The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 17, 1928, Page 2

Page Tw 2M0 REPLIES T0 LOCAL CIRCULAR Progressives Militant Indications of Progressive For ANIONS SEND IN Za THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1928 engers Imperiled on Sinking Ship WORKERS PARTY ARRANGES WEEKS OPEN AIR MEETS Negro and Elections Is Topie The Workers (Communist) Party Dirig The dirigible Los Angeles, pi es Planning Strong Fight at Carpenters’ Convention ‘ible Los Angeles in Militarst Coast Maneuvers PENN ride OPITTSBURGH September 29 WORKERS FORM ‘NEW DRESS UNION IN PHILADELPHIA | Bias ‘Police Arrest Workers | for Picketing Continued from Page One 2 n is ¢ again hag s ed'tha following’ opencalt of the American militarists, and ‘ i ne tines foe the cur-ent week, at map showing course of latest ma- trade coming to seek — 9. the foot wi! oN . . = inually show h th 1 be “Negro euvers. Much attention is bein; = oe All these workers continually Un > by progres- sp Five hh + Reot Mae is Suste 9 BALTIMORE, i p eived by the letins pt the district Agitprop De-| value of dirigibles and planes in VIRGINIA 7” hier iets nt Com- partment: the middle Atlantic sector. Note on PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 16.— CL ae Monday, Sept. 17. | the map the proximity of Canada to io Strikes have already sheen Heclates } es favorable to Passaic, N. J.—Fdward Wright. | the dirigible’ Tras, VIRGINIA in six dressmakers’ and eight cloak- the appeal sent out by the com- : ‘ ag Plainfield, N. d.--Sidney LeRoy. e dirigible’s course. makers’ shops. Workers are con- Be to in n locals throughout ; ae i Ss Marna hi sia weit to port as the result of Rutgers Square, N. Y.—Hendin, | —— eke wien stantly picketing im front of the the ave been received, it) @ broken rudder, off Cape Lazarus, Lower California. Passengers | ppt, Tee 6 1 Holtz | . i buildings. ee cantnest by Moria Roten,| . Grecshoua taeg ‘seamed: by here Werk of teattray ait teanew > | Gone oe RIFKIN FORCED Wall St. Al Smith PLAN PICNIC OF ‘The Philadelphia police, pursuing pees S76.| _ off cgle Meeeay reenter: First Ave. and 49th St. N. to Leave for Tour | their usual tactics against left wing tosen is to present the appeal o Sane) MARDEN, OS, ake ‘ DeLeon, Spiro, Kagan, Caplan. ‘. ’ | workers, have arrested two pickets ane iesteote oe Uy coming con-/] ] Twenty-eighth St. and Lexington In Kenny 8 Coach | who were peacefully walking up and f Bai At Lakeland, Florida, Septem: HDA AN GRR daar citings a ios | ALBANY, Sept. 16—Travetling 4 *Uslauka | Senge: ee Dicker nes b Relc t Lakeland, Florida, Septem- Je, , * ee, s eRe ner, Alkin, Ackerman. - | Both arrests took place at the\ ber 29. Outgrowth of Reactionary Drive. The Defense and Reinstatement Committee of Local 376 was formed following the country-wide drive four years ago by the Hutcheson stration against all progres- m within the union ending with destruction of the local. The the appeal by the local which came be- fore the Indianapolis convention of the International four years ago was railroaded by Hutcheson at its closing session in one of the stormi- est scenes in the history of the or- ganization. Since then resentment against the policies of betrayal carried out by the Hutcheson machine has been spreading. Recently, the Defense and Reinstatment Committee of Local 376 sent out a review of its ease to several thousand Jocals throughout the country. To date, nearly two hundred replies have been received by Nathan Rosen, secretary of the committee, 174 Grafton St., Brooklyn. Thousands of copies of the appeal have been sent to many of these locals at their request for distribution among their members. Many in Direct Support. Among the replies are numerous letters declaring direct support of the appeal of Local 376. Others in- dicate that they will instruct their delegates to fight to give Morris Rosen a hearing at the Lakewood convention. A third group, evidently not wishing to declare themselves at this time indicate that their dele- gates would like to meet Rosen dur- img the convention to discuss the issue further. The replies both as to character and number are considered of the greatest significance by progressive carpenters. Rosen, who ran for president against Hutcheson four years ago, “predicted that there would be a ive opposition to the ’s convention. strong progre: machine at thi! Progressives Gaining. “The issues which the progressive tearpenters are rallying around are ‘becoming increasingly more vital for our trade,” Rosen declared. “Non-union conditions are spread- ting. No less than 75 per cent of the ibuilding trades workers are today ‘orking below the scale. We find progressive loss of job control by Sthe workers, lowering wage levels and the increasing use of non-union ‘materials. In our International, in tspite of the fact that the use of Snon-union trim is prohibited by our tconstitution, the officers of the or- Sganization wink at the practice and Sworkers who protest against th ‘violation are removed from the Job. The burning issues of the trade *Rosen stated are organization of the unorganized, amalgamation of the building trades unions, reinstate- ment of expelled members and loc- als, elections and conventions every two years instead of every four as at present, rank and file control of the organization. The progressives will make a ‘much better showing this year than in the past, Rosen predicted, owing to the fact that they are much bet- ter organized. IMPERIALISTS IN GENEVA CONFAB Talk About Rhineland Evacuation GENEVA, Sept. 16.—After the conclusion of the third conference ‘of the five leading imperialist pow- ers here on plans for Rhineland evacuation negotiations, it was an- nounced today that the discussions had been satisfactory and that an ment had been reached. The official communique said the following points were decided upon: First, official negotiations on ear- ly evacuation of the Rhineland will be opened on the request of Chan- eellor Herman Mueller of Germany. Second, necessity for complete ‘and definite settlement of the rep- rations problems, including the constitution of a committee of fi- nancial experts for that purpose. acceptance of the pri ciple constituting @ commission of tion and conciliation to con- BY LEWIS'S GANG Steel Slave Mistaken for Coal Digger By W. J. WHITE. ial to the Daily Worker) PITT BURGH, Sept. 16.—Three Lewis gangsters attacked George Tal y, a steel worker, in East Pittsburgh while he was returning home from work. They proceeded to beat him up under the impr sion that he was a coal miner. Pas- sersby seeing the man attacked by the gangsters went to his rescue and saved him from being seriously beaten up. The Lewis gang were under the direction of Jack Hasson, of New Kensington, one of the paid Lewis thugs in Allegheny Valley. The sluggers, whose names are John Arcure, Ray Spatti and John Don- nelly, were held on a charge of at- tempted murder on a bond of $1,000 each, The bond was furnished by the discredited United Mine Work- ers organization. MINERS GARRIED ON WHILE JAILED Watt.to Speak on New Developments When 120 delegates to the Na- tional Miners Convention at Pitts- burgh were thrown into jail after the convention had been attacked by the police and 200 Lewis thugs, they showed their fighting spirit by holding an all-night session in jail. They conducted the business of the convention; chose the new union’s name; the National Miners Union, and adopted the constitution—all be- hind the bars of the boss-dungeons. This was only one of the dramatic the great Pitt: rgh n that will be described to the workers of New York by John Watt, the fi president of the new tional Miners Union, at the huge Solidarity Mass Meeting in Central Opera House, 67th St. and Third Ave., Thursday night. Watt, who has been in the fore- front of the coal diggers’ struggle will deliver an official report of this epoch-making convention. Supplementing Watt’s talk will be speeches by other leaders of work- ers’ struggles. Two leaders of new union movements among the needle trades workers, Ben Gold, general organizer, Joint Board, Furriers Union, and an Koretz, general manager, Organization Department, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, will bring a message of solidarity of the needle trac workers with the fighting miners. Other speakers will include Gladys Schechter, or- ganizer, Millinery Workers’ Union; Harold Williams, secretary of the Negro Committee for Miners’ Re lief and speakers representing the Youth Conference for Miners’ Relief and the Children’s Relief Scout Groups Several thousand workers are ex- pected at this big solidarity meet- ing which is being arranged by the National Miners’ Relief Committee, 799 Broadway, and the Shop Dele- gates Conference for Miners’ Relief. Working Women’s Bazaar Committee Makes Plans at Meet The ar Committee met Thursday evening, Sept., 13th, the central office of the Council Workingclass Women. Gertrude Gordan, chairman of the ar committee, recommended that the committee subdivide itself B on in f o! trol the Rhineland after evacuation of troops. The negotiations will be carried out through diplomatic channels, it was announced, and the composition, operation, and duration of the com- mission will form the subject for negotiations between the govern- ments of France, Great Britain, iItaly, Belgium and Germany. ) f NEW MILL UNION 138 Delegates Attend W. I. R. Conference | Continued from Page Cne [tional Relief Organization, accom- panying his appeals with graphic descriptions of the New Bedford strike, showing the need of the mili- ng workers. Silverman, secretary of the New York Branch of the Work- ers International Relief, ‘spoke on the need of forming a permanent New York organization to function all the year round to raise aid for ew Tuesday, Sept. 18. Grand St. Ext. and Havemeyer, Brooklyn—Bimba, Suskin, G. Welsh, R. Ryant (Pioneer). Fifth Ave. and 125th St. N. Y.— J. Codkind, Gill Green, Silverfarb, Sutter and Williams Sts., Brook- dence in the committee which had | lyn—M. Taft, Lipzin, Chernenko, C. Delrimo (Pioneer). Longwood and Prospect, Bronx-— Grecht, Primoff, G. Spiro, William | ers’ and Waitresses’ Union, resigned | Margolis, B. Kaplan (Pioneer) Lenox Ave. and 188rd St., N. Y.| organization at the meeting of the | C.—R. B. Moore, L. Oak, G. Lloyd, Williams, Baum (Pioneer). | Eagle Penc'l Co.—-Phil Frankfeld. Wednesday, Sept. 19. Second Ave. and Tenth St., N. ¥.| C.—Hendin, Sumner, Alkin, Acker-|at the same time to support the| man, Schatzkamer (Pioneer). | Union Square, N. Y. C.—Bieden- | developing struggles between the eG workers and the big industrial |p’? Alex. Gus See een barons. Her proposals for a plan of} Wiking and Intervale, Bronx— work were also delivered to the dele-|ranm, Blake, Kagan, H. .Kieman| gates present. (Pioneer). ‘ The Resolutions Committee,| Fleet St. and Flatbush Ext, elected unanimously after a vote of the delegates present, is made up of the following workers: Pogano, of the Bricklayers Union, local 1; Deak, of the United Textile Work-| ers Union, Passaic District Counc Liebowitz, of the Furriers Joint Board; Buckenberger, of the Lower Bronx Workers Club; I. Gordon of the Bronx Youth; Pine, of the Furriers; Ostrow, of the Architec- tural Iron and Bronze Workers; Wildhorn, of the Office Workers Union; Bulatkin, of the Hotel | Workers, and Baum, representing the Photographers Union. TO EXPOSE SMITH IN RED CAMPAIGN Big Communist Rally September 28 Continued from Page One little to choose between the two, A vote taken from the democrats ‘and given to the party of the petty business men is a case of out of the frying pan into the fire. Brooklyn—Powers, Vera Bush, Me- Donald, Rosemond. Ninety-ninth St. and Lexington | Ave., N. Y.—John Sherman, Charles | Wilson (Y. W. L.). Seventh Ave. and 131st St., N. Y.) C.—R. B. Moore, M. Yusem, Alex- ander, Donaldson. Seventh Ave. and 127st St. N. Y. C.—Markoff, Ed. Welsh, Grace lamb, M. Himoff (Pioneer). Passaic, N. J.—Vern Smith, Eve- lyn Blacker, Ida Starr. Thursday, Sept. 20. One Hundred and Thirty-eighth | St. and St. Ann’s Ave., Bronx—Nes- sin, Padgug, Harfeld, Leo Margolis, Malliken (Pioneer). Fortieth St. and Eighth Ave. N. Y. C.—Cibulsky, Peer, Bydarian. Twenty-fifth St. and Mermaid Ave., C. I—Shapiro, I. Zimmerman, Midolla, H. Gold (Pioneer). Steinway and Jamaica Ave., As- toria, L. I.—Schachtman, Powers, Vera Bush, Heder. Jefferson and Henry St., N. Y.— Joe Cohen, Silber. #tone and Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn Ben Lifshitz, Pasternack, Julius Cohen, Mershon, S. Finkelstein (Pioneer). Two Hundred and Nineteenth St. and White Plains Ave—Ben Gold, R. Wortis, Weich, Spiro, Severino. One Hundred and Sixth St, and Goes Way of All Fake Progressives Following a vote of non-confi- charge of the recent Trufood strike of which he was chairman, Louis Rifkin, president of Local 1, Wait- |from his office as president of the union held last Thursday, Criticism of Rifkin, begun by the left wing several months ago, paved the way for his final defeat, al- though left wing followers refused group of reactionaries under the leadership of Lehman, who led the last attack on Rifkin. Rifkin re- signed under fire. Criticism against him by the left wing was based on the strike strategy and settlement, which was carried thru in the most modern class-collaboration style, ending | with Rifkin’s proposal that the end of the strikes be celebrated with a banquet including judges, lawyers and bosses as honored guests. The proposition for this was defeate and instead, a committee was ay pointed to investigate the expendi- ture of funds. The reactionary ma- chine led the attack against Rifkin having opposed all organization work. The strike committee’s re- fusal to account for over $7,000 led to the non-confidence vote. Rifkin was elected to office on a junited front progressive ticket, al- | though he has always been criticized }by the left wing. in a private railway coach owned by a millionaire stock jobber and loan- monger, William F. Kenny, the democratic candidate for president, Al Smith, will start on his western tour in a few days. A group of politicians will accompany him on} the trip. | Former Senator Gilbert M. Hitch- | cock of Nebraska will be with the |gang until they reach Omaha and then his place will be taken by Sen- ator Burton K. Wheeler, the copper trust senator from Montana, a can- didate for re-election. | Wheeler was the candidate for vice president on the LaFollette third party ticket last presidential election but has recanted and is mow one of the main supporters of the entire imperialist policy of the Wall | Street wing of the democratic par- |ty. He voted for the adherence of| measures in the senate of the repub-| lican-democratic Wall Street coali- MUELLER SENT OFF. | BERLIN, Sept. 16.—After a heat-| ed debate in the German cabinet, | and indications of the instability of | |the present social democratic reich, | Chancellor Mueller left for Geneva! jto continue the evacuation-war debt negotiations. The cabinet, after many hours of discussion approved | identified tl of New Union The Trade Union Educational League Pieniec, which was postponed from August 25, because of rain, and which will be held Saturday after- noon, September 22, at Ulmer Park, Brooklyn, will lose nothing because of its postponement, according to a statement by the T. U. E. L., issued last night and addressed to all left wing workers of the city. The statement urged their attendance and announced that many more events have been arranged which were not scheduled for the former date. The statement reads, in part, as follows: “This year more than ever before The past year has marked the grow- ing militancy of workers, increased tion against even the middle class the vigor of their fight against both | liberals with whom he | himself a short time ago. the exploitation of the bosses and he treachery of the right wing union officials, and, above all, has seen the birth of the new union movement in the needle trades. It it fitting that all left wing work- ers get together to celebrate their victories—won through the active leadership of the T. U. E. L. groups in the unions.” The festival of the left wing workers will be enlivened by many |Brownstein shop, were Esther Miller and Pauline | Goldberg. | Pauline Goldberg was beaten up | by the wife of a scab and then ar- |rested by the police on charges of disorderly conduct. The scab’s wife | claimed that she was the boss of the shop. Immediately after hearing this, the manager of the Sigman union rushed to court to defend her. This fact, according to the mili- tant strikers, conclusively proves that the interests of the Sigman |clique are tied up with those of the bosses. The militant and progressive dress and cloakmakers, however, are determined to fight to a finish, de- |spite the provocative tactics of the | Sigman clique, which is alarmed at | the United States to the world court | the progressive workers of New|the inroads being made into their / and supports all the reactionary | York have cause for celebration. | ranks by the new organization. Kellogg Fears Franco- | British Naval Pact | WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—Due | to the Franco-British naval pact and | the threat against the United States |sea power implied in it, official opinion here has expressed itself to |the effect that the United States government may not join the dis- \armament conference that may take place in Geneva during the course of next year. A located at 41 | ToCelebrate Formation | North 11th St. The pickets arrested Mueller’s policy. | events, including poetry readings by | Michael Gold, A. B. Magil and oth-| The union of the two large pow- Every new reader of The DAILY WORKER is a potential ' the workers. \ers; eating contests, etc. Ulmer Park may be reached by taking the Ave. jers’ governments in the naval ac- cord will not produce very favor- soldier in the coming battles of |B.-M. T. West End train to 25th able results as far as the United States government is concerned. 1,000,000 Articles | 4 | BIG _ NIGHTS At the Central Opera House rally yfadie recat ‘ll | ers of the Workers (Communist) es er Party will have something to say! Notional Biscuit Go. (Noon)—| on Smith's being the “friend of the| Govt Rose f Gussakoff HOrRiOg mesh be. Beth demoprata | cmetatat “andi Pitkin Bivokiyn n % ssives” claim—wi oy rg A a din ene The. trope | Ragozin, Baum, Julius Cohen, L. sives” who are backing Smith now seem to forget Smitth’s campaign against the needle trades workers of New York as well as his collabor- ation with traction interests to rob the workers out of millions of dol- lars in increased fares and his failure to meet the needs of the un- employed. Communists candidates scheduled to speak at the Central Opera House on Friday the 28th are Wm. F. Dunne, Robert Minor, Rebecca Grecht, Juliet S. Poyntz, Lovett Fort Whiteman and Philip Frank- feld. William W. Weinstone, Dis- trict organizer of District 2 of the Workers (Communist) Party will preside. A nominal admission charge of twenty-five cents will be made} to defray the cost of the hall. In- dications are that this will be the |largest Communist election ever held in this city. and visit various councils in order to emphasize the importance of do-| ing everything possible to help make the bazaar a success. The following procedure for the ‘councils was decided upon: At the next regular meeting of the council # special day should be set aside for the purpose of collecting articles, names for the honor roll, and ads. rally | Mikell (Pioneer). Fifth Ave. and 110th St., N. Y. C.—M. Taft, Grace Lamb, Jessie Taft, Gamilla, Lyons. | Varet and Graham Ave., Brook- , lyn—Primoff, Chernenko, Rosemond, Wellman (Pioneer). Fiftieth St. and Fifth Ave., Brook- |lyn—DeLeon, V. Smith, McDonald. | Market Plaza, Newark, N. J.—M. | Sumner, C. Martin, S. Ackerman. | Paterson, N. J. (3 Governor St.) |-~Bert Miller, L, Duke. | Clinton St. and East Broadway, |N. Y.—Joe Cohen, Silber, Shatz- |kamer (Pioneer). Ave. A and 7th St., N. Y.—Wm. | Frank, Suskin, Goliger (chairman). | Saturday, Sept. 22. First Ave. and 116th St. (Italian) ~Auerbach, Rolfe, Napoli, Maglia- cano. First Ave. and 79th St.—G. Lloyd, Moreaic, Alexander, Lustig, J. Ro- sen (Pioneer), West New York, New Jersey (14th St. and Bergenline Ave.)— Markoff, C. Martin. Perth Amboy, N. J. (808 Elm St.) |—Edward Wright, Covatez. | Elizabeth, N. J.-D. Benjamin, R. | Duke, Freiman. Bryent Ave. and 174th St., Bronx |>Chas. Zimmerman, Padgug, G. | Spiro, Severino, R. Yukelson (Pio- | neer). p----------. SUMMER SALE 20 Per Cent. DISCOUNT On All Books, Pamphlets and Literature Workers Bookshop 26-28 Union Sq. 1 Flight Up EVERYTHING FROM A THREAD TO A SET OF FURNITURE at ¥2 Price BIG NIGHTS aily 225 Worker FREIHEIT BAZAAR Madison Square Garden | THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 0 CT BIG DAYS DO NOT BUY NOW, WAIT TILL THE BAZAAR 4TH 5TH 6TH 7TH BIG DAYS