat the onslaught of the Kuo- mingtang murderers and the im- perialist robbers.” Workers of all nationalities are rallying to the urgent call of the All-China Federation of Labor Unions. Together with American workers, Hungarians, Finns, Cecho- Slovaks, Greeks, Spaniards, Ukrian- ians, Latin Americans, Japanese and Chinese are among the volunteers for the Tag Days. A united front of the workers is being formed to ren- der real aid to the Chinese prole- tariat. Stations Throughout City. The stations where workers can procure collection boxes for the tag days follow: Downtown stations are: Jt. Board of the Furriers, 22 East 22nd St.; Jt. Board of I. L. G. W. U., 16 West 21st St.; Progressive Workers Club, 60 St. Mark’s Place; Workers Cen- ter, 26-28 Union Square; Progres- sive Workers Club, 101 West 27th St.; Committee to Aid the Chinese Trade Unions, 96 Fifth Ave. Uptown stations are: Hungarian Workers’ Club, 360 East 81st St.; Harlem Progressive Club, 143 East 103rd St.; Finnish Workers’ Club, 15 West 126th St.; Czecko-Slovak Workers’ Home, 347 East 72nd St.; Unity Co-operative House, 1800 7th Ave., N. Y. C.; Negro Labor Con- gress, 200 West 135th St. Bronx Stations. Bronx stations are: Bronx Pro- gressive Club, 2075 Clinton Ave.; United Workers’ Co-operative, 2700 Bronx Park East; Jewish Workers’ Club, 1472 Boston Road; Bronx Workers’ Club, 715 East 138th St. Stations in Brooklyn are: Fin- nish Workers’ Home, 764 40th St.; 1940 Benson Ave. Brownsville stations Watkins St. Boxes may be had in Williams- are: 154 the Communists in order to camou- flage the real issues. Jacob Solo- mon, one of the machine henchmen, | also tried to attack the Commu- nists, but was met with hissing and | booing. Disorder was evident throughout the whole meeting. Solomon appealed to the older mem- bers and gave a pathetic acocunt of the sufferings, strikes and hard- ships in the past. He said nothing now, is their plea. ARMY SUPPORTS . PRES, GALLES MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10.—Many about the suffering, unemployment | messages are reported to have been and need at present. grinned when he referred great honesty, Everybody | received by President Calles from to hisown his army generals, asserting their loyalty to the president. Observers Sixty per cent of the members here comment on the general state the dues deal was put over. was a mistake; they should have stayed and fought against the ma- chine. Empty meetings is just what! the labor fakers want. One of Broach’s henchmen sent him a note to reconsider the dues question, but Broach did not dare try again for the $24 amount be- cause he knew that the membership had his “number.” Steam Roller. Election of business manager for \left the meeting in disgust after | of peace and the apparent unity of | This the Obregonista party. * Vatican Renews Attacks. ROME, Aug. 10—The Observa- tore Romano, the semi-official or- * * gan of the Roman Catholic Church, has again launched into attacks against President’ Calles of Mexico, and has attempted to shift the re- sponsibility of the assassination of | Obregon upon Calles, Its article is directed especially three years, meetings to be held ®82inst the labor elements in the twice a month, elimination of the | Calles cabinet, holding them respon- financial report, fines for the mem-|Sible for the suppression of the bership, all were railroaded through Clergy, and the investigation of \treaties by the introduction of the to the disgust of the workers. | But Broach received a taste of | workers’ mass power. that we did not handle ourselves properly in the meeting. We should have got up openly and fought) Toral, which led to the revelation that the clergy were directly in- It is true | Volved in the Obregon case. MINER BADLY INJURED JOHNSTON CITY, Ill, Aug. 10.) against the machine. Four thousand |—Bert Wilson, miner at the Black | Cramer of Holland said the Com-|rank and file members are stronger | Briar Mine, was seriously hurt while munists were right in the idea that|than a few paid henchmen. Maybe at work when a piece of iron struck capitalism could be dealt its fatal blow i nthe colonies. The Second International, he said, must there- fore appoint a permanent colonial commission and call a colonial con- ference in order to compete with the League Against Imperialism. The resolution was adopted in the absence of the entire British deleg- ation. At the close of the session, Chinese, Indians and Indonesians in the public gallery demonstrated energetically against imperialism and against the decisions of the con- gress on the colonial question. A joint protest declaration was sent to the International executive. A special memorandum against the colonial resolution is bein worked out. The Chinese Workers Union in France and the Chinese Student. Union in Europe addressed a joint protest to the executive and an ap- peal against the terror of the Kuo- mintang. In today‘s session Crispien gave the credentials report which showed that 446 delegates present included 40 women. A discussion on the po- litical situation then followed with- cut producing anything important. CANASTOTA, N.Y., Aug. 10 (UP). Work on the local air port has been how Broach, But certainly the members learned a lot from last Thursday’s meeting. One last word, brothers, TO THE FIGHT! Don't be a quit- ter. Maybe some of you will feel \like saying, “Oh, what’s the use, |the machine has the gang and the | control of the jobs.” But our sitva- tion is no different than that of a thousand others in which the work- ers have won out against the bosses and their agents in the union, the labor misleaders. hile STICK * (EDITORIAL NOTE:—The Daily (Worker will publish regularly news accounts and articles dealing with the important struggles of the elec- trical workers. Workers are invited to send in their correspondence, Their names will be kept in confi- dence. Spelling and English will be corrected, if necessary.) Soviet Icebreaker in New Search for Crew of Fascist Dirigible MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (UP),—The Russian ice-breaker Sedoff is now attempting to reach Alexander Is- yesterday reported | completed and a date for its dedi-| land in an attempt to find a suit that 1,000 persons were killed and cation will soon be definite. Major| able place for airplanes to take off promised to.speak at the dedication. it was stated here today. oline alone, over $500,000 were | 600 injured when the volcano de-| general Oryan, Commander of the| to search for members of the Italia | to have “disappeared,” Hig-| stroyed six villages on Paloeweh 27th Division in thé World War, has|crew who are so far unaccounted, | Island, it is because we have not yet learned |him in the face and crushed his to deal with such fakers as cheek. well-known folk-songs. workers in the trade. Speaking of the elections planned for the new organization a leaflet | distri ; at 35 cents each and can be bought | ee chal cieah cms at the office of the Daily—Worker, | lections for officers of your Tickets for the International Cos-_ tume Carnival are already on sale | | | Soon-after, where a definite plan of | ist) international today endorsed a| intolerable conditions under which 26-28 Union Square. union will be carried thru in the organization and a constitution will | be worked out for a national union | manifesto approving of the Kellogg|the workers of our industry are |“peace treaties” as a measure for compelled to labor.” ‘near future under the supervision of REFORMIST INTL {the Council of Shop Delegates. A URGES WAR PACT «: ladies garment workers, which se | will everywhere take up the struggle the “absolute renunciation of war.”) The manifesto calls for the sup- purg at 29 Graham Ave.. or 46 Ten Eyck St. Coney Island, 2901 Mermaid Ave) Brighton, 227 Brighton Beach. Report Big Tropical Storms in Carribean WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UP). —A tropical disturbance of consid- erable intensity attended by gales was reported by the weather bureau today to be centered about 250 miles southwest of Jamaica and moving west-northwest. Caution was advised for vessels in'the region of Jamaica and south of Eastern Cuba in the next 24 hours, |convention of elected . representa- | tives of the workers will be held) BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 10.—|@8ainst the open shop, against the The congress of the second (reform-| SWeat-shop system and against the port of Kellogg and the Kellogg | treaties, * To Strengthen European Bloc. PARIS, August 10.—The placing lof the Kellogg anti-war treaty be-) fore the League of Nations which will guarantee its discussion in the September meeting, has led to the) general belief here that no basic) changes will be made in the League * | Unity Kellogg pact. | The capitalist - newspapers in| |general look cynically upon the pact as far as its power to outlaw war. goes. They are very doubtful as to’ its practical value, they think that) “morally” it is “a good thing.” A taxi ‘driver would appreciate | this copy of The DAILY WORKER. Costume GAMES — Tickets Now For Sale at Daily DAILY WORKER International SUNDAY, AUGUST 19—PLEASANT BAY PARK Dancing--Sports ATHLETIC EXHIBITIONS ADMISSION, 35c WORKERS Spends Your Vacations and Week-Ends at Camp Carnival UNITY OPEN AIR MOnday. 9's<cc:s:0m segates Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday .... Saturday ... Sunday ... 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