The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 29, 1928, Page 3

ae i THE DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER | Workers Drive Invading Black GERMAN FASCIST | BAND DEFEATED AFTER ATTACKS Meet Scored Social Democrat Trickery | BERLIN, Germany, Nov. 28—j Reports from Bochum, Westphalia | state, this morning state that Com- munist workers and sympathizers defended a meeting called by them to protest the armament policy of the social democrats against an at- tack by fascists last night. Thirty workers are reported to have been injured in the struggle against the attackers. The number of the fascists who were injured is not known, but, as they were driven off, it is presumed that. it was con- siderable. Hall Wrecked. The hall in which the meeting was held was wrecked. According to one report, the meet- ing was progressing quietly when the fascists, a number of whom were present in the hall, interrupted the speaker and attempted to pull him off the platform. At the same time, others tried to make as much noise as possible. Fascists who attacked individual members of the audience received rough handling from the. workers who dy@ve them headlong from the hall following a stiff struggle. Bochum is a large Westphalian industrial city mid-way between Dortmund, also a huge industrial town, and Essen, the seat of the Krupp armament works. Communist meetings thruout the industrial section of Westphalia have aroused the ire of both fas- cists and social democrats. ' ae eae BOCHUM, Germany, Nov. 28 (U.P), —Thirty persons were injured in a fight between fascists and Commu- nists after an anti-socialist meeting last night. The hall was wrecked. URUGUAYAN VOTE LITTLE CHANGED Partial Returns Show One Red Retained MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov. 28.—While the results of the Uru- guayan elections that took place on Sunday are yet only partial, it ap- pears that the Communist Party re- tains its one seat in the Chamber of Deputies, and the majority will be} held by the party known as “Color- ados,” although that party is di- vided into two main factions, the “batlistas” and the party’s minor- ity, which minority is composed of three factions. In the Chamber the combined “Coldrados” will have 62 seats; the principal opposition party, the “na- tionalists,” 57 seats; one dissident nationalist, one socialist and one Commu There are few indus- trial workers in Uruguay and the many cattle ranch workers are herded to the polls by the big ranch owner: Moreover, the present eco- nomic situation is relatively stable. The nationalist party minority will have representation on the Uru- guayan executive, which is known as the National Council. There were 300,000 voters parti- cipating in the elections, or over 75 per cent of the electorate. Uruguay, a predominantly agrarian country and the ruling party is led by rich agrarians. Army’s Annual Turkey Dinner Tempts Jobless; Silent on Other Meals' WASHINGTON, Noy. 28.—Recog- nizing that during the present un- employment many a hungry man thinks of either suicide or joining the army, the war department has published a list of Thanksgiving} edibles which it alleges it will serve to at least a part (how big a part not stated) of the army next Thurs- day and the sight of which it hopes will stimulate recruiting. Prominent on the list are 100 tons of turkeys, lots of onions, ham and “mock brandy sauce.” The war de- partment, making a $90,000 splurge for Thanksgiving, carefully omits mentioning what the soldier gets to eat on ordinary occasions. It does say that on Thanksgiving day, at| least, there will be no “corned willy” or hardtack. Run on Georgia Bank Closes It MACON, Ga., Nov, 28 (U.P).—One of the largest banks in Georgia, the Fourth National of Macon, was closed today after a run which also closed a subsidiary bank at Bryson, a Ellis D. Robb, national bank ex- aminer, refused to comment on the cause of the closing. For two hours yesterday more than 2,000 depositors crowded into the lobby of the bank, withdrawing their deposits until the iron grat- ings were pushed down, We demand the immediate nboti- FIGHT HOOVER TOUR Resist War Plans of U. S. Imperialism Continued from Page One corporation profits. The administration of unemployment insurance should be carried out by unemployment insurance commissions, com- | posed of representatives of trade unions, organizations of the unem- ployed, and factory committees. 2. Immediate enactment of a federal law providing for a general 40-hour, 5-day week working time and forbidding all overtime. 3. A federal law should be enacted providing for immediate emer- gency help for all workers who have been unemployed for two months or more, cozsisting of eight week’s wages for each worker. The aver- age wage received during the last four weeks of employment should | tung,” in relation to the appoint- serve as the basis. {ment of a new German ambassa- 4, Establishment of public kitchens by municipalities to provide free meals for all unemployed workers and their families, 5. Municipal provision for supplying free medical treatment, medicine and hospital care to all unemployed. | 6. Public works. The federal, state and city governments should jthe German trade delegation which \left for the Soviet Union on T.urs- GERMAN PAPERS FOR TRADE WITH SOVIET UNION Urge United States to “Capture Market” BERLIN, Nov, 28.—Two Berlin pspers, the financial daily “Boersen- zeitung” and the “Vossische Zei- dor to Moscow and the functions of day, counseled both American and German business men to “capture Pi peas es devise schemes for improving the roads and bridges of the country, improving the rivers, canals, docks and harbors, setting up electric | power stations, reforestration, land drainage and land reclamation, extension and electrification of railways. On all public works trade union wages and conditions must be guaranteed. 7. Immediate abolition of all vagrancy laws. Protection of un- employed workers from arrest on charges of vagrancy. MUST. FIGHT FOR DEMANDS. We call upon the workers to fight for these demands and against | the fake scheme of Hoover. | Hoover’s program, which is the program of American capitalism, is to subdue the toiling masses at home in order to gain a free hand for imperialist conquest abroad. This program the toiling masses must resist in the most energetic and militant way. * * * TOILERS OF AMERICA! You must not be deceived by the hypocritical “peace” talks of Kellogg, Borah and suchlike servants of capitalism. The so-called Kel- logg Pact for the outlawry of war has already been exposed as one of the most shameful frauds perpetrated by the capitalists in recent times. Every capitalist government, including that of America, is now under the cover of the Kellogg Pact proceeding to arm to the teeth for the coming war, Nor must you be deceived by the pacifist twaddle of petty-bour- geois reformers, such as the socialist party, of which Norman Thomas is the representative; or by the fraudulent pacifist propaganda of such trade union reactionaries as Green, Lewis, etc. This pacifist propa- ganda is only helping the capitalists to prepare more effectively for war while the masses are being lulled to sleep by pacifist illusions, TOILERS OF AMERICA! Those of you who have voted for Hoover as president, will begin to realize now that you have let yourselves be deceived by the capital- ist propaganda of “prosperity,” which is a reality only for the capitalist class. Now, you will begin to see that the Communist Party was right in warning you against Hoover as the champion of imperialist expan- sion, war and more intensified exploitation of the toiling masses. And most particularly those of you who have voted for Smith under the illusion that Smith was “better” for the workers than Hoover, will soon begin to realize that Smith and the democratic party do not differ at all from Hoover and the republican party. Smith has already ap- pealed for full support of Hoover’s imperialist plans. It is now defi- nitely established that the democratic party and Smith actually work hand in hand with Hoover and the republican party for American im- perialist expansion, for war preparations, for rationalization of industry, which means for the workers—speed-up, wage cuts, open shop, etc. TOILERS OF AMERICA! Organize for protest against the new offensive of United States imperialism in South America. ‘ight for the complete and unconditional independence of all United States colonies, semi-colonies and dependencies. Resist the war preparations, armament and big navy program of the imperialists. Fight against the war danger. Support energetically the struggle of the peoples of Latin America against the United States imperialists. Demand the recognition and fight for the defense of the Soviet Union against imperialist aggression. Urge your organization to affiliate with‘and join individually the United States section of the All America Anti-Imperialist League. Build your unions under militant leadership and fight against un- employment, speed-up, wage cuts and open shop drives of the capital- ists. Fight against the fake “employment stabilization” scheme of Hoover and demand real relief for the unemployed. Join and support the Workers (Communist) Party. Build it into a mass party of the American workers to struggle against capitalism and for a workers and farmers government in the United States, CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WORKERS (COMMUNIST) PARTY OF AMERICA WEETS SATURDAY NEW TREASURER OF A.F.L., JINGO Electric Company agreement sith| the Soviet government and says that | “Germany should not only carefully | watch the development of Kusso- American trade relations, but also consider the possibilities of Ge many working hand in hand with .\mer- ica in the Russian market.” | The Moscow correspondent of the | “Vessische Zeitung” writes thet the| ree a ne 7 Soviet government is always ready| G reen, Bur eaucracy to welcome foreign interests and Reelected will give them concessions m the — same terms as before. | Continued from Page One America, and is a reactionary of j {such deep dye that Gompers selected l Tie as a member of the First Amer: ican Labor War Mission to Europe jin 1918, a body of class collabora- |tionists sent at the order of Amer- |iean militarists and their financial |masters to assist in browbeating European labor into support of the World War slaughter. Fight Over Brookwood. The question of whether Brook- Striker Collapses of Hunger in Street _— |wood Labor College should continue Continued from Page One \to the support of certain attend and deal with the vital prob- | unions now con ributing to its up- lems facing them. keep caused a slight flurry during Officials of the Associated Silk Workers Union, through their con- trol of the machinery of the entire} Vice-president Matthew Woll led union, have, first, “dissolved” the|the attack against it, Strike Committee chosen by the |“Communist.” A struggle developed broad silk workers; and, secondly, |hetween two groups of reactionaries, refused these workers the right to/the Woll faction which believes in hold independent meetings where! strong arm methods towards Com- |this strikebreaking act could be dis- munism, and refusal to discuss it al- cussed by the membership. Instead together, and adherents of Brook- they called a-large meeting, where wood who pled for the right to the broad silk workers were not per-|argue about C to |mitted to come in full force, and the last day of the convention, as on Ja couple of preceding days. ommunism and hirts Headlong from M calling it} |where “endorsement” of the terror- ist tactics against the left wing was railroaded through by the official- dom. Almost to a man, the entire broad est section of the organization’s membership—are solidly behind the left wing strike committee, which declares its determination to fight the bureaucrats in their sabotage of the strike to a finish and also an- nounces its intention to take every step necessary to win the strike, gain union conditions and organize the large number of big open shop silk mills. $2 ee (Special to the Daily Worker) PATERSON, N, J., Nov. 28.—An occurrence that had the effect of rousing the striking silk workers to increased resentment against their complacent officials, as was shown at the strikers’ daily mass meeting, took place here today when a striker collapsed from hunger on streets. The worker, known to the union membership as one of the most ac- the | |fight Communism by these tactics |of the “open mind.” Florence Han- json, Secretary of the American \Federation of ‘teachers, disclaimed |approval of Woll’s method of attack |and asked that A. J. Muste, of the |the convention. Hanson was ruled out of order. question to the Executive Council, empowering it to study the advisa- bility of founding a school direct'y junder the control of the council. CORPORATIONS _ GUT BIG MELONS Railroad Stock Raised | by October Profits | “Te Sra estimated on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday that pay. ments of dividends by corporations at the nionth end would amount to Neglect Causes City Water Main to Burst; Schools Are Closed SCARSDALE, N. Y., Nov. 28 (UP).—Scarsdale school children took .a holiday today when a city water main burst and was not re- paired for eight hours. Firemen were ordered to remain at their posts and the schools were closed when it was discovered a pipe had burst. my 130 Known Dead From Four Days Big Storm LONDON, Nov. 28 (U.P).—Four days of terrific storms which have taken at least 130 lives in the North Sea, the British Isles and on the continent as far as Athens, were slackening tonight, but reports from coastal towns continued to increase the toll of death and damage: at Sea. Many vessels were still missing and every hour brought reports of additional wreckage washed ashore. Meanwhile, the meteorological sta- tions warned that another gale of uncertain intensity was approach- ing. French radio stations reported having received 21 distress calls from ships today and ten wrecks were found along the coast. The crew of 82 aboard the steamship Salento, which sank off Holland, was believed lost. HEREDITY? SOUTH BEND, Ind. Nov. 28 (U.R).—James Wennermark, 17, son of a Mishawaka minister, pleaded guilty today to an indictment charg- ing him with embezzlement of $54,- 000 in travelers’ checks from the First National Bank, where he was Jaws; protec- workers from of vagsaar~. employed. The case was turned over to the probation Albany Typographical Strike Continues; Men Were Refused $1 Raise ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 28—The typographical strike on three Al- bany daily newspapers is still in force. The men came out Nov. 23, and forced the papers to appear in typewritten form. The union demanded a_ three year contract recognizing the 45 hour week, with $1 a week increase the first year, retroactive to May, with a dollar a week additional in- crease the second year and still an- other dollar a week increase the third year. The owners refused the dollar a week increase for the first year, Members of the union here com- plain that the International officers kept up negotiations for a year, giving the newsaper owners plenty of time to assemble scabs, Chicago City Official on Slugging Charge | CHICAGO, Nov. 28 (UP).—Ten or more of the 15 Eller henchmen convicted and fined last week for conspiracy will be tried again. ’ Morris Eller, city collector al- ready indicted for conspiracy with his son, Judge Emanuel Eller, will fact trial at the same time. The plan is to have the Ellers and the more important of their henchmen re-indicted by the regu- lar grand jury, on evidence disclosed at the conspiracy trial for actual kidnappings and sluggings of watch- ers at clection booths. END MILITARY TRAINING | GREENCASTLE, Ind.-—Sttdents at De Pauw University have forced tive strikers and a determined ad- | $300,000,000 and that total disburse- herent of the militant policies of|ments from December would amount the left wing, was taken to the hos-| to $500,000,000, a new record for pital, where he may be confined for | this period of the year. Govern- some time. Score Bureaucrats. The strikers, who are. ail solidly behind the strike committee that the officials are trying to oust, pointed out to «these officials at their mass meeting that they had always refused to adopt the pro- posals of that committee that a na- |ment financing in December is ex- pected to amount te $600,000,000. Perhaps the most important divi- | dend declaration was made by the New York, New Maven and Har ford, whose directors placed the is- sue on a regular $4 annual basis. The New York Cotton Exchange |has also approved in general terms | touch, tional relief, campaign be begun. 2 plan to trade in securities of cot- Instead, the officials for a while|ton mill companies, in addition to gave small doles and announced |‘he present trading in cotton fu- some time ago that the treasury is | tures. empty. | There are approximately 470 cot- Not only was the demand for a |ton mills in the United States, each relief campaign not listened to, the With a capitalization of $500,000 or workers declare, but the treasury is |Ver, and of this number 273 mills far from empty. The Ribbon Divi-|¢ach have a capitalization of $1,000,- sion still has plenty of money, the | 900 or more. “national office” has a treasuryand, The call loan rate rose to 9 per the union has buildings upon which |cent and the stock market quieted fairly large amounts of money can | down yesterday to a 5,278,370-share be raised to give support to the | day with tickers catching up after strike of the broad silk workers.;@ 21-minute delay at mid-session These funds the officials refuse to | and closing at p.m, | Railroad shares made enother broad silk workers are, how-|Spurt on higher profits reported for The steps toward winning their strike 27.5 per cent over October, 1927. and raising relief. This, among | Several sold off toward the close, | other things, will be taken up at a/but the average for 20 rails lose | membership meeting of broad silk |at a new high for all time. The in. | workers this Saturday afternoon un- dustrial average also made a new) der the auspices of the left wing high. strike committee. Best gains for the day, in addi- tion to A. M. Byers, were made by | Motor Products, up 7%; Lehn and } | ° Argentine Delegate to pink) uy 4%; Philadelphia Com- i | pany, up 5; Murray Corporation, up | U.S. Air Meet Named 1 Conde Nast, up 57%; Grand | BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 28 (UP). | Union, Ffd., up 7%; Indian Motor- | —Lieutenant-Colonel Angel M. Zu- | ¢Y¢le, up 5%. loga, military attache of the Argen- ever, preparing te take decisive |October, showing an increase of} | tine embassy at Washington, prob- | lably will represent the Argentine | |government at the forthcoming civil uviation conference at Washington. It is understood that the Buenos the abandonment of compulsory training. Aires Aero Ciub will not be repre- sented, SNOW HINDERS PUPILS. | CHATHAM, Mass., Nov. 28 (UP). —Chatham school children got a! holiday today when a 6-inch blanket | of snow and ice on the roads made} tL impossible to operate the school us. 29 rage Three eting Hoover to Spend Vacation yn Estate of Millionaire JAPAN WORKERS “FIGHT TANAKA TERROR REGIME Jailing of Communists Arouse Movement (Red Aid Press Service) TOKIO, Japan, Nov. 28.—The Communist trial which re- cently took place in Okajama and | which ended with hundreds of years of prison sentences, is only a link a long chain of trials in Japan. There took place in Tokio, in the middle of September, a conference ce Rises s a “democratic” soul. To show how close he is to the life vf the masses he has |cf the members of the military the Ruszian market jointly. decided to spend a ceks’ vacation prior to his ita non the estate of the late James Deer- court. Shortly after the end of this The “Boerenzeitung” declares that} ing, millionaire tractor maynate, wt Miemi. Fla. He + president-elect with lead the simpl at- |conference there took place in ten jgreat impetus wes given United! tended only by several dozen servants and flunkies of various kinds, brooding over how to extend the oppressions and ar- States-Soviet trade by the Genera!! bloody dominion of Wall strect over the world. government carried |Reactionary Senate | Group for Poincare | Reparation Policies PARIS, Noy. 28.—The Senate Foreign Affairs Commission ap- proved the Poincare reparations and Rhineland evacuation policies at a meeting today after hearing Pre- mier Raymond Poincare and Aris- ex- tide Briand, foreign minister, pound their polic Poincare told the commissi saw no obstacles in the w ly selection of an_ internatio1 committee of “experts” to deal w the problems. lee ae ee | LONDON, Nov. Erie Drummond, of Great Britain, secre- tary-general of the League of Na- tions, arrived in Berlin today to con- fer with Gustav Stresemann, Ger- man foreign minister, about the program for the December meeting of the League Council. SOVIET WORKERS REAP BENEFITS Wages Increase 11% Over 1927 MOSCOW, (By Mail).—In con- nection with the campaign now be- ginning in the Soviet Union for the conclusion of collective agree- ments in industry, the Soviet press | quotes important data about pro- ductivity of labor and about wages silk division—practically the larg- | College, be allowed to defend it to| for the past year. | The average productivity of work- ers in the economic year 1927-28 has |The convention passed on the whole increased by 15 per cent in com-| parison with the preceding year. Nominal monthly wages of indus- trial workers in 1927-28 have in- creased, in average, by 11 ‘per cent jas against 1926-27, having reached 70 rubles in the last quarter. | ‘The actual amount of wages for all industry in the Soviet Union has reached, in average, 127 per cent of pre-war level. 'Belgrade Regime: Will Ban National Minority Schools in Yugoslavia (Red Aid Press Service) | BELGRADE, Yugoslavia. — The proposed law directed against’ the freedom of the national minorities in Yugoslavia and which is now un- |der consideration before the Bel- jgrade parliament (Skuptchtina) |has aroused a great wave of pro- test. According to the proposal all |national minority schools in the na- |tional languages are prohibited. Children of national minorities jwill have to attend classes in the Slavic schools, but only in the first jfour classes, while in the higher classes the Slavic language is obliga- tory. In the minority classes also history and geography would have to be taught in the Slavic language. |The law also proposes that children |with Slavic names can only attend |Slavic state schools. | BURST MAIN STOPS SCHOOL. ! SCARSDALE, N. Y., Nov. 28 | (UP).—Pupils were dismissed from their classes here today when freez- |ing weather burst a city water main. It took eight hours to repair the | break. , MARTIN LINZE Age 17 years. Missing since November 18, 1928. Please communicate wherever you are. All is forgiven. Mother ill and broken-hearted. WORKERS BOOK SHOP JUST OFF THE PRESS! The Collected Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti Illustrated with photographs and facsimile NEWS Extraordinary Human Document including letters to their friends, comrades and persecutors as well as a story of the case and speeches made in court, 414 pages—$2.50 a copy WORKERS BOOK SHOP 26 UNION SQ@., NEW YORK CITY persecutions from s of the mass trial s. But in spite of the government the workers’ organiza- ken up the battle. March, at the time f the Comr JOOFILPINOS == KNOWN DEAD en China and the accompanying perse- cution of the Japanese Communists |\Typhoon Hits 4,000,000 fea and the banning of three left mass Peasants izations, the government has tempted to isolate the working MANILA, Philippine Islands, class from their leaders and to 28.—Over 200 Philippine pe s handicap the revolutionary workers’ are known «fad and many more are | organizations, in order to hinder the believed to have perished as a re-! yea] ons: for: intervention tees sult of the typhoon which swept the | yeaching the broad masses of work- islands from last Thursday until| ors and peasants, Saturday. On the island of Leyte| 7 fa af the: hopes aera aed Jalone 10,000 peasants are homeless! ,, 1” Spite of the hopes of Premier and their whole means of susten-|/27#%a that these Communist ar- rests would hinder the revolutionary movement, these persecutions have cnly led to the further development ) P ance destimyed. The areas which were most sev- ory ant DY fhe 100 mile per hour! o¢ ‘this movement and the class gale are inhabited by over 4,000, stra In spite of its illegality peasants and most of their belong- j,. ¢ Davie oP Taman cas ‘ ke Commt t Party of Japan car- ngs, meagre huts, fields and what-|,; nm tremendot Tate ever live stock was theirs have ''°S, 0 ‘remendous ba! e k was t ‘ave | working masses, under the p' probably been des d. es pened oppression, are joining |. The typhoon e see! to ti ent more help United States dollars, for olution- whereas crops of hemp, cocoanut] ayy mas and rice—the main staple of the| crow in numb peasants—were entirely destroyed,|” the secent mass trial in Japan the large sugar plantations were . gid chmod a has clarified the workers and they will be in the fight of the Japanese working class against the provoca- tion of the bourgeoisie and the preparations for a new offensive ss barely touched, Ip his report to the war depart- ment, governor-general Stimson practically stated that it was no use for the American Red Cross and the U. S. government sending re- lief since entirely too much would have to be spent. YOUTH POSTPONES FLIGHT. PEORIA, Ill, Nov. 28 (U.P).—Un- |favorable weather today caused Richard James, 17-year-old aviator, to postpone his departure for Chi- cago until Wednesday. The youth is attempting a solo flight from Franeiseo to New York for w a prize of $1,000 is offered to fliers under 18, Fight ism! Supreme Court Gives | Toral Decision Friday | MEXICO CITY, Nov. 28.—The | Seventh Supreme Criminal Court of | Mexico will publish its decision on | the appeal of the convicted slayer of Obregon, Jose Toral, and the nun, Mother Concepcion, on Friday, it learned today. An attempt is being made by reactionary and cleri- cal elements to save Toral from the firing squad and the nun from 20 ‘years of prison. greetings » AVE you sent in your greeting to 44 the Fifth Anniversary of The Daily Worker? Thousands of workers are congratulating The Daily Worker on its Fifth Birthday. Send yours in today. To be published in the Special Edition on January 5, 1929. 15 Years one Daily Worker will be celebrated in Manhattan Opera House Saturday, January 5th KEEP THIS DAY OPEN!