The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 7, 1929, Page 2

Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, J ARY 7, Arrested for Denouncing Balbo, Fascist Emissary, 11 Workers Will Face Court Today ABOR DEFENSE HITS BRUTALITY OF POLICE DEPT. Vill Rally Workers of New York in front of the Italian consu- St., near Fourth Ave., are scheduled to receive a heari this morni in the I t Court, 1 t be defended by representing t of the Inte The when poli stration, the eve day, clubbing were take station and econd ld that They then to , wher charged the mduct. The d were released on $25 nstrators bail each, furnished by the I. L. D. In a statement issued last night, the New Yor t of the Inter-|. national Labor Defense strongly -denounced the activities of the po- liee during the demonstrations against Balbo and demands the re- lease of the 11 wor and the cessation of police persecution of militant labor. Moscow Amtorg Head Arrives in U..S. for Seyiet Arts Exhibition Joseph A. Poliakov, head of the Moscow branch of the Amtorg Trading Corporation, has arrived in this country on his second visit with- in’g year, and will attend the Rus- sian Art and Handicraft Exposition which will open February 1 at the Grand Central Palace. Among the exhibits received for the exposition within the last few days are 100 cases of hand-painted porcelain, including examples of the work of the famous artist Chekho- oi 25 boxes of semi-precious jewels, and 500 rugs from Bokhara and Daghestan in Central Asia, the Ukraine and Trans-Caucasia. London Gas Blast Wrecks Homes = = | fee | | | | A scene in a street of Bloomsbury, England, after defe mains had exploded, and ripped up*the city for half a mile. Forty- Expos tion “of Peasant : Craft, Art, Coming to Grand Central Palace d Central Palace, and will open cording to Mathew It will continue exposition will include 700 t modern paintings and sd pieces and valuable an- dating from the sixteenth century. The twelfth floor of the Grand Central Palace has been transformed into a miniature of the great Rus- sian fairs, The fine arts, exhibits were Selected in Russia by a com- mittee of the Academy of Arts. The American showing is ‘sponsored by the Amtorg Trading Corporation. The peasant handicrafts division will contain linens, toys, ivory cerv- ing, lacquer work, embroideries, leather inlay, oriental rugs, and other local products. American Interests to Buy Mexico Power Co. WASHINGTON, Jan, 6.—The American and Foreign Power Gom- pany, Inc., has just announced its plan to purchase the common stock of the Northern Mexico Power and Development Company. The Mexi- can company holds concessions from the Mexican government for utiliz- ‘ing the water power Soviet Sympathizer Shows British Loss of Trade with U.S.S.R. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Arguing for resumption of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, a Mr. Coates has come forward with a pamphlet, filled with -facts and figures, show- ing how the breaking off of rela- tions by England has hurt British trade. Up to 1927, when the break was made, Coates shows how the British share of Russian trade was increas- ing, then how it is now dwindling to insignificance. Coates also reminds the conserva- tives of the false prophets among them; how they continually year after year that the Soviets were “on the point of collapse,” but the Soviets not only did not col- lapse, but got stronger. He shows that Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister in 1922 said that Russia could not bal- ance its budget, but it did so, Also that Urquhart said that Russia could not export oil. But it is ex- perting oil. ABOLISH N. Y. CENSUS. The stink arising from Mrs. Knapp’s graft taking in the 1925 state census las resulted in an agreement between the republicans and democrats to abolish it. It has been used merely as a means of gerrymandering (reapportioning) voting districts so as to manipulate lelections. said | “HEBREW TRADES’ AVOID MEETING; PROVE. TRICKERY | Make Fake Peaee Offer Then Run from It Continued from Page One |tiation fees to $25. (5) Section delegates to supervise working | hours. “(6) No raise in dues. (7) Two reasons to be approved by the| Executive Board on discharge of| workers. (8) Freedom of opinion) in the union and the rights of cri- ticism, (8) Objection Committee of | | 10 members—5 from each side. (10) | Campaign for the elimination of Sunday work. (11) Stand by Shifrin. (12) No discriminations. (13) Elec-| tion by secret ballot. (14) Leave] United Hebrew Trades. (15) Out of | the ‘Forward’ building. (16) New lelections. (17) Framing of a con- | stitution. (18) Tax of 50 per cent {to be remoyed—10 per cent assess- | ment to be made if necessary. “Two conferences were held where | it was agreed that both sides call| }membership meetings for Friday, | December 28th, to present the pro- |posals to the respective members, | after which to meet on Sunday, De-; |cember 30, for final negotiations. No Right Wing Meeting. “We called our meeting where the membership enthusiastically and unanimously accepted our proposals for the unification of the forces of the workers and instructed the Exec- utive Board to carry the proposals} into life. Seen As Trick. “The right wing outfit did not call their membership meeting to pass/ jupon the peace proposals. They also | failed to appear, as agreed upon, on | December 30th, to discuss the peace proposals and thus exposed com- pletely their treachery. This is ample proof of the dis- honesty of the ‘peace’ proposals of the U. H. T. union breaking outfit and further bears out our claim that this was calculated not to unify the} workers’ forces, but as a maneuyer to demoralize and confuse the hon- ‘est rank and file workers.” HE general disorganization caused by the World War and the civil Strife ana stil! further increased by the blockade, did not remain with- cut its effect upon the genera! con- dition of the health of the popula- _tion of the Soviet Union. The years of civil war were marked by numer- ous epidemics, and by a greatly in- creased death rate of the population im general and of the children in particular. Protection of health, one cf the government activities which is of utmost importance to the population, has made great forward strides dur- tng recent years. It is now based upon the principle of co-operation on the part of the broad masses. The People’s Commissariat for Health exercises general supervision and control over the activities of all health protection agencies. The immediate management and conduct ‘of the medical and sanitary work in the Various localities are entrusted to the local health protection or- gans—the regional, provincial and district boards of health, and to the vailway and water transport health bureaus. The population receives the opportunity of exercisirg its own initiative in the public health commissions attached to the Soviets, in the health protection groups or- ganized at the various enterprises, end in the rural public health com- tmissions. _ Decrease Death Rate. Reports submitted by the People’s Comissariats for Health of the vari- cous constituent republics give a pic- ture of a continuous and steady im- provement of the sanitary conditions of the U. S. S. R., showing that the mortality is decreasing and that the number of persons attacked by epi- demics is diminishing. Considerable Progress was achieved in this re- ® as compared with the pre-war period. Thus, while in 1918 the death rate in Moscow was 231 out of every 10.000, this rate was re- . A particular decrease was ted ‘in the mortality of children women, which is to be credited ly to the measures adopted for protection of mothers and in- Mortality caused by epidem- ies has likewise decreased in the tof the Igst few years. A olera, that !perpetual scourge revolutionary Russia, yf the main achfeyements of viet public health system is consistent introduction of pro- etic methods in the activities entire medico-sanitary organ- Free Medical Aid. pplication of the principle wiaxis to the field of health has called forth the or- ef a number of new in- new forms and meth- y, viz., the struggle | (tuberculosis and syphilis), protec-|there were only four first aid sta-[the dispensaries are conducting an tion of mothers and infants, protec- tion of children’s health, health edu- leation, ete. These principles and forms of prophylactic activity have likewise penetratea into medical establishments which formerly re- stricted their tasks and the sphere of their activities to the rendering of medical help. All urban and rural medical institutions are being PROTECTION OF HEALTH IN THE U.S. 8. R. tions, there are at present fifty of them. Considerable results were 'achieved in the development of the medical system in the rural iocali- | In 1913 the number of med- \ical stations in the rural localities was 2,517—in 1927 their number jreached 4,251 and it has been in- |creasing rapidly since that time. The second group, which includes drawn into the general hygienic ac-/the new establishments, is divided tivities and health propaganda. Free into two basic classes—establish- medical aid to the working people | ments for the protection of mothers and heaith service to the great ond infants, and those organized for extensive prcpaganda for the dis- |Semination of hygienic knowledge. Simultaneously the dispensaries are conducting a regular inspection of those groups of the population | which “represent the greatest dan- | ger with regard to the possible | spread ot venereal diseases. A particularly strenuous fight is |being waged by the dispensaries |against prostitution. Considering that unemployed women are espe- cially liable te enter upon the road | weeks’ notice in writing with proper|it imperative that the growing war d 40 154 in 1924, and to 134 in| 7 orthy fact in this respect is | almost complete disappearance | The medical establishments may so-called social diseases masses of the population form the underlying principle of the public health system of the Soviet Union. The entire field of public healt protection it present being served by an organization composed of over 1,500 physicians—not including the physicians of the transport health service and of the administrative sanitary personnel. This organiza- tion is engaged in supervising the health system in the cities and vil- lages, in the inspection of the water supply, the dwellings and the indus- jtries; in the rking out of new |types of hospital, buildings; in de- | veloping the system of sanitary bac- teriological institutes and laborator- lies, ete. The data concerning the health | ‘ystem of the territory of the U. S. S. R. for 1918 as compared with \these for 1927 show great changes in the number and nature of the | health establishments, changes char- acterized by the nearest possible ap- |proach of medical aid to the needs cf the population. * * Medical Establishments. T first sight one is struck by the fact that the number of hos- pitals has been reduced. Thus, in | the European part of the R. S. F. |S. R. (Soviet Russia proper), while in 1927 their number was only 2.332. However, a closer investiga- |tion brings out the fact that the great number of hospitals of pre- war Russia were chiefly made up of small private establishments of pri- vate physicians, often equipped with only a few permanent beds, while in lis shown by the number of beds in above mentioned hospitals: 206,774 i191 |which existed prior to the reyolu- tion,* and entirely new ones which were founded since the establish- ment of the Soviet regime. The medical establishments of the type which was in existence before \the Kevolution haye greatly in- creased in number. Thus, for in- stance, in 1915 only sixteen cities were supplying medical aid st home to workers and office emplopes, while at present such medical aid is heing rendered in 435 cities and urban settlements, While formerly , gmamaaaaaeaaaamamaaaamasasasamaasati | 1913, there were 3,668 hospitals in} 1927 the hospitals were | |mostly large state institutions. This | Leds in 1927, as against 108,570 in| | |be divided into two groups—those | combatting social diseases (tuber- |culosis and venereal diseases). |Protection of Mothers and Infants. Prior to the Revolution there was no suck thing as protection of mothers and infants in Russia, ex- cept for a few isolated establish- ments in Moscow and Petrograd, In the Soviet Union the hygienic care for the health of the mother and in- fant occupies a prominent place in the activities of the public heglth institutions. The care for the jmother and child begins several |months prior to the birth of the \infant; pregnant women, are being given easier conditions of work in the establishments in which they wre employed and they are entitled 'to a vacation for a period of two months prior to and two months ‘after child birth, The number of confinement berths which in 1913 |was 5,280, increased to 12,910 in 192f. Moreover, there were in 1927, lon the territory of the U.S. S. R., 287 permanent day nurseries, 3,058 yummher day-nurseries in the rural lecalities, 475 special homes for jmothers and infants, 876 medical ‘eonsultation stations for mothers jand children, 526 legal advice sta- |tions for mothers, ete. In addition, there have been founded a number lof prophylactic dispensaries. day ‘sanitariums and forest schools for \children of pre-school age. In comparing the data about the medical system of the various au- jtonomoug areas and republics, one cannot help noticing the fact that | medical help has penetrated into re- lmote territories, such as the Yakut Soviet Republic, the Kirghiz Soyfet Repyblic and other regions which prior to the war were receiving medical assistance on a, negligible scale. he campaign against the social diseases is being conducted with the |help of dispensaries attending to patients suffering with tuberculosis and venereal diseases. ‘Various pro- | phylactic measures are being car- ried out by these dispensaries. Every summer tne People’s Com. migsariats for Health of the vari- ous republics send special detach- ments to the rural logalities com- batting venereal diseases, tuber- culosis and trachoma. The number cf these detachments grows from year to year. Hygiene Propagand In addition to medical assistanc, \of prostitution, the dispensaries jhaye come to the conclusion that it is necessary to offer to the unem- |Floyed women not only medical but jelso social help. For this purpose special labor “prophylactoria” have been organized for women in con- |nection with the dispensaries for venereal disease. These ‘“prophy- |lactdriq” not only restore the health jof their women patients, but also jzeeducate them with a view to guid- jing them back to useful activities. | They teach their patients a trade as well as how to read and to write. It is necessary to point out that {the help given to unemployed |women in these “prophylactoria” does net in any respect bear the |character of charity. The women \pay for their stay in these institu- \tions hy doing some kind of work. Special community houses are con- nected with the “prophylactoria.” A ‘commission engaged in rendering labor and living conditions more |Sanitary is attached to the dispen- | saries, A number of medical institutions jof the Soviet Union conduct a per- |sistent campaign against alcohol- lism. In this activity they are’ be- ing sapported by the public. This \struggle is likewise being conducted by special dispensaries. The “Central Narcotic Dispen- sary’ in Moscow is being visited |caily by four hundred victims of sleoholism. Various methods of \treatment are being applied to them, treatment by hypnctism oecu- \pying the foremost place. Over 80 | \per cent of the patients get cured completely. The dispensaries are engaged in a thorough study of the social roots of alcoholism. This | | problem is being handled by a spe- \cial staff of wamen investigators | \under whose supervision the former alcoholic addict remains, even after he had finished his treatment in the dispensary. | Every physician of a dispensary which is waging a campaign against one of the social diseases, such as tuberculosis, venereal diseases or alcoholism, is clesely connected with some enterprise in which he con- ducts lectures and talks to the work- ers on hygienic subjects. Groups ‘LENIN MEETING TO EXPOSE ARMY "AND WAR DANGER ‘Pershing Tells About Soldiers’ Waking “The blatant greed of American |capitalists and the reckless. deter- | mination of Wall Street to capture and keep for itself Latin American }and other markets at any cost make danger be emvhasized unsparingly at the coming Lenin Memorial Meet- ing.” So stated George Pershing, cousin of General Pershing, yesterday in an interview on an “actual war sit- uation.” The memorial meeting is to be held Saturday evening, Jan. 19, in Madison Square Garden. The revolutionary kinsman of the arch enemy of the working class was emphatic in his analysis of the war danger situation. Straight To War e “The United States, by its un- warranted, brutal and thievish in- tervention in Nicaragua, by. the promulgation of the fake Kellogg ‘peace pact’ and its open antagonism toward Soviet Russia is moving steadily and inevitably to a new war. a fresh butchering of the world’s workers. But,” declared George Pershing, “the workers of the world must not be caught un- awares this time. They must be pre- pared to fieht for themselves and against Wall Street. “The Ienin memorial meeting of- | fers an opportunity to appraise the workers of the facts. There can be | no more fitting occasion to expose! the war preparations of the govern- ment than at the rally to commemo- rate the fourth anniversar of the | death of Lenin, the great leader of the first workers’ and peasants’ re- public.” Pershing, who had a generous taste of United States military ser- vice, asserted that the soldiers are | waking up. “The men in the army are begin- ning to hold their noses, anvtime the word democracy is mentioned. They know their sorry lot and they witness the wanton extravagance of the officers. Democracy? Piffle! The soldiers are opening their eyes. “Take the Hawaiian Islands. for instance, where J was stationed. Of the twelve to fifteen thousand sol- diers stationed there, about eighty per cent of these American young men are diseased. Bost of them are constantly under treatment. The facts are not revealed, It is not) nice to t alk. The capitalist editors | ave tuo tender-hearted to tell their readers the truth. These men, hun- dreds of them are victims of venere- | al diseases. These ailments are con- | tagious. But what of that? Wall) Street must have its defenders, its} protectors. So more and more men are cont ta endanger their health. “For a soldicr to t alk of these things means to face a military court and serve behind bars. I know e been there. Yes, behind} Pershing told of letters he is re- eciving from time to time from American soldiers now fighting the workers in Nicaragua. “Everywhere the soldiers go. the natives eye these servents of Wall Street with extreme hatred. The Americans are disgusted. They would like to get back home. They are beginning to realize it is none of their business to be there. “As for the revolutionary leader, Sandino, well, he is the hero of Ni- caragua’s masses. He has captured | guns, televhone equipment and am- munition from the marines. The only thing he didn’t get from the Ameri- cans is medical supplies end that is because zhere isn’t any to get.” Preparations are going forward rapidly for the Lenin meeting. The speakers will include Jay Lovestone, executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, and William 2. Foster. An entertainment program) will feature numbers by the Freiheit Gesange Verein, by Jascha Fischer- mann, Soviet pianist, and a Soviet sports spectacle by the Labor Sports | Union. Discuss Best War Use for Wounded Soldiers: LONDON, Jan. 6.—Under British , auspices and with representatives of Britain’s allies holding complete control, the fifth International Con- gress of Military Medicine and Phar-| macy will be held here next May.! The best methods of making a dis- abled soldier able to return to front line trenches, if even for a little while, are to be considered. in view of the threat of war with | United States, this congress is con-| Labor Party leaders have had only | sidered significant. | | Temporarily Withdraw | 1,000 Marines in China| WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The War | department is recalling General But- let and 1,000 marines. from Pekin. It leaves 1,000 marines still at Shanghai. The withdrawal was made the Chiang Kai-Shek government, for the study of prophylactic med- jicine affiliated with the dispensar- | igs in question ave likewise active in | ihe various enterprises. To Be Continued and\is futended to give it a little | Profits for Power Trust Realtors sy A view. of the canyon of the Colorado River where work will soon be started on the Boulder Dam. A compromise between two groups of profitcers allowed the recent passing of the Boulder Dam Bill by congr The chasin will be filled with a conerete dam to a height of 560 feet. The work will cost $176,000,000—a tremendous opportunity for graft and corruption. FAVOR JOBLESS MARCH Tom Mann for 6-Hour Day in Mines LONDON (By Mail).—The Sun-| will proye of far greater value than day Worker, voice of militant work-| any other proposal yet made,” he ers Minority Movement, received a| writes. “Surely we dre not to hesi- contribution of $5 from Tom Mann, | tate to demand the eae day be- the veteran revolutionary worker, to|cause the mineowners are opposed to help pay the expenses of the nation- | it! al unemployed march on London. “In helping the mincrs on the} march to London help them to de-/ mand the six-hour day, and that “Is it not simple truth that the rationalizing that has already taken place, particularly .with the mech- anical coal cutters and the convey- \ors, is a chief cause of unemploy- AS “ é ment? The application of the six- Australian Capitalists ‘hour day would absorb more than Begin Collaboration; | ‘PORTUGUESE PUT OUT PARTY PAPER ASK DONATIONS Big Field for Organ to | Teach Communism The Portuguese members of the Workers (Communist) Party, most of whom have entered the Commun- iss ’ranks as a result of the heroic strike in New Bedford, are t aking immediate concrete steps to consoli- date and strengthen the Commun- ist position among the Portugese workers in the United States. A Portuguese paper is now being es- tablished. | The Central Committee considers this a most worthwhile effort and feels that the entire Party should respond to the occasion by \recering substantial assistance to the Por- tuguese comrades. The Central Gom- mittee is making a liberal donation towards helping the appearance of the first Communist paper in the Portuguese language in the United States. Letter Ta C. E. C. | Below is the letter sent to the C. B.C. by some of the Portuguese |comrades in appealing for assist- | ance. “Dear Comrade Lovestone: For the last three months the Portu- guese fraction in New Bedford has \been struggiing to gather funds for the establishment of a newspaper in the Portuguese language. This news- paper will propagate and spread Communism in thousands of Por- tuguese workers hom’es. ~ Church And Boss Unite “The Portuguese workers charac- teristically militant, as was proven by the New Bedford strike. Many of them are inclined toward anar- chim. They are the most exploited workers in this region. The church und the bosses aer united in their efforts to keep them in darkness. We appeal to you to lend the full Party support towards this under- taking. We need at least $300 to start with and we hope that you will help as much as possible. We also esk you to print our letter in the Party press and ask the Party mem- bers to help us establish a weekly Communist newspaper in Portu- e recomnt- be Calted We demand the immed tien of Soviet Union by Stntes covernment? 200,000 men.” Workers Paper Oppose | MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 1} (By Mail).—The Australian capi- | talists are taking a page from the | British with a “conference for in- dustrial peace.” They haye «un agenda containing the “mutual in- | terest” of labor and capital, means of “cheapening. production,” “joint | industrial councils” and a sly little | thing ¢alled “freedom frdém party | politics.” | The bosses want labor to “give up politics,” but have no intention || of doing so themselves. They talk about “community welfare,” but the SERIES of attractively printed books containing the outstanding utterances of pioneer revolutionary leaders, critical introductions. with | Trade Union Secretariat, published necessary by diplomatic deals with 7South Wales have no illusions about 150,000 unemploysd. the thousands of dock workers who have been | thrown out in the anti-union drive, to be replaced By scabs, and the starving miners have yet to hear‘ anything of concern by the bosses of their welfare. The organ of the Pan-Pacific in Australia, puts up the following’ policies for workers’ representatives who attend the conference; No surrender of the right to strike; no worsening of wages, hours or conditions; no help from, the unions to rationalize, save or | perpetuate capitalism; higher wages, shorter hours, unemployment insur- | ance at the employers’ exvense; pen- | sions the\ same; equal pay for | equal work; the reneal of at.ti- |f labor laws; abolition of the arbitra-| tion courts. | 7 | Australia Labor Party, Fakers Betray Toilers; | Militants Make Gains. | SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 1 (By | Mail)—Although the federal. elec- J tions were won by the Tory Bruce government, the greatest gains for the Labor Party, whose leaders have | done everything possible to “oust the reds” from that party and to be more “respectable” than the capital- | ists themselves, have been precisely | in the strongest “red” state of the, commonwealth—New Souh Wales. New South Wales labor led in the | formation of ard loyal support of | the Pan-Pacific Trade Union Sec-| retariat, For this and its Trades | Council’s militant strike policy, the | abuse and vilification. Lose In Queensland © | Ir the state of Queensland, where the Labor Party, ruled by the re- actionary heads of the Australian Workers’ Union, wound up a decade of rule by the rankest treason to labor in the sugar-field strike, it lost heavily. Thus, while the “reds” of New. getting socialism by the ballot, their militancy is the only living force in the Labor Party; an’ where there more prestige. The troops will be [le casy reach, however, if fur- ther invasion of China is decided up- | om \ are no “reds,” where the class ¢ol- laboretionists rule, the Labor Pariy jgeis deader and deader, Volumes Already Published: I. Maximilien Robespierre; Il. Jean Paul Marat; 111. Ferdinand Lassalle; IV. Karl Liebknecht; V. George Jacques Danton; VI. August Bebel; VII. Wilhelm Liebknecht; VIII. V. 1. Lenin; 1X. Eugene V. Debs; X. C. BE. Ruthenberg. Bound in Boards, 50c each. Order from WORKERS LIBRARY PUBLISHERS 35 East 1257H Street. New York Cry. Every Worker— Every Party Member and Sympathizer Lenin Memorial Button Sold through all Workers (Communist Party District Organizations “f ~ These buttons carry a good picture of Lenin and the slogans: “FIGHT IMPERIALIST WAR” “DEFEND THE SOVIET UNION” Order Your Buttons NOW! All Party Units! WORKERS (Communist) PARTY National Office: 43 East 125th Street, New York City