The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 8, 1929, Page 2

Page Two DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1929 Whalen’s Police Seize Food Strikers, Negroes, Building Workers; 181 Are Jailed MANY OF THOSE Ys Pilot shi to Land ws rooklyr Son 10 is 3 i) mr, ui *AD BRITISH TQ ARRESTED ARE WITHOUT JOBS. Whalen Plans System of Reporting to Police | Acting on instruction from Po- lice Commissioner Whalen to pick} up all “suspicious looking” charac- ters, New -¥ork policemen and the gun squad jailed 181 men Saturday, | most of them unemployed workers and strikers. | The prisoners include seven Ne- = STUDY INDUSTRY. ; | IN SOVIET UNION Big: Delegation Splits | for Investigation US industrial MOSCOW, »R., April 7. The big and financial |delegation from Great Britain now| in the Soviet Union to investigate | the possibilities of trade with the} |U.S.S.R. has divided into groups representing various inter- }ests and is studying conditions in| |corresponding interests here. One| been groes charged with “vagrancy,” 12] food strikers, and 20 workers en-| When his motor failed, Ray Brooklyn, and had a narrow escape. Photo shows how close plane gaged on a ‘building pure "| They are charged with vagrancy. undergo many risks. Womsey, Boston mail pilot, was forced to land in Prospect Park, group is visiting the textile fac- |tories, another the mines, and so forth. Receptions with the directors of came to crashing, Mail pilots playing dice or using obscene langu-| age. Many of those jailed are un- employed who had nowhere’ to spend| their Saturday afternoons but on} the streets. | At about the time the arrests were | taking place Whalen, speaking be- fore the Young Democratic Club,| defended his action of rounding UP en vession Is Growing workers on vagrancy charges and| z said that he hoped that New York | Under Fascism WARSAW (By»Mail).—Emigra- would soon. have a. system of keep-| ing tabs on all “suspects” and ex-| prisoners by forcing them to report |tion of the peasants is taking on an their activities to the police regu-| intensified form, with considers larly. unemployment, in the FARN BILL FIRST Ss sixths Jof the arable land jof the rich landowners, 90 per cent |of whom are Polish. More the | 40,000 peasant families live in prim- itive barrack-like buildings. There are more than a dozen direct taxes in the hands | , Tariff Fight to Hide Swindle of Farmers WASHINGTON, April fake farm reliet bill is expected be shoved.through first and gotten over ith, with the least possible embarrassment for Hoover, at the | special sessions of congress, start- ing next week. House and senate commitices have started these bills after trying in vain get Hoover to publicly take some responsibility for the swindle. It vaguely “stated that it will follow the general outiine of the MeNar; Haugen bill without the equal tion fee. i mons. the leaders that no. attem; | trialists, are active both inthe how adn senate lining up the boys f high tariffs. ) fight. , 7—The ities ii agricultural | drafing There is a general feeling iil be made to block the fake bill. Teriff lobbyists, repres@htinig the | ' icading manufacturers and—indus- With the farm fake ractically taken care of, competi- tive manufacturers are getting their senators to prepare for the tariff which the peasants must pay, not |to mention the intolerable burden of indirect taxation. | Ukrainian national culture is be- ing destroyed by the Polish the Western Ukr n schools which e: Eastern Galicia, even under trian domination, have been replace< by Polish instruction. toin The whole movement of the wo: ers and peasants has been forced into illegality, The revolutionary press is persecuted, newspapers sup- to sentenced to long terms of hard la- bor. Polish fascism refuses to per- mit the organization of a landwork- jers union and is supported in this |:natter by the Polish socialist party, which holds theseentral jeadership of the Jandworkers union in its hands in Warsaw, and refuses to recognize is | pt the-fandworkers union in the se | Ukraine, or} The Polish government is at- tempting to-suppress and destroy the growing movement of Ukrainian peasants by introduction of martial law and by wholesale |orrests.. Those imprisoned are held \for years awaiting trial. Terrible |tertures are used to extract “con- jfessions” and the material at the trial is then based upon the “con- fessions” secured in this fashion and ] pressed, their editors and publishers | the | upon the evidence of agents-provo- cateurs, FAKE LABOR LAW REMAINS INTACT sentenees and Hifelong hard labor sentences upon the basis of such |raaterial, The prisoners from the Western. Ukraine are always trans- ferred: to the interior of Poland. Efforts:of the International Red id to aid political prisoners are de- clared illegal and many are sent to prison for. raising defense funds and material-relief for the political pris- Gov. Vetoes Bluff Act; Lets Old One Stay ALBANY, April 7.—A fake bill} y on workmen’s compensation, intro-| duced by the republicans, was ve- toed by Governor Roosevelt. yester- . ERS CEA . day, because it cut compensation | Mes. The persecution, however, ae )J awards in certain cases, he said. | ®¢ting 8-an incentive for more en- “This bill aims a serious blow at |°™etic struggle on the part of the the existing system of payments in| Workers and peasants. _ compensation,” said Roosevelt. The} | A. F. of L. and the state labor de-| Wy “Jpartment also opposed the bill. Yuba F decadonton sj The existing system he referred to does not apply to the workers who NumberHurtUnkonwn CARSTADT, N. J., April 7— ‘most ned it, such as the mass of (U.P.)—Police headquarters were unskilled workers in heavy industry and wokrers employed in dangerous those hit hardest by the ab-’ advised tonight thet an explosion of adequate compensation | had wrecked a fireworks plant .on laws. It-makes no provisions, for | tski is instance, for compensation in cagiuas| 2° rile ot tie ay. _ and lead poisoning, nor injuries sus-/_ The first reports said no one was tained in the chemical divisions of injured. heavy industry. Roosevelt approved a bill chang-| Something else, however, must be _ that no, food is to be kept in stor- | It is Set wat pesently known abroad "age for longer than one year. The that Molshevism grew up, formed, Speroved il ws indi sto tree aaatat weuC gece et _age.2 He also approved a bill mak- i ing the organization of banks easier. jutionism, which resembles, or boi rows something from, anarchism.—V. I. Letin (“Left” Communism), WANT DOCILE WOMEN Meekness ‘to Aid Mongers of Wars , t (From’English Correspondent) ready almost as if it were an ‘The rising artificial silk industry | arsenal, with a system of passports, of England.is notorious for the de-|cach bearing the workers’ photo- termingtion with which the least graph, barbed wire fencing at its ‘signs of class-conscious propaganda | boundaries, and so on, ire for organization are| It employs 6,000 workers, of whom for and suppressed. The | the majority are women. This staff for this is not only to be! of workers is in a continual stage in the capacity of the cap- of change. Not only is any sign of firms for profit. For the cap- | class conscious-activity visited with state is largely interested in | immediate dismissal, but in anticipa- development of this industry, | tion of any such attempts, system- th can be so rapidly converted atic intimidation is carried out. The courts then pass death | PEASANTS FLEE [Labor Sports | BRITISH LABOR The results of the games in the Metropolitan Workers Soccer League | yesterday were as follows: Spartacus 3, East Side Worke’ 2, referee, Schafner; Bronx Worl ers 3, Red Star 0, referee, O’Farrel. | The results in the Brooklyn | Workers Soccer League were: Red Star Scandinavian 1, ref- _jeree, Schafner; Self-Education 4 | Red Star 0, referee, Goldenb | Aurora 1, Barcelona 0, referee, Braunfeld. PLAN BIG ANTI- IMPERIAL MEET | WorldCongress inParis July 20 BERLIN, Germany, April 7.— rations for the Second World ss of the League Against | Imperialism, which will be held in Paris, on July 20, are being made on an extended scale and every ef- |fort is being exerted to surpass the first congress. Announcement by the Interna- j tional Secretariat of the League | states that a provisional agenda has jalready been arranged of which some of the most important items | follow: | 1. The unification of the anti- imperialist groups and organiza- tions in the League against imperi- | yalism. 2. The All-India National Congress, the All-India Trade |Union Congress and their role in the national revolutionary struggle. 3. The Nanking government, the Kuomingtang and their attitude to |the anti-imperialist movement in China. 4. The lastest stage of the national-revolutionary struggle in | Indo-China, Indonesia and the Phil- \ippines. 5, The struggle of the | Negroes in Africa and America for | their emancipation. 6. The struggle of Latin-America dgainst British and North American imperialism. 7. The tasks of the trade unions |in the struggle against imperialism. |8. The social, political and semi- | colonial countries. 9. Two years |of the League against impe ism, | being a political and orgenizational | report of the activity of the League. |i }10. Organizational questions, and | t 112. Miscellaneous. | Among the speakers who are scheduled to address the Second | World Congress are Henri Barbusse, James Maxton, Madame Sun Yat- sen, a representative of Sandino, Professor Pickens, Diego Rivera, A: |J. Cook, Melnichansky, Andrews |from South Africa and many others, | The secretariat also announces | that the following organizations have announced their desire to take part in the Second World Congress. The total list, which now numbers 50, is only partial and includes only the names received before the beginning of March. Some of the organizations which will participate are: The All- India National Congress, the All- India Trade Union Congress, the All- India Workers and Peasants Party, the Perhimpoenan Indonesia, Peasants Union of the Philippines, the Socialist Party of Persiay the Destour Party of Tunis, the African National Congress, the South African Trade Union Congress, the American Negro Workers Union, a number of organizations from Mexico, various anti-imperialist organizations from San Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba, Cos- ta Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Co- lumbia, Venezuela, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, the Cen- tral Council of Soviet Labor Unions A report by the secretariat, cover- British section of the League at Newcastle in February, has also been issued. Party groups with 23 delegates. all 136 delegates attended the meet- ing representing 64 organizations. The conference elected as a dele- gate to the second world congress ing engineer and a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. The conference unanimously |the Soviet industries have been ar- |ranged for the British delegates, at |which they will be given an oppor- |tunity to avail themselves of first |hand information in studying their MISLEADERS ROW verses branches of industry. a zie The British delegates are delight- | ed with the facilities provided them in the Soviet Union as well as with ILP Heads to Vote War'| the realistic way in which affairs |Credits Despite Gesture | are managed by the Soviet authori- | ties | LONDON, England, April 7.—A|. A number of the delegates ae resolution of the independent labor | intimated that relations between the party’s conference at Carlisle to in- | government of the Soviet Union and ruct its 117 members of parlia- | the British government must be re- ment to vote against all war credits | Sumed and it is presumed that they | has brought a storm of abuse upon! Will work for this end after their) its framers from the section of the return to Great Britain, [party which does not see the elec- | 27% USSR ENGINEERS — tion gain in this left gesture. These members declare that far from win- ning votes, such a resolution on the eve of the elections will lose sec- Dry Agent Admits Lying in lini Killing SEAMER ARE | [MPERILLED BY | COAST | GUARDS Shots Barely Miss Nor- wegian Ship BALTIMORE, D., April 7 (UP).—The Norwegian consulate [here has forwarded a report to the consul-general in New York and the jministry at Washington, charging \thet a coast guard patrol boat fired lon the No: ian fruit ship Juan in Chesapeake Bay yesterday. | * * * | BALTIMORE, April, 7.—Seamen \ehoard the Norwegian fruit ship Juan were endangered when a coast iguerd cutter fired at the vessel in Chesapeake Bay, on the suspicion |that it was a rum-runner. The cap- tain reported that two of the six shots narrowly missed the ship. | The pilot, Kesteron, asserts that one of the shots would have struck Eugene Fairchild, dry agent, on the witness stand before an | — ‘French ImperialistsAre ‘Worried Over Anglo- Italian Seeret Parley Illinois coroner's jury, admitted that he had made a false affiduvit } in connection with the murder of Mrs, Lillian De King by dry agents the Juan if he had not hove the ves- jsel to. - | vigorously protesting dgainst the BIG WIRE MERGER is R a MERGERS sinking of the Canadian rum-runner | a ale 4 Ma iss) | miles off the Louisiana coast, will j 1 x res tate depart- $5,000,000,000 Trust to Van Swerigens Get the |** presented to the state depa: J, P. Morgan and Co, are behind|Van Sweringens brought the Inter- the agreement between the Radio |state Commerce Commission around which the latter will acquire R. C:;a former decision and ¢~anted per- | 4 aoe ry A. Communicatiors for about $100,- | n | PARIS, April 7.—Speculation is who raided Mrs. De King’s home in Aurora, Illinois. | MORGAN BEHIND GRANT HUGE © | srsscton’ ac | | WASHINGTON, April 7.—A note “tm Alone” by a United States coast guard cutter more than 200 sus dota \iment. early next week. The con- Oppose British Official O. K. |.onts of the note were kept secret. WASHINGTON, April 7—The Corporation and the International|to its own way of thinking when Telephone and Telegraph Co. by that commission yesterday reversed y ion to the Chesapeake & Ohio| ,PA 000,000 as a further step in the con-| Railroad to buy 174,900 shares of Tife in the press here over the re- tions of the liberal vote to the labor reformists. E. Shinwell, a former minister in the labor government, asserted that he would take instructions on this point from his constituents and not from the party, since, should the| labor party get into power, it would mean it could not bring in estimates for the army, navy or air force. His statement was greeted with s of “shame” from the resolu- tion framers. The conference carried the resolu- tion by 160 to 125, to the indigna- tion of the more reactionary dele- gates present. During the lunch recess, James Maxton, the chairman, hastily called a committee meeting, in which an attempt was made to spike the res- clution immediately by giving wide discretionary powers to the chair- man of the conference in enforcing it | This is taken to mean that the jresolution will be disregarded, the lreactionaries contending that if it | Were enforced the majority of the party’s members in parliament. would resign. The conference also resolved that the prime minister and the cabinet of a labor government should be chesen by a caucus of the party’s members in parliament. The independent labor party must ~TOSTUDY INLLS. Industrial, Farmin git Delegates Arrive | | Nearly two score engineers repre- | senting Soviet industrial and agri-! cultural enterprises arrived in the United States during the past two weeks. The Soviet delegation will) |study American production methods | ‘and will look over the equipment re- |quired by their respective indus- tries, it was stated by the Amtorg | Trading Corporation, representatives | of Soviet commercial and industrial establishments. A delegation of eight engineers | jfrom the *Azneft «Oil Trust, the largest oil producer in the Soviet! | Uisen, will study drilling and oil refining methods, as well as fac- |tories producing oil refining ma- | chinery. | | The “Zernotrest” (Grain Trust) which has supervision over the or- ganization of large scale state} |farms has sent seven agronomers in |addition to the delegation already in this country. V. I. Ilyichev, vice | | president of the Zernotrest, stated | }that these agronomers will receive} | practical training on large Ameri-| |can farms during this year’s sowing | struction of an all-American com-j|the Pere Marquette from the New munications merger in opposition to, York, Chicago & St, Louis Railroad the British wireless and cable mer-)at $183.53 per share. Both the| ger. This is authoritatively stated| Chesapeake & Ohio and the New| Wail St. pyons Chicago & St. Louis are con- | $5,000,000,000 |trolled by the Van Sweringens, The merger involves companies with assets of $5,000,000,000. Be- hind such an enormous transaction there can only by J. P. Morgan and his associated interests in the Gen-|but allows the railroad owners to eral Electric Company. |make millions of dollars by the} The merger will include not only simple process of transferring stock | I, T. and T. and Radio, but also | from one of its concerns to another. | American Telephone and Telegraph| In the transaction authorized by Co., the Western Union and several the commission, the Van Sweringen | smaller. telephone and _telegraphjinterests will meke a profit of companies. The General Electric $7,886,000 by transferring its shares | is the principal stock-holder in the | from the New York, Chicago to the | Radio Corporation. Chesapeake, To Fight Britain. With this purchase made, and the When the British cable merger acquiring of more outstanding stock, | was made, it was provided that in| the Chesapeake & Ohio will have | case of war the whole merger be complete control of the Pere Mar-} placed directly under the supervision |quette, and another step will have} of the government. |been completed in the aVn Swerin- When the American merger is|sen merger plans. completed, the* combined wireless, Seuaeeeneys ope ee cable, telegraph and telephone sys- FIGHT LONGER HOURS. tems will be consolidated. Such a} SYDNEY, Australia, (By Mail).—| system would form a network over! Australian railway workers have North and South America and would | demanded a union fight against at-/| Merger. This decision is important be-| cause it not only permits large scale | consolidation and helps along the} Van Sweringens’ merger scheme, | cent conversations which took place between the British foreign minister Chamberlain and Mussolini. It was recalled that after a similar parley in 1926 Mussolini gained control of Albania. The French imperialists seem to be worried that Britain may grant Italy too many concessions on the Mediterranean in return for similar services from Mussolini. It is point- ed out that the conversation may have a great effect on the forthcom- ing parleys between the French and Italian governments. Roosevelt Kills Bill # Creating Commission for Survey of Judges ALBANY, April 7.—A bill au- thorizing the formation of a com- mission of seven lawyers for the investigation and reform of judicial procedure in New York state, was vetoed by Governor Roosevelt yes- terday. He objected’ tothe bill on the ground that such a commission should be composed of business men instead of lawyers and legislators, encircle the globe as well, in active! tempts by the rail bosses to re-intro- competition with the British merger. duce the 48-hour week. since they would know best “the practical side” of such matters. the | and five international organizations. | ing the delegate conference of the Eleven British Communist, In} of the league, C. Crawford, a work-| rot be confused with the labor party | ang harvesting seasons. Some mem-, from which it broke away, though bers of the delegation will also study | ‘any of the members belong to | yoad building in rural communities. | Both DeEe er: An additional delegation of seven | Both erganizations are thoroughly | engineers Gonhacted” with’ the = con:| reformist and the vote to refuse all |struction of the Stalingrad Tractor war credits is a very obvious left|pjant also arrived recently, They re with a view to vote-catch-| wil! examine the plans for the con- the forthcoming general clee-| struction of the plant submitted by American companies and will assist in purchasing equipment. The Stalingrad Tractor Plant is to pro- duce annually 40,000 tractors, em- ploying two shifts. Tuberculosis Deaths!) and Infant Mortality Is here with 11 members. The first|Greatest in Harlem two meetings were devoted to dis- pepe cussing the draft of the new con- | Death from tuberculosis among} stitution es submitted by the na-|the Negro tenants in New York City jtiona oflfice, after which a motion/are three times as large as among} |to approve it was passed. A com-|white residents in proportion to jmittee was also elected to cooper- numbers, according to statistics | ate with the Workers’ International | published in the weekly bulletin of | Relief in arranging an inter-racial|the department of health. |concert for the joint benefit of Hie Taking the number of deaths) miners and the Negro flood suffer-|f*om 1910 on, it is shown that both) ers of Alabama. |tuberculosis deaths and the infant! The members of this local are en- death rate have decreased at cn| \thusiastic over its formation and| almost imperceptible rate, while) \the prospects of carrying the mes-/among the white residents. the de- | sage of the ANLC to the Negro) crease has been greater. |masses. The prospects of doubling| This state of affairs is due to the jthe membership immediately arciextremely. unsanitary and crowded} |good. The secretary is Frank Ken-| condition in the segregated district ‘nedy, anl the Negro Champion|of Harlem where Negro workers are jagent. E. M.- Brown, forced to live, | : 2nd BIG WEEK | Ancther SOVKINO Masterfilm! “An authentic historical epoch of Czarist Russia, simple, genuine acting, moving mass scenes and brilliant direction. -picture is powerfully realistic, rare examples of splendid photography ef the Volga regions. . .” iO RELEASE SENDER GARLIN, Daily Worker. ‘FLAMES onp 4THE VOLGAD DIRECTED BY JURI TARITSCH who produced “CZAR IVAN THE TERRIBLE” A powerful realistic drama depicting the Re- volt of the Volga Peasants against the Oppres- sions of the Czaristic Regime under Catherine the Great... .. Enacted by a Cast of 5000 Negro Labor Congress Branch Is Organized ‘by Workers in Phila. ? PHILADELPHIA, © April’ 7.—A branch of the American Negro-La- bor Congress has been organized (By arr | Strike of London Spreading,2000ut | LONDON, (By Mail).—Over 200 electricians are now on strike in building construction going on in| London. The strike started among| the electricians at work on the con- struction of the Henry Glave Drap- ‘y Building, for the union rate. It spread to the electricians working) on the Strand Palace Hotel, Lloyds Bank, St. James Underground Sta-| tion, Devonshire House, and other! buildings. MAY DAY BUTTONS | This year will carry the slogans: —“Organize the Unorganized!” —Defend the Soviet Union!” —“Fight Imperialist War” AMPLE SUPPLIES OF THESE BUTTONS SHOULD BE OR- DERED FROM THE DISTRIC’' OFFICES OF THE PARTY! PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW! | PR. FOES 10c each to individuals The lower middle class, the small manufacturer, the shopkeeper, the | a: artixan. the veansnt, all these tight 7c each to Units on orders up to 100 buttons agains e bourgeoisie, to save” . from. extinction “thelr, existence ns 6c each to Units on orders over 100 buttons fractions of the middle class. They are therefore not revolutionary, but conser~etec—Kkarl Marx (Commu-| nist Manitesto), 1 COMMUNIST PARTY OF U. S. A—NATIONAL OFFICE. STORY OF NEEDLE TRADES UNION TO BE ISSUED Plax to Bring Out New Panphlet In Conjunction With “Build the Union Bazaar”? NEW and interesting pamphlet entitled, “The Story of the Needle Trades Union”, is in course of preparation, to be issued by the Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union. The now book will tell the story of the struggle of the Union written by the outstanding leaders of the Union who actually carried the brunt of the fight. new union and each worker who donates ten dellars to the fund receives an emblem in the form of a gold pin beautifully engraved in red enamel to present the appearance of a brick. * * * i will be interesting to see how many workers will have qualified to have their names printed in this list hy the date of publication which will be about April 15, as it is planned to have the new beok printed and available for distributicn at the “Build the Union Bazaar” of the Union, to be held at the Star Casino, 107th Strect and Park Avenue, on Thursday, Friday, Saiurday and Sunday, April 18, 19, 20 and 21, oe * * PECIAL ARTICLES dealing with the story of the struggle in Boston, Philadelphia, Chi- cago, Los Angeles and other centers, written by leaders in these citics will also be published. The plan of the work will be to compile in con- sice form the whole story of the fight to estab- lish a real Industrial Union of the Needle Trades Workers, written by those best acquainted with all the facts. s T° pay the cost of publication a special “Build the Unien” army list will be printed in the booklet. It is expected that this list will con- tain from ten to fifteen thousand names as the charge made is enly twenty-five cents per name. Another feature of this list will be that where workers wish to have their names grouped by let will be the publication of a special honor } Shops or organizations an additional charge of list of these workers who have contributed a one dollar ts ‘being. made, minimum of $10.00 to the “Build the Union” Akai Fund which is now being collected by the union. COMPLIMENTARY and business advertising Already several thousand workers have paid the is elso being received for the book, and it eye AN especially attractive feature of this pamph- purposes, | Recently 1,000 girls were dis- ing example of this is to be charged and a new 1,000 engaged, |British imperialism, demanding ea d in a great artificial silk fac- apparently for no other reason than nt struggle between the British) near Derby. This factory, | as an insurance ezainst the possible workers and the colonial peoples | _is capable of being adapted introduction of serous” ideas, against imperialism, and welcoming ce of 24°hours for the matiu-' and to show how sily workers |the league against imporialism as/ } of poison gaz, acids, and|could be dispensed with. en organization te unite the anti-| wings, is organized al- f imperialist forcem ey adopted a resolution condemning full minimum of ten dollars while thousands of is expected that the income from this source will others have paid from 1 dollar to nine dollars on be so great that the booklet will be available account, Each ten dollar payment is figured as for distribution at the nominal price of five a brick in the building of the structure of the cents or even as a souvenir, , Needle Trades Workers Industrial Union (New York Joint Board). Direction: SYMON GOULD B2.W. Sth Be. 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