The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 1, 1928, Page 2

Page Two N. Y. Workers: to Join LL.D. Protest on Ne DIST. 2 URGES ALL NY LABOR GROUPS. BACK BIG MEET) AT IRVING PLAZA Prominent Sveakers to Tell i Many working « rganizations will be represent t | meeting to protest tempt to ra Bedford textile strikers and strike | leaders, to be held Monday night at | 8 o'clock at Irving Plaza, 15th St. | and Irving Place. > meeting has been arranged by the New York sec- tion of the Inter Labor De- fense mal Textile and the Workers’ U: 5 The New York section of the I. L. D. last night issued thru Rose Baron, secretary, an ap to its members and all o working cl organ tend Monday’s meeting. state: ‘The greatest mass trial history of the Ame: ment will soon start 2r workers and ons to at- The appeal in the| n labor move- New Bed- ford. The mill owners seeking revenge for the great six-months’ strike that completely shut down their mills. They want to crush the union that led that strike and is organizing the mill slaves in var- ious parts of the country, the Na- tional Textile Workers’ Union, and to eliminate its best fighters from the field of activity by putting them behind the bars. Fight Boss Courts. “We must not allow them to have their way. The workers of New York know what the capitalist courts stand for; they have suffered from the attacks of these instru- ments of the bosses, Under the leadership of the International La- bor Defense they have fought against the efforts of the courts to strangle their militant activity and they have joined in mass movements for the defense of their fellow work- ers in other parts of the country. “Workers, your class is being at- tacked. in New Bedford, your broth ers who fought for all the workers are threatened with long jail terms. Only the mass protest of the work- ing class can save them, only the united power of all the workers can force the murderers of Sacco and Vanzetti to free these militant fighters in the class war. Demand Unconditional Release. “Members of the International Labor Defense, working class or- ganizations and all other class con-| scious workers, strike a blow for your class brothers. Come to the great mass meeting Monday eve- ning and demand the immediate, | unconditional release of the 662 vic- tims of the New Bedford mill bar- ons!” Speaking for the Workers (Com- munist) Party at the meeting will be William W. Weinstone, orgenizer of District 2; Alfred Wagenknecht, national secretary of the I. L. D., and Norman Tallentire, assistant Secretary, will represent the I. L. D. which is conducting the defense of the strikers. Other speakers will be Albert Weisbord, secretary-treasur- er of the National Textile Workers’ Union; Pat Toohey, secretary- treasurer of the National Miners’ Union; Ben Gold, manager Joint Board, Furriers’ Union; and Paul Crouch, secretary of the All-Amer- ica Anti-Imperialist League. Sev- eral defendants in the grez:t mass trial will also speak. Lecture by Wolfe on Trotskyism Will Open Harlem Forum Friday The Harlem Workers Forum will open on Friday, December 7, when Bertram D. Wolfe, editor of the “Communist” and director of the Workers School will speak on “The American Brand of Trotskyism.” The forum will be held at 143 E. 103d St. every Friday at 8 p. m. Admission will be 15 cents. 1 Killed, 1 Injured When Crushed by Rock Alphonso Wenbuch was killed and William Donaldson was fatally in- fured, when a massive boulder | crushed them both to them earth, | in the subway excavation in which they were working. The men both Negro wo were operating a drill at the tS which is be- ing dpened £® the new concourse subway in the Bronx, when the earth about them gave way, and the huge rock crushed them. Both of the men were taken to Harlem Hos- pital, but Wenbuch was dead before the hospital was reach. Donaldson is in a serious condition and is not ® expected to live. The I, R, T. has done nothing for the families of the men. Feldman Reinstated to Full Party Membership The suspension period of Sam Feldman of the Morning Interna- tional Branch has expired and Com- rade Feldman is reinstated into full Party membership. Workers (Communist) Party, District 2. seventh Workers, fight al class-collaho~ | tion schemes e¢ bosses and Hh bureau y. Fight back ngniust the offensives Ne ty ‘F ceding | a bisa 0 On Thanksgiving and Christnu the capitalists and their servnats t inemployed workers who are tram and the open roads. The millions talism grinds down to the barest maintain life are not even thought free feeding for one day. They 1 own $12 to $20 a week. Of course, taken of this boss “generosity” the bossed really have their best i the unemployed in New York Cit ping the streets of in order to convince the workers that THE DAILY WORKER, NEW ava SATU! RDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1928 f the Jobless Millions WORKERS TO JOIN: PROTEST OF I. L.D, Meet at Trving Plaza Monday Continued from Page One st Pat Toohey and Minerich, the torturing of John Porter, must all to action. agai | arouse all class-conseious workers | The workers must respond to the call of the International Labor De- tense for defense of the revolution- ary workers. The entire Party or- fg on must respond as one man to the need of defending the | movement (of the revolutionary | unions and frotect the right of all workers to speak, assemble and or- ganize. The defense front now as sumes one of our major fronts o: battle. Not a single member must | fail in his revolutionary duty to pro- tect the lives and activities of the revolutionists in the United States. The meeting called by the I. L. D. for Monday, Dee. 3, at Irving Plaza, as protest against the capitalist ecnspiracies against the revolution- ary movement must be the starting point for a widespread agitation for organization of the defense of the I. L. D. in New York City as well as throughout the entire country. Every member must respond to the call for this meeting. We must get the workers in the shops to attend this meeting. ‘The most energetic as, it is the “generous” custom of o feed a fraction of the millions of American cities hom American capi- of workers minimum wh of in this magnanimous must fend for themselves on their a great many pictures have to be nterests at heart. ue Above, feeding Interesting Articles in December Number of “Labor Defender” The December Labor Defender which is now off the pre prints an article entitled “Bay State Jus- tice,” which describes the events leading up to the trial of the New Bedford textile strikers. The article was written by Nor H. Taller- tire, assistant retary of the In- ternational Labor Defense, follow- ing a visit to New Bedford. There is an article by Paul Crouch, on the anti-war demonstration in Washing- ton, and an excellent afticle on the Russian peasant by Albert Rhys Williams. Alfred Wagenknecht, executive secretary of the International Labor Defe! writes on the Christmas Fund campaign of the I. L, D. An article by Har O'Connor, “Fuller, | the Murderer,” tells of the new Sacco-Vanzetti evidence. Other features of this month’s } magazine are: “The Iron Heel Steps | on Nicaragua,”, by A. Moreau;| “School Children Rebel Against Goose-Step,” by Rose Baron; “The Execution of an Anti-Fascist,” by | an eye witness; a statement of the D. on the campaign for the re- of Mooney and an article on the arrival of Haywood’s ashes in America, “Bill Haywood Comes] Home,” by the editor, Karl Reeve. The usual full page of cartoons by Hay Bales, the letters from class- war prisoners and the organization page of the I. L. D. are ‘iscluded in this issue, LABOR SPORTS FOR TOMORROW. sae ye oy FC vs. N. Y. Eagle FC. C. vs. recthash FC. Huhgaslen Work vs. Argentince FC. Martians FC By Divi Hungarian Work American Hung. Freiheit SC. Seandinavian vs, Argentine FC. Prospect Unity S, C. By Division “C” Workers B., S.C. vs. Vagabond SC. | Red Star SC. vs. Harlem Prog. SC. Spartacus SC. vs. Scandinavian Freiheit SC. vs. Cooperative SC. BROOKLYN WORKERS LEAGUE. “Ar Scandinavian Workers vs. Atlantic. Red Star SC. vs. Freiheit SC. Spartacus SC. By lea: SCHEDULE “p” Faleon AC. ion Division Russian Color Light Dance to Be Held at Icor Bazaar Tonight Tonight will mark the second “grand event” of the I. C. 0, R. bazaar, which opened yesterday at the 25th Armo 68 Lexington Ave., between 25th gnd 26th Sts. This will be a Russian Color-Light Nall, in which thousands of New York workers, dressed in the many costumes of the Soviet regions, will disport under the moving beams of | color that will flood the armory. A special orchestra has been en- gaged by the management of the bazaar for tonight's occasion, which is added to the features that make up the daily happenings at the armo Merchandise of all deserip- tions is on sale there, at prices far lower than that of any store in the \city. .A restaurant and cafetoria is operated day and night thronghout the bazaar period. Workers who attend tonight’s color-light ball will teke part in one of the most colorfal proletarian events held this year in New York. munist) Party zation of the The W fights fo unorganized worker Lake Ontario. Murder by Coast Guard Police Being “Investigated” | and enthusiastic activities of every- body is expected at this moment for building up a powerful defense or- ganizaticn for protecting the vic. tims of capitalist brutality. All werkers to the I. L. D. de- | BUFFALO, , Nov. 30.—An fense meeting, Monday, Dec. 3! official “investigation” into the| All workers on guard for the pro- murder of an occupant of a motor-| tection of the revolutionary move- boat and the wounding of another by | ™ent, for the protection of the rev- the Coast Guard police on Lake On- | Clutionary trade unions! tario yesterday was begun here by The ineeting takes place Monday, Martin W. Razmussen, chief of the | Dec. 3, at 8 p. m., at the Tene Coast Guard in the Buffalo district. | Plaza, 15th St. and Irving Place. The men were ‘hot by members of District Executive Committee, | the Coast Guard while cruising on New York Disthich \ the lake yesterday. No reason for the shootings was given by the lake| police, and when orders for an ex- planation were sent, no statement on thé affair was forthcoming. . The Const Guard, heavily armed in their arms in the Great L ake re- | gions, have for a long time terror-| | ized innocent people living in the region, Cases of huge graft pay-| Danwherte Pe Pal to Get ment have been in the news for the | | |few years. Off Easy Presidents of the region are de- . * manding the punishment of the) WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—The | murderers. Federal Parole Board today recom- Bhi mended the release from Atlanta | Maquilla’s Crew Still in. Pederal Penitentiary of Thomas W. | Miller, after seven months cf his Danger Says MessaSe cighteen-month sentence for graft FromJapaneseSteamer in the American Metal Co. case had = been served. Miller was Alien SEATTLE, Nov. 30.—Forty-two Property Custodian and was in- members of the crew of the freight- dicted along with Harry M. Daugh- er Chief Maquilla in distress in the ~rty, former attorney general of the mid-Pacifie who have been in danger United States and a member of the for several days now, are still in republican administration cabinet; danger, according to a wireless from John T. King and Daugherty’s one- the Japanese steamer Yogen Maru time friend, Jesse Smith, the keeper received today. Nothing had been of “The Little Green House” in heard from the Chief Maquilla since ' Washington where Harding and his an appeal for aid was received two cabinet met frequently to plan joint days ago. actions of a political and personal nature. |Seipel Attempts to Win The charge was that these four * A ;conspired to and did hold up the Austrian Presidency German owners of the American z " Metal Co. for a $391,000 bribe for (Wireless to the Daily Worker) the return of their property suques- VIENNA, Austria, Nov. Prime Minister Seipel announced | 30— tered during war time. | day a people’s referendum on his Jesse Smith was either murdered or committed suicide. He was found own proposal to extend the consti- tutional powers: of’ the president of with a bullet through his head the republic. | shortly after he had told friends that he had a notion to tell what If the referendum is successful | 4, liane abnht maniniairation God | Seipel will be candidate for presi-| plicity in graft. dent. Seipel’s’ maneuver is seen as , an attempt to obtain dictatorial| King died before he could be| rights for himself. brought to trial. Daugherty, after | a suspiciously inefficient prosecu- tion of him by.U. S. District At- terney Buckner of New York, was | acquitted, Miller, a relatively small | fish in the pool, was convicted, | given an easy sentence and is now recommended for release after less vhan half of the term has been served. There have also been stor- ies about the favorable treatment ‘Weather Bureau Issues North Storm Warning WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UP).— The U. S. Weather Bureau today or- | dered storm warnings§ displayed from Delaware Breakwater to East- port, Maine. i ‘ : A disturbance of considerable in- | #1ven Miller at Atlanta, tensity over Michigan moving northeastward, will be attended by) The Workers (Communist) Party increasing southeast and south | ttahts for the ennetment of the 40.) hour, 5-day week. wins probably reaching gale force italist powe' |his pleas. w) Bedford Frame- Up Monday Investigate Eruption of Vales Etna Volcanologists protected only gating the eruption of Mt. Etna. substantially to science’s knowledge eruption. Hundreds of impoverish by gas masks have been investi- They are reported to have added on the obscure causes of voleanic ed Sicilian peasants lost the little they had, and many lost their lives, during the eruption. ANTLU, S. SR, AIRCRAFT MEET |Capitalist Nations Will. Confer Dec. 12 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.—A con- ference of representati of all na- tions except the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics to di regula- tions affecting international aerial traffic will start here Dec. 12, and it was announced today that the scope of the conference had been broadened to the point of the draft- ing of treaties among the great cap- on this subject. The ance of commercial airplane fl is weapons of war is fully realized -by the delegates, and in this connection the failure to notify the Soviet Union that it could send unofficial observers until too late for them to attend is con- sidered an indication of its purpose. The conference is the first of its kind to meet openly and officially, and was brought into being by a congressional resolution suggested by President Coolidge. It is adver- tised to take up such subjects as | air transportation, airway develop- | ment, meteorology and communica- tions and trade in aircraft and en- gines. Fake Investigation of. Vestris Sinking Comes to End Today The fake investigation carried on by United States Attorney Tuttle into the sinking of the Vestris on) Noy. 12 will be brought to a close today, with the material in such} confusion that indications are that every attempt will be made to whitewash the Lamport & Holt line and shift as much of the blame as possible upon the heroic crew, or upon the “soul” of the dead cap- tain. N. Hoover, supervising susbector' reneral of the United States Steam- boat inspection service, is sche- | duled to appear this afternoon and | remove the odus of allowing the; rotten hulk of the Lamport & Holt to leave port from the shoulders of the government inspection bureau. After the two nautical advisers have contributed theirs towards the saving of the L, & H., all the “find- ings” will be summarized by United States Commissioner O’Neill, which | will be filed with the clerk of the federal court here. A LITTLE CUCKOO | LONDON, Nov. 30.—Dr. Hugh | poms Robinson, who claims to | have been conducted in __ spirit [through the planet Mars by a fair |Martian with big ears, whom he names Oomaruru, has decided to go |to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and at- tempt to reach his spiritual love by radio from there. He failed when he tried it through the British wire- less station at Rugby recently, and |some quarters have it that Ooma- yuru does not lend a willing ear to JOBLESS, ATTEMPT SUICIDE MILWAUKEE (By Mail).—Job- for several months, John Chinie. lowski, 26, of 823 Tenth Ave., and | Laurine Marrow, 17, of 498 Milwau- | kee St., both tried to commit sui- | cide, from Delaware Breakwater to Block | Island late this afternoon or to-| night, the bureau said. Punches, Rumanian Minister in Face 5 VIENNA, Nov. 30,—It was re- ported from Bucharest today that a Rumanian official, Vasil Stojka, struck the Rumanian minister to Madrid, Prince Anton Bibesco, in the face as he leaving Premier Maniu’s office. Bibesco is home from Madrid temporarily. It was the first time Stojka had encountered the prince since Bib- esto, while minister to Washington, sought Stojka’s demotion in the gov- ernment. service, | LONDON (By Mail).—Girls of the sausage skin factory in Lower Edmonten have gone out on strike following the introduction of speed- up rules, among which was a no- | talking rule. Sa a ateetian ate ote al JANUARY 5, 1929 WILL BE FIV YEARS OF THE | COMING OUT OF THE DAILY WORKER CITIbS ARK URGED TO BEGIN MAKING ARRANGE. MENTS FOR CELEBRATIONS NOW. RYAN ROBBED THE WORKERS ‘Slaves - at sil a Week| Make Your Camels Continued from Page One man had a $1,000 investment each one of them. Whitney mentions none of the Camel City workers in his will. No slum home of an $11-d-week tobac- co worker is the beneficiary of any of his Gothic hunting tapestries or Ispahan rugs. Wealth Concealed. The extent of Ryan’s immense to- bacco holdings will not be known till the will disposing of his 100 to 500 million dollar estate is pub- lished, if then. His tobacco inter- ests were but a minority of his total wealth. Yet some observers think he owned more tobacco securities than J. B. Duke himself. « Southern railroads paid heavy tribute to Ryan. expansion of the Richmond and Danville system 40 years ago into ‘“e Southern R. R. which now domi- ates traffic between New York and | New Orleans thru the rich Piedmont His group got control of | the Seaboard Airline in a successful | plateau. stock raid. He reorganized Centra! of Georgia and was one of the con-| trolling forces in the Carolina, | Clinchfield and Ohio R. R.. which owns the planned industrial city of Kingsport, Tenn. Invested in Politics. Not the least interesting of Ry-| an’s investments was in the demo- cratic party of Virginia. A heavy centributor, his policies were re- spected. Whenever he wished he was sent as a delegate to national conventions. Ryan gave $60,000 to the Al Smith campaign and $450,000 in 1904 for Alton B. Parker. Dress Rehearsal of “Singing . Jailbirds” | A dress rehearsal of Upton Sin- clair’s “Singing Jailbirds” will be | given before an entire labor audi- | ence tomorrow night at 8:45, at the Provincetown Playhouse, 1383 Mac- dougal St. Among those who will be present are Sasha Zimmerman, Ben Gold, Rose Wortis, Robert Dunn, Shachno Epstein, William W. Weinstone, | Aaron Gross, A. Rosenfeld, Irving Potash and others. The official opening of the play! takes place Tuesday night. tribu Daily Worker O union meeting, event should pass without the distribution of a bundle of Daily Workers, in | He fathered the | VERY Workers (Communist) Party Unit and Sympathetic Organization Should Dis - REICH TO SEND MEDIATOR IN BIG STRIKE IN RUHR Government Fears Un- rest of Workers BERLIN, Noy. 30.—The Germar | government ‘has called a cabinet meeting to which the industrialists jand the reformist trade union lead- jers involved in the Ruhr- lockout | ‘have been invited. As was the case | in previous conferences, the pro- ceedings were kept secret. | It was intimated that an arbitra- | tor, representing the national gov- ment, probably Carl Severing, min- | ister of interior, would go to Essen | ‘soon to negotiate. Due to the wide ‘state of unrest among the workers in the Ruhr and in other districts |vhere lockouts are threatened, the government will attempt to end the jlockout by deceiving the workers | with demogogice promises. In the meantime the fighting spirit of the locked-out workers is good and mass demonstrations con- | |tinue demanding the suspension of \the reformist, dilatory tactics of the junion leaders. First SOVIET Costume and Colorlight |Three Courses Will Open Bronx Workers School This Morning | The Bronx Workers School, at | 1380 Wilkins Ave., will open this | | Monday at 8 p. m. Two classes in| English, a class in American his- tory, and a class in the principles of | Communism will be given that night. | Teachers selected from the New York Workers School will be the instructors at the Bronx school, All courses are one term courses, The term will last five months from Dec., 1928 to May, 1929. Eng: lish will be given twice weekly for ja fee of $5 for the term. The fee | for the Principles ‘of Communism and American History courses will be $2.50 each, for five months. Reg- istration will be held this Monday. B van L L Entire Village Thrown Out of Work When Fire Razes Pickling Plant ROCHESTER.—Flames destroyed the chief industry of Phelps, On- tario County, throwing the workers of the entire little community out of work. Only because the snow lay thick on the roofs was the entire village saved. | The early morning fire razed the plant of the Empire State Pickling Company, where almost all the peo- ple in the village were employed. |Membership Makes Scabbing of Albany Newspapers Possible 104 nationalities comprising | the SOVIET fj} UNION ALBANY, Noy. 30.—The Knicker- bocker Press, the Evening News and \the Times Union, against whom the composing room forces have been ' striking now for about a week, con- itinue efforts to secure more scab linotypers. | Much bitterness is expressed ‘among the union compositors here at the action of the reactionary union heads in having union stereotypers, | | pressmen, engravers and mailers to |work with the scab compositors brought in, There is also criticism of the policy of the International Typographical Union officials who prolonged negotiations with the em- ployers for about a year, and gave ample time for the hiring before- hand of scabs. 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