The Daily Worker Newspaper, May 25, 1929, Page 2

' ¢ommission, where it can be inde- _ Page ‘Two PLAN TO BRIBE STRIKERS FAILS More Evicted Need Aid, Senate Dodges Facts m P he W. I ut an act Fourteen tents put up Since being evicted eve immediate need Among the fa evicted | is the Owens family, consisting of | 10 adults and children. Two strik- | evs’ families, it has been learned, } have been without any water or} light for the last two weeks. One cf the strikers has planted vege- tables on his lot to help feed the ed yes- t gs thrown into the road. the available houses in the neighborhood have been rented for the evicted families and no more can be obtai The raill owners are terrorizing the scabs, They have been told they will lose their j y even spe to any of th Manville- Jenckes is afraic ri Mill strikebreake pe suaded to join the strike, In spite ef the mill men’s terror campaign, a striker named Mrs. Ackerage had coffee brought to her and her chil- dren by the sc: They are be- ginning to real t they are be- ing used as by the mill o ers. Stop Water Supply. Many of the strikers have hi their water supply cut off, due to their inability to pay the water tax. In the four-room house at 1302 W Franklin Ave. three families live in the four rooms, Of the 11 in the three families, seven are children. Two weeks ago their water was cut eff and since then they have been carrying water into the house. The W. I. R. relief committee yesterday decided to pay the bill so the water could be turned cn again and the clothes of the three families be washed. Open Negotiations. The strike committee, at meeting yesterday. voted to send a committee of seven to see the heads of the Loray Mili and attempt to negotiate a settlement on the terms of the National Textile Workers Union. It is not known as yet what the attitude of the mill owners will be. Thirty carloads of cloth, made by the scabs have been returned to the Loray Mill, due te the poor work- manship, A committee, consisting of Amy Schechter of the W. I. R. station here, a striker named Helms, his wife and young daughter, have started on a trip into the nearby country to interview farmers and get them to join the Workers In- | ternational Relief and promise to give food for the strikers. The W. 1. R. purchased a truck today which will make regular trips into the country to collect food from the | sympathetic farmers. Collection cans are being placed by the W. I. R, in filling stations, grocery stores and wherever workers and farmers congregate, New Bessemer Strike. In Bessemer City many of those now working in the mill are ex- pected to go on strike soon, spread- ing the strike to hundreds of more | textile workers. Those in the mill | are now organizing, in preparation for the new walkout. The W. I. R. of Bessemer City made a trip to Gaffney, S. C., eight miles away. A meeting was held, attended by many textile workers who said that although the mill in Gaffn ning full time they are making only $9 and 10 a week. Only $1.45 could | be collected in the entire crowd. In one house the committee entered at lunch time to collect they found only a crust of dry bread on the table. | These workers all asked to be or- | ganized for a fight for better con- ditions. They are too poor to pay | the initiation fee into the union. =| Contributions to purchase more tents, food and medicine for the striking workers should be sent to the Workers International Relief, Room 604, 1 Union Square, New York City. its eee eae Block Probe Again. WASHINGTON, May 24.—The resolution to investigate labor con- | ditions in the textile industry was blocked again today in the senate | manufacturers committee. Amendments to the resolution of- fered by Senator Tale, republican, of Maine, and by other oppenents of | the proposed investigation, forced | postponement of a vote unti! Mon- | day. The amendments were to expedite | the shifting of the whole matter | from the senate to the federal trade cently buried for good. Voard No Strikers. The fake investigation of the | starvoa in the textile mills did | not even get as far as the famous} mine investigation last year, which turned out to be merely a chance for the propaganda of employers and their labor lieutenants, the Lewis | bureaucracy in the United Mine Workers, The manufacturers’ committee | heard employers and the strike- breaking officialdom of the United | Vextile Workers Union. It did not | hear any officials of the National | Textile Workers Union, which is | leading the Carolira strikes. When | a delegation of Gastonia strikers came, with organizers from the N. T. W. U., to Washington, the com- mittee adjourned until after they ad to leave down, 4 Photos show scenes in Kansas when the Verdigris Fleods Ravage Farmlands, Threaten Farmers in Kansas VAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929 farmiouses and forcing many farmers and families to’ flee. District Organizers, Members of the Central Committee, Language Bureau Secretaries and Editors of Party Papers Endorse Address of the Comintern, (Continued from Page One) Communist Party in this country.—Section Bureau, District 2, New York City. ACCEPT AND FIGHT FOR COMINTERN LINE. _ Our leader, the Communist International, calls upon solidate our forces in order to be more effective in mobi ing the workers under the leadership of the Communist International for the general class struggle against world imperialism, I unreservedly approve and accept and shall carry out all of the provisions of the “Open Address of the Communist International.” We must destroy every remnant of factionalism from our ranks, expose the theory of exceptionalism, combat the right danger, etc. We must struggle against any attempt at resistance to the Open Letter of the Comintern, since such resistance would constitute a move toward the splitting of the Party. In the name of every Negro member of the Communist Party in District Two, I call upon every member of the Communi: Party to accept and fight for the line of the Comintern—Harold Williams, Secretary, Negro Department, Communist Party of U.S.A., District Two, New York City. SCANDINAVIAN SECRETARY ENDORSES LETTER. “I endorse and promise to carry out the decision of the Comin- tern and promise to mobilize the Scandinavian members of the Party for the Communist International—Gustav Nelson, Secretary, Sean- dinavian Bureau. SPANISH BUREAU WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPROVES. The Spanish Bureau of the Party, at a special meeting called for the purpose of discussing the Address of the Comintern, unani- mously adopted the following resolution: 2 “That we wholeheartedly approve and accept the Address of the Comintern to the American Party membership. We pledge ourselves to carry out the line and decisions contained in the Address which we believe) will eradicate once and for all factionalism in our Party. The position taken by the Central Committee with reference to the Address of the Comintern makes us feel confident that in the very near future the Party will be on the road to become a mass Party. — Spanish Bureau, Communist Party, U. S. A. BULGARIAN EDITOR SUPPORTS DECISIONS. I unreservedly endorse the letter of the Comintern and pledge full support of final decision of the Executive Committee of the Communist International. I urge all Bulgarian comrades to accept the decisions of the E.C.C.L—G. Raduloff, Editor, Bulgarian Party Organ, + * Markoff Urges Acceptance. As representative of the Cen- tral Committee of the Italian sec- tion of our Party and as a mem- ber of the District Executive Com- mittee of District 2, New York, I wish to declare my wholehearted acceptance and endorsement of the Open Letter of the Commun- ist International to the American Communist Party. The Communist International has spoken in a decisive manner. It is the duty of every Party mem- ber of the language sections to carry out the decisions of |the Communist International to the fullest degree. The interests of the Party must be above groups and individuals. Only thus can we develop our Party into an effective instrument in the struggle for the principles of the International Communist Movement.—A, Mark- off. * Heino Accepts Address. Answering the request of the secretariat, I, as editor of “Tyo- mies,” a Finnish language daily, fully accept and endorse the ad- dress of the Communist Interna- tional and the decision of the Party. I will do all in my power address and the decision of Pol- | buro. I pledge myself to carry out to win members and readers of | the paper for these decisions. The whole staff stands by the de- cision—David Heino. * 8 8 South Slav Secretary Will Carry Out Decision. I accept the Communist Inter- national letter and will carry it out unconditionally. The South Slay Bureau will meet Sunday and _ I will send you its position — Frank Borich. . * Marinoff Accepts Address. I fully endorse the Comintern letter and the Communist Party Poleom decisions. Our bureau meets May 26, and after the meet- ing I will wire you the positions. —Marinoff, acting secretary of the Bulgarian Bureau. ars ae From Ukrainian Bureau Secretary I fully endorse the letter of the Communist International and the Political Committee decision. We are calling a bureau meeting but I assure you that the whole bur- eau will endorse the Communist International letter and the politi- cal committee decision. We are loyal to the Comintern and the Central Committee—D. Rolenko, this decision of the Executive Committee of the Communist In- ternational. I urge entire mem- bership in anthracite to do like- wise —Vratarick, | Wilkes-Barre, Pa. * The telegram from Charles Mit- chell, Buffalo District Organizer follow: “My views are entirely in ac- cordance with the Central Com- mittee decision on the address of the Comintern. A District Bureau meeting will be held here to- morrow. I will wire results.”— Charles Mitchell, Buffalo. Urges Admission of Mistakes. Peter Chaunt, District Organizer, Connecticut, declares his “complet agreement” as follows: “I am in complete agreement with and express my wholehearted support of the Executive Commit- tee of the Communist Interna- tional and the decisions of the Polcom as a prerequisite for the unification of the Party and for the strengthening of the ties be- tween the Comintern and the Party of the U.S. A. No matter how embittered comrades may be, we must admit mistakes and re-~ nounce any policy of resistance to political and organizational con- sequences of the E. C. C. I. de- cision.”—Peter Chaunt. Proletarian Supports Letter. “As a proletarian member of the Central Committee, I accept un- reservedly the Comintern decision and call upon all Party members to do likewise. Long live our United Communist Party! Long Live the Communist Interna- tional.”"—John Schmeis, Detroit. Gerlach Supports Decisions. “As a proletarian member of the Central Committee, I whole- heartedly accept the address of the E. C. C. I, to our Party. I pledge myself to carry out the decisions and to fight factionalism. I also urge other Party members to do so.”—Tony Gerlach, Detroit, Mich. leikkinen Supports Unconditionally. “I am unconditionally in line with the Polcom decision on the H.C. C. I. address.”—K. E. Heik- inen, Chicago, For Mass Communist Party. “I accept wholeheartedly the C. I. open letter and organizational secretary of the Ukrainian Bur- | proposals. I urge all Party mem- eau. * * © From the Anthracite. 1 fully accept the Comintern | bers, irrespective of former group- ings, to go forward in building a mass Communist Party.”—Lena Chermenkity os shguiil pat wae River overflowed, damagin farmlands, destroying FINE PATERSON “DEMONSTRATORS Clubbed for Protesting Race Discrimination (Continued from Page Onc) agely on the pickets, clubbing, | bruising and manhandling indiscrim- inately men, women and children in the vicinity. The 17 were then dragged to the police station, where they were bailed out by the local International Labor Defense. The demonstration caused a sen- sation in the neighborhood. Some | 600 workers had gathered and read | the appeals for solidarity between Negro and white workers enthusias- tically before police “dispersed” the crowd. Prove Police Blocked Sidewalk. At the trial the International La- bor Defense lawyer's argument that | police only had blocked the sidewalk, | was swept aside. All the arrested were fined the dollar each. Taking advantage of the sensation aroused by the demonstration, the Communist Party, Communist Youth League and Young Pioneers are re- peating the appeal for racial soli- darity and urge mass protest |against discrimination and police | brutality. Speakers representing the Party, League and Pioneers, joined by leaders of the American Negro Labor Congress, will de- |nounce “capitalist police brutality” and “discrimination against Negro liams, secretary of the Negro De- partment of District 2 of the Com- munist Party; Richard B. Moore, president, Harlem Tenants’ League; Williana Burroughes, American Ne- gro Labor Congress; Martin Russak, local secretary-organizer of the Na- | tional Textile Workers’ Union, and jJames Jackson, chairman. | EERO ‘Chapman Co. Fires 300 \On U. S. Lines, States Three hundred seamen have been |discharged from the United States lines turned over to P. W. Chapman |Co, as first fruits of their expert \“‘vationalization” policy, states the May issue of the Marine Workers | | Voice, organ of the militant Marine | Workers League, with national head- quarters at 28 South St., New York. | On the Leviathan alone a hun- j deed workers were fired when the ;Chapman Co. got its system to rking. “I combine this fact with Marine Workers Voice. PLAN TWO HUGE AUTO FACTORIES IN SOVIET UNION Coneession Granted to American MOSCOW, US. . i. The provisions of the five. for industrial development r plan in the Soviet Union in regard to the con- | of large automobile and are well on their with the an- ions for the large plants by the Soviet struction truck facto: way to realization nouncement that conces construction of two have been granted government. A. J. Brandt, Detroit automotive engineer, is reported to have signed | a contract with the government for | construction of an automobile fac- tory in Moscow for the mass pro- auction of American-model trucks It was estimated that the facto’ would cost $7,000,000. It was also announced t! plans for the construction of the large automobile factory at Nijni-Nov- gorod, to produce 100,000 cars an- nually, were also agreed upon, but the concession is not yet definitely assigned, * Details of Giant Plant. MOSCOW, U, S. S. R. (By Mail). jit has now been definitely decided that the automobile factory, with a capacity of 100.000 cars per year, |will be built in Nijni-Novgorod. It |will take five years to build the factory, ‘which will employ 12,000 | workers when in full operation. ie | According to the plan, the first | year’s output of the factory will in- clude passenger cars to the value of 42 million rubles, trucks to the value of 98 million rubles and spare parts |to the value of 25 million rubles. The factory cost of a car is ex- pected to be 1,400 rubles. The construction of the factory, together with its equipment and subsidiary plants, will require an cutlay of 120 million rubles. AUTO FIGURES ~ SHOW U.S, LEAD Speedup in Open Shops Marks Industry | PARIS, May 24.—Nearly five- sixths of the automobiles of the |ber of Commerce. General Motors | and Ford, with their specd-up and | open-shcp plants, are the largest |rroducers in the world and compete jwith British and French manufac- turers abroad, There are 30,647,756 automobiles in forty-one countries, traversing about 6,000,000 miles of roadways nearly every day, and 23,251,674 of [the automobiles run over 3,000,000 miles of road in the United States, according to the list. | Great Britain is second in num- contains nearly 200,000 miles of roads. France is third, with 1,208,847 machines, far outstripping Canada, with 957,108, and Germany, with 707,969. Australia is sixth on the list, with 507,704, followed by Argentina. Ar- gentina leads Italy, 268,047 to 233,- 149, | In the matter of road mileage | | Soviet Russia stands nearést the | United States, with 688,416 kilome- |ters, about 430,260 miles. Canada This Can’t H ere A lot of ceremony so that politi hide the fact that the patients at the Willard Parker Hospital, a N ide Mistreatment of Patients can grab publicity does ans York City institution, are abominably treated and receive inedible new wing. food. Photo shows Tammany politicians at cornerstone laying of a ‘Laundry Workers, Negro and White, By GRACE LAMB. Under the leadership of the Trade Union Edu onal League the laun- dry workers of Harlem and the |Bronx, most of whom are Negro women, are building a militant union. At a meeting held May 22 both leagerness and hope were shown on |tke faces of these workers as they jtalked about their new union. They told of long working hours, of speed- ling up by the bosses, of low wages, icf an inadequate number of toilets and of the unsanitary and filthy con- ditions of th | Both White and Negro Workers. The new union is to consist of orkers of both sexes and no racial discrimination will be allowed. Women workers told of working from sixty to seventy hours-a we and receiving ten to seventeen do lars a weck wages. One worker said that they lived in constant fear of cuts. The bosses, she said, even where they were paid by the pound, would reduce the rates so that a worker working at high speed could not average over $17 a week for |work which should have brought at east $25 per week. She once was Begin Organization since the workers of her factory had been thinking of organizing they |had stood up somewhat better for their rights and stood less in fear jef the boss. He noticed this and \said: “Is there a union being formed here? Last week you stayed till 8 o'clock; why is it you won't stay after six o’clock today? I'll have to bring some buns and whiskcy here so you can forget this non- | sense.” The workers applauded the organ- izers, Di Santo and Suskind, who spoke to them on the necessity of |working class solidarity in their struggle against exploitation and teld them of their duty to speak to (other workers in their laundry and to tell them it was time for the werkers to organize, so that through their union they look their bosses in ‘the face and demand more wages, \shorter hours, less speed-up and |clean, well-ventilated shops in which jto work. The drivers present at this meet- jing pledged their support to the in- |side workers. They gave their motto ‘ns “All for one and one for all, A \member of the Trade Union Educa- |tional League laundry workers called upon the laundry workers to CONGRESS READY FOR DRAFT ACTS NoTariffAmendments; War Bills Next (Continued from Page One) in the house of the debenture pro- vision of the bill. They contend the without constitutional vttkority to enact such legislation. Republican leaders in the senate decided in a conference today to abandon the plan of calling Paul R. Mallon of the United Press Asso- ciations before a secret meeting of the rules committee Monday and agreed the session should be open. Mallon has been subpoenaed in an effort to compel him to divulge the source from which he obtained se- cret senate roll calls on the nomina- tions of former Secretary of Inter- ior West and United States Customs Judge Lenroot. Question Board. The activities of the federal re- serve board in alternately smashing and boosting the stock market, by juggling the interest rates, to the great advantage of those who knew | What action was to be taken, is the |subject of a resolution for an in- |vestigation introduced by Senator | King. Although many_senators who |were not tipped off and lost big \chances for making easy money \have railed against the board’s ac- \tion, when it comes to voting for |such resolutions administration pres- sure and fear of consequences has |hitherto caused all such resolutions to be lost. King’s bill can expect |no better fate, in the opinion of most | senators. Hoover Wants Mergers. | A similar death awaits the reso- jlution of Senator Walsh, introduced \teday, for an investigation of mer- jgers of companies having securities |of $20,000,000 or more. Walsh also \brings in the federal reserve banks, his resolution asking whether their {money has been used to float mer- |gers. . | Mergers have been applauded by |President Hoover in many of his |speeches, and are a part of his plan |for more and more centralization of |the resources of the country as part of the general war preparations, and to increase the already huge profits senate wes paid at the rate of 4 cents per /ctick together and fight their com-|of the financial and industrial oli- pound, but was cut to 3'2 cents, then to 3 cents and finally to 2% cents per pound, because the boss thought that she earned too much. Unsanitary Conditions. mon cause, and assured the workers that the Trade Union Educational League would give full support. Leaflets and literature are dis- |tributed daily at the factory gate garchy. MISTREAT SOLDIERS. DARLINGTON, Eng., (By Mail). —Three young infantrymen, 19, 20 One worker said that the laundry | With the hope of gradually drawing | and 21 respectively, have each been industry had gotten to the place | hours and over a day, which made it | limpossible for a woman to make ‘cnough to support herself, cially as Harlem rents were ex- tremely high. | Another woman worker said that it was a common thing for women | to faint on the job while working | for long hours in the steam and heat, besides many workers contract bronchitis and a&thma from poor | ventilation, The bosses are accused of using ber of vehicles, with 1,617,723, and |vile language to women in their ef- | forts to force the work forward. | Only “Tools.” In hiring laundry -workers the bosses were said to look over those who apply for the strongest and most robust looking and that they work them out without sympathy. “We are only tools for them to make money with,” said one woman. A worker told of a laundry which gave but one-half hour for lunch and recreation and which had but the saving of food,” i. e., the starv- |is third, with 678,400 kilometers, | workers, ig of the crew, says the vice-presi- jcent of the new owners, according |to the Marine Workers Voice. League Grows. | The Marine Workers Progressive jTeague is growing as the resent- linent of the seamen to this drive elso grows. The cpening of a new seamen’s club in Baltimore is an- nounced, making three now in op- eration on the Atlantic Coast, The Marine Workers Voice calls editorially for the holding of re- gional conferences of marine work- ers to plan intensive organization campaigns. It prints the call fcr |the holding of Unity Convention in Cleveland, After every revolution marking a progressive phase In gle, the purely repr of the bolder a Visit Russia LOWEST PRICE ia ub incl. all expenses First time since the re- volution that you do not need previous visa ap- plications. 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They said they Theatre” at a mass meeting at 3 tal road mileage are in the United Jiying, She declared that many | police regulations, the T. U, E. L.|were sick of the mistreatment in Governor St. at 8 o'clock tonight. States, according to figures pub- | women workers could earn only $10 |is holding open-air meetings in front |the army, and took this means of Speakers will include Harold Wil-| lished by the International Cham-| and $12 a week*though working ten of the laundries during lunch hour. trying to be discharged from it, First Showing in America! Pawns: —actually produced in Russia, Poland, Central Europe and Paris FILM GUILD CINEM RUSS| { ARTE Starting Saturday, with Olg: a Chekova NOTED EMOTIONAL June 1st—NOSFERATU” “DRACULA” directed by F. W. MURNAU, director of “THE LAST LAUGH.” Starting Today! Destiny ——a tense, poignant drama of awoman caught in the web of the Russian Revolution 52 WEST EIGHTH STREET Just W. 5th Ave—Spring 5005; 5000 Continuous Daily, 2 p.m. to Midnite, the VAMPIRE—inspired by TAN STE SEND the 0.45 | position to send it | Although we send thou- sands daily—it is insuf- | ficient to cover the de- mand. Even these bund- les we will be compelled to discontinue unless aid is forthcoming. The DaiLy WoRKER as in all previous strug- gles during the past few years must be the guide and directing force. In addition to re- lief send them the or- | gan of class struggle. DAILY WORKER 26 UNION SQUARE New York City Enclosed find §.. | Datly Worker 9 one dirty toilet to accommodate 56 | triker @ HOUSANDS of workers on strike desire to receive | the DAILY WorKER, but we are not in a financial to be used for the DAILY WoRKER fund to supply bundles of Daily Workers to the strikers | in various sections of the country. f,