The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 5, 1928, Page 1

4 1 1X { i ” WORKERS EXPECTED TO OVERFLOW ANTI-HOOVER MASS THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS For a Workers-Farmers Government To Organize the Unorganized For the 40-Hour Weck For a Labor Party Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office nt New York. N. ¥. MEETING AT IRVING PLAZA HALL TONIGHT Vol. V., No. 288 Pubit Pu except Sundi & Asnociation. in Worker FUR UNION IN. STRIKE THREAT TO EMPLOYERS Joint Boss Drive to Revive Scab Union to Be Fought ‘Is Official Ultimatum Rallies All Week for Mobilization Ending in a threat for a general strike in the fur manufacturing in- dustry, an official statement was issued late yesterday night after a joint conference of the Joint Board of Fur Workers’ Union, the execu- tive boards of the four locals in it and all the active members of the organization. The statement is addressed to the fur manufacturers as a whole but is directed particularly at the Fur Trimming Manufacturers’ Associa- | tion. This employers’ organization) is reported in the trade jourhals as| having been in conferences with the larger bosses’ association in or- der to merge, so that both can be- gin a campaign to revive the dying AWE. of L. scab union, the Joint Council. This union ‘had sold to the bosses the union conditions of the workers, but was beaten after a two years’ fight with the Joint . The crew of the freight steamer*Marengo and firemen from Hoboken, Jersey City and New York fought ten hours before they succeeded in bringing under control a stubborn blaze that broke the hold of the old vessel. Other ships along the Hoboken waterfront were menaced by the fire opt in PLAN “RED ARMY” FOR THE “DAILY” Plan 500,000 Issue o 5th Anniversary The Daily Worker expects a Red) ers to greet the fifth anniversary of the paper in its special anniversary edition, half a million copies of} Board. The trimming bosses have until now had contractural relations | with the left wing union and the| merger means the ending of these| relations. | The statement of the Joint Board reads: “At its last meeting on Tuesday, December 4, the Joint Board of lo-| eals 1, 5, 10 and 15 considered the current news concerning the com-| bination of the Fur Trimming | Manpfecturers Association and the Associated Fut Manufacturers on 2 unified labor policy. Altho the Joint Board was not yet officially in- formed about this combination, it nevertheless considers it a fact. Moveover, the Joint Board will not be surprised by an official combina- tion and deal between both Associa- tions and the defunct Joint Council and International, company union, which was brought into existence and maintained solely by the offi- cials of the A. F. of L. and ‘the Associated. | Challenge to Furriers. “The Joint Board is fully aware of the fact that, this deal aims to revive the Joint “poms company union and to wine out every union regula- tion and union standard in the fur shops by even further reducing wages and completely wiping out the 40 hour week as well as all other gains wrested from employers by the workers since the union was organ- ized. “This deal between the two Asso- ciations and the right wing official- dom constitutes a challenge to the thousands of fur workers. Recog- nizing that the economic well-being of the fur workers is at stake, the Joint Board will take up the chal- Tenge of the combination of the two Associations and the company union. “The A. F. of L. officials can no longer fool the workers. Their ‘red’ bogey has been thoroughly riddled. Every fur worker holds the officials of the A. F. of: L. responsible for breaking the union, destroying the union standards and extorting money from the workers. Made Secret Deal. “It will indeed be very useful to recall that during the 1926 fur strike the Associated concluded a secret deal with the right wing and A. F. of L. officials. But every one will recall that the workers annihilated this deal and forced the manufac- turers and the A. F. of L. to respect their demands and rights. History is about to repeat itself. This time also the workers will mobilize their power to regain their union stan- dards and to maintain their right to belong to their union and not to a company union. It would be ex- pected that the fur manufacturers should already be convinced that the fur workers cannot be enslaved even by means of intimidation, violence and terror, But what the manufac- turers failed to learn from the ex- perience of 1926, 1927 and 1928, they will undoubtedly be obliged to “learn during the coming year. Re- sponsibility will rest on the manu- facturers. “The manufacturers can prevent a general strike in phe fur trade. This can be accomplished in the simple way of concluding a collective agreement with the true and real representatives of the fur workers and by restoring and recognizing the ‘union standards. If the manufac- turers will refuse to recognize this fact and instead persist in their at- tempt to foist upon the fur workers the company union, then a general | working class jers in organizations receiving this which will be run off the presses. | Cuban R. R. Shopmen Strike Against U. S. Bosses’ Mistreatment HAVANA, Dec. 4.—The remnants of the Railroad Brotherhood of n | Cuba, left since its best leaders were| killed by Butcher Machado’s assas- ‘sins and its remaining opportunists| jaffiliated the organization to the| Pan-American Federation of Labor, | Army of thousands of militant work-| are forcing the hands of its execu- tives in a conflict with Yankee bosses employed by the railway administra- tion. In the railway shops of Cienaga, BUILD NEW SILK ~ WORKERS’ LOCAL Organization Group in Big New Drive (Special to the Daily Worker) PATERSON, N. J., Dec. 4.—The} first meeting of the enlarged Strike Committee of the broad silk workers, Anti-Imper NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1928 TRIP AND WHITE HOUSE WAR CALL ialist Meet Tonight Rallies All New York Workers Rap Cruiser Program Hoover Voyage Means a War Maneuver A huge mass anti-Hoover mass meeting to expose the preparations | of the American jingoes for the coming war, based upon the rapidly | sharpening Anglo-American imper- iglist rivalry, will be held tonight | at Irving Plaza, 15th St. and Irving | Place, under the auspices of the New Yerk branch of the All-Amer- ica Anti-Imperialist League. The principal speakers mass meeting will be H. M. Wicks, acting editor of the Daily Worker; Arthur C. Calhoun, author of “A | Worker Looks at Government,” and | Paul Crouch, secretary of the All- | America Anti-Imperialist League. | Discussion from the floor will fol- low the speeches. | The latest message of Coolidge to | congress is a step toward a dec-| laration of war, says the League, is to all intents and purposes a war | message, saying as it does, “The | at the} elected at the mass meeting last Sat-| urday, when the workers decided to! It bases this expectation upon ajthe administration has put in as| affiliate with the National Textile! letter which is being sent out to all) manager an arrogant slave-driver Workers’ Union, was held last night! sympathetic workers’ organizations, named Strang, who thought he could | and after an extended meeting map-| reminding them that the Daily|treat the Cuban workers like dogs ped out plans for the beginning of| Worker is the only militant work-) ing glass paper in the country, and} the only labor daily existent. without fear of a comeback. As a result the workers in the |shops are on strike, and the execu-| ‘a drive to build a real silk workers’ |union in Paterson. The first step taken was to change The letter sums up the issues|tive of the Brotherhood, apparently the name from Strike Committee to upon which the Daily has been fight-| failing in trying to get the men to|the Organization Committee of the ing, mentioning among them the|&° back, is negotiating with the rail-| Paterson local of the National Tex- struggle to mobilize the workers! Way administration. Because of the|tile Workers’ Union. This commit- against imnporialist~wars, for the |determined~stand of the» workers ittee is designated as temporary till] ¢stend its share of the world: mar- recognition and defense of the Soviet | i8 thought that Strang will have to! city convention of silk workers’| ket. The working class of this coun- | Union, for new and militant unions | | which will organize the unorganized | masses in the basic industries, ete. | The present difficult financial po-| sition the paper finds itself in is; stressed in closing the letter: “The! Daily Worker is up against it! The attacks of the bosses and of the! government have considerably weak-) ened it. In this period of big strug-| gles, the workers of this country cannot afford to be without their fighting Daily. Every worker, every organization must rally to its support on its fifth an- niversary. Your organization must be amongst the many that will greet the Daily Worker on its fifth birth- day. Send in as big a greeting as possible. Haye every member of your organization send in a greet- ing of his own.” All members of the Workers (Communist) Party and sympathiz- letter are asked to have it put upon the agenda at the next meeting, and support it as strongly as possible. The Daily almost had to be 8us-| pended this week for lack of money to pay the printers, and immediate ind substantial support is needed. Mass organizations where Commu- nists work are the best sources of support and Daily agents must see that they are covered. BIRTH RATE FALLS. WASHINGTON, — A. declining birthrate exists in England, Ger- many, France and _ Scandinavian countries, according to a popula- tion study published by Robert R. Kuezynski, Life is hard ‘for the worker and he does not seek either the burden of childrens’ support or their competition on the labor mar- ket. The study is announced by Dr. Harold G. Moulton, president of the Brookings Institute of Washington. be moved to some other good job. DRUNKEN E-C0P KILLS CHAUFFEUR JudgeBlames Dry Law; Is Easy on Murderer William Cohen, a nineteen-year- old taxi driver, was shot and killed yesterday by an ex-cop in a “play- ful” mood. The judge who tried the case was obliging enough to put the emphasis upon prohibition, side- stepping the killing of a worker by a thug whose business, as taught! him by the city, was to assault and| kill workers at will. Cohen was shot in a saloon by| the drunken murderer, because he| would not dance to the music of the latter’s gun. Judge Nova, in Kings County Court, “forgot” to press the first degree murder charge and permitted a second de- gree manslaughter charge. The judge told the dead worker’s mother that he “recognized your (her) point of view . . . but this is a horrible accident.” If the worker had shot the legal murder- er, the “accident” would undoubted- ly have resulted in a death sen- tence, and prohibition would not have been invoked as an excuse. PROPOSE TRUST. CHICAGO, Dee. 4 (U.P)—A pro- posal that the oil interests in this country appoint an individual or a small committee to “rationalize” the industry was made before the American Petroleum Institute today by its vice president, Axtell J. Byles. COP REVEALS GRAFT Letters to Cabaret Girl Tell of Bribes CHICAGO, Dec. 4,—Interesting sidelights on the functioning of the Chicago police department are re- vealed in a series of love letters written by Howard L, Cleveland, a policeman, to Ruth Broderick, cab- aret dancer. Miss Broderick filed the love let- ters in court here to substantiate her $50,000 breach of promise suit. “Well, baby,” one of the letters dated last Sept. 9, “there isn’t anything new here. I sat in the captain’s office all day yester- day listening to the Cubs ball game over the radio, and last night, after I was through work, my old part- ner, Buck, and myself went over in the Des Plaines street district and got a still. But as usual it b consideration from, $10. It seems) longs to a syndicate, Well, the old saying is keep on trying; I may commect with’ something good some | day.” ; In another letter, after passion- ately protesting his love, the police-|connection with negotiations with | Posed on the operatives in these man wrote: “Well, honey, things are begin- ning to look ‘a little better if Chi- cago. I connected with one of the big bosses in the gambling outfit on the northwest side and was made some promises, if things open up a little.” Policeman Cleveland says in an- other letter that he has been trans- ferred to the vice and gambling di- vision. That, he tells the girl, “will n t \Council of Peoples Commissars, in a as though everything I run into be-|speech published today, attacked shop delegates will officially elect an executive board to take over its| functions. | Organization Plans. The Organization Committee will concentrate all its efforts to build a system of shop committees which} will be the basis of the new union.| The series of plans for immediate | ; execution which the meeting adopted jlast night are: 1—A mass meeting of silk work- ers is to be held this Friday eve- |ning at 8 o’clock, the hall to be announced tomorrow. At this meet- |ing registration of recruits for the new local will take place. All those | workers who registered at the Sat- Continued on Page Three Council of Six Rules British Imperialism as ‘End of King Looms | LONDON, Dec. 4.—Behind the | veil of secrecy about the condition of King George the Fifth, the latest inews reveals that the leading fig- ures of British imperialism expect the king to die at any time, as is Seen by the order delegating his | imperial powers to a council of six to rule in his stead. As the ‘night passed, bulletins said the figurehead of the machin-| lery for extracting profits and| | super-profits from hundreds of mil- lions of workgrs and peasants slav- jing for “the” empire” throughout |the world, was taking a turn for | the worse and it was conjectured | that George may be near his end. Bulletins said the king signed a | royal decree this morning naming |the queen, the Prince of Wales, the | Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor }and Prime Minister Baldwin to take his job, |Rykoy Scores Anti- | Soviet Lies Spread | Abroad by Enemies. MOSCOW, Dee. 4. (UP).—Alexey | Ivanovich Rykov, chairman of the | rumors abroad that the Soviet | | Union faces bankruptcy and is un-) able to meet its obligations. | He characterized the reports as | lies circulated by our enemies in| Germany for resumption of economic | relations, STEAL FROM WORKERS WAGE. TORONTO, (By Mail).—A de- duction of 50 cents per month has been made by the Lake Shore Mine from each miner’s wages for the benefit of the “Lake Shore Athletic Association,” a bosses’ scheme. make everything antes for you and cost of national defense is stupen- cous. It has increased one hundred | and eighteen million dollars in the | last four years. The estimated ex- | penditure, for 1920 is $668,000,000.” But Coolidge opens the throttle to drive full speed into war while dis- guising himself with these pacifist | regrets at the expense. In commenting on this statement, the League says: “In this brazen | way, American imperialism declares its determination to maintain and try will have the chance to be shot and gassed and blown, to shreds for American imperialism. It is the in- tention of the League to mobilize organized labor throughout the coun- try to resist the onslaughts of American imperialism in Latin Amerjca, and the extension of its rule throughout the world. Hoover's trip is definitely an imperialist move.” UNION FIGHTING MILL WAGE CUTS National Union Holds | Rhode Island Meet (Special to the Daily Worker) PROVIDENCE, R. I., Dec. 4. With the ground work laid, the N tional Textile Workers’ Union opened its campaign against the) wage reductions enforced in the mills of Pawtucket Valley by call-| ing a mass meeting of textile work- ers in Artic today. Tho the meeting was called on a} notice of only three hours the meet- ing hall was crowded to the doors with textile workers who demcn- strated their determination to ac- cept the leadership of the National Textile Union in waging a bitter fight against the wage cuts. | | | | Expose Betrayers. | The traitorous role of the United IPTION & PROTEST HOOVER Militants Mav Be Down But Are Never Out (By a Worker Correspondent) On behalf of myself and the other boys of Craig C ny, I beg leave to acknowledge receipt of your much valued paper, the Daily Worker. We look forward with pleasure to the arrival of the mail each day, knowing that it will bring on some good reading matter, and ali but quarrel as to which is to get it and read it first. We are glad Worker ander the act of March 3. 1879. Outside New ¥ to note the wonderful improvement | made in the Daily interesting the able editori: Worker, articles Hopefully we anticipate the days when a number the splendid, and of T. B's may recover sufficiently from the disease to take our places in the ranks of the workers and spread the message of the struggle we have learned in the Daily Worker. Greetings from the Boys of Craig Colony, Colorado. LIFE FOR KILLER OF A, CAMPBELL But Mendola Appeal Is Rejected WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Dec. 4.— Ralph Mellissari, a hired gangster for the Lewis machine, has been convicted and sentenced to life im- prisonment. He is the man who murdered in cold blood Alex. Camp- bell, left wing president of Pittston Local of the U. M. W. A., before the formation of the National Min- ers Union, and at the same time killed Peter Reilly, another militant miner, Melligsaxi..and others _ shot, Campbell and Reilly to death with machine guns while they were ap- proaching Campbell’s home in a small sedan car Mellissari was brought to trial for killing Campbell and acquitted class white-washing. Placed on trial ‘for the murder of Reilly, however, something went wrong with plans for another acquittal and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The local newspapers express sur- prise at the conviction, and hint that the life imprisonment sentence merely to quiet resentment against Mellissari by the militant miners of this region, and, that as soon as things quiet down, the mur- derer will be pardoned. in Philadelphia, has denied the ap- peal for Steve Mendola, of the Na- tional Miners Union, who was sen- tenced to 8 years’ imprisonment on a manslaughter charge. Mendola, slong with Sam Bonita and Adam Moleski, were attacked by Frank Agati in the district headquarters of the United Mine Workers in Wilkes-Barre last February. The Lewis gunmen sought to kill Men- dola and his companions and they defended themselves. Bonita is now serving from 10 to 20 years in East- crn Penitentiary and Moleski is |soon to be brought to trial. Philadelphia Grafter Regains His Old Post PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 4 (U.P).— Harry C. Davis, former director of public safety of Philadelphia, to- day won back his old post in the Textile Workers’ Union in making the workers accept the wage cut de-| meeting by the workers. It was | | shown that where workers opposed | a |the vicious demands of the bosses | Jeader, with threats to fight, these bosses| were far more hesitant in depress- ing conditions. The workers in the Arkwright Mill, who presented a determined front against the employers when they found a notice posted ‘announc- ing a new speed-up system, saw their action compell the mill offi- cials to remove the speed-up notices. Prospects for an open outbreak against the fierce reductions in pay can be expected when the workers in the Knight Mills are asked to accept the slash. This would be the second wage cut in recent years im- plants. The workers here, organiz- ers report, have about reached the limit of the:v endurance and are openly declaring themselves ready to go on strike, But an outbyfak of large propor- tions may yet develop because the employers are not satisfied with cutting wages alone. Publicly the cut is only five per cent, but in reality wages are being slashed 20 and more per cent in addition to the installation of the most inhuian speed-up systema, Philadelphia republican “ organiza- after what was apparently a mere The State Supreme Court, sitting | ‘COMMITTEE TO cS: Im New York, by mail, $8.00 per by mall, 96,00 per ye FINAL CITY EDITION year “BUILD 15 BIG IMPERIALIST CRUISERS,” DEMAND IN LAST COOLIDGE MESSAGE | Borah, Campaigner for at End of President’s Message WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. 15 More Cruisers! of words of Coolidge’s annual BACK BRITTEN MakesFake Peace Move of Its Own WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The House of Representatives Nayal Af- fi Committee today unanimously ed a resolution which can only be construed as ing one step further the maneuver started by its chairman, Britten of Illinois, last week, when he communicated di- and in breach of all diplo- matic usage with Premier Baldwin of England, asking for a navai con- ference to meet in Canada. Brit- ten today notified the committee that Baldwin had answered that he could not negotiate with a private persons like Britten. Such an answer was expected and desired by all who understood that the move was merely for propaganda purposes in | America, as Britten is a “big navy” man. Next Fake Move. |... Now..that..the full political effegt in favor of unlimited building of cruisers has been reaped by the in- cident in America, the house com- mittee proceeds along the same line with a resolution “reiterating its en expressed desire to extend the 3 ration principle of the Wash- ington agreement to all classes of naval ships,” and endorses the idea of nava! conferences. It does not make the mistake of being too def- inite. Britten himself explained that to actually request President Cool- idge or Secreta of State Kellogg to extend thi: tation to England might embarrass the administrat‘on. LONDON, Dee. Baldwin has stated in answer to a question in the House of Com- mons that he had answered Repre- entative Britten of Illinois “in friendly but firm” fashion, telling him that no negotiations could be conducted through any but official channels. He evaded a question as to whether Seeretary of State Kel- logg refused to transmit an carlier reply sent to Britten through the Britisn ambassador and the U. S. government. ; CzechCommunist Party Holds Large Workers’ Following in Election (Wireless to the Daily Worker} PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Dec. 4 |--Temporary electoral results show tion as executive director of the} |cisions of the bosses without a| Central Executive Campaign Com- | struggle were brought out at the/ mittee. The vote was 48 to 0. close friend of the Senator-elect Davis republican William S. is Vare. that despite governmental and the prohibition of Communist newspapers, the Communist Party is still the largest workers’ party. However, the Party suffered cer- tain losses. 4t Prague 15 per cent of the vote# were lost and in other big towns approximately 5 per cent terror were lost In the provinces the position was maintained or votes were won. TO GREET 22 PRISONERS |Plan Banquet tor Porter Demonstrators WASHINGTON, Dee. 4.—Hun. | completed their 30-day sentences dreds of workers will greet the 22) when they are released Thursday. demonstrators who were arrested in this city a month ago for vowing their protest against the frame-up| and sentence of John Porter, mili- tant New Bedford strike leader, and against American imperialism, upon | their release from jail Thursday. The 22 workers will be released | from the Ocacuan, Va., workhouse, to which all but two of the demon- strators were sentenced for 30 days on a technical charge of parading} on government property without a permit, The real cause of the ar- rests and sentences, according to the International Labor Defense, which defended them, was that they carried banners opposed to imperial- ist war. All of the workers will have Benjamin Thomas and Lawrence were sentenced to serve 60 days, but they will be released together with| the other prisoners, having ap-| pealed. Three ther demonstrators. Karl Reeve, Paul Crouch and Karl Jones, were released on $200 bail, after having appealed the cases, The meeting to be held in Wash- ington Thursday night will take place at 808 “I” St, N. W. and will greet the 22 workers, many of whom lost their jobs as a result of the severe sentences. At 11 o'clock | the same evening a banquet will be held at 1337 Seventh St. for the! prisoners. Other receptions for the workers | about in such a way, bringing a t opening further leaks in sides, ; will be held in Philadelphia and New York, At the Same Time Calls for Ratification of Fraudulent Kellogg “Peace” Pact Hoover, Presents Pacts Build a Bigger Navy! Authorize These were the only clear cut, definite arguments of any importance in a dreary waste of thousands presidential message, read by —*droning voiced clerks to both houses of Congress this after- noon. The message as a whole was merely an insipid repetition of propaganda about “prosperity. It overlooked absolutely the 4,000,000 unemployed in the United States, overlooked all evidence of wage cuts, neglected the stri ch have been a feature this year Ameri- *¢ ca’s industries, aind with much re- petition insisted that this is the most, prosperous country in the world and this is the most prosper- ous year in its history; labor and ital are satisfied, foreign rela- tions are good, and everything will go on better still next year if Con- gress exercises due economy—in every field but the navy. There must be 15 new cruisers. For Kellogg Pact. The message merely hints that Coolidge would to see the Kel- logge tr $ calling them a step towards pe eas every- body with any political insight recog- nizes them as merely the formation of a new League of } s against Soviet Rus with America in the lead inst of England, a source of war on at t two fronts. However soon as the regular nie! arose in 1 d e a Sage was read, Senator..Borah the senate, and read a supplement message from the president, submitting the Kellogg treaties, and asking ratification. For Realtors The message, while couched in vague language, seems to favor the passage of the Swing-Johrson Boulder Dam bill, and a revised and emasculated MeNary-Haugen bill, a fake farm relief measure, intended to keep the agricultural regions quiet under the en of mortgages and the exploitation of the grain buyers. Congressmen did not wait around in any very large numbers to hear the monotonous deluge of platitudes. In the House of Representatives there were only about 50 of the 435 members present, and in the Senate only half of the members, and these chatted in informal caucuses and paid no attention. President Coolidge sent to the sen- ate today the following nominations: To be under Secretary of State, J. Reuben Clark, Jr., of Utah. To be Ambassador to Chile, Wil- liam F. Culberson of Kansas. To be Comptroller of the Cur- rency, John W, Police of Ohio; to be Brigadie General, Col. Casper Hauser Conrad, Jr., Cavalry; te be Chief of the Bureau of Insular Af- fairs, Major General Frank MelIn- t 0 be Judee Advocate General, with rank of Major General. Col. Edward A. Kreger; to be Major Genera!, Reserves, Major General Alfred Franklin Foote, National Guard. ''o be minister Colombia, Jefferson Caff of Louisiane; to be Minister to Bulgaria, H. r Scheen- feld of Washington, D. to be Minister to Salvador, W D. Robbins of New York; to be Minis- ter to Rumania, Charles S, Wilson of Maine; to be member of United States Tariff Commission, for 12 years beginning September 8, 1928, Sherman J. Lowell of New York; to be Treasurer of the United States, H. Theodore Tate of Tennessee; to be a member of the Federal Farm Loan Board for 8 years expiring August 6, 1936, John H. Guill of California (re-appointed). i Lamport-Holt Vessels Built So 10-Inch Leak Could Not Be Stopped — The fact that ships of the Lam- port and Holt “ine are so built that a sanitary pipe could break without anyone knowing it and turn a solid ten-inch stream of ocean water into the lower depths of all sister ships of the sunken Vestris, was brought out yesterday after an inspection of _ ee Vauban, another vessel of the ine. Naval experts say that the first leak on the Vestris could have con