The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 3, 1928, Page 5

2 g , } ¥ THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY,’SEPTEMBER 3, 1928 Page Five Workers International | UNIONS URGED T0 fis Threat; British Imperialism Makes a Gesture GIVE FUNDS FOR | FOOD, CLOTHING =| | Meet At Irving Plaza | Sept. 15 | 4 call to a conference of trade) union and other labor organizations | here to raise relief for the 30,000 striking textile workers of New Bedford and Fall River, was issued yesterday by the New York Local | of the Workers International Relief. | The conference is to be held at Irv-| ing Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving| Place, Saturday, September 15, at 1pm. | The official call, issued by the| W. I. R, section over the signature | of its secretary, Harriet Silverman, | gives a short but vivid picture of the | conditions under which strikers are compelled to live, while they are| about to enter the 21st week of thtir strike against wage cuts. The call then declares: has sent a hint in the form of the “Organized labor must respond to | the New Bedford and Fall River | strike with 100 per cent support. The strike has been on for five! months. The need is great. Imme-_ diate and continuous relief must be sent into New Bedford and Fall River. The Workers’ International e Relief has responded to the stril call from the very beginning of the | struggle. | “Albert Weisbord, National Sec- | retary of the Textile Mill Commit-} tees, F. S, Biedenkapp, National Secretary of Workers International Relief, and others who have been) jailed for their strike activity will} speak. “Please appoint two delegates to| represent your organization at the Conference on September 15th, and | send us their names and addresses immediately. Act at once!” | YOUNG WORKERS TO AID MILL MEET Big Convention in New York Sept. 22 By JACK RUBINSTEIN The young workers of the textile) soon they will be at war. big guns and armored sides of H. al O, how cordial are imperialist powers one with another! Hands across the sea, they sing as the mail fists clank together in the imperialist handshake. At present it is the British government which Ul. A. S. Australia now in New York harbor where its officers are being feted by their colleagues while it is wondered on both sides how MILITARY FEAR ANTI-WAR MEET Arrest Cowl of Y.W.L. in Minneapolis Continued from Page One distributed at the camp Tuesday. Apparently they came to learn more of the League slogan raised: “Learn Whom to Fight While How To Fight.” About 700 work- ers were present. Arrest Cowl. At the anti-war meeting held here Saturday night Carl Cowl, League speaker for the evening, was ar- rested and charged with inciting to riot. The opening speech of Com- rade Pat Devine, District Organizer Dist. 9, drew the attention of the audience to the extensive war pre- parations carried on by the Imperia- list powers in face of the hypocri- tical pretence of inaugurating World Peace Pacts. “President Coolidge} acting for the big capitalists has laid plans for the building of the biggest military machine in the world. Secretary of State Kellog at Learning, 300 White Plains Mill Strikers Continue to Hold Firm On Demands WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., 25. Si. —The strike of 300 carpenters here, which has tied up almost the com- plete industry in the city with the closing of twenty mills, continues to be as strong as when the workers stopped work last Monda The +men have all declared their intention of continuing their strike until the manufacturers agree to grant their full demands. The strike was called when the 300 cabinet-makers, joiners, benchman and machinemen walked out with the same wages that they have been getting for the five and a half day week, After the strike had been declared, the manufacturers met to “negoti- ate” with the workers. Due to their anxiety, an early victory is expected by the str ig workers. WHITEWASHLR, T. IN BRONX CRASH industry have much to expect from|the same time is throwing suet in the National Textile Convention, to| the eyes of the country by his alleg- be held in New York City on Sep-| ed Peace Proposals which in reality tember 22-28, under the auspices of |are a cloak to hide the ever-grow- the National Textile Mill Commit-|ing war danger” he stated. tees. Already great interest in this| convention is shown by the young/ nal Guard, a Y. C. L’er now, took workers in the various textile cen-| the platform to deal with the CMTC ters. From all indications, the youth | and the National Guard. He said: will play a’ real and vital part in| “We do not oppose U. S. Militarism the coming convention. |on pacifist grounds. We believe in The New England Textile Youth | fighting for the working class Conference, representing 20 mills, | against the employing class. We employing thousands of young work-| say to the CMTC: “Learn whom to ers, showed that the youth can and| fight when learning how to fight.” will be organized. The established! Right there a handful of policemen unions in the textile industry have|and detectives burst: through the done practically nothing .to organ-| crowd and arrested the speaker who ize the young workers. High dues,|/had only spoken five minutes. The Cowl, an ex-member of the Natio-) eraft divisions, as well as a general! distrust of the youth have been some amongst the many barriers which the so-called old, established unions, have set up against the young work- | ers. Standards Low. | The standards of the young work-| ers in the textile industry are below the existence level. Young workers are employed throughout the textile industry for as little as $8 to $13 per week. Back boys. for example, | receive as little as $9.64 per week, cleaners get $10.70, while spool boys receive the grand total of $14.55 full time. working ten looms, in the cot- ton industry. In many instances we find the wages of the youth as low as $4, as for instance that of the wire boys, who receive between $4 and $6 a week. The sanitary conditions under which they are forced to work are miserable. In most mills there are no decent provisions made for lock- ers, lunchrooms, washrooms and toil- ets, In many cases young girls are voy ss rea tha same locker room as the rest of the workers. aN ‘Is ave infested with rats and roaches, while the floors government pursues its terrorist activities because of its fear of the spread of anti-militarist propaganda amongst the working youth. | 40,000 German Tailors Are Firm: Continued from Page One ployers refused the increases. They instead applied to the government’s Ministry of Labor with a request that they arbitrate the question. The strength of the union led to an arbi- tration decision that the workers get a five per cent raise now with an additional amount to be added some time in the future. Even this was turned down by the bosses. Heeding rank .and file threats of | strike action, the union chiefs yielded. Mine Delegates On Way to Convention Continued from Page One fakers,” writes a brother in Mis- souri. “Were behind your move- are left unswept. The damp air in| nent,” another from Washingt | many departments is very detrimen- | tal to the health, especially to young) people, whose lungs are particularly susceptible to tuberculosis. Many Unorganized. | The lack of vision on the part of| the old time labor fakirs of the U./ T. W., such as MacMahon and his tribe, has made the organization of the unorganized young workers very difficult. Of the million, one hun- dred thousand textile workers in this country, over four hundred thou- sand are under the age of 24. This vast mass of young textile workers presents special problems and calls for special methods of work. The U. T. W. in its thirty years of ex- jstence has demonstrated its total inability to meet the need of the young workers. The young workers jook forward with great hope to the coming national convention, for they are sure that in the new union at Jast they will be given their proper place and their needs understood and provided for. NEW AIR MAIL ROUTE. CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—A direct air mail route between Chicago and hPiladelphia has been opened by | the National Air Transport Com-) pany. writes. “I wish you could of gent a brother from Pittsburgh to speak | before us, but we're working and do- | Same Action Seen in | Times Sq. Wreck A complete whitewash of the In- terborough Rapid Transit Co. in the collision in the Bronx Saturday was yesterday made by District Attor- ney Banton. The collision occurred |on the East 180th’ St. branch of the} subway at the Jackson Ave. station. |Four workers were injured, one of | whom may die. The smash occurred when two work trains collided, show- ering a passing northbound passen- | ger train with glass. Hugh McDev- litt, motorman of a work train, was yesterday in a serious condition in Lincoln Hospital, suffering from in- ternal injuries and a fractured leg. The collision came a week after the Times Square disaster, in which 17 workers were killed, and over 100 injured, many critically. District Attorney Banton, conducting an “in-| vestigation” into the Times Square wreck, has indicated that the Inter-| borough would be whitewashed, and that William Baldwin, I. R. T. main- tenance worker and two other work- ers would be made the goats for the company. Seventeen of the workers injured in the Times Square wreck still remain in hospitals. District Attorney Banton reported yesterday that there were no further develop-) ments in the “inquiry.” MINE WOMEN AID PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 2.—The women’s auxiliaries of District 5) (Western Pennsylvania) held a con- ference in Pittsburgh today to pro-_ vide for election of representatives |to the National Miners Convention. |The auxiliaries of the newly organ- ‘ized counties were also represented. | The White Valley Women’s Auxil-/ liary is raising money to help pay convention expenses. The White Valley local union already donated $100 and the women are giving a dance, to make their donation much | RED TICKET IN CENTRAL STATES Jack Stachel Reports On Progress Continued from Page One election campaign reaches into every working-class nook and cranny in the country. It is then that the workers are intensely interested in politics, due to the efforts of the capitalist parties to win their votes and the millions of dollars spent by the rival bourgeois politicians on newspaper propaganda,” he said. The National Election Campaign Committee is planning to bring the election fight into the factories. In Chicago the stockyard workers will be propagandized with literature and speakers will appear before the gates at noon to explain the pro- gram and policy of the Party. The same method will be followed in De- troit, Cleveland, and other large cities. In this way the Communist campaign will penetrate into the mills and mines and wherever the workers toil for a master. | Saving Signatures. | An interesting sidelight on the | utility of signature-collecting is the \fact that the comrades are copying |the names of those who sign peti- tions and keeping them with a view to soliciting these workers for Party membership later on and for ‘use in other election campaigns. The National Election Campaign Committee plans, according to Stachel, call for the sending out from each district rank and file or- ganizers to sell literature and carry on propaganda in sections where there is no Party organizations. There are thousands of industrial centers throughout this country where the word Communism has never been heard. Automobiles will be used in this work. The Party in- tends to call for 1,000 volunteers for this task. Foreign-Language Workers. Foreign-language organizations will be drawn into the campaign more than hitherto, Stachel declared. In all the great industries of the na- tion there are hundreds of thousands of foreign-born workers who are persecuted by the authorities and under constant threat of deportation for activity in strikes or for belong- ing to a militant working-class party like the Workers (Commu- nist) Party. The importance of building the Party in this election campaign can- not be over-stressed. It will be made clear to the workers that the Communist candidates are not ask- ing the workers merely to vote Communist, but to become a part _ of the great emancipating move- ment of labor that has its roots in every country in the world and to | join the Workers (Communist) Party, the only political party in | the United States that aims to over- throw the brutal robber system of | capitalism and establish in its place the Socialist system. ing our best anyway. We're collect- | ing money on the lists.” “We're lining up the locals here,” writes Dan Slinger from Belleville, | Illinois. “I am enclosing credentials | sent to our office by mistake.” West Virginia is humming with activity. | So is Kentucky, as well as every. other state where there are coal | fhines. “On to Pittsburgh, and the | National Miners’ Convention!” is the ery everywhere. To Bury Crew Of | British Sub Sank | Nearly 10 Years Ago MOSCOW, Aug. 81 (UP).—The crew of the lost British submarine) L-55, brought up from the bottom) of the Baltic Sea after nearly ten. years, was on its way home for burial today. | The thirty-eight coffins contain- ing the skeleton remains found in the rusted hulk of the submarine, were placed aboard the British gov-| ernment steamer at Kronstadt yes- BOATING - | | Tickets in advance 25 cen! | DIRECTIONS: By street car: Take ner, Turn to the right BALTIMORE, MD. Labor Day Picnic and Dance Monday, September 3 (Labor Day) | at the COOPERATIVE SHORE | Sports, Bathing, Fishing | From there our machines will By auto: Drive on Eastern Aven DANCING ts; at the gate, 35 cents. car No. 23 and stop at Mace Ave, | ke you to the shore, Past Jonenhans cor, and follow our signs to the shore, tarday. ‘ DEMONSTRATE; SCORE KELLOGE [Refuse 46. Participate In Welcome DUBLIN, Ireland, * etn spite of the lavish welcome cere- monies showered upon Frank B. Kellogg originator of the latest | fake “peace” pact, by the Irish jin- goes who have knuckled under to British imperialism for many years, it was learned yesterday that three big parties in Ireland, the Irish Communist Party the Fianna Fail, Eamon de Valera’s party, the Labor Party, refused to have anything to do with the welcome of the repre- sentative of United States imperial- ism. Not a single representative of any of the organizations was present at the pier on Kellogg's ar- rival. De Valera and leaders of the Le bor Party were invited to the wel- coming demonstration by the com- mittee in charge of the arrange- ment. But none of them accepted the invitations, their parties boy cotting the demonstration com- pletely. Irish Communists, going one step better than the Laborites and the members of the Fianna Fail, not enly boycotted the welcome of the American imperialist servant, but staged a demonstration denouncing the “peace” pact. Hundreds of workers were present at the latter | demonstration. | MILL STRIKERS MARCHING TODAY Fakers Working Hard) to Betray Struggle Continued from Page One On the way out he declared: “I ain’t| gonna work any more.” | ree tae NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 2. |Finally compelled to yield, Gover- nor Fuller yesterday announced he' will see the committee of strikers Tuesday and the New Bedford Tex- tile Workers’ Union of the T. M. C. is preparing to send a committee of 40 textile workers to Boston then. James P. Ried and Fred E. Beal, leaders of the Fall River and New Bedford mill committees will head a committee composed of 40 men, wo- men and children in the two strikes. They will demand of the state of- ficialdom an immediate investiga- tion of police brutality and will also demand that all the huge sums al- | lotted to the mill owners several months ago as tax rebates, be turned over for use by the strikers as re-| lief. Although they put up these and | other demands for action by Fuller, not one of the striking workers or their leaders have any illusions as| to favorable action on them by a} |man who was directly responsible | for the murder of labor’s martyrs, Sacco and Vanzetti. During all these months of struggle the gover- nor-appointed judges and _ police, both state and city, have been car- rying on a campaign of terroriza- tion that continued even after a 6- year-old child and an expectant) mother in Fall River were killed. | The strikers nevertheless demand an audience with Fuller directly in or-| der to expose him as personally re- | sponsible for the strikers’ suffer-| ings. | + # * | FALL RIVER, Mass., Sept. 2.— As a sign of appreciation for “ser- vices rendered” by the police in the Fall River strike, these “services” being the most vicious sluggings Relief Issues Conference Call for Aid to Textile Mill IRISH WORKERS ——— Worker. WORKERS CALENDAR (ALL DELEGATES All announcements for this column murt reach The DAILY WORKER Several days before the évent in ques- tion to make the announcement ef- fective. Many announcements arrive at the office too late for publication owing to the additional time nxeded tor the delivery of the paper. Chicago Tolstoy Celebration. Centennial jubilee of I. H. Tolstoy will be celebrated Saturday evening, September 8 at 8& oclock at Schoen- hoffen Hall, corner Ashland and Mil- waukee Aves. Musical program and speakers. A posteard copy of a painting of Tolstoy will be given out free to those attending. Waukegan Workers Party. The Waukegan, Illinois, Young Workers (Communist) League will hold its International Youth Day celebration Saturday, September 15, starting at 8 p. m, Dancing after program and speaking. Minnie Lurye of Chicago will be the main speaker, To be held at Workers Hall, 517 Helmholz Ave. |, Chicago Social and Concert A very interesting social and con. cert will be held on Saturday, Sep- tember 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Frei heit Hall,’ 3301 W. Roosevelt Road, under the joint auspices of Section 4 of the Workers Party, the Young Workers League and the Pioneers. The program promises to be an espe- cially good one. Admisson 25c- paren eres | KILLS 6 MINERS 200 Canada Miners Escape Death FERNIE, British Colombia, Aug. 31.—Six dead is the toll of the lat- est mine explosion which wrecked No. 1 East Mine of the Coal Creek Collieries, and 200 other miners nar- rowly escaped death, being luck; have just left the mines for lunch. The explosion is believed to have been caused by gas fumes, which re- sulted from inadequate . protective measures by the company. The dead are Tony Gazola, Joseph Sedrovitch, George Perkins, *y Tony Shriak and Tony Degeorgio, al of Fernie, and Petter Dowie of Coal Creek. The victims are believed to have been overcome by the gas while they attempted to escape. Philadelphia Open Air Meetings. The following open air meetings will be held this week under the Party. Today at Ferman and Silyer, at Kensington and Orleans, at 32d and Cumberland, at 7th and Syn- der. Tuesday, September 4 at Broad and Castle. REVOLUTION IN CANTON LOOMS Nanking Factions In Fight For Spoils SHANGHAI, Aug. 31.—Breaking out of hostilities between two factions of the Kuomintang govern- to bring packages, Admission 15c. All| ment which has reached the point proceeds are to go to the relief of |Of actual warfare, have led many the textile strikers of New Bedford. | Nanking government officials here = ae ie to express fear that workers may Ss CORE an ee Strikers. | 1. Sieze anton. Over 500 revolutionary timore will hold a house to house | Workers have been arrested since collection on September 1 6 at which | August 21, or an effort to curb the all comrades are urged to participate | > \ving unrest in Canton, according Foster to Speak. Wm. Z. Foster, candidate for pres- ident on the Communist ticket will speak at Danceland Anditorium, | Woodward and Forest, Sunday eve- ning, September 9, at 8 o'clock. Baltimore’ Activities. The Young Workers League will hold a package party and dance on Friday, September 7 at 1187 East Bal- timore St. All comrades are requested Scott Nearing to Speak. {to reports. Scott Nearing will speak here Sep- ighti i é tenieat Neat 1029 Hast Baltimore se, |, Fighting is reported between the Conservatory Hall of Music, at troops of the Chiang Kai-shek 8 p.m. Admigsion 25 cents, | Nanking faction and the’ Kwangsi Chicago Anti-War Demonstration. clique controlling the’ Canton( gov- ‘On September 23, at the Ashland|¢@rmment. The relations between Auditorium, a mass demonstration| these two hostile factions, which against capitalist militarism will be| were temporarilly wended to allow held under the auspices of the Young | r # Held under Communist)” League. Bee |the formation of the Nanking gov- sides prominent itp an aisree: |ernment, have always been in tive program containing playlets, ; music and other attractions Is being |@@nger of stretching, and have arranged. | promised to result in the overthrow of the extremely unstable Nanking regime. League Will f Dodge Troops have kept strict watch Monroe Doctrine Issue over Canton ever since the advance, GENEVA, Aug. 31 (UP).—The League of Nations will refuse to in- terpret the Monroe Doctrine, it was) understood on good authority today. The League Council was reported to have drafted a reply at a secret meeting today to Costa Rica’s de- mand for an interpretation of the Doctrine’s application. The reply in- dicates that it is impossible for the council to comply with the request because the Monroe Doctrine con- cerns only the states directly inter-| ested. ing strikers, resulting in the death of a six-year-old boy and a preg- of the worker-pleasant troops from Southern Hunan. Troops in the | Kuomintang army at Canton are reported to be in revolt. |\Seek Data on Fascist | Terrorization in U.S. jing carried on by agents of Mus- | solini against anti-fascist Italians in this country is being sought by the American Civil Liberties Union. This organization has sent an ap- peal to all anti-fascist newspapers |in the United States for evidence of Information concerning the cam- |‘ paign of intimidation and terror be-! nant woman, the American Printing | these fascist activities. Italian con- Company officials presented tke|sular agents have taken a direct GAS EXPLOSION FOR MINE MEET ON SEPTEMBER 9 Conmntion for New Union Week Off om Page One who have wrecked your union, who have openly admitted that they can- not better your conditions, nor shorten your work hours, nor uphold your wage scales, and who have acreed that hundreds of thousands: of miners must be chased out from the industry? Continued fi “If the corrupt hangers-on of the Lewis machine refuse to call a local membership meeting to elect dele- gates, then the progressives should call the local union meeting and, er the heads of the corrupt offi- cials, elect their delegates. Let nothing stand in your way, you must be represented! “Remember, 0: gate for each local union or and an addi- mine, tional delegate for every 100 mem- bers is your quota. We are enclos- ing credentials which you will make out and send immediately to the Na- tional Miners Convention Arrange- ments Committee, 119 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa “Organize! Make the convention a huge suce Speed the work for the new unio: “The task of bringing all the dele- gates to Pittsburgh will be a hard one. The cost of bringing the dele- gates to the convention and their upkeep while here will be tremend- ous. Get your local union to send all funds it can afford. Collect as much as you can and send it to the Pittsburgh headquar to pay the expenses of the convention. “Throw all your energies into the fight to build the new, powerful, honest and militant National Miners Union. “Affiliate with the new union! Send for charters and dues cards! “The U. M. W. A. is dead! Help build the new miners union! Remember, on Sept. 9, in Pitts- burgh, Pa., a new day will dawn for the miners of America! Your dele- gates wil help bring this about! “NATIONAL MINERS CONVEN- TION ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE, “John J. Watt, Chairman, “Pat. H. Toohey, Secretary.” PHILADELPHIA, PA, PHILADELPHIA DAILY WORKER OFFICE 1214 SPRING GARDEN ST. A. SOKOLOV, Mer. Accepts Subscriptions, Ads and Bundle Orders. PHONE: POPLAR 0837 —————a Philadelphia, Pa. PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTIS: MARKET RESTAURANT 1228 Spring Garden St. DELICIOUS FOOD Have Your Dinner and su. Wit. Us—Telehone Poplar Moti CAPITAL |fund. This became known yester- Fall River Police Association with a check for $500 to go toward their day when the police heads granted the association permission to accept the “gift.” LOS ANGELES, CAL. DAILY WORKER OFFICE 122 West 3rd St.—Roont 101 PAUL C. REISS, Mar. Accepts Subscritions, Ads and Bundle Orders Los Angeles, Calif. DR. M. KOMPANIEZ DENTIST 2630% Brooklyn Ave., Cor. Mott St, Open Evenings Til} 9 P. M. Phone: Angelus 9057 part in this work, the Civil Liber- ties Union declares. BEVERAGE COMPANY Will take care of my YOur entertain- CHICAGO, ILL. ‘PLivtiGts 410 8. Michigan Blvd.’ LPELEPHONE HARRISON 2300 Baker ments and supply, SODA WATER AND BEER 2434 WEST YORK ST. Telephone: Columbia 6255. PP UWADELPHIA The work we make is good. Or- ganizations’ work—our speciality. WEEK BEGINNING Sunday, September 2 to Sunday, September 9th D AWn Spruce Printing Co. 152 N. SS8VENTH ST., PHILA., PA, Bell—Market 6383 Keystone—Main 7040, SCHUETZEN PARK and beatings administered to picket- | The movie which has been shown in all parts of England, New York and even Berlin. 83rd and Tinicum Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. Beautiful nature spot. Splendid pienic ground with a dance hall of 1,000 capacity. Will accommo- date any labor organization, DIRECTIONS: Take trolley car ers k tAN wit Directions: By auto, San Fernando Road to Verdugo Road to Montrose City lett to Picnic Park. and 11 a. m., Co-operative Center, 2709 Brooklyn Ave. and quarters, 122 W. 3: Party He: 5:30 and 6:30 p, AKRON, MOSKOVITZES * The movie which has such south-bound to Moyamensing Ave., Los Angeles, Cal. ‘FPTEMBER 23, 1928 WHITING WOODS MONTROSE, CALIFORNIA All Comrades and Readers of the Daily Worker | Eat and Meet Hl 208 MAIN STREET, AKRON, OHIO | Smoked and Pickled Meats Always on Hand great meaning to the people and such a blow at war. then Southwestern car going westward. Also Subway line No, 37. Press Picnic ‘ding round trip, 50¢ Buses leave 9 a. m, rd St. Return from picnic m. OHIO RESTAURANT BANQUETS AND PARTIES Phone Main 6050 * ADMISSION, PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT WILL HOLD A Red Election Rally and Picnic on Monday, Sept. 3rd at Schuetzen Park 83rd and Tinicum Ave. A FULL DAY OF FUN—From 10 A. M. to Midnight SPORTS—ENTERTAINMENT—CARNIVAL—DANCING THE HEDGEROW ARTISTS WILL STAGE A PLAY nnn BEN GITLOW Vice Presidential Candidate, Workers (Communist) Party nn Auapices: Enlarged Foster-Gitlow Campaign Committee, DIRECTIONS: Take Subway or Surface car 37, to Moyamensing Ave. and take Southwestern car going West. WILL SPEAK or take any car South 50 CENTS