The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 26, 1928, Page 2

| Worke Page Two GUILT LAID TO TAMMANY OPEN SHOP BUILDERS Labor Officials Wink at Violations ; led and at seriously in- wall of the ubway at 58rd One worker was k least two very jured yesterd wh new, Tammany-built St. and Broadway sed 75 feet below the surfa Angelo Sam- arell, 39, of 202 Grand St. Hoboken were was instantly shed to death in the fal! of ar. Tony Hascarelli t 28th St received a fracture of the leg and internal injuries, and Cornelius Curtin, 30, of 841 Washi suffered a possible frac skull and ed ot The two w were taken to the hospital ruptured and crippled. Speeded-Up. The men were engaged in the building of a brick wall which is to Separate the east bound from the west bound tracks and are said to have been working at an excessively rapid rate and given little time to provide for the security of their work. Another theory for the caye-in states that the mortar used by the Tammany cortractors who build the walls, is of a very inferior quality. were Violate Regulations. Workers on the city. are supposed to rece’ ing rate of wages, -built subways ut practically 4 Killed, The tornado which swept the Carribbean area and brought suffering to thousands of poor farm- ida, left hunger, desolation and disease behind it in the Island Others ers and Negroes in the state of Flo of Porto Rico. Above, ruins at San Juan. THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 1yz5 ( 4 WORKERS DEFY POLICE AT MEET Communists Speak a Eagle Pencil Co. Continued from Page Gne Young Workers (Communist) over to the sidewalk. all-of them work below the scale| Soon after, William W. Wein- under non-union conditions with | Stone, secretary of the New York the knowledge and approval of the) district of the Workers (Commu -controlled labor officials, | nist) Party arrived on the scene. report that inspectors of the Transit Commission seldom go into the tunnels, but merely appear on the surface and walk on. NEEDLE WORKERS Red Election Meet This : Friday Night * Continuedfrom Page One manager of the New York district and candidate for assembly in the fifth district of the Bronx; George Powers. organizer of the Architec- tural Iron, Bronze and Structural Workers’ Union, and Philip Frank- feld, district organizer of the Young Workers (Communist) League and candidate for assembly in the third Bronx district. The call to the meeting sent out | ganizing against the bosse over the signatures of committee fighting against the parties of big chairman A. Gross and Secretary J.| business, of the importance of the Steinzor. says: “We have decided to call on the workers to come to this meeting as whole shops, or send delegations. The office has made arrangements to print signs for all such shops. It is your duty as a progressive work- er to see to it that your shop is represented at this meeting. All signs for the particular shops can be ordered at the Workers’ Center. “We also want to call your at- tention to the next important ac- tivity of our Campaign Committee, which will be a big Conference of Shop Delegates of the Needle Trade Workers. Such a conference, if suc- cessfully carried thru can do a great deal to line up the support of the Needle Trade Workers for the only party which, today, really repre- sents the interests of the working class. The Conference will take place on October 9 at Bryant Hall, 6th Ave. and 42nd St. Take this matter un with the workers of your Weinstone notified the police that the Workers (Communist) Party as a political party would hold the meeting; that at present there was an election period and parties were supposed to have the right to speak to the workers. The precinct cap- tain argued that the meeting sche- duled w&s not a political meeting in order to prove ers Party earlier in the day, which exposed the low wages, long hours, | unsanitary conditions and tyranny |over the workers in the Eagle Pen- |cil plant, as well as the role of the democratic and republican parties in aiding the bosses, Police Intimidate Workers. The police then decided on dif- ferent tactics—to permit the meet- ing because of the determined stand of the Workers Party, but to drive |the workers off the street. But |many workers remained and heard |the message of the cl: truggle, of the necessity of the v "s or- Helen Greene, Young Following the death of Helen Greene, young member of the Young Workers (Communist) League, the Work (Communist) Party of the same city adopted a resolution of consolation. ‘The resolution, which was sent to &. N, and Mrs, Greene and their son, Joseph, all members of the Workers (Communist) Party, re- e the prevail. League who pulled the platform! Viewed the activity of the dead mili- tant for the past few years and ex- mpathy to the’deceased . tended its girl’s par DELAY SCHIFFRIN HEARING AGAIN Prosecution Stalls for Time; Trial Today Continued from Page One frin faced the rush of the’ armed squad and wounded one mortally. + se Issue Appeal. The William Schiffrin Defense Committee yesterday issued an ap- peal to the workers of New York, which was distributed widely in the gathering places and markets here, The appeal called on all workers to sce that their organizations send delegates to the conference of labor organizations called by the commit- tee for Sunday afternoon, 1 0’clock, in Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irving Pl. Badly Inju Disease, Hunger for Porto Rican Peasants, Workers red Sign Fascist Treaty “i WILL HOLD MANY ROME, Italy, Sept. 24.—The ar- ; | | Greece, reported in-a dispatch from Naples, is causing the greatest en- | OPEN AIR MEETS jhailed as a further proof of italian i ns. } asses Following the virtual establish- | 7 ment of an Italian protectorate in over | | Entire City Venizelos, who will sign a treaty of ‘conciliation and arbitration while Wednesday. Sept. 26. | Second Ave. and Tenth St., N. Y. | cant. the hin. J. Cork, Abrams. | Union Square, N. Y. C—Bieden-| po ARG GR and Intervale, Bron |T fl HE ADS PLAN Grecht, Jacobson, I. Cohen, William | 9 F Fleet St. and Flatbush Ave.,| Brooklyn—Moore, Padgug, Midolls. | |] Seventh Ave. and 18ist St. N.| Y. C.—Alexander, L. Oak, Williams. | Y. C.—Powers, Grace Lamb, Rose- mond, Ed. Welsh. | Police “Czar” jlyn Blacker, Ida Starr, Ackerman. | ea Newark, N. J. (Negro meeting) — | WORKERS p ART Venizelos in Italy to rival of Premier Venizelos thusiasm in this city, where it is | domination in the Balka ra! i |Speakers Will |neighhoring Albania, the visit of in Rome, is held extremely signifi- C.—Schachtman, A. Gussakoff, Sus- | | frontier. uskin, Shapiro, Ross. Margolies. | Seventh Ave. and 187th St., N.| |Luncheon at Noon for | TDassaic, N. J.—M. Summer, Eve- | Continued from Page One of RAPS OFFICIALS Tailors Conidemn Right Wing Terror Workers in the large ladies’ gar- ;ment manufacturing shops of Hattie Carnegie Inc., held a joint meeting in Hall, 42nd and Sixth Ave., in order to hear the detailed Bryant of how one of the oldest mem- bers of their union, Local 38 of the International Workers right wing functionar: in the Hattie After listening to the members who participated in the local meet- ing where the assault took place, the workers, after a discussion partici- pated in by the adherents of Louis G. Rea, the assailant, overwhelming- ly voted to pass a resolution of con- demnation upon right winger, Rea. The resolution, which demands the removal of Rea, follows: “We, the workers of Hattie Car- negie, Inc., at a joint meeting of both shops, have adopted ‘the fol- lowing,,resolution: “Whereas, Louis G. Rea, who is the chairman of the executive board of Local 88 has made a ‘murderous attack upon one of our oldest union members, Brother Chazenoff, and sueceeded in slashing his face, and “Whereas, Louis G. Rea is our co-worker in Carnegie shop, “Therefore be it resolved, that st Garment saulted by a who works Carnegie shops. Ladies’ Union, was Thursday, Sept. 27. One Hundred and Thirty-eighth St. and St. Ann’s Ave. Bronx— | .ditor of the Checkerboard, official | m, Powers, Spiro, Suskin, Jessie Taft. Fortieth St. and Eighth Ave., N. Y. C.—Bydarian, Cibulsky, Kagan. Steinway and Jamaica Ave., As- toria, L. I—Wright, Chernenko, McDonald, Burke, Heder. Friday, Sept. 28. National Biseuit Co. | Bert, Miller, P. Frankfeld. (noon) — Bristol and Pitkin, Brooklyn— Ragozin, Lipzin, Aronberg, Julius Cohen. Fifth Ave. and 110th St., N. Y. C.—Ballam, Codkind, Gillgreen, Mo- reau. Varet and Graham Ave., Brook- lyn—Reiss, Wm. Frank, Lillienstein. Fiftieth St. and Fifth Ave., | Brooklyn—Markoff, DeLeon, Cha- jlupski, Valentine (chairman). | Market Plaza, Newark, N. J.—M. Taft, C. Martin. | Seventh St. and Ave A, N. Y.— |Sumner, Pasternack, Ackerman, |Goliger (chairman). Bliss Factory (noon)—-B. Lif- shitz, H. Gordon. Saturday, Sept. 29. First Ave. and 79th St.—Baum, Yusem, Ed. Welsh. West New York, N. J. (14th St.| beating him af Woodward avenue| jand Bergen Line Ave.)—Ben Lif- | shitz, Pearlman. | Paterson, N. J. (308 Elm St.)— |McDonald, R. Duke, Honig, , Cava- i tez. | Blizabeth, Ni J.—Padgug, |man, A. Markoff. Frei- | Bryant Ave. and 174th Su. Bronx | |--Jacobson, Castrell, | gian. | Williamsburg, Red Night (report Spiro, Gozi- ; ; |Padmore, L. Luke. |is known to be responsible for the I (noon)—John Sherman. |not wearing uniforms. Another so-called “friend” of the | persecuted cab drivers who will at- tend is H. Innes-Brown, former janti-union publication of the | Checker Cab Manufacturing Com- |pany, and. now editor of the “Taxi- | Weekly.” Brown is now busily en- gaged organizing his fake hack- |men’s political party. He will be |recalled as having boasted in a let- ter to Mayor Walker that he was | responsible for taxi vote which helped |put Tammany Jimmy in office. Brown’s paper is crammed full of |whole-page advertisements of the |Mogul Checker Cab Manufacturing |Co., Yellow Cab Manufacturing Co. |(General Motors and other General |Motors products), and the Para- mount Cab Manufacturing Co., no- table “friends” of the workers. | Brown also carries considerable ad- |vertising of uniform manufacturers, | which explains his endorsement of \the proposal to force the drivers to |display the insignia of the capitalist |fleet owners. | BEAT IMMIGRANT. | TORONTO, Ont., Sept. 25 (U.P).— Charging United States immigration officer with blacking his eye and ferry, Detroit, Mizch., Israel For- | man of Sandwich, Ont., has appealed |to British Consul John Cameron, | Detroit, who promised official in- vestigation. jet 46 Ten Eyck St.)—Weinstone, Benjamin, Bimba, Grecht, Bieden- kapp, Nessin, Primoff, LeRoy, W. L.). MANY CLASSES IN COMMUNISMA WORKERS SCHOOL Heavy Enrollment in | Fundamentals Course | i} . é | Over six classes in Fundamentals term, to be given on the different evenings of the week. In view of the fact that the course in Funda- mentals of Communism had over} 200 registrations last fall term, the largest registration for any course in the school, except that in Eng-| |lish, the Workers School is pre-| |pared to open up even more classes | jin that subject if registration war-| |rants it. | | The following is a schedule of | |classes in the Fundamentals of Com: | munism, Section 1, Monday, 8:30 to 9:50) p.m. Eve Dorf, instructor. Section 2, Tuesday, 8:30 to 9:50 p.m. A, G. Bosse, instructor. Section 3, Wednesday, 7 to 8:20 m. Harry Fox, instructor. Section 4, Thursday, 7 to 8:20 p. Ella G. Wolfe, instructor. Section 5, Friday, 7 to 8:20 p. m. Rebecca Grecht, instructor. Section 6, in daytime for night | workers. Day and hour to be ar- ranged with the class, | The Fundamentals of Communism | course, which is the basic course of |the school and which is a prerequi-| jsite for the intermediate and ad- vanced political courses, will analyze the nature of present day society, the problems confronting the work- ing class under capitalism, the na-| ture of the working class movement, the way out for the exploited and loppressed masses, what the dicta- |torship of the proletariat is, and the \characteristics of Communist so- | ciety. | Due to the expected heavy enroll- |ment and due to the fact that the| |size of the Fundamentals of Com-| |munism class will be restricted to! 80 so as to make it possible for all! the students to participate in the| work and discussion of the class, all | |workers are urged to register im-| |mediately, For more detailed in-| |formation come to the office of the Workers School, 26-28 Union) | Square, fifth floor, or write to the| | Workers School for a free copy of | catalog. Registration is going on now. p. DYOTT REACHES PARA. PARA, Brazil, Sept. 25 (U.P). The Dyott expedition arrived here Brazil. All were in good health. | bway Wall Collapses Radio Monopoly Plans 125-Stations Circuit WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. (UP.)— —Plans for a_ short-wave message service covering the entire nation as a supplement to present land lines will be laid before the Federal Radio Commission Tuesday by representatives of the Universal Wireless Communication Company. Point-to-point message service be- tween 125 “key” stations through- out the United States is planned by radio It is also being linked with of Communism will be offered in| the company, which has applied for situation on the Macedonian |the Workers School this coming fall| wave lengths to be used between all large cities in the country. CARPENTERS TO FIGHT OFFICIALS Convention Opens This Saturday Carpenters’ delegates to the con- vention of the International Broth- erhood, which is to be held at Lake- land, Florida, will leave today in order to arrive in time for the first session which opens Saturday, it was learned here today. Among those who will attend from New York City is Morris Rosen, well known militant who ran against the reactionary William L. Hutche- son for president four years ago. Rosen will attempt to present to the convention the appeal of former Lo- eal 376, which the Hutcheson ma- chine expelled from the organiza- - tion because of its militant activi- ties. Before departing yesterday af- ternoon, Rosen predicted that there would be a strong opposition ma- chine at the convention owing to the many issues which the officials have sidetracked and the many grievances which have never been taken up. Cutters’ League Calls Meeting for Tomorrow The Cutters’ Welfare League, af- filiated with the National Organiza- tion Committee of the new Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, yesterday announced a meeting of the organi- zation for tomorrow evening at the offices of the Joint Board, 16 W. 21st St., immediately after work. Charles S. Zimmerman, heading the organization department of the N. 0. C., will deliver a report on the industry as a whole and the status of the struggle against the union- wrecking right wingers, A. Horo- witz, organizer of the Cutters’ League, will report on the progre of the league and its drive to ze- Wright, Vera Bush, Frankfeld (Y. today from the wilds of interior|cruit new members and improve working conditions for the cutters | Friday at workers supporting the Workers (Communist) Party and of voting for its candidates, William Z. Fos- ter for president and Benjamin Git- low for vice president. Ss one worker present put it: “I intended voting for Smith, but the police aren't going to tell me when I have to go into the factory; I’ll go when I please and take the Daily Worker | with me.” The Workers (Communist) Party is going to hold its next open air meeting in front of the factory this noon, take up with us, office to see Stein Call Open The committee’s include the holding of open-air meetings in the home sections of workers in the clothing industry. Two meetings were held in the Bronx last right. The other meetings for this week will be held as follows: the secretary.” shop. See to it that your shop is| Tomorrow, Eronx, Intervale and represented. Wilkins: Hirtz, chairman; speakers: “Every worker, regardless of Zukofsky, Silkovit Zimmerman, whether he is a Communist or even| Wise, Winogradsky, B. Gold end a left winger, must be given to un- S. Liptzin. derstand that the only way he can Saturday, Hast New York, Wil- vote as a class conscious worker is to vote for the candidates of the Workers’ Party. “If there is any matter relating to the campaign that you want to liams and Sutter Aves,: Ostrinsky, chairman; speakers: Li Cohen, Lip- zin, Taft, Jones, Lena Charnenko and Nat Wilks. Saturday, Brownsville, Bristol St. TELLS OF CHANGES IN THE SOVIET UNION | Some interesting touches 6n the) changes which the October Revolu- tion has wrought in the every-day fives ‘of the great masses of the Russian workers are found in “A Belated Rebuttal on Russia,” just published. The author, Gerald Dykstra, a graduate student in a _ mi‘ddle- western university, spent several months in the U. 8. S. R. as a foot- loose visitor. Amusements. “‘American student’ is in itself @ password that will get you any- where in the Soviet Union,” the au- thor reports. “If you can say to a Russian ‘Amerikanski student’ be- fore he guesses it anyway, you are sure of being in his good favor.” The writer tells of the amuse- ments and athletic playgrounds for workers and their children in the U.S.S.R. “There are the outdoor goncerts and lectures.... Many fine movie houses and Russian- male pictures. Their pictures are different from ours. They show the old days of onnression and hard- ship. ‘Potemkin,’ for example, makes a good picture and good propaganda. For it keeps everyone’s eyes the glorious victory of the Revolution.” Visitors Welcomed. Not only are visitors welcomed in the Soviet Union, but everything is done to fai ate their travels about the country. Especially is this true when tourists arrive under the aus- pices of an officially accredited travel bureau. ‘ The World Tourists; Inc. 69 Fifth Ave. is such an authorized agency, and is now accepting reser- vations for a party which will leave |New York October 17 on the “Mauretania” and arrive in the U. S. S. R. in time to visit the Eleventh | Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revo- lution. A large number of impor- | tant cities will be visited, and the | party will be accompanied by guides jand interpreters. lease call at the, open-air ~ before | i and of The purpose of the conference is the legal expenses for the trial and appeals should they become neces- sary. This seems to be the case, be- cause the right wing trade union officialdom in this city are mobi ing all their forces to frame up Schiffrin for long years in prison. Appealing directly to the workers reading the leaflets, the committee calls upon them not to wait for ac- tion from their fraternal and union organizations, but to contribute im- mediately themselves, by -sending their donations to the office of the defense committee at 26-28 Union Square, room 603, and Pitkin Ave.:Sazar, chairman; speakers: L. Cohen, Ph. Goodman, Zeibel, Sylvia Bleeker, J. Goretzky andgLipzin. Saturday, Williamsburg, - Grand st, Ex. and Havemeyer St.; Kad- chairma speake: J. Veisberg, A. Zirlin, William Abrams, I. Potash, Pinchefsky, Ci- bolsky and Wishnefsky. to raise a sufficient fund to defray | Louis G. Rea cannot be elected in| our shop to the office. of shop chair-| man nor as a committee man; and) be it “Further resolved, that we de- mand of the executive board of Lo- cal 88 Louis G. Rea’s immediate re- moval from the executive board, as unworthy of being an officer of a labor union. 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