The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 18, 1929, Page 1

i THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS For a Workers-Farmers Government To Organize the Unorganized For the 40-Hour Week For a Labor Party 2) aily Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. ¥., under the act of March 3, 1879. FINAL CITY EDITION — Vol. V., No. 326 Published daily except Sunday by The Nati Publishing Associxtion, Inc, 26-28 Union Sq., New York, N. ¥. al Daily Worker "_NEW YORK, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1929 In New York, by I, per year. New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. MELLA’S BROTHER AT ‘INVITE’ MORGAN TO BE ON DAWES PAYMENT BOARD Esme Howard Officially Announces Surrender of Hesitant States U.S. Empire Advances YoungSecondDelegate, Perkins, Alternate WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Foreign governments have decided to invite J. Pierpont Morgan and Owen D. Young to serve as the unofficial American representatives in the re- paration investigation, Sir Esme Howard, british ambassador, offici- ally informed Secretary of State Kellogg this afternoon. He said Thomas Nelson Perkins would be invited alternate to Morgan and Young. This is the diplomatic way of say- ing that Morgan’s decision to have Wall Street bankers, either himself or men he appoints, sit on the Dawes plan board of experts, has, after several days of hesitation been accepted by the six powers involved, whether they like it or not. Now Sees Morgan. The ambassador on leaving his conference with Mr. Kellogg an- nounced that he would ledve for New York immediately to “ask” Morgan and Young if they will ac- cept invitations from the repara- tions commission, by which he means Morgan will be given an op- portunity officially to say who he appoints as a substitute for himself if he does not wish to personally sit on the board. 5 The antoassador claimed he knew of only one American alternate and ‘did not know who had suggested the name of Morgan.” Can Reject Decisions. The fact that Morgan would be ‘invited” was known several days igo, The present egent general of -eparations S. Parker Gilbert, was selected by Morgan, and on his pre- sent trip in this country interviewed Morgan, Mellon, Coolidge, Kellogg, ind Hoover. American representatives will ave ful! powér to threaten or bar- zain with European countries, using he threat not to buy German repa- ations bonds as a bludgeon. But if he vote goes against them, the U. 3. government is not bound by it, or American imperialism through ts spokesman, Coolidge, refuses to ecognize the American participa- on as “official.” DELAWARE LAW - CALLED ViCIqUS ‘an Sterilize Workers Under Statute WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 17.— eventy persons have been operated n to prevent them from reproduc- g under a new vicious state law ermitting operations on people who ve “mental and moral defectives,” i. M, A. Tarumianz, medical direc- ‘or of the Delaware State Hospital ror the Insane, reported today in he first report covering three onths. The cases are the first to come mder the law, which provides the consent of relatives must be pro- ured before the operation may be arried out.’ California recently was he second state to adopt such easures, The putting into practice of the ew law is looked upon as a vicious ct intended eventually not only for nuine mental victims of the capi- list society, but for militant work- rs who oppose the present state. ‘n his report Dr. Tarumianz said: “We must face the fact tha. the ation is being poisoned by the rapid oroduction of mental and moral de- ‘ectives and to insure survival of vhe fittest we must arrogate such { Continued on Page Three unctionaries Must Be n ‘Garden’ at 6 on Sat. Functionaries of the Workers Communist) Party, district 2, are jotified that the meeting called to jobilize for the Lenin Memorial eting has been called off. All workers are to be at the fladison Square Garden at 6 p. m. quohe.. ine sug PS logg “peace” pacts and American Working Women Picket Senate; Denounce U. S. Imperialism Photo shows group of workingclass women ton to unmask jhe bourgeois conference of pacifist women. England Working Women’s Federation;Harriet Silverman, of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League; Olga Gold, of the Knitgood Workers Union; Vera Buch, National Textile Union; Edythe Cohen, Mil- linery Local 43; Kate Gitlow, United Council of Workingclass Women; Helen Zaikopsky, Embroidery Workers Union; Eva Hoffman, of the Mothers Leagues of New England. dation FAGiS CHUGER; oh aa wiles, stat cr Bde imperialism. demonstrating before the United States Senate in Washington, D. C. They carried placards protesting against the war danger, denounced the fake Kel- They are part of the delegation which came to Washing- In the photo are Elsie Pulitur, of the New PICKET CONSUL FOR JOHNSTONE: TWO ARRESTED | Tammany Police Attack | Workers; Magistrate | Raves at Victims \Permitted No Defense | | Anti-Imperialist Cards| Denounce Oppression BULLETIN As the Daily Worker wert to | press, information arrived stating that Julius Fleiss, one of the workers who participated in the demonstration before the British embassy yesterday afternoon, was severely beaten by police in his cell. At the same time bail of- fered by the International Labor Defense was refused, and Fleiss is being held “for investigation” until Saturday. * OIE Boe, Wad ae * + Brutally assaulting several work-| ers, police yesterday broke up a pic- ket demonstration held outside the | British consulate, 44 Whitehall St., jto protest against the imprisonment jof Jack Johnstone, well known |American militant, who was re- |cently arrested by the Anglo-Indian SILK MILL TIED UP IN STRIKE N. T. W. Leads 8-Hour Day Struggle PATERSON; Nv J:, Jan. 17—The National Textile Workers’ Union, Paterson locals, has succeeded in calling off the job every man work- ing for Wolf and Opper, the con- cern which tried to lengthen hours and cut wages. Not only has the entire crew here halted from work, but the chief contractor for Wolf and Opper has also been tied up by a sympathy strike. At a shop meeting Wednesday, the workers in Harrison and Son, doing contract work for Wolf and Opper, voted to join the strike be- ginning picketing yesterday morn- ing. A committee of strikers was elected who investigated whether there were any other shops doing work for Wolf and Opper and, dis- covering that the Bilsky Silk Co. acted in this capacity, called a shop meeting of workers there. most certain that a strike will be declared here too. Two workers of Wolf and Opper joined the N. T. W., not willing to wait till after the strike. The work- ers here, all formerly members of the Associated, decided to take up changing union adherance after the strike, out of the situation here. Meantime the N..T. W. plans to further the anti-wage cut drive. Leaflets were distributed yesterday calling to shop meetings all work- ers in the five shops in the Gilt Edge Mill Building. Two shops in Continued on Page Three SHOE WORKERS The membership of the Independ- ent. Shoe Workers’ Union of Greater New York yesterday put their stamp of approval on the proposed organi- zation drive the union proposes to begin and voted unanimously for a resolution condemning the open shop gesture of the Vincent Horowitz Slipper Co. which tried to put over a wage cut ranging from ten to fifty per cent. The resolution was voted on after a decidedly interesting discussion which took place after the leaders of the union had reported on plans proposed. Fred Biedenkapp, national secre- tary of the Workers’ International Relief was invited to address the meetirig, and his advice to the work- ers to jump in and organize the in- dustry was received with applause. This he stated after pointing out that the American Federation of La- bor was no longer interested in or- ganizing the workers, but on the con- trary its recent history exposed it as the official agent of the bosses in disorganizing the workers. Business Agent Levine, Organizer J, Magliacano and Joint Council member Rudiman, were the chief speakers. Alexanderson, union presi- dent acted as chairman, It is al-| The Associated is entirely | mittees which will take directives | BEGIN CAMPAIGN Working Women Denounce pose MEETING BUILDS STRIKE MACHINE \Second Dress District Rally Held Enthusiastic, but yet aware of the seriousness of their task, dressmak- |. ers employed on 89th and 40th Sts. . | yesterday held the second strike dis- |trict meeting in the auditorium of | the uptown union office, 480 Seventh | Ave, | The workers demonstrated by |their discussion that they were ;veady to take up the struggle against the bosses and the socialist |company union, for the right to | |human working conditions and for i the right to membership in a union {that will not sell out their hard fought-for working standards. After hearing a report by the rep- fice, the workers set about taking to insure the greatest response to the strike call when it is issued. Two committees, These committees have as their task the establishment of building com- from the union office, carry on pro- paganda for the strike, distribute leaflets, assist in making a survey of all dress shops in their blocks and buildings, call workers out to join the strike when the call is | issued. The next step in the mobilization for the general strike in the dress- making industry, was announced from the headquarters yesterday. A general meeting of all active mem- bers in the cloak, dress and fur ‘trades will be held next Tuesday |night in Webster Hall, 11th St. and Third Ave. Full reports of the work | done for the projected strike will be made by the leaders of the union. After a full discusion, the meeting will take up for decision new plans to be set in motion immediately. * * * The day of elections for all Joint Board officers and all local union functionaries was made known yes- terday. hy the union — Thursday, Jun, 24. On this. day the workers in all branches and crafts of the cloak, dress and fur trades will go to the polls to elect the leadership of the United Joint Board and their res- pective locals. Nominations were held in all lo- cals except that of the Italian branch, who are to nominate of- ficers tonight at a meeting in 16 W. 21st St. En&lish Co. Gets Egypt Contract LONDON, (By Mail).—The fur- ther penetration of English business into Egypt was marked by the awarding of an 193,000 pounds con- tract to the English Pirelli General Cable Co. to install a telephone trunk . line between Alexandria and Cairo, jled the war for independence of, Fake Kellogg “Peace” resentatives from the general of-| the organizational steps necessary | one for each} block, were elected by the workers. | | government while addressing the) | The demonstration was arranged Pact the All-America Anti-Imperialist |League, the International Labor | | Defense and the Trade Union Edu-} Following their attendance at the | cational League. Despite the rain, banquet of the Conference for the the workers turned out for the : 3 idemonstration and began picketing Cause and Cure of War, where they the consulate in single file with pla- encased the Dteparations being cards lifted high. Some of the slo- | jmade for imperialist war, women!gans carried were: “Johnstone Im- jdelezates of a number of working-|prisoned by British and American class izati * _| Imperialism,” “Demand the Release organizations issued the’ f0l-7 Jack Johnstone,” “Imperialism | | Breeds War, Destroy Imperialism.” | We, the undersigned representa-|Many other workers in the neigh- tives of organizations of working borhood gathered in the shelter of | women in the United States, includ- buildings a watch the demonstra- | tion. Two soldiers applauded. | 4 ‘ | |in Washington to protest against ahead bi dae ars HE ea \the imperialist war drive now being! a Pena You se Loe ees | id. “If you don’ ar fait conducted by the American govern- he said. If you don't clear out al arent: |five minutes, you’ll get your skulls We protest against both the) * Sania z neat | Kellogg Peace Pact and the Billion | ¢Tacked.” The workers ignored him) | and continued to picket. Two other | | Dollar Navy Bill, now being simul-| “"". TIES ‘taneously rushed thru the senate, | Policemen eee oer and rene land both alike evidences of prepara. | Julius Fleiss, one of the pickets, | High: tae renting ocd wer, | twisted his arm and smashed him in | 4 z the face. George Pershing, of the | We working women realize that) i ne | lour terrible conditions of life and) — (Com/mued om Page Two) | TASKS OF UNIONS: greater profits, are due to the new developments of great mergers and | COLOGNE, Germany, Jan. 17.— A. J. Cook, leader of the great min- trusts, with the tremendous growth of the financial power of Wall St./ ers’ strike in Great Britain, spoke jon “Tasks of the Trade Union in lowing statement. ing 100,000 members, are assemble stop internationalism must be promoted amongst the trade union masses to- gether with propaganda showing the real character of imperialism. “Each count#yY must use its own methods in the struggle,” he continued. He argued against “interference from outside.” “All the trade union movements should affiliate with the League. The Amsterdam International has failed to maintain the standards of (Continued on page five.) TELLS ABOUT MELLA Brother Reveals Life of Wall St. Victim The story of Julio Antonio Mella,|Santo Domingo against Spain. ¥ who laid down his life as a Commu-| Julio Mella sprang into prom- nist. fighter against American im-|inence at the beginning of 1923, perialism as a victim of its assassins | when he organized the first Student in the city of Mexico on Thursday, | Congress of Cuba, at which he pre- ‘anuary 10, was told to the Daily sided and which resolved on a strug- Worker yesterday by his brother,'gle against American imperialism Cecilio Mella, who for years has|and in favor of the Soviet Union. lived and worked in the United|He became the first secretary of the States and who will appear at the Student Federation of Cuba and Lenin Memorial meeting at Madison |was its president when he escaped Square Garden Saturday evening. (from the Cuban white terror in Julio Mella was born -in Cuba on 1926. March 25, 1903, the son of a well-| Jose Marti University. known textile merchant of Havana,| Understanding the bourgeois | Nicanor Mella and an English character of schools under imperial- | woman. Mella descends in a direct ist-capitalism, he founded a radical | line from General Ramon Mella, who university in 1924, called the “Jose Continued on Paye Five |which is driving foward to world) ‘domination with the aid of its tool,| |the American government of Cool-| idge, Hoover and Kellogg. | Searcely was the Kellogg Pact | ratitied yesterday by the senate Seecel Wa te ale de eon sey | AntiImperialist Work” at, the ses- pages when there comes up the 15 oe yesterday of the Executive Cruiser Bill, While piously vowing | Committee of the League Against to renounce war as an instrument Imperialism and for Saas of national policy at the same time | Rendence, a one Re genias Y the government is rushing headlong | “Dt!imperalist Meagues, the tee | towards the next. war. We say | Mittee is in session here, in spite more, the Kellogg “Peace” Pact is of attempts by the British and other passed because the government ia PE ph cattid ae preparing for war, in order to fool| gon eck eae nae a ne "i the working class of the country, ok declared that the spirit o which will have to bear the burden of the next war, into thinking that all is well and that no war is threatening. Pacifism is the smoke- screen behind which the government prepares the next slaughter. The Women’s Conference on the Cause and Cure of War, now being held in Washington, is another manifestation of the same policy. This conference of well-to-do women, Continued on Page Two LENIN MEMORIAL TOMO 'AGAINST FACTIONALISM! FOR PARTY UNITY! Statement by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party. (The following is the full text of a statement adopted by the Cen- tral cutive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party of America at its last session and ordered published in the Daily Worker for the information of the membership of the Party. Comrades Foster, Aronberg, Bittelman and Browder yoted against the statement.) ; Factionalism is the most dangerous illness of our Party. Unprin- cipled factionalism is in contradiction to the Leninist conception of the role of the Communist Party. The Sixth World Congress of the Com- munist International correctly stated that there is no real basis for any factional struggle in the Workers (Communist) Patty of America today. Neither the general political situation nor the situation within the Party justifies the existence of organized factions, Since the ex- ulsion of the renegade Cannon and his ilk there is no consolidated right wing within our Party. Despite all differences of opinion which still exist, there is a possibility to unite all Communist forces in the ranks of our Party in the fight against the bourgeoisie, against social reformism, and against the Right danger and Trotskyism. Unity Imperative Need. The immensely-growing war danger makes the complete unifica- tion of the Party more imperative than ever before. The ratification of the Kellogg Pact, the big navy bill now before Congress, the re- newal of imperialist warfare against Sandino in Nicaragua, the new threat of sending United States warships to Honduras, the jingoist propaganda of the American Federation of Labor, the poison pacifist propaganda of the socialist party and of the various brands of liberals and churches increase the heavy responsibility resting upon the Com- munist Party. T! fostered by British imperialism creates a formidable Briti on the southern border of the Soviet Union. signed by the German Minister of W military treaties against the Workers’ Republic. The defense of the Soviet Union must be today one of the central tasks of all sections of stronghold victory of the reactionary revolt in Afghanistan | The confidential document | r has brought to light the secret | RROW ‘CUBAN MILITANT ALSO 10 TELL OF MACHADO TERROR \Workers to Denounce U. S. Imperialism at Big ‘Garden’ Meet Remarkable Program Lovestone, Foster and Gitlow to Speak inger brother of Cecili Julio Mell. the leader wh blood by spies of the Wall Street- }controlled Machado government, will appear tomorrow evening the Lenin Memorial meeting in Madison Sauare Garden. In addition, leading } Cuban revolutioni will give an in- timate account of the ¢ ess per- ion suffered by Julio before he y shot down, to the thous- thousands of men and was ands upon the Communist International. Facing the imminent war danger, no Communist Party can pre- | pare itself and the working class for a successful fight against im- perialist war and for the transformation of imperialist war into civil war without complete unity within its own ranks. A relentless, un- | compromising struggle against the Right danger—which is today the main danger inside our Party, because it reflects the strength of social reformism outside the Party and is deeply rooted in the world he: mony of American imperialism—is the prerequisite of any serious | struggle against the war danger. Party Membership Has Spoken. The most urgent, most imperative task before our Party today is the elimination of factionalism and the establishment of complete Com- munist unity. The-elections in the Party units and sections throughout the comune try have been completed. The Party has spoken with unmistakable clarity. The overwhelming majority of the membership of the entire Party, and especially of the proletarian sections of the Party (miners, steel workers, automobile, rubber, te e workers), have expressed their confidence in the present Central Executive Committee, which re- ceived a bigger vote than any Central Executive Committee of the Party ever before, and have accepted the line laid down by the Sixth World Congr of the Comintern and the decisions of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, without any reservations. The Party went through a prolonged discussion period. Hundreds of unit meetings, scores of membership meetings, and section conventions discussed the problems facing the Party, The Minority had ample women who will assembie at the .xyeatest_protest-rably in the history of the city. | The principal sp ill be Jay Lovestone, executive secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, and William Z. Foster and Ben Git- low, members of the Secretariat of the Party. William W. Weinstone, organizer of District 2, will be chair- man. The pro; of the evening will be opened by the Freiheit Gesangs Verein. After the singing program, possibilities to present its views before the entire Par membershi In every meeting its representatives had equal time with the repre- | sentatives of the Central Executive Committee. There were no restric- tions whatever laid upon the Party discussion. space was assigned to the exp ion of critical vi ‘entral Executive Committee. vited and encouraged self-cri m of its own mistakes. Basis For Unity. The Central Exécutive Committee is confident that it is express- ing the views and desires of the overwhelming majority of the prole- tarian membership of the Party when it calls upon the Minority in s against the | the Party to stop its fight and unite with the Central Executive Com- | f mittee to go as a unified body of Party leadership to the forthcoming | Party convention, to carry out the tremendous tasks facing the Com- munist forces in the U. S. today. The Central Executive Committee does not demand any humiliation from the leaders of the Minority. Its only request is the acknowledge- ment of the elementary principles of Leninist understanding, unity and discipline. The Central Executive Committee calls upon the leaders and the rank and file followers of the Foster-Bittelman Minority to unite with the Central Executive Committee on the basis of the fol- lowing platform: 1, Acceptance of the estimation of the world role and position of American imperialism as given in the theses on the international situa- tion by the Sixth World Congress of the Comintern, | 2. Acceptance of the estimation of the radicalization of the work- ing masses of America and the prospects of the class struggle in the United States as given by the theses of the Sixth World Congress of the Communist International. 3. Acceptance of the estimation of the role of the Workers (Com- munist Party as the “stalwart leader in fierce class battles,” as ex- pressed by the theses of the Sixth World Congress, and acceptance of the estimation of the Central Executive Committee of our Party as given by the Political Secretariat of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, which in accord with the World Congress of the Comintern stated that the charge of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the American Party maintaining a Right line was unfounded. 4. Proletarianization of the Party from top to bottom. Decisive impetus to draw proletarian elements into leadership of the Party— to take steps which will secure an overwhelming majority of working class elements, especially workers actually working in shops, mills, and mines, in all leading committees of the Party, from the Central Execu- tive Committee and the District Committees to the section and unit executives, 5. Uncompromising struggle against the Right danger as the | main danger in the present situation. No tolerance toward Right errors; if necessary, organizational measures against opportunists in the Workers (Communist) Party of America and in all brother parties of the Communist International. No compromise with and no toler- ance toward Trotskyism and the expulsion of the Cannonites, who at- tempt to split the Party. 6. Merciless self-criticism of the mistakes of individual comrades, of subdivisions of the Party, and of errors which have been committed by the C. E, C. itself. 7. Acceptance of the line of the Comintern and all decisions of the Communist International without reservations. Organizational Steps. The above political platform of unity should be supplemented by the following organizational platform of unity. 1, No factionalism in the leading committees but the crystalliza- tien of a broad proletarian leadership. 2. Adequate representation to the Minority in the Central Execu- tive Committee, in the Political Committee of the C. E. C., and in the District Committees. Adequate representation should be interpreted in such a way that the Minority should get representation even beyond its strength. 3. No factional discrimination. Drawing into the Party work all capable comrades regardless of former groupings. 4, Dissolution of the factional apparatus and abandonment of fac- (Continued on Page Two) In the Party press equal |“; The Central Executive Committee in- | wil] altzom, ha Fischermann, Soviet pianist, will play the new Soviet composi- tior 1905,” “Insurrection” and proletarian labor sports pe > by the Labor Sports Union conclude the entertainment | program. | This epochal demonstration will Jal ve to give vigorous expres- i inst the plans and maneu- incoming Hoove another world conf] new period of whol of workers aughter and peasants. Resembles Brother. Cecilic, who is years old, was often mistaken by the Cuban auth- orities for the revolutionary leader. He resembles his slain brother as though they were twins. On one occasion, Cecilio was accosted by Havana police and manhandled for no other reason than that he was taken for Julio. He is thoroughly familiar with the brazen tyranny of the hado regime, with the fake “legal” proceedings, with the total lisregard for civil justice and with the outrageous treatment of politi- cal prisoners. The killing of Julio, young Mella said last night, has left his brother’s wife and their one- year-old daughter in destitute cir- cumstances, Julio’s shooting by tools of Wall Street imperialists leaves Cecilio as the only surviving grandson of Gen- © eral Ramon Mella, who led the fight for the liberation of San Domingo’s 3 masses from domination by Spain. Young Mella will lead a large dele- gation of Latin American workers ~ in a parade through the Garden to- morrow evening. Cuban Revolutionist to Speak. Coincident with the announcement last night that Mella’s brother will speak, came the information fro Continued on Page Two b Icelandic Seamen Strike for Raise” REIKJAVIK, Iceland, (By Mail —Icelandic seamen have declared strike for an increase of 50 per cent in wages following the return of the boats to port. The seamen have (refused a government mediator’s, fer of a 14 per cent increase. The seamen are organized in the Teelandic Seamen’s Union. | int ee ; OLD SEAMAN DROWNED. | EDGARTOWN, Mass. Jan. 17 (UP).—Thomas Nielson, 70, a mar- iner for 55 years and survivor of more than his share o* shipwrecks, was drowned today when he fell & wharf bs