The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 12, 1928, Page 3

| COLUMBIA ANTI. ‘mother “Amateur” s ; COMMUNIST. LAW 5 } | Arne Rare nae FOREIGN NEW HITS NICARAGUA Will Prevent Aid to Sandino BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 11— Another aspect of the projected law to grant extraordinary powers to the government for the suppression of Communism was revealed in to- day’s discussion of the project. When Minister of War Rengifo arose to argue for the law he made the point that if the law were passed the government would also be em- powered to suppress any movement in Colombia which took up the cause of another South American country fighting for independence or against the encroachments of an imperialist power. As an example, he cited the lectures of General Rivas, a follower of General Sandino; who had come tv Colombia to plead the cause of the Nicaraguans. The minister of war declared that such activity was harmful to the country and should be suppressed. The new law under consideration would enable the government to pre- vent such lectures as well as any move by Colombians to help the fighting Nicaraguans. . ee = Traitors Like U. S. Policy. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct. 11. —Full approval of the policy fol- lowed hy the United States in Nicaragua, and full satisfaction with | the use of American marines and | planes to safeguard the elections | were expressed by both liberal and | conservative leaders here. | President Diaz, head of the con-| The football season. has started, meaning that so-called educational | institutions thruout the country will | make millions out of this “amateur” sport. Football coaches get more money than the highest-salaried col- lege professors and star athletes are bought with cash, free tuition and | other favors. Photo shows Kenneth | Strong, star of the New York Uni- versity team, which plays Fordham Saturday. A strong Labor Sports |Union will eventually mean the death | of commercialized football and will |dispense with pampered football | prima-donnas. S AND FEATURES. port+—Millions ‘In OFFICIALS BETRAY BIG EXPRESS STRIK. Continued from Page One The platform men and clerks, who | interests has not been decided, offi-| ---BY CABLE AND MAIL FR j SOUTH AMERICAN SHANGHAI YOUTH AIR ROUTES IN PARADE DESPITE KELLOGG GRASP NANKING TERROR {To Oust Foreign Plane Interests WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UP), — Sweeping authority to regulate com- |mercial aircraft operating between the Panama Canal zone and foreign countries has been vested in the sec- retary of state by an executive or- |der dated September it was | learned today. Based on section 4 of the Panama | Canal act of August 24, 1912, the or- der, it is believed, ued to pro- [tect the canal from the menace i which would be presented should for- {eign air bases be established in the | vicinity as well as to promote devel- ‘opment by United States capital of | aviation in Central and South Amer- lica. The broad powers granted are ex- |pected to enable the chief of the | state department to forestall further attempts of foreign aviation com- |panies to gain a potentially menacing foothold near the canal, Such an jattempt was made last year when |the German owned Scadta Corpora- | tion of Colombia, headed by Dr. P. |P. von Bauer, sought permission to set up an air base on the isthmus. The regulations which the secre- | tary of state will prescribe are now being drawn, it was said at the state department. Whether they will give Latin American aviation interests the same rights and privileges in the zone as may be given United States ORRESPONDENTS BUENOS AIRES — DOCK WORKERS JOIN WALKOUT Strike May Spread in Victims of Employment Agency Shark Cc iang Kai-shek Issues Defiance of Masses Largest Port SHANGHAI, Sant: 4 (By Mail). BUENOS AIRES, Oct. Re: S Argentine strike wave, whiel as On September 2, mass. demonstra. oe abtectsa Korero ane ae tions of several thousands of youth reached Buenos Afces!aamn took place in the ets of Shang- n 1,500 dock workers employed hai, in spite of the repeated threats the Compania Mihanoviteh of severe punishment made by the ng hi res wages aie conditions. Kuomintang and the generals. Mass ‘The. ctrike” was’ ealledaeo ae demonstrations of all kinds have Maritime Workers Federation, whieh been prohibited, except under the led the strike in Rosario where the sanction of the militarists and with oa eating: ae Wat} 2 . second largest port in Argentina. their direct leadership, and these or: P . If the. strike spreads ceucaeeaeae ders have been enforced by the Two sisters Mary and Agnes Sloans, above, Bhar e ee Ei peney Buenos Aires, one of the most im- Rint lite terion thet seeud shee Emeline AeeD eee te return their $4 deposit fee, altho the |, ovtant ports in South America, the Bs hiness s are) Wency obtained no jobs for them. country’s export would be varalyzéd. seen. But the Chinese masses are Thousands of jobless workers are victimized daily by these 3 tion is so serious that all effoits will be made to break the strike at the start. The company has already announced that it would replace the’ strikers with non-union labor, Those who know say that it will not be an easy task in view of the well-known militancy Head of Dante Is Used for a Cudgel’ The situ again forcing their way through to independent revolutionary activities and mass actions, and “take posses- sion of the streets.” Sunday’s demonstrations was or- ganized by the Communist Youth League of China, in celebration of the International Youth Day. Sev- eral thousand of its members and sympathizers gathered in the main agency sharks, who, protected by employment agency laws, can hold fees belonging to workers almost indefinitely, bringing great hard- ship to these needy workers. FASCIST JAIL TORTURES PLANE CRASH KILLS 2 street of the International Settle- DON, England, Oct. 11 (UPY ment, on Nanking Road. Speeches (Red Aid Press Ser The emergency court for the pro-/_ flight lieutenant and corporal were made, handbills distributed,| BERLIN (By Mail). news |tection of the state has again pro-| of the royal air force were killed to= songs were sung, and slogahs were/| received from Italy report the hope- shouted. The demonstrators ex-/less condition of Umberto Terracini, pressed the most ardent spirit of dangerously ill in the jail of Santa struggle against imperialism, against |Stefano. Numerous protests have the Kuomintang and its so-called, been sent to Mussolini, demanding Nanking government. The proletar-| that Terracini be removed to a hos- ian youth shouted their demands for pital, but the fascist government ‘re- nounced sentence on Communists from Leghorn and Ferrara, accused of secretly distributing the Commun- ist néwspaper “Unita.” ‘ day when their airplane nosedived to the ground in front of the grand stand during an aerial display” im honor of the Sultan of Muscat. servative party, and General Mon-|of Harrison on the platform, Der-|make up the bulk of the strikers, | Cials declared. cado, head of the liberal party,|rick, the local union strikebreaker,/€arn about $29 per week of 18 were at one in their praise of Gen- eral MacCoy’s tactics. The latter declared: ‘We have believed in the fairness of Americans throughout.” LEWIS THUGS SHOOT MINER Attack Spurs Work of New Union Continued from Page One a Chevrolet automobile drove by, and three men opened fire upon him. The miner shielded his face with his hand, and as a bullet hit his palm, Polka tripped and fell. Believing him to be dead, the automobile sped on, but not until they had fired a volley which missed the miner on the dark road. His arm ina sling, Polka is as ac- tive as ever, organizing locals thru- out the Staunton region for the new union. Polka has arranged a series of mass meetings throughout the district at which he and Tony Minerich speak, rallying the miners to the new union, and to fight the latest sell-out of the U. M. W. A. officials, the wage reduction. Lewis Completely Discredited Completely discredited in the mine fields, the Lewis fakers stop at nothing in their attempt to pre- vent the growth of the National Miners’ Union. Before the National Convention opened in Pittsburgh, two delegates had been murdered, two others seri- ously wounded, and gangsters, many of whom were later recognized as U. M. W. A. officials and company detectives, were arming themselves with blackjacks, knives and every manner of weapon to attack the delegates at the convention hall.. The story how the delegates suc- cessfully repelled the gangsters, and in spite of wholesale arrests and every form of terrorism, held their convention anyhow, and organized the National Miners’ Union, has be- come a classic in the mining camps throughout the country. Dozens of these gangsters were thrown out of lodges and other organizations of which they were members upon their return home. Those Lewis officials who were recognized and exposed dare not show their faces in the camps. New Union Fights. Police, courts, coal company agents, uniformed and un-uniformed, are cooperating with the Lewis offi- cials to stem the rapid growth of the National Miners’ Union. Louis Carboni, murderer of George Moran, a progressive leader of Bentleyville, Pa., was white-washed by a mock coroner’s inquest conducted by the district attorney and a jury of six courthouse attaches. According to John Watt, president, and Pat ‘Too- hey, secretary, the National Miners’ Union is taking up the fight against legalizing murder and permitting Lewis gangsters a freed hand. “Judging by the number of appli- cations for charters and dues stamps that come to us every day,” the secretary says, “these outrageous at- tacks are spurring on the growth of. our union.” * 8 # Appeal For Funds. i PITTSBURGH, Oct. 11. —-An urgent appeal for aid for Joe Polka, militant mine leader of Staunton, II- linois, who was shot and injured last Thursday by three gangsters who fired at him as they sped by in an automobile and for his four-year-old son who is seriously ill, was received today at the headquarters of the Mational Miners’ Relief Committee, ed |made an eloquent speech in favor |of Harrison, in which he sought to | deny that Harrison had sent the or- | der. The men were for a moment entirely confused, thinking that they |might be permitted to go on with \their battle. When Harrison ap- peared he was for a moment greeted |with applause. Finally, as his | strikebreaking plan unfolded, hisses jand shouts began to be heard from |various parts of the hall. It was \then that he began his threatening | | tirade of warning to the men, that |he would use strong-4rm methods | |to break the strike. A strong-arm |squad was prepared for violent measures against the rank and file. | Gang is Ready. | “We will stay out for six months, end, if necessary, for a year, in or- der to win,” one of the workers | jarose to shout. “Throw him out!” | one of the officials on the platform | ordered, and several machine gang- sters moved in the direction of the speaker. Another worker arose to} ask if the workers “would not have |a better chance of winning next | | Tuesday if we remained out striking | | while you are negotiating with the | jcompany.” “It would be illegal and lyou must go back; you are illegally | withholding your services,” Harrison | thundered. His reference was to the fact that under the railroad labor |act it is now illegal to strike with- }out veferring the case to arbitra- ition. He did not bother to point |out that the company has not recog- |nized the union and that the work- ers are thus not even included under the strike-breahing terms of the Watson Parker Law. Every reference to the proposal that the men continue on strike was greeted with the greatest enthusi- asm but was completely squélched from the platform. No vote was permitted. A trick maneuver to confuse the men was put over in the following way: Harrison, when | the sentiment of the men was turn- | ing against returning to work | threatened to win, called for a vote of confidence in the union officials. |“All those in favor of our continu- jing to lead you in this issue stand up,” he said. Many of those pres- ent stood up. While they were still | standing he shouted: “All those op- posed. None! Then we will go back to work.’”” |form men and clerks. | hands. hours. men, the Railroad increase of $3 S spontaneous city-wide strike began Tuesday. Officials of the teamsters | union, to which the drivers belong, from the first fought the strike. | Workers after the meeting de-| clared that they had learned one more lesson, Hereafter they will | fight more definitely for the solidar- | ity of ail the men, drivers, plat; | Shop, barn | tnd terminal committees of all the | | Will Perfect Mill Com- mittees | unions will be formed, so that in the inevitable future battle the rank and file will have things in its own The workers see their re- lation to other trades, especially lessons for them. Kellogg Wants Time to ‘Fix Up’ South America Nitrate Field Dispute WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UP).. The governments of Chile and Peru have agreed to the suggestion of work of the Tacna-Arica special boundary commission for a period of four months, Secretary Kellogg an- nounced officially today. diplomatic relations between Chile and Peru and the hopeful prospect that these two countries may now be able to settle this long standing boundary commission, these two gov- ernments have agreed to the sug- gestion of the sécretary of state to suspend the work of the “boundary commission for a period of four months in order to give time to per- governments for a settlement.” Of only slightly less importance, | & Last March, in an obvious |in the opinion of aeronautical ex-| cffort to divide the ranks of the|Pperts here, is the relation of the| #4 the handful of western rulers Labor Board | executive order to the government handed down an award granting an | fostered campaign to gain a prefer- to the teamsters|red position for United States in- alone. The other workers had been | terests in South American aviation. led to believe that they would be|This campaign, being waged by two cluded in the wage arbitration.|or three large air companies aided ince then the resentment of the|by the state and commerce depart-| ten has been increasing. Last week | ments, is directed almost exclusive- all effcrts of the union officials to|ly against European firms and not hold back the men failed ard the| against Latin American companies, it has been explained. MILL STRIKERS TOBUILD UNION Secretary Kellogg to suspend the| “In view of the resumption of} dispute, which if settled will make | unnecessary further work of the} mit negotiations between the two| Continued from Page One with the traction workers and taxi|workers come to tell to the union Grivers, whose struggles hold many | headquarters, Full 10 per cent wage eut notices are still up in nearly all Many mills worked out new systems of wage payment that the mills. leuts wages up to 12% per cent. A | speed-up system, the same Friede+ Plan that the workers’ fought included in the final sell-out set- |tlement, is in full swing in all the| | mills. | This system varies in viciousness from mill to mill, according to the particular desires of each employer. |The speed-up ranges from the mini- |mum of 50 to 100 per cent more | production per worker. Police Terror Continues. | Arrests still continue. Police en- |tered the home of Augustus C. G. Pinto, who was arrested 15 times during the strike and who was ly- |ing ill in bed because the beating he received in a police cell had injured his kidneys, and placed him under jarrest. Police insisted on removing him to jail immediately, Only the protests of his wife and the attend- |ing physician prevented immediate removal. Germaine Madieros, a |leading striker, was yesterday ar- rested also. | At last night’s meeting a telegram against so hard, and which was not a Soviet China, for civil liberties, fuses to allow this. HELP THE STRUGGLING MINERS! Terracini, suffering from tuber- culous, hemhorrage of the hands and feet, lies in his cell without bandages or medicaments, and utterly cut off from his relations. The food is not fit even for healthy prisoners, and no food may be sent from outside. Terracini’s case is not isolated; this treatment is part of a system ren- dering fascist sentences tantamount to a death sentence, Other prisoners lying dangerously ill are Gramsci, Minto Cone, Celasia, Carlo Lango- bardio, Ricci, Boldrini, Cambi and Caruglieri. Of course the police were alarmed, Ukrainian Miners Relief Committee of New York City of this great city got busy; the riot —representing Eighteen Ukrainian Societies— squads were called out and crushed the demonstration in the most brutal fashion. They took large numbers into custody. Nevertheless, on Mon- day, Sept. 3, the youth repeated their demonstration in the late eve- ning by distributing tens of thou- sands of revolutionary leaflets on |the same street. | In view of this and similar dem- |onstrations occurring all over China, |in a rising volume, the head of the |Nanking regime, Chiang Kai-shek, |has just issued another manifesto,! Some of the instruments of tor- in which he declares that all Com-|ture used in the Italian prisons are: munist activities will be ruthlessly |the revolver, with the butt of which | suppressed. | the prisoners are beaten on the head. | Bundles of newspapers and rubber cudgels are used for the same pur- pose, and even a bust of Dante. The invites everybody to see the new film sensation “THE MINERS’ STRIKE”: ez A Seven Reel Movie == AND TO ENJOY A HIGH CL CONCERT Friday, October 12, at 8 p. m. Sunday, October 14, at 2 p. m. —ADMISSION 50 CENTS— Manhattan Lyceum 66-68 E. 4th Street, New York City. Instruments of Torture. ‘Greek - Yugoslav Pact iNear; Belgrade Gov’t |prisoners are generally brought up| ‘ A for hearing in the middle of the Signs. Fascist Treaty vine after being left in the dark BELGRADE, Oct. 11—It is re-|Without food for 8 to 4 days, The ported here in official sources that Police are generally half drunk, so a treaty had been concluded between | that they may not lack “courage.” Greece and Yugoslavia. After a|The commanding torturers are the long interview with acting foreign| Commendatore d’Amico, head of the minister Shumenkovitch, the Greek | Florentine political brigade, and the premier, Venizelos, stated that an|C°™missary Cammarota. agreement had been reached, but he refused to state the nature of it. co. 6 | Fascist Pact Signed. BELGRADE, Oct. 11.—The Bel- |grade government signed the Net- |tuno pact with Italy today, after it! |had been ratified by the abbreviated | parliament of Serbian representa- |tives, Both Croatians and Dalma- |tions refused to ratify the fascist |pact, and this was one of the rea-| sons for the boycott of Belgrade by _the Croatian-Democrat opposition. | The pact gives the Italian govern-| ment special trading and industrial | | privileges in Dalmatia on the Adria-| tic. Dancing Friday Night after Movies and Concert . DON’T FAIL TO COME — — FRIDAY OR SUNDAY All proceeds for the relief of striking miners and their families, TWO COMMUNIST CAMPAIGNERS Designed By Fred Ellis THE VOTE COMMUNIST BUTTON A beautiful arrangement of the photographs of Foster and Gitlow within a solid red shield VOTE COMMUNIST stands out. Can be sold anywhere for a dime. PRICE: lots up to 100 fc in lots up to 1000. 3c in lots up to 5000. 2c in lots of 5000 or over. THE VOTE COMMUNIST STAMP Printed over a background formed by the Red Hammer and Sickle with the photographs of Foster and Gitlow tastefully worked in. To be posted on envelopes, letters, pro- grams, shop papers, bulletins, ete. PRICE: Book of eighty stamps, $1.00. Can be resold at 10c per page of eight stamps. Be in Quantity lots: 55 books for $50; 90. for $75; |from the National Textile Workers’ | ar aney | Union headquarters was enthusias- | tically cheered. | | Police cars were rushing thru the |city searching for union organizers | and active strikers who were not yet ‘placed under arrest. Rumors that | | the union organizers will be run out jof town by the police are still rife | here. National Election Campaign Committee WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY 43 East 125th Street NEW YORK, N. Y. Mussolini Calls Press | | in Italy “Free”, But | It Must Be Fascist) | ROME, Oct. 11.—The press in Italy may freely express itself on matters of science, art, literature and music and can even call Mus- solini a “mediocre violin player,” but it may not criticize fascism or its regime at home, said Premier Mussolini to editors of 70 fascist | newspapers: here. He also condemned “cannibal tac- ties” and critical writings outside of those which are entirely favorable to the regime, and, as a whole, hey was quite franl: as to the chained policy of all newspaper policies in Italy, although he insisted on call- ing the fascist press the “freest” in the world. |611 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. | “Joe’s hand is pretty bad, but he) | won’t pay any attention to it,’ thony Minerich who is now ing at mass meetings in that dis- trict said, “and he’s terribly worried about his boy. We're afraid the boy won't live. If you can possibly send some money, please hurry up and do it, because they both must have medical care immediately.” All funds should be sent to the French New Submarine Missing; Loss Likely PARIS, Oct. 11 (U.R).—The sub- marine Ondine, with three officers and 389 men, is overdue at Bizerta ine announced today, her final tests. She is the latest of the second class type of submarines. All other tests had been satisfactory. The vessel is capable of a 2,000 mile trip at 10 miles an hour on the sur- range. The Ondine carries one three torpedo tubes. Youth Culture Club to Give Dance on Oct. 20 The Young Workers Social Cul- ture Club will give a dance Oct. 20 |at the Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 219 Sackman St., Brooklyn. Part of the proceeds of this dance will be donated to the Workers (Commun- ist) Party election campaign fund. 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