The Daily Worker Newspaper, October 26, 1928, Page 3

scoymreanenngy THE Dam YY WORREB NEW YORK, FRIDAY, oc ‘TOBER 26, 1928 Page Three e U. 8, RUBBER IN NEW PHILIPPINE ” LAND GRAB MOVE Stimson Signs Bills to \ Steal Domain ' MANILA, Oct. 25.—Land dis- | tribution, the bone . of con- \ tention between the American au- thorities operating in the interest of the rubber corporations and the Filipinos, today occupied the atten- tion of the legislature. Tact, far beyond that which. is usually employed by American of- ficials in dealing with recalcitrant minorities, is being made to bring pressure to bear on the Filipinos to change their land legislation in ‘the interest of the American rubber manufacturers and industrial con- sumers. At present the Filipino ' law does not permit the leasing of sufficiently large acreage to inter- est the rubber growers who are an- + xious to plant rubber in the islands { to escape the competition with the British producers. One step in this direction is the recently considered measure for the creation of ten additional courts, which Governor-General Stimson to- day signed. The actual purpose of this measure, which does not ap- pear on the surface, is “to aid economic development” by expedit- ing the mass of land litigation on the islands. Another bill, which represents a direct move of the American inter- ests to get the distribution of public domain into their own hands, is now pending in the legislature. It will greatly increase the power of the Bureau of Lands to grant parcels. It is understood in all quarters that these two bills constitute the mainstay of Governor-General Stim- son’s economic program for handing over the islands to American rubber capital. Both aim solely at increas- ing the area now under cultivation. eS Governors Meet at Madrid. MANILA, P. I., Oct. 25 (UP).— Governors from all the provinces of the Philippine Islands were assem- bling here today for the opening of their annual conference. A feature of the opening will be the formal introduction by Vicente De Rosario, chief of the executive bureau, of all the governors to Gov- ernor-General Henry L. Stimson. Because of poor communications in the archipelago, only a few of the governors had an opportunity to meet Stimson. SAUL WILL MAKE j SOUTHWEST TOUR 300 Negro Workers at Workers Party Meet Oct. | eoceaana KANSAS CITY, Missouri, 23.—George J. Saul, Workers (Com- munist) Party candidate for Gov- ernor of Colorado is touring Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Com- rade Ayers who was to have made this tour will speak thri ighout Utah and Wyoming instead. Suc- cessful protest meetings have been held in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Arma, Kansas; Kansas City, Mo.; Denver, Omaha, Sioux City, and further meetings in other cities are in course of preparation. | * * . KANSAS CITY, Mo., (By Mail). —Hugo Oehler, district organizer for the Workers (Communist) Party reports good street meetings _ in Kansas City as part of the gen- eral election campaign activity there. Last Sunday one meeting held was attended by 300 Negro workers. At the celebration of the 11th An- niversary of the Russian Reyolu- tion in Kansas City on Sunday, No- vember 4th, Max Bedacht, district organizer of district 8 (Chicago) of the Workers (Communist) Party will be the chief speaker. Young Worker League Sends Red Volunteers Into the Steel District INDIANA HARBOR, Oct. 25.— Jake Sikera and Pete Chapa, mem- bers of the Young Workers (Com- munist) League of Indiana Harbor, which is situated in the heart of the Gary steel region, are the Red Volunteers who will carry the mes- sage of the Election Platform of the Workers (Communist) Party to the, exploited steel workers. These two young steel workers are now touring the Gary steel ter- titory; speaking at factory-gate meetings, and selling the Red Elec- tion Platform and the acceptance speechés of Foster and Gitlow. They will especially concentrate on the popularizing of the youth demands which are incorporated in the plat- form, Peabody Women Give! $10 for Mill Strikers PEABODY, Mass., Oct. 25.—The Women’s Educational Club of Pea- body, at an entertainment held un- der its auspices here, donated $10, for. gee eis of the New Bedford tex- ikers. int) Party 1 indirect | Young Communist League. With the | excuse that they wished to learn my SIGMAN RESIGNS | AS ‘UNION’ HEAD of bunk into the minds of the pelin, mercial.” Purely Commercial Flight? Look Who’s Here! | The capitalist press worked overtime pouring millions of words. workers about the purely commercial aims of the flight to this country of the German dirigible, Graf Zep- Above we see three very respectable flunkeys of American imperialism, from left to right, Col. John A. Paegelow, Major Rush B. Lincoln and Lieut. Frank M. McKee, who will accompany the Graf Zeppelin on a two-day trip thru the middle west. added that their interest in the German airship is not “purely com- It need hardly be (Continued, The Record. NESTER ANDREITCHIK, aged) 21, plumber. In March 1927 he filed | the following complaint with the director of public prosecution: “On the 12th of this month I was arrested by the police in No. 15, Zombrovski Street. I was taken to the political police and remained under arrest until the 15th. Here I was examined a number of times. During the examinations I was con- tinually beaten in the face and| punched in the back and ordered to reveal the names of my accomplices in the Young Communist League. Two police agents in civilian cloth- ing and a tall man addressed by the former as ‘chief’? took part in the beatings. At the order of the ex- amining magistrate I was sent to Brest and from there to Barano- vitch. In Brest I was taken at night to the investigation department of the police. Here my hands* were placed under my knees and through my arms in such a fashion that I was bent double and completely help- less. I was then dragged up by the hair and let fall. One of the police sat on top of me and held my mouth closed with a wet rag whilst others poured a mixture of water and vin- egar into my nostrils. After a time I Jost consciousness. I was punched in the back many times in order to force the water and vinegar out through my mouth. These punches gradually restored me to conscious- ness and caused violent vomiting and intense pain. In this way I was completely restored to consciousness and the proceedings commenced afresh. A fire was then lighted and my heels burned with burning coals. “I was again dragged up by the hair and let fall. During this ex- amination I was continually beaten about the head with fists. In the same night this examination was conducted three times. Between these examinations I was laid in a cell wrapped up in wet rags. From time to time fresh water was poured over me. On each occasion the po- lice tried to force me to make state- ments concerning the activity of the } turned to me. piece of paper away from me upon | which I had written only my name. Despite my protest (I have filed a| declaration concerning this incident | with thé examining -magistrate in! Warsaw), the paper was not re- This examination, | or rather this torture, was conducted | by four agents of the investigation | department. The next day I was sent to Baranovitch. Here I was) examined night and day with the) help of the same torture.” Cases of Murder. Cases of the murder of young workers are also nothing unusual. The young comrade Turck was shot dead on the street because he had) written slogans on the wall in con- nection with the tenth anniversary of the November revolution. The seventeen year old comrade Dombski is now in Mokotovo prison after having been seriously wounded by a policeman who fired at him | from a distance of 20 paces. In the buildings of the political police tortures are normal everyday affairs. , Individual haris are drag- ged out, prisoners are beaten on the soles of the feet, etc., etc. The father of Matiko Kamenetzki went to the Kolbrin police in order to demand an explanation for the beating up of his son by the police. The father was attacked, flung to the ground, kicked and mocked by the police. The old man left the} police covered with bruises and with | a number of teeth missing. The young worker Jan Abramo-| vitch was beaten and tortured un- til he finally gave way and signed a statement admitting that he had carried out an attempt upon the life of a spy. Upon the basis of this statement the 19 year old young worker was then sentenced to 12 years hard labor. Young girls are not treated much better. Beatings, cases of attempted Tape are not uncommon. The activity of the court author- ities represents more the activity of a horde of bandits than that of’ of- ficials in a civilized country. The following is an example of their methods: (To Be Continued.) | Labor Faker Leaves Scab International Continued from Page One union has stopped paying regular salaries. Scab Union Bankrupt. The condition of the scab union is, in fact, reported as pitiful. Not only is it torn by internal conflicts among the corrupt labor fakers who have helped to wreck it, but it is sliding downhill to financial bank- ruptey so fast that only a miracle can save it. Recently the Interna- tional was compelled to put up for sale the three buildings on 25th St. |that it grabbed from the left wing Joint Board at the beginning of the pogrom against the workers. And Unity House, the summer camp in Forest Park, Pa., which the union- wreckers also grabbed, was sold at auction two weeks ago. The resignation of Sigman comes appropriately at the moment when the National Organization Commit- tee for a Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union is making plans for the call- ing of a convention that will launch a new, militant union in the ladies’ garment industry, Saturday morn- ing the N. O. C. will start a two- day conference on the plans for the convention at @ts New York office, 16 W. 21st In addition, on Sunday morning at 10 o’clock the Joint Board, Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union and the Joint Board, Furriers’ Union are calling a conference of representa- tives of all working class organiza- tions at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place, to acquaint the work- ers of all trades with the situation in the needle trades. Road Worker Killed ‘ by Sweeping Brush Frank Gaynor, 24, of 9 Ber Pl., Orange, N. J., a helper employed on a state road sweeper, was crushed to death yesterday when he fell from ‘the front of his machine and iption trom all kinds wage earners, was swept by the rotating brush against the curbstone. | FOSTER, GITLOW AT MANY MEETS. Announce Dates for| Rest of Campaign Continued from Page One Unity Hall, Pratt Street, 8 p. m. Saturday, Nov. 3—New Haven, Conn., Musik Hall, Court St., 8 p. m. Sunday, Nov. 4—New York City, N. Y., Madison Square Garden, 49th St. and 8th Ave. Monday, Nov. 5—Boston, Mass. Details announced later. GITLOW MEETINGS. Saturday, Oct. 27—Pontiac, Mich., Labor Temple, 44% Saginaw St., 8 p.m Sunday, Oct. Danceland Auditorium, nr. Forest, 2 p, m. Monday, Oct. 29—Reading, Pa., Red Man’s Hall, 133 Walnut St., 8 p. m. Tuesday, Oct. 80—Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 81 — Boston, Mass. Details announced later. Pa. Details announced later. Thursday, Nov. 1—New Bedford, Monte Pio Hall, Wing Street, 8 p. m. Friday, Nov. 2—Worcester, Mass., Belmont Hall, 52 Belmont St., 8 28—Detroit, Mich., Woodward p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4--New York City, N. Y., Madison Square Garden, 49th St. and 8th Ave. Monday, Nov. 5—Providence, R. L, A. C. A., 1755 Westminster St., 8 p. m. French Police Attack | WorkersMassFuneral; Jail 1,200 Militants PARIS, Oct. 25.—Preliminary measures, looking to a restoration to France of the Catholic religious crders, are being taken now by the French government. Discussion of this measure, which will take the form of modification of legislation passed in 1901 and 1905, banning Catholic orders from the country, will be part of the general discus- sion on the 1929 budget. The present government is ask- ing parliament to permit the legal re-entrance to France of relig'ous orders, many of which have entered illegally since the war. | Semitic riots.’ |monses for 'PILSUDSKI TERRORISM | IN POLAND MERCILESS | handwriting, the police snatched a|Yaid at Debreczin University today {students have been injured during |the raids |cist principles, |the riots against Jewish students in |and the government’s action fur- | Grand Jury Tuesday and yesterday, | HORTHY POLICE RAW COLLEGE; 400 ARRESTED Students “Who Refuse to Give Names Jailed DEBRECZIN, Hungary, Oct. 25 {UP).—Police raided a building of |the Debreczin University today and |served summonses on 400 students |who took refuge there during anti- ~ The raid was made by 250 police, who were given permission to enter |the building by university authori- |ties. All present were given sum- disturbing the peace. Those who refused to reveal their names or resisted the police were taken to jail. | * BUDAPEST, Oct. 25.—The police follows the official closing of all Hungarian universities pending an jalleged investigation into recent anti-Semitie rioting. A large number of workers and and there have been charges that many have been killed and their assassins permitted to escape by the government. Dr. Fabian, leader of the Awak- | ening Magyars, a Hungarian nation- | alist organization with strong fas- yesterday brought charges in the Hungarian parlia- ment, ciaiming that the under sec- retary of the interior had incited the universities and against Jewish workers, Fabian is interested in attacking the Horthy government on this is- sue as part of a general campaign to oust Premier Stefen Bethlen. It is believed, however, that Fabian’s charges are substantially correct ther substantiates them. GITLOW MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA Red Candidate Will Speak. Oct. 30 PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26.— Workers of this city will haye the opportunity of hearing Benjemin Gitlow, Vice-Presidential candidate of the Workers (Communist) Party, at New Traymore Hall, Franklin and Columbia Avenue, on Tuesday, October 30, In addition to Gitlow, speeches will be made by Ben Thomas, candidate for State Treasurer on the Pennsyl- vania Labor Party ticket, and Herbert Benjamin, District Organi- zer of the Workers (Communist) Party. Gitlow will expose the capitalist | parties, which are united against| the workers, and will tell of the revolutionary militant program of the Communists, the only force op- posed to the exploitation of the working class and the preparations for a new imperialist war. The Gitlow meeting will be a rally the militant section of the work-) ers of Philadelnhia, who are fight- | ing the parties of the bosses, and will be an answer to the campaign | lof terror being carried on against | | the candidates of the working class. Speed ~ Red Election Drive in Middle West; Negro Workers Roused | KANSAS CITY, Mo., (By Mail). —George J. Saul is touring Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Ayers, who was to have made this tour, will speak throughout Utah and Wyoming instead. Successful pro- test meetings have been held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Arma, Kansas, | Kansas City, Mo., Denver, Omaha, Sioux City, and further meetings in other cities are in course of prepa- ration, Hugo Oehler reports good street meetings in Kansas City as part of the general election campaign ac- tivity of the Workers (Communist) Party there, Last Sunday one meeting held was attended by 300) Negto workers. At the celebration of the 11th Anniversary of the Rus- | sian Revolution in Kansas City on Sunday, Nov. 4. Max Bedacht, or- | ganizer of District 8 (Chicago) of | the Workers (Communist) Party, | will be the chief speaker. Workers Urged to Get Shifrin DefenseStamps to Aid Framed Militant Several witnesses of the Shifrin! defense appeared before the Special | only to find that the hearing had been postponed until next Tuesday. Oct. 30, Meanwhile the Shifrin Defense Committee is still working to get William Shifrin, militant left wing worker who successfully defended his life against six right wing gang- sters, and whom the right wing, to- gether with the Tammany police de-| partment, is trying to failroad to} prison, out on bail. They appeal to all workers to get Shifrin Defense stamps. These stamps may be procured at the office of the committee, 26-28 Union Square, Room 603. It is nec- essery that all workers do their share to help defend the framed militant, = ~ = = It Is Not Yet Too Late to Contribute USE THIS BLANK NOW WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY ELECTION DRIVE ANTI-TERROR EMERGENCY FUND COMRADES, Enclosed herewith please find Anti-Terror Emergency Fund. TIME IS SHORT! 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