The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 2, 1929, Page 5

HSE $3,200,000 “HEAVENLY REST” GHURCH IN N, Y. Millions Squandered as Jobless Starve The Protestant Episcopal Church, the favorite aggregation of mislead- ers of the biggest business men of America, dedicated on ter a new and glittering den on Fifth Ave., the fashionable street for exploiters. It is called “Church of the Heayenly Rest end Chapel of the Beloved Desciples.” It cost $3,200,000, but it is safe to say that any homeless unemploye] who try to take their rest in it on a eold winter’s night will find ensugh club swinging cops around to make it anything but heavenly or beloved. * ‘ Easter festivities led to the death of two at 109 Columbia St., Brook- lyn, Pasquala Partonova was giy- ing a party in honor of the Church when John Saccio broke in started a battle over his wife. EXPOSE FASCIST PROF AT VASSAR Poughkeepsie Workers Seore Rossoli (Special to the Daily Worker) POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., April 1. essoli, professor of Ital- x ‘College, educational und of the daughters the parasite cls is city is ar among of the ith D- of the Veszar like party, , most t and voted at- and interesting Features in Firet Number of “Working Women” The first nu v of “The Work- ing Woman,” published by the Na- tional Women’s Department of the Communist Party of the United es of America, has appeared as International Women’s “Working Women! Strus War!, De- ’ is its main Neher gle Against Imperialis tend Sovist Uy he pape ved as part o: the Communist campaign for the organization of working class women; for the vight against the ening imperialist war and st the accompa.sying vation- a in industry. Conisining features of interest to ing women, the issue includes ~prehensive article on the con- Gitions of women in American fac- jec, two pages of women wo correspondence, an article on conditions in the Soviet news of strikes in which vomen played a leading role. Wall St. Agents Threatening on Reparations PARIS, France, April 1—A ister suggestion from Anerican narations delegates’ headquarters re today stated that Dr, Schacht, Ger- man delegate, does not seem to have hoon “sufficiently instructed” by ihe social demoeratic chancellor, Ijevmann Mueller. ) The statement implied that these vAILY Members of the team of the Snartacus Club who are leading the “CO” Div petition a Labor Sports Union. ion in the Metropolitan Soceor League. Ther is keen com- ong the teams of this league which is affiliated to the “Daily” Agents Discuss Plans for Building Mass Newspaper CANTON LEADERS IN NANKING COUP Nanking Puts Wuhan to Flight (Continued from Page One) ready leaving eastern Hupeh. It is ood that they will carry on le farther west wi the is still more rug and ad, country easier to In conjunction with the land ad- vane gunboats nayal squadron of. thirteen s been ordered up the Yan. 2 to anchor in the centcr of | the Wuhan defense s n at Yang- alo. The Yangtse, however, is shal- low at ti"> season Is of more than 3,000 t ced to Hank | Thzee squadrons have been d from Nanking to aid in the . It is probable that they ed in the bo t 300 Wounded. i, China, April 1— Three hundred wounded soldiers of the Nan army are reported be- hind the | following fighting at ;Kishui, where the Wuhan generals a determined stand e¢ wounded are believed eighborhood of Lo Ti- e it is known that the hting of the campaign The details as to relative gains of is taking pl casualties and the the armies are Jacking. Feng 1 PEKING, opps Advance, April 1—Announce- ment that Feng ¥ sien is sending inst the Wuhan ncentration base ,» on the Hankow- ng railroad, is believed to have i ed the plan of the Wuhan government to withdraw to the 0 ank of the Yangtse. * * 2.000 Killed in Attack, | NGHAI, China, April! Fe of General Chang Tsung- chang are reported to have lost 000 men when they attempted a ght attack on the walled city of Ning Hai-chow yester | During the k the troops of General Liu Chen-nien, whom Chang drove out of Chefoo recently, coun- ter-attacked and inflicted heavy losses on the attacker | Thousands of peasants from the |Villages are coming into the cities tc escape the troops of Chang, who 1s impressing hundreds as soldiers :ad as laborers. Many are said to be used as grave-diggers since the battle last night. * | Meningitis Epidemic. | SHANGHAT, April 1—One thou- sand cases of spinal meningitis are veported here among the workers ond the disease has reached epidemic proportions. Scores of Chinese {workers have already died of the disease, To add to the critical situation, jthe supply of serum has been ex- hausted. U.S. Threatens Japan ‘Over New Lumber Tax WASHINGTON, March 31.—The \American embassy at Tokio has been instructed by Stimson and Hoover to protest against the new Japanese tariff against Pacific An enthusiastic meeting of Daily Worker agents, with 55 present, held at the Workers’ Center, devised plans for the necessary inerease in the cireulation of the Daily Worker. J, Leuis Engdahl, acting editor of the Daily Worker, gaye a short |talk ang told about the plans the paper is making to improye the con- tents and general appearance of the “Daily.” He also ealled upon the jagents to throw themselves enthusi- estieally into the work to make a success of the Special May Day Edi- |tion of the Daily Worker, and, gen- sbardment of | | discussion | Worker. | erally, te concentrate on the build- ing of the circulation of the paper. Irwin Fralkin, business manager, gave a financial report of the Daily Worker during the year of 1928, and glso the figures on the funds raised during the present drive. He also pointed out that the next six months will be the most difficult, cue to the fact that the summer months are now approaching. He then presented the following plans of the office for the coming months: Big May Day Edit‘on. The Dunean Affairs, which will tuke plaee on April 18, 19, 20 and » must be made a sguecess, he urged. The special 24-page May Day Edi- tien will be a much better and im- proved one, Fralkin reported. Much work is being done to make it such an issue. aining Fund. Every unit must give a greeting to the Daily Worker, and every com- rade must take a greeting list on which ail the workers in his cr her shop should send their greetings to the Daily Worker on the ogeasion of May 1, he declared. Special shop greetings should be sent in. Fralin then discussed the ques- tion of the Sustaining Fund, and said that this is one of the most important questions before the Party at the present time, Among the oehtr plans for the summer months Fralkin mentioned the special Daily Worker weeks in the varicus sympathetic camps, and the large picnic and athletic car- | nival which will be held at Pleasant | Bay Park. Put it on News Stands, Perilla, reporting for the adver- tising and circulation departments, spoke in detail about the present drive to double the cireulation of the “Daily.” He said, among other things, that an increase in circula- tion was the only real b: for sus- taining the Daily Worker and was a barometer for the mass influence of our Party, It must be placed on the news stands, Every. comra’e, during this cam- n, should order an extra copy and pass on same to his fellow- worker in the shop. Special posters, advertising the Daily Worker, must be printed and be given the widest distribution, he urged. “We expect to print a 24-page special edition, It is absolutely im- perative that all greetings be in cur office as soon as possible, in order that we may save printing expenses that we have to incur when the ads are received the last few days,” Perilla reported. Many questions were asked and answered, and a lively discussion followed from the floor. Among those ecmrades participating in the were Comrade Meistel, and Comrades Stern and Ioenescu, section agents for Section 2 and 3, yvespectively. All these comrades stressed the importance of building the circulation of the Daily Worker, and the necessity of taking steps to insure the life of our Daily It was suggested by many agents that small affairs and tea parties be organized, pai NEGRO WORKER KILLED. JERSEY CITY, N. J., (By Mail). ipetructions would have to be forth- Coast lumber, and to threaten re- —Clifford Grennan, 42 year old coming, as soon as the delegates re- prisals if necessary, The U.S. am-|Negro worker, was killed when he | turn from their Easter frolic, in the Lassador is instructed to call the fell to the sidewalk from a scaf- cable to Morgen and his lieu- tena : it is expected that pressure will le exerted to have this figure Lyought in when the conference re- conve: on April 4, vehement in his latest conference vith Schacht. MUSSOLINI'S SEWER EXPLODES f, April 1.—More than 150 { cidewalk was torn up in line quarter today by an ex- 1 caused by the dropping of a lighted mateh where gas was es- sanine through a erack in the side- ¥ The fascist governycrt has \\ boasting ef its now wsewor ch in Rome. ui Young was_ ‘and demand damages. ————$ hoe eae ee ee | HARRY DANA at the WORKERS SCHOOL on “REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIAN DRAMA” map 4 FRIDAYS IN APRIL -@@ at 8:15 P. M. 5—The Soviet Theatre April 12—The Russian Revolution Dramatized April 19—Soviet Problems Dramatized April 26—The World Revolution Dramatized Seeure Tickets at Office of WORKERS SCHOOL, 26-28 Union Sq. 51.50 for sevies—Single Admission 50c, ] | | 4 i$ April Limited number of tickats: | 1 VE HH VO OD of a German annuities figure Japanese tariff a treaty violation | fold, while cementing the side of a building. PHILA, TAILORS MAKE PLANS FOR UNIONIZING TRADE Big Rally Hears Left | Wing Leaders (Special to the Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, April 1—Hun- Jreds of workeys in the men’s cloth- ing industry, largely unorganized, but also including some of the few members of the skeleton local of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers | Union, attended a mass meeting in {Garden Hall arranged by the Trade {Union Educational League. Storms of applause greeted the speakers when they denounced the traitorous leadership of the Amalga- mated. At the end of the meeting it was enthusiastieally decided that the Mens Clothing Workers’ Organ- izing Committee, which is affiliated to the T. U. E. L., take all steps | | | | to effect the orgenization of the Philadelphia open shop tailoring | market. To this end several conerete steps | were taken by the meeting.. Shop |committees are to be organized by the workers and another mass meet- ing is to be arranged by the T. U. E. L, It was decided that the griev- ances of the workers in the shops should be reported to the local Joint Board of the left wing Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union, The workers gave splendid ovation to Ben Gold, national seeretary of the Industrial Union. Dominick Flaiani, the former A. C. W. organ- izer who was expelled for his mil- itaney, was chairman of the meet- ing. Others speaking at the meet- ing were Sam Burt and J, Mille>, of the left wing needle union, and Nicola Napoli. pS | eee Doctors Say Witch Smellers Use Poison in Mellon’s Domain ALLENTOWN, Pa., April 1—At- torneys for Charles T. Belles, “pow- of habeas corpus, Trans-Continental air mail |mysterious scrolls of witchcraft | were found on it. ble poisons known to some e uld have been found, |eause the Mellon machine, obscurantism, keeping the rural resi- better slaves when they enter the labor market, | Woman, 83, Starving, | Tries to Commit Suicide N. NORTH BERGEN, J. (By Mail).—On the verge of starvation after her small sum of money had been used up, and being unable to work any longer, Mrs. Helen Metz, 83, tried to commit suicide by jump- ing from a window. ee ee JOBLESS, IS SUICIDE LOS ANGELES, (By Mail).— Peter Ruhde, 40, a worker, commit- ted suicide because he had been out of work for a long time. He hung himself to a tree. The working class cannot simply lay hold of the ready-made state machinery, and wield it for its own ‘This ne-~ Commune (Paris breaks power-—Marx, Automobile the modern state INSTRUCTION TAUGHT. Co te Course $10, until license granted; private and special Instruction o Ladies sep AUTO $45 Longwood Empire scucor Avene, Bronx (Cor, Prospect Sta.) INTervale 10019 Tel.: DRYdock 8380 FRED SPITZ, Inc. FLORIST NOW AT 31 SECOND AVENUE (Bet. Ist & 2nd Sts.) a: Flowers for All Occasions 15% REDUCTION TO READERS OF THE DAILY WORKER i} i as“ Phone: DiCkens 1096. Blue Bird Studio “Photos of the better kind.” 1508 PITKIN AVE, Cor. Amboy St. BROOKLYN, N. Y. Patronize No-Tip Barber Shops 26-28 UNION SQUARE (1 flight up) 2700 BRONX PA"K EAST (corner Allerton Ave.) Patronize Cooperators! E. KARO Your Nearest Stationery Store Cigars — Cigarettes — Candy 649 ALLERTON AVE. Cor. Barker, BRONX, N. Y. Tel: OLInville 9681-2—9791-2 wow doctor” who is charged with the murder of Verna Octavia Delp, today said they would attempt to It is contended that Belles killed have their client released on a writ |the girl and then put her body near \the emergency landing field of the lines. When her body was found, three Doctors pointed out that vegeta- “hex |doetors” would have worked them- selves out of the girl’s system had they been used and no trace of them Witch doctors prey on the super- stitious farmers of Pennsylvania be- which runs the state, adopts a policy of dents in ignorance, to make them WORKER, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1929 State Ba paneer nk Head oo i Joseph A. Broderick, a leading banker, who was appointed ? York sta superintendent of banks, to sent Wall Street direetly. BELGIAN CONGO SLAVES STARVING Thousands Are Katen by Hyenas (Continued from Page One) thru the blinding hea: along the same trails, and thousands of these, | too, will die. Not only the bodies of men wasted to skeletons lie along the roads, but the bodies of women and chil- dren, eaten as they fell by hyenas, are described by missionaries from tuanda. ; “Ruanda is a land of living | skeletons,” one missionary reports,, 1 “smallpox and dysentery have fol- lowed famine.” | Conditions Exposed Many Times. | The horrible conditions in the} Belgian rubber jungles have been, exposed repeatedly ever since Roger Casement made the first great on- slaught on the slave system there. But Casement, whom imperialism never forgaye for his revelations, (the British government succeeded in hanging him for his attempt dur- ing the Irish Easter Week rebellion) hardly made an impression. As recent as last year, Andre Gide, F h writer iting the Congo, expo ditions which 1 the inhuman con- ill obtain there. Whalen Hounding of “Suspects” Being | Judge George W. Martin, chair- man of the board of county judges, rday denounced as “illegal” Po-| ver A, Whal- en’s plan to and hound” persons he suspects of criminal habits until they are driven from New York. In swearing in the Kings County Grand Jury today, Judge Martin said that neither the judges or| courts of New York would be par- ties to any such plan. John J. Mallaghan, of 1052 Nos- trand Avenue, wes chosen foreman of the grand jury and Jacob auser ,o” 552 48th St., as his assistant, Of aD the classes thot stand face to face with Cre bourgeoisie today the pretetariat alone is a really revo- Intionary class.—Karl Marx (Com- munixt Manifesto), “For Any Kind of Insurance” ARL BRODSKY Telephone: Murray Hill 5550 { East 42nd Street, New York || Unity Co-operators Patronize SAM LESSER Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailor 1818 - 7th Ave. New York ||. Between 110th and 111th Sts, | Next to Unity Co-operative House || Dr. ABRAHAM MARKOFF SURGEON DENTIST Office Hours: Tues., Thurs. & Sat. 9:30-12 a. m., 2-8 p.m. Sunday: 10:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. Please Telephone for Appointment 249 BAST 115th STREET Cor. Second Ave. New York Telephone: Lehigh 6022 DR. J. MINDEL SURGECN DENTIST 1 UNION SQUARE Room 803—Phone: Algonquin 8183 ‘Not connected with any other office Cooperators! Patronize SEROY CHEMIST 657 Allerton Avenue Estabrook 3215 Bronx, N. Y. Advertise your Union Meetings here. For information write to The DAILY WORKER Advertising Dept. 26-28 Union Sq., New York City | | Hotel and Restaurant Workers | Branch of the Amalgamated | Food Workers |] 183 W. Sist St,, Phone Circle 7336 | BUSINESS MEETING) eld on the first Monday of the | at 3 p.m. a—Join to p.m. month | Secred by Judge » Comparty Activities rei Celebration, | Night Workers. recieaae i atd ;| American coal diggers will be dis- Freiheit will be herd tomorrow afternoon at t the New York Colisewn . ee ey on Be Pc ranen St. and Bronx River Ave. Tickets fob. e Ba EA tad : the Freiheit, 30 Union Square BERG AW Pes Becca ad: th per cent discount te or izations ‘ei Py - tickets paid for immediatel * * . Unit 4 Sec 1 Rub t 4, Section 4 D. ce and entertainmen at the Italian Worker: 104th St.. Saturday, April ceeds to Daily Worker and tl Lava- Am. Sun ck tore, Unit 4¥, Section 1 Hike, A * bel The program of the Communist In- Section 4 Notice. ternational will be sed during Section 4 of the Communist Party a hike of the unit, y. De AS class in English for|Will be announced 1a at & p. m. at its head- ce Ce 10ard St. No fee. Seetio: Units Meet. id te Upits 5 ’, 6:30 m. tomorrow, P. An educa MAY DAY AFFAIR IN N.Y, HISTORY ‘| United Front Meeting Completing Plans The committee in charge of ar- ranging the program for the larg- est May Day Celet ion that lever been staged in New York C )}announces that plans are nearing completion for several numbers, > willbe rrow, m., | Gators Adolf Wolff, chairman of the fom, 101 W. 27th St. ‘The subject will] 1 ie Meats tomorrow, 8:80 p.m., | Mittee, said today that the two mos ee Wee, 2001 Mermaid Ave interesting would be a mass prole- Unit 48 31, + 6 8 tarian tableau, symbolizing the Shop Nualous ¢ will meet tomorrow | Coney Island Bxecutive. triumph of revolutionary unionism, gt, © i Haar, @f 20, W. 2TIn) An executive committee meeting | oq a dance tableau, symbolizing Be a gue ee eae ermaid AV®-l the triumph of revolutionary union- An Napectant. meatine or tha unit] Residential Unit 2. lism, and a dance tableau, depicting will pe hursday evening at| , Unil meets tech St. | the war danger. foe ase 5 f 2 ite anization Conference, Satire on A. F. of L. Fakers. he fre nursday, 8 p. jon conferenc ©-| ‘The first tableau will include a eam membership | tion 2 will he held today, 6 P. ™ 191) satire on an A. F. of L. convention |showing the labor fakers at their Fraternal Organizations y should communicate with Preiheit Symphony Orchestra Con-) group p i | af manager, ance will be given| Forest heit” Symphony Orches- : * Clinton Ave, Bron Brighton ota. | A new executive committee will be oe ee branch meeting F United Counell Annzal Ball. Benen eee The annual concert and pall of the | ; United Council of Working Women | * will be given at the Manhattan Lyce- ey um, 66 HB, Fourth St. Saturday night, April 13, Tickets may be obtained at A lecture on the Mexican e ; 3 3 i: be given at the meeting of the ee PeAee HY " us bi Pour $46 lem International Labor Defense Gutters Leent ee. 143 W. 103d St. 8:30 p. m, tomorrow : nee ee ee Loeal ts, NLWALU at Park View | Kate Gitow at Brighton Beach. Palace, Fifth Ave, and 110th St. April| Kate Gitlow will speak at a con 1072 tivil War favorite diversion, throwing out pro- gressive unionists and -bludgeoning the Communists, meantime getting hilariously drunk on the treasury |fleeced from the workers. This \tableau will also epitomize the his- | tory of the past several years of the labor movement and forecasts the immediate future, the triumph of the new left wing industrial |unions over the reactionary bureau- crats. The second tableau, with some well-known dancers participating, will be symbolical of the flames of limperialist war, followed by the |flames of revolution, It will thus \ graphically depict the Communist slogan, “Turn the imperialist war into a civil war.” It will also have n 3 re 6 ‘of Council 17, : 13, ‘Tickets at 191 W. 28th St, gert end tea party, of Gounsil 17, | 0° 0 i tagral part.of the general 6 p. m., Sunday, Brighton Beact'| theme, the defense of the Soviet ouse | Enter at the ia Jewish | Union. Bronx. Workers Club, 1330 Wilkins) Stage will appear, Proceeds to the | ee yaad ear, Whe new unions | The Dictatorship of the Proletariat 5 lim the flercest. and mos? merciless dip Workers Soeuer: Leagne, It wear of the new class against Its more a ok Dae, negate “4 owerful enemy, the bourgeo the Ce e tee atGn Gerard, Rooseve Whose power of resistance increases ; z mre lg tenfold after its erthrow, ev eliene ei cup will be canted at Conference of though overthrown in conta, ene ctune to club most represented. ltry-—-V. L Lenin (*Left” Comm mb ea OLE N.Y. State Bosses niin’ Vagabond Spi first The of the Vagabond Spo! member of James W. Gerard, the Labor Sports Union, will be held A > to Germany, announced Sp. m, Baturday at. the Brooklyn | ombassa oa ; he: chnirmat Workers Center, 48 Bay 28th St. j himself yester boll of the State Wide Economic Con i eS Section 2. Daily Agents. gress to mect April 15, 16, and 17 Section 2 Unit Daily Worker , Agents meeting today, at 101 W.| to ‘find facts as to the reason for ih LLP Bs the decline of industries in New| Brownsville Couneil 7, York State.” uncil 7 will hold lecture to- a E t 154 Watkins St.,! ck will speak on m ure former U. S. Governor Roosevelt is announced | as one of the speakers, and others Comrade Frances Pilat MIDWIFE 351 E. 77th St., New York, N. Y. Tel. Rhinelander 3916 { | 31) S| Phone: Stuyvesant 3816 say wale will be big business men, bankers,|| John’s Restaurant Modern Sunday School Spring Festival economists, profe: >, and : heads SPECIALTY: ITALIAN DISHES _A spring festival and dance will be | of chambers of commerce, said Ger- i nlase: witha eae given by the Modern Sunday School avd where all radicals meet Camp Association, Inc, at the Labor 2 7 Temple, 247 E. $4th "St. Saturday. -——__—— 302 E.12th St. New York Proceeds to the development of the Not only hax the hourgeoisie camp. forged the weapons that bring en see Freiheit Symphony Orchestra. | Rehearsal tomorrow at Workers Center, 1330 Wilkins Ave., Bronx. Organizations wishing to have the death to Itself; it has also called into existence the men who are to wield those wenpons—the modern working class—the proletarians.— Karl Marx (Communist Manifesto). Meet your Friends at GREENBERG’S Bakery © Restaurant i Workers to Demonstrate for Communism at the | will take place SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6TH AT THE NEW YORK COLISEUM 171TH STREET SUBWAY STATION, BRONX THE PROGRAM: A Visit to Soviet Russia OFFICIAL MOVIE OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION es &. JACOB SHAEFFER Conductor Fretheit Gesang-Verein 1 KARLASH Baritone in Grand Opera ANNA SAVINA Meszo-Sop! Kiev State Opera IVAN VELIKANOFF ‘Tenor Moscow Art Studio Freiheit Gesangs-Verein a Prices of Tickets: 75c, $1.00, $1.50—All Seats Reserved Freiheit, 30 Union Square 939 E. 174th St., Cor. Hoe Ave. Right off 174th Street Subway Station, Bronx All Comrades Meet at BRONSTEIN’S VEGETARIAN HEALTH RESTAURANT 558 Claremont Parkway, Bronx VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT omrades ‘Will Always Find It Pleasant to Dine at Our Place. 1787 SOUTHERN BLVD., Bronx 174th St. Station INTERVALE Dairy (nea d 9149. Comrades, Patronize The Triangle Dairy Restaurant 1379 Intervale Avenue BRONX MEET YOUR FRIENDS at Messinger’s Vegetarian and Dairy Restaurant 1763 Southern Blvd., P-onx, N.Y. Right off 174th St, Subway Station We All Meet at the NEW WAY CAFETERIA 1¢l WEST 27th STREZT NEW YORK Rational Vegetarian Restaurant 199 SECOND AVEl UE Bet. 12th and 13th Sts. Strictly Vegetarian Food HEALTH FOOD Vegetarian RESTAURANT 1600 MADISON AVE. Phone: UNIversity 5865 coM bier: me EAT SCIENTIFIC VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT 1604-6 Madison Ave. Between 107th & 108th Sts,