The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 15, 1928, Page 2

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 15, 1928. Carpen AUTCHESON, RIGHT WINGER dijitants Barred From . Office ‘An appeal to all local unions of the United Brotherhood of Ca pénters and Joiners of America has been sent out by the Defense and Reinstatement Committe appointed by former Local 376 in which the membership is urged to instruct the delegates to the September conven tion of the organization to support the appeal of Local 376. The Defense and Reinstatement Committee, of which Nathan Rosen is secretary, S appointed with full power just before the local was disbanded following t ttack made upon it by the William L. Hutcheson machine ending with the revocation of the union charter. Rosen to Appeal. The president of former of local 876, Morris Rosen, was candidate inst Hutcheson for international ipresident and led the fight against "the reactionary machine which the progressives have carried on for a mumber of years. Rosen will be present at the coming convention to plead the case of the local from the lecision of the Hutcheson machine. The statement to the locals follow 1 part: ‘0 all Local Unions of the U. B. of ~ &J. of A. Jear Sirs and Brothers: The above committee entrusted by the former Local Union No., 276 with the task of presenting the case of Local Union 376 and defending the rights of the members, feels it- elf duty bound—especially now since the case is coming before the convention, to remind the Brother- hood of Carpenters of our appeal and to present new facts for the con- sideration of the membership and of the delegates to our convention. We want to thank the large num- ber of Local Unions which protested st the action of General Presi- it Wm. L. Hutcheson in revoking charter. We also want to thank the many loeals and members who ordered or distributed our booklet, “The Ap- ‘peal of Local Union No. 376.” ters, Issue A ppeal for Preparing for Imperialist War in the Heart of New York nn fi Su The picture shows Clarence Chamberlin, trans-Atlantic flier, at the cock-pit of ‘his plane, purchased especially to speed up communication between the Battery and Barren Island. At the latter place, Cham- berlin is in char WORKING WOMEN RALLY SATURDAY Letter Calls Upon All to Participate In a statement issued yesterday | from observation stations, and is | from the office of the United Coun- |cil of Working Class Women, 80 |E. 11th St... women in. New York | City were urged to rally to the aid of the miners’ Joint Defense and Textile demonstrations to be held all over the city on Saturday. The arrangement committee, of which Bertha Fishman is chairman, and Kate Gitlow secretary, sent out letters to thousands of women in New York City, urging them to par- ticipate in the demonstrations. The statement,.in part, follows: Attempt To Break Strike. “The bosses are attempting to use working women to break strikes, to replace militant men workers, to lower wages, to break unions. They consider women as easier to exploit. They did not think women would resist the open shop drive. They rely on the role |of housewives to keep husbands at Warn Against Storm - in Carribean Region HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 14 (UP). —Warning of a new tropical dis- turbance over the Caribbean Sea was issued by the National Observa- tory today. The warning said: “The disturbance to windward has moved rapidly towards the west, over the Central Caribbean Sea, far probably centered to the south of the Dominican Republic. In case it moves in the same direction tomor- | Mail.)—Criminal indifference to the | row, it probably will pass over the southern part of Jamaica. Its in- tensity is unknown. In the rest of the Caribbean Sea and throughout Cuba good weather is the rule.” LABOR BODIES TO JOIN SACCO MEET I. L. D. in Letter, Urges Participation Aug. 22 More than 500 New York labor and fraternal organizations were asked by letter yesterday to take is booklet, “‘The Appeal of Lo-| work, no matter how low the wage, |part in the Sacco-Vanzetti memorial Union No. 376” can be had free off charge by writing to Nathan nm, 174 Grafton St., Brooklyn, New York, and stating the number of copies wanted. The decision reyoking the charter of Local Union No. 376, dated June Hutcheson, General President; John T. Cosgrove, First General Vice President, and Geo, H. Lackey. Second General Vice President stated, “The charter of Local Union No. 876 is hereby revoked and it is no longer a ‘Local Union of the United Brotherhood. Arrangements will be made to give the members an opportunity to transfer their membership to other local unions so that the individual standing, bene- fits, rights and privileges in our Brotherhood may be maintained.” Sends Secret Orders ) Notwithstanding the above de- cision, General President Hutcheson ent a secret order to the officers of ‘Reenter of locals to which our members were assigned and deprived them of the right of ever holding ice in the United Brotherhood. learly one thousand members were thus disfranchised in a most un- Serupulous manner. {The above deceitful trick was dis- epvered when Joseph Lapidus, an ac- tive member of former Local Union No. 376, was nominated as candi- date for President of Local Union No. 1164 and was removed from the ballot by Hutcheson’s secret orders. Brother Lapidus has appealed his case to the forthcoming General Convention. This appeal will not only determine the rights of nearly one thousand members of former son’s irresponsible methods. Tt will serve notice on our officials that made by decis ily abrogated. All Must Help. ‘Byery Local Union must help, to an end to the despotism of theson. Instruct your delegates to the General Convention to sup- port the appeal of Local Union No. 876 and the anpeal of Joseph Lapi- a Fight for the rights of al! , who have been persecuted for opinions. Get the booklet, Appeal of Local Union No. and become acquainted with cause. Morris Rosen, former pro- ive candidate for General ent and President of former Union No. 376, will be present t the convention to plead the ap- for Local Union No. 376 and See that the floor notify us what action was by your Local Union. king you in advance for your rt, we remain, ternally yours, Defense and Reinstatement Committee of Local No. 376. Nathan Rosen, Secretary. Se Ree WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UP). ead Admiral F. ©, Billard, com- nt of the coast guard, has or- smallpox epidemic at Nome, !no matter how bad the conditions. “In a number of bitter strikes the working women and housewives have proven that they are militant | | | meeting set for 5 p. m. Aug. 22 in Union Square. The meeting is be- ing arranged under the auspices of and class conscious, In some strug-|the New York Section of the Inter- gles thé women. have: led the way. |national Labor Defense. The letter of 14th, 1926,’ and signed by Wm. L. The women. were the most active in| invitation, signed by Rose Baron, | resis 1 the bosses. Housewives not only gave more support to their striking husbands, but actually led the pick- et lines, took part in demonstra- tions, suffered clubbing and were framed up. “In all strikes a great amount of relief funds is collected by women organied in the United Councils of Working Women, “Throughout New York open air meetings will be held at various corners, Saturday, August 18th. Speakers will discuss the role of working women, including house- wives, in the class struggle.” A list of the meetings at which the women will rally on Saturday | will be published later in the week. | TO TAKE PHOTOS AT BIG CARNIVAL Special Russian Hour at “Daily” Affair Pictures will be taken of the na- tional groups and individuals weat-| meeting that will emphatically evi-, Local 376, but favorable action upon| ing the best costumes at the huge | dence labor's determination to pre-| are appeal will have the effect of International Costume Carnival of|vent further class murders and) putting a stop to President Hutche-| +46 Daily Worker, to be held in frame-ups. Pleasant Bay Park next Sunday. | |, \eeastitutional provisions and guar-| The fortunate costume wearers will this demonstration en masse. If pos- ns can not be find their pictures published in the | sible, please issue a call to your Daily Worker a few days later. Since a great many workers are attend this interna- tional carnival in costume, it is pre- dicted that the judges will have no easy time selecting the best ones. National costumes of all sorts will be worn by thousands of workers, with Russian costumes probably outnumbering those of any other country. A special Russian hour is being planned by the committee in charge. During this hour tea will be served in samovars and a Russian ac- _cordian orchestra will play songs of the old and the new Russia. planning to dancing around a bonfire in the evening. Russian dances are expected to prove the | favorites. An elaborate athletic program is also, being arranged. The Labor Sports Union will take a promin- ent part in this program and a soc- cer game will be played by two of its member organizations. There | will also be athletic exhibitions by |the Finnish Athletic Club. | Tickets for the great carnival are |he may be subjected to whatever in-| | Another feature will be open-air | and American | | the cutter Northland to ren- | being bought up fast. They are 35|air and in the newspapers. Mili- Hl assistance it deems advisable | cents and are on sale at the office tary observors are watching the |trol of industry as the fundamental ting the wage-cutting drive of | secretary, reads in pert: “Aug. 22 marks the first anni- versary of the judicial murder of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van- zetti! “It is nearly one year since a cy- clone of angry protest and horror swept the world following the death of these two militant workers who paid with their lives for loyalty to their class. “Arrangements have now been made for mass memorial meetings to be held in every important city in the world. Here in New York the New York Section of the Interna- tional Labor Defense has arranged an open air meeting to take place in Union Square on Aug. 22 at 5 . m. “This meeting will also be a pro- test meeting for the liberation of Mooney and Billings who are i prison today after 12 long years as 5 of construction work which will make New York City one of the most formidable air ‘MINE EXPLOSION. CAUSES 1 DEATH Badly ‘Seven Others Burned (By a Mine Correspondent.) WEST FRANKFORT, Hl. | (By loss of life on the part of the Chi- cago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Company may cause the death of | Neal Specer, a coal digger, and has already caused agony and suffering to seven miners burned by the gas explosion at the New Orient mine here. The explosion occurred at about 4 p. m. Saturday as the day shift men were moving out from the Miners claim that gas from an old working had been drawn out into the main entry and was then lignited by a spark from the trolley | pole on the motor. Endangered Others, That the accident might easily have caused the death of a large number of miners, was the opinion expressed here by everyone. Con- siderable indignation was voiced against the company, the company |safety first man, Walter Nichols, and Joe Rogers, whose duty it was |to watch for gas at this part of the mine. | Rogers is financial secretary of the |New Orient Local Union by virtue jof the bare-faced steal at a fraud- ulent election held in June. Along with his various other enterprises, Rogers operates a gas filling sta- tion at Benton and through agree- ment with the company he sells gas to the miners employed at Orient and then has the company check off the miners’ wages to pay for the ras. As one miner puts it, he was too busy selling gasoline to watch out for gas in the mine. In any case, today seven miners |are suffering. one may be dying as a result of the criminal betrayal on the part of the local labor fakers and greed on the part of the com- pany officials, mine. MOORE, O'BRIEN JOIN IN DEBATE Professional Strike- breaker Exposed (Special to the Daily Worker) POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Aug. 14.—An assemblage comprised “of 400 workers of this city, the largest inane of workers that has ever as- “We ask you to urge the mem-|sembled here, the other night heard rs of your organization to attend) Richard B. Moore, candidate for Congress on the Workers (Commu- nist) Party ticket from the 21st Congressional District, expose J. a result of one of the blackest labor frame-ups in the history of America. “It is said by cynics that the; memory of the American worker is) short—that he easily forgets—that/| sult and injury—and that in a little while all is forgotten, Answer this) callous lie with a monster mass membership for this purpose.” It is estimated that 50,000 work- ers will take part in the memorial. One hundred thousand leaflets an- nouncing the demonstration have been printed in English, Italian and Yiddish and are being distributed in factories, shops and offices by vol- unteer workers. breaker and “100 percenter.” the United States capitalist government. The debate which followed an open air meeting at which A. Mark- off spoke, was arranged when O’Brien was given the platform for ten minutes. It was there that O'Brien challenged any member of the Workers (Communist) Party to debate with him. Richard B. Moore answered the challenge. O’Brien Choses Topic. The topfe of the debate, chosen |by O’Brien, was, “Resolved that BRITISH PLANES: READY FOR WAR 3 |the ‘Gnited States, lnvor bas ‘better _LONDON, i Engg mock | conditions than under the anti-labor air battle over London engaged-in J ovemment of the Soviet Union.” by two opposing armies of Britis} Moore took the negative. agi Seah Tae Big pple ec He pointed out that American 350 lanes are participating, has capitalism is one of the most rapsci- it oa he city with smoke from 8 and labor-hating in the world. Pasokoehl paper ied bombs, that if He, cited the use of coal and iron peangriet brad the entire popu. | Police to murder and jail the strikers real, could wipe out the entire popu- |i, the Pennsylvania coal fields. He lation. Sits | showed that 2 per cent of the popu- in tl i es. to arouse fear in the hearts of the |" Secon U. S. S. R. Superior inhabitants, it has done so by the | On the other hand, citing the artificial stimulation both in the | facts and figures about the Soviet Union, Moore spoke of workers’ con- of the Daily Worker, 2628 Unjon| meneuvers closely in order to per- difference between the Soviet Union | Square. ” |fect the air force. and the United States. Robert O’Brien. professional strike-| pport of Members Throughout Country | DISCUSS DRAFT PROGRAM STILL. ~ AT WORLD MEET |Losovsky Would Ex- pand Trade Union (Wireless to the Daily Worker). MOSCOW, U.'S. S. R., Aug. 14.— |The twenty-sixth ‘session of the World Congress of the Communist | International opened yesterday morning. The discussion continued. Among the speakers at this ses- | sion were Dengel, of Germany; Sul- tansade, of Persia; Alfonso, of In- donesia; Brand, of Poland; Varga. jof the Soviet Union; Choraz, of | Czecho-Slovakia; and Weinstone, of the United States. | Dengel declared that the adoption \of the draft program means the |final settlement of the theoretical basis of the Communist Interna- tional and facilitates the propa- ganda of Marxism among the work- ers. The program should also be jan aid to action and not only con- | tain theoretical principles. The |passage in the program on capital- ism is too short. The role of social imperialism must receive more de- | tailed treatment as must also the |role of the left wing social democ- | racy. | The speaker declared that the |German delegation thinks that the dictatorship of the proletariat must nationalize all land and not only large scale farms. The adoption of the program means great progress for the Communist International. Weinstone, of the United States, then declared that tendencies to- ward fascism existed in America. Varied social elements are ready to unite on the basis of a fascist dic- tatorship, he said. He further declared that the draft program can be summed up as in- ternationalism. The program must stress the Communist attitude on racial questions, particularly in the | United States, where we are fight- The twenty-seventh session of the congress continued in the afternoon with Losovsky as chairman. Lo- sovsky declared that the draft pro- gram contains very little about the trade union question. The draft also fails to mention the final aim of trade union struggles, i. e., the overthrow of the bourgeoisie. The draft fails to mention that the re- formist labor unions represent a continuation of the state apparatus within the working class. Questions of the relations of the Communist Party and the trade unions also are not dealt with. The speaker declared that the draft must receive a new section saying everything that the Commu- nist International has to say con- cerning reformist and revolutionary trade unions. ISSUE LEAFLET ‘ON MOONEY CASE \I. L. D. Publication Is First of Series Tens of thousands of copies of |the first of a series of leaflets and pamphlets, to be issued on the world-famous Mooney-Billings case by the national office of Interna- tional Labor Defense yesterday | rolled off the press to be spread | | throughout the country in the cam- | paign to revive interest among | American workers in the movement |now being developed to figiht for | the release of these two victims of |the frame-up system, who have served in prison for more than 12] years. | “Tom Mooney and Warren Bill- ings have now been in prison for more than 12 body-tearing years,” reads the leaflet, in. part. ‘They have become symbols of one of the | blackest and most reactionary in- stitutions of the American ruling | |class—the frame-up system; the/| jvietims of their class enemy—the | | capitalists. Why have these two! }men been forced to suffer the tor-| {ture of a living death in prison |whén all evidence points to their _complete innocence? When it has| proved a dozen times over that they were victims of a conspiracy? “The answer is that these two leaders were loyal to the interests | of the working class; that they were | |in the front ranks of the fight to| win a better life for their fellow- toilers; that they could not be bought off by the boss class.” In brief and incisive language the leaflet gives an account of the \history of the case, showing step |by step how Mooney and Billings |were framed by the open shop and | jingoist interests of California. The ‘whole miserable net of perjured jand degenerate and underworld _characters used by the prosecution as “witnesses” is exposed in the leaflet and an appeal issued to the American working class to rally in a mighty campaign to obtain the freedom of the two prisoners. The leaflet can be bought at $2.25 per thousand from the I. L. D..at 80 ing for equal rights for the Negroes. | Young WorkersLeague Member Gets Second Patent for Invention A second patent has just been granted to Eugene Vinogradov, 1358 Washington Ave., Bronx, 22- year-old Russian inventor and mem- ber of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League. He came to this country in 1923 and is now a stu- dent at Morris High School. The patent is granted for “News- | paper Vending Machine,” an auto- matic device for the sale of news- papers. It contains several news- papers or magazines and releases one at a time, when ‘a token or a sufficient number of pennies is dropped in a slot. The prévious patent that had been granted to Vinogradov was for an optical and automatic device, which eliminates the use of electric lights in dark rooms during the day- time, by méans of efficient and equal distribution of sunlight throughout the building. J, S. INVASION STIRS HONDURAS Same Fate as Nicaragua TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Aug. 14.—Reports that American marines had invaded Honduran soil at the village of Danli for the al- leged purpose of seizing Nicaraguan peons suspected of serving in the Nicaraguan army of independence has caused a storm of protest here. The answer of certain official circles that the Honduran govern- ment was forced to permit the pas- sage of American troops in order to Fear | Save itself the fate of Nicaragua, has resulted in charges that it is inviting that fate at the expense of the neighboring republic. “Is the Honduran treaty with the United States another scrap of pa- per?” has been asked. NICARAGUA LOAN AFTER ELECTION Banker Calls Armed Guard “Essential” PANAMA, Aug. 14.—A twelve million dollar loan as bait to ex- pedite the election of the candidate UNION FORMED BY OFFICE WORKERS LEAGUE INN. Y. | Demand39-HourWeek, Closed Shop A new stage in the development | of the office workers’ organization was marked when the membership unanimously decided to transform | |the Office Workers’ League into the | Office Workers’ Union. This step is but the official confirmation of \the steady evolution of the organ- \ization in recent months from a | purely educational association to a | full-fledged labor union, it was an- | nounced. | The meeting, which was very well /attended, was marked by a lively | |diseussion of the union’s immediate | program and the report of the or- | ganization committee. | The program of the organization, | |as adopted by the membership, calls |for the recognition of the union, the closed shop, a 39-hour working week, |Payment for overtime and all! legal |holidays, vacations, proper sanitary | conditions, protection against un-| warranted discharge or demotion, | | the regulation of temporary employ- | ment, the establishment of office | committees and office chairman, | protection against discrimination for union activity, or on account of | race, color or eréed, and the pro-| curement of a good standard wage | for all office workers. | The program further urges a) fight against company unionism | and company welfare schemes in all | its forms—a curse from which of- | | fice workers are today suffering. |) Unanimous concurrence Was given | |to the recommendation of the or-| ganization committee that the union | apply itself at the outset to organ- | lizing the most underpaid office | | workers. | The organization committee re- |ported that as a result of the ques- |tionnaire submitted to the member- | ship several such large offices have been selected for immediate otetn-| ization. | A call was issued for volunteers | to take part in “colonizing” activi- |ties within offices. On this said | |depends the success of the union’s \initial organization activities, it.was |declared. All unemployed members | of the union are urged to volunteer | for colonization duty. Communica- | |tions should be sent to the Office | Workers’ Union, Labor Temple, | |14th Si. and Second Ave., where the | lunion meets regularly every second | and fourth Monday of the month. Organize Spanish Sveaking Branch of New York ILD A Latin-American and_Spanish- speaking branch of the New York | section of the International Labor Defense has been organized with an | initial membership of about 35. | At an enthusiastic meting held | recently at the headquarters of the | branch, 55 W. 118th St., officers | Were elected and an executive com- | mittee embracing practically all of | the Spanish speaking countries ap- pointed. The officérs are Luis Mar- tinez, organizer and P. Martinez, secretary. The following countries are rep- resented on the executive committee of the branch: Chile, Cuba, Argen- tina, Guatemala, Spain, San Salva- dor, Venezuela, Mexico, Nicaragua, | Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Santo Do- mingo, Panama and Bolivia. The Latin-American and Span- ish-speaking branch is the 45th branch of the New York section of the I. L. D., and the 15th language group. WORKERS DIE I FACTORY BLAST Explosion in Indiana Kills 8 to 15 HAMMOND, Ind., Aug. 14 (UP). —Between 8 and 15 men were killed, and a two-story building 6c- cupied by the Indiana Sanitary Pot- tery Company was wrecked by an explosion of undetermined origin | this afternoon. The fire burning in the wrecked building and two other adjacent un- occupied structures was so hot that firemen were unable to get within a block of the plant to fight the flames. The exact number of men in the plant was not known, but it is be- lieved that none could withstand the heat, even if they escaped being crushed by the falling walls of the building. MOVE FOR FREE CROATIA GROWS Students Raid Shops Selling Serb Papers ZAGREB, Jugoslavia, Aug. 14.— As& the sentiment for an independ- supported by the American authori- ties is the reason for the recent re- | fusal of the loan to Nicaragua sug- | gested by L. S. Rosenthal, manager of the Nicaraguan National Bank | at Managua, in a statement issued | here. Mr. Rosenthal is on his way to New. York where he will discuss the situation with American finan. | cial interests. The American bankers are await- | ing the outcome of the American-| supervised elections in the fall, the banker said in substance. He be-| lieves that the issue will be floated | immediately after the elections. The loan will be adequately backed by the property of the Nica- raguan National Railway, the stock of the Nicaraguan bank and a first | lien on customs. The rehabilitation of Nicaragua | depends largely on the legal au-| thorization and fiscal support of the | PROPOSE PUPPET. jen Croatia grows among the peas- | ants following the death of Stefan Raditch, student organizations here, i PLAN FOR INDIA who had decided to boycott all news- | papers and books in which Serbian CALCUTTA, India, Aug. 14.—/type is used, destroyed several An Bt easels Sen an shops where such newspapers were was dese! yy Mahatma Ghandi, . and Moslem leaders, proposed a new | sold. The Croats use a modified constitution for India which is in-/ Roman type. tended to give it a dominion status.| The more conservative wing of The proposal is hardly expected | the Croatian-democratic coalition to satisfy the Indian nationals and has condenmedsueh: action -and autonomists for it leaves India vir- | a tually as before, under the direct | U"#éd the peasants to take a paci- tutelage of the British government. | fist policy towards the Belgrade The governor general, who is to be regime. appointed by England, is to have Following the death of their lead- \full veto power over all legislation, \er the Croatian Peasant Party éxéc- and chief command of the army,|utive elected Vladimar Matchek as nivy and air force, which practi-| substitute president, while the nom- cally takes all power from the leg-| inal head of the party will be the Nicaraguan national guard and on islature provided for in this plan. the removal of the affairs of the na- | tional bank from political influence, | the banker asserted. | RED WEEK TO AID ELECTION DRIVE Tag Days Planned for Aug. 20-26 Continued from Page One bilizing them for the election cam- paign drive and for participation in the Tag Days. Leaflet Contains Program. The leaflet, which outlines the nine cardinal points of the platform | of the Workers (Communist) Party, | calls on all class-conscious workers to contribute to and collect for the campaign fund of the Workers Party and to enroll at one of the various election campaign stations which have been set up throughout. the city. Every section of the city will have its center, from which a large number of workers will radi- ate on Saturday and Sunday ‘to fine- comb that particular section for con- tributions to the campaign fund in special collection boxes. Workers in all shops and homes are called upon by the Workers (Communist) Party to contribute to the Election Campaign Funds, to collect from other workers in their shops and to volunteer for the two big Red Tag Days. 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