The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 23, 1928, Page 2

rage 1 wo PWALL STREET, WE ARE HERE MILITANT GOAL MINERS EXPOSE McGARRY FORCES ‘Insurgents’ Are After Fat Jobs (Special to the Daily Worker) WILKES-BARR Pa. (By Mail) —At a meeting h ast Friday in Hazleton and S; y in Wilkes- Barre, the so-called insurgents lead- ers exposed themselves as an un- principled, job-seeking combination. These joint metings held between the National Miners Union forces tnd those of the 'y group, Batre, the so-call insurgent lead- ing progressives from Districts 1 end 7, were called to bring about unity between the two anti-Lewis groups in the Anthracite. The meet- ings naturally one conclu- sion: a declaratio the fakers who are trying to secure fat jobs for Ives by the or- ®enization of a separate union. For several weeks the McGarry group, after its expulsion by John L, Lewis from the United Mine Workers, tried to make inroads pg the progressive locals. They went to them, one after the other, in order to win them over to the separate union. When the miners, who are in sympathy with the Na- tional Miners Union, asked them, why a separate union and why not join with the bituminous miners, the fnshtgents replicd that there is no @ifference between the two pro- Prams and that: they are ready to SBP hand in hand with the Na- tional Miners Union. a Mine Leaders Speak. 3i8Vhile it should have been clear everybody that this was nothing *‘buta gesture, a meet was ar- ranged at Hazleton to carry on ne- gotiations with the purpose of ex- agbeing them. At this meeting, the dite leading lights of the McGarry roup participated and over twenty fing militants from District 7. The National Miners Union was rep- resented by Thomas Myerscough, James Daly and several leading left- wingers from Districts 1 and 7. When discussing the program and policy of the N.M.U., McGarry, Har- tis, Hermanson, Gallagher and Hog- on were forced to admit that this is the only good program for the miners and that they were in full agreement with it. There wv dis- Agreement on one question on!y: the Salary of officials. The budget of the “Anthracite Mine Workers of Pennsylvania,” CcGarry outfit, calls for the creation of over 40 fat jobs, with salaries of $5,500 and ex- penses. The wages of the N.M.U. officials, however, cannot be higher than the average earning of a mine worker. This was too much for the | McGarryites! They protested against the prin- tiple most vehemently. “We accept everything you have to off but the wages. You must pay for the brains” was their argument, And here the discussion ended. The pro- fressives who came in to listen to the argument could see with their own eyes, that the separate union, if it wiil ever be organized, will be but a dinner pail and McGarry’s machine will be no better than the ene built by Boylan or John L. Lew- is. In order to give them one ehance to expose themselves Myer- nove ‘THE DALLY WORKER, NEW YO! HERBIE THE WHITE an ws aE gue New U. S. Militarist Plane Crashes In Trial Flight _ A huge new U. S. army pl lane, one of the many recently const ructed in preparation for im- perialist war, crashed Sunday at Teterboro airport. Photo shows plane after crash, | MANEUVERS OF ARMY PLAN ANTLWAR — SHOW U.S. JINGO PLANS’ ppotest oct, 21 | With an impressive show of mili-| served on Mexico by the United States Government that American imperialist power is sufficiently |mighty to take what it wants, when Jit wants it. national resources of Mexico will of war against |tary strength, notice was yesterday | not only be protected, but when Mor- gan considers it advisable, will be confiscated and a “protectorate” es- tablished. 2 tm Workers will gather by the thou- Demonstration to Be Held on Union Sq. Continued from Page One ANTI-WORKER BRUTALITIES GROW IN INDIA Strike Increase; Many Jailed LUCKNOW, India, Oct. 21.—The continuous increase in the militancy and covrage of the Indian workers resulted in brutal suppression and | persecution of workers and longer jail sentences by the British-con- trolled courts there, as a measure to stem the rising tide of labor mili- tancy. The following incidents in- dicate the new trend of affairs in the India labor movement: Fifty-four employes of the East India Railroad have been ar- rested for creating disturbances, and 40 are being prosecuted on charges of intimidating strikebreakers. Eighteen railwaymen who laid themselves across the tracks to pre- vent a train from passing were sen- tenced to terms of totaling 112 months. Another strike, imprisonment The notice was served in the form|sands at Madison Square Garden on jof huge army maneuvers, admittedly | Nov. 4 at 2 p. m. to protest against the imperialist war danger and to times of “peace,” in Texas, not far|demonstrate their solidarity with The the workers and farmers of Mexico |staffs of eleven generals- of the|and other Latin American countries. | | the greatest ever to be attempted in| from the Mexican border. | United States army, National Guard|At the huge commemoration of the} and reserve forces will participate |Bolshevik revolution workers wil lin the hypothetical war problems to} serve notice on the House of Morgan |be worked out, nine hundred thous-|and other imperialists that they wil and men will be involved in this | resist the waging of imperialist war and will defend their fatherland, the ‘role of the navy as one of the prin-| involving 3,000 cipal elements of national defense,’ met, later broke out at the Lalguda | but fails to mention its role of of-| locomotive and carriage shops of| fense in crushing imperialist rivals the Nizam Guaranteed State Rail- jand in its feverish preparations to|W@Y- The immediate cause was the destroy the Soviet Union, the work-| brutal behavior of a foreman toward | |three shopmen. z » This strike was made the occasion | for submitting demands for higher} wages, holidays and free transporta- tion. After fruitless negotiations, | the finance minister, Sir Akbar Hy-| jers’ fatherland,” reads a statement 1 on the anti-war demonstration issued by the Workers (Communist) Party. 1|Wilbur also cites the ‘vital part |which the navy plays.in the peace- time welfare of the country,’ but | | park housed in clean quarters, are well They are not turned. out to work at the age of 12, as under the capitalist system. | Mistreated Boys Fled from Orphan Asylum The neglect and mistreatment at the Brooklyn Orphan Asylum | was too much for Robert Hewitt, 11, and Edward Armstrong, 10. | Both fled from the asylum, but were later caught, footsore, asleep on bench. Orphaned children of workers in the Soviet Union are BRIBE WITNESSES Urgent Appeal for Funds Issued Almost 2,000 workers crowded the Irvine Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Irv- ing Place immediately after work last night to attend a meeting called by the Shifrin Defense Committee for the aid of the left wing militant who successfully defended his life against an attack of six members of a right wing. “committee” over a month ago. The right wing officials |are now trying to railroad him to | jail. Left wing trade union leaders who fed, and receive a good education. POLISH WORKERS HIT REFORMISTS Socialists Continue Be- trayal Policy Continued from Page One the question of granting exemption from the strike unnecessarily to many categories of .the workers. The negotiations between the re- formist leaders and the government | | “peacetime campaign.” | According to preliminary plans, | |there will be an invading and de-| fending army. The tactics of ii sion are considered the most im- portant, from the viewpoint of an| imperialist power occuping the posi- tion the U. S. occupies with relation |to its southern neighbors. This sudden major operation of | ~ | symbolize the opposition of all class S. S. R. Huge floats will depict |fails to mention the ‘peacetime’ man- leuvers of American ships and marines against Nicaragua, nor the conscious workers. Red speeches of | Peacetime welfare’ involved in the William Z. Foster, Benjamin Gitlow US¢ of marines and naval militia in| and others, Red floats in a gigantic breaking strikes. pageant, and Red music will crystal-| All workers are urged to attend ize the concerted opposition of work-|the Union Square demonstration of ers against all imperialist powers|next Saturday as part of the fight and demonstrate the solidarity of |against the war danger and in sup- | U. the war danger, and dramatically dari, was able to persuade the stri ers to return to work, and at his direction the management cancelled 50 disciplinary dismissals. Lovestone to Speak at Finn Presentation of jin Warsaw are a complete fiasco, |and ‘have shown the workers that |the reformists are anxious io de- |stroy the confidence of the workers iby damaging negotiations at the height of the general strike. Workers Condemn Fakers. The workers condemn the Trade Union Commission for giving no ma- |terial aid to the strikers, and for American forces in significant prox- imity to the Mexican border is seen | Worker: by followers of the situation as a| firm gesture inspired by the House of Morgan to indicate that the mill- ions of dollars invested by American 's the world over. scough made another offer in the Workers of, Brownsville, a large secutive Board of the | number of whom have been engaged National Miners Union. At the meet-|in the struggle of the militant, left | jing held last Satarday, he proposed | wing needle workers, will hear the | name of the E: to submit the question of wages to a| Workers (Communist) Party plat. |referendum vote. “Let the rank and | form of class struggle expounded by, jfile decide whether they want to|Communist candidates and other |pay exorbitant wages for the brains | prominent Red speakers at a huge [the leaders have to offer them.”|campaign rally to be held at the This was rejected also as well as| Hopkinson Mansion, 428 Hopkinson ether suggestions to debate before the membership the various differ- ences. | Completely Exposed. | These two meetings lead to the | |complete exposure of the separate | unionists. The progressives of the | Anthracite fields know clearly now | ‘that there are enormous differences | between the fake-progressives of | |the McGarry, Harris type and the | |militants standing behind the Na-| tional Miners Union Several mass meetings and con- ferences are being arranged in Dis- |trict 1, in Pittston, Luzerne and other cities, which will be addressed by Tom Myerscough, Tony Mine- lrich and the local leaders. The} jminers, whose conditions are be- coming worse and worse, will real- ize that they have to fight Boylan |and McGarry at the same time and |follow the National Miners Union. COURSE IN JOURNALISM ' Begins Tomorrow at Workers ‘School The first session in Worker Correspondence—the only course in Labor Journalism at the Workers , 26-28 ion Square, during ww evening at 8:30, it is an- ctor of the school. , both of the Daily Work- i im primarily to train thers,to rep @bithe class struggle. Special "The class, which is being conduct- | ren | ; ‘ed by Whittaker Chambers and Sen-|signments for publication in the | Causes of Unemployment Among time choosing among the dilapidated emphasis will be placed on the writ- ing of Sa and short accounts of \the evefts and problems in the workers’ lives. Instruction will also be given in feature stories. While some students in various parts of the city, others will regularly be given specific as: | Daily Worker, Workingclass journalists will be i Linde to time, it is announced. Ave., Brooklyn. The anti-labor role played by both the republican and democrati« par- ties, and by the socialist party, will | be exposed by the speakers, although to those Brownsville workers who have known the socialist party through Beckerman in the men’s | clothing trades, the class collabora- tion policies of that party of the petty bourgeoisie is already well | known. A large and imposing array of Red speakers will be present and treat every aspect of the class strug- gle and the importance of the 1928 elections to workers. Scott Nearing, Red candidate for governor of New Jersey, will speak on the interna- tional significance of the elections, while H. M. Wicks, of the Daily Worker staff, will treat the national aspects. Local Red candidates who will speak are D.. Benjamin, Bert | Miller, Ray Litzin. Ragosin and Samuel ‘Office Workers Plan General Discussion on “Unemployment” Nearly 100 members attended a regular meeting of the Office Work- jers’ Union held last night at the | Labor Temple, Second Ave. and 14th esent term, will be held to-|the writing of general news and | St. Plans were laid to begin a general ed by D. Benjamin, assistant |will be assigned to edit shop papers | organization drive among the cleri- cal workers of the city., A general discussion on “The Office Workers” will be held at the next meeting of the organization. t the day to day invited to address the class from|Mary Lefson was selected to open ithe ciscussion, \port of the Red election platform. Brownsville W m rkers Pioneers to Present {7 inve to Endorse Red Ticket Children Demands at ad Business in oil wells and other! 4+ Pally Next Friday Mass Rally Oct. 28 | The mass meeting and Red rally |to be held October 28 at Webster Manor, 11th St. and Fourth Ave., under the auspices of the Young Pioneers of America, wil present the workers’ children’s demands in the 1928 elections. The speakers, Robert Minor, jeditor of the Daily Worker and |Communist candidate for U. S. |Senate; Herbert Zam, of the Young | Workers (Communist) League and |Red candidate in the 14th Assembly |District of Brooklyn, and Jessie Taft, of the Young Pioneers, will |demonstrate the close relationship existing between the economic and political struggles of workingclass parents and the role played by their children. The importance of children’s ac- | tivities in strikes will be stressed by the speakers and the role played by the children of the striking min- | ers and striking textile workers: in| |the recent struggles cited as exam- | |ples of the strengthening effect on |striking workers when their children are organized along workingclass lines. Prizes for Shabbiest Rags at Autumn Revel \of the Labor Defense | Hundreds of New York workers are busy resurrecting their old dis- carded clothes in the hope of carry+ ling off the attractive prizes that |will be given away at the annual |Proletarian Autumn Revel of the |New York Section of the Interna- tional Labor Defense, to be held \this Saturday evening at Webster |Hall, 119 E. 11th St. The oldest and shabbiest clothes will be the jones to get the prizes. | A committee of judges consisting jot well-known proletarian writers and artists will pick the winners and |they are expected to have a hard garments that will grace the floor. All the proceeds of the affair will ‘The Crowd’ Thursday | giving no definite instructions which Jay Lovestone will speak Thurs-|/has resulted in confusion, Some day evening, at the Finnish Labor|\orkers have resumed work saying ‘emple, 15 West 126th Street for | shat they will strike again when a the motion picture performance of general strike is decided upon. The ete ae ee He: Finnish | scabs are gaining courage from the i rranged for the | pe, i formist of- benefit of the textile strikers, Ac. |Detrayal Policy of the reformist 0 cording to a statement just released | The bourgonis, piv: dm an. at . ‘ , se ternational ‘Relief, efforts to, send|¢emPt_ to set ene ae ena sified. Pb Tee i The Finnish Workers’ Club, co-;i"® Workers have been eo eee operating with Local New York | Scabs have helped gomie depart- Workers’ International Relief is rallying the Finnish workers to do|S¥me work, but workers at huge |to a victory. responsibilities. a a oe ments of the Lodz factories to re-| their share towards meeting these Meetings are still determined to fight | The meeting and motion picture performance will begin at 8 o’clock sharp. Needle worker! Has your shop contributed to the election fund of Workers (Communist) Party? et funds! Get a collection list e headquarters of the Needle Campaign Committee, 28 e, Room 202, U. S. S. R. Workers Help. MOSCOW, Oct. 22.—Workers of |the Soviet Union are rallying in large numbers to the support of the Lodz general strike. The Presidium |of the Central Council of the Trade janes of the Soviet Union has dis- patched a telegram to the Lodz | of Daily Order Now A Bundle for Distribution Workers War Danger Edit Navy Day. —800,000 Special 11th Anniversary Russian Revolution, Election Campaign and ion—October 27th, COPIES— | go for immediate defense work of ‘the I. L. D. E BA addressed the huge crowd told of the | Workers expressing the sympathy of | discovery of right wing activities to |its members and promising help. bribe witnesses for the defense. Sev- | Mass meetings of workers in rey eae pee mele Seen | Baan Baan er the hall because of lack of space, Leningrad, Minsk and other towns | waited patiently outside throughout have sent messages and money to the duration of the meeting, to hear the Lodz strikers. the latest news about their jailed The executive bureau of the Red comrade. | International of Labor Unions ap- The Shifrin Defense Committee |peals te the workers of all coun-{@"nounced that it has retained tries to help the Lodz strike. In its | George S. Medalie, prominent at- appeal it declares that the Lodz|torney, for the defense of Shifrin. l|workers are an example of the They announced that Medalie would junited front strike antl is of inter-|€XPose the gangsterist activities national importance. jagainst the left wing when the trial | The ‘Rok Yatetiationn) of tates \of the arrested worker comes up. Unions, the central committee of the 4, “n° acc anie Senay aes Metal Workers of the Soviet Union | 4, funde@that has been issued, |and the International Textile Action ‘Among the speakers at last oF ht’s and Propaganda Committee also ap-| meeting were Werner, of the Pro pealed to the Lodz proletariat. They H ? praise the workers for fighting the eagle ee spirip of the capitulation talk and | Furriers. iptai JinduStrial peace of the refurmists. the Beltsia: Weleteas Vonage The appeals warn against the of-| manager of the Cloakmakers Joint | ficial Polish trade union leaders} Board; and Himmelfarh, of the Deli- and promise help. leatessen Clerks, who was attacked Meetings have taken place every- by rigkt wing gangsters recently, where in the Soviet Union and col- and could speak only for a few lections have been made for the minutes. L. Lefkowitz was chair- Lodz workers. man. | ‘ SWING INTO LINE! | | | Mass Pageant of the Class Struggle «sb 9 6 CELEBRATE the 11th Anniversary of the BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION HEAR— WM. Z. FOSTER, RED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BEN GITLOW, CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT ON SQ. GARDEN | | at MADIS : RED ELECTION RALLY SUNDAY, NOV. 4th 2 o'clock FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY! POLYPHONIC BRASS BAND! PROCESSION OF RED FLOATS! Tickets—ARENA, $1.00; BALCONY, S0c — ON SALE AT WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY, 26-28 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK. I) 2.000 Militant Workers Crowd Irving Plaza Hall at Shifrin Defense Mass Meeting | UNCOVER PLOT OF RIGHT WING TO An NORE