The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 4, 1928, Page 1

— ' THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS For a Workers-Farmers Government To Organize the Unorganized For the 40-Hour Week For a Labor Party o Jaily Entered as second-class matic: a1 the Post Office at New York. Publ Publ Vol. V., No. 287 ‘ished daily except Sunday by The N ishing Association. Inc., 26-28 U: tly Worker New York, N. ¥. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1 ANTI 2 IMPERI AL U.S. Imperialist Flag Captured by Nicaraguan Troops in Battle LEAGUE EXPOSES | HOOVER'S PLOT Protest Tomorrow at « Irving Plaza. Hall ‘Asks Aid for Victims Points to War Danger in U.S. Policies The All-America Anti-Imperialist League today issued from its na- tional headquarters here a state- ment sharply condemning President- elect Hoover’s trip of conquest through Latin America and point- ing to the growing war danger. The League is holding a mass member- ship meeting tomorow night at Ir- ving Plaza Hall, at which well- known speakers will further analyze the situation. The League’s state- ment is as fellows: The dominating policy of the United States government today is the increasing aggression to extend its domination of the world market in the struggle against its imperial- ist rivals, chiefly British imperial- ism. This imperialist aggression is clearly revealed by Hoover's trip to | Latin America, Coolidge’s Armistice Day speech, plans for new naval | of militant propaganda, etc. Union Rallies Strength to Battle for Conditions Against Scabs, Bosses |Give Ultimatum to the Boss Ass’n While mobilization of the rank PITTSTON, sort of questions they a: Wyoming barracks of the state po- lice indicated that the charge against me was a frame-up which even the police do not believe, and also why the frame-up is being perpetrated,” said Anthony Minerich, national exe- cutive board member of the National Miners’ Union, now out on bail, charged with attempting to blow up a church. “They asked me,” said Minerich after his release, “what I would do FINAL CITY EDITION Price 3 Cents FURRIERS RALLY Minerich Is Questioned by POLICE DISRUPT BEHIND UNION AT Police on Union Policy; POYNTZ MEETING BOSSES’ THREAT Labor Defense Bails Him INPHILADELPHIA ton, Friday. This hearing was mere- ly for the purpose of arranging de- tails about bail. Nert Friday there will be a regular preliminary hear- ing. According to the local news- papers, which are furnished with in- formation by the police, the regular hearing was scheduled for last Fri- day, but was postponed “to afford more time for investigat‘on.” Minerich tells of events following his arrest at the close of the frer speech mass me Tuesday, No’ Captain Charges Used “Seditious Language” About Cosiidge Grafters Rally to Cal Th above shows the reception at Mexico City, of an American flag by the Mexican “Hands Off Nic- aragua!l” organization, as trophy of war sent by General Sandino of with a letter of praise for the organization's aid, which in part says: the 47th Company, 11th Regiment of the United States Marines in t 1928.—For Homeland and Liberty, A. C. Sandino.” the Nicaraguan army of liberation, “This banner was captured’ from he battle of ‘El Zapote’ May 14, DAILY OPENS CAMPAIGN WO 0VER WARSHIP. construction and other war prepara. | tions, the open and defiant nature ‘FOR 5TH ANNIVERSAR Y The z > danger of a world war is no longer | a subject for theoretical discussion | but is an immediate problem facing the masses of this country. | On an international scale, the rivalries of imperialist powers lead inevitably to another world war. At the same time the imperialist conspiracies against the Soviet Union continue. To this the imper- jalists are moved by their common hatred and fear of the Soviet Union, which has become an inspiration to the colonial masses as a result of its policy in giving up ail special | privileges in China and the grant-| ing of complete autonomy .to all na- tionalities within the Soviet Union. The danger of war against the | Soviet Union by the imperialist | powers is thereby made more im- minent. Conflict in Latin America. In the struggle between the lead- ing imperialist powers for control of the world markets, Latin Amer- ica has become a center of this con- flict, especially between the United States and Great Britain. The United States today is the most ag- gressive of all imperialist countries. Great Britain is the main rival of the United States, and’ Hoover's trip to Latin America has as its chief purpose the complete destruc- | tion of British competition in that as in other fields, This makes the Continued on Page Two FAKERS BETRAY ® MILL WORKERS ‘A. F. L. Union Helps Slash Wages (Special to the Daily Worker) PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Dec. 3.— Faithfully performing its usual function, the A.»F. of L. United Textile Workers again gave the mill barons of New England the assist- ance they required in tearing from) the pay envelopes of the operatives) a five per cent wage reduction. With great bitterness, textile workers here call attention to the) cynical announcement of th? labor traitors, published in the press and addressed to the manufacturers. In) this statement the bosses are asked) “to agree, that hereafter, when changes in wage schedules are con- templated, 30 days’ notice be given.” | This. respectful request is made while the U. T. W. points to “the “good” New Bedford and Fall River bosses, who are gentlemanly enough to give this notice. Nat’l Union Rallies Workers. Undismayed by the latest stab-in- the-back given the textile workers by the U. T. W., the National Tex- tile Workers’ Union organizers in Continued -n Page Two Bulletin on King George Shows Old - Reactionary Sicker LONDON, Dec. 3.—Many indica- tions exist today that King George is worse. The official bulletins no longer give accurate diagnosis of his present condition, and there is a rumor that a special commission has been appointed to, take off his hands the heavy duty of signing oc- easional state documents. It seems that the official tyrant of a hundred different subject eoples is about to make way for his heir. |—Not only the people of Uruguay, All members of the Communist Party, all left wingers in the labor | movement and all sympathetic work- Jers are to be mobilized around the | Fifth Anniversary Campaign of the tse Worker and make the occa- URUGUAY PRESS SCORES HOOVER sion a spring-board for higher cir- culation and more mass Trip a Bluff Which |tor the “Daily” if the urgent de- | mands contained in a letter sent by Deceives Nobody the Daily Worker to its agents in MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Dee. 3. the Party units are fully carried out, but all Latin America, whatever| Special greeting lists have el- may be the polite nothings with ready been distributed among the which Hoover is greeted, feel in-|units and, it is expected that many sulted by his trip to their lands as| working class organizations will conquered subjects of American im-| show their appreciation of the Daily perialism, is the sense of, the) Worker by substantial grectings. “Diario del Plata,” one of the "fore-| The lists are expected to be so heavy most newspapers of the great re-|that workers are urged to call at gion of the La Plate river. the business office of the “Daily” Yesterday’s dispatch to the Daily|as soon as they have. collected a Worker briefly reviewed an edi-| number of greetings and contribu- influence | ~ ON WAY TO PERU British ‘Good Will’ Hop to Offset U.S. Tour WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 3.— Reports from the battleship Mary- land, carrying Herbert Hoover on |his Latin American tour, today an- |nounce that the American president- \elect spent several hours in serious |conference with President Ayora of Ecuador. The natufe of their discussion |was not revealed, though it is as- | sumed to have “had. reference to | American naval necessities in the jsouthwest Pacifid’ Guayaquil, the | principa! port of Ecuador, though | | shallow, is one of the passable har- | |hers on the barren west coast of |South America. The status of the present govern- ment, its strength and its relations | manding | and file in the industry to fight the new attack of the united forces of all the fur manufacturers and the |A. F. of L. officials of the scab junion is gathering impetus, the left |wing Joint Board yesterday made public gn official letter it has sent to the Fur Trimming Manufacturers Association. | The letter, altho formal in nature, contains a threat that non-confor- mance with its demands—for a con- ference within 24 hours—will be met with the most drastie action. This ‘employers organization is reported to have reached a decision at a seeret conference with another em- cord it to the disintegrated right wing, to withdraw recognition from the left wing Joint Board and ac- cord it to the disintigrated right wing “union.” Prepare Forces. | Although as yet publicly deny- ing any knowledge of a pact to with- draw recognition, the officials of |the employers organization is known by the left wing to have succumbed to the promises of the right wing— promises of still more severe exploi- tation of the workers in the shops— and have made a pact whereby the right wing will be given assistance | in keeping itself alive. The Joint Board, while sending the letter de- official admission or refutation of this plot, is preparing its forees for a struggle against both associations and the right wing in order to regain the union condi- Continued on Page Two BALDWIN DODGES BRITTEN GESTURE LaGuardia Announces torial in the “Diario del Plata,” which also comments: “Hoover is representative of that collectivity whose effrontry has an- gered all the rest of the continent. Hoover is the successor of the spirit which is contrary to all Latin Amer- ican sentiments; successor of Cool- idge, who had the sorry idea of pre- senting himself in the Havana con- ference with a Napoleonic pose and power that meant the absolute dis- regard of the psychology of our peoples, unable to yield to force, much les8 the spectacular exhibi- tion of force. “Weare sure,” the. paper adds, “that we speak the sentiments of Spanish America in saying that we had an aversion to Coolidge and cannot believe in Hoover. Sweet Words Can’t Fool Them. \ “Hoover, it is true, may be able to win the sentiments of those peo- ple who let themselves become cap- tivated with extreme ease, but which lose desire to become so when they understand deeply the spirit of the peoples to whom Hoover comes in| turn to take a peek, say ‘good day’ and repeat the empty phrases of ‘good will’ that were already used by Coolidge and Hughes at Havana, meanwhile they were carrying out the most shameful outrage against the Spanish American nation of Nicaragua. ‘ “No, this voyage will deceive no- body. It is noggnore then an addi- tional bluff, like the bluff which arises from ‘Pan-Ameticanism.’ And both bluffs signify no more than the contempt held by the leaders of the U. S. republican party for our peoples.” The journal alludes to Hoover as the spokesman of the republican party. The Workers (Commanisty Party fights for the enactment of the 40- hour, 5-day week. tions. After indicating the role of the | Daily Worker in the struggies of | |the American working class the let- ter sent to the units outlines a plan lof activity which is expected to be highly productive. The plan is as follows: At unit meetings, specially devoted to the “Daily” campaign, | the plan of action must be worked out and the workers mobilized, Every worker is to equip himself with a list and immediately go after \bis friends and shopmates and make them come across with greetings | for at least $1 each. Besides this | |attack upon individuals a great part | jof the unit activity should be di- ‘rected at all left-wing and sympa- thetic workers’ organizations, which | jure to be visited, talked to and made | to send in greetings, either as a} body or as individuals. | The letter also points out that \neighboring stores and businesses | must not be neglected and made to advertise in jarge spaces. A great | part of the activity is to center) ‘about the shops and factories, | where mass distributions are to be| |made. To check up on the “Daily” | jactivities of every unit member and | to see that they are a “Daily| Worker Daily” in this mass cam- | paign, every unit will elect a re-; sponsible committee, which is to be | the “control commission” of the an- | niversary campaign. ‘Congress Earns Day’s ‘Pay With Hour’s Work WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Con- gress met for about an hour today, and -adjourned “out of respect to | the late Senator Gooding of Idaho.” If Goc “ing hadn’t conveniently died, | it would have adjourzed ort. of. re- spect to something else. Only the| roll call and other formalities were | undergone. World Congress. Today to the American state department, are also believed’ to have formed a feature of the conference. Hoover is reported to regard the | president of Ecuador as one of the e: ' = House of Commons today his ex- utaie dite fignres ty Latin Amern\ ange af tettece with Fred Britten) \ Illinois, chairman of the house naval |committee, U. S. A., in which Bald- win informed the American con- |gressman that he would not express any opinion without consulting the New Fake Move LONDON, Dec. Prime Minis- To Visit Peru Next. “X wireless received today from the Peruvian government, where Hoover will next visit, announced that the Almirante Grau, flagship |{mnited States government. cf the Peruvian fleet, will accom-| Britten, in a personal letter to pany the Maryland on its trip to| the premier, had proposed an Anglo- Callao. From there the Hoover) American conference on naval is- party will motor inland to Lima, | cues, to be held in Canada. Brit the Peruvian capital. _, \official circles recognize this The Peruvian government, which |morely a strategic move in a jingo is in the control of the notorious | pame Yor a free hand in the naval dictator Leguia, is making all prep- | ace, arations to receive the Hoover| st the same time, Comamnder ie «faa eaten expected to make! 5. Kenworthy, labor _ party, a bid for further support from the cabled Britten that certain M. P.’s United Stat-s at this time. were in favor of the proposal. My aiored | Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign British Countermove. |secretary, was questioned in the RIO De Lie Bene Home of Commons concerning dis- reaction of Europe to the trip of |2:mament plans. Hoover to Latin America has awak- Postpones Disarmament Talk. ened great interest in the press} He said the British delegation to here, which says that the indirect | the next League of Nations Couneil publicity given by the trip to U. S. | would not, be asked to make definite products is troubling European ex-| disarmament proposals, since the porters, | whole question would be referred to The “Jornal do Brazil,” for ex-)| Continued on Page Five ample, says that the news from| =m London that a fleet of ano HAD BUILDING will scon make a “good will” flight | to South America, is the first Euro- Nat'l Textile Union Greets Affiliation pean step to counteract the effects Hailing the decision of the Pater- of Hoover’s visit and call attention | to British products. The paper adds that the recent Weinstone to Discuss son broad silk workers to affiliate in a body to the Natio: 11 Textile Workers’ Union as the most im flights end demonstrations of North portant step taken by these work Before Sections 2 and 3) ter Stanley Baldwin revealed to the | as | TOOHEY FACES OLD LAW Archaic Tang to Charging of ‘Yeoman’ PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 8.— | dignifies Toohey with the ancient The mediaeval nature of the law un- title of “yeoman,” and speaks deli- der which Toohey is to be tried is|ciously of Toohey’s speech inflicting exposed by the solemn indictment, “great terror and disturbance on the | William W. Weinstone, organ- |izer of District 2; who was a dele- gate to the Sixth World Congress and also a member of the Program Commission, will talk before a com- bined membership meeting of Sec- tions 2 and 3, atdrving Plaza, to- day at 6:30 on “The program of the Communist International.” Wein- stone will present the various as-)| pects of the Program and the sig-| ica also appear to be a reason for | ‘ational the proposed flight of British planes | Textile Wor'-ers’ Union last night to Latin America. issued an official statement. | The decisior t. affiliate was made by the Paterson workers at 2 mem- | bership meeting last Saturday after- /noon in Paterson, N. J. In joiniy ¢ |the N. T. “V. U., they automatical | sever relations with the Associat( | Si" Workers’ Union. The state: cnt of the N. T. W. American aviators in South Amer-, in their struggle for improving their ‘conditions in the shops, the if I were an official of the National Miners’ Union, completely organized in America, and the miners of France went on strike, whether, if coal were being shipped from Amer- except that it was not for holdin tke inecting, but on another charge The attorney for the Civil Liber Union, who attended the mee! ica to France, and I could call a} was told by the police that thi strike here, I would do it.” charge was the dynamiting of aj } “And I told them,” said Minerich, | church. “that I would just like to have a Accused of Killing. chance like that.” Minerich was taken first to the I. L. D. Gives Bail. office of the chief of police of Pitts- Anthony Minerich is out on $1,500, ton (the local police) and held a bail, furnished thru Attorney Shep- couple of hours, then transferred to rovich, representing the Internation- | Wyoming barracks. al Labor Defense, 799 Broadway, Minerich was not questioned in the New York. He was taken from police chief’s office, but after being Wyoming barracks, (Company B of| taken to Wyoming barracks, Cor- the Pennsylvania state police) for a}}oral Santelli came in and sid hearing before an alderman in Pitts-| Continued on Page Three “PATRIOTS’ KNIFE ON TANKER LABOR DEFENSE MASS MEETING COOK Protest Attempt to Jail 'talian Chef Demanded 622 Strikers Better Conditions | A protest meeting against the| BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 3—An mass trial of 662 New Bedford Italian worker, the chief cook on strikers was held jointly by the/the Standard Oil tanker, W. C. National Textile Workers’ Union BE Sera en eet and the N. Y. section of the Inter-| Teaele, was pinned to his bert national Labor Defense last night while his ship lay in the harbor here at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving| four days ago, cut with a knife, eee Anions ine apes Sut then dragged on deck and clubbed Anthony Minerich, national board] |. ‘ raring xue seus v ational adiniers!| Wit 20. Axes, by four men of the Union, just-released on bail«in..a| framed up dynamiting charge; Al- bert Weisbord, secretary of the Na-| because of investigations by friends) ’ ‘ | gether with other alleged “seditious tional Textile Workers’ Union; Har-| of the cook, who was usually known rison George, of the Trade Union| ,. ‘i a [Educational Leagues Fred ~Bieden-| “Ply #8 “Alphonso. case ri pean Kapp, secretary of the Workers In-| Protesting at the intolerable condi- | ternational Relief, just indicted in| tions under which he had to work, Massachusetts; Norman H. Tallen-| and the attempt to kill him was tire, assistant secretary of the na-| made by 100 percenters who hated tional I. L. D., and others. A Tes0-| 14, «foreigner” who put them to| lution was adopted in support of gett? die We Baiterd eulkee, shame by fighting for better con- ditions. Need of Defense. Tallentire, who acted as chair- | man, told how the I. L. D. had de- | veloped, and, what it stood for to- 5 ; day. Minerich then spoke of his re-/ 2nd with the lights turned out on |cent experiences with the mounted/ deck. The man lay bleeding until a cossacks in the coal fields. He watchman found him, after which jshowed how the National Miners’), was taken ashore and thrown in Union had been born in the midst of i ; a bitter struggle with at one time|the Police station. When found to! a quarter of the organizing commit-| be still alive, he was spirited away| tee in jail. The new, militant| to a hospital, say his friends, and Continued on Page Two | they do not know what hospital nor Sen aS whether he has died from his in- juries. The murderous assault took place | while most of the crew were asleep Many Votes Stolen From Red Nominees | in Newark Elections | oe | Workers (Communist) Party candi- | dates for governor and for U. S PORTER HEROISM |senate more than doubled their vote. this year in Essex county, New Jer- New Bedford Holds Red Election Rallies The Teagle is now at sea. |sey. Scott Nearing, gubernatorial candidate, polled 156 votes in New- {ark cnd 71 outside of the city, mak-| |ing a total of 227. Albert Weisbord, |senatorial candidate, polled 150 in |Newark and 55 outside of the city. makirig a total of 205. (Special to the Daily Worker) That hundreds of votes were never) NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 3. cc .nted or were stolen is evident —With, local elections set for to- when one considers that the candi-| morrow, two large and enthusiastic dates for the Workers (Communist) | mass meetings held Sunday by the Party never had their names printed | New Bedford Local, National Textile This condition| Workers Union, endorsed the Work- ers (Communist) Party mayorality ticket. In addition to Fred E. Beal, as candidate for mayor, Corriea, a textile worker, is candidate for coun- cillor and Corrigan, a_ building trades worker, is running for alder- man, c the tal'y sheets. left it entirely up to the whims of the capitalist watchers to see if the votes were counted or not. Hundreds of votes were probably lost in this way. For examp!2, it is known that ;Nearing and Weisbord polled an average of at least ten votes in every d'str'ct in the city of New-| NEW BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 3. jark. This total would far outreach —Fred E. Beal, candidate for mayor |the total vot- reported for the two on the Workers (Communist) Party candidates. ! Continued on Page Three PRISON BANS “DAILY” Letter Tells of Censorship Behind Bars The complete restriction exercised ruthlessly crushed. by the state authorities over the in- mates of prisons in an effort to pre- vent them from learning the truth The worker's letter shows how the state attempts to keep workingclass prisoners faith-_ ful to capitalism with a strict censor- | made the arrest, telling him nothing’, ho have p Forum, Poyntz was lems of the Working Cla ica Today.” The meeting was held at the Grand Fraternity Hail, 1626 Arch St. Before the meeting began about six police were seen lo gg sus- piciously about the entrance. They entered when the meeting opened, and about 20 minutes later were joined by 20 more, some of them being plainclothes dicks. Charge Sedition. Poyntz had just launched into her speech and was analyzing the recent elections, in which she character- ized Coolidge as “a messenger boy of Wall Street,” and Hoover as a “servant of American imperialism,” when the police made a rush for the platform. “You are using guage,” blustered a police captain, “Such attacks on government offi- cials are .sedition!” The police then declared the meeting dissolved and drove the au- dience out of the hall into the street, manhandling many of them. They took Poyntz to the police headquar- ters under’ arrest. : Forced To Free Poyntz. held seditious lan- She was there for three hours, with the police officers try- » |,erew and one of the ship's officers.|ing to forge replies as, to whether ‘The facts are just becoming known}or not she fiad said» that-Codlidge was “a weak-minded puppet,” to- expressions.” Poyntz refused to answer questions without the ad- vice and presence of counsel, so after three hours of head-scratch- ing, the police were forced to re- lease her without filing charges. The attack on the meeting is part of the campaign of the Philadelphia police against the Workers (Com- munist) Party, carried on during and since the elections, as a result of. which many militant workers have been jailed. CHILEAN QUAKE VICTIMS NOW 600 Heavy Rains Add to Suffering SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 3.—The number of dead in the earthquake was placed at 600 by the news- paper “La Nacion,” of this city, to- day. While La Nacion’s figures are considerably over the official estimates, it is feared that the gov- ernment is concealing the total lists and also that many injured at Talea may die. Three hundred were in- jured in that town alone. The official total of dead was swelled considerably today when the mayor of Constitucion sent in the names of 77 persons killed in that city. Suffering from the earthquake, which has been excessive among the workers, was increased today by heavy rains which hampered the re- moval of debris and the search for additional wounded. Hundreds of workers and peasants are without shelter and food thru- out the territory affected by the quake. Suffering is said to be particular- ly intense in the city of Chillan. 50,000 Austria Gov’t Employes Walk Out in HigherWagesDemand VIENNA, Dec. —Fifty thou- Sand e1,)ploy Se 0° *h..eovernment telegraph, teleph. i Fs service walked ou “i, 9 A night for an 8 per « ig wages, BEST fh’ The workers declare of living in Austria inc ESS! per cent since the war, ? which reads like a chapter dropped out of Mark Twain’s “Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” but is being used in dead earnest by the very modern coal company capi- talism in Mr. Mellon’s state. the said Commonwealth there pass- ing” before the hall in which Too- hey and Brophy spoke. These terror- ized passing and repassing “sub- jects” may have been the 15 state | good subjects of the said citizens of | nificance of the Program for the| issued by Albert Weisbord, national Communist movement of the U. S. secretary, declares: and for the entire world. A discus-| “The National Textile Workers’ sion will follow. Union views with the greatest sat- All unit meetings of Sections 2/isfaction and ratification the fact and 3 scheduled for tonight arg that so many hundreds of the very called off in order to make possible best fighters in Paterson have now about the present social order is re- vealed in a letter that a New York worker confined in the New York State prison at Auburn, N. Y., wrote to a friend. The brutal treatment jaccorded prisoners throughout the country is known; repeated protests ship over all the reading matter in their wages have been at a s | prison. | still. \. | There must be no militant or| The reformist leaders of thes workingclass note in any of the! workers, instead of calling for a prison’s reading matter. This is, militant struggle, have issued the strictly enforced. Among the papers slogan of “passive resistance,” which come under the ban, according | which leaves the way open far Hie |particularly noteworthy in that it The indictment, published below, fey eroopers gathered share te, beat up ‘ontinued on Page Five a full attendance, Continued on Page Five land strikes of prisoners have been Continued on Paye Three A aecmerstepe ac ged mmm 73 i trayal. 5 »