The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 29, 1928, Page 3

| | THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928 Page Three Belgian Shipping Completely Paralyzed by Latest. Walk-Out in ‘Big Harbor Center ANTWERP WHARF WORKERS’ STRIKE. TIES UP PORT Walk-out Is Second One | This Year ANTWERP, Aug. 28. — Dock/ workers engaged in coaling ships at} this port went on strike today. The walk-out followed the de- mands of the workers for an imme- diate increase in wages. Wews of the strike spread over the| waterfront like wild-fire and groups of harbor workers quickly surround- ed the knots of dock strikers. As yet the police have taken no, provocative action but it is believed that they may do so at any moment, gine in mind the repressive meas- s used by the authorities in Havre recently. The strike of the dockworkers fol-| lows by only a few months the strike | with whieh they. tied MW this hieBor| and its shipping completely on the, failure of officials of the Red Star line to grant demands of the men. It was recently reported that an agreement had been reached between the participants in the former walk- out and the officials the terms of which were to be published in Feb-| ruary, 1929. NOT TO DISCUSS: MONROE LA Powers Afraid It Will Embarass U.'S. . GENEVA, Aus. 28.*A few days before the council of the League of Nations meets a movement that has been quietly set on foot will assure no discussion of the Monroe Doctrine at the League meeting. Costa Rica had demanded that the Monroe Di trine be defined by the League bé- fore it indicates whether it will ac- cept the invitation to join the League of Nations. That this matter will not be dis- cussed has been guaranteed by some League leaders who think that such a discussion would be embarrassing to the United States and would arouse “misunderstanding.” The Councjl, however, is expected to frame a reply to the Costa Rican note which is expected to be non-| commital. DETROIT TO. HEAR FOSTER, BEDACHT Two-Day ‘Red Election | Picnic Sept. 2-3 Continued from Page One District Organizer of Chicago, will be the campaign speaker. ‘This picnic has been arranged for the purpose of raising funds for campaign propaganda among the workers in the open shops in the | arrangements | necessary have ben made to spread | auto industry. All the revolutionary message of our Party to these hundreds and thou- | sands of unorganized workers in the auto industry. The workers in Detroit wili have en opportunity to hear the message of the Workers (Communist) Party on the election campaign as. given by William Z. Foster, Communist candidate for president. He will speak at the Danceland Auéitorium on Sunday evening, September 9, at | 8 p. m. A meeting for Foster has also been arranged in the city of Flint, | which is a General Motors town. | The workers in the ‘auto industry in the city of Flint-are being con- fronted with one wage cut after an- | other and this meeting in the city | of Flint will be utilized for the pur- | pose of exposing the open-shoppers of General Motors and to call upon the workers the need for organiza- | tion, Mecoaice Haenation of I. R. T. Crash |p The above, chart shows the mechanical elements which are alleged | - to have caused the I. R. T. disaster perished at Times Square recently. in which nearly a score of persons A shows the wheel of the car which crashed. B, the apparatus, a defect in which is blamed for the tragedy, and C, a spur, the twin sent scores to death and injury. of which engaged the wheel and \Costa Rica Attack on Monroe Doctrine Up Before League GENEVA, Aug. 28 (UP)—Agree- ment of a draft convention to Yon- | trol the private manufacture of arms |virtually was assured today when Japan notified the League of Na- tions Commission, which will take up the proposed pact this week, that her delegate will accept the United States viewpoint. Juan Sivort, in behalf of the Ar- |gentine Association of the League of Nations, memorandumed all league councillors today in regard to Costa Rica’s demand for a league inter- pretation of the Monroe Doctrine. Costa Rica insisted that the doctrine be excluded from the league cov- enant as constituting merely a uni- lateral declaration instead of a re- gional agreement. KELLOGG FIGHTS U.S. S, R. LETTER » Opposes “Cordial” Note at Meet Continued from Page Gne eign Affairs, the invitation . of | France to adhere immediately after the signing. * Litvinoff was non-com- mittal but asked for full correspond- lence concerning the treaty and for a jist of nations which have been | invited. | Several plenipotentiaries here free- ly admitted the pact will be greatly |affected by the decision from the | Soviet Union—where months ago a | proposal to eliminate all armaments ‘was originated and placed before a stunned disarmament conference. The same program which was made famous last year by visiting! aviators from America will be fol- lowed. The diplomats will sign their names in the gold book and attend a musical program. American Secretary Kellogg has slightly changed his plans and ex- pects to leave Havre aboard the cruiser Detroit Wednesday n Dublin. He will reach Port Kings- town Thursday noon. * PARIS, Aug. 28.—Ten feminists were jailed today when they at- tempted to hold an “equal rights” demonstration. * * MORE “ECONOMY.” SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. 28 (UP). —Executive offices of the president | indicated here today that one of | President Coolidge’s first official | | acts on his return to Washington will be the calling of a department | head conference to inaugurate an seven-year struggle which involved all humanity, SPECIAL 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 accurate and complete and will remain as a monument to the $1. WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 89 East 125th Street, New York City, / anarchists, for} enforced economy campaign for the || remainder of the current fiscal year. | POLICE ARREST SAGCO SPEAKERS Blue Laws Revived to Stop Kallen BOSTON, Aug. 28q-A taste of the prosecution of S@cco-Vanzetti sympathizers last -year by the Mas- sachusetts police was experienced here when a warrant was sworn out against Horace Kallen, educator and lecturer, because he mentioned the names of Sacco and Vanzetti to- gether with Jesus Christ. The war- rant was later repealed, “pending further investigation.” Kallen spoke at a memorial meet- ing here on Thursday n‘¢ht at which he said: “If Sacto and Vanzetti were so was Jesus Christ an anarchist.” The charge is based on an old blue law which dates back to 1697. Under this same law Anthony Bimba, labor leader, was charged with blasphemy in connection with a speech to shoe strikers at Brock- ton in 1926. News that a conservative well-known lawyer in Boston was ready to defend Kallen was followed by the report that the charge would be withdrawn. Karolyi Warns Mexico -of U.S. Imperialism MEXICO CITY, Aug.-28.—Count Michael Karolyi, former president of Hungary, is reported to have warn- ed Mexico and Latin America gener- ally against the danger of United | al States imnerialism in a speech in Vera Crn~ prior to his sailing for New York. KILLED IN BUS COLLISION POR (UP).—A woman was killed and six selves concerned | for MEXICAN PHONE WORKERS TIE UP SERVICE OF CITY Prevent ‘Seabs From | Entering Building MEXICO CITY, Aug. 28.—Failure of the Ericsson Telephone Company of this c?ty to accede to the demands | of the left wing telephone employes | union has resulted in a complete up of telerhone service in the Fed- eral District. One of the chief demands of the/ men is that the telephone corpora- tion sign an agreement unionizing the entire plant in Mexico City. There are approximately 50,000 tele- phone instruments in the Federal District of which the Ericsson inter- ests control more than two-thirds. The strikers are also demanding liberal increases in waces, and there are a number of subsidiary demands. | Officials both of the government and the corporation exvressed them-| as to the wide- spread political effect which the strike may have owing to the uncer- tain, situation in Mexico following the assassination of President-elect) Obregon. . Dr. Puig Casaurano. who has suc- ceeded secretary of labor Morones. has conferred with union leaders and the representatives of the telephone corporation. Together with the lat- ter, it is understood that he will attempt to force a settlement of the strike before a national arbitration board. Meanwhile the spirit of the work-| ers is militant and they are reported to have taken virtual centrol of the telephone property. Red flags hang from the telephone building and armed guards are said to be prevent- ing thé entrance of strikebreakers to the building. It is rumored that President Calles ‘will personally interfere in the strike if the ministry of labor and the tele- phone officials are not able to force} a settlement Rebare 0 JAIL MURDOCH. MILL LEADER Continued from Page One to be imprisoned for one month each | picketing and singing while | picketing. and | 'SMOUTH, N. H., Aug. 28! After spolice had made an attack, on the Sharp Mill picket line July} 24, warrants were sworn out for those picket captains not arrested at) the mills. Vieira was one of these.| He was taken out of the union hall) on the warrant issued. His release, as well as that of the other strikers. was later obtained on an appeal im- mediately filed, $600 being required for Vieira’s freedom. The A. F. of L. and “socialist’”| officialdom of the Textile Council at their meeting in Brooklawn today y congratulated the Fall River Tex- tile Council bureaucrats for the or-! der they issued their membership instructing them not to strike while workers of the American Printing Company were picketing the plant) under the leadership of the Textile Mill Committees. Frank Manning,| other passengers more or less serf- | “socialist,” was the most boisterous | ously injured today when a sight-|in his endorsement of this scabbing seeing bus was pushed over a small | order. Other speakers were Mary| embankment in collision with ari | and Powers Donovan. automobile at Rye, near here. 8 FIREMEN INJURED INDIANAPOLIS, Aug, 28 (UP). —Eight firemen were MILITARIST LANDS. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UP).— injured | General John J. Pershing hailed the slightly today while fighting flames | Kellogg anti-war treaty today as in a local bottling plant. was estimated at $75,000. 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CHINA WAR LORDS: RENEW CONFLICT Manchurian “Troops Hold Railroad LONDON, Aug. 28 (UP).—Civil warfare has broken out with re- newed intensity in the Peking area of China, reports to the Daily Mail | from Peking said today. Remnants, of the old Northern Army, decisively defeated several months ago, have engaged the Na- tionalists in that district and severe fighting is going on. Hundreds of wounded were reported being re- ceived in Peking and Tientsin. General Chang Tsung-Chang, the Northern leader, who has not yet come to terms with the Nationalist government and who is reported to | | have considerable forces available, is said to be occupying a strategic position along the Mukden-Tientsin railroad. Chinese Troops in Chefoo Revolt Agaifst| NankingArmyOfficers CHEFOO, China, Aug. 28.—One hundred Chinese soldiers were in- jured here when military authorities tried to disarm a group of 200 sol- diers who were suspected of “dis- loyalty” to the Nanking regime. The revolting troops refused to disarm and when the officers tried to force them to ‘do so fighting oc- curred. Save this copy of the Daily for one of the 40,000 traction workers. 1,500,000 Chinese Peasants are Facing Death by Starvation SHANGHAI, Chita, Aug. 28.— One million, five hundred thousand Chinese workers and peasants in a district 30 miles wide and 100 miles long near Western Shantung are slowly dying of starvation, accord- ing to Earl Baker, who returned to- day from a visit from the stricken area. Relief is absolutely necessary, Mr. Baker said, to ayert the death of almost the complete population of the section. The reason for the plague is thought to’be the droughts and: the insect invasion and destruction of the fields. Over 150,000, Mr. Baker said, are too ill to survive, even if aid can reach them soon. Others are living only on a diet of grass- hoppers, the only “food” available jin the region. 'Krassin and U.S. S. R. |Flier Chukhnovsky Off | to Seek Amundsen Men BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 28 (UP). The Russian icebreaker Krassin has pickel up the aviator Chukhnovsky at Kings Bay to carry on the search for Roald Amundsen, missing in the Arctic since he set forth to hunt for survivors from the dirigible Italia. The Krassin carried provisions sufficient for 40 men for six months. She will sail shortly for Hinlopen Bay and Franz Josef Land, where a| wooden hut will be erected as a fly- ing base. The Krassin will return at the end of September if no trace | is found of Amundsen. Planes like these can easil FRENCH GENERAL TEXTILE STRIKE LOOMS IN. FALL Sept. 2 Final Date to Answer Demands LILLE, France ening the mill read walk-out the industry. hen ale hat if the granted in the union r a gen- MINER FATALLY HURT AT WORK Men Struggle Not to Return to Scab Pits French textile in- reports that German tex- trike is ex- in the lower uren. ediately af- NEW CLUE TO LOS’ “PLANE. RUS GEN, Aug. 28 (UP).— Mail). € to the Hass against 2 Greater Rockford was Republican Iron near here yesterd: fatally injured. miner died soon a the Allegheny Va the government here to- ernoo Rus: The er he arri on still holding out, demand- nm of pit commit- s resources allow, Miners Relief Com- ding groceries into re hunger and disease is Contributions to fight off ould be*sent to the relief 611 Penn Avenue, The miners suffered nd ck to open shop min But after 16 months of struggle, many Russell- ton miners returned to the pits when John L. Lewis and the policy com- mittee abandoned the Jacksonville scale of wages. In many camps the hunger untold hardship to avoid going tional Pittsburgh, Pa $100,000 To fight against the imperialist war on Nica- ragua and the war preparations now being made by Wall Street for another bloody con- flict, in which the American workers and ex- | ploited farmers will be sacrificed. 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