The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1928, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS For a Workers-Farmers Governinent To Organize the Unorganized For the 40-Hour Week For a Labor Party Baily Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, / a! Sen oF THE WORT D fe fore TS Vol. V., No. 270. Published Publishing ily except Sunday by The Na: jocintion, inc. 26-28 Union Sa., New York, N. ¥. al Daily Worker _ NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OVER 100 LIVES LOST IN VESTRIS SHIP DISASTER Many Workers of Crew in List of Those | Thought Dead 221 Is Total of Saved Company Negligence Blamed for Wreck Late last night the fear that more than a hundred members of the crew | and passengers of the Vestris had | perished in the sea became a cer- tainty. i The rescue ships cruising in the vicinity where the Vestris went | down Monday afternoon, more than 250 miles off the Virginia coast in the Atlantic Ocean, continued to , pick up half-dead survivors, cling- ing to wreckage, many unconscious | and at the point of death from hours of exposure in the icy waters. | One of the ships reported picking |~ Communists Rap Hoover Tour up a woman and child, floating with the aid of a life-jacket in the sea. These brought the total saved up to 221. Latest revelations bring to the fore the criminal fact that the lin- ers owned and controlled by the Lamport and Holt Line, of which the Vestris was one, were old and unseaworthy, not fitted for the rigors of long ocean trips. The 100 | deaths, as a result of this, can be laid directly to the negligence of the company and the U. S. officials who sanctioned the usage of its ships. * * * Aboard the S. S. Berlin, Nov. 13 (Via radio to the U. P.).—The S. S. Vestris sank suddenly while the} passengers were attempting to get) into life boats, aecording to Henry | Schultz,-a third class passenger who was picked up with 21 other men by the crew of this ship. The ship sank within sixty sec- onds after starting the final plunge. As the vessel turned lazily on her side and dropped under the water, passengers who.had been, unable.to climb in the lifeboats already cast jose leaped over the side of the ship. Some of them were picked up by those in the lifeboats. * es (By United Press) A fleet of rescue vessels yester- day had rescued from 207 to 213 of the 339 passengers and crew of the liner Vestris, which sank off the Virginia Capes yesterday. Other ships were standing by to pick up more. 3 After 24 hours of searching and of picking up survivors from icy and choppy seas, the major part of the search came to an end with 132 to 186 persons still unaccounted for. One rescue ship reported it had Continued on Page Three DRESS WORKERS TO PLAN STRIKE To Decide at Big Rally in Cooper Union The workers in all crafts of the dyess manufacturing industry are being called to a big mass meeting in Cooper Union, 8th St. and 4th Ave., tomorrow evening, immediate- ly after work, where they will be called upon to make a decision on the question of calling a general strike in the dressmaking trades. The meeting, called by the Na- tional Organization Committee of the Cloak and Dressmakers’ Union, is the climax of ‘an agitational and propaganda campaign that has’ been carried on for some time, and is intended to serve as the starting point of organizational preparations for the struggle. To Organize Industry. Leaders of the National Organ- ization Committee, which aims to organize not only this trade but the entire ladies’ garment manufactur- ing industry, admit the task of unionizing the dress industry to be «2 Herculean one, but nevertheless Continued on Page Two Austria Workers and Fascisti Clash at the Republic Anniversary ' VIENNA, Nov, 13.—Reports of counter-demonstrations by workers on the occasion of the government’s celebration of the tenth anniversary of the republic continue to reach Vienna today. His At Innsbruck fights between fas- cists and‘ workers ‘resulted “in the stabbing of nine and the arrest of 85 workers who had ‘taken part in a demon: jion, Yesterday 15 workers were arrested in Vienna for i .at parading _. republican troops and the police attacked a demonstration of workers before the police headquarters. Another “Peace” Ship: | New Head of U. S. Empire to Surv ey Colonies 4 eS) see ue Brazenly announcing to every Central and South American country that Herbert Hoover, newly elected president of the United States, will continue Wall Street's bloody imperialist policies, a trip has been arranged for Hoover into the heart of these semi-possessions of the American empire. the U.S. S. Maryland on which Hoover will make his trip. Photo shows Urge Latin-American Communists Fight War Preparations The Workers gram reads: “The Workers (Communist) Party de- nounces Hoover’s trip to Latin America as a sinister move to further extend the domi- nation of. American imperialism in Latin America as demonstrated in Nicaragua. “Hoover's trip, together with Coolidge’s Armistice Day speech, is one of the most brazen and provocative imperialist. chal- | of the navy department fora United States navy, sec! ond to none, indicates growing American im- perialist aggression, and sharpening imper- ialist rivalry, particularly with Great Bri- lenges, and the proposal tain. “These events are further proof of the in- tensified war preparation of the United The Workers (Communist) Party proposes to initiate a widespread campaign States. (Communist) America yesterday sent the following cable- gram to the Communist Parties of Argen- tina, Chile, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico, Col- umbia and the Communist Parties in the other Latin American countries. The cable- Party of recommend to America to do countries.” | the southern di before, leaving ther orders. Hoover's sout the battleship RED VOTE GAINS STRONG IN WEST Socialist Party Routed in Wisconsin That the Workers (Communist) Party ticket has increased its vote substantially throughout the nation and not alone in the working class sections of the east, is further be- ing confirmed in the reports which came in yesterday from a number of western and mid-western sections, Almost without exception, yester- day’s figures likewise confirm the decay of the socialist party. Partial returns from St. Louis County, Minnesota, indicate that in several towns the Communist can- didates secured a larger vote than either Hoover or Smith. In Alango, the vote for Foster and Gitlow was 79; Hoover, 63; Smith, 34; Thomas, 0. In the town of Angora, the Red candidates received 23; Smith, 21; Hoover, 82; Thomas, 2. Show Red Strength. In Arrowhead, Foster, 51; Smith, 4; Hoover, 37; Thomas, 2. In Cedar Valley, Foster, 33; Smith, 7; Hoover, 36; Thomas, 2. In Cherry, Foster, 83; Smith, 22; Hoover, 57; Thomas, 4, In Holden, Foster, 388; Smith, 15; Hoover, 62; Thomas, 1. In Vir- miilion Lake, Foster, 21; Smith, 9; Hoover, 62; Thomas, 0. In Massa, Foster, 20; Smith, 16; Hoover, 60; Thomas, 0. In Duluth, where wholesale elec- tion steals from the Red votes are known to have occurred, only 74 Communist baliots were reported. In the little town of Alango 79 Com- munist votes were cast, even though the Red election drive penetrated only slightly into this section, while in Duluth the boss election officials could “find” only 74 yotes for Fos- ter and Gitlow. Hoover secured 9,446; Smith, 2,853; Thomas, not re- ported. In Wisconsin territory the vote for the Red ticket was equally strong. In Diule, Foster and Gitlow received 59 votes; Smith, 47; Hoover, 121; Thomas; ‘t. A Hoover spent his vacation at this town last summer. The election watchers did everything possible to “pile up” the vote for him here as they did in the nearby town of Maples. In both towns it is be- tieved that on an honest count the Continued on Page Three PRESS MUM ON _ Florida leave STRIKE PARAD ® to mobilize the masses against these war-like moves of American imperialism and we our brother Parties of Latin likewise, especially in connec- tion with Hoover’s visit to their respective * * * BATTLESHIP FOR RETURN. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (U.P).—President- elect Hoover will return to this country from South America aboard the battleship Utah, Secretary Wilbur announced today. The Utah, now with the scouting fleet in rill grounds of Hampton Roads will put into New York for an overhauling for, South Almeriea.... 4»: The place where the Utah will pick up his party has not been determined. She will cruise down the east coast and await fur- She will leave sometime later this week. hbound trip will be made on Maryland. = * Brazil Bids For Capital. ROME, Nov. 13.—The eag- ‘erness with which the finan- |ciers and industrialists of | Latin America are acclaiming |the tour of Herbert Hoover, | president-elect of the United States, thru their continent Silk Workers to Meet} was evinced again today in re- Tonight |marks made by Baron Teffe, (Special to the Daily Worker) PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 13— Despite the continued silence of the capitalist press on the big 8-Hour Day Parade here Saturday, many pressed thruout Europe that) thousands of workers will be reached | by the appeals to participate which| the Associated Silk Workers Union| arrangements committee is already | flooding the town with. The parade! is called as a labor demonstration of | solidarity with the strike of the silk) fits accruing from such finan-|ple of the country and calling upon \eial interest as not an “un-|the masses to follow loyally the workers. Many workers’ fraternal organiza-| tions, representing the numerous na-| tionalities in Paterson irlustry, have already signified their inten-| things, said, “Mr. Hoover's so- ident, yesterday delivered a- speech |journ in Brazil will have great to “the American people” over a \comsequences which are impos- | n@tion-wide radio hook-up. tién to come to the conference sched- uled for. Thursday night, where final touches will be put on the plans for the march. , } Appeal Directly to Workers. | Because some of the official A.| F. of L. organizations here may re-| fuse to participate, the members of | A. F. of L. unions and all other} workers organized or unorganized are appealed to directly to join in the demonstration. Hundreds of posters, signs, leaflets, cards and| certainly realize the possibili-|tually rules, is seen from the con- Continued cn Page Three i Brazilian ambassador here, who declared that the visit is “a stroke of genius.’ Opinion is being rather freely ex- Latin Ameriean businessmen, who are so merrily welcoming American capital to develop their countries today, may in future come to* view the bene- mixed blessing.” Baron Teffe, among other sible to calculate now but which will be emphasized by the presence of such men as Ambassador Fletcher (now American envoy to Italy). “With the wide experience acquired by practically travel- ing over all the world, he will Continued on Page Five N RATES: / FI Yo mail. de New York, mall, 86.00 per y: ‘PREPARATION FOR, | { IMPERIALIST WAR, Senators Assure Rapid | Passage of Cruiser | | Construction Bill |Navy ‘Second to None’ | erat A) | Hoover Promises to} Push Program | WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Fol-| lowing President Coolidge’s_stand-| ing declaration of war and blatant} | pronouncement of an aggressive na-! val policy on the occasion of the| celebration of Armistice Day, and the publishing of the frankly im- perialist ‘program of the navy de- partment today, assurance comes from all government sources that} |naval and air armaments will be| /built in a rush, and general prepar tions will be made to further fortify | |United States imperialism on all} fronts. | Coincident with the publication of |the United States naval program, jassurance comes from Senator} |Borah, pretended liberal, pacifist} hope and chairman of the foreign |relations committee, as well as other peenators, that not only will the pend-| ing 15-10,000 ton cruiser bill be} passed by congress, but that addi- tions will be made to it. | by Barbusse in Warm Message Henri Barbusse, internationally famous French Communist writer, has sent a telegram of greetings to General Augustino Sandino in the name of himself and the revolution- ary proletariat and intellectuals of France and Europe. A copy of the telegram was re- ceived last night from Mexico City Albert Moreau, head of the vatin-American department of the United States Section of the All- America Anti-Imperialist League. The telegram follows: General: Together with my personal greetings I send you those of the revolutionary proletariat anc in- tellectuals of France and Europe, as on many occasions they have authorized me to speak in their names. Our attention is turned to you and your admirable army, and with great enthusiasm we look upon you as heroes. In greet- | ing you, we know that we greet the liberator, the magnificent sol- dier who fights for a cause which disregards the question of races and nationalities, is the cause of the oppressed, of the exploited, of the masses against the despots. We greet, through you, the ardent Latin-American youth that rises against the attacks of the avaricious north. We greet the multitude of workers and Indians who are anxiously waiting for the time when they will fall in line | in erder that oné day they will At the same time it is reported there the president-elect Hoover, |whom a deluded New York pacifis' |had said opposed increased naval ar-| |maments, had declared thru his close | associates, that he was highly in} favor of a big navy and that he {would continue the policy advocated | |by Coolidge and the navy depart- | ment. “Navy Second to None.” | An American navy “second toj jnone” is the goal of the General | Board of the Navy. | In a statement of policy drawn up fby the board and approved by Secre- Aapeygot the. Navy Wilbur, the follow: | ling principle of naval construction | was presented :— | “The navy of the United States |should be maintained in sufficient |strength to support its policies and |its commerce and to guard its con- \tinental and overseas possessions.” War Efficiency. War efficiency, the statement held, should be the object of naval train-| ing, and strength of the navy for battle should be of paramount im- portance. The navy pledged itself to organize the navy for operations on any part of either ocean; to en- courage civil aviation; to support in every possible way American ‘in- Continued on Page Five ‘SMITH DEMANDS LOYAL WORKERS, ‘Radio Speech Urges All | to Follow Hoover Declaring that Hoover is now the president of the whole united peo- leadership of the successful candi- date of big business, Al Smith, de- feated Tammany candidate for pres- In his speech, Smith at the same time sought to lay the basis for the continuance of the democratic par- jty which has been somewhat shat- |tered as a result of the last elec- | tion. For Good of Wall Street. That the election display was one intended merely to dupe the work- ing class into believing that it ac- | break this imperialist and capital- ist machinery, which comes from a foreign land, and establish a beautiful new world upon the earth that belongs to them. You, Sandino, are at the head of the struggle for a disputed con- | tinent. A general of free men, you are performing an historic act that cannot be forgotten for your lumious example and splendid sac- rifices! We are heartily with you. HENRI BARBUSSE. Paris, 1928. COURT ACTS IN QUEENS ELECTION Is Camouflage Implying that election frauds have been committed during the re- cent election Queens, Bernard M. Patten, cratic nominee for the office an follower of the Tammany-Connolly gang in that borough, yesterday in- stituted supreme court proceedings for a recount of the votes cast. George U, Harvey, a republican and one of the leaders of the ma- chine which is seeking to obtain power in at least one of the New York City boroughs, was counted in by about 3,700 votes over Patten. Patten insists that he was actually elected. Ballot to be Held. An order issued yesterday by Su- preme Court Justice L. L. Faweett, answerable Nov. 16, commands the Board of Elections and the county clerk of Queens to hold intact the ballots cast November 6. The or- der was served, in addition, against George Powers, Communist candi- date for the office; Harvey, the suc- cessful candidate, and Edward Lev- inson, socialist. Declaring that the existence of election frauds in Queens has been evident from the moment the first which he derided the show of vir- tue displayed by the Tammany Hall officials in Queens. “There is no doubt in my mind, whatever,” Powers. declared, “that | Continued on Page Two Continued on Page Two RED CROSS REFUSES TO AID NEGRO VICTI MS Helps State Troopers in Terror on Starving Flood Sufferers, Funds Are Needed The following statement was is- sued yesterday by Grace P, Camp- bell, chairman of the Negro Work- ers Relief Committee, 461 Lenox Ave., this city, in connection with | its work in the Florida storm situ- | ation: | “Terrorized by state troops and private hoodlums, discriminated against by the red cross and other white relief organizations in the field, the Negro storm sufferers | look to their own race and class for | speedy and generous help in the) awful ordeal which they are forced to undergo as victims of the storm and of race prejudice. “The reports received from our) agent in the devastated districts of | doubt of the ter- vi storm sufferers and of the need for immediate action if the suffering of those who have survived the fury of the storm and the hostility of white relief officials is to be ameliorated. Too long have we left our helpless brothers and sisters and their child- ren to the tender mercies of the red cross with its notorious record for deviltry and the vilest sort of discrimination’ in the Mississippi flood. Same Old Story. “History is repeating itself in Florida. It is the same hateful red cross which in the Mississippi flood situation established slave pens for the benefit of the big planters and used relief funds to pamper white |slave Negroes. The same red cross |that used guardsmen to terrorize, |whip and shoot up Negro refugees in the Mississippi flood. And that the red cross is continuing to func- tion in its historic role of an in- strument of prejudice against the Negro, no one can doubt who reads the report of our agent in Florida, | a summary of which is herewith’ | presented. | | “The names of persons affected are deleted as a precaution against retaliatory measures, These names, | with reports and letters, are on file | in our office, however, and can be | ‘climb on that truck, nigger’ called back he would ask his boss if he could go. Started across street to man opened fire immediately, although Simpson was not running. Bullet hit Simpson in back causing death almost instantly. The guards- | man has been exonerated by a white jury Simpson leaves a wife, too sick to/ ork, and two little children, one @ irl of nine and the other a boy U, 5, BUSHES ALL SardinoHailed DEMONSTRATORS IN FIRST ARs -_ het pax: See NAL CITY EDITION Ae . ~ Price 3 Cents DAY OF SENTENCES IN BIG FIGHT TO FREE PORTER Refused Bail, Defied Hostile Court; Face Jail Persecution Wit Struggle to Soldier Ir Liberate h Same Courage Imprisoned ntensified Former WASHINGTON, D. C., ridden cells, under persecution bers of the Workers Party ympathetic organizations, 2 RGES DRIVE 10 FREE 29 WORKERS Crouch Calls for Anti- War Fight “The arrest and sentences of par- ticipants in the Washington demon- stration on Saturday for the release jof John Porter and against capital- |ist war is especially significant at this time, and it i: to the working cla mass campaign for the freedom of Porter and those jailed in the de- monstration,” declared Paul Crouch, secretary of the All-America Anti- \Imperialist League, in an interview |last night with a representative of The Daily Worker. Crouch, who was released on bail pending appeal from the fine of $100 or 60 days in jail, pointed out that American imperialism is be- coming more open in its struggle for control of the world markets and suppression of all resistance to Wall | Street rule. The harsh | against representatiyes of seven na- |1ional organizations bn the technical | charge of violating a park ordinance by going on a street between the War Department and the House instead of only parading on three sides of the War Department indicates the increasing persecution vitally important to organize a sentences |of all opponents of imperialism, he /CommunistShows Move said. “We must mobilize mass support for those who are in jail rather than | pay fines imposed by a capitalist court,” Crouch declared. “When war |for protection of Wall Street invest- | ments.” | “We must also organize a mass |movement against preparations for a new war, which is becoming more |and more an imminent danger. The All-America Anti-Imperialist League calls upon the workers and farmers in particular to support the cam- |paign against the war preparations. |This fight against the war danger will be the main task of our organi- | zation.” WOMEN WILL NOT -_ SERVE HILFERS Won’t Help Him Betray Michelin Tire Strike MILLTOWN, N. J., Nov. 13.— | Harry Hilfers, American Federation |tempt to sell out and smash the strike of 1,20) Michelin rubber work- ers when all vomen st refused membership, on his strike committee of thirteen. This strike committee was elected at y in South River, which was da jte be under the auspices of the) wh American Federation of Labor, but which might just as well been de- clared under the auspices of the | Michelin Tire Co. since every avail- |able striker was herded to the aid of Hilfers in the bosses’ cars, | “The American Federation of La- | bor does not believe in strikes,” Hil- jrible plight of thousands of Negro)folk and degrade and further en-) years old, shot down by white| fers told the meeting at Red Men's ing under easy canvas. About 260 ‘guardsman at 8th and Division Sts., | Hall this morning, “nevertheless the degrees true. | West Palm Beach. Reason: Simp- | workers do strike sometimes, The master.” |son, who was on his way to work American Federation of Labor be- |when commanded by guardsman to | lieves in negotiations around a | table.” The Red Men’s Hall is con- |trolled by the Michelin Co. | It is around a table “that Hilfers ‘his place of employment, guards-| Urged the strikers to settle with the | Michelin bosses in his scheme to get | the stfikers back into the mill before the Michelin orders pile too high. At present the plant is paralyzed. While urging the strikers to con- sider the bosses’ terms, Hilfers is |denying the disclosures which have | been made in the Daily Worker, de-. seen by anyone interested in the o. :en. Present address in our files. nouncing him as the faker he is. facts. j | “Case No, 1. Coot Sie wee 35 | \ “Case No, 4. Levi Brown,«the Continued on Page Four | Following the meeting, Hilfers or- Continued un Page Two ay Nov. the Young Work White) ; \ 13.—In cramped vermin- from hostile jailers, the mem- 's League and ted in the Armistice Day dem- onstration against imperialist war and for the release of John Porter, completed the first day of sentences ranging from 60 to 30 days in the jail here. Refuse Bail, The workers, who were sentenced on the technical’ charge of violat- ing a local park ordinance, yester- day refused bail and in spite of third degree methods of the po- lice, including virtual starvation, in- sisted on serving their terms, after one of the most dramatic trials ever witnessed here. The militancy of their attitude and the failure of the authorities to smash the determination of the prisoners to bring the demand for the release of John Porter, militant textile leader jailed by the militar- ists at Leavenworth, has infuriated the prison officials and their mas- ters to the point where they are con- tinuing their persecutory tactics despite the fearless publicity given them by the workers during the trial. Sleeplessness, gradual starva- tion, over-crowding in tiny, foul, narrow cells, with only one bunk for our or five prisoners, and alive with cockroaches, lice and other vermin, are among the sufferings forced upon the prisoners by the authorities. Jim Crowism, Part of this story of persecution was told by Karl Jones, militant Ne- \gro leader and» member. of the American Negro Labor Congress, when, in spite of frequent interrup- tions from the reactionary police judge, Hitts, he described attempts of the police and authorities to in- ject Jim Crowism into the case by trying to separate Jones from the white prisoners. The protests of the white workers finally prevailed and Jones was left with his fellow prisoners. “The detective who arrested me demanded, ‘What is that “nigger” ‘ Be th of |i8 declared, years of imprisonment doing here?’” Jones told the court, in the Borouge no. [or even firing squad will face all|‘‘and I replied that I represented | who are not ready to fight and die thousands of Negro workers.” Despite the hostility of the court and well knowing the persecutions Continued on Page Five ANOTHER VESSEL SENDS SOS CALL Schooner in Distress 100 Miles Off Coast The air was cleared at 6:15 last night apd all normal radio traffic ceased after an S. O. S. appeal had flashed out from the sea. The message was intercepted by the Tuckerton station of the Radio Corporation, which was unable at first to trace it. * * WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 UP).— The S. O. S, call which shut off broadcasting in the United States about 6 p, m. tonight was sent out returns came in, George E. Powers, | organizer for the state of New Jer- in behalf of a sailing vessel, the Communist candidate for the office, | Sey and notorious labor faker, today Anna X. Reidritter, in distress about yesterday issued a statement, in| Teceived another set-back in his at- 109 miles east of Charleston, S. C,, the coast guard was advised to- night. The S. O. S. was sent out by the steamer Kingsbury for the sailing v guard intercepted a e from the Kingsbury “The steamship Kingsbury 4:45 p. m. Nov. 13 to U. S. coast guard: Savannah. Four-masted schooner Anna R. Reidritter flying signal of | distress. All boats gone. Also pro- visions. Requests one boat and pro- | visions from revenue cutter. Lati- tude 31-50, Longitude 75-08. Head- RUMOR BELA KUN JAILED, : PARIS, Nov. 13.—According to |rumors emanating from Bucharest the Rumania police are reported to have arrested one crossing the der, who they charge is Bela Kw leading Hungarian Communist. 7 is also reported that the police are not satisfied with the identification, MACHINISTS WANT WASHINGTON, Novy. 13+ ' yard machinists are seeking a } | increase from 86 cents an hour to hier an a! $1.10 an hour. The mach unorganized. ory Signed Thompson, —