The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 24, 1928, Page 2

GERMAN BOSSES IN NEW DRIVE ON WORKERS Communists Expose Reformist Sell-Out ive The ( nists toda; of the agreem inion bureaucrat: t between the 1 the The ag ins clause making 1 uction of piece rates 1 exist ing prior to the and pro vides for overtime in order to make up lost production The eight thousand more gerland. In Maerkischelan 30 workers Nov. The ‘co-operatives west district have mittee to feed the ers PRINTERS QUIZ SCAB ‘Il. MONDO’ Brand Socialist Paper as Hypocritical formed a com wecked-out work- Branding as hypocritical the at- tempts of “Il Nuovo Mondo,” Ital- ian socialist party paper which has locked out its p ters and is now operating open p, to disgr the real issue in the case, the Executive , whose mem- esterday set a ) the strike- Council of Lo bers.are on s number of < Lreaking n “We are wu the economic, and moral betterment of our class,” the state- “We have no personal political ambit We charge that the Il Nuovo Mondo is maliciously trying to confuse the issue. We, the officials of Local 261, in order to force the Il! Nuovo Mondo from be- ments reads. hind its camouflage, ask the follow- ing auestions to which we demand an answer: Workers Sacrificed. “1. Is it not true that the print- ers whom you have locked out are the same workers who have made sacrifi and otherwise on behalf of your paper? “2. Is it not true that these same workers have made contributions to the Matteoiti fund for which no ac- counting has as yet been made? “3. Js it not .true that the Hl ewes these locked Nuovo Mondo still out printers money in back salaries, two weeks’ back pay plus 20 per cent of their wages for nine consecutive weeks? “4. Ts it not true that the Ital- jan Typographical local, our union, donated $250.000 to the Il Nuovo Mondo? “5 Do you y that you ar now operating the open shop? “6. Do you deny that your pres- ent action is intended to smash Lo- cal 261? “7, Do you consider this a suf- for the sa ficient compensation fices of our members on behalf of your paper? “We demand an answer to these questions. -"“THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ©. Schettini, pres.; V. Uccellani, vice-vres.; V. Zarrelli, fin. sec’y.; A. Renzi, sec’y.; E. Devoit, organizer. Thomas Fortune Ryan, Millionaire Traction Pirate, Dead at Last Thomas Fortune Ryan, multi- millionaire traction magnate, high finance swindler and one of the in- mer ring which has pulled the strings of Tamm Hall rule of New, Yerk City for a geferation, died® yesterday afternoon at his hivme. 858 Fifth Ave., at the age of G7. He was suddenly taken ill three days ago. The nzture of the ill- ness was not made pubiic. A generation ago he formed an @ssociation with William C. Whit- ney, Anthony N. Brady, John Dolan and others in the famous Metropoli- tan Traction Lines which, through a geries of maneuvers, mergers and stock market manipulations, stole some $200,000,000 from investors and workers. Later Ryan became one of the directors of the Interborough, where | he continued his operations Always dominant over the Tam- many Hall machine, he was espe- cially closely connected with “Boss” Charles F. Murphy, into whose ample coffers thousands of dollars ef Ryan's bribes proceeded for “value received.” John H. Delaney, the present head of the city board of transpor- tation, was the go-between the two gentlemen. Delaney has been ex- posed for taking a $10,000 bribe to “Boss” Murphy. Many others in the present city administration will mourn the pas ing of the fine old gentleman from Virginia. But their “loss” will, no doubt, be compensated by other gen- dlemen in the same interests repre- sented by Ryan. BUILDERS DEMAND 5-DAY WK. “SAN FRANCISCO, (By Mail) A five-day week is being demarided by Contra Costa County building r aS well as the charge that the life | ger, mperialism. he is shown sprinkl senger plane. Significantly, ADMIT VESTRIS WORKERS HEROIC Negro Cleverly Raps British Empire Continued from Page One “black gang” had refused to obey orders to stay below in the stoke- hole. It is evident that Adams, whom the firemen had not seen for a long| time before they finally went on| k just in time to leap for their| had wished the Negro workers | to go down with the ship, as he had issued no warning that the ship was about to sink and the seamen should take to the boats. This chief engineer was one of| the officers himself whom Chief Of-| ficer Johnson in previous hearings had alleged would not obey his or- ders. This reveals the extreme dis- organization existing on the ship, a disorganization chargeable to the company and the ship’s officers, but |not the fault of the seamen. Leaky Lifeboats. Numerous passengers _ testified| yesterday in great detail and accused | the officers of criminal negligence, hoats were leaky in a way that could! rot be explained by the inspectors| who were supposed to examine them. | Lionel Licorish, Negro quarter-| master, called before the inquiry, not only proved the statements made by Chief Engineer Adams against the crew to be lies, but in his first answer showed that he was wide awake to conditions of England’s colonial slave Very Different. Tuttle: “Are you a British citi- zen?” | Licorish: “No, sir. I am a Brit- ish subject. He had left the boat only at the moment it sank, leaping overboard and swimming for his life until he found a lifeboat drifting emntv and without oars. Later he had found some oars. Saved Many Lives. Tuttle: “I understand that when you found this empty boat and re- covered the oars, you rowed about and picked up about 20 people?” Licorish: “Absolutely.” Edward Miles Walcott, first class passenger, told by affidavit of the confusion on the boat and said the lifeboat he was in “leaked badly and} had to be bailed continually by two men.” He added that the officers! never ceased deceiving the passen- gers as to safety and added that even after the boat went down Chief Officer Johnson who was picked out of the water, cheerily told the ones in the boat that things “would be} all right as a rescue ship would come| at four o'clock.” Proves Inspectors Lie. John Santana, third class pessen-, told how his lifeboat “had a foot of water in it all the time.” F. W. Puppe, passenger, who sailed Thursday again for Buenos Aires, Mrs. Cal Puts Fancy Trimmings on President Calvin Coolidge calls for more cruise | tice Day and Mrs. Coolidge, always a helpful life-mat f the christening was don at Hoover Field, Washington, D. C. president-elect who is now engaged in some practical “Pan-Americanism” jand will be followed by a dance at |8.30, with music furnished Tiiz DAILY WORKER, NEW YO! RK, SATURDAY, NOV. 24, 1928 ES rs and threatens other imperialist countries on Armis- : f °, does a little christening in the interests of American ing her blessings on the Christopher Columbus, a Pan-American pas s » named after the in the interests of Wall Street. To Hold Workers Basketball Game and Dance Tonight Sports will be combined with so- cial activities at a basketball game and dance to be held tonight at the Finnish Workers’ Hall, 764 40th St... Left Wing WarnsCloak Brooklyn, The affair has been ar-| : ranged by the Kisatoverit Athletic Workers in Call Continued from Page One Club, which is affiliated to the La- junion. This time, however, he bor Sports Union. The game will start at 7 o'clock planned to permit even Communists |to come in and to even run for of- |fice after which he .would announce fake elections. In these elections, the N. O. C, statement discloses, the |leading left wingers would not be |Permitted, and in the meantime, Schlesinger thinks, the workers EXPOSE FORWARD by a snappy jazz orchestra. LABOR SPORTS “PEACE” PLOTS GOOD WILL’ FOR ~ LATIN: AMERICA § ‘Professional Patriots | | Attack Immigrants By a telegram said to have been sent to the chairman of the congres- sional committee on immigration it is revealed that thirty of the most reactionary societies of so-called “patriots” have demanded that con- egress enact ‘legislation barring im- and the only one that lays mines. Largest Submarine Laughs at “Peace” Pact Above is the V.-4, the largest and latest United States submarine “peace” pact, the submarine is rgported to have laughed out.loud. FASCIST SPAIN FEARS. LABOR WILL REVOLT Famine Bread Prices Force Imports MADRID, Nov. 23.—Facing a con- dition that amounts to famine in the bread supply of Spain, the fascist regime of Primo de Rivera is now forced to abandon its previous favor- ing of the. feudalist grain growing landholders of two provinces, since When informed about the Kellogg wigrants coming from Latin Amer- ican countries. Like Hoover's trip, Foster Speaks Sunday | this is one more of American im- ’ | perialsn’s gestures of "gond wit at Seamen's Club to) The telegram, which states that) Marine Workers’ Meet) | it originates in a conference of “pa- |triots,” says: | Strike at Latin Americans. “In the conference on restriction f | { immi, i i nd | ot immigration, which comprises | !ader of the great steel strike and) delegates from thirty or more pa-| recently the Communist candidate) triotic and fraternal organizations, for president, will speak to marine) energetic resolutions have been| workers at the International Sca- passed demanding the immediate|mon’s Club, 28 South St. | |rromulgation of legislation adequate! 7. disaster of the Vestris has| to restrict immigration coming from| é ; A : ; Ss tent among all Mexico and Latin, America, and also | Caused general discon vera ee seafarers, as it exposes the dangers | adequate laws and appropriation for| soe. 27)" : ° rn i thi deporting such immigrants. faced by seamen who, because they P a lack organization, are forced to sail| pbiboects ae eee te pre on the problems of all marine work-) iz ational ers, both ship and shore, all of} Tomorrow night, Nov. 25, 8 p. m., | | William Z. Foster, once a seaman, | op- sion origin of in the other proyinces the high prices {of bread have been becoming a .men- |ace to public safety as industrial workers threaten to revolt against the high prices of food with strike demands for higher wages. As a result, the Spanish govern- ment has reduced the tariff on im- ported wheat and ccrn from 50 to 30 |per cent. ‘This coincides with a \granting of 50,000,000 pesetas credit by the Argentine government, which |will undoubtedly be taken in wheat and corn to be imported to halt the mass discontent. This will accent the crisis due to last year’s unfavorable trade balance of 200,000,000 pesetas. Previously, the feudalist grain |growers of Spain paid no heed to After the talk there will be ques-|their backward methods -of opera- ions and discussion from the floor,| #0 and, protected by the tariff, en- jriched themselves at the expense of Minor to Tell of Decay of Socialist Party at Bronx Forum Sunday Robert Minor, editor of the Daily Worker, will speak at the Bronx Open Forum tomorrow night on “The Bankruptcy of the Socialist Party.” The forum will be held at 1330 Wilkins Ave., near the Free- man St. station. Minor will discuss the historic role played by the socialist party, its gradual decay, and its present role as the betrayer of the working, class, The reasons that caused the present debacle of the S. P. will be Fresented in his speech. # Se eT —_ Prepare for Two Big Soccer Games Nov. 29 The workers soccer leagues of this part of the country are all astir over the coming “Tri-Learue” eames that will be played at the Steinway Oval, Astoria, L. I., on Thankseiv- | ing Day, Nov. 29, at 1». m, This 18 really the first inter-league com- | | would come back to his collapsing company union to bolster it up in its death throes. In leading up to the final stage of the “plan” of a fake peace mani- |festo, Schlesinger has, as prelimin-| |ary steps, the spreading among the | workers in the market of fake peace | rumors. For the last few days his henchmen have been telling the workers that Schlesinger and the left wing are about to conclude a immigrants and the perpetuation of rules favcring certain nations. “The approximate number of members of the organizations em- braced in the conference is over 1,- 250,000.—John Trevor, chairman.” Parasites at “Breakfast.” It was learned by the Daily Work- er that this group of red-baiters and professional patriots include the notorious “Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution,” the “Daughters of whom are invited to attend. ; " lt Admission is free to marine work- Venizelos Regime ers, but others attending will be | asked to contribute 25 cents. Long-| |shoremen, harbor workers and sea-| |farers from all depertments of ships jare invited. 'British Textile Bosses |\Demand Wages Be Cut to 14 Years in Prison ATHENS, Nov. 23.—Zaphiri Cous- sies, a Communist who is charged | by the state with trying to assas- sinate Admiral Kondouriotos, presi- \dent of Greece, a year ago, was are evidently in a mood to suffer | | Sentences Communist |"? *"""* Brownsville Workers Workers School, at-154 Watkins St., will open Monday at 8 p. m. with he industrial workers. The latter , School Opens Monday The Brownsville branch. of . the petition in the young but fast grow- | ing Labor Sports Union. At a meeting of the New Jersey orkers Soccer League the best players were selected to compose two teams. These two teams will play tomorrow in Perth Amboy to decide upon an all-star team which will play an all-star team of the Metropolitan Workers Soccer League | “A” Division. At an executive committee meet- ing of the Metropolitan Workers Soccer League all-star teams of the “A” and “B” Divisions were picked. These two teams will play a trial game tomorrow at 1 p. m. at the Crotona Park to place themselves in trim for Thanksgiving Day games. There is a good deal of friendly “peace” agreement. done in order to demoralize. the ranks of the workers who are now fast rallying to the final drive for establishing the new left wing na- |tional garment workers’ union. After his agents have keyed up the workers with false hopes of a |“peace,” he will come out with his manifesto. | The Schlesinger plan also includes the putting forward of a series of | fake demands to the bosses’ asso- ciation of the dress manufacturers. | He will ask them for an agreement so that he can head off the general |strike the left wing is planning to | call, while at the same time he will tell the workers that he is signing only a six month agreement so that a strike of the dressmakers and rivalry between the “A” and “B”|Cloakmakers can be called six Divisions of the Metropolitan Work-|™onths later, which he never in- tends to do. ers and a hotly contested game is expected. The Brooklyn Wotkers Soccer League has also selected two teams for the trial game, which will be ; held tomorrow at Jefferson Park. nee} this same organ will The schedule for the Tri-League | tee ted ore ta seemanies against all-star game on Thanksgiving Day | The atten ; le le: i wing. is: Brooklyn Workers vs. Metropoli- | that th seas} cour ludes by say- tan Workers “B” Division; second | 6, nave sah oy eens and game, New Jersey Workers vs. Met- | 7 o. ister ne . ae ropolitan Workers “A” Division. | Oi) ie & pypo ie Forward Spreads Lies. While the rumors and manifestos are being splashed all over his yel- low private organ, the socialist i Sasha Zimmerman, of the Cloak This is being) the Confederacy,” the American Le- | gion and many more hole—and—cor- iner organizations, whose delegates |met at a “breakfast” in the Hotel Commodore. ‘Italian Censorship Works Well as Seen From Slight ‘Error’ ROME, Nov. 23—Premier Mus- |solini tonight wired congratulations ito the Milan prefect of police who | placed the premier’s own newspaper, |Popolo D'Italia, under censorship | rule. The censorship was imposed be- |cause the newspaper, which is ed- textile manufacturers’ organization, lis now holding conferences with the representatives of the textile unions |here on “improving” the textile in- | dustry here. The improvement pro- | posal made by the manufacturers is | that wages of the textile operatives | |be slashed. This would effect many |thousands of severely exploited | workers. What the workers ate bitter about | lis the fact that their union repre- | sentatives are by no means putting | vp a stiff fight against this vicious | proposal, On the contrary, the dis- | cussioh among the “conferring col- | leagues” is whether the wage cut | ited by Arnoldo Mussolini, the pre- {Shall be large or small and phen} | mier's brother, published a sensa- | the tariff on textiles shou! e | tional cyime story such as had been |?aised. ordered given only passing attention | mat” serernment: Arnoldo Mus.’ Jobs Move to Mexico if ree! censorship ; 4 oie | | As Imperialists Plan | |was just. | | ‘The incident is causing much’ ridi- | As eed cule throughout. the European press,| MEXICO CITY, Nov. 23.—It ‘may | \not be cheering news to those work- where allusions to the “fascist’s | |beautiful gesture” are plentiful and ers of the Unitéd States who are en-! gaged in the refining and smelting | galling of Mexican ores, to learn that the} Mexican government, now that the} | 'Youth Forum to Take ito move its headquarters from Chi- é f ‘ he course in “Fundamentals of. e sentenced to 14 years, in prison, ? 4 A BRADFORD, England, Nov. 23.— | vith sti ” |Communism,” Victor -Cibulsky, in- ‘The Industrial’ Council,’ a “British |e 'jon edditional three months on | st octor, the eharge of carrying arms ille- gally. Theer was no evidence against him except what could be provided | by police and spies and the sentence | has aroused a general wave of pro- This is the first course, of those scheduled, to begin. The others will start in a few days. They are as. follows: History of the United States, Monday, 9 p. m., Jim wi instructor; Elementary English, a4 eaten ba ie e Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 p. m.; kill iG pit ae ee pe to | Intermediate English, Tuesdays and ta Gonevalic Peter ene hihuradays, 9.0) mm. but it is generally believed that his | atest temporary blindness was caused by | SUES RUDE DETECTIVE police torture, and that if he had ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. 23 (UP). —Suits for $90,000 damages -have attempted suicide it was because | he had been driven mad with tor- |been filed against the Coronado Ho- |tel here by a weman guest, who ture. | lcharged the house detective slan- dered her when he broke into’ her room, suspecting she was a man be- cause of a heavy voice induced by a cold. SOCIALISTS MAY MOVE | WASHINGTON (By Mail).—The | loss of Vietor Berger’s seat in con-| gress may induce the socialist party MINE CLOSES, 2,300 JOBLESS ‘ Chi- | LONDON (By Mail).—The Navi- cago to Washington. The socialist) sation collieries, in Bedwas, Mon- vote Was cut to a negligent point in mouthshire, have’ shut’ down, throws the west in the late 1928 elections. ing 2,300 miners out of work. SC ANNIE POE its A EE | end Dressmakers Union, will kick- off the ball for the first game and Ben Gold, of the Furriers Union, will start the second game. Twenty-five per cent of the pro- ceeds will go for the defense of the New Bedford textile strikers now en trial for their activity in the strike. $25,000 for Services for British in India LONDON, Nov. 23.—Lord Birken- head, retired secretary of state for said that he lost his wife and child|tndia, now one of the heads of the because of a “leaky lifeboat, a boat) Chemical Industries, Ltd., and hold- that only remained on ‘the surface a ing large interests is three other jleft wing union for the establish-| ment of union conditions and in or- der to prevent the installation of the piece work system which the | Schlesinger gang intends to accom- | plish, Pearl to Speak for Workers’ Relief in Chica&o Territory “If we had been able to keep out New Bedford relief stations open and supply the strikers with food they would not have been forced to accept the ‘compromise’ agreement of a five per cent wage reduction,” Up Vestris Disaster The Downtown Unit 1, of the Young Workers (Communist) League will have, as speaker for this Sunday’s open forum, Max Salzman, member of the National Executive Committee of the Young Workers (Communist) League, who will speak \on the Vestris disaster. The forum is being held at 60 St. Marks Place at 8 p.m. Dancing ‘will follow. Ad- ‘mission is free. ! We demand the immediate recorni- tion of Soviet Union by the United Statex government! | United States imperialists have man- aged to obtain co-operation from government officials, is going to al-| low freer importation of machinery | |and other material to work up Mex- | ican ores here instead of shipping | them to the United States. | The minister of the interior has/ allowed for the freer issuance of im- | illustrating the necessity of closer | ‘unity between the workers of the | United States, and those of Latin | America. at =6_ =" First Soviet few minutes after being placed on the water.” O. S. Stevens, a survivor who lost his bride, said he intended to organ-; ize the passengers to bring joint suit against the Lamport-Holt Line. Chica&o Bazaar to Be International Affair CHICAGO, Nov. 23.—The bazaar of the Chicago district of the Work- ers Party, which is to be held on Dec. 21-25 at the Workers Cen- ter, 2021 W. Division St. for the purpose of raising funds to liqui- |date the indebtedness incurred in conducting a record-breaking elec- tion campaign, will be an interna- tional affair in every sense of the word. On each of the four nights a group of the national fractions of the Party will have charge of ar- rangements and on that night the entertainment, food, folk-ways and amusements of these particular na- tionalities will dominate the pro- gram. The South Slavs have al- ready chosen Saturday night, Dec. 22. They will be assisted by the Czecho-Slovak fraction. Any worker in District 8, both in |Chicago and outlying towns and sub-distriets, who can donate or solicit gifts for this bazaar should immediately get in touch with the district office. Other volunteers jare also needed. Al such volun- |teers should report to C. Sklar, or- ganization secretary, 2021 W. Divi- sion St. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 23,—Man- uel Trejo Morales, charged by cler- ‘ical elements as being the “‘intel- lectual author” of the assassination of President-elect Obregon, was ar- rested today at Tuxtepec, Oaxaca. It was thought that he had fled to |the United States. e |said Jeannette Pearl, field organ- major industrial concerns, has ap-jizer for the Workers International plied for the chancellor’s pension of | Relief at the conference held in Chi- y- 8 ~|on tour for the W. I. R. and will Care teee eae ear comoee | vtk places throughout the Chicago and that he would not have long alae ae we rast 508 shes Dur 1 ] |pose of organizing locals of the W. wait for it. I. R. and raising funds for the vic- | timized strikers, The conference gave many recom- mendations to the incoming execu- German Reparations ‘Experts’ Meet Soon [Be committee for raising of money. The first task will be the house-to- BERLIN, Nov. 20.—It was be-| house drive, which opens on Thanks- lieved here that official invitation | giving Day and continues on the | will soon be extended to all govern-| Saturday and Sunday following. |ments involved in Germany’s repara-| Volunteers for this work will report tions and United States war debts to/at the following stations on the appoint “experts” bid settle the | shove days for the collection boxes reparations ‘hat Germany is to Pay and other material: 3116 S. Halsted to'France/and Engiaaa:) St. (Vilnis office), 2409 N. Halsted The United States will not be| st ‘(Imperial Hall), 944 °Belmont represented on this body, it was be-|4v. "(Ny Tid's office, 3901, W lieved, but will be called in on con- Rookevelt Road (Freiheit office), |sultation. Parker Gilbert, American| 5001 Ww ‘Division St. (Workers Con reparation general will probably be ha) 5706 Beans ‘Tata ‘Ave., 1510 the chief consultant, and will repre-|W" ist sy GRewnost Luda office) sent both the American government 1823 s. eee St. (Radnick office), and American bankers. | / , Indications are that Germany onde Lincoln St. (W. I. R. of- the United States will persist in WEE a their position that war debts and| Jeannette Pearl will . main in “reparations be considered separately the Chicago territory throughout | as ovposed to the British and French | December, and is open for speaking | plan that Germany pay as much in|engagements; all communications reparations as these governments should be addressed to the W. I. R. must pay to the United States. office at 23 South Lincoln St., Chi- cago, 15 Injured in Train | . .-———_., Wreck in Germany Unit 2F, Subsection 1 | to Discuss Trotskyism BERLIN, Nov, 23 (UP).—Fifteen | actors and actresses of the Meck- | lenburg State Theatre, who were re- turning from a tour, were injured in a train collision at Badkleinen to- An 2F, Section 1 of the Workers (Com- munist) Party will be held Monday levening at 6 o’clock at 60 St. Marks jday. * Pl. A discussion on “The Trotsky . Opposition” will take place. i CHICAGO (By = Mail).—Shop | Every member of the unit must/ craft workers on the Chicago and attend this meeting to register his| jalton nave won union recognition. | vote on the issue. All must attend a y 4 important meeting of Unit. enna | | READ AND SPREAD THE x Daily Worker I (THE ORGAN OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE ) Hi On Sale at All Newsstands : In New York and Vicinity. ij BUY AN i | Y EXTRA COPY FOR YOUR SHOPMATE! teste ate nee mead JANUARY 5, 1929 WILL BE FIVE YEARS OF THE COMING OUT OF THE DAILY WORKER> CITLES ARE URGED TO BEGIN MAKING ARRANGE. MENTS FOR CELEBRATIONS NOW. | | Madison Sq. Garden PARADE OF 104 NATIONALITIES COMPRISING THE SOVIET UNION IN NATIVE COSTUMES ADMISSION 1.00 in advance; $1.25 at door. Now on Sale at the Daily Worker Office, 26-28 Union Square, N. Y. Auspices: Daily Worker and Freiheit Saturday Evening December 15th