The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 5, 1929, Page 1

THE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS For a Workers-Farmers Governmen' To Organize the Unorganized For the 40-Hour Week <4 For a Labor Party aily Entered as second-class matter at the Most Office at New York, N. Y.. under the act of March 3, 1879. Tol. V., No. 341 Published daily except Sunday by The National Daily Worker Publishing Association, tnc., 26-28 Union Sq., New York, N. Y. RINAL CITY EDITION = NEW YORK, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1929 Outside New York, Price by mail, $5.00 per year. $6.00 per year. DAILY WORKER To the readers of the Daily Worker, Comrades: _ The Daily Worker is NOT going to close its doors. We are fighting with our backs to the wall. We are in desperate financial condi- tion—so desperate that we do not. know from one hour to the next how it is going to be possible to meet the demands of creditors who threaten to crush out the life of the Daily Worker. Yesterday, Monday, we were scheduled (by some of our creditors) to close down and quit. Any “reasonable” ‘business estimate would be that we had to quit. Any but a fighting Bolshevik paper would have quit. But we didn’t. The Daily Worker keeps on, and is willing to say this morning that it is going to continue to keep on. None but a fighting Communist paper could have survived but the Daily Worker is going to survive. Why? Because the WORKERS are going to stand by the Daily Worker. Above all, the Communist workers, or- ganized in our Workers (Communist) Party, together with the other militant workers in the trade unions, the many thousands of un- { | M ST BE SAVED BY organized workers who know that only with the leadership of the Workers (Communist) Party CAN they be organized, and the sym- pathizers with the cause of freedom of the working class—these, we are confident, are going to see the Daily Worker through. We know that you will help save the Daily Worker. The only question—the dan- gerous question—is, HOW SOON? Monday it looked as though the Daily Worker would miss a few days of publica- tion. This alone would have been a calamity, and we k- ew it. We managed to get out Monday’s paper, knowing that the disap- pearance of the one and only daily news- paper in the English language would have been heralded from the house-tops by the enemies of our class. For several days we may have to run in the crippled condition—reduced to only four pages, without cartoons, etc. But we will carry on, because—and ONLY because— YOU will help. The receipts Monday were $741.46. This isa large. amount than was received on any previous day, but it includes mail of Sunday. The flow of donations is NOT YET LARGE ENOUGH OR RAPID ENOUGH TO SAVE THE DAILY WORKER. IRESS MAKERS (Paris Labor PERFECT PLANS © 2/ecés Marty TO WIN STRIKE 200 ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE FOR S-DAY WEEK To Chamber PARIS, Feb. 4.—André Marty, ‘former Communist deputy and leader old Meeting Tonight of Organization Committee (of the French Black Sea fleet revolt, j was again elected yesterday to the | |chamber of deputies by the workers of Puteaux, industrial district of | Paris. Here is the list of receipts up to Monday night: Sunday ... Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday NAGA ok Sescea aoa as Saturday and Sunday .. Monday (yesterday) .. ....... 741.46 Total tolast night ...4....-<. $3,842.09 Comrades, you will see that the flow of donations IS NOT YET LARGE ENOUGH OR RAPID ENOUGH TO SAVE THE DAILY WORKER. Only by the barest mar- gin did we survive with $3,000 in a situation where $10,000 was a minimum demand for the moment. WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. WE MUST ENOR- MOUSLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT BEING RAISED. The spirit which, when translated into action, will save the Daily Worker, is indi- cated by the following: The New York District of the Workers (Communist) Party was given the quota of $5,000 to raise in the district for the Daily Worker. The different section organiza- tions of the Party were alotted quotas ac- cording to the best judgment of their respec- But several of the Sections WERE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE AMOUNTS THEY WERE ASSIGNED. They INCREASED the amounts they were alotted to raise for their fighting daily paper! Here is the New York quota distribution as it now stands: Section 1 assigned $900, volunteered to raise. .$1,000 Section 2 assigned .. ........-- 850 SE CULOT Oe HSMN TEE ers irsceossahess fee ion bo a wits abot ae 600 Section 0, volunteered to raise .. 800 Section 5 a 0, volunteered to raise .. 1,200 Section 300 Section 200 Section 200 | Section 9 assigned ... 150 New Jersey assigned | Total TO BE RAISED in District N. Y. ... $5,650 But, Comrades, THE MONEY IS NOT RAISED YET. Meantime the Daily Worker, the fighting organ of the class struggle of the workers of this country, is IN GREAT DANGER. | We urge you to jump in and do your part with revolutionary spirit and speed to save the Daily Worker. Fraternally yours, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. | Send funds QUICK to the Daily Worker, tive capacities. 26-28 Union Square, New York, 3 Cents ORKING CLASS Dees His Own Job * Tie Up Many Big Jobs; | Labor Fakers Stall as | Men Come Out | ‘Rules on Traffic Cut fore Firms Settling During the preliminary elections | Marty headed the poll last Sunday ArguelInjunctionToday Vorkers Refusing to 2"4.im the second ballot yesterday Rank and File Rely on Buy Fakers’ Bonds The words “general strike” are on Republican Union, the he was elected by a large majority. Marty ran against Cautherot, of the “socialist” Solidarity Not Court Over 2000 electrical workers are | General Electric, who together with J. P. Morgan, is on his way to Europe to supervise personally the Demand Right Turns é : i | Owen D. Young, chairman of| Rule Against Cruising for Fares Cuts Wages The workers in the Hattie Carne- gie Millinery Shop have contributed . | $61.50 to help-save'the Daily Work- er. Despite the fact that these workers hardly make enough to live on they have responded generously to the appeal to save the only English language daily that fights for them as well as for all other |workers. The sum of $61.50 is only the first collection and the workers have promised to contribute more. The following is a list of the con- tributors: Vida Lyroda, 25c; Bertha Klein- man, $1; R. Hartenstan, 25c; N. Into the Earnings of Chauffeurs Berta Natz, 25c; Lena Koltan, 50c; TAXI DRIVERS Carnegie Hat Shop Workers VOTENEAR ON Answer Call to Save ‘Daily’ IMPERIALISTIC CRUISER. BILL ,Sarah Levine, 50c; Glotzer, 0c; Rose Simon, 50c; Anonymous, \ Anonymous, Anonymous, 315} ' Anonymous, Anonymous, H Anonymous, Anonymous, $1; } =. Wee: Fe hale Schulman, $1; Hypocrisy of Pacifists Anonymous, Anonymous, 15c; Shown by Agreement Eisenberger, 25c; Yolada Botag, 25c; ? Anonymous, Anonymous, 40; Anonymous, 25¢c; Anonymous, Hi ae ‘Anonymous, $1; Annoymous, to Limit Debate Olga Garshin, $1; B. Burt, $1; N D. Abramovitz, $1; 0. Borcy, $1; L. Wilkes, $1; D. Redcust, $1; Gessler, $1; Clara Plisken, $1; I. Sorken, $1; A. Farber, $1; T. Fish- gold, $1; I. Greenberg, $1; F. Dober, ; S. Kleinbem, $1; R. Kosofsky, $1; S. Pecker, $1. Ten Minute Speeches Motion for Increase in Plane Carriers BULLETIN. ie lips of thousands of needle rades workers these days. The big eneral strike in the dress trade rat is being called soon by the New ‘ork Joint Board of the new Needle rades Workers Industrial Union is cing eagerly looked forward to not nly by the dressmakers, but by housands of cloakmakers and fur- iers, who anticipate the coming truggle as one that will-hclp to ree them from the intolerable weatshop conditions under which hey are now forced to toil, Despite the frantic and at times | idicrous efforts of the officials of | rs’ Union and the Joint Council of ‘urriers, to boom up trade by de- ices such as “organization” drives nd “victorious” agreements with he bosses, the ranks of the new in- ustrial union are being daily in- reased by hundreds of workers. | efying the threats of the Schlesin- ‘er clique, workers are refusing t e intimidated into buying the in. ernational bonds, which they know vill be used as a strikebreaking und against them and their fellow- orkers. Schlesinger’s “Fair” Elections. The news that Schlesinger is pre- | varing to hold “fair” elections is ausing many smiles among needle rades workers, who know that the ure-souled international officials an hold their own with the choicest \. F. of L, labor fakers, in the mat- er of corrupt elections. The Joint Board of the new union s now in its new building at 131) V. 28th St. At present only the loak and fur departments are in he new headquarters, while all oss in connection with the dress trike will continue to be conducted ic 16 W. 21st St. The Joint Board eports that more dress firms are ipplying daily for settlement, im- ; ressed with the power and influ- nce of the new union. Organization Committee Meets. | | An all-important meeting of the | rganization Committee of 1,000 vill be held tonight at 6:30 in Man- attan Lyceum, 66 E, Fourth St. ‘he strike machinery will be per- ected at this meeting and the mem- ers of the Organization Committee, tho will play the leading role in he strike, will receive important in- tructions as to their duties. ‘The proletariat of ench munist, of course, first of al matters with its own bourgeoisie— rl Marx (Comunist ifesto country Wt tle: jof the French government were ex- candidate having withdrawn, hoping | in this way to bring about the de- feat of Marty. out on | Broach machine refuses to lead, on some of the biggest jobs in the city, André Marty had but recently been sentenced to two years in jail in a charge brought against him by the government for writing an open ‘letter to Marshal Foch, exposing the French war aims against the Soviet Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and not merely, 500, as the Build- ing Trades Employers Association spontaneous strikes the shylocking of the German workers. REVOLT SPREADS reported through the capitalist press. The men are members of Local 3 of the International Union and Foch’s attempt to of-| whose president is the notorious ganize together wi e British a the “little Caesar” of th ‘ i 4: var’ to “oat the Bélaheviel”” Dee: | preety. they Tile Cassar” of tle Tyrant Places Martial ing the trial Foch and other officials | posed as liars. André Marty is remembered by |Grand Central Terminal Building, | | Brown Brothers 36-story building in A | Wall Street, No. 66 Broadway, the he two seab company unions, the ; revolutionary workers for organ- | Lefcourt Building, Seventh Avenue nternational Ladies’ Garment Work- izing and leading the revolt of the anq g6th St., Otis Elevator Co., a sailors of the French Black Sea | number of public schools! ete. Fleet in 1919, thus rendering the couple of hundred million dollars Law on Spain PARIS, Feb, 4.—Although strict censorship by the Spanish govern- ment cripples the information |scurces, the fact that martial law \has been decreed after a conference between the dictator, Primo de Ri- Electrical workers quit on the | A fleet ineffectual in its interven'‘on | worth of construction is being held Vera, and King Alfonso, supposedly against the Russian revolution. The | yp by this attempt of the electrical jlimited to the Andalusian area, but sailors’ revolt caused the French im-| workers to win the five-day week |With broader aspects in the estab- perialists to withdraw the fleet from | ang so reduce the burden of unem- |!ishment of a special military court the Black Sea, 1 Big Mass Meet Tonight | | ployment in the industry. | strike is lost, it means that the | my z Building Trades Employers Associa-|tent undermining the regime of \to have jurisdiction over both the ‘The workers on strike rely upon vnilitary and civilians, everything in- atl Textile Union in {the other workers in the building | ticates that the fascist regime of |trades to support them, for if this | Spain is in another crisis. | Another symptom of the ciscon- As part of the campaign of the) tion will extend their attack to all |Primo de Rivera is the royal decree National Textile Workers’ Union t0/ the crafts in the industry. organize all the textile workers in New York City, a mass meeting} has been called for tonight, imme-| diately after work, at the district office of the union, 247 Sixth /ve., (near 16th St.), Room 9. tend and take part in this campaign to organize and better the condi-| tions of all the textile workers in| the city. demand of the association, restrain- | ling the electrical employers and workers from putting into effect the | five-day week and a wage increase, . ty _, | is scheduled to come before supreme | All the workers in the trimming | court justice Levy for argument at | |and passamenterie shops must at-|9 o'clock this morning. isting soe class struggles.—Karl Marx (Com- | munist Manifesto). | permitting the formation of “vigi- a ; ‘ |iance committees,” or what amounts The injunction issued upon the |¢, armed bands of civil reactionaries with full power to spy upon and, by inference, to murder anyone who | they may feel is not ineharmony | with the fascist regime. These shock troops for reaction are expected to be formed under the See HS supervision of what, in Spain, are istory of all hitherto ex- | called “patriotic unions.” These are ety ix the history of | not labor unions, however, but asso- |ciations of all sorts of elements who \are enthusiastic supporters of Primo \CAN ‘DAILY’ SURVIVE? \de Rivera. From what information is obtain- able, the population throughout |Spain is deeply stirred by the up- Funds Vital if Our Press is to Live Respond immediately to the appeal of the Daily Worker for aid in its present crisis. The Daily Worker, 26-28 Union Square, New York. After reading the appeal for aid in the Daily Worker I am send- ing you the enclosed amount, $...... . Address . Names of contributors will be published in the “Daily” without delay. os lay, \ \ rising at Valencia, although it ap- | Whalen. | pears to have been a purely military | attempt, led by the ex-premier, Jose | ers, among them Charles Kroll, sec- returned from | retary of the union, George Powers, |France. The popular interest in the | Martin Katz, A. Rabin, Dave Gor- |attempted coup, and the alarm and | man, A. Masko and Sol Auerbach, |Sanchez Guerra, | extraordinary suppressive measures | |of the government, show how deep | regulations of Commissioner Whalen jand wide is the discontent of the|as a part of the scheme for com- | plete consolidation of New York taxi- cabs into fewer and fewer hands, Sol Auerbach, former cab-driver of Philadelphia and at present on the staff of the Daily Worker, declared | $1; Smith, $1; Riffkin, vhat the ceab-drivers “must answer Worner, $.60 ... his consolidation of the bosses and | City Executive orporations by, a consolidation of | he workers igito a militant and /I. Stutzis, N. Y.C.. fighting union.” | whole population. ey & Planned for Portugal, Also, HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, Feb. 4 (UP).—The Spanish re- |volt which broke out last week at | Ciudad Real was timed to synchron ize with a similar movement in Por tugal, according to reports here to- The anxiety of Police Commis- sioner Whalen to make the front page every day with some new ‘stunt, is causing great hardship to j the taxi drivers of New York. This |was the keynote of last night’s | meeting of drivers held under the | auspices of the Taxi Driver’s Union |of Greater New York, at Webster Hall, 121 E. 11th St. The meeting, which was addressed by several speakers, adopted a reso- | lution protesting that Whalen’s new “regulations” of traffic has done as much to cripple traffic as to help. it, and in addition has cut into the earnings of the drivers so that many are having a serious time to ;make a living, The resolution further protested). 2 Pi that the commissioner's office Tea) eee, EEE ¥ |J. L., New York City threatened to suspend the licenses | roup of comrades of De- of all drivers who attempt to enter! tio Mich: Shop Nucleus 5: |the restricted zone, and attacked $10; By M. Sholup $10; Sahn this as a dictation over their lives. | Gore $5; \ Bekreiiman $5; One instance was given by a driv-| 4 Friend, $1.50; H. Seinnvoh, jer, which carried the matter further | $1; Leo Foster, $1; Total .. than violation of the rules. He had/ proleteos Workers, N. Y. C. written a letter about the recent) Lithuanian Central Bureau, election, to the “Taxi Weekly,” an! Brooklyn, N. Ye .....+++ open shop advertising sheet that! Julius Littinsky, Brooklyn .. | tries to be popular with drivers. In| G, —, Powers, N. Y. C. ...-+ it he ridiculed both the democratic) gece, 1, A, Monoca, New Yor and republican parties as no good} ity (Collection) ... for workers. Later a detective ser-| Emi] Free, N. Y. C. geant approached him and told him | Women’s Council 8, Bronx .. the License Bureau had chalked the) gec, 6, Si, Alfred Glair & letter against his record, and that) (o, Shop, N. Y. C. ...- he “shouldn’t say thing against the| 7, Balogh, Chicago, 0 ee democrats. Who do you think is} Cymrades of Syracuse, N. Y. running this town?” Such intimi-| party unit: J. Doroft, Kosoff, dation is the regular thing. | Kleiman, Gasboro, Sinkew, E. The resolution demanded a res-| Duofsky, B. Shapiro, D, Dur- toration of the right turn, a lifting|ofsky, Cawan, Davoli, Ri- of the ban against cruising, a desig-| back, Schwartz nation of taxi stands at street in-| Contribution from the fol- tersections, and elected a committee | lowing comrades in Detroit, to confer with the mayor to protest | Mich.: Gargunian, $5; E. Sat- |the hardships brought about by) tani, $2; J. Pisaniski, $1; A. Acosta, $1.25 ‘ "4 | One of New York’s Railway Slaves, N. Y. C. ......... A group of comrades of Yon- kers, N. Y.: S. N. Grura, $10; I, Kalodny, $10; E. Cooper, $5; I. E. Haywood, $5; M. S., | $2; Horschhon, $2; Minsky, |$1; Kay, $1; Raff, $1; Kron- kets, $1 ....... ‘ A group of comrades of Yon- kers, N. Y.: Chas. Cooper, $12; Bloshow, $5; Flexman, $1; Martha, 25c; Celia Halperin, 50c; man, 50c; Bessie Kalinsky, 25e. N. Rodrigez, 5! gun, 50c; I. U Rea tes : 10.00 The meeting heard several speak- 10.00 Characterizing the new _ police 38.00 ommittee, Worcester, Mass. . Wm. Long, Wellington, Ohio 5.00 a eee, Minny Zucrov, 50c; Clara Brener, 25c; Lena Leile, $1; Sarah, 25c; Frida Bornstein, 25c; Sarah Nadel- 25c; Rose Schnurman, $1; E. Perlmutter, 50c; A. Kaplan, 25¢; R, Buonaim, Eva Cohen, $1; Lillian Ginsbord, $1; M. Forman, $1; E. Sharkan, 50c; F. G., 50c; F. Be- Oe; S, Abend, 50c; | EMERGENCY FUND _ February 4, 1929. |H. M. Richter, Chicago, Ill. $100.00! Comrades in Utica, N. Y.: 27.86| Scandinavian Workers Club ... 20.00! Brodesy, $2; Ars, $1; A. Kos- 20.00/ arin, $1; S. P., $1. és 15.00 A. Gaisner, N. Y, 15.00|G. Holn, New York City ... 13.00| Laundry Workers Fraction, 10.00 $. Sigel, 50c; Esther Rehine, $1; B, Cohen, $1; R. Resnick, 50c; I. Katz, $1; T. Brock, $1; R. Sigel, $1; WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — The Senate tonight defeated the amend- ment backed by Hoover and Cool- D, Kleinman, $1; S. Rosenfield, $1; jage, which would have abolished T. Giorgio, 25¢; Fame, 25c; S. Stein- the provision in the 15 cruiser bill Kasser, $1 Bingham, $1; M. calling for construction of five Schwartz S. Soocher, 50c; R. cruisers a year, all to be finished Brillion, 50c; A. Brillion, 50c* A. within three years. The vote was Sloaninsky, 50c; R. Schiffman, 50c;| 54 to 28. Coolidge’s plan was to Jlajaky, 50; D. Morra, R. Kravitz, 50; A. Ler- rum, 25; Rose Gramo 50c. F. Levtan, 50; 25: build all the cruisers immediat afraid that government red t | year limit were dropped. } * * * WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. — | Ed. Brenner, Camden, N. J. 5.00 armament plan in preparation Leona Rimkus, $1; K. Kraus, ($1; K. Mirochiski, $1 | Karl Marx, Chicago, IIL... "| comes more openly hypocritical ‘before, and the tenor of | Speeches loses importance. | Against Plain Speaking. 20.00; | off, $5; A. Genriper, $5; L. | Polish Branch 57, Brookly (09 | that Senator Reed’s speech | week was jingoistic. Fon the pending bill. | For More Plane Carriers. Senator Bingham, Conn., | New York City . | Yonkers, N. Y. ... wel A Groun of Well Wishers, | New York City ... . 5.00 | Collection by R. Ragozin, Brooklyn, from: R. Ragozin, $5; M. Bragin, $2; A teacher | friend, $1; A faction friend, $1; I. Kushner, $1; A teacher | friend, $1 carriers instead of one. Senator Tyson, Dem., 11.00| endorsing the bill in ely. but the senators were known to be ape would delay the building if the three The cruiser bill, American imperialism’s for the coming war, is slated for pas- 50.00| From treasury, $5; Stanley | sage tomorrow, A modified cloture 50.00 | Prenis, $1; Stanley Luks lrule went into effect today, by |wich, $1; Wm. Goodis, $1; |unanimous consent. Speeches be- | tween noon and four p. m. were 10.00| timited to a half hour each, and | Leonard Auberger, East Liv- ‘after four, only ten minutes was erpool, Ohio + 6.00) allowed. 33.50) N. Bostnick, N. ¥. ©. .... 0| In view of the fact that all sen- ators agree to the limitation of de- 5.00' hate the so-called ition be- 26.00|E. Wagenknecht, Cleveland. 5.00| (aes, nore oventy- hycceritical 25.00| Collection by A. Darin in 20.00 Brooklyn: Stein, $5; Grach- than the Senator Neely, democrat, of West 5.00 Virginia, said for the benefit of the 5.09, Workers and farmers back home, last But Neely said he would vote for intro- ‘duced an amendment to provide for ‘the construction of three aircraft Tenn., started the discussion with a speech its present | 7.50 |W’: Simon, Norwich, Conn... 5.00 | J. | L. Auber rer, E. Liy -rpool, 0. | P. Koster, Chicago, Ill. . | N. Karell, Bronx, N. Y. ‘ | H. Leff, 4F, 2A, N. Y. C.... 4,00| form. He hinted strongly at a war 4.00| with Japan as well as with Great 3.50 | Britain, saying: 3.00, “If we have another war it is 3.00| quite likely to be in the Pacific as 3.00 | well as in the Atlantic. In this 3.00 great ocean are our farthest pos- 3,00 sessions, the Philippines. We neec \a navy to protect them.” L. Ars, Monroe Briaye, Mass. Four Arbeiter Sporters, NYC China Decorators, N.Y.C.... M. Hyman, 3B, Brooklyn A Student of James Monroe ‘High School, N. ¥.C..... 3,00) For Commerce Rivalry. Vincent Manchica, N. Y. C.. | 3.00! Senator George, Dem., Ga., alse A. Gorelick, Bronx, N. Y.... 3.00) endorsed the bill and the time | clause. He said: “How elusive is 3.00; the dream of universal peace. Ir 2,00, the next war, when every weapor 2.00! is being used, how can we hope that =-"~\ our commerce will escape? We 2.00| must have a navy to save it.” | Other senators spoke for the bill ae . Hudson & Myrtle Ave. Boys, Brooklyn, N. Y. D. Farber, Brooklyn, Marteno, Moline, Ill. .... (Continued on Page Three)