The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 19, 1928, Page 3

THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, NOVEMBEK 19, 1928 ms FOREIGN NEWS AND F EATURES -- - BY CABLE, AND MAI NEW OVERSEER LEAVES ON TRIP THRU DOMAINS Hoover to Point Guns at “Trouble” Centers Continued from Page One countries which have given special trouble to the United States and with which there are standing -dis- putes over matters pertaining purely to commerce, industry and trade. His first step will be Corinto, Nicaragua, fromm where he will pro- ceed to Managua, which, officials admit. represents the most difficult situation the Coolidge administra- tion has had to face. His specific duty there will be, it is pointed out, to determine the pliability of the Moncado regime in the matter of the Nicaragua Canal, and if this is favorable to the future president, he will consider withdrawing some of the 7,000 marines and bluecoats, it is. said. Panama Canal. Hoover will next interview offi-| cials of the Panama government, and in connection with this it is pointed out that Panama has thus far failed to apnrove the new treaty drawn up by the United States in 1926 providing that the armed frerces of the United States shall have free transit through that coun- try in time of peace and that Pan- ama shall declare herself in a state of war in case of any war which another train at Recea, Rumania, 47 others, course, was not blamed, because it in Europe. Put Blaine on Workers for This Wreck | The authorities immediately arrested some workers and tried to put the blame for the wreck upon them. The company, of (Upper) The telescoped sleeping cars and (lower) a closeup of the debris of an express train out of Bucharest which crashed into killing 88 and severely injuring happens to be the biggest railway the United States might declare. It seems very probable that Hoover wili follow Coolidge’s dic- tum in his Armistice Day war talk, when he declared that this country is “bound. by international treaty to defend the Panama Canal.” Nitrate, Copper, Tariffs. When Hoover visits Peru, Chile and Bolivia he will have in mind the dispute over the nitrate fields ii Taena and Arica and will also remember that the Chilean govern- ment is rather hes‘tant in granting certain rights to American copper intercsts. With Argentina and Brazil there is a standing quarrel over tariffs, | and business men of both countries | are opposed to the increase of im- port duties on their chief products. It is believed that Hoover. traveline in his battleship, will be able to win the argument. Hoover will also stop in Mexico where, it is announced, he will take up. the “good work” of Dwight. Mor- | row and try to obtain further con- cessions for American oil interests. (of the most stirring and enthusias- |least for the time being, the rank); hig proper place, SILK MILL STRIKERS RALLY TO MILITANTS Continued from Page One i day to defeat the strikers through) stituting hypocritical unity schemes, these officials Friday announced} that the regular Saturday strike meeting would not take place. At the same time local papers carried | a similar annouftement intended to| demoralize the strikers. Responding to the situation mem, bers of the strike committee got the| floor at the Friday meeting and an-| nounced the call for the Saturday) morning strike gathering. In one tie gatherings in which nearly 400 strikers participated, the left wing | strike committee took over the Sat-) urday meeting and reestablished. at and file cnotrol of the strike. settled shop reported that he had jon the strike committee last Tues-| failed to secure any attention by appealing to Union Organizer Ya- | bringing in fake arbitrators and in-|nerelli cf the grievances in his so- called .settled shop. The Strike Committee immediately ordered lena Chernenko and Blender to the shop to take up the issues. These organizers have been working ac- tively to protect the strikers. The Strike Committee appointed a sub-committee, headed by Ger- trude Mueller, to meet with a com- mittee of the Joint Board in the | question of unity Friday afternoon. At this meeting A. J. Muste, of the Brookwood Labor College, was again brought forth in the role of “ the members of the committee, it was learned, put this little meddler ‘impartial” arbitrator, but this time | | Dunn Supports Strike Committee. Gomez of Venezuela Speaking at this meeting Robert to Hear Protests of w. Dunn, well known labor organ- Students’ Paris Mee PARIS, Nov. 18.—The association of Latin-America students here held a meeting of protest against the president of Venezuela, who has ar- bitrarily condemned the students of Venezuela to hard labor. | Many students spoke vigorously in attacks on General Gomez, the} tyrant president. Messages of soli- darity were adopted to send to the | prisoners and demands of protest addressed to the president to the end that those condemned be freed. Senor Dominic, formerly of the| University of Caracas, told the story of bloody attacks upon the Venezuelan students. The Cuban student, Chelala, compared the tyr- annies of Machado of Cuba with those of Gomez of Venezuela. A committee was formed to send a call! to all student organizations in be- half of the Venezuelan students now imprisoned. British Wool Workers Faced With New Drive on Wage Standards BRADFORD, England, Nov, 18.— A conference for the purpose of re- ducing wages of workers in the wool mills here, is to take place shortly, under the auspices of the joint in- dustrial board. At present only 40 per cent of the workers are on full time. A week ago, a Rotary club speaker, review- ing the status of the industry, said | that competition abroad had seri- ously affected the British textile in- dustry, and in order to save them- selves the mill-owners had only one way out. That was to economize at home in cutting the wages of the workers, South African “Labor” Minister Refuses to Meet Negro Leaders LONDON,« Nov. 18.—The labor minister of Posts and Telegraphs of South Africa is in hot water for refusing to meet a deputation from the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union because native col- ored workers were on the delega- tion. The minister, Madeley, de- clares that he refused because of other reasons and declines to re- sign, referring the dispute to the _ National Labor Council. FIRE MAKES 200 JOBLESS MANCHESTER, England, Nov 18—Two hundred workers, em- loyed in the Westfield Coiton | Mills, were thrown out of wor! hen @ fire burn-d ‘h~ . ie, izer, whose activities among the) silk strikers date back many years. | called upon the workers to rally, |tee and its militant policies. “There are two main issues be- fore you,” Dunn declared to the | strike, the second is to build a | strong union. You can win the strike by uniting your forces behind the militant and honest leadership of } your own strike committee and the \left wing. You can build a strong union only through joining with |the militant, left wing national union in your industry, the National Textile Workers’ Union.” Dunn further pointed out that the meth- ods of gangsterism and terrorism being adopted by the officials would lead only to their own demoraliza- tion. Such methods will not and cannot drive back the workers, he said. 5 “My experience and study of the labor movement has shown me,” he said, “that it is the militants and | the left wingers alone who can now |carry on a succesful strike and | build a strong national union.” He |warned the strikers not to be in- | fluenced by such names as “red” or “radicals” and especially empha- sized the need of protecting the militant -girl leaders’ in the union and uniting to protest against any expulsion methods which may be adopted by the officials, Before this on Friday night the officials had already shown just how far they interd to ere 1) * present methods by locking the strike committee cut ii Hall. When the committee arrived to hold its regular session, the workers found the door locked against them and a new lock sub- | stituted for the old one. Accept Helping Hand. The strike committee was forced |to find another hall at which its regular business was carried out, chief of which was the acceptance of the recent offer of cooperation made by the National Textile Work- ers’ Union to help win the strike. Immediately after this step was taken, officers of the N. T. W. an- nounced that Tom De Fazio, Italian organizer, would be sent in. De Fazio, it was learned, had already begun active work without com- pensation due to the fact that Hoel- sher and the Joint Board is with- holding funds*from the strike com- Big Relief Drive. The Strike Committee Friday evening also adopted the plan to or- ganize a country-wide relief drive which the union officials have thus far prevented. The Workers Inter- national- Relief will be asked to rome into the situation. A station , WI be opened up immediately, it is understood. : : At. this meeting # worker from a | spoilm. ‘ih | workers, “the first is to win. the} Scheme Exposed as Fraud. The scheme of the Joint Board, |in which the’ “impartial” Muste no |doubt had a hand, was unfolded to include the proposal to form a new strike committee with five ing with the rank and file control of the strike was denounced by the regular strike committee members, although they again expressed their desire for unity on the basis of per- mitting the union membership to decide. As a basis for real unity, the Strike Committee Friday raised the following test questions of the honesty of the Joint Board and the union officials: 1. Are you ready to denounce gangster methods now practiced in the union? 2. Will you withdraw your order against the regularly elected strike committee? Will you permit the regular strike committee to function until the membership meeting, the highest body in the union, expresses its de- cision? 4. Will you honestly meet the evidence that workers are being sent back to work without a settle- ment? Irregular methods in the distribu- tion of relief by Louis Stein, who was illegally appointed head cf the new relief committee, was charged by rank and file members, who de- clared that Stein has been issuing funds from “cash in his pocket” without records now in possession by the authorized secretary of re- lief, Sophie Sprechman. Relief funds were supposed to be dis- tributed orfly by check, according to the records, and only to those hold ing picket cards. Native Despot Rule LONDON, Nov. 18.—A deputa tion from the peoples of the Indiar states is in London to agitate against the British government granting any extension of power to the Indian princes, Professor Abhyankar, a member of the| delegation, declares that the pact between the British crown and the Indian princes carries a provi- sion prohibiting the princes from oppressing their peoples, but that in practice the princes are allowed to conduct their regimes as abso- lute despots. No constitutions and no representative systems are in force, and the government revenues are the private property of the princes, Me POLITICIANS GET SPOILS. OAKLYN, N, F., Nov. 18.—Differ- ences between local politicians ir this town last night took form in te vetignation of Joseph II, Simpson as police recorder and the appoint: ment of John Val’ ' = '» his place ‘The resignation r: “ent are the crlmination - tondine quarre’ emong ns for left | around their regular strike commit-|Wingers represented. This tamper- DISCLOSED PLAN AGAINST U.S.5.R, \French Gov't Makes Preparations MOSCOW, Nov. 18.—A detailed exposure of the activities of the French general staff in preparation for a war against the Soviet Union was published today by the Red Army newspaper, The Red Star. The Red Star points out that this plan cajls for uniform armaments in France, Rumania and Poland, where the armies are supervised by French officers and financed by French gold, Rumania,/Yugoslavia and Czecho- |sloyakia are to supply ammunition, and the project includes plans for the creation of new armament plants in these countries. At the same time the French |fleet, supported by the British, is te operate in the Baltic and attack the Soviet Union from the north. PITTSTON MINER UNDER $1,000 BALL Coal’ Digger Exposes Boss Made “Law” (By a Worker Correspondent) PITTSTON (By Mail).—Sam Li- cata, striking miner of this town, is out on $1000 bail on a charge of “assault and battery” and has had to post another bond of $500 for “surety of the peace,” although no evidence was produced against him and no real hearing was held. A mine foreman of the Pennsyl- | vania Coal Company, against which | we are now striking, charged Lica- ta with spitting in his face while he was walking on the streets of the city. Little Dictator Gillespie. At the preliminary hearing be- fore the little dictator of Pittston, Mayor Gillespie who is a tool of the coal barons, only one witness was permitted to take the stand for the | defense although over a dozen min- present to testify. “There is no use’ to let more men testify,” this little |same thing.” Neither the attorney |for Lieatas nor the bondsmen were | allowed into the hearing room. Li- |cata was then rushed off to jail at Wilkes Barre. The International Labor Defense through its attorney, instituted “habeas corpus” proceed- ings and secured a hearing before a judge. The judge after hearing the mine foreman and the assistant mine foreman held Licata on $1000 bail and demanded the posting of a $500 bond for “surety of the peace.” Miners Expose the “Law.” The judge then made a speech to the miners. warning them to “obey the law.” Licata then asked: “What about the sluggers of the Lewis- Boylan machine who beat me up with a black jack? Why don’t they keep the peace?” Another miner then rose in the court room and said: “Your Honor, judge, I want to ask a question. What about the state police who are clubbing miners and driving them off the streets? What kind of law is this?” The judge said: “I do not advise people, I only interpret the cases after they are brought to my court.” That's a picture of how the “law” works in the mine fields. —COAL DIGGER. British Labor Fakers Mimic Matty Woll in LONDON (By Mail).—A sicken ing display of class collaboration i: given by “labor” leaders, Arthu: Henderson, J. R. Clynes and J. H Thomas, at the opening of a new factory building belonging to Bern hard Baron, the millionaire chair. cigarette manufacturers. The workers were assembled whil speeches of praise were made h: ‘Thomas, Clynes and Henderson, wh eseorted Baron to the platforr jomas said Baron was a “labc capitalist,” while T> P. O’Connor, : | “labor” member of parliament, sa’ Baron was a “fine young fellov the first great professor of the pub lie use of wealth.” Baron gave a $5,000 check to the |factory foreman and a medal- nothing more—to the employes %,000 of them, almost all girls, wh« will work in the new factory, the largest reinforced concrete building in England, | . 12,450,636 Pound: LIMA; Peru, Nov. 16 (U.P).—Th chamber of deputies approved la: night the budget commission’s re port estimating the total income fc 1929 at 12,450,636 Peruvian pound: The senate hag already requeste 40,000 pounds for the constructio: of anew senate building. The re mainder of the income would be ap plied to the 12,000,000 pound float (deficits of 1925 and 1927, L | division, and Edward L, Silver, a showed obvious signs of having been coached. J. Smith, American representative of the Marconi Wireless Company, and J. operator on the “Vestris.” Seated, from left to right, George J. Mintzer, chief of the federal criminal tant United States district attorney. ¢ Page Three a FROM SPEC Photo above shows, standing from left to right, Verchere, JUSTICE’ COUN IN YUSOSLAVIA Thousands of Workers. in Prison Ve suvious Joins Etna in Threat to Homes of Thousands of Peasants NAPLES, Nov. 18.—While* Mount Fina is still a burning hurler of lava and the lands and villages on ihe way to the sea resemble a bat- tleground, Mount Vesuvius, only | 200 miles to the north, is beginning | BRUCE GALLS FOR WHITE AUSTRALIA <fse=-. Secret IAL CORRESPONDENTS RED -ARMY IST APY Company * oa ancl Witnesses bs Vestris “Investigation” PFICHSTAG TRIES i} | TO BUY WORKERS WITH $5 WEEKLY |Communists Warn of Traitorous Tactie BERLIN, Nov. 18.—The Reich- stag passed a decree yesterday aft- ernoon authorizing the government to pay $5 weekly to every locked- out workers family, thus practically conceding the industrials’ right to br ak®the government arbitration, award and at the same time trying to placate the workers by granting | them a miserly dole. The Commu st deputies voted ainst the m n, declaring that | was insincer nd calculated to deceive the men into trusting the government, There has as yet been no result The Lamport & Holt Company is res te drastic measures of intimidation to cover up its criminal of the negotiations now going on guilt in the tragic sinking of the lin .” At the quizzing of the radio operator, Charges Verchere, |between the industrialists and the during the so-called federal “investigation” Saturday, the worker contradicted previous testimony and reformist union leaders, which are | carried on behind clésed doors: Only about half of the 250,000 locked-out workers belong to the unions, end the unorganized have been rallying more and more to Communist leadership. The reformist leaders, it is ex- pected, will now utilize the dole to further instill false hope in the courts and in the government, and MacDonald, another radio ing tactics, ‘ Makes Race Issue for British Unemployed Election Drive Armies Grow; Baldwin |to bubble and sends fiery streams (Red Aid Press Service) |into the air, threatening the homes SYDNEY, | boss-tool said, “they will’all say the |” Shepirovich, | Slobbering Over Boss |man of the Carreras Company | ™dian Committee Hits | ing debt resulting from the Wenge BERLIN, (By Mail).—The Zagreb workers’ paper “Borba” publishes the following statistics on political \persecution in Yugoslavia for Sep-| | tember: Hi During September 414 persons | | were arrested, 100 workers still re-| ;mained in prison from August, so that on September 30, 514 workers were in prison who still had a total | time of 15 years, 1 month and 1 | days to serve. Many of the workers | were sentenced to a total of 4 years| |6 months and 10 days prison; 172 | workers were sentenced to 8 years, 3| months and 18 days. Forty-one work- ers who were with Licata werg/ers were banished to their native towns for a total period of 120 years. In September there were two po- |litical murders, 13 cases of mistreat- \ment in the jails, 78 cases of brutal- |ity by the police and 3 ‘hunger strikcs for a period of 15 days. In the houses of correction at the end of September there were 206 po- ‘ical prisoners with a total sentence of 1,409 years and 1 month. These figures are not complete. The Macedonian prisorers, who num- ber about 209, are not included. | “Socialists” Betray | National Minorities to Finland Gov’t (Wireless to the Daily Worker) HELSINGFORS, Nov. 16,—Swe. !dish speaking Finnish subjects brought a motion in parliament to- |day and almost defeated the gov- ernment on the question of the na- tional minorities. The Swedish minority in Finland represented strong opposition to the national Finnish government. The social-democrats saved the govern* ment by declaring that although they did not approve of the gov-| ernment measure, still they did not/ want to change the government. Cyclone Kills Many Argentine Farmers: Devastates Lands | BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 18 (UP). -Sown fields covering 340,000 acres | were devastated and damage esti- | mated at $3,000,000 caused to farm- | ers by a eyclone in the Villa Maria listrict, it is reported. The lives | of many workers and peasants were ‘ost. of thousands of other peasants. For several days Vesuvius has been hurling lava from fissures in the main crater. Tourists and cientists find the spectacle inter- ting, but the peasants are filled | with anxiety. While the flow of lava from Etna | on on the beach, observers are not |altogether sure that the volcano has entirely gone to “sleep.” Meanwhile 4,000 peasants are homeless. Their houses, containing | all their possessions, are complete wrecks. Lava has destroyed the | fields, killed the live-stock, and it | may be several years before the | fields again produce. Desolate peasants move abcut the | dangerous area, anxious to ap- proach the site of their former homes and recover whatever they | can. | But no one is admitted into | the district unless he has a special | Northhampton. pass from the officials, which is hard to obtain. Czech Regime Refuses to Admit Krassin Crew; Fears Workers’ Spirit (Wireless to the Daily Worker) PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Nov. 16.—The foreign minister refused to grant the International Workers’ Relief permission to hold a lecture here, at which the principal speak- ers were to be members of the crew of the Soviet ice-breaker “Krassin.” | The foreign minister gave as his reason that experience in dther countries, especially in Germany showed that such a visit would be detrimental to “public peace.” 2,000 Monmouthshire Miners Strike When Wages Cut One-Third LONDON, Nov. 6 (By Mail).— Rather than accept. still sanothe: wage cut, more than 2,000 miners of Monmouthshire, working at th Nine Mile Point and Old Black Vein collieries, refused yesterday to go underground. The Nine Mile Point men were offered terms amounting to a cut of nearly one-third of previous wages. 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Imperialist Battleship Named Northampton, Nov. 18 Up, Government Concerned LONDON, Nov, 18.—The Baldwin to voters on the eve of gereral fed-| government, faced by an increase eral elections, emphasized the pres- in unemployment instead of the de< amend the law. 2 maifiten- | crease it expected on taking office, is being forced by conditions to unemployment doles The law carried a provision that ition government will lose | after April 19, 1929, those workers ats but will he returned) y:ho could not show 30 consecutive stamp payments made from wages § to the unemployment insurance fund cculd not draw doles. pression has continued so that only a small per cent could find work, As the de- f ‘ i ’, the majority of the unemployed Coolidge’s Home Town |r met oir fom ‘aolee saat WASHINGTON, D. 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