The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 30, 1928, Page 1

To Organize the For the 40-Hour Weck For a Labor ) ' ‘THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS For a Workers-Farmers Government norganized Party Be & aily Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York. N. orker under the act of March 3, 187: Published daily except 8 Publ y The National Daily Worker ne.. 26-28 Union Sa., New York, N. Y. Asnoclation. _NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER TEXTILE UNION HAILS HEROISM © | OF JOHN PORTER | Telegraph Boss Victim That Workers Salute | Jailed Leader Held in Army Dungeon Tortured for Being Communist In response to the news story carried in the columns of The Daily Worker, which reprinted a letter from a Kansas City attorney, Caro- line Lowe, to the International La- bor Defense, telling of the brutal torture John Porter was compelled to undergo in the army prisons at Fort Leavenworth, the National} Textile Workers Union has sent a telegram to Porter who is an organ- izer for the union. The wire praises the heroic endurance shown by Por- ter, confined because of his service to the working class. Earned Boss Hatred Porter, who was one of the lead- ing figures in the big six month strike of 30.000 textile workers in New Bedford, earned, ‘thru his mili-| tant and popular leadership, the hatred of the mill barons. They promptly decided to shut off the sound of a voice so effective in threatening their profits and had him arrested, tried and convicted for “deserting” the army of American capitalism. Porter is now serving a two and a half to five year sentence for his refusal to belong to the U. S. army, which is used by all bosses in suppressing the working class. The International Labor Defense is now mobilizing the American work- ing class for a campaign of protest against his imprisonment and pos- sible death by torture. , The telegram sent Porter by | the National Textile Workers Union fol- lows in full: nN i Text of Telegram “We are tremendously gratified that, in spite of the beatings and vicious treatment given you by the bosses’ government, you are holding firm and carrying on the heroic traditions of the New Bedford strikers. The National Textile Workers Union is now beginning a big campaign for your release and for the freedom of other textile workers now on trial. Be of good cheer. We will try to do everything we possibly can to force the jail doors open for you and the other fighters of the textile industry. (Signed) National Textile Workers’ Union. James P. Reid, president; Albert Weisbord, secretary.” The union also states: “Owing to the secret military process by which he was tried and the fact that the capitalist press carried no reports of the case, the details of his trial and arrest are almost unknown to the general public. Notwithstand- ing which, the National Textile Workers’ Union plans to make every worker familia with the case, so that the pressure of working-class opinion can finally be brought to bear on the release of John Porter.” Chile Workers Demand Higher Pay, No Booze) SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 29.—The | widespread discontent in Chile under the dictatorship of the reactionary Tbhanez was evidenced by a petition of the workers in the nitrate plants to the government, asking for higher wages to meet the much higher prices of food and other necessaries. Their petition further charged that many accidents in the plants were due to defective explosives, which resulted from the attempts of the owners to save money at risk of their lives and health. It also demanded that stringent mea- sures be taken against alcoholism in the nitrate sections. Mine Leaders Arrested in Attack on Union Patrick Toohey, above, left, is National Seeretary-Treasurer of the National Miners Union. He was arrested at a meeting held in Renton, Pa., March 6, before the organization of the new union, but while the progressive forces were assembling for their April 1 con- ference, He is charged with “rioting” (making @ speech) and goes on trial Dec. 18. Anthony Minerich, to the right, is a National Boand member of the National Miners Union, and has recently come to the anthracite. His militant leadership of the strike of 5,000 Pittston miners after their independent union leaders had betrayed them so incensed the coal operators that they have charged him with two fake “bomb” plots, and he is held incommunicado in Wyoming bar. Racks of the state cossacks, where many miners have been beaten nearly to death in the past. 300,000 BRITISH GIL TO TAKE OFFICE TODAY MINERS STARVING Bound to Conciliation Rationalization and the With U. S. Capital Long Day Fatal MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29—Emilio! LONDON, Nov. 29—The plight Portes Gil, already bound by the ; ; policies of President Calles and his | 0! Unemployed miners in Britain has own conversations with Dwight Mor- | teached such a serious stage that 2 30, 1928 Outside New Starve, Rulers Gobble Turkey WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. To the millions of starving workers and unemployed tramping the streets of the cities of the United | raw Thanksgiving Day, |the fellowing account of how the holiday, turkey and cranberries, was enjoyed by the rulers of the land and their lackeys and victims will State Police A Mine Union Leader | prove instructive rea nies ae Ter. count is*composed of excerpts from Defense Demands Writ the story released by the United Press, a capitalist news agency. i Of Habess Corpus”. (Nate the characteristic | generosity PITTSTON, Pa. Nov. with which capitalism shares its 29.—An-|turkey with the inmates it has thony Minerich is still held incom-|forced into cells for years to ex- municado in Wyoming barracks of | piate some intrusion on its rights the Pennsylvania state police, where | generosity which is the most hor. so many miners have in recent/rible tantalization of all. Note the months been “third-degreed,” ‘beaten | frank brutality with which the press and tortured nearly to death. story admits the sufferings of the TORTURED; HELD INCOMMUNICADO Framed Up and Jailed by Pennsylvania Utmost activities of, the local|soldiers dying for imp tic miners to have him released for/ greed in 1918. Very, very instruc- hearing or on bail have so far been | tive, frustrated by the police, acting for| “President Coolidge and his wife the coal operators and the’ united |had a night dinner, with a 30-pound Mine Workers of America which now |{urkey as piece-de-resistance, at the wishes to be the official company Swannanoa Country Club, Virginia. union of the anthracite fields. | “John Coolidge, his son, was the Anthony Minerich, National Exee-| guest of Governor John H. Trum- jutive Board Member of the National | }ull and Mrs. Trumbull at their Miners Union,‘ has been struggling | Connecticut country home, with along with the 5,000 miners recently particular reason for thanksgiving striking in Pittston, to create an/after the formal announcement efficient strike organization, after Wednesday night of his engagement their betrayal by Frank McGarry, Ganiniiba on Pays Three IMPERIALIST BLOC MENACE TO USSR Ring Around Soviet Union Is Seen as | British Plan Jingoes Plotting War Deal to Divide China; Attack Worker State BERLIN, Noy —Telegraph in- formation received here today states that Pravda, organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in an article entitled “Anglo- Japanese Bloc?” analyses the speech of Sir Austen Chamberlain, minister for foreign affairs of Great Britain, in which he speaks of the desire of the British govern- ment to “work in harmony with Japan” in China, as evidence of an- other step in the encirclement policy of British imperialism, the ultimate stage of which the British war- makers hope will be a combined at- tack by capitalist nations against the first workers’ republic. Pravda states that in the present phase of Anglo-American rivalry for world empire, England is trying hard to attract to its banner France row, formerly of J. P. Morgan and Company and now Yankee ambas- sador to Mexico, to a conciliatory policy toward United States invest- ments, will be inaugurated as pro- visional president of Mexico Friday in a ceremony at the National Sta- dium. Representatives of the army, gov- ernors and diplomats will partici- pate in the inauguration, which will mark the beginning of the campaign for constitutional president who will take office at the end of Portes Gil’s term in February, 1930. Portes Gil, who was elected to re- place the late General Obregon, whose assassination was caused_by- reactionary clerical elements, has been instrumental in furthering the proposed new labor code, which, while granting some temporary reforms, binds the hands of the workers in their right to strike and creates illusions as to the possibility of a liberal government to meet their needs. It is expected that Portes Gil will announce his cabinet early next | ‘ : : leader of the “independent” union | | the miners’ federation has issued an which was at first in charge of the appeal for assistance. Nearly 300,- strike. The strikers are being vic- 000 mine workers are out of em- timized by the coal coaeanee dis- 7 9 crimination is practised against sev- ee and of those 200,000 to). 41 handred of the more militant in 0,000 constitute a permanent un-|the last strike, and the mayor of} employed surplus, due to the ra-|Pittston forbade meetings of the, tionalization measures of employers, miners until Minerich organized ‘a! vicious wage-cutting, longer hours mass meeting Tuesday, and broke | and speed-up which followed the be- through the restrictions. |trayal of the miners by the trade History of Frame-up. | union ores ionaries at the time of On coming out of the meeting hall the general strike. Pace | * ‘ i z ., Minerich was arrested by state de- | With their wives and children, it Continued on Page Five means that over a million face hun-| ger unless help is speedily. forth-| | coming. TILE The miners’ federation, in its ap-| | peal, says: “The mining population | RUHR LOCK-OUT jis faced with a cataclysm compar- | lable to the destruction wrought by | some great earthquake or other¢giant ‘disturbance of nature. Some of the |miners have exhausted their unem- |ployed benefit and are being sup- | ported by grants from the poor law, |which naturally are small, and the |courts are filled with stories of hun-| | ery miners tramping the country- |side in search of work.” ° Working Hours (Wireless to the Daily Worker) BERLIN, Nov. 29.—The media- TEXTILE UNION Workers Demand Less and Japan, and to hold back the British dominions such as Australia and Canada from their drift towards American capitalist domination. Plotting War. There is indication that the con- versations last summer between Baron Uchida and. Lord Cushenden, which have been renewed recently with the Earl ot Cusnenden taking Birkenhead’s place, have for their Continued on Page Five FIGHTS SLASHES U. T. W. Offers Easy Way to Cut Wages Following the announcement that 683 Rhode Island textile mills have imposed a five per cent wage cut that affects about 15,000 workers, the National Textile Workers’ Union has determined, to extend its organ- ization into the Rhode Island field. DAILY AGENTS 10 The union, which is carrying on a START CAMPAIGN in answer to the wage cuts in the Meet Tonight to Map New Bedford mills, plans to consoli- ALG . date the New England textile work.| Anniversary Drive ers against encroaching wage cuts. While the first intimation of the impending wage slashes were an- swered by the National Textile Workers’ Union with a call to the All other meetings in District 2 have been called off in favor of the meetings of Daily Worker agents, and the unit organizers, which will take place at the Workers Center, week. The probable. membership in-| tion of Bergmann, social-democratic | workers to strike against reductions cludes: Arturi Orci, Interior; Gil- | berto Valenzuela, Treasury; General, Company Goes to High Lazaro Caldenas, War; Pastor t Rouaix, Industry; Manuel Puig co Court es Cheat Worker Shuranc, Education; Ezquiel Padilla, | Attorney General; Jenaro Estrada, | Foreign Relations; Communications. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 29 (UP).— Counsel for the American Car and Ramon Ross, Foundry Co. were prepared yester- day to file appeal of a circuit court jury award of $290,000 in favor of John C. Scrivner, Camden, N. J., a |former bricklayer, who charged Wall Street Bankers in in | breach of contract on an iron smelt- 5400,000,000 Merger Lh | ing process he perfected. * * * eye Chief California Cities | Basis of the suit was Scrivner’s claim that the company, by which he LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 29.—| once was employed, contracted for Giannini group will result in @ the exclusive rights to use a hydro- $400,000,000 banking institution in cabron furnace he patented and that California. The Merchants National | jt paid him nothing. Trust and Savings Bank of the fore-| eran | reas most open-shop city in the country,| * . 5 Los Angeles, and United Security Philadelphia Marine Bank and Trust Company of San| Workers Meet Friday Francisco will merge into the Bank} . . of America of California. | on Vestris Disaster The latter Giannini bank recently! pyTADELPHIA, Nov. 29.—Ma- merged with five other banks, and) rine workers of Ph’'adelphia will has 73 branches, and one of its sub-| hold a meeting this Friday at 8 p. sidiaries has another 55 branches.|m, at 117 Walnut Street, in the In- This chain practically owns the bank-| ternational Seamens’ Club, in pro- ing business of the state. It controls! test against conditions on ships the Bank of Italy, with branches in| \hich imperil the lives of seafarers 100 cities, the East River National | onq passengers and as graphically Bank, and a number of other Wall’ shown by the Vestris disaster. Street “institutions, | George Mink, national secretary ACCEPT KELLOGG PACT | League, will speak, and general dis- CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 29.—|cussion: by all sailors and shore The foreign affairs committee of the | workers will follow. All marine national assembly today approved | workers, both from ships and from the Briand-Kellogg pact for “out-| shore are urgently invited to at- lawry” of war. | tend. representative of the Prussian £0V- | in pay, and while that union already crmrent, between the Ruhr indus-|haq jts Rhode Island organizers ac- tria'ists and reformist ieaders of} tively preparing for leading the the locked-out metal unions has thus workers in such a struggle, the ae He ARLES os ue S€8-| United Textile Workers’ Union of- | sions have been postponed until Sat- |fered the bosses a scheme to “nego- jonlay : ee iBea tiate’ a wage cut “diplomatically,” }. The “Vossische Zeitang.” liberal| with A. F. of L. sanction, instead of newspaper, reports that the gv7- using “crude methods.” jernment has undertaken to bring ‘the dispute to an immediate con- ‘elusicn Beth the industrialis‘s and | the union officials have been asked to commit themselves in «lvance to accept the decision of an “‘indi- vidual with special authority.” |Should they agree the individual | will hear both sides tomorrow and \give a decision, upon which work |must be resumed. ; The Reich’s labor minister, the social-democrat Wisser, has also \undertaken mediation and has _in- | vited representatives of both sides |to attend a session in Berlin tomor- | row in which the governinent will | participate. | The fighting spirit of the work- ers is good and many mass meet- Respectful Lackeys. “We make this proposition iz the employers: Let them postpone the reduction and we will enter into a discussion with an agreement to a settlement in consideration of the facts presented,” the betrayers of Instead of outright and unqualified condemnation of the vicious wage slash, the adjutants of the textile |barons, the U. T. W. chiefs, make \this respectful query; “Why doesn’t the mill owner make a decent com- parison and agree to 30 days notiee before ¢hanging wages?” © In the statement of the National Textile Workers’ Union, the decision of the American Federation of La- 26-28 Union Sq., at 8 o’clock tonight. Since in practically no case is the unit organizer also the Daily Worker agent, there will be no conflict. All unit, sub-section and section Daily Worker agents must attend this meeting, which will be addressed by Harry M. Wicks, of the Daily Worker, and William W. Weinstone, district organizer, who will speak on “Five Years of the Daily Worker,” and outline the political aspects of the fifth anniversary campaign of the Party organ. A. Ravitch, business manager of _the Daily Worker, and Harry Fox, campaign manager, will present the textile workers’ struggles announce.| organizational plans for the cam-! }paign, which will be discussed, added to, and adopted by the agents. This is the opening gun in the greatest | campaign the Daily has ever held,\ land it is extremely important that every agent be present. The number of the room in which the meeting | will be held can be ascertained in the business office, on the second | floor of the Workers Center. of the Marine Workers’ Progressive | ings demand that the leaders give notice that the present working hours agreement must be ended. In the beginning, however, the leaders even agreed to lengthen the work- ing hours. ' Dope Records Are Gone ‘His Papers Are Saved District Attorney Banton suddenly | decided yesterday that the file of Now That Rothstein’s. bor to organize a movement for the raising of tariff rates on many im- ports, comes in for severe condemna- tion. The A. F. of L. decided on Continued on Page Three |Forty-two Men on Ship \Calling for Help Off ‘Seattle May Be Lost SEATTLE, Nov. 29.—Nothing more has been heard of the crew of the Chief Maquilla, which sent in a distress signal yesterday, and then | became silent. Grave fears are felt for her crew of 42 men. The Chief Maquilla, which sailed from Kildonan, B. C., Nov. 17, for ‘Changes in Moscow Committee of Party (Wireless to the Daily Worker) MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., Noy. 29.— The plenary sess‘on of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Section 2 Functionary | letters, contracts, memorandum and of the Moscow district yesterday a — Meeting Is Postponed ‘A meeting of all functionaries of Section 2 of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, which was origin- RED VOTE IN MIDWEST other documents taken “rom the dead granted the request of Uglanov and gambler, Arnold Rothstein's, Fifth | Kotov that they be relieved of their Ave. home will now be shown to the | Posts as secretaries of the Moscow Shanghai loaded with Puget Sound and British Columbia products, is a vessel of 9,100 gross tons and was built in Scotland during 1919. ally called for tonight, has been postponed until further notice be- cause of the fact that a unit or- ganizers’ meeting for the entire district was previously calied for tonight by decision of the Secre- | tariat, at a meeting Nov. 26. \ All functionaries of Section 2 | take notice of this postponement. Unit Organizers Meet | at the Center Tonight A meeting of all unit organizers, of the Workers (Communist( Party, | District 2, will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the Workers Center, 26-28 Union Square. | All unit organizers must be pres- ent. A roll call will be taken Outstrips Socialists in Heavy Industry By WM. F. KRUSE. CHICAGO, IIL, Nov. 2%—Altho nothing like full returns are even yet available of the vote cast for the Communist candidates, all fndi- cations point to a marked increase in strength, What is particularly gratifying is that in many of the most highly industrial sections not only has the Communist vote grown, but it outstrips that of the socialist party. Thus in the coal mining cen- ter of Franklin County, Illinois, the Workers Party polled 143 votes | against 101 for Rev. Thomas. This is an almost three-fold growth, for in 1926 only 56 votes were cast here. It is interesting to note that par- ticularly in those centers where the | |grand jury, “so that nothing more | |can disappear mysteriously.” | Records which disappeared mys-| teriously, in all the days during | which Banton’s office “forgot” to Party has mine nuclei, the out-| safeguard them, are said to have the stripping of the reformist contacts! best evidence connecting Rothstein | | by our vote is most marked. Thus! and his underworld ring with Tam- in Orient, Illinois, there were 18 many-protected rackets, such as Communist votes cast to 8 socialist;| crooked gambling and a big dope-| in Benton, a county seat where the! smuggling game. Now they are | population is largely working class, | gone, all the rest must be saved for | the vote was 52 for Foster and 47 the trial. for Thomas. In both of these towns there are active functioning mine nuclei of the Party. Gain in Steel Towns. NANKING WAR PRACTICE | In the Lake County, Indiana, steel} SHANGHAI, Nov. 29 (UP).—The region the socialist vote was 242 as) monoplane Canton, piloted by Chang | compared with the Communist vote | Hui-Chang, is expected here Friday. of 159. It is interesting to note,;from Mukden, Manchuria, inaugu- | however, that in one of the steel rating the preliminary step in devel- towns, Hammond, the 28th precinct | opment of air mail service throurh-| Continued c& Page Two / lout China, ‘against in the murder case today. | sons were assisted; jing two shillings (fifty cents).! Molotov and Baumann were) —_——_——. | elected to replace them. Committee. The only way to abolish unem- ployment is to abolish capitalis IRISH POOR STARVING Thousands in Kerry Kept Barely Alive By JACK CARNEY DUBLIN, “Their existence is nothing more) (By Mail).—‘Within than protracted starvation. Chil-| Indictments will be voted for or the narrow confines of one room dren are denied necessary nourigh- 12x12, I found fourteen people liv-| ment, and, consequently, in almost ing and sleeping,” wrote the Supt. every family, there are either im- Assistance Officer, T. F. O’Mahony, | beciles, cripples, or consumptives— | to the Kerry Board of Health, “there | certainly caused, in most cases, by mal-nutrition, No Beds, Sleep On Rags. was no window and no bed.” “During the last six months,” his report continues, “over 4,000 per- “In a large number of houses the average there ere no beds. Piles of filthy weekly allowance of home relef, be-| rags are often used for night cover- \ Continued on Page Two FINAL CITY EDITION York, by mai r yen Pershing, a cousin of the P George jingo general, who has left the ran of imperialist militarism and has joined the <All-Amer Anti-Im- perialist League in fighting against Re is now on a speak- ing tour of the country and is tell- ing of his experi 5.5, army and of the exploitation of the workers and Hawaii, where he served as a GEORGE PERSHING SCORES WALL ST. Appeals for Aid in Fight on Imperialism ol imperialism neces in the peasants in soldie GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nev. —‘While Hoover is visiting Latin America on a battleship and reveal- ing more clearly than ever before the aggressive and ruthless methods ‘of Wall reet imperialism, it is significant that intensive efforts are being made to get more young work- ers to join the marine corps for ser- vice in Nicaragua,” declared George Pershing, cousin of the jingo gen- eral, wh’ spoke here under the aus- pices of the All-America Anti-Im- perialist League. “Personally, have been asked three times the vast month to enlist for gua by recruiting officers in Denver, Kansas City and Indianapolis,” Pershing said. The audience appleuded Persh- ing’s appeal for support to Sandino and the colonials who are victims of, has declared that only the formation of a firm international workers’ and peasants’ block can guarantee vic- tory in the fight against im- verialism. We must support the Nicaraguan movement for liberation. We must fight against intervention in Latin America.” Pershing then pointed out how members of the working class are deceived and lured into the armed forces, and how the lives of many workers who joined the marines are sacrificed for the in- te of Wall Street investments. Pershing, who was himself a soldier in the Hawaiian Islands, spoke about the oppression of ° e servicemen, and how the natives of Hawaii are virtually slaves to Amer- ican imperialism. The meeting here is one of many nationwide protest meetings against the war preparations and the Hoo- ver trip to Latin America, arrange ! under the joint auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party and the All-America Anti-Imperialist League. Pershing is on a tour for the All-America Anti-Imperialist League. During December, he will speak in Ohio cities, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Smyrna, Delaware, Baltimore, Washington and New York $25,000,000 Merger in Pottery Industry Will Be Practical Monopoly Practically the entire pottery in- dustry of the country is involved in a new merger now under way. This includes twenty companies in Ohio and other states who are to combine in a $25,000,000 monopoly. When this merger is completed only a few companies in the coun- try will not be in the trust, and the probability of their being gobbled up sooner or later is very great. When this occurs, we shall have a) other industry practically complete monopolized. The financial interests behind the merger have not yet been | disclosed. German Imperialists Cain Balkan Influence BERLIN, 0} industries were reported today to be negotiating approximately $12,500,- 000 credits for the Rumanian gov- ernment, of which the German gov- . 29 (UP).—German ernment would guarantee The credit would be an important move, reviving German influence in the Balkans. RADIO PROGRAMS MONOPO- LIZED. ST. PAUL, Nov. 29.—Close mono- polization of the radio broadcasting industry was complained against today by the director of WCCO! here, who said that the National Broadcasting Co. held the monopoly ond compelled © broadcasting ors to henlla fs prosrams exclu- ‘sive of all others, 1 in New York, by mail, $8.00 per year a part.| sta- Price 3 Cents FEAR MINERICH While Millions ANGLO-JAPANESE Sons: ime" SILK WORKERS MEET TO PLAN STRIKE VICTORY Membership Meeting Called by Left Wing Strike Committee Officialdom Is Defied Broad Silk Operatives Behind Left Wing (Special to the Daily Worker) PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 29. Profoundly conscious of the serious- ness of the strike situation here, the broad silk workers are making ready to take the most determined steps to improve conditions in the shops, which the officials of the union have allegedly settled, but which have proven to be worse than ever. For this, the most important reason, the sentiment among the broad silk workers forcasts a record attend- ance at the membership meeting called by the left wing Strike Com- mittee for Saturday afternoon, 2 o’clock in Carpenters’ Hall, 56 Van Houten St. Insist on Meeting. The humor the workers are in, after seeing the reactionary officials of the Associated Silk Workers do everything possible to defeat their struggle against the bosses, makes it apparent that they will brook no A membership meeting of the Broad Silk Department to discuss the strike situation and conditions in settled shops will be held at Carpenters Hall, 56 Van Houten St. Saturday, December 1, at 2 p. m. The meeting is called to enable all members of the Broad Silk De- tment to a free and complete’ discussion of the situation. Order of Business: Strike situ- ation, condition in settled shops; attitude of the Textile Workers ¥ = A Uni American imperialist rule. “Sandino) U™i0n- Attendance by membership book only. STRIKE COMMITTEE ASSOCI- ATED SILK WORKERS prohibition of their right to hold a membership meeting of the broad silk workers alone. Such a meeting, demanded by the strikers since be- fore their left wing Strike Commit- tee was dissolved by the right wing heads, was refused them again and again. They finally decided to call their own meeting under the leader- ship of their own legally chosen Strike Committee. The reason given by the right wing, in control of the Paterson Union, for their unconstitutional dissolution of the strike committee because its militant strike policies were not to their liking, is that the Strike Committee could not fune- tion in “harmony.” The authors of the fake settlements, under which the silk workers were being op- pressed anew in the “settled” shops, found it decidedly inharmonious Continued on Page Three Gitlow Will Speak at Trade Union League Meet Tomorrow at 2 Benjamin Gitlow, member of the Secretariat of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, and vice-presidential candidate in the recent election cam- paign, will speak at the Irving Plaza . Hall, Irving Place and 15th St., to- morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The subject of his talk will be “Why New Unions in the American Labor Movement?” Gitlow will lay special emphasis on the mine, textile and needle trades industries. All progressive cap and millinery workers are invited to attend this meeting, at which Gitlow will trace the trend of the different industries of the United States and expose the reactionary leadership in the old unions. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the Cap and Millin- ery section of the Trade Union Edu- cational League. ‘Anti-Imperialist 7 _ Meetings in West | CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—Workers of the middle west will make | their voices felt in protest against | Wall Street imperialism in Lat- \in-America at nine huge meet- ings, beginning with a demonstra- \tion in Chicago on Dee, 16. Other demonstrations will be held at | |Gary, Ind., on Dec. 17; Milwau- | kee, Wis., Dee. 21; Jacksonville, |IlL, Dec. £2, and St. Louis, Nec. | 23, Otto Hall, organizer of the | American Negro Labor Congress, and other nationally known \speakers will address. the meet- ae my ii reg