The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 7, 1928, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, YEW YORK, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928 rage Inree Surrender of Mexican Oil to U.S. Interests ‘See FINAL SELL-OUT COMMUNISTS FIGHT JINGO ATTACK WATT, TOOHEY TO U, S, FIRMS ~ SEEN IN MOVE All Facilities to Be Granted Investors MEXICO CITY, Sept. 7.W—Ameri- ean oil investors and corporation heads are rejoicing today over the decision of Dr. Jose Manuel Puig- | its | Casauranc that henceforth dealings with the other oil companies the Mexican government will consider oil as a public utility. in The oil interests interpret this as | an end to the petroleum war be- tween the government and the for- eigners which the Mexican supreme court in a number of rulings had already gone far to decide in favor of the Americans. They further see in it a virtual surrender of the petroleum resources of Mexico into the hands of the powerfully en- trenched American exploiters and a complete abandonment of the prin- ciple of the right of the American people to the sub-soil products around which the entire struggle re- volved. Secretary Puig-Casaurane made precise explanation of a number of points involved ‘in the present rul- ing. He declared that in lieu of submitting oil claims, drilling per- mits, or pipe-line franchises or-+other petroleum company documents to a rigorous examination, his depart- ment will “accept company docu- ments without reservation, consid- ering them legally drawn up.” He stated further that if they were not so drawn it was the business of the courts to decide. Prompt action in granting favors to American cor- porations was also promised by the secretary, and he assured them they would *be accommodated with all legal facilities. Approximately 100 applications for confirmatory concessions are re- ported to be pending at the present time. PAPER WORKERS WIN. STOCKHOLM (FP).—Victory af- ter two months of strike has come to workers in Sweden’s paper indus- try. Aggressive tactics used by strikers from the start are given credit for the success. American and} Continued from Page One capitalist government should regard |law-abiding political party and the | Workers. (Communis Party a “subversive” party inimical to the }interests of the capitalist class. |These fascist organizations are |working under the direction of the big capitalists and enjoy all the privileges of the regular forces of the state. Fascists Active in Nebraska. In Nebraska the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars |are leading the fight to throw the Workers (Communist) Party ticket off the ballot. The Communist peti- | tions were filed after a convention |held in Omaha on Aug. 19,. which wa sattended by the required num- ber of citizens, and the required number of signatures were collected. Six hundred and Eighty-three: per- sons signed the roll, which was 183 to law. Tho the law says that 500 persons must be present at a meet- ing to launch a new party, a su- cally present at the gathering and bers subsequently, that is sufficient. The Sun, of Omaha, carried a news |story on August 27 which declared |that in default of a protest filed | within five days, Secretary of State Marsh would have no other recourse | but to accept for filing the petitions | of the Workers (Communist) Party. | The posts of the American Legion jand Veterans of Foreign Wars at | Lincoln then protested to the secre- ‘tary of state, and at the Legion con- vention, held in Grand Island on Aug. 29, R. A. Kirkpatrick, chair- man of the Americanization Com- mittee of the Legion, spoke on the “menace” clared that a grave danger confront- ed the Legion. This attack followed on the heels \of Governor Adam McMullen’s warn-| lists is the head of the employment | giving the ruling classes attacks of | ing that Communist propaganda was| office of the Amoskeag Mills as/ nerves. making great inroads among the! well as a state senator who works) youth of Nebraska. “Here in “Nebraska,” Kirkpatrick said, “for the first time we‘have the Workers Party on the ballot. Also 16 other states have this party to deal with politically this year.” Spy System. Kirkpatrick declared that the Le- ‘gion was carrying on an extensive |the socialist party as a patriotic,| more than was necessary according | preme court decision of 1912 held| that all of them need not be physi-| that if they sign the rosters of mem-/| of Bolshevism and de-| | Legion stool-pigeons attended sev-| eral Communist meetings during the year and furnished reports to the Department of Justice in Washing-! ton. In the State of Kansas the war on} the Communists was not confined to an attempt to throw the Party off! the ballot. Leading members of the Workers (Communist) Party were arrested, including Hugo Oehler, District Organizer for District 10, who has done splendid work in get-| ting the Party ticket on the ballot not only in Kansas, but in neighbor- ing states. Oehler was arrested with others and charged with a violation of the criminal syndicalism lew, their particular offense being con- ducting open-air meetings in front of the Cadahy Packing Company’s| plant in Kansas City. In Texas, the assistant secretary ‘of state ruled the Party off the ballot on the ground that “it is not shown that the Workers (Commun- ist) Party is a state political organ- ization, having’ polled in the last election more than 10,000 votes and less than 100,000 votes for its nomi- nee for Governor of Texas.” Texas Discrimination. That the Workers (Communist) Party is being discriminated against | in Texas is shown by the fact that the steps taken by B. H. Lauderdale, chairman of the Party State Execu- tive Committee, were the same as| those taken by the American Party,| organized by former Governor Fer-| guson in 1920. Of course, the Amer-| ican Party was not a working-class | election committees everywhere in} the state are protesting a high per- cehtage of the signatures. This compels the Communists to collect three or four times as many signa- tures as the legal requirement. In Manchester, N. H., the head of the local inspectors of the -voting in the State House at Concord in |the interests of the .Amoskeag tex- |tile barons. He divides his time be- |tween the Amoskeag office, the | Manchester City Hall, and the State | House, but all that time is well , Spent in the interests of the Amos- keag Mills. | The 800 signatures were collected ment for the whole state is 1,000— the politicians, the police, and the entire city administration is con- trolled by the Amoskeag Mills, and |the election inspectors are challeng- ing the signatures wholesale. The action of the New England authorities in trying to keep the Workers (Communist) Party , off the ballo tis a reflex of the New Bedford and Fall River strikes and the activity of the Party and its membership in these bitter labor struggles. The Communists in both cities have given leadership and en- |couragement to the militant rank |and file in the fight against the mill |bosses. As in other states the au- thoritiés are not interfering with the socialist pary, which is support- ling the reactionary bureaucrats of the Textile Council of New Bed- jford, who enjoy the protection of the police in their policy of betray- ing the strikers. In the election campaign conduct- ed by the Workers (Communist) Party thruout the country, Trach- tenberg said, the mask is being torn from the ugly face of capitalist |democracy. In violation of their own laws, the capitalists are at- tempting to keep the Communist | ticket off the ballot, lest the exploit- }ed workers should be able to vote |for a Party that stands for their real interests. The difference in at-/ titude of the employing classes to- |wards the revolutionary Workers (Communist) Party. on one side and uci ails the Workers-(Commin-| 22 purely parliamentarian, pacifist jist) Party is. | In Springfield, Mass., the local | authorities refused to accept Com- munist petitions for filing, and the | socialist party, on the other, is a | tribute to the progress being made | by the Communists in mobilizing the workers for the class struggle. political party of revolutionary la- bor, with a program that calls for |the organization of the unorganized |and the radicalization of the organ- |ized workers, as well as the organi- |zation of the militant workers into |the Workers (Communist) Party, is The attempt to keep the Party off the ballot will only have |the effect of increasing the activi- |ties of the members, Trachtenberg |said, and making them more deter- mined than ever to fight to put the Party ticket on the ballot, to keep jit on until election day, and to wage a militant election campaign be- |tween now and November, with the object in view of strengthening the ‘espionage campaign, boasting that|in Manchester alone—the require-' Party for the struggles ahead. The prospect of a well-organized | | ISSUE APPEAL ° TO DISTRICT 1 Big New Union Meet) | Opens Sept. 9 Continued from Page One create keen competition for jobs and make for the deterioration of union conditions, after which will come the direct attack. The job of the op- erators to destroy the union there | will be much more effective now, | since they have succeeded in com-| pletely wrecking the U. M. W. A. in the soft coal fields. Although | they are united nationally, they have | been content to smash the union| piecemeal in one district at a time, | as the procession through Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, | West Virginia, Washington, Canada, | Pennsylvania and Ohio will show. |No section of the union can fight these attacks alone, as the destruc- tion in the above mentioned fields will show. “What are you anthracite miners going to do in this situation? “What will you do, McGarry, Her- manson and Harris? Your election jis the result of the determination of a majority of the local unions of your district to get rid of Cappel- lini and fight against the infamous jcontractor system and the rotten Conciliation Board. “Your continued effort to beg rec- | ognition from Lewis will play into | the hands of the operators and be- |tray the confidence the men have |placed in you. This the miners are | bound te realize. Think this over, | decide to line up with the union and ‘help to make it what it should be, jbut this union must be the New/ | Union. | “You know that the change from | Cappellini to Boylan was planned by | Lewis and that. the corrupt policies | |will remain, that the conditions | | about which you so justly complain | | will remain, and, while you fight against the recognition of Boylan, | you fail to fight these rotten condi- | tions and surrender your right to| strike, because of threats of the| business men and ctty officials. “You know you cannot make ‘peace with Lewis unless you sur- n in Sta Statement of Commerce Sec’y. BRAZIL WORKERS DENOUNCE FORE DUTYLESS CARGL Amnesty Prisoners to Rest in U. S. S. Re ~ intel Neutealer iC Local Capitalists Als« Envy Rubber King ani Ez 6.—Consider PARA icially mad: and other or inserter on section 0 libera lid A reception given class war prisoners released under the ar y the Fore act. Having forced the release of their leaders, the Germar i ? the firs have been everywhere celebrating their freedo ment oir was taken as the liberated men were starting pag Union where they will recuperate for a short tin © their the suffering they underwent in the German alle t the ean ground, giving the Red Front salute-are seen, grants privileges tc Huber, Alois Lindner, Rudolf Gr ndustrialist? at Gustav Streidl and Johann Kick. n Republic of Bavaria during the perio te planting ea attacks of the capitalist forces. deferred: as * mpany an- render to his demands and prelim- would mean betrayal of the trust CM DAILY WORKER nei of a of the rank and file who expect you ‘ constr den nature, to fight for the: You have ap- ’ tion facilities are oe- pealed to the is machine that a 4 ' , the Ford special district convention or elec- RIVE ON * g out a tion be held. This you have done al a rubber in face of the fact that you know full well that it is the commor. prac- | tice of the Lewis machine to pack | conventions with delegates of non- qxisting locals who represent the corrupt Lewis/ machine only. You also know. full well that an honest election cannot be held with Lewis playing a leading role in such elec- tion. iY U “We submit to you that in view of this situation, which is well known to you, there is only one step you can take which will be to the best interests of the men you have heen chosen to represent, which will actually reestablish union conditions and forever do away with corrup- tion, and that is to join with the men in the soft coal fields in the building of a new, strong and pow- erful National Miners Union. “Send delegates from your local unions to the great National Min- ers Convention to be held in Pitts- boat down the st, but for quick latex, rubber base network of roads has by 14 New Readers Gotten in Pittsburgh Continued Further en mate su Election Campaign Dri new readers cation from Worker Agent in Di necticut. Sending 15 new the militant daily, Anna He insists that this is t she expects to have * her tour over the Worker 10,000 Committees d the definite of procuring subscriptions for i definitely get- ough several Boston and yet been e expected ers Convention A mittee. (Signed chairman; Pat tary.’ that campaign r way with a meeting to- rs Center. get uw r agents at the Work Textile Strikers IN THE STATE THAT ELECTROCUTED . SACCO and VANZETTI Textile Organizer, P. HAGELIAS being assaulted on the Picket Line by the Fall River police, His left arm was almost twisted from its socket Fight A gainst Black Rea are out on strike since April 16th of this year, against-wage reductions and the speed-up sys- , tem. The striké has spread to Fall River where several thousand more textile workers have entered the strike. Under the leadership of the militant Textile Mill Committees the strikers are carrying on an In New Bedford, Mass., 30,000 textile workers | ction! heavy fines and long prison sentences have not been able to break down the fighting spirit of the striking textile men and women. Thousands of strikers and their children go hungry waiting for help from their fellow work- ers,and friends. More than seven hundred strik- ers have been cast into jail and put under heavy bail. In Fall River, in addition thereto, they are Two hundred and forty-seven men and women strikers arrested for picketing in New Bedford e: rried away by the police in hired moving vans heroic struggle. Police clubs, bayonets in the hands of the militia, wholesale arrests of pickets, also placed under heavy peace bonds, which is a new invention of the boss owned courts. ~ RELIEF and DEFENSE | must be provided for every striker in need. No striker must be left to suffer in capitalist jails. ‘Bread, soup and milk must be provided to keep starvation out of the ranks of the militant strikers. AFTER 21 WEEKS.OF STRUGGLE THE STRIKERS FOR THE FIRST TIME AP- ! . PEAL ON A NATIONAL BASIS TO LABOR AND THE FRIENDS OF LABOR. * Gaellet adaresaing a atcike relief mane meeting nt New Bediord THEY ASK THAT EVERYBODY AID IN FEEDING AND DEFENDING THE STRIKERS OF NEW BEDFORD and FALL RIVER —THE NEED IS GREAT. THE STRUGGLE IS BITTER. —DETERMINEDLY THE STRIKERS FIGHT AGAINST OPPRESSION. New Bedford strikers declaring the §. They paraded and were SEND YOUR DONATION at once to the Strike Relief Hiéadquarters of the Workers International Relief for NEW BEDFORD and FALL RIVER STRIKERS, 49 Williams Street, New Bedford, Mass., or to 1 Union Square, New York City. South Side New Bedford Worktrs International Rellef Station where five hundred striker fumilies receive food North Side New Bedford Workers International Relief Station where daity four hundred and fifty striker families receive food