The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 31, 1928, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK FRIDAY, _ AUGUST 31, 1928 fege TRE a. Three Begin Attack on Rubber ie seen Alteration in Philippine’ Land Lease Law HIT ALTERATION IN 5,000 ACRE. LIMIT MEASURE | S. Interests Want Mindanao Grants MANILA, Aug. 30.—The first steps towards defeating the Stimson | government’s scheme to alter the/| Philippine land laws'in such a way that American investors may lease | U Eastern Soviet Republic, crosses 7 more ythan 5,000 acres were begun | in the legislature yesterday. The change is supported by Senators zon and Osmena. | the. Soviet Union, Que: puigmtensl for the Imperialist War Against the USSR The route, whi 0 high mountain ranges. The attack on the proposed “lib- |of more than. 5,000 acres by a cor- eralization” senato’ measure, led by several | poration. of the so-called Nationalist] American rubber interests, who nas caused the gravest con-|are interested in seeing the restric- | rerican officials and |tive law abandoned, have been lob-| Osmena-Quezon group. |Lying to effect its repeal or abro- | ing the legislative attack are|gation. They are desirous of estab- | rin, floor leader of the ma-|lishing rubber plantations, especially | of the Nationalist Party, and|in Mindanao Island’ which will aid | a number of senators. them in their competition with the | A similar opposition to the meas- | British interests in the same com- ure is reported to be developing in | modity, | the lower legislative body also. | Opposition to the “liberalization” From the earliest days of his in- |measure is widespread throughout :-General Henry |the islands though it has not as yet cern to the the cumbency, Gov Stimson has worked to overthrow |erystallized into effective organiza- | the present Philippine land law.|tion to deeat the obnoxious legisla- | which does not permit the leasing tion. COMMUNIST PARTY ON| PENNSYLVANIA BALLOT Continued from Page One the labor polititians are owned and Party candidates who favor the | controlled by the captains of finance pian of the class struggle. |and indstry, and the “Labor World” Communists Oppose Kutz. ;which purports to speak for The Communist Party, however, | organized labor devotes most of its could not support Charles Kutz, the| space to” attacking the Communists candidate for United States Senator|and boosting Herbert Hoover for | on the Labor Party ticket. Kutz is|president. The officials of the one of the reactionary labor leaders | United Mine Workers in Pittsburgh, who plays politics with the two big | hi ave a united political front with capitalist parties. While chairman | the capitalist politicians the very of the state Labor Party he did not| politicians who are the agents of hesitate in the last pri-elections to|the coal operators who broke the throw his support to Charles Water, |miners strike by starvation, and | a Republican politician, who was|with the aid of John L. Lewis and runnig on the Labor Party ticket| his machine, against John Brophy who was the| Another important factor in choice of the Labor Party in the|making the striking miners and state, Kutz was severely criticized) their sympathizers see thru the by the state Labor Party convention | policy of the Capitalist politicians held in Philadelphia and was remov-| was the work of the National} ed from office as a result. | Miners Relief Commitee under the) direction of Comrade Alfred Wagen- Bill White for Senator. knecht, whose success in raising Against the reactionary Kutz,|relief funds for the textile strike the Workers: (Communist) Party|/in Passaic, New Jersey, brought nominated the veteran revolutionist | reluctant praise from the late Sarah William J. White, a steel worker | Conboy of the United Textile Wor- | and a member of the Central|kers Union and even from Thomas Executive Committee of the Work-|Mac-Mahon, reactionary president ers (Communist) Party, who has/of the same organization. | been active for many years in the! Miners’ Fight is Political | Lef Wing, of the Amalgamated) Not only did the National Miners | Association of Ivon, Tin and Steel elief Committee bring food and Workers of which the notorius clothing to the famished strikers, | Michael Tighe is president. White put it carried on an educational participated in the great steel’ campaign thru news releases, bul- strike, nder the leadership of Wil-|jJetins and posters, pointing out that | liam Z. Foster, Communist candi-| the state troopers, “yellow dogs” date for president, who pulled out) or coal and iron policemen, judges 400,000 steel workers in the heroic | and mayors, all agents of the effort to bring the slaves of the capitalist parties, were their enemies United States Steel Trust within | and that they should organize into the fold of union labor, under|q class party thru which the could militant leadership. |fight on the political field. Foster and Gitlow, the Communist) The miners were puick to see that | presidential and _ vice-presidential | the only political party, that appear- candidates and White for United|ed on their side dring the strike, States Senator will receive the|was the Workers (Communist) support of all class-conscious and| Party, and thousands of them now progressive workers in Pennsylvania, | feel that this is the Party that is jor three dubious witnesses were MONROEDOCTRINE particularly those who have learn- ed by ‘experience in strikes that both the Republican and Democratic parties are agents of the employing tlasses and always place the forces of the state at the service of the crushing the worker's resistance, Struggle to Get on Ballot. The task of securing the neces- sary number of signatures to place the Communist ticket on the ballot was divided epually between the Party organization in District 3, with headpuarters in Philadelphia, under the leadership of Comrade Herbert Benjamin, the district organizer, and in western Penn- syvania, under the direction of Comrade A. Jakira, organizer of District 5. The cémrades of District 3, secured most of their alloment of signatures from the miners in the anthracite region where a_ bloody | war has raged for many months between the progressive forces on one side and the reactionaries on the other supported by the coal operators, the state and mnicipal yovernments. The Communist Party took the lead in the struggle against the inipuitous contract system, which was supported by the Capel- lini machine and only fought in.a nalf-hearted way by ‘spurioous progressives like Brennan and Mc- Sarry, Boylan and Company, who orofited the murder of honest lighters like Alex Campbell and ythers to oust Capellini and get into the gravy themselves. In Mellon’s Kingdom. | In Pittsburgh, the stronghold of the Mellon family and the head- yuarters of the Pittsburgh Coal Yompany, leader in the open-shop | novement in the coal industry the Jommunist Campaign Committee | ‘ound the men and women who, vent thru the great strike willing » sign the petitions to place the lommunist tict™t on the ballot. |ing up militant industrial unions. scheduled to speak in the principal entitled to and will get their sup- port in this election campaign, and afterwards in the fight to rally the masses for other struggles and eventually for the overthrow of the capitalist system. Big Mine Union Convention. The miners of Pennsylvania, in addition to helping put the Com- munist ticket on the ballot, are perfecting arrangements to build a new Miners Union to replace the wreck of what was once the mighty United Mine Workers of America, |—wrecked through the perfidy of |John L. Lewis and his corrupt! machine. A great convention will) | be held in Pittsburgh, from Septem- ‘ber 9 to the 16, which will be! attended by hundreds of delegates from every mining region in the | United States. The Workers (Com- | | munist) Party is planning a spirited election campaign in Pennsylvania, which will have the effect of rais- ing the morale of the workers in | that state and labor in general as | well as encouraging the members of the Party in other states to greater | activity. The National Election Campaign Committee, is making arrangements to send speakers into every indu- | |Strial hamlet in the state to carry the message of the class struggle to the workers and to point out to them how they must’ organize them- selves for a militant struggle against the exploiters, by joining the Wor- kers (Communist) Party and build- Comrades Foster and Gitlow are cities of Pennsylvania during the election campaign. The list of presidential electors in Pennsylvania, which follows, is all proletarian: L. L. Langdon, Carpenter Parthenia Hills, Houseworker W. J. White, Steel Worker “COMMUNISTS: ? HANG THEM ON THE SQUARE” SOFIA, Bulgaria, (By Mail).—| “The accused men were Communists and as such deserved to die,” was | the decision of an Albanian court, |and on the morning of July 12, the peasants coming to market at Tir- ana saw three white robed figures/| dangling from three gibbets on the market place. That is the essence of the story of medieval cruelty that finally broke through both the Italian and Al-| banian censorship that had suc- ceeded in holding it secret for over a month, and was made public here with all its gruesome details. Three men, one Albanian and two Bul- garians, were hanged in the market- place of Tirana, Albania, two hours | after midnight on July 12, and roused a wave of sullen terror and horror among Albanian peasants and workers. President Zogu found it necessary to withdraw to the sea- | side near Durazzo under a guard of | more than 800 soldiers and gave it) out that he was “taking a vacation” —at a place where he could easily flee to his protector Mussolini. Framed Charge. The three men who were so cruelly hung were Ibrahim Arapi, Albanian, and Theodor Georgieff and Theodor Vulkanoff, Bulgarians. At a trial lasting less than three hours they were convicted for “planning a bomb attempt” against “‘the savior of Al- bania.” Not an iota of evidence was brought against them, only two called. In fact the government prosecutor declared that there was no need for incriminating proof, in reality the evidence presented was declared to be inconsequential. “But the accused men are Communists | COSTA RICA HITS GENEVA, Aug. 3 30 (UP).—The | Little Nation of Costa Rica has] raised the most perplexing question | before the 5ist session of the| League of Nations Council which convened here today. Costa Rica’s demand for an in-| | terpretation of the Monroe Doctrine | has not been placed on the assembly | agenda, but president H. J. Pro- | cope, Foreign Minister of Finland, | will submit the question to a secret | session, probably on Friday. Then, it is hoped, a reply will be framed and later the council members will decide whether they will take up the issue at a public session. Frank Mozer, Plumber Leo P. Lemley, Electrician A. Rodrigez, Miner Wm. Mikades, Barber Anna Otis, Housewife | Harold R. John, Bookkeeper Dominic Flaiani, Garment Worker Joseph Gralick, Machinist | Julia Marino, Housewife | Norman A. Brown, Paper Cutter | Louis Tobino, Machinist | Wm. Kogerman, Carpenter 9) Rebecca Horowitz, Housewife Theo Fegan, Paperhanger, Mary Horvatin, Housewife | Arnold A. Marinoff, Truck Driver | Jos. A. Sabatelli, Machinist T. Morgan, Stationary Enginner Louis Cohen, Tailor Mike Blaskovich, Waiter | Tony Gaibrish, Glass Worker | Sam Shore, Tailor Milan Resetar, Clerk Paul Hanas, Tailor Susan Kendra, Housewife John Kendra, Carpenter Morris Launderman, Engineer Frank Winkler, Auto Worker | James Parker, Salesman | Anna Weisman, Housewife John S. Truhar, Bricklayer Jalmar Siliander, Tailor Mary Horvat, Tailor €UNITED Y TATES! | Vilhiamir Stefansson, noted arctiie explorer, predicts an airplane route from Peking which, he declares, will be in operation by 1933. The only large cross is Behring Strait between Nome, Alaska, and the opposite coast of the Far Easterr The step will be eagerly watched by the war department with an eye to the coming imperialist attack on {in the morning and sullenly wit- U, S. WORKER FIGHT FOR CLASS PRISONERS GAINS Elizabeth kiynn to Ad- dress Conference Elizabeth Gurl y Sivan: national chairman of the International Labor Defense, will be among the speak- New York ich traverses a course from New York City to Cochrane, Canada, and thence to a point in northern Alaska and down the coast of the Far City to be held early in September for the purpose of further organizing the movement for the release of the five Centralia class war _ prisoners. Great impetus is being given the _____._.. | movement. The five Centralia work- ers have already served 8 years as ,victims of the Washington state lumber barons. Among those who have added their voice in the demand that Go ernor R. H. Hartley: release the Cen- tralia prisoners is Kate Crane-Gartz well known liberal in California. She writes in part as follows: “To the Governor: I wish to add my appeal to the many thousands of others for unconditional pardon |for the eight members of the I. W. W. of Centralia who have been con- fined for eight years in the Wash- ington penitentiary for a crime that was instigated by certain subver- sive interests and who acted only in self-defense.” body of water necessary to Soviet Republic. and as such deserve to die, anyway.” When the oldest child of Arapi, who was the father of seven chil- dren, appeared before President Zo- gu and asked for clemency the presi- dent assured him that his father would not be slain. The same even- ing a patrol of gendarmes appeared at the prison, escorted the three men to the market place where three gibbets had been constructed. About two hundred people collected at 1:30 A wide representation from trade unions and fraternal organiations, is expected’ at this state-wide co ference, according to reports recei ed by the national office of Inter- national Labor Defense. Among the Central labor bodies which have demanded unconditional freedom for the Centralia prisoners are Everett Central Labor Union, Seattle Central Labor Union, Tac- oma Central Labor Union and many others. nessed one of the cruelest executions in history. . According to Albanian law free speech was granted on the gallows. “You Are All Traitors.” Arapi stood stalwart and tall on the kerosene box under the gallows with the noose about his neck. “What difference does it make how a man dies?” he cried to the prose- cutor. “I am only sorry I got my sentence from a Grecomaniac like you and a traitor who has always plotted against Albanian independ- ence. But that doesn’t matter—you will all be brought to trial. You are all traitors. Ahmed Zogu treacher- ously gave Vermosh and St. Nacum to Jugoslavia. You and all your subordinates are sons of Mussolini.” Baltimore Workers To Hold Big Picnic All workers in Baltimore will at- tend the Labor Day Picnic and Dance at the Co-operative Shore Monday, September 3, (Labor Day). This will give the workers of Balti- more not only an opportunity to have a good time but to help the Daily Worker. Those attending the Picnic wil! be able to take part in all sorts of sports, bathing, fishing, boating and dancing- You get to the shore by the following directions. By street cat take car No. 23 and stop at Mace Avenue; from there our machines will take you to the shore. By auto: Drive on Eastern Avenue past Josenhaus corner, turn to the right and follow our signs to the shore. He was cut short by a gendarme who demanded that he be hung im- mediately. But the prosecutor granted his last request—he took a handful of coins in the possession of Arapi and put them in his pocket for future distribution among the poor, as Arapi had requested. All three men died a_ horrible death. They were allowed to hang with their feet just touching the cobbles on the market place until they died. In one case the tripod | was dislodged and the soldiers held | it. aloft until Georgieff’s body re- mained still. It took 15 minutes for | ers at the state-wide conference to4 ‘Young Red Front Fight ARABS DEFEAT BRITISH TROOPS IN BIG BATTLE ers in Temporary Camp shih 150 Py ‘isoners od JERUSA if A 30.—Success | f Yeme men against Anglo- \ re by a ¢ Imam Jahia of Yer tory near A group of young Red Front Fighters are shown ab ting ‘ during a halt in the march to their summer training can Ger- " man workers do not train in boss-owned, boss-administer 1 J t reported to military training camps where they are trained to fight the bosse t in strong- wars for them. The German workers have their own training ¢ bringing where they train themselves to fight for their own class against the Britisk and tak- bosses. JAPANESE RAID NANKING BUREAU SHANGHAI, Aug. the Nanking governments were again aggravated when foreign police under the instructions of the Muni- cipal Council, where Japanese inter- ests are strongly represented, raided and closed down the Nanking gov- ernment’s intelligence cated in the foreign settlement. tions between Japanese and bureau lo- The immediate cause for the raid | was declared to be the circulation by the bureau of handbills which were confiscated by the police, set- ting forth the Nanking side af the Tsinanfu incident. Circulars setting forth the sida of Japan had pre- viously been distributed. thompson Talks At Blandford Meet PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 30.— Freeman Thompson returned today from Indiana and Kentucky where he attended four subdistrict confer- ences and spoke at a number of mass meetings. The Clinton, Bicknell and Blandford conferences all indicated that the job of organizing Indiana is certainly being taken care of. Dues are being paid directly to} the new union, and many applica- tions for charters have already been received in the Pittsburgh office | from this district. Following the Blandford confer-| ence a large mass meeting was held, at which Thompson spoke. ers of Blandford have already or- ganized. 80.—The rela- | The min-| AT sti Me cat Ill, ed troops, ng the Irak on to resist the men, who are inst British ROCKFORD, | Heavy fines were imposed upon two * ra Rey = thir y country, members of the Young Workers ae a (Communist) League, le Young Workers man and Zip Knoc I xpon the trial as here because they distribx the in crushing the |munist literature and h- | Lea ‘ articularly the League out a permit.” The arrested training school. Jat the Sacco-Va open-air ae meeting, that held hers an Atig Every new reader of The 22. 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