The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 27, 1928, Page 1

I (( \g 4 ia cet Ai . A | f F out the need for struggle against reaction CITY MEMBERSHIP MEETING ' ‘THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS For a Workers-Farmers Government To Organize the Unorganized For the 40-Hour Week For a Labor Party OF WORKERS (COMMUNIST aily. 1879. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of M: Vol. V., No. 307 Published daily except Sunday by The National Dally Wi Publishing Association, Inc., 26-28 Union Sq., New York, N. Y. er NEW YOR STAR CASINO TONIGHT FINAL CITY ) EDITION HOOVER COMING TO PLAN DRIVE | AGAINST BRITISH Will Tell Reparations » Delegates What - to Do Morrow Is an Adviser Morgan Man Almost Sure in State Post WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—In ad- | dition to pushing the cryiser bill and the Kellogg pact when Hoover arrives here on January 7 for a ten- day business stay. after his Latin- American cruise, he will also help to instruct the delegates to the ap- proaching conference on German reparations, it was learned here to- charity, Christmas “Charity” to Keep Jobless ai ; This is Zero’s Tub at 12 St. Marks Place where Urban Ledoux, plays the game for the bosses by handing out Christmas dinners to what he calls the “down-and-outers.” in this “pr-os-per-ous” Christmas that quite a number were forced to accept this bit of double-faced The jobless were so hard hit day. It is said that Coolidge sent a special invitation to Hoover to at- tend all the conferences in Wash- ington on the projects which face the United States imperialists. The matter of reparations and war debts | is only one of the many points at/| which the Franco-British entente and the United States government clash, and it is extremely important | for American interests that the con- | ference be prepared for carefully. | Hoover was a member of the Amer-| ican debts commision and had much | to do with the framing of the Dawes | plan. | Send Hoover's Friends. | It is suggested on authoritative sources that either Owen D. Young, of the General Electric, or Henry | M. Robinson, a close friend of Hoo- ver or both will be members of | the new Dawes commission. It is/ generally believed that Dwight Mor- * row, ambassador to Mexico and for- merly of J. P. Morgan and Company, | will be the third member of the com- | mission and this almost makes it! a certainty that he will be Hoover's | secretary of state. Morrow, as a) member of the Morgan banking firm, had. much. to.do, with the. framing. of the Dawes plan, and his presence r at the reparations conference tallies well with his subsequet appointment as secretary of state. | Another reason for Hoover’s sud- | den change of plan to leave Mexico) City and Havana out of his imperi- alist itinerary and come directly to} ‘Washington, without stopping over | in Florida, is believed to Le the present situation on the Polivian- Paraguayan matter and the desire to have an immediate and complete repert of Hoover’s trip to Latin) America. | Other reasons assigned for Koo-| ver’s change of plan is ascribed to his desire to put the fake McNary. dfaugen bill thru and the report that some of the party chiefs a e | putting up some trouble in the mat-! ter of appointments to the n2w cab- iret. WHALEN REVIVES GANGSTER SQUAD Will Use ‘Strong-Arm’ on Striking Labor The police “strong-arm” squad, of- ficially out of existence since Mayor Gaynor’s administration, was yes- terday restored as an active func- tioning body by Commissioner of Police Whalen. The new squad, known as the “lump squad,” will work hand in hand with the other police gangster | bodies in squelching strikes, assault- ing workers fighting for better con- ditions. These include the notorious | “bomb” and “industrial” squads. The resuscitation of the strong-arm | squad by Commissioner Whalen is | in thorough accord with his state- ment a few days ago that “there is| more law in the end of a night-stick | than in the whole Penal Code.” Six Gangster Squads. | As an advance, however, over the; brutality of the old strong-arm) squad which was abolished several years ago, the new arrangements | calls for six strong-arm squads, one | each for Brooklyn, Queens, Rich-| mond and the Bronx, and two for Manhattan. These, in conjunction with the “industrial” squad, used Continued on Page Two Article by Weinstone on Painters’ Union in Tomorrow’s “Daily” The Daily Worker will print in tomorrow’s issue an article by William W. Weinstone, organizer of Dist. 2 of the Workers (Com- munist) Party on “The Fight Against Zausnerism in the Paint- ers’ Union.” The article will point ‘y candidates, Sha- and McNamara, \ | playwrights, | NIGHT TOMORROW Noted Bards | to Read; Dance to Follow Cities Speed Preparations ee Se Tee a ALOT RED POETS IN BIG Hie! LOIRE MINERS. Things are humming in the U. S. A. North, South, East and West are preparing to celebrate the fifth anni- versary of the Daily Worker, central | jorgan of the Workers (Communist) Party and the only English language jpaper that fights for the workers. |Special celebrations are being ar- | ranged in various cities and workers everywhere are now busy gathering greetings and donations for the special edition of unusual interest Demand Higher Pay; Others Joining ST. ETIENNE, France, Dec. 26. — Coal miners in the Loire fields de- clared a strike, effective today, un- less the mine owners meet their de- mands in full for higher wages. The strike here is a part of the Who’s who among the revolution- lis also being distributed at the vari-/ general movement for strikes in ary poets who are going to do their jous Workers Party membership’ other French coal fields, due to low stuff at the big International Red |meetings thruout the country. wages, and the higher cost of liy- Poets’ Night and Dance Bacchanal | tomorrow night at Lyceum, 66 E. Fourth St.? Here’s the all-star line-up ‘in al- phabetical order): D. Burliuk, Russian poet and painter; Martin Feinstein, contrib- utor to the “Nation,” Daily Worker and the Second American Caravan; Joseph Freeman, poet and critic, formerly an editor of the New Masses and the Liberator, co-author with Scott Nearing of “Dollar Di- plomacy.” Michael Gold. Michael Gold, poet, playwright, short-story writer, editor of the New Masses, one of the directors of the New Playwrights Theatre. | His new book; “120 Million,” will be publisher Publishers. David Gordon, contributor to the Daily Worker and the New Masses; author of the poem, “America,” for which he spent 30 days in the Tombs and the State Reformatory, Lang- soon by International tributor to the Freiheit and The Hammer, author of three books of poetry and a full-length play. H. Leivick, one of the foremost ontemporary Yiddish poets and contributor to Freiheit and The Hammer, ‘author of two volumes of poetry, of | “Shop,” “Rags,” “The Golem” and other famous plays. A. B, Magil, contributor to the Daily Worker and the New Masses. Moishe Nadir. J Moishe Nadir, internationally fa- mous Yiddish poet, playwright and satirist, contributor to the Freiheit und The Hammer, A Pomerantz, contributor to the Freiheit and The Continued on Page Two Manhattan | ston Hughes, famous Negro poet, | | author of two books of verse. Aaron | | Kurtz, Yiddish proletarian poet, con- | | Preparations for the Detroit cele-| |bration on Jan. 6 are going ahead | the full steam. A mass banquet, with | The entire class-conscious work- | 8- jingelass in this country must be) The committee of Loire mine |mobilized behind the campaign for | owners, thru their President Pigeot, jgreetings and donations, it is pointed | is attempting to bluff the miners jout, in order to keep the Daily| and workers generally into believ- | Worker alive. The “Daily” depends|ing that, due to overproduction of jon your contributions, fellow-work-| coal in Europe and the resulting jers, to enable it to continue to fight | lower profits, it would be impossible |the enemies of the workingclass.| to raise wages. [KEEP THE DAILY WORKER| |ALIVE AND FIGHTING! | aire oa This excuse for keeping the work- ers on low wages does not work for jit is a known fact that the disor- NEW YORK CITY |ganization in the British industry Less than ten days remain to the! ’* partly cue to profitable sale of [big celebration of the fifth birthday ae BRR OY of the Daily Worker in Manhattan | Tench coal finds plenty: of markets. Opera House, Eighth Ave. and 34th, Pigeot also attempted to refute St., Saturday evening, January 5, | the fact of the spreading restless- |The famous Duncan Dancers from| 88 among the French miners by the Isadora Duncan School in Mos-| declaring that the Loire strike was cow have already arrived to take | Ot a result of strikes in other coal part in this great event. Reape Members of the Workers (Com-| munist) Party and other workers/ * MARSEILLES, France, * * Dee. 26 send their greetings and donations escaped death today when an ele- and secure greetings and donations | vator cable snapped while they were from their shopmates, friends and descending a shaft 875 yards in the organizations to which they be-| depth. Safety devices saved the ele- long. Get on the job at once! | vator from falling. = 7 veo BALL ISSUED TO tare YOUNG WORKERS usual liveliness under the energetic All Must Attend Party direction of Sarah Victor, Daily | Member Meet Tonight | Worker agent, This Sunday the last | The fcllowing communication was jof the Red Sundays for the securing jbe held. Red Tea Parties have also #¢sterday issued to all Young Work- jan elaborate musical program and | speakers of national prominence will | be held at 1343 Ferry St. The greeting and subscription have only a little over a week left to} (U. P.).—Seventy miners narrowly | Ryan Asks Boss Sub: WINE MILITANT, CORBISHLEY, 1S ~ FREED FROM JAIL Greets Labor Defense, | Urges Support of the | Drive for Funds | Represents the Loet Josten v. wy, es OMN J. MUKE Central Donates His Allowance Vietim of Notorious Zeigler Frame-up Henry Corbishley, militant miner from Zeigler, Ill., has been released from the Southern Illinois Peniten- tiary on parole, according to infor- mation received by the International | Labor Defense. Immediately upon his release he wired the Interna- tional Labor Defense greetings to all his comrades and urging all workers to support the I. L, D. Christmas Drive for funds which has been ex- tended into the first two weeks of | January. The I. L. D. has made the following reply | “Henry Corbishley:—The Inter- national Labor Defense and all mili- tant workers congratulate you upon your release. Send you proletarian greetings and welcome you back into their ranks.” (Signed) “Alfred Wagenknecht, executive secretary.” Donates Allowance. Corbishley, in his last letter from |prison, donated his monthly allow- ance to the I. L. D. Christmas Drive. The letter states in part: | | “I shall never forget how the workers came to our assistance. A man only needs to fall into prison to, see the need of such an organization as the I. L. D. There is not one reason why every worker should not join., I am indeed proud to be ore ‘of the founders, not because of the benefits I have derived from it, but because of the inability of the poor individual worker to adequately de- (Continued on Page Five) PROTEST MEET AGAINST FASCIST Suppress Paper Which Denounces Balbo The hand of Mussolini has again reached out to persecute the Italian | workers in this country. His agent is Italo Belbo, one of the chief murderers of the fascist militia, end) their minister of aviation. In pro- oP) patrons and tri Presi de An appeal to the open shop labor- acing employers of New York to subsidize further the campaign of the Central Trades and Labor Coun- cil against Communists and militant workers in the trade unions has been issued by Joseph P. Ryan, over his signature as president of the Coun- cil. -Wants Ads. The form in which the subsidy is solicited is that of advertisements in ne Council's “hold-up. sheet,” called also “The Central Trades and Labor a il,” thick, semi-annual magazine, issue] not for general circulation but only for those who | advertise in it and for the delegates ‘to the council and other privileged persons. It contains only advertise- ments and extracts from the labor laws, The letter by Ryan, sent to all ad- vertisers, without regard to their attiude owards union labor, and to all heavy advertisers in New York who have not yet come across, openly promises an alliance of the A. F. of L. bureaucrats with the * * iter | labor-baiting employers for the pur- Anti-Faseist Alliance have arranged | Promises also to “Americanize” the a mass protest meeting for Thurs- | foreign born workers in New York, day, January 3, at Irving Plaza, 15th 3nd make them safe and docile Street and Irving Place. slaves of American industrialists. The U. S. Government has com- Gangster Program. plied with the wishes of the fascists, Ryan does not explain in detail to the extent of suppressing an edi-| that hte services of Green and the tion of Il Martello, Italian anarchist! A. F. of L. bureaucracy, which he weekly, and prescribing that all|calls “the membership of labor | other issues must be submitted to the unions in America,” consists in such jpost office solicitor at Washington | campaigns of terrorism against the \before mailing. rank and file of these unions, and sidy for Bureaucracy ‘Trades nt of Council Competes with ‘Dicks’ \of greetings and subscriptions will) béen held, at which many non-Party workers were present and educa- Continued on Page Two ers League members of the city by | The speakers at the meeting will| against all militant workers, as | Will Herberg, district organizer of |be Vanni Montana, of Il Lavatore,| have covered the coal fields of Penn- the Young Workers (Comniunist) | Carlo Tresca, of Il Martello and the | sylvania and Illinois with blood, and ABANDONS Jay Lovestone, executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, has received the following letter: Dear Comrade Lovestone: In view of my former associa- tion in the Party, I wish to make the following statement of my position. I had been associated with the | so-called Foster opposition since 1923, and had been an active sup- porter of the minority because I believed that the opposition to the Central Exetutive Commit- tee was fighting on principle is- sues, with which I was in agree- ment, Recent developments in the | Party have led me to completely break with the opposition for the following reasons: 1. 1 agree with the Commu- nist International and Central Executive Committee estimation of conditions in this country re- lative to the status of American ‘imperialism and to the extent of radicalization among the @imer- ican workers. 2. I believe that the policy of reservations to the Commu- nist International decisions in the nature of things leads to the imndermining of the authority of the Communist International and its prestige. 3. I believe in the correct- ness of the Central Executive | Committee position relative to | the right wing danger in our Party and relative to Cannon's Tre‘skyism as the crassest and i Baraz, Leading Furrier, Backs the CEC | League: |Anti-Fascist Alliance, Norman Tal- “The District Committee calls |entire, of the I. L. D., William upon all League members of this | Weinstone, of the Buta ioe |district to be present at the Party ;munist) Party, and T. De Fazio, |gencral membership. meeting to- |© |night. | liance. OPPOSITION | “It is necessary for all League | See ee . members to become thoroughly ac-/ Workers School Will quainted with the important polit-/ Postpone Many Classes ical problems facing the Party at . . ‘During Coming Week most dangerous expression of the right danger. 4. By persisting in its un- principled factional fight against the Central Executive Commit- tee the opposition is giving ob- | jective support to Trotskyism, | which threatens the integrity of | |the present moment and with the line of the Communist International | in this country, The necessity for; Due to the fact that change and a vigorous struggle against the postponements necessitated because right danger and Trotskyism makes |0f the New York membership meet- the Party. the maximum of political and ideo- | ing of the Workers/Party, and New 5. The rejection by the Com- | Jogical clarity especially important, | Year, the Workers School wishes to munist International of the |announce the following concerning | “For this reason all meetings of | ; ' | Whatever sprt are called off for to-| OAD Blbaied are called off for night. All League members are ex- |tonight due to the New York mem-| pected to be present at the Party \bership meeting of the Workers | | meeting. Party. | ““A special section will be main-| 2, All classes are called off for |tained“for League members who are Monday Evening, Dec. 31, jnot Party members with a special | |League commiitee in charge. charge made by the opposition that the Central Executive Com- mittee was right wing is correct and should satisfy every Party member. 6. 1 fully subscribe to the Communist International decla- ration that there is no basis in principle to justify a factional struggle in our Party at the present time. Failure to abandon the unprin- cipled factional fight has led’ the opposition to take under its pro- tective wings the most destruc- tive opportunist elements in the fractions. This fact’ as well as my agree- ment with the Central Executive Committee in its policies and in its self-criticism of the Party er- rors has led me to disassociate myself from the minority, and to 3. All classes are called off for | A Tuesday evening, January 1, 1929. — check-up will be taken.” 4. The class in Critical Periods -_ |in Human History, Max Bedacht, in- 'structor; class in Program of the Ask Workers to Turn Communist International, William in ‘Daily’ Greetin&s, |W. Weinstone, instructor; class in . Marxism-Leninism, Max Bedacht, Donations at Once instructor, will have their sessions, is ‘postponed until after New Year.| roan aos are an | They will have their next session the | around with greetings and dona- | tions for the fifth anniversary of the Daily Worker in their pockets. By remaining in their pockets these greetings and donations do the Daily Worker absolutely no |first Saturday, the first Friday and | ithe first Thursday, reapectively | after New Years. | 5. The class in Fundamentals of | Communism, Rebecca Grecht, in-| | structor, will not have a session to- plage Wie a oie | good. t |morrow. The next session will be | | Party. | The moral of which is: travel | held Friday, January 4. % | light. _Unburden yourselves at | } (Sed Rec ren A ogpl | once of all the greetings and do- iotens ee ogy gop gd | | nations you collect. Bring them | Kello; or send them to the office of the Daily Worker, 26 Union Sq. et Furriers Leading Fraction of the Workers (Commiynist) Party. that war ¢: \ under capitaliam, Down with the Goltore tethe working clusat have strewn the streets of New York with the victims of right wing gangsterism. He does not take the trouble to inform the “patrons” that chairman, of the Anti-Fascist Al-|Green’s “conservative and construc-| | tive” policies are those of union labels on American imperialism’s battle cruisers, are the “B, & 0. Plan” of class collaboration, are Ryan’s own management of the traction strike so that in every case the traction workers are sold out, and get worse treatment at the end |of the dispute than ever before. Against Class Struggle. Ryan addresses his letter to “Our | Patrons,” and says to the bosses: “Are you aware of the important and beneficial service being render- ed by the membership of labor unions in America, in their efforts to combat the Communistic agita- tors, who are endeavoring to arouse | discontent, by spreading amongst |firecrackers and Roman candles. | the foreign-born workers residing in! this country, the idea that there ex- NEEDLE TRADES = CONVENTIONS To Ow PATRICK ¥. QUINY a enois ~ BEGIN TOMORR | GarmentUnionSessions: Open Then; Furriers * Start Saturday a0 Both Vote on Merge Jostens meDoNAG THOMAS J. WALS and_Labor_C YORK AND VICINITY , Jas" DUDGION NEW YORK CITY Forecasts a Crowded Lincoln Arena us x 109 Just one day stands between tho opening of the first of the two needle_ trades convention which are to amal- gamate into a national union of needle trades workers. To-morroy evening, delegates _representin cloak and dressmakers all over the country will gather to open their cenvention in the New Star Casino, 107th St. and Park Avenue, Dele- gates from American and Canadian "i 2 y locals, sent here by fur workers will] open their convention on Saturday in Irving Plaza Hall, 15th St. and Iry- ing Place. That this is a historic moment for the thousands of workers in the in- dustry can be seen by the enthusiasm with which the announcement for jthe gigantic mass rally Sunday at 1 p. m. was received by the and file in the garment distr’s’~. This mass meeting is scheduled +) be held in a place seating about 12,- 000—Lincoln Arena, 66th St. and Broadway. Leaders of the cloak dress and fur workers will come to the mass meet- “ * ing Sunday and will there report to ists an irreconcilable conflict be-|{}e workers of the decisions the tween Capital and Labor? Such is | conventions have made on the ques- not the case but these agitators are ‘tion of amalgamating both organi- opposed to the conservative and con- structive policies of the A. F. of L., which under the alte leadership of Pres. Green, are in striking con- | trast with the solution for industrial ills, as proposed by the advocates of Communistie theories, “The work of our organization covers an extensive area, we come in contact with numbers of foreign- born residents, who have to be im- pressed with the necessity of becom- | Yery traly yours, y mil on zations. Yesterday saw the arrival of most of the delegates from out of town localities, where there are local or- |ganization of both unions, These local organizations extend across the continent and even across the border into Canada. The balance of the delegates are expected to come into }town today. Workers Will Attend. ing good citizens, and taught to re-| Not only delegates are coming, but spect America with its opporunities }@™e groups of workers from both itutions. Therefore the ser-|tt@des are organizing expeditions to endered by our organization, |ttetld the convention in a body. To Chilinuda ca trane |provide out of town delegates with OREO Oe AES sae, lodgings, the offices of the Na- ‘ PIPRET Ber HN, tional Organization Committee of the Mine Strike Film to — Cloak and Dressmakers and the Na- F s11 {tional Executive Committee of the Be Shown to Aid Mill | Furriers have issued an appeal to all y, workers who can volunteer lodging Ww orkers on Sunday for one or more delegates. If so, the Workers’ organizations, unions, *PPea! asks, notification should be fraternal bodies, are invited to send |MAde at the offices of either union. committees to the special. showing ‘lakmakers at 16 W. 2ist St. and of the miners’ strike film and the fiers at 22 E. 22nd St. “Shanghai Document,” this Sunday. | 4M official celebration of the fact at 2:30 p. m. at the Czecho-Slovak that. the conventions will mark a Workers’ House, 347 E. 72nd St. The |‘Uning point of immense signifi- performance will aid the victims of @nce to the labor movement, will be the textile barons in New Bedford. % banquet attended by all the dele- 3 2 3 gates. The banquet will be held The W. I. R. is working on a plan| Sunday evening after the mass meet- for a film service which can be util- ing is concluded, and will be at the ized by labor organizations for bene-| New Star Casino. All rank and fit performances. Local New York, | filers are invited. W. I. R. therefore urges that labor organizations send committees of five to see the special performance next Sunday and then communicate with Local New York regarding ar- rangements for future bookings as soon as the film program is or-| ganized. \“Peace on Earth” No Description of Xmas YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 26.— A woman was held in jail here today accused of burning the homes of two unwelcome suitors. The men are M. Hamilton and Je@hn Hill. * ELECT LEFT WINE Tailors, Bakers’ Union Poll Big Votes (Special to the Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, Dec. 26.—-At a special meeting held this week by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, Local 86, Pittsburgh, all the candidates of and’ those supported WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 26, by the left wing were elected prac- —One woman is dead, another is be-' tically without opposition. lieved to be dying and four persons| A few years ago the socialists had are in hospitals as the result of put up candidates against the pro- Christmas Day automobile accidents. | gressives and left wing, but most *_ * * of these became businessmen and* ‘ - left the trade, so that the progres- The total of violent deaths re- |. reas a ported in the country reached 170, las had no hard job in making a Fires were prevalent in the South, | “8” SWeeP- byl where Christmas is celebrated with) Only one socialist was elected to \the executive board, S. Samuels, Poison liquor deaths were con-|This is considered a heavy defeat fined mostly to the East. |for them, as the entire loca! was Jonce controlled by the socialists. The New York District Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party has called a city membership meeting for tonight at the New Star Casino, 105 E. 107th St. near Park Ave. (Take East | Side subway to 110th or 108rd St., or 3rd Ave, ’ tee ‘as its representative, and Ale: viewpoint of the Minority. Only members of the New York City organization of the Workers will be allowed to vote, and admission will be by (Communist) Pe membership card. The doors of the hall wili be opened at 7 ya = Jay Lovestone hes been selected by the Central Executive Commit- | plz on time, so the mecting coniiegin promptly at $ p. my ul PARTY MEET TONIGHT N. Y. Communists at New Star The following officers were elected: President, H. Pittler; vice- president, M. Rosen; finance secre- |tary and business agent, Louis Co- hen; recording secretary, H. Fried- man; treasurer, A. Slavkin, Elections for officers were also (Continued on Page Five) $25,000 Dry PrizeIs © Wasted, Say Sleuths Prohibition enforcement officials today in terming “useless” the $25,- 000 Durant prize essay on prohibi- tion enforcement of Major Chester Caisno “L” to’106th St.) xander Bittelman will present the | nounced another plan which won $5,000 school prize for Malcolm k, 15, high school student Alto, Calif. It provides re rg of education, p.m. All members are Ip A |P. Mills. The award committee an- :