The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 7, 1929, Page 4

Page Four HALLS BARRED: WORKER JAILED FOR PICKETING Courts Aiding Open Shop Bosses SAN FRANCISCO (By Mail).—| Vladimir Tzagaraev was arrested about three weks ago while dis-| tributing leaflets in front of an overall factory. The comrade was dragged into the factory, and} Was threatened inside. Other work- | ers who were leaving at that time showed th support by demanding that Tzagaraev be let alone. Tza-} garaev said if they wanted to lock him up it was all right, but if they laid hands on him he would defend | himself. He was immediately ar-| rested and charged with disturb- | ing the peace and violating the anti-picketing law. Bail was set at $20. The next day in court, | when we demanded a delay in order | to obtain an attorney, the judge| raised the bail to $500. During the trial, Police O’Brien made a patriotic talk, about not telling the workers of | their. conditions, and in general showed clearly that the court was for the purpose of protecting the bosses. After a bitter attack| against the comrade, the judge sen- tenced him to 30 days in jail. At- torney Austin Lewis - immediately | appealed the case. | Watch Distribution. No evidence was shown of dis- turbance of the peace except by the manager of the factory who was one of those who dragged the comrade Judge into the plant. The next day another group of workers distributed the same leaflet at the same factory. The company had men _ outside ‘watching the comrades while dis- tribution was made, The workers, as they left the factory informed us that we were being watched, and} Warned us, saying they were} afraid to take the leaflet. How-| ever, a short distance away from the plant some workers did take the leaflet and also warned us against the forelady who was watching to , See what employees were taking} leaflets; the forelady argued with a worker who was distributing and as the committee was through they were followed for several blocks by some of the men who had been sent by the bosses, but nothing| happened. a pew. leaflet is being made,! ‘wherein it is pointed out the bosses} and courts always’ fight any at-| tempt of the workers when they _ try to better their conditions. In Chinatown. ~ Two workers were arrested Fri- day night, December 21st, for dis- tributing leaflets in Chinatown. This leaflet was written for the an- {niyersary of the Canton uprising, ‘ealling on the Chinese in America| to support the Chinese workers and| peasants in the -revolution, to}, fight against imperialism, and to unite with the workers in America in order to fight against capitalism) MEXICAN COMMUNIS ‘OY Again 662 N Face ew ‘Bedford Strikers ae Six hundred and sixty-two of the most militant participants in DAILY WORKER, NEW YOR RK, MOND/ ANUARY 7, 19 29 Prison! the New Bedford textile strike are facing long jail-terms in the largest mass trial in American labor history. They are being de- fended by the International Labor Defense. Help the I. L. D. save war! Send all funds to the National Office, 80 E. 11th St., Room 402. r.) . these brave fighters in the class (Drawing by William Groppe TS | FIGHT FOR UNITY (From “El Machete,” Organ of the Communist Party of Mexico) Translated by HARRISON GEORGE. Recent events on the trade union field show clearly that there exist most powerful interests devoted to destroying labor organization. The people of the new government are making efforts to gain the | L.A. CELEBRATS DAILY BIRTHDAY Communist Sundaying Spreads LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6.—Paul C. st. Militants Continues in California, Co rrespondent Writes ASSIST STRIKERS Consumers Educational League Raises Money LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 —The Women’: Consumers’ Educational WOMEN WORKERS New Plavwrights Director Hits OF LOS ANGELES P7oadway Theatre Owners | Charging that the crisis along | Broadway is due to the greed of the real estate speculator, Em Jo Bas- she, executive director of the New| Playwrights Theatre group, pro-| ducers of Upton Sinclair’s “Singing Jailbirds,” recently issued a state- ment in which the above and other| jcharges were made against Broad- way theatre owners, Basshe’s statement follows in full: | League in its six years of existence} “On December 4th the New Play- | has established itself firmly as an|wrights group opened at the Prov- important revolutionary organiza-|incetown Playhouse with Upton Sin-|* | tion in Los Angeles. Its purpose is |clair’s ‘Singing Jailbirds,’ The fol- j}to organize women workers and lowing day most of the important housewives into a strong educational | papers praised the play and before | and cultural society which will give |the week was over we realized that are: |its members and sympathizers a {clear understanding of the class | struggle and train them to take a more éffective part in it. The W. C. E. L. actively supports | all strug@les of the working class. Tts record is one of continued ac- | tivity for the revolutionary move- |ment. Calls for financial assistance in the past, whether from the min- jers of the middle west, the needle trades workers of the east, or lo- eally, have gotten a quick response. Helps Strike. The league plays a most import- ; ant part in local money-raisitig af- fairs, whether picnics, bazaars or dances, During the strike of the | Colorado miners, the league operated }a restaurant for four weeks. It was run entirely by®volunteer help and a net profit of $625 was realized, which was sent to the strikers. The W. ©. EB. L. has been very active in helping the I. L. D. in its campaigns. It has adopted a politi- | cal prisoner and sends him a regu- | lar monthly allowance. Among its latest ‘accomplishments first, the organization of an- other educational club for women, which promises to develop rapidly; and secondly, the issuing of a call | for a William Shifren Defense Con- | ference to which eleven organiza- tions have responded to date. Works With Y. W. C. L. The league has worked in close cooperation with the Young Work- ers (Communist) League in their children’s work. It was with the |help of the W. E. C. L. that a suc- cessful school campaign was run and | parents’ councils organized a few years ago. Again, the overwhelm- ing success of the Young Pioneer mmer Camp, a project in its sec- | to the untiring efforts of the W. C. | E. L. which took over completely the jadthinistrative work, leaving the {Young Workers (Communist) | League free to concentrate upon the educational work of the camp. The league in its program for | educational and propagnda activity among the working class women of |Los Angeles is fully aware of the [necessity and significance of a pa- per like the Daily Worker. It greets the Daily Worker on its fifth anni- versary and pledges itself to further | stand by and do our share; as we have done until now. —MARY GOLDSTEIN. ond year, is due to a great extent} |the play Was a suécess. “The demand for seats was great. The uptown ticket agencies phoned in orders daily. Labor organizations {bought out large blocs of tickets. \In the parlance of Broadway ‘the show had clicked.’ “Our friends urged us to move the production to a large house up-} |town and after due consideration| |we began negotiations with two of) \the. largest theatre-owning organiz+ atiéns on Broadway. “In the meantime the papers were full of the complaints of typical | |Broadway theatre-owners and pro- dueers, ‘Thousands of actors, stage | hands ‘and musicians are out of | | work,’ we read. ‘The worst Broadway season in years!’ And so on. “Our plan was to take a large house so that we could offer seats at popular prices. We planned to) jcharge two dollars for the most ex- |pensive seat, because ‘Singing Jail-| Birds’ has very little top-hat ap-| \peal; its appeal being directed | jlargely to the broad masses of| jworkers. Down at the Provincetown | Playhouse it is no unusual sight to | | |see the audience rise to its feet af-| di | the final curtain and sing the | militant, rousing songs for. which |the play has become famous. jatre owners wanted. They did not) want to see a- successful play run-| ning on a two-dollar top basis. What they were interested in was exhor-| bitant rentals. All sorts of propos- als were made to us, which, when boiled down amounted to this: we) would have to charge all the way| upto $4 for a seat in order to make | the play pay. “Rather than join in the conspir- acy to gouge the public, we decided to rent the Grove Street Theatre in the Village where we would be able! to continue with ‘Singing Jailbirds’ at really popular prices. “This is our experience with Broadway. Motion pictures, the| ‘talkies,’ the radio, are not the rea- son for the unusual number of ‘flops’ this season. The theatre- | \ - Hits| LURE FARMERS TO SLAVERY ON FLORIDA LAND Land Is Poor; Business Men Set Trap (By a Worker Correspondent) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (By Mail). —The twenty-five year custom of |having a.market place set aside in | the downtown district at the foot of 'Main St. as a public market has |been abolished since the middle of last July. Orders were given the réelice frem higher up to chase the |farmers out. The claim was made that they were hurting the “Middle- |men” and the “Commission Mer- ; |chants.” Of course the farmers were told that they were blocking \ traffic, ete, and that they must }move on, and keep moving. | Karly last year a special tax of $250 was imposed on farm and p Prana s : jtruck men from the neighboring fed ade ied : |the license or be arrested for ped- “Our experience this season teach- jdling their products, A special es us that the trouble with Broad-|jicense or permit must be obtained way is—real estate. The drama has py Florida farmers, also, from the bs La rer caer ed ao eile they come and aywright ani |have these all rea has been taken over by the crassest | police when walled Be oe type of real estate speculator, who knows little about the theatre as an art and cares less. “What Broadway is witnessing this season is a theatre-goers strike. | The theatre audiences will not come back until the prices of seats for worthwhile plays are lowered con- siderably. Fortunately this will have the effect of lowering the values| “PHYLLIS HAVER “I am getting awfuily tired of this everlasting police bother when you bring anything here to sell. I guess I’!! leave my field. It’s more treuble now than what you can get out of your stuff. And I imagine hundreds of others feel the same way.” Yet the Chamber of Commerce of the Broadway theatre properties. | When enough theatres have been} lark long enough the speculators | }end real estate sharks are urging the poor American ,farmer of the east and middle west to come to Florida and go into the truck farm- “But this was not what the the-|* will come to their senses and rent| their houses for what they are real-| ly worth. In the meantime what Broadway | needs is bigger and darker houses. | ing business. Stay away, farmer. It’s only a trap ‘set for you. The land is too pooor—it takes nearly all your re-! turns to pay for fertilizer, when conditions are at their best, and as “the Party is strengthened by | it is now you will play a losing game Square Garden. purifying itself of opportunistic | 10 " y elements.”—Lenin. Lenin memorial | with ninety-nine chances to one meeting, January 19, in Madison | igainst you. poc & LOU. Best Film Show In Town Now 42nd Street and Broadway The Scarlet Veil of Mystery That Shrouded Russia Torn Away at Last. “The End of St. Petersburg” SENSATIONAL! SPECTACULAR! /givic REPERTORY !48t.stnay | Bveg 8:30 | 50c; $1.00; $1.50. Mats, Wed.&Sat.,2.80 | BVA LE GALLIENNE, Director = Theatre Guild Productions | SIL-VARA’S COMEDY CAPRICE whose destruction has long been decreed by them and for which they were nia, is planning a big entertainment | ore A ; i " i ions, in or se them as a Reiss, the representative of the | : |Tonight, “The Cherry Orchard ” in the United States. The comrades | Confidence of the so-called independent unions, in order to use then pi acl - | GUILD Thea... W. sznd st. || Tomorrow, “Peter Pan.” ‘were arrested and charged with|force against the CROM (Confederacion Regional Obrera Mexicana), | D Worker for Southern Califor-| Hoover Orders Train | pots PORE LY 40 a | TATTER rae orgy | Vagrancy and violation of an ordi- “nance for distributing leaflets. The real reason for the arrests} is the fact that the leaflet dealt) with the Canton revolution, and we| are trying to break down racial discriminaion and unite the Chinese wit all other workers in this eoun-} try.. Leaflets have been distributed | in Chinatown at various demonstra- | tions, but this is the first time the| police interfered. sae Many of the Chinese in San Francisco are sympathetic with the Communist. movement. In the eléc- tion campaign and on Halloween night, Chinese boys wrote all over the windows in Chinese to “Vote! Communist.” All leaflets which} have been distributed in Chinatéwn| hhave received favorable response. | Several organizations of Chinese | Rave formed an_anti-imperialist committee and will cooperate with other groups in the United States in the fight against imperialism in _ general and American imperialism in particular. i Captain, Scab-Herder, ‘Kills Worker by Sale of Poison Moonshine BROWNSVILLE, Pa. (By Mail). laptain Mills, ex-serviceman, at ent the proprietor of a restau- it and booze joint in this town charged with responsibility for | e death of a worker named mas Berry. According to reports, Berry was joned with bad moonshihe pur- at the Mills establishment | Christmas eve, with the inten-| of celebrating the holiday. In- d he died on the holiday. tain Mills, an infamous herd- scabs, is reported to have action in strikes as chief of iron police forces and is to hate workers who show sive tendencies. Many are belief, that because of this, ; will be given a clean bill of by the authorities, and will itted to conduct his moon- ne establishment, to which his urant is only a side line, only awaiting a propitious moment. | Take the CROM First. It is not doubted that, when they have succeeded in destroying the for Los Angeles workers on the oc-| casion of the fifth anniversry of the birth of the Daily Worker, Janu- to Wait Him; Carload | of Loot from Journey ary 13. WASHINGTON, Jan. Wire- CROM, it will be very easy for thém to destroy the labor moverient in| | Reiss is known throughout the jess despatches from the U. S, Utah general, Already the proposed Féderal Labor Code discloses the inten- | COUntry as one of tle prize circula- | state that Herbert Hoover will leave tion boosters, and the entertainment tion of preventing the existence of any national trade union center. The new governors consider a strong trade union organization a nuisance (which in fact it is) for the development of their plans of “na- “a free | to American imperialism which, among other conditions, demands hand for American companies against the workers.” de Socialists Assist Gil. The agents of the new administration have loosened a furious offensive against the CROM, and we see such as Orrico Caparroso, of the famous socialist party, and those of the “Union Socialista Integral,” etc., organiz- | ing demonstrations in honor of Portes Gil (and to speak in honor of Portes | Gil is to speak against the CROM), carrying signs crying ‘Death to the CROM,” seizing upon the pretext of the immorality of its leaders. All these are unmistakable symptoms that the wave of fascfsm is | rapidly spreading, promoted by the government in order to finish labor | organization in this country. Naturally, they begin with the CROM, the strongest orgranization. Disintegration. Some trade unions and organizations belonging to the CROM appear so blind that they do not see the maneuver, loaning themselves to political movements opposed to their organization, and hence we see that there has | begun a disbanding of the CROM ranks; having withdrawn from it the |, Actors’ Union, the Photo Engravers, the employees and workers on daily papers, the Linotypers’ Union and many more. These organizations, some of them veterans of the labor movement, | are playing the enemy’s game. And we say to all workers, that above all | things organization must be guarded; that its destruction must not be | permitted. The CROM must be seen as a symbol of the trade union organ- ization of Mexico. CROM Leaders to Blame. We, most certainly, do not identify ourselves with the CROM leaders. | They are the ones to blame for the disaster and dangers now threatening | the trade union movement. They abused the trust reposed in them and drug the organization in their filth, But by running away from the CROM | is no way to triumph over enemies. Leaving its ranks is no way of puri- | fying it. | All the trade unions must demand the immediate dismissal of the Central Committee; but, as this requires long proceedings, all organiza- | tions must repudiate the present Central Committee, breaking relations | with it pending a convention (which must be held as quickly as possible), which will elect new éxecutives, real workers, who must be nominated from the ranks of the trade unions. Slogans. Our slogans, those of all revolutionary workers, must be: Repudiation of the présent Central Committee of the CROM; all CROM unions remain inside the CROM; struggle against organizations leaving the CROM, The CROM will be able to save itself if all its members unite under its banner and repudiate the present executives, who by their errors and being arranged will receive just as mich énergy as subscription gather- | ling from this | tional reconstruction” and, above all, for to carry forward their surrender | Daily.” |lecturers. Such a program will i | vite all workers, and as the admis- Old Point Comfort, Va., immediate- ly after disembarking from the Utah, Sunday. He has ordered his special train to be ready to carry him at once to Washington. -An extra baggage car is to be at- hustler for “our The program will include a con- cert of many musical numbers, @ ballet, and speeches by prominent which the governments of South highest agent of American imperi- sion is only 50 cents, the attraction|alism that has so far come their will draw large numbers. way. Among these gifs are some of This entertainment will’ follow a|untold value, notably a gold Inca Sunday of constructive activity,|death mask, and a pjece of Inca “Communist Sundaying,” it is called, | tapestry at least 2,000 years old. - in which all interested in spreading the power of the Daily Worker are to go out on assigned territory and campaign for subscriptions. After work, comes the entertainment, also \“Withont.a revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary par- y."—Lenin, Lenin memorial meet- January 19, in Madison Square Garden, \tached to the train to haul the gifts | America thot it best to present the | \ \w | for the paper. LEGISLATURE DOGCATCHING ALBANY, Jan. 6.—The whole legislature recently turned dog-| ez.tcher, in effect, and passed a law | “to insure better enforcement of the | destruction of stray dogs.” The bill | is now up to Governor Roosevelt for | re solmen consideration and approv- | al, | Formed; Prize Sub Getter tralism NEW EDITION. 75 Indispensable for every Com WORKERS LIBRARY PU F é 35 EAST 125TH STREET, Paul C. Reiss, Southern Cali- 2 fornia representative of the Daily Worker, who is organizing a big treasons have brought the CROM to its presems difficult situation, _ | patiair for Jan. 18, How. the Bolshevik Party Was viks and Liquidation} Bourgeois Intellectuals; Op port unis m} Party Unity; Democratic Cen- Historical Materialism vs. Bout- geois Idealism. Shop Nuclei; Ménshe- and Party Discipline: CENT! munist. BLISHERS NEW YORK RNEGIE Noon to Midnight PLAYHOUSE | Popular Pric 8RD SENSATIONAL WEEK “Lucrecia Borgia” with Conrad Veidt and cast of 50,000. Wings Over Europe By Robert Nichols and Maurice Browne MARTIN BECK THEA. 45th St, West of 8th Ave. Hvenings 8:30, — i Thursday & Saturd: BERNARD SHAW'S | | i Thea, 44 S8t.W.ofB way. Eys. 8.30 Mats. Wed. 3 Saturday Maior Barbara} W4t7£R woozr aj tbat Muscat = The Red Robe REPUBLIC Thea. w. 42 . St., Ev: 0 Matinees, Wed, & Sat ). EUGENE O’NEILL’S Strange Interlude John GOLDEN thea, seth EVENINGS ONLY AT 5:30 with HELEN GILLILAND. Ethel Barrymore in “THE KINGDOM OF GoD” By G. Martinez Sierra } 47th St. Ethel Barrymore Thea. 47th § a Evs. 8:30; Mats. Wed. and Sat. Chick. 9944 | Hd Th. W.44St. Ev. 8.30 ERLANGER’S Mats. Wed.andSat. GEO. M. A New American Play COHAN PRESENTS VERMONT By AB. THOMAS proletariat struggles for the conquest of pawer."—Lenin, Lenin memorial meeting, January 19, in Madison Square Garden. SEE! Singing Jailbirds By UPTON SINCLAIR, is A New Playwrights Thentre Production directed by EM JO DASSHE. } NOW PLAYING at the PROVINCETOWN PLAYHOUSE, 133 MacDougal Street Moving to GROVE STREET THEATRE, Sheridan Sq., January 8th. 5 minutes from Broadway, OOD OPPORTUNITY for workers organizations, unions and clu! nto raineé money on sell-outs, Dates open in January, We are only a few blocks away from Union Squace, For details wee or call Céimrade Napoll, business. manager of New Playwrights Thentre, 183 W 4 WE HAVE GOOD HOLIDAY TIDINGS— Our new “Catalog and Decalog of Health” is being bound for mailing. 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