The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 29, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS To ORGANIZE THE UNORGANIZED FOR THE 40-HOUR WEEK . FOR A LABOR PARTY FOR A WORKERS’ AND FARMERS’ GOVERNMENT rm aily Metered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York. N. Y., under the act of Mareh 3, 1978. Published datly except Sunday by The Nati: j:Vol. V., No. 231 Publishing Association, Inc., 26-28 Union Sq., New York, N. ¥. ional Dally Worker NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1928 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In || Imperialist Clash in BATTY TRYING T0 Arms Is Intensified; F rance Sharp to U.S. “Does Not Mean Death AT of Anglo-French Pact,” Briand U. S. Notes Delivered Admit Pact Applies to Land Forces (By United Press) PARIS, Sept. 28. — The American reply to the French- English naval agreement, while apparently unfavorable, is not regarded by France as mean- ing the death of the agreement. Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, after reading the American note closely, said to the United Press: “The American attitude has been known in France for several days, but I do not consider the discussion closed as long as France, England, | government’s proclamation asserts. and probably other nations, support Police clubs today beat dock pick- the European viewpoint on naval ets from the water front injuring disarmament.” many while the newly armed spe- cial platoons. stood by to lend a hand should the strikers prove as super- ior to the police as was the case | during yesterday’s disturbances. Attempts of the strikers to dis- suade strikebreakers from loading cargoes were everywhere violently _ dispersed by the police. Premier Stanley Bruce in a statement issued today declared that the government is determined at all costs to operate the maritime service at maximum. It is expected that the 2,000 spe- ial police will be encamped at Port delaide by tomorrow. The govern- ment has announced that the pla- AUSTRALIA DOCK STRIKE SPREADS Government Declares “Crisis Exists” SIDNEY, Australia, Sept. 28.— Five hundred special police of a projected force of 2,000 were yester- day issued rifles and put under the command of ‘army officers by the Australian government. In a proclamation issued at the same time as the rifles, the gov- ernment stated that the extraordin- ary measures were the result of disturbances between strikebreakers and dock workers now on strike in all Australian ports. “A national crisis exists,” the Imperialist Clash. The American note was delivered to Philippe Berthelot, secretary of the foreign office, at 12:30 p. m. to- day without comment. It expresses the American attitude toward the position taken by England and France in favor of no limitation on small cruisers and submarines. A high official of the foreign of- fice pointed out that the United | States makes not even the slightest | concession in the note to the Eur- | oi, opean viewpoint, but “attempts to! A, dominate the other nations.” Nev- | ertheless, he continued, the Ameri-| toon will be armed with rifles par can note near its end reopens the | havonets, They will also carry side door to a proposal by France or any ‘pens nation for definite limitation, both | by tonfiage and numbers, of craft! of allseategorien. “ernment to alter its ruling that ship- No Reply. Pers may hire on a two shift basis, _... The..official expressed the opinion discharging in the afternoon men that there is no need for haste, as | hired in the morning and taking on The strike of harbor workers be- gan following the refusal of the gov- | | naval disarmament experts already NeW workers to fill theit places. have months of work ahead, which| they now will study with the ": BAZAAR WORK AT expression of American views in| mind. Many Organizations Increase Activity Neither France nor England, it was said, would reply immediately to the American note, as the sub- ject will be handled with a view to possible modifications by the for- eign offices concerned. oe PARIS, Sept. 28 (U.P).—It was ad- mitted in official circles, after weeks of denials, that the question of land armaments was included in closed in the Soviet Union, but cer- the Anglo-French agreement. tainly one of the greatest bazaars The admission was that at least| ever held in this country will take a “moral promise” exists between | Possession of Madison Square Gar- England and France by which Eng-| den next Thursday when the Na- land supports the French views re-| tional Daily Worker-Freiheit Ba- garding land armaments, especially ; 248" opens. The bazaars will con- extensive fortification of the French | tinue for four successive days, clos- frontier and the maintenance of im& Sunday. French troops in her colonies. It From every part of the country was insisted that nothing had been | ing to: the sbpeal’ of the National put in writing, although the land * tgs tial part-of the naval accord. ticles, greetings and names for the iG ah Red Honor Roll and selling tickets. The apparent determination of During these last few days before France to maintain her naval and the opening of the bazaar work is military agreement with Great Bri-| being especially intensified in or- tain will undoubtedly intensify the der to assure the success of this all- bitter struggle for power which is| important event. now going on between the United Thousands of articles of all sorts States and her chief imperialist | will be on sale at prices suitable for rival, Great Britain. proletarian pocketbooks. In addi- The agreement is primarily direct-| tion there will be many features ed against the United States and| and entertainments. Saturday, Oct. grows out of the conflict over war | 6 Will be children’s day and special debts and the bitter imperialist | events are being arranged for that struggle for raw materials, colonies | day. and markets. An announcement from the com- mittee also states that all money for greetings and for names for the | Red Honor Roll must be turned into its office, 30 Union Square, today, in order that the souvenir bazaar program may be able to go to press. * Not as big as the great Nijni Novgorod Fair which has just a ‘Hammer’ Danceat New Star Casino Tonight A concert and ball, arranged by the Jewish Bureau of the Workers (Communist) Party and the Ham- mer, Jewish Communist monthly, will be held at the remodelled New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Ave., tonight. SOCIALISTS HOLD “RALLY.” While the mass’ meeting of the | Workers (Communist) Party was | in progress last night, a handful of “socialists” attended a Party “ral- The Russian string trio, consist- ing of Naum Blinder, noted violin- ist and graduate of the Moscow Conservatory of Music; Ossip Gis- kin, cellist, and Emanuel Bay, pian- |party, MeAllister Coleman, Profes:| ist, wili play several Russian aria: Viola Philo, ‘of the Metropolitan Opera, will sing classics and folk- songs, and Kazar Weiner, conductor of the Freiheit Singing Society, will conduct the singing of the Interna- tionale. Following the concert, there will be. dancing until morning. AVOID EGYPT MOMBASA, British East Africa, | Sept. 28 (UP).—The Prince of Wales and his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, arrived by steamer to- day to start their hunting tour of Africa. ly” at Carnegie Hall. The place was less than half filled with an im- maculately dressed group of small business men, | The pot boilers of the socialist sor Robert Morss Lovett, August Claessens, James Maurer, William |Carver and Norman Thomas spoke. Carver praised the “pattence” of the socialist party which “year after year” has been waiting for its turn. Other speakers assured the assem- blage that Norman Thomas was a | fine candidate. F TWO REACTIONARIES ROME, Sept. 28 (UP).—Com- mander Umberto Nobile, of the Polar dirigible Italia, was received by the Pope in an interview of 45 minutes today. RUSH THRU MILL STRIKE SELL OUT Press, Clergymen Howl, ~ “Workers Must Take 5 Per Cent Cut” Begin New Asrrests Militants Call Workers to “No Compromise” BULLETIN NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 28.—W. E. G. Batty, secretary of the Textile Council, is preparing to bring to a vote before members of his locals, the question of accept- ance of the five per cent wage cut loffer, as a compromise to settle the | strike. Queries put to a member of the Council as he stepped from the meet- ing room in the Labor Temple, | elicited as his belief that the offi- cials may¥succeed in pushing thru a vote favoring acceptance of the five |per cent wage cut offer. NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. | 28.—Continuing their drive against |picketing at the Page Mill, police | yesterday arrested William T. Mur- | doch, organizer of the Textile Work- ers’ Union. He is held in $300 bail. | Murdoch was arrested two days ago |while leading the pickets at the |same mill. | "Eh Sele NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 28.—Roger Baldwin, today an- nounced that the American Civil Liberties Union would within a few days begin suit for damages against Sergeant Velho, the police thug who beat to unconsciousness a 63-year- old striker, Frank August, while he was confined in jail for picketing. The City Council yesterday re- fused to give Jacob Minkin, the Civil Liberties Union attorney, per- mission to state the facts of the bru- tal assault by Velho from the Coun- cil floor. The International Labor Defense has till now been carrying the bur- den*aldtie-of defending the hundreds | arrested for strike activities. (Special to the Daily Worker) -NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 28.—Business men, clergymen of all (denominations, the newspapers, | which until now tried to pose as |“friends of the strikers,” are now |aligning their forces, coercive and Continued on Page . e TO FIGHT BOSS ~ CHARITY’ TRICK ‘Call Conference in Cleveland Oct. 16 CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 28.— | Mobilizing all forces in order to combat the Community Fund Move- workers’ organizations are respond- ment by which workers are fleeced | of thousands of dollars, the Work- ers (Communist) Party has called a conference for Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p. m. at 3046 E. 4th St. An appeal has been sent to trade unions, fraternal clubs and other workingclass organizations to send two delegates to this conference, which will lay plans for combatting the Community Fund on a large scale, The appeal points out that the Community Fund drive is being backed by some of the biggest open- | shop firms in the city who compel every worker to contribute from $1 to $10 to this fund. Much of this money is used not to aid the work- ers, but is diverted to such institu- tions as the Y. M. C. A. and the Boy Scouts. SET YOUR CLOCK BACK. The. Daylight Saving period comes to a close at 2 o'clock to-| morrow morning. Clocks will be | turned back one hour. | For Governor of N Scott writer and lee- Nearing, turer, who is the candidate for gov- ernor of New Jersey on the Workers (Communist) Party ticket. Near- jing is now touring the southern states, and speaking to thousands of workers in many industrial cities. GITLOW HAILED IN MINNESOT.) Exposes Steel Trust at Big Meeting (Special to the Daily Worker) VIRGINIA, Minn., (By Mail—De- |layed).—Benjamin _Gitlow, | presidential candidate of the Work- lers (Communist) Party ticket spoke here on September 19th to several j hundred workers mostly in the em- ploy of the steel trust, on the issues of the election campaign and the program of the Communist Party. The meeting was an enthusiastic Jone despite the spy system of the | steel trust which keeps tabs on the |activities of the iron workers who braved the driving rain to hear the | message of the class struggle. There |was considerable applause when |Gitlow declared: “We can tell ¢he agents of the steel trust present at this meeting that the conditions pre | vailing in the metal mining industry are making for an organization campaign in that industry, that the campaign will be started, that the | workers will learn how to fight the steel trust and its agents, and that |a militant fighting union will in the |near future be established in the | metal mining industry.” | Speed-Up Low Wage. | Gitlow, speaking of the metal |mining industry said, “Five years |ago there were 10,000 workers em- ployed in the Mesaba Range, today less than 5,000 workers on the range turn out more tonnage than five years ago. The steel trust that {owns the mines, maintains a big \spy system to terrify the workers |and to keep them away from organ- ization. The wages paid by the jcompanies are from $3.50 to $4.50 |per day. Thousands of miners have | been eliminated from the mines. The \introduction of machinery has been | costly to the miners in the industry.” USSR DISCOVERS PLOT IN KUBAN Sons of Former Rulers Attempt Bombing MOSCOW, Sept. 28.—A counter- | revolutionary plot, headed by sons | of former officers and officials, has been discovered at Krasnodar in Ku- | ban province, according to the re- |port of Tass, official news agency \of the Soviet government. The objects of the movement were stated to be terroristic acts against the representatives of the Soviet government, including the blowing up of important buildings and other subversive acts, The attempt has ‘been successfully resisted. vice- -- BRAFT GANG GOT THOUSANDS FROM TUNNEL BUILDER Connolly-Phillips Crew Demanded $50,000; Got $8,500 $20,000 Bribe for Job Wrote Specifications to Order The great game of high-speed graft and big-business rake offs was further elaborated yesterday at the trial of Maurice E. Connolly, former Queens borough president, and Frederick Seely, former bor- ough ‘engineer on trial in connec- tion with the $30,000,000 Tammany graft exposure. What little has hitherto been left undisclosed as to the ways of the Tammany poli- ticians and their big business mas- ters, is being reluctantly broad- casted. John F. O’Rourke, millionaire contractor who accumulated his wealth building tunnels for the gen- erous Tammany contract donnars and among whose happy hunting grounds were two tunnels under the East River, testified that his con- nections with “See Jack” Phillips, the late sewer pipe king were suf- ficiently powerful to compel Seely afd indirectly Connolly to do his bidding. At first, O’Rourke testified the Queens politicians “had refused to look” at him, but after he had seen “See Jack’ Phillips, the Queens sew- er department wrote O’Rourke’s own specifications into a contract. “Phillips told me he wanted $50,- 000 for his compensation,” O’Rourke said. But somehow O’Rourke man- | aged to get off with a tax of only| $8,500. Phillips was so mad he used an expletive and followed it with | language so forceful “that I don’t | believe I’d repeat,” the modest _ O'Rourke declared. * (By United Press) |. Evidence in the trial of Frederick |B. Seely and Mauric Continued on Page RED CONFAB IN NEW ENGLAND Will Stress Election Issues (Special to the Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 28.—De- claring that the old capitalist par- ties are both enemies of the work- ing class and that the so-called so- cialists are a party to the political confidence game being played on the workers, the New England Election Campaign Committee of the Work- ers (Communist) Party has issued a call for a conference at which the militant elements of the labor movement in that section will unite their forces against the parties of the capitalist class. The district conference will take place Sunday, October 14, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon “The two big parties are spend- ing millions to bluff the masses. There are no real political differ- ences between the republican and democrat parties. Both are the ene-| mies of the workers. Hoover and) Smith are the candidates of big business. The Wall St. interests| | will win regardless of which of the |two are elected, “S. P.” Petty Business Men. “The militant”spirit of Debs has been completely wiped out from the socialist party. The S, P. repre- senting the petty business and pro-| fessional elements and certain types | of labor-misleaders is feebly threat- ening to scare the capitalist poli- ticians. They have chosen a fash- ionable church minister to utter di- Continued on Page Three * ree Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per yea 1, $8.00 per year. » New York, by m 4,000 Greet Opening of Fir FINAL CITY EDITION Cents st + Big N.Y. Red Campaign Rally; Speakers Stress War Danger: French Pioneers Hundreds of children of the F ing the heat and overcrowding of and factory centers in the French pioneers in camp outside Paris. in Su mmer Camp "rench wo the la: workers ing class are now ¢scap- ummer in the great cities camps. Above, a group of WORKING YOUTH MEET TO OPEN HERE TODAY veotaiingg jal @usdred*delegates “aTeeRY pected to attend the 2- Work- ing Youth @onference which opens at the LaborgTemple, 14th St. and tf y 2 m. Second Ave., today at 2 p. These delegates will represent many industries and trades, local unions, youth organizations, and many organized and unorgarfized shops where young workers are em- ployed. Leading left wing trade union leaders, including Ben Gold, Louis Hyman, and others, have en- dorsed the conference: The problem of organizing the un- will be wor organized dealt with thoroughly at this con- Practical steps and plans young ference. will be worked out for carrying on a systematic campaign for organ- ization. The report for the Provisional Committee, as made known by its spokesman in advance, will an- nounce the printing of over 50,000 leaflets for various trades and in- dustries, several mass meetings, contacts with many local unions, youth clubs, and shop committees, and the individual activities of or- ganizations which have endorsed the Working Youth Conference such as the Young Workers (Communist) League, Local 43, Millinery Work- ers, the Knitgoods Workers Union, the Needle Trades and other organ- izations. Among the speakers will be Robert W. Dunn, labor economist; Albert Weisbord, seer the newly-formed Union; John J. organizer of the Workers (Commu- nist) Party in District Philip Frankfeld of the Young Workers (Communist) League and a young textile striker, who will present the greetings of his fellow strikers in New Bedford. WORKERS PARTY TO FIGHT NEBRASKA JINGOES ‘Campaign Committee Asks jor Funds to Put Communist Ticket Back on Ballot The action of the labor-baiting | government of Nebraska in throw- ing the Workers (Communist) Party ‘ticket off the ballot after the Com- raunist petitions were properly filed according to law with the secretary |of state and accepted by him for filing, will be answered by the Na- |tional Election Campaign Commit- ‘tee of the Workers (Communist) Party with a vigorous campaign to \get ‘the Party ticket back on the | ballot in that state before the dead \line for filing is reached. This was made clear in a state- ment issued yesterday from the headquarters of the National Elec- tion Campaign Committee, 43 E. 125th St., by Alexander Trachten- berg, chairman of the committee. Take Up Challenge. Trachtenberg said: “The ruling iclass of Nebraska, fearing the ef- |fect of Communist propaganda on |the exploited workers and farmers of the state, decided to make use of every means to throw the Com- |munist ticket off the ballot. With \this aim in view they put up the jfascist Veterans of Foreign Wars and the strike-breaking American Legion to protest against the ap- pearance of the Communist ticket | Party was ‘un-American’ and ‘sub- | versive.’ | “The ‘un-Americanism’ and ‘sub- | | versiveness’ of the Communist Party consists in its agitation and propa- ganda among the exploited workers and farmers of Nebraska and the United States with the object of or- ganizing them for the struggle to take possession of the land they till and the machinery they operate for |the profit of the exploiters instead |ot for the benefit of the producers. Accept Challenge. “The Workers (Communist) Party accepts {he challenge of the labor- hating ruling classes of Nebraska to have the Party ticket on the bal- iot in the November elections. i, “The National Election Campaign |Committee therefore calls on every Communis: and Communist sympa- |thizer and every reader of the Com- munist press to contribute at once to the cost of defraying the expenses of this campaign. ictariangvietory is strewn,with ob- stacles and only by a relentless struggle against the ruling class can this victory be achiged. This fight calls for further financial sacrifice on the*part of the class-conscious workers who see in this election campaign an opportunity to rally on the ballot on the ground that the and will-wage a vigorous campaign |the opponents of the capitalist sys- tem for the stWuggle and to help Continued on Page Three \ The path to pro- | @ 4 SCHIFFRIN CASE Defense Body Rallies Workers of Shops Militant workers are responding spéedily to combat the frame-up of William Schiffrin, who is to come before the grand jury charged with homicide. This is indicated by the large number: ignifying their in- tentions to participate in the con- ference to be held tomorrow after- noon by the William Schiffrin De- fense Committee. The conference will open at 1 o’clock in Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. Their suspicions of an attempted frame-up against Schiffrin, lulled for a short while because of the cverwhelming evidence presented in court proving that Schiffrin was de- fending his life, the progressive workers here were jerked awake with a start when Magistrate Dodge Thursday~ held Schiffrin for . the grand jury, in face of the irrefutable evidence of his innocence. Increasing Efforts. When the Schiffrin Defense Com- mittee saw a judge hold Schiffrin without bail when the witnesses for the prosecution themselves were compelled to admit facts that proved Schiffrin a hero, fighting for his life, they heightened the defense campaign. They therefore are warn- ing the workers to be on the watch ; to halt the capitalist and socialist coalition that hates militants in the or movement equally well. The workers are being appealed to, to stop this unholy alliance from claim- ing another victim. Numerous mass meetings are be- ing held throughout the week in all sections of the city where Jewish workers live. The campaign, the committee says, will be broadened Continued from Page One Attention: Members of Dist. 2, Workers Party! “By directions of the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party the District Executive Committee is calling a meeting of all members of the district to hear a report on the World Congress of the Com- munist Internationaland on the Election Campaign. “The meeting will be held Tues- day, October 2, at 8 p. m. at Cen- tral Opera House, 205 E. 67th St. Admission will be by membership book only. “Further details will nounced in the press. “William W. Weinstone, Dis- trict Organizer.” rict Org: be be an- ation Greets Minor, Wolfe, Poyntz and Others |Expose 3 Boss Parties Ov: | Non-Party Workers Attend Indicative of the growing in- fluence of the Workers (Com- munist) Party over the mili- tant sections of the working \class, more than 4,000 workers crowded Central Opera House last night in an enthusiastic |demonstration of their support jof the program of the Party jof the class struggle. Fully | one-half those present are believed |to have been non-Party members | who have participated in the mili- tant struggles led by the Commu- | nists and now ready to support |the Party politically. | First Big City Rally. | The meeting was the first New York State election rally of the Party in this city and marks the real opening the Communist campaign here, The chief candi- dates for the state offices and “@ number of candidates for congress were greeted with a renewal of the enthusiasm which marked the re- cent national and state conventions of the Party held in this city. Speaking’ on the role of the Workers Party in the coming im- perialist war, Robert Minor, editor of the D. and candi- date for U. S. Senate, declared that one of the great claims that the Communists make for the support ofthe workers in every locality.j RET IEY Aiont vet correc ‘ogram on international issues. “The great fact to which Communist Party points and against which it is rallying the work- ing class,” Minor dec! » “is the par- war danger. While th> other ties, including the bankrupt social- ist party, are deliberately camou- flaging the war danger, the Commu- nists expose its growing menace.” Great Enthusiasm. Spontaneous applause greeted the speakers throughout the meeting. At various times the “Internation- al” was struck up to the lusty sing- ing of four thousand workers ‘is the final conflict, Let each stand in his plac Several in the audience who earlier had dropped in casual- ly at the socialist “rally” staged simultaneously at Carnegie Hall were heard to remark: What a dif- ference! This is a meeting of life; here is the growing working class.” Expose Smith. Analyzing the hypocricy and in- consistencies in the speech and posi- tion of Al Smith as revealed in his speech delivered at St. Paul, Minn., Thursday night, Bertram D. Wolfe, candidate for congress for the 10th Congressional District, and National Agitptop Director of the Workers Party, traced the connections of the Tammany Hall candidate with the same power interests, who Smith declared are in control of the re- publican government. Acting as chainnar ing, William W. Weinstore, organ- izer of District promptly struck the keynote of the meeting when he declared: “The Communist Party is not only a Party of the ballot but of the class struggle, we call upon of the meet- the workers not only to vote with us but to fight with us—and we lead their battles.’ Richard B. Moore, orgas‘er of the American Negro Labor Con- gress and candidate for congress from the Twenty- t District, spoke on the Communist Party and the Negro Masses, exposing the Continued on Page Two PARIS WORKERS PROTEST PRICES \ PARIS, , Sept. —The working | class section of Paris has assumed | a sullen mood that has awakened | considerable concern in the Quai D’Orsay, due to the tremendous jump in prices during the last six months. The price of commodities, chiefly | food, has increased more than 80 per cent since last January. The government is trying to avert seri- ous demonstrations by assertions that it will “attempt to prevent” — profitteering in food and try to fix | prices. !