The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 17, 1928, Page 3

——— i q t q THE DATLY WORKER, NEW adie FRIDAY, eee 17, 1928. | FIGHTING eROWS = cai! om Infaney to Ha Septet COSTA Rie A IN Demand Autonomy; 84 Arrested BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug. 16. ~-Opposition against the ratifica- tion of the Nettuno Pact that gives | the Italian government special prop- | erty rights in Dalmatia, which is on the Adriatic facing Italy, coupled with the movement against the Bel- grade regime oppression, has led to a monster demonstration in Spalato, a Dalmatian city. Five | thousand students and workers | paraded through the street in spite | of the attempt of the police and} military to break the demonstra- tion. This serend in the series of im- | portant articles on “Automobile— | Symbol of Modern Slavery,” by | Ben Lifschitz, deals with the vast scope of the industry, the giant combinations fighting for power * When the demonstrators, bearing | slogans that denounced the Nettuno | Pact with the fascist government and calling for autonomy, were or- dered to disperse by the police they | By BEN LIFSCHITZ | continued on their march. The| The automobile industry ranks military was called out and in the | first among American manufactur- effort to break up the parade fight- jing industries, based on the whole- * ing between the soldiers and the | demonstrators continued until o’clock in the morning. Eighty ar- rests were reported and the casual- ties are not known. The Nettuno Pact, which was passed by the Belgrade parliament | when the opposition. was absent, | and which is declared by the autono- mists to be void, has aroused great opposition in Croatia, Slovenia and | Dalmatia, provinces that had been incorporated under the Jugoslav kingdom against the will of the in- habitants. The special rights given the fascists in Dalmatia, it is charged, would abrogate the rights of local peasants and increase the | oppression that they have suffered | at the hands of Belgrade. MILL STRIKERS STANDING FIRM Intimidation _ of Court) Plate glass (sq. ft.) . Fails Continued from Page One fused by this threatening terror, a number of strikers were said to have | denied membership in the T. M. C. These, and many other, received six months | probation terms. Most of these, however, came to the head-) quarters of the union later and af-| firmed their allegience, declaring | that they did not understand what | Lubricating oil (gallons) they were doing after being con-| fused by the barrage of questions in| ) court. Several, however, actually deserted the ranks on being faced) by a six months jail term. Manuel Pacheco, husband of a automobile woman striker beaten up on the pic- ket line by the police, rose courage-| ously in court and defiantly hurled at the judge, “I -will stay with the} *| industry can only be conceived when | sale value of its products. The mo- | tor vehicle bodies and parts for the |industry rank ninth. Motor vehicles. Motor vehicla | and parts $3,371,855,805 $1,511,976,000 | The magnitude of this combined | |we compare the motor vehicle in- | dustry (including bodies and parts) with the two next largest industries in the country, slaughtering and Above is a photograph salad Midaeo tsa the first and the ten millionth Ford cars. and the driving forces to imper- ialist war. Tomorrow’s article ; | of Monroe Doctrine AUTOMOBILE-NEW GIANT Largest t Industry Drives to World War will take up the question of the | saturation point of the industry | and the struggle between the Ford and thp General Motors combines. * and parts, which is $4,883,8°1,805. The figures for 1926 give a clear picture of the size and growth of the automobile industry: Production (U. S. and Canada) +§ Number cars Number trucks .. Wholesale value motor vehicles and parts. . Cars (U. S. and Can- 4,428,286 4,696,945,620 FO eae ie eS $2,730,385,507 Trucks (U. S. and | Canada) .......... 433,371,169 Parts sold by motor vehicle manufactur- ‘Bulgarian Preeiere OPPOSITION TO _-US.DOMINATION | Demand Interpretation | | GENEVA, Aug. |delicate problem, affecting the | United States and Latin-America, jhas ben placed before the League | of Nations by Costa Rica. The Central American Republic, | jin rejecting an invitation to rejoin the league, from which it resigned a few years ago, asked the league | for an interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine. 16 (UP).— Costa Rica, in her message to the The white terror in the Balkans has had no freer and workers and peasants than in Bulgaria. Headed by reactionary army officers and Jingoes, the fascist organizations in Bulgaria have murdered, tortured and jailed thousands of wor The picture shows one of the cavalry officers practicing for war again more savage area to wreak its tortures on in the last decade. t the workers and peasants. league, characterized the Monroe Doctrine as a purely one-sided dec- laration by the United States, not | binding on the Latin-American na- |tions. Before joining the league, she desires a precise interpretation | of the doctrine, especially as it af-| fects the position of Latin-Ameri-| can countries in the league. IS SENT 10 JAIL Continued from Page One | Costa Rica’s pronouncement, com- ing so soon after Argentina’s sim- ilar declaration to the league last March, was regarded here as show- ing the increasing solidarity of the Latin-American republics, as well as |the increasing tendency of Argen- the southern nations, in place of the | United States. not venture an interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine without the full agreement of the United States. |tina to assume the leadership of | It is certain that the league will | union, in spite of all attempts to |stop them. Others implicated with Jacobs of “possessing” dynamite will be tried during the fall term of court. Since Jacobs is known in the Cambridge district as a progressive miner and an active organizer, distributing |leaflets and picketing, therefore he | was put behind the bars in all haste. courts against any attempt to or- |ganize or picket their mines. cording to’ reliable data, for The coal operators in the Cambridge | district are well protected by the| |steel. The figures follow: Shiughterthe-ahd theat ee Rel siinltcas 308,251,944 packing ........... $3,050,286,291 | Replacements parts Steel works and roll- and tires .....-+ . 1,224,937,000 Wifey irs gic F ean oe ar $2,946,068,281|Exports of motor The two combined industries of} vehicles (U. S. and jmeat packing and steel have a| Canada) .......... 487,289 | |wholesale value of $5,996,354,522, | Registration (U. S).. 22,001,398 jagainst the combined wholesale | qars |, 19,237,171 value of the motor vehicles, bodies |v’ iy, 2,764,222 w Materials Used in Manufacturing Motor Cars aa Trucks. | Amount used in motor | yehicle manufacture and | per cent. of total U. 8 | production of raw MATERIALS materials materials, transportation and manu- | million cars were built in three Tron and steel (tons) . 4,850,000 14 %/|facturing are entirely under the | years, May, 1921-June 4, 1924, when : 64,500,000 50 %|company’s control. |the ten millionth Ford car chugged | | Production of upholstery leather (sq. ft.) per The company operates 35 branches | briskly out of the shop to join its | cent. used in motor vehicles . : 39,050,000 63 % in the United States, of which 32/9,999,999 forerunners. Just 381 Rubber (tons) ..... 303,616 84.7% are assembly plants. It has foreign days later (June 20, 1925) the Aluminum (pounds) 50,000,000 25 % | offices and associate companies in | twelve millionth Ford car was com- Copper (pounds) 250,000,000 12.7% South America, Cuba, Mexico, Eu-|pleted, and the fifteenth million Bini S(t0ne) © osc. 3 16,700 21 %\rope, Egypt and Japan. The Ford | car was scheduled to be off the line Nickel (pounds) .... 9,250,000 28 %|Motor Company of Canada is lo-| early in 1927. Lumber, softwood (board feet) . 250,000,000 jeated at Ford, Ontario. It supplies| This quantity production of an Paint and varnish (gallons) . 15,500,000 | the trade in Canada and the British Gasoline (gallons) .......... 8,566,450,000 80 % | Empire, except the British Isles. It Domestic consumption (total) . 10,708,068,000 \has foreign plants in all important | 350,000,000 |eenters of the world. Number of Workers Employed. motor vehicles, parts and acces- |, The Census of Manufacturers] sories, but all other workers em- hy \gives the figure of 3,743,781 em-| ployed in the production of tires, | | ployed directly and indirectly in the industry. This figure represents not only wage workers nanan in the factories making gasoline, oil and all other products | used indirectly for the automobile. | |It includes also chauffeurs, truck | ‘@ drivers and salesmen of all kinds. | Faaloved. Directly, Textile Mill Committees till the | Motor vehicle ........ ) 374,281 | very end.” Joseph Travis, 17-year| Parts and accessory ) 320,000 old striker staunchly maintained his Tire .)factory 100,000 | legal right to strike and picket and| Motor vehicle, supplies and accessories, dealers denounced police brutality on the) picket lines. They were terms. Cordiero, Antone Sousa, Joseph Pachecho, Louis Ferriero, Bill Ser- oka and Henry Lavoie. $1,000 each was demanded in addi-| tion to the surety bond of similar amount. Strikers Determined. Tactics of the mill owners and their agents in the courts in jailing | strike leaders and every man rising from the ranks to assume the helm} of the struggle, will fail, strikers de-| Plate glass workers They ere alco ite 5 stay| Tannery and leather out till they win the wage cut fight., Woodworkers ... The union and the International | Upholstering Labor Defense are issuing appeals| Asbestos brakelining workers to raise the enormous funds neces- Lacquer and enamel workers . sary to gain the release of the Coal miners leaders. In ensive efforts are to be! Electric power workers made to spread the walkout, and the! Road material factory works release will hasten’ Machine tool workers . clare. union leaders’ this event, the appeals state. World-Wide Sacco- Vanzetti Protest Meets Continued from Page One show him that English labor had| Wages and salaries for 375,281—number employed in On August 22 tens| of thousands of London workers are | (Does not include workers employed on part expected to meet in Hyde Park and | Automobile Insurance viisssiesesseeee not forgotten. Trafalgar Square. Meets Thruout U. S. S. R. The week of August 19-25 will be| observed throughout the Soviet Union, from Leningrad to Viadivos- | the automobile industry essentially Mooney-| a war industry ,always at the dis- | In the remote vil-| posal of the governmental machine. | tok as Sacco-Vanzetti, Billings week. included| Garage employees among those receiving six months | Repair shop employees The others were James Ried, ‘Professional chauffeurs union léader; Manuel Rogers, Jesse| professional truck drivers Bail of |, lages special meetings will be held | and great demonstrations plamed in the leading cities. are | truck on a large scale for military | It transport and as a means for the | )workers and salesmen .. ) 360,000 | 125,000 | 450,000 | 500,000 900,000 | Gasoline refinery and oil workers scr ‘Tire dealers and salesmen ........- 95,0 ‘ | Trailer factory workers and salesmen 10,000 Going any Ww here | Automobile financing and insurance ... 20,000 Any time “Potal, directly employed .........-s00teeeeeeeee eacecees -8,365,281 Over any Line ° COMMUNIST Employed Indireetiy Tron and steel 70,000) Tickets, all classes, including ||| THE AUGUST ISSUE CONTAINS: | Copper, lead, tin, nickel and aluminum . 15,000 | Tourist, sold at established rates. BIG BUSINESS CAN’T LOSE IN 1928. Railroad workers .... 95,000! Re-entry Permits, Visaes, good GIANT POWER IN 1928 15,000 | -eservations. THREE STRATEGIES I 10,000 15,000 | MEXICO'S NEXT PRESIDENT. 15,000 | NO SERVICE CHARGE YOUTH AND INDUSTRY.... 1,500 | Information about travel to UNEMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE 5,000} all parts of the world. Illus- DEFEAT OF THE HOME GOVERNMENT IN IMPERIALIST IIE Gt SAN 8,000 _— trated folder on request. 2,000 | | NOTES ON AMERICAN LITERATURE. 12,000 |-COME, WRITE OR CALL——) SELF-STUDY CORNER 20,000 | Highway officials, contractors and engineer: 100,000 | | | | Total, indirectly employed ......- Piweniver stare toa) OOO Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Business (U. S.) Capital Invested (tangible assets) . oy. dieser see seve $2,089,498,326 | car and truck factories ‘ 657,724,859 | jody and tire mfg.) 428,088,202 | Automotive freight exceeded 8,280,000 carloads in 1926, | Rela-¢-——_______—_________—_____ | } Antomorals Priapogh li nig ibe othe manufacture of airplanes, The | There are two factors that make | Packard plant as woll ag others were also used to build war sup- plies during the war. The Powerful Combines of the Automobile Industry, 1, Ford Motor Company, 1, The utilization of the motor | |the Ford Motor Company was re-! n China of | White Terror BERLIN, Aug. 16. -The Interna- tional Red Aid publishes the follow- ing figures which show the results of the White Terror and class jus- tice in China from the month of January to the end of May. Ac- the most part taken from the capitalist 1 press, in the course of five months | in China: 2,974 revolutionaries were mur- dered. 8,055 had disappeared. 7,949 were arrested. the remaining 41% per cent. of the|the famous “999” model shot across outstanding stock. On July 9, 1919,|the motor horizon. In 1908 the model “T” appeared organized under the laws of the|and with it the first real standard- Delaware, for an authorized capi-|ization was reached. With that talization of $100,000,000. The com-| point. attained, the unparalled pro- pany was chartered to build auto-| duction growth of the Ford Motor mobiles, trucks, tractors, aircraft,| Company began. internal combustion, engines, | Counting from the first car, locomotives and all allied products.| Henry Ford made, it required 30 The Ford organization represents | years to produce the frist five mil- a complete industrial chain. Raw/lion Ford cars. But the second five unheard-of scale, was only made possible by the introduction of new manufacturing methods, the convey- ers system and the other methods of modern slave driving. * * * Sources for the data here con- tained are “Facts and Figures and Figures,” issued by the National Chamber of Commerce. Other sources are “Ford Indus- tries,” issued by Ford Motor Com- pany; “Tables,” issued by the Gen- eral Motors Company. Some of the data were gathered with the aid of the district office of the Workers Party of Detroit. Additional material was obtained from Robert W. Dunn, who is now writing a book on the auto indus- try, “Labor and Automobiles,” which will appear shortly.—B. L.) The first Ford car was completed | It was not until 1903 that, in 1892. A. WESSON & CO. 309 East 14h., N. Y. C. Toward An Ever-Growing and Better THE NEW BEDFORD STRIKE. WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 39 East 125th St. NEW YORK CITY ‘ By B. Gitlow PRETO By B. Miller By A. Weishora By Janet Cork .By N. 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Plans are rapidly. being com- pleted by the New Bedford Textile Workers’ Union to make the wel- coming reception for W. T. Mur- doch a memorable one. Murdoch, union leader will be freed Monday after completion of a three month prison term for picketing. A mass welcome meeting, which is being prepared for Monday will also inaugurate a new membership drive for the Textile Mill Commit- tees organization. BRAZILIAN MINE WORKERS HUNTED BY VIGILANTES Jungle Fights Rage for 2 Months TRO, Brazil, Aug. 16.—An outbreak of workers in the diamond mines in the State of Matto Grosso was suppressed by Mordeck and his army of 10,000 vigilantes (keepers of the status quo—fascists) whtn they chased the 2,000 workers over the border into the State of Guyaz. The disturbances started two months ago when the workers found that they had been paid in counter- feit money the foreign prospee+ tor-bosses. Enraged at this added exploitation after they had worked in stifling- and disease-festered jungles for months, the workers or- ganized an army, intent on chasing the exploiters from the country. Troops summoned by the gov- ernor failed to suppress the upris-~ ing. Fighting in the jungles and mountains about the mines has lasted for months. The workers, chose Carvalhinho, Portuguese name_ water oak,*as their - for tht sturdy chief. Mordeck, who actually rules the’ district with the help of his army” of vigilantes, who, when they are not fighting, do spy and guard duty for the companies, collected 10,000 - outnumbering the.- of his followers, workers by five to one, and forced them to flee over the border. TO AID IMMIGRAN ‘Ss. In the first Israelite Immigration Congress to be held in Buenos Aires, resolutions were adopted establish- ing a fund for loans to nev arri- vals. Plans were made for experi- mental farms, garment factories and homes, and for ultimate aid to rela- tives to immigrants to join their families in Argentina. 1852 THE SAME ADDRESS OVER 75 YEARS 1928 Last Quarterly Dividend paid Ranking by Mail N SAVINGS BK ASSETS 1 EXCEEDING $29,000,000 Deposits made on or before the 3rd day of the month will draw interest from the Ist day of the month. on all amounts from ar WA) to $7,500.00, at the rate of Open Mondays (all day) until 7 P. M. Society Accounts Accepted We Sell A. B, A. Travelers Certified Checks LENG ty THIRD AVE Cc To Witness the Celebration of the 11th Anni- versary of the NOVEMBER REVOLUTION COST OF THE ENTIRE TOUR $375 $25 First Payment, | balance payable in installments. LAST TOUR THIS YEAR | groupsails OCT. 17 on the express ship “Mauretania.” USSIA Free Soviet Visas We assist you to extend your stay so as to visit your relatives and friends in any part of the Soviet Union. 69 Fifth Ave., New York World Tourists, Inc. Tel. Algonquin 6900 accurate and complete and will FIRST ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL EDITION The LIFE AND DEATH of SACCO AND VANZETTI By EUGENE LYONS An epic of two alien workers in America. that story with an emotional sweep worthy of the subject. It is seven-year struggle which involved all humanity. SPECIAL EDITION $1.00 WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 39 East 125th Street, New York City. The author tells remain as a monument to the