The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 14, 1928, Page 2

Page Two THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 _ United States Imperialists Tssue Program DEMAND GREAT = FLEET ABLE TO DEFY ALL WORLD United in Toil, United in ‘Defense of Soviet : Union Plans Embrace All| Types of Craft ° The full text of the statement on yeneral policy by the zeneral board nd ap- proved by a y Wilbur, is imperialist of the zes of the United State declare : gram is policies guard its continental and possessions That ‘ j preparation f he next war is proved e seas. open chal Japan a gaged in heavy cruisers fieally ¢ struction of 10,000 ton S. Followi fult text of the construction policy: Inited States Na Policy. ‘ ‘i Jovi i ON een onto ae » bond between the workers, peasants and Red Army soldiers in the Soviet Union eannot be unbreakable The roken by the machinations of the imperialist powers. They will rise up like a huge, wall to block any attacks on the proletarian fatherland of all the toiling millions of the world. necessary for the operation of the navy. classes of fighting ships in accord- ance with the capital ship ratios (1) Light planes, for fighting, | spotting, tactical scouting and div- | vessels and developm tenet: drawing is by M. Pass. e, t ration-ok — - —_——____— - ae ration of |" with all departments of the gov- | tions at sea with the fleet. | tries to broaden and perfect their signed to su; 1 policies | €™nment. : |. To direct the/ development of | professional education. and national it compre. | Building and Maintenance Policy. | heavier-than-air craft, principally To educate, train, rate and a hends the questions of number To build and maintain an effi- | in the two classes that can oper- | tain the services of a Hee am size, type and d cient, well-balanced fleet in all | ate from ships, viz.: | excess of petty officers over those | ter and nu er of th , nay ren Bee its character of penc and | and t these ratios by | ‘ing bombing; (2) heavy planes, for To avoid frequent eet of fpetations Sane trina | ement ships and by | torpedoes, heavy bombs and long- , Personnel in organizations afloat iiiental Naval Poticy of the | g of old ships in accord- | distance scouting. ~ ashore. a WAS United States. — | th continuing programs. | To combine as many functions | eee nae a ton he The na f+ 1 States To make superiority of arma- | jn a single plane in each class as | by as an integral part o: m ; | ment in their class an end in view b ith efficie . ; 7 should be r nt | ment m 5 Bese i can be done with efficiency. | eee Sa A strength t its ae | in the f all fighting ships. To continue the development of | ng Se ee Pgh and its con ) gale Hale B r great ee of | a seaplane of long range for sea aks comeRty gral pi | cont: al as posses- | as in al Bere d aaa from @ ship or from @ | “@y maintain the Marine Corps sions. i ee ve Rt ate; ss personnel at a strength sufficient The Washington ' Limiting Capital Ships. | _ To operate airplanes ...m cavi- | for current requirements. To prepare and maintain de- tal ships and cruisers to their full | 79 create, organize and train a authorized complement. ‘lo determine by trial the prac- ticability and desirability of op- | naval reserve sufficient to provide | erating airplanes from all classes | | | the personnel necessary for mo- bilization and to guard its inter- est. To cultivate a close association between officers of the navy and the Naval Reserve, and to be lib- eral in the assignment of officers | to duty with the Naval Reserve | and to educational institutions. | construction. To replace existing gapital ships in the year specified in accord- ance with treaty provisions. of naval vessels. | To keep all retained capital ships | fs Lighter-Than-Air. | modernized asfaras treaty terms | 7 complete the rigid airships permit and good practice justifies. | y : now under construction or appro- Aircraft Carriers. priated for, with a view to deter- To build and maintain aircraft | mining by operation, primarily Armame law of the powe the treaty, governing armaments as to capital aircraft carriers and the si: armament of cruisers. The spirit of the tr | tailed plans for new capital ship ze and to avoid carrier tonnage allowed by the | with the fleet, their utility for To emphasize in the training of armament Washington Treaty Limiting Naval | military operations. the reserves the duties most likely tion of a rat Armament. To build only such non-rigid air- | to be assigned them afloat upon as a means of To prepare detailed type plans | ships as may be necessary for | mobilization. » tion. for th id conversion of suitable | training purposes. To safeguard the. spirit of fair Should any p merchant vessels to aircraft car- Organization Policy. | competition and sportsmanship in Program of exps riers. To organize the navy as far as | ™aneuvers, exercises and training, Stricted classes of n To design aircraft carriers with | posible so that expansion only | and to foster initiative and team- Or in personnel, not, consistent | hangar space such that the maxi- | will be necessary in the event of | Werk. with the tr ratios of cap- | mum number of heavy class planes | \4>, | Base and Shore Stations Policy. ital ships, a mpetition in | may be carried. | To decentralize administration | _ A system of outlying naval and naval strengths would thereby be Cruisers. | as far as indoctrination permits. | comemycial bases suitably dis- initiated. : | To support the fleet and protect | To organize fighting ships per- | tributed, developed and defended, Until such time as other powers | our commerce, replace all old manently by classes. | is one of the most important ele- by inequitable conduct in interna- tional relations as to United Statese interests, or, by their departure from the idea of a suspended com- petition in naval armaments, indi- cate other procedure, the navy of the United State: be ge soverned in naval strengths by the spirit of the capital ship ratios; se it will be ne appr ropriately to readjust our naval p y General Naval Poli To create, maintain and operate & navy second to none; and in con- formity with the ratios for capital ships established by t ton Treaty Limiting } ment. To make war efficiency the ob- ject of all training and to main- tain that efficiency during the entire period of peace. To develop and to organize the navy for operationinany part of | either ocean. To make strength of the navy cruisers with modern cruisers of 10,000 standard tons displacement, carrying 8-inch guns and, in addi- | tion, to build similar cruisers at a that will maintain effective tonnage in conformity with the vital ship ratios as estab- lished by the Washington Treaty Limiting Naval Armament. Small Cruisers and Gunboats. To build no small cruisers. To build replacement gunboats as required. Destroyers. To build and maintain effective destroyer tonnage in conformity with the capital ship ratios, giving riority to destroyer leaders, Submarines. To build and maintain effective submarine tonnage in conformity with the capital ship ratios. Eagle Boats. To build no more. Sub-Chaser. To build no more. ments of national strength. To refain for future use all sta- tions now owned by the navy that would be of use in the event of war. To mgintain in operation the number of shore stations required to support the navy in time of peace. To distribute the demand on shore stations to avoid peak loads, and to further the development of Oahu, the Canal Zone and the Pacific Coast station. To build a new naval base on the Pacific Coast in the San Fran- cisco Bay area. To maintain and operate a sys- tem of naval districts organized for rapid expansion in war with their organizations separate and distinct from the adniinistrative organizations of subordinate ac- tivities. To encourage development of commercial facilities that would To assign units as required from the permanent organizations ‘to task groups for special operations | and training. Operating Policy. The principal elements of naval efficiency are: Discipline and contentment of the personnel, and gunnery, engi- neering and aviating excellence in the tactical and strategic appli- cation, To maintain a general scheme of progressive education and train- ing for the navy. To assemble the active fleet at , least once a year for a period of * not less than three months. To keep in communication, fully manned and in active training all fighting ships possible. To keep airplane carriers fully manned and operating with the fleet. To put vessels assigned to re- serve in condition for active ser- otherw sof a for pace of primary importance. | Mine Layers and Mine Sweepers. | vice. eu to the navy in time of To make strength of the ni To maintain a sufficient number To make foreign cruisers as in- c Ba r for exercising ocean-wide contr: for training and development work. | ternational far He wairank Communications Policy, of the sea, with particular refer- Auxiliaries. | thereby cultivating good-will and To maintain and operate a naval ence to the protection of Ameri- Colliers, oil supply ships, trans- | educating the personnel. communication system based on ean interests and overseas and ports, cargo vessels, tenders, fleet | To operate a naval train suffi. | the requirements of the fleet in coastwise commerce next in im- repair. ships, target repair ships,-| cient for the upkeep of fighting | W@: ? portance. hospital ships, ammunition ships: | ships and expeditionary forces. | To reduce by thorough indoc- To encourage and endeavor to lead in the development of the art and material of naval warfare. To give every possible encour- agement to civil aviation with a view to advancing the art, and to providing aviators and aircraft production facilities available for war. To cultivate friendly and sympa- thetic relations ‘with the world by foreign cruises. To support in every possible way American interests, especially jn the expansion and development of American foreign commerce | and American merchant marine. | To maintain a marine corps of | such strength that it will be able | | | To maintain a minimum number trination the number and length consistent with training and mo- bility of the fleet. Aircraft Repair and Store Ships. To provide and maintain as nec- essary. Submarine Rescue Ships. To provide and maintain as nec- essary. To make eve effort, both * ashore and afltek at home and | f communications, i abroad, to assist the development | To provide and operate radio of American interests, and, espe- | ©°™MPass stations as required. cially, the American Merchant | To develop such radio commu- Marine. nications as may aid maritime To make every effort for eco- °| #nd aviation interest. F nomy in expenditures compatible To co-operate with the radio with battle efficiency. and cable organizations of the To assign suitable partially United States and other countries manned vessels for the training of | and to safeguard the communica- naval reserves. tion interests of the United States, To have in mind in assigning | both public and private. naval forces that yard and base To develop and maintain within facilities must be maintained on | the fleet the best forms of com- both coasts and in both oceans, munications for battle efficiency, Personnel Policy. stressing aviation and submarines. To maintain the personnel at the To use naval radio communica- highest standard and in sufficient | tions to assist in the furtherance number to carry out the building, | of American interests abroad, replacement and operating policy. Inspection Policy. To develop and coordinate ‘s~ To provide for the inspection of tematic courses of instruction and | all offices, fleeta, ships, stations training for officers, petty. offi- | and activities of the navy in the cers and enlisted men. following forms, viz: visit and ob- Teo be liberal in the assignment servation; reports; financial audit; of officers to duty in foreign coun- | inventayy. Tugs. To maintain a minimum number needed for active employment with the fleet and at shore stations. Dispatch Boats. To maintain a sufficient number for fleet and district service. Conversion. To prepare detailed type plans for rapid conversion of ‘suitable mereliont vessels for naval use in war. adequately to support the navy by furnishing detachments to vessels of the fleet in full commission, guards ‘for shore stations, garri- sons for outlying positions, and by the maintenance in readiness of an expeditionary force. To do-operate fully and toyally Aircraft. Heavier-Than- Air. To direct the development and employment of naval aviation pri- marily to the fulfillment of its péineipal mission, namely, opera- | for Navy That Is to Be “Second to None” YOUNG WORKER'S DRESS WORKERS eve eel atialay CASE DISMISSED; TO PLAN STRIKE. CHARGES ABSURD AT HUGE MEET Pacifist Star Witness ‘To Devide st ] at Big Rally | for Prosecution Joseph Brustein, 19-year-old mem- | | | |ber of the Young Workers (Commu-, one that they will be able to carry nist) League, who was arrested’ Saturday when he demandéd the} masses of workers are ready to » | Tight of a Communist spokesman to} \fight for union conditions. |address the workers on Union | Square on Armistice Day, appeared yesterday morning at the Fourth Magistrates Court before Judge John Flood, on a charge of “disorderly | conduct.” His case, defended by Jacques Buitenkant of the New York section of the International Labor Defense, was dismissed be- cause of ‘the absurdity of the chargé against him, When he was arrested, Brustein was taken to the Night Court, but was released later in the evening in |the custody of the I. L.‘D. lawyer. |On Saturday, when a miserable | group of pacifists, socialists, yipsels, | and other wishy-washy “Tiberals” | marched up Broadway to Union| |Square to utter the same weak-| |kneed hokum that betrayed the | workers of America in the last im- Perialist world war, prominent among the paraders was Nanne E. Gregg, executive secretary of the) | Woman’s Peace Society. | This same woman appeared in jcourt yesterday as the star witness of the prosecution, and stated that she had sent out advance invitations to participate in their own little “demonstration” to the socialist party, the young people’s socialist league, ete., but not to the Young Workers (Communist) League. SMITH DEMANDS LOYAL WORKERS to Follow Hoover Continued Prom Page One eradicate resentment which might threaten the aims of his big Wall Street mas- ters. ‘It must be remem! of all citizens in the d \lead Radio Speech Urges All |co red, Smith|confress to support the republican | said, that after the election the man | party whenever it offered anything elected is not president of the re- | constructive. publican party but of all the people obstructionist tactics, saying that no and he is entitled to the cooperation | party should attempt to win on the elopment of | shortcomings of its opp in Cooper Union | Continued from Page One because the} thru successfully The | trade is now almost wholly- open | shop due to the union wrecking at- tacks of the right wing. At the. meeting tomorrow eve- ning the heads of the National, Or-| ganization Committee as well as| the left wing leaders of other ods dle trade unions are expect speak, The markets of manufacturing} | districts have been flooded with lit- | erature advocating the strike tae tic as the unionizing weapon. The | calls for this meeting have also been | distributed there and an overcrowd- ed meeting is expécted. Workers Ready. It is the general belief that the workers in the dress trades will be enthusiastic in endorsement of the | plan for a general strike, since they | know that thru this method only | will they be able to reestablish the | Working conditions they lost. Operatives in the dress industry | have a rich tradition of militant | struggle against their bosses and ean record many gains thru these struggles. They were also the most severe sufferers in the union-wrecR- ing drive of the socialist official- lom of their former international | union, since more than any others, | their working standards were the| most viciously assailed, Their mood | for a fight to regain lost gains ha now reached a pitch where the 1s of ‘the new left aving union feel that a general strike can be put om the order of the day. a program for the people. That the democratic party will) “opposition” ‘party and thus main- tain the fiction of bi-party “demo- | jeracy” is seen in the’ extreme care | | with which the Tammany governor | cern with which Smith sought to} sought to lay the basis for a united | any beneath-the-surface | party four years from now. | Not Through Yet. He called upon the democrats in He warned against ti To make service efficiency and coordination of effort by construc- tive critici8m and judicious ap- proval the mission of inspection. To maintain under executive au- thority the inspection system dis- tinct. from the executive function. To use the conference as an ad- junct to inspections, particularly for indoctrination. | Information Policy, To emphasize the importance of thorough indoctrination to give proper effect to information in the exercise of command. To recognize that sound deci- | sions and action proceed only from | accurate information rapidly com- | municated. To recognize the importance of the psychological effect of infor- mation on morale: To acquire accurate information pertaining to the «political, mili- tary, nayal, economic and indus- trial policies of our own and of foreign countries. To select, analyze, arrange, classify, summarize and make available all information acquired for the purpose of reference and dissemination. To disseminate appropriate in- formation systematically through- out the naval service. To preserve for ready referen and for historical purposes info: i mation collected and arranged systematically. To issue analytical studies of important historical incidents with a view to indoctrination. To co-operate closely with other departments of the government in collection, preservation and dis- semination of information. To link up information so closely with communication and oper- ations that in time of war intelli- gent, continuous, coordinated and efficient effort will result. To recognize the great educa- tional value of receiving and im- parting information bearing .on naval matters thrdugh the various appropriate public and private. in- | stitutions of our country. To provide for protection against foreign espionage and propaganda, To acquire and disseminate ap- propri late information of the en- emy in time of war. Publicity Policy. To furnish the public with full information of the navy not in- compatible with military secrecy, including its activities at home and abroad, its educational fea- tures “and its ‘contributions to science and industry. Approved Oct. 6, 1928. CURTIS W. WILBUR, Secretary of the Navy. oo os 6 6 6 Daily Worker ee = WM ct NM © <. | @ O e) ca oar 5 (a>) BALL Saturday Eve. Dec. 15th AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AUSPICES: a Premier Maniu, leader of the s © | called Peasant Party, will now at- tempt to run the almost insolvent Rumanian government along lines more favorable to foreign investors. He intends*to stabilize industry on the basis, of Wall Street dollars. COURT ACTS IN QUEENS ELECTION CommunistS hows Move Ts Camouflage Continued from Page One flagrant election frauds were com- mitted in Queens as in other bor- oughs of the city, Stole Communist Votes. “On the basis of the strong Com. | ist campaign we conducted in ueens, our best-informed workers and jwatchers estimate that our ticket secured at least 4,000 vot The election officials could ‘find only 508, however. Who got the rest, whether the republican boss party or the democratic boss party, is of little consequence to the work- | ing class. “Every informed worker knows jelection activity consists in buying, forcing and stealing votes.” WOMEN WILL NOT ‘SERVE HILFERS, N.J. LABOR FAKER Won't Help Him Betray Michelin Tire Strike Continued from Page One | ganized a small, parade with the American flag at the head, which | marched once or twice past the fac- tory. It was then late in the morn- jing and all the members of the | machinists department, the depart- inent which has not struck, were in | the mill. The faker is trying in this way to do away with the workers’ spontaneous picketing. Infuriated by the expose of his betrayal schemes, Hilfers is making an attempt to confuse the militants | who are denouncing his plan to sell out the strike and the I. W. W. The strikers, however, are extremely suspicious and are not at all taken in by Hilfers’ attempts to denounce the militants. The militants are urging the strik- ‘ers to demand that Hilfers and the American Federation of Labor send them relief, as the preliminary guar- antee of how they intend to aid the workers in their struggle. Seipel Maneuvers to | Get Dictatorship of | Austria by New Laws (Wireless to the Daily Worker) VIENNA, Nov. 13.—The National Party Conference met here today to | discuss the coming election to the federal presidency. The term of the present president, Hainisch, expires in December. The constitution for- ‘ides re-election. Seipel, on behalf of the bourgeois bloc, demanded alteration of this limitation clause, also an increase jin ‘the power of the president and | his direct election by the people. The general opinion of Seipel’s | motive in doing this is that these proposals would_create the condi- ntinue to play its role of the great | that a considerable part of capitalist | tions prerequisite to Seipel’s own pectesansinn since he intends to be a candidate in the next election. 5 Years Daily Worker | KEEP THIS of the will be celebrated in Manhattan Opera House Saturday, January 5th DAY OPEN! Outside of Baily Worker 26-28 UNION SQUARE, NEW Name City . Kooy In Step With Thousands of Workers Who Read the Daily Sas Worker Ghe Organ of the Class Struggle Alimays —FOR the Workers —AGAINST the Capitalists Up to the Minute —Labor News —Labor Features —Labor Cartoons Rates $6.00 @ year; $3.50 six months; $2.00 three months, ‘ SUBSCRIBE! Enclosed $..cccceeeve fore. SHEE 6 ede s a uans ees tabs yet ete tee we genes enreqmmmepmymm | SUM sei veondecdieevacer nee eesens ened ms cmnms ovens eis ‘ New York: YORK. © | 2 seseeees months subscription, so otv (aie jenn mee 8