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Page Four He eiceeeaaias m THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1928 ELECTRICAL WORKER, DAILY WORKER READER, SAYS MEN ITCHING TO FIGHT BROACH —— thousands of electricians of New | though he succeeded in railroading York and vicinity. en increase of $21. The members of local. 3, as well Right was Mr. Solomon when he as the unorganized electricians, are got up at that meeting, red and full finding out who their triends and «f perspiration, and stated that the y who their enemies are. Mr. Broach,| members ‘haye voted down the in- who tried to railroad a $24 increase |crease of $24 because of the “Red in dues was miserably defeated, al- | Page” in the Daily Worker. (By a Worker Correspondent) The Daily Worker of Aug. 7, deal- ng with the electrical industry and Specialiy with H, H. Broach and ‘0. certainly was an eye-opener to a HANdOuT'S CANTON WORKERS MASS PICKETING DESPITE POLICE Mill Bosses Gamblers, Spies A dispatch carried in the Milwau- ee Leader, Victor Berger’s Socialist *arty journal, says a resolution was vassed by the Communist Interna- ional to oppose further investments f capital in colonial countries on the bsurd belief that such capital would hereby be invested in the U. S. S. %. The story goes on to say that elegates “complained that foreign nyestments are improving living meet onditions among the proletariat, ‘i pares haa aking revolutionary propaganda, (“BY % Worker za os ES iffieult. The investor now is viewed CANTON, 0. (By Mail).—The s a benefactor instead of an ex- strike of 500 chippers and grinders of the Central Alloy Steel Corpora- tion, now in its fourth week, is still gaining strength. The strikers are more enthusiastic and hopeful of gaining their demands than at any time since the strike. News has reached the strikers that of the 600 scabs imported into the mill, from Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Youngstown, ete., only 150 remain in the mill. The scabs are being sheltered and fed inside the mill. The company has loiter, they say This sort of rich nd reactionary imbecility is what he S. P-ites give birth to when they ry to maintain they are friends of he workers and enemies of the yorkers republic, * The Ayer Woolen Mill, one of Mass., was one of the firs Mill Committee. It was organized b textile strike. On Sentember 22, the ment, grown nationwide, will hold i New York City. | Mrs. Proves Dud | | the scabs’ average is 26 hours. Im.|iM& and others on their second set |portation of scabs has been a total |failure from the point of view of| production. The mill is ridden with spies, men are not allowed to talk to one another. Gambling and booze (|are encouraged by the company. j [Two professional gamblers were brought in the mill last week, and after skinning all the scabs of their learnings they quit. a There is growing hostility of the |men in other departments towards the scabs, and the company. Possi- bilities of spreading the strike are better today than ever before. The be sure Hugo Oehler and M. Cush- ing have been arrested twice and both times were charged with vag- indictment for alleged violation’ of expected that more charges against Cushing will be brought up in court and also against other packing house workers. Cushing was ar- rested at first together with Oehler when they were addressing a meet- ing of the Armour workers at the | bo gates of the plant at noon. After the meeting was broken up by the In the excitement of a campaign oliticians some times make some! mill committee has formulated «|th® range blunders even going to such | systematic plan of reaching all the Police and both of them arrested Hugo Oehler was beaten up and | i, 5 lengths as enforcing a law |, i ill. § | es surd lengths as enf g workers in the mill. Speakers are when brought to jail hypocritically | vat would cause some annoyance | being sent to all fraternal organiza- » the rich. Mrs. Mabel Walker |tions to explain to the men that this |\Ch@teed with vagrancy. | th Slavery Here: But Workers KANSAS COMMUNISTS _ Yes, Mr. Solomon, we have real- ized that it Is the Daily Worker with its “Red Pages” that the interest fighting for of the workers and not ‘ou who are getting $115 a week of the workers’ sweat and blood. In a recent copy of the Daily Worker appeared a letter signed by Central Alloy Steel Mill Committee to Ca Organizing . the three largest in Lawrence, New England mills to form a Textile y a leader of the New Bedford Textile Mill Committees move- ts first national Convention in the Party was undertaken because wings sprouting from the yokel’s were used in 1925 to break the | strike. : Spy-Ridden. (By « Worker Correspondent) It is clear that the attack against Production is at its lowest, de-| KANSAS CITY, Kan. (By Mail). ; spite the growing number of scabs|—!¥eSday morning, at half past the Communist Party has come out | shoulders. taken in. Where prior to the strike ht, comes up the trial of Hugo! openly in this election campaign men turned out one ton of steel | Oehler, Ed. Eastwood, Nelson, Sto-|and challenged the rule of the im.| Eva, every four hours, as an average,|cum, Sam Kassis, Matthew Cush- perialists, Wall Street bankers and | treat the hick with tact and cour- | bs their tools, the republican and dem-|tesy, in other words, string him|8"d not a furniture dealer of charges which are vagrancy. To! ocratic parties. Every state in the|along for the sake of the business. |southwest has been workers in important industries ap-|lover, Little Eva did the best she proached. | raney in addition to Hugo Oehler’s | was not only satisfied with appeal-|as is the rule in plays produced by|the play was when the bloodhound invaded and} The Communist Party) ing for votes but also called upon | Mr. John Golden, it is reported, Eva}or what looked like one, put in a the criminal syndicalist law. It is|the workers to organize and fight|frightened the wary gold finch|busy ten minutes scratching the for the economic improvement of | away with her realistic description | best organized collection of fleas their conditions, to fight against of the show’s financial condition. |that ever appeared before an audi- the evil of unemployment, danger This lack of business acumen ang- | ence, | of war, ete. Everywhere Communist ered the show manager so he left | organization was set up and the the troupe to its fate on a siding. Party begins to grow by leaps and| unds, | In the west particularly, is the | growth noticeable and it is keenly | felt by the American ruling class. | constitutes the reserve force of jimperialists. From this section of | blow to the imperialists. e country will be mainly recruited | ‘illebrandt, assistant attorney| fight is their fight. If the chippers | | meral, in charge of dry enforce-| and grinders lose, they will next be|!0cal newspaper reporter that the|perialist war and therefore to imbue ent, has heard some criticism. | the target for wage cutting and| arrests were made following com-/ th ome people have even gone so far! speed-up by the company. The work-|Plaints of the, Armour Company, |struggle and to organize the work- * to suggest the prohibition law! ers are predominantly of foreign that two “Reds” were agitating the | er as not being enforced noticeably.| birth: Greeks, Spaniards, Italians Workers frequently appearing at| e youth with the spirit of class 's industrially is to give a serious _ | everything a brother, K. V. W., stating that | any more. ‘Little Caesar” did not answer the| The members of local 3 will have questions put to him by the Daily | to put up a bigger fight than they Worker. Of course not. Don't you | rave done until now, for Broach will know that he has nothing to say on : : F t giv thout a battle. Man the accusations. He knows that the |"°t S!¥¢ UP without a membership is discovering his be-|0f us are now determined to fight trayals and that he can’t bluff them |to a finish. I, too, am a reader of the Daily Worker. I hope that all members | qf the local will get wise to them- | selves and begin to read the Daily. More power to the Daily Worker. —J.C. 8. ll Strike, Correspondent Says va the Fifth’ at the Little Provides Fair Entertainment IN “SKIDDING.” |THE trials and tribulations of a road company playing a version |of Uncle Tom’s Cabin suited to the standards of the state of Kansas, said trials consisting of the badger- ing of a harassed manager who finally leaves his troupe stranded jon a siding, the effort of a go-get- |ting hick undertaker to take unto | himself in marriage the leading lady and the emotional disturbance brought to her thespian loyer by the ambition of the solvent mor- | tician, bring laugh from a perspir- | ing audience in the Little Theatre where “Eva the Fifth” is on the boards. important role in “Skidding,” The story begins in Little Eva’s| now at the Bayes Theatre. dressing room at a one night stop | | H sas. ox office contains sat rane Sk acct Lee Fe Finally she offered herself troupe has not enough of the coin|¥P on the matrimonial altar for the that cheers between them to buy|S@ke of her comrades. But two castor oil for, Little Eva’s lesser |things happened that saved her Ristoes ohoasttondneeaaon (catie is |from a fate worse than death. Her hee ict Tastiee athe alioe The | thespian lover—a squint-eyed critic manager: at his wit’s end. to make |coud see ae ere ae bioa? he é ria n her affections—estab- Cee ee, ne ee ee EAL taty cacy shade: igs Teddenanta mete |troupe by staging a show in the little town that brought in coffee jand doughnuts for the troupe and |the lesser Eva learned that the | wealthy hick was an undertaker | as he) jled her big sister to believe. | | Everything ended happily, with- | out bloodshed or much hard langu-| could, but being obviously virtuous, |age. In fact the only violence in Betty Lee Carter, who plays an ness man, and immediately saw Badly in need of an angel he broadly hinted that Little (Claiborne Foster) should Tho embarassed by a_ jealous 2 The gags in the show are as | mossy as a speech by Charlie Cur- It was then that the entire troupe |tis, but they are the kind that could with but a single thot for food and|be printed in the late Warren transportation urged Little Eva to|Gamaliel Harding’s “Marion Star.” accept the attentions of the kiking| Why one laughs at them is hard to hick who followed her from town |explain, fut human nature is some- times inexplicable. Claiborne Foster, Buford Armit- 'U. S. Will Have 2,000 |today. Henry Ford is reported co- IMPERIALISTS BUILD AIRPORTS FOR FUTURE WAR by Next Year WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UP).— Airports are being established by |}| municipalities at a rate that will give the United States about 2,000 /]| well-equipped fields next year, re-/| ports to the aeronautics branch of | the commerce department showed | operating heavily in a movement to | | increase the port. | The aggregate present invest- | ment by cities in airports is esti- | mated by the department at between | fifty and sixty millions, which in- ciudes value of grounds, buildings | and equipment. A score of airports now existing cost more than $1,000,- | {) 000 each to construct and plans are proposed for many more of this type. t Virtually every large city has an! airport, either built or proposed, and an average of 1.10 cities a month are notifying the department of intention to build airports. Cost | of these airports averages $100,000, but the total runs to $3,000,000 and | more for some of the Jargest. Chi- | | cago expects to spend about $4,000, | 000 on its municipal airport, accord- ing to the department’s informa- tion. | STEAMSHIP BURNING AT SEA| LONDON, Sept. 3 (UP).—The| Moor Line steamship Castlemoor | avirelessed its owners today that its cargo was onfire and that the crew has been unable to extinguish it ufter a week’s work. | roles are played as competently as This is the reason for the attack |#8¢ Lois Shore and Philip Barri- Captain Beatty admitted to the|the cannon fodder for the nev+ '~-|upon the Party and it must also be/8° Ret away with the lion's share | the reason why the workers must |°f the applause. In fact all tho | the author could expect. Sixty-five per cent interesting. —T.d,0'F. support the Party and beat back the | attacks of the bosses, —Rk. S. ‘rs. Willebrandt descended on New Portuguese. It is hoped that the res-|the gates. A policeman who arrested ork and prepared 125 subpoenas. nonse from the organizations for|Hugo Oehler said that he did so be- ‘any a wealthy liquor lover took a) relief of the strikers will be liberal,|cause Hugo Oehler wanted to or- ama off his knee and a bottle out| insofar as they are closely related|ganize the workers /against the € her mouth to get a better glance| and all are concentrated in the same | bosses. | ' @ newspaper to see that he was | mill, same neighborhood, and same| Many spies in the past months | able 7 be called before the grond | fraternal and benefit organizations. | have been trying to enter the Party. wy. But it was all a mistake.|The mill committee will in the next|Even now spies are all over spying eee rey Chorles H. Tuttle) week or ten days exert all efforts|on Party members and workers in| rrived from the hills, reassured the| to reach the other workers and if| general. The company officials of | We tows, pulled some strings, sent | successful in signing up a substan-| Armour are anxious to find names | te Mrs. home, and cancelled the| tial number of the men into the mill and information. When the arrested | tbpoenaes, and the balloon-bellies | committee will issue a call for a\were brought to the police station | teelled their bookings to Europe.) general strike of all departments| they were thoroughly searched and | | | | | | « - Bape Rea jand formulate demands for the en-| while this was done a company of- ASworker can occasionally get a/ tire shop. ficial stood by greedily looking for 5s satis | bd ttle solace even from a capitalist | Strikers Parade. “names.” Almost the entire capital- Sameer sustance a dispatch says} 4. vesult of speeches made by| ist machine the courts, police, detec- tat Joseph Craig a policeman must| 5 ¢ Judson, a mill worker from|tive agencies, stool pigeons, spies, tees days in his own can for|7 (i, 0., who together with many including the word-heelers of both ring drunk. ; ee s: parties, have been mobilized to aR ie ae Shi sabsesteeae’ jaeruna Mare off the Communists. All thes | Gems of Learnin strikers, the spirit of ‘solidarity and | Visit ueighbortogds and . hemes So erlitisiestt cf the strikers to great-|°f workers suspected of rad-| |er than at any time since the strike. ¢@! or © Communist _ leanings Charles Curtis, vice-presidential / Banners appeared for the first time|#"d these are being threatened indidate solving the farm problem: on the picket line Friday, stating in| an underhand way. One Pisin convinced that if » small the demands of the strikers and ask-|Palitiian approached one worker int committee of the House and|ing support of the men on aile| To the Gottounllir ae vo gnate were appointed to study the|by those inside and the workers| With the Gommunists and said, SEPTEMBER | Communist. IS OFF THE PRESS! Politics and the Fly-Hunt.. The Presidential Elections of 1928....... .. ARNE SWABECK A Reply to Eastman’s “Marx, Lenin and the Revolution” CONTENTS: Hoover and Smith Accept the Nomination. Tea seen’ THE LADDER | IN ITS REVISED FORM? | Th W. 48 Sts Evs. 8:30 CORT Mts. Wed. & Sat. |] Money Refunded if Not Satisfied | With Play. CHANIN'S46th St. Praniage at v8 Mats. Wad. & Sat. : EXTRA MATINEE LABOR DAY SCHWAB and MANDEL'S MUSICAL SMASH | Good NewS with GEO. OLSBY and His MUSIC | of Broadway HUDSON West 44 st. Eves, at 4:30 Mats. Mon. and Wed. 2:30 “Goin’ Home” CENTURY Thea., Central Pk. w.| & 62 St. Eves, 8:30 | Mats. Wed. and Sat. | “MARY DUGAN EXTRA MATINEE LABOR DAY Keith- “Vivid and unfailingly exciting.” 42d and B'wa: Albee é —Allson Smith, World. SECOND BIG CAMEO #33 “DAWN” With SYBIL THORNDIKE and on the same program “MEMORIES OF CONFLICT” ' QUITS CHANNEL SWIM. CAPE GRIS NEZ, France, Sept. 3 (UP).—Annie Meynell, German girl swimmer, abandoned her at- tempt to swim the English Channel today when she was within five miles of Dover. secceeececeeeeJANET CORK toblens and to find a proper solu- | outside. Hien’ tc aioe Hofer hen, ee | on, the necessary relief quickly | The strikers, numbering 200, in| makers? Kansas is a tough state } yuld and would be offered. military formation paraded the} The detail certainly should be at- inded to. Dr. Otto Hoetzsch, member of erman reichstag, now in America; vvhe Kellogg pac “,. is his policy solely due to ection considerations inasmuch as ie electoral campaign demands suc- 188 for the republican party, or, at ast, a program of foreign policy?” Not altogether. It’s also an anti- . 8. S. R. combine. M. C. H. rt Flight From Dessau to Peking — AU, Sept. 3 (UP),—Two in flyers, holders of the endurance flight record, to- | ay wi winging their way on a| feord flight from Dessau to Pe-| ings The Germans are Edward} z and Herr Zimmerman, who | y established an endurance) mt record of 65 hours. They| | to make the flight to Peking | ut a stop, going by way of stock and Tokio. adivostock ty to Free Swindler | N. Y. State Funds) |ANY, N. Y., Sept. 3.-Friends| Florence E. S. Knapp will) @ immediate steps secking to @ Goy. Smith extend executive | if Justice Stephen Cal-/ a tomorrow imposes a prison) funds, |on trumped up charg |received a favorable r i vat. ¢,Assolant and Rene Lefevre failed | oan {eg alege! js eg rise after a long run down the {field neighborhood and passed the work-| house where three of our brothers are serving a sentence of ten days The strikers sponse from hundreds of workers gathered on the sidewalks. The line was greeted by cheers and applause by the workers in the shop. Judson denounced the city author- ities and police force who were gev ting their instructions from E. C: Smith, ant superintendent of the Central Alloy Corporation. On numerous occasions the police were seen in conference with Smith. Friday, at 5 p. m. when the par. ade appeared the police and Assist- ant Superintendent Smith were as- tounded at the growing picket line! and the discipline of the strikers. Smith was running wild back and forth, urging the police to tear down the banners, but not knowing | the law, they abstained from molest- | ing the parade, which after cover- ing a couple of miles of the mill! district peacefully disbanded. The| strikers promise a greater picket} line on Saturday with many more | banners. —N. J. 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