The Daily Worker Newspaper, June 10, 1929, Page 3

DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, | NDAY, JUNE 10, 1929 American Financiers Buy South American Shares to Drive Out British “Empire LAN HUGE ANTI- IMPERIAL UNITY MEET, JUNE 15 To Consolidate West) Indian Workers The All-America Anti-Imperialist League has just received a letter from Jean Lamothe, general secre- tary of the Haitian Patriotic Union, New York branch, dealing with re- cent events in his native land. La- mothe states that he is informed by the headquarters of the Haitian Pa- triotic Union in Port Au Prince that the agent of American imperialism there, President Louis Borno, is com- og to Washington to confer with Toover on plans for the further ex- ‘loitation and oppression of the Haitian people. President Borno forced his coun- cil of state to vote a credit of $6,200 to finance this trip. It is part of his plans to forestall thé coming Haitian legislative elections so that he will be able to secure the presi- dency for the third time and con- tinue his fascist dictatorship under the direction of Wall Street. La- mothe states that the Haitian Pa- triotic Union had decided to send a delegation to the anti-imperialist conference in New York City on June 15 and also to the second Anti- Imperialist World Congress in Paris, July 20 to July 31. Hewever, as a Jaw in Haiti forbids public subscrip- tions as one of its repressive mea- sures, the Haitian Patriotic Union is forced to appeal to opponents of imperialism in the United States for contributions to finance the delega- tion from Haiti to the New York ard the Paris anti-imperialist meet- ings. New York Conference, The New York branch of the Haitian Patriotic Union will also participate in the New York Anti- Imperialist Conference, at which the problems will be discussed as well as those of the other Caribbean islands, the Dawes commission, which is actively engaged under Hapover’s direction for working out plans for the further enslavement of Santo-Domingo and the other lands subjugated by U. S. imperialists. In the past, the various West In- dian organizations in the United States have been divided. The or- ganizations of Negroes from the islands under the domination of British imperialism have been sep- arated from those dominated by American imperialists and others. One of the tasks of the New York Conference on June 15 will be to establish closer co-operation be- tween all of these organizations of West Indians as well as of Latin- Americans and to cement the alli- ance between them and labor organ- izations within the United States. Thus will a united front be estab- lished against the common enemy. The letter from Jean Lamothe states that repressive measures are increasing in Haiti. He gives in- stances of editors of Haitian news- papers, persecuted for printing ar- ticles against the catholic church and agxinst the occupation of Haiti by U. S. marines. When their cases were tried in court their lawyers were barred from the courtroom and only after a campaign against this action were some of the lawyers al- lowed to appear in court to defend the editors. During the trial one of the editors was attacked by the prosecuting attorneys and severely wounded. At a conference of West Indian and Arnel n Negroes on May 26 it was decided to send delegates to the June 15 Anti-Imperialisi' Con- ference in New York from some of the eight organizations represented there and to secure delegates from various other organizations. STRIKERS’ BAITER JAILED FOR ARSON BOGOTA, Colombia, (By Mail).— Mayor Luis F. Luna, who, during the verbose court martials which fol- Jewed the bloodily repressed strike of the Colombian banana workers in the Magdalena district, dis- tinguished himself as the military prosecutor by demanding and ob- taining the highest penalties for the strikers whom he accused of ter- roristic acts and particularly for in- cendiarism, has been arrested under the accusation of having himself caused or even with his own hands set 19 houses on fire—for which the sitrikers were accused, condemned d are still in jail. Mayor Luna was arrested through the intervention of the civil judicial authorities, who protested against the convictions and the activities of the court martial under the presi- dency of the chief of police, Cortes Vargas. The civil tribunal accuses Cortes Vargas of inventing crimes in order to pose as the “hero of the banana fields.” Mayor Luna was the direct subordinate of Cortes Vargas, who tried to shield him until these accusations were sub- stantiated by such facts that his arrest could not be avoided. The jealousies between the civil ourts in the district and the mili- ry courts martial contributed to he unmasking of this extraoMinary fframe-up engineered by the police land the army oie the paiking Naval Terror i m Virgin | Islands Discussed, at |Harlem Forum Sunday { Elizabeth Hendrickson, of the Vir- gin Island Congressional Committee exposed the naval mis-rule of the Danish West Indies at a meeting of the Harlem Educational Forum, conducted by the American Negro Labor Congress. The speakergstated that since 1917 50,000 natives had left the island because of naval abuse and imprisonment of militants. U. S. sugar barons have exploited the island even before,the American occupation during the war when the natives were in fact sold to them by Denmark for $25,000,000. Wages range from twelve to twenty-five cents a day. Rape and prostitution is rife. The Forum elected two delegates to the Ani-Imperialist Conference to be held Saturday, June 15th at Irving Plaza where further informa- tion will be given to the conference. ANTI-UNION DRIVE ‘Defend Union,’ Urges Progressive Group (Continued from Page One) ters of America have issued the fol- lowing statement: Warn Workers. “We' hatters are faced with the situation of the introduction of new machinery, a speed-up under the piece-work system which wouldetend to throw out many skilied workers of the trade. The demands of the bosses grow out from this situation. “The demand of the bosses to abolish union control of a number of operations on the hat must be taken very seriously by every hat- ter. “To give in to the bosses on this demand would only lead to the wor- sening of the conditions of the hat- ters, which are rotten enough as they are at present. It would result in that many union men would be thrown out from the industry and it would be a first step to abolish the union and the union conditions in the hat trade. which the bosses are very eager to do. “The conditions of the hatters in the last few years were constantly geing down. Hard pouxcing® hard blocking rotten hats and the speed- up’ under the piece-work system makes the life of a hatter miserable. “The national and local union of- ficials although collecting fat sal- aries for themselves have done al- most nothing to improve the condi- tions of the hatters. No attempt was made to organize the unorgan- ized shops. No attempt was made to raise the standard of the out-of- town locals on an equal basis with the New York hatters. On the con- trary, the policy of our national of- ficials is to reduce the prices of New York to those of the out-of- town locals. Urge Struggle. We hatters never followed the policy of the national officials. We always demanded and received more than the national officials wanted us to ask for, And had we followed the policy of the national. officiais cur conditions would have been much worse. “The present bill of prices pro- posed by the union, even if signed by the bosses, will not improve our conditions. “In line with their policy of peaceful co-operation with the bosses at the expense of the hatters our officials will be opposed to these demands. “But we can no longer tolerate this inhuman slavery under the piece-work system. , “In our own interests and in the interest of our families we have to support, we must put up a militant struggle against the bosses for the abolishment of piece-work and for the establishment of the week work system, minimum wage, 40-hour week and the unemployment insur- ance fund, “The other workers won it. cen also win it. “But we must fight hard for it.’ Negroes to Unite With Office Workers Union at Dance, Wednesday Many Negro workers of New York are expected to join the Office Workers Union at its Roof Garden Dance this Wednesday, June 12, at 8:30 at the Heckscher Foundation, We ‘104th St. and 5th Ave. The Office Workers Union is ac- tively engaged in building a strong union that will eliminate, among other conditions, the discrimination against black workers in offices. Only by organizing the Negro work- ers and by building the Office Work- ers Union can the ruthless system of race discrimination be abolished. The enterprising dance committee is arranging for the best jazz dance music by John C. Smith’s Negro Or- chestra, and is prepared to liquidate any irritations of the appetite by a generous provision of ice cream and cigarettes. (EP mennceneen apne SLAUGHTER WORKERS. LONDON, (By Mail).—The total number of workers killed in indus- try in 1928 is reported at 550; i jured 24,210. Both these figures rep- resent large increases over the pre- vious year, due to the increase of workers, the speedup. HAT BOSSES PUSH 4 Eee Polbureau is desirous of securing the broadest pos- sible Enlightenment Campaign on the Comintern Ad- dress and the immediate Party tasks outlined therein. All Party members and particularly the comrades active in the workshops in the basic industries are invited to write their OPPOSITION TO COMINTERN ADDRESS CONDEMNED. The following resolution was adopted unanimously at a special meeting at the biggest unit in District Five (Pittsburgh) after a thor- ough discussion of the Address of the Communist International. “We accept, endorse and pledge ourselves to carry out the open letter of the Executive Committee of the Communist International to the American Communist Party. We greet and endorse the unanimous motions of Party Polcom on the Open Letter. “The Open Letter shows clearly the dangers confronting the ‘Party and Jays the basis for the unification of the Party on the basis of the C. I. line, “The greatest danger confronting the American Party is the Right danger expressed most sharply at the present time in resistance to the line and decisions of the C. I. and to the practical measures proposed as a guarantee for turning the Party into mass work. With the accen- tuation of the class contradictions, with the growing imminence of war, the Party must struggle determinedly against any attempts to over- estimate the strength of American imperialism, to underestimate the growing radicalization of the American workers, to disassociate inner contradictions of American capitalism from the world crisis, to under- estimate American reformism, to underestimate the Right danger, etc. This means that the Party must completely wipe out the so-called theory of “Exceptionalism” which is but a reflection of the pressure of American reformism on the Party as well as the working class. While struggling against the Right*danger as the main danger we must also crush counter-revolutionary Trotskyism. § “We condemn the opposition on the part of Comrades Lovestone and Gitlow to the Communis® International Address. We pledge our- selves to struggle against any attempt no matter what source they may come from, to split the Party and against any attempt to resist the C. I. Letter. functionary in Party and League who oppose or show any hesitation in carrying out the new Open Letter or whatever organizational de- cisions the C. I. may deem necessary for the carrying out of the line. —Street Nucleus No. 2, Pittsburgh, Pa. * * * “FIGHT SPLITTERS!” DEMANDS HARVESTER PLANT NUCLEUS. The resolution on the Address of the Communist International to the members of the American Communist Party by the Harvester Plant Nucleus (Chicago) is as follows: “After reading and discussing the address to the membership of the American Party, the membership of the International Harvester Nucleus, District 8, (Chicago) welcomes this message as a means for building up the Party and eliminating the disease of factionalism which for long years has hampered and obstructed the growth of the Party. “We hold the opinion that we can build a mass Communist Party only on the basis of the line laid down by the Communist International and that any attempts to distort this line represents a Right devia- tion and must be fought mercilessly by the whole Party. Also we condemn the refusal of some comrades of the delegation to carry out the measures contained in the Address. “We declare that we will fight any opposition or factional dis- tortion of the Communist International line and call upon the higher committee to launch immediately a campaign for enlightenment so we will understand clearly the tasks that are before us in the present per- iod and proceed with our work for building up the Party. “Long live the Communist International! “Down with the splitters and Right wingers!” We call for the strongest measures against any leading | Enlightenment Campaign on the Comintern Address to the Communist Party opinions for the Party Press. Resolutions of Factory Nuclei also will be printed in this section. Send all material deal- ing with this campaign to Comrade Jack Stachel, care Na- tional office, Communist Party, 43 E. 125th St., New York City. PARTY UNITS DEMAND COMPLETE CARRYING OUT OF DECISSIONS CONTAINED IN THE ADDRESS OF THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL FIGHT OPEN OR COVERED OPPOSITION. Unit 6F, Section 2, District 2 (New York) accepts and endorses wholeheartedly the Address of the Comintern. Its resolution reads: “This letter is not to be interpreted as victory of any group, but lays the basis for the cessation of the factional struggle which hinders the work and development of our Party. “The resistance (Gitlow, Lovestone), open or covered attempt to mobilize the Party against this letter means a fight against the Comin- tern, and therefore leads to a split in the ranks of our Party. “Such a struggle will only come from the Right wing elements who resist the Bolshevization of the Party against whom the Comin- tern ries on a relentless struggle. “The most import@nt task of the membership is to fight against the Right danger which can be found in both former Party groups. “We urge all members of this nucleus and New York district mem- bership to accept this letter not only in words but in deeds. “We approve the prompt action of the Polcom in removing Miller as organizational secret#ry for his opposition to the Communist In- ternational Address, and will support in the future the CEC most vig- orously in all its measures against any opposition to the C. I. “We pledge our full support to the Comintern and pledge to fight without any hesitation for the line and tasks that are before our Party—Unit 6F, Section 2, District 2 (New York). Ue * CARRY OUT DECISIONS, URGES NEW YORK UNIT. The following resolution was adopted by Unit 3, Section 7, District 2 (New York). “After a thorough discussion of the Communist International Ad- dress to the membership we accept the criticism and endorse the or- jonal measures of the Communist International. ‘We also call upon the membership and all organs of the American Communist Party to fully carry out these proposals and decisions. “We also agree and endorse the decisions of the Central Committee with regard to the Comintern Address.” + * * URGE BUILDING OF MASS PARTY. The resolution adopted by Unit 9F, Section 2, District 2 (New York) follows: “We endorse and pledge full support to the Address of the Comin- tern as the only means of smashing the factional groupings that have no base in our Party. This faithful carrying out of the Address will make it possible for the Party to go forward to build a mass Com- munist Party. “We condemn the splitting tactics of Lovestone, Gitlow and Wolfe as anti-Party activities. “We endorse the removal of Bert Miller as organization secretary of District No. 2 and condemn his opposition to the Comintern Ad- dress. Although he endorsed the Address for the record, he carried on activities against it. Conciliation to these comrades or to the Address must be condemned. Conciliation on the part of leading com- rades is identical with opposition to the Address. “Because of the fact that Comrade Miller was organization secre- tary of the district and a leading comrade and because of his treacher- ous activities against the Comintern Address, we recommend that he be expelled from the Party.” A recommendation was made 4s follows: “In view of the fact that the theory of exceptionalism has played such a large role, we would recommend that classes be set up in all the units for studying the economic and industrial situation of Amer- ican imperialism in regard to world imperialism and that ®hese classes should be compulsory so that the membership gets a good economic foundation of what is happening so that intelligent discussion can be Hylan Forms Machine! to Fight Walker for Keys to City Graft John F, Hylan, former Tammany | man who founded an independent group following a series of quar- rels which led to his resignation from the wider-organized graft ma- chine, will have the support of a complete assembly district organ- ization in his fight in the next may- oralty campaign. Hylan’s plans Imperialist Envoy were announced by an official of the “Better City Government League,” the group through which Hylan and his supporters hope to capture the municipal key to graft by advancing popular “civic” slo- gans against the present adminis- | tration. | Internal dissension in the opposi- | tion group is indicated in certain resignations which were passed off | by a Hylan official as “resulting in| isms envoy to Washington, has an- the construction of a stronger or- ganization.” | nounced his embassy will be “dry.” Under the usual pleas of “clean | This noted imperialist and foe of the administration” the Hylan machine | British workers will be retained by is continually on the alert to exploit | the so-called Labor ebvious cases of graft-government | leant on the part of the Walker city rul-| ers’ “irregularities” and adminjstra- | tion in order to pave the way by) “public opinion” to their own con. | trol of the source of the wealth. Esme Howard, British imperial- government of y MacDonald, arch-traitor the British workers. to For a Four Weeks’ Holiday for Young Workers! The girl testing the parachute shown here is only one of the. victims of the carefully organized publicity which boosts aviation as @ great sport and hides its real pur- pose of _ bombing civilian and military populations when the next imperialist clash starts. The “flying flapper,” as she is called, is seen testing the strength of the new fiber used in the construc- tion. of the para- chute—which inci- dentally makes it more valuable to imperialist flyers. |Hunger Strikers Win Parachutes Will Aid Air War Technique FASCISTS FREED. IN RUMANIA Mostly for. Publicity Abroad Release in Rumania PARIS (By Mail).—Thirteen young workers were arrested by the police in Paris fer distributing the official organ of the French Young! Communist League, “L’Avant! Garde,” which is quite legal. The young workers were delivered into the prison la Petite Requette, where they were treated as common crim-|_ BUCHAREST (By Mail).—The inals. As their protests were fruit-|full text of the Rumanian “Am-| less, they went on hunger strike on |nesty” has now been published. The April 6. Their names are Bazeton,| decree consists of four articles, of Urtreger, Gourdon, Durian, Thaboul, nich the first is obviously intended ‘Thauron, Thurian, Leca, Alvezard, |“ ee ee Utievent, Camaret, Goudal and Mar- for export and which reads as tin, The proletarian political pris- |though the Rumanizn government | eners in la Sante joined in the hun- ger strike as a sign of their solidar- | ity with their young comrades and | a tremendous agitation commenced amongst the French workers. The was being very generous. I reads as follows: Article |for or awaiting trial for pclitical of- authorities have been compelled to|fenses within the normal and ex- | give way and all 13 of the young traordinary laws, offenses workers have now been released. been commiticd or attempted up to Dec. 1, 1928, shall be amnestied, The power of the bourgeoisie rests ; not alone upon international capital, °C.” Article II of the decree, how. upon its strong international connec-| ever, alters the picture somewhat | tions, but also upon the force of a habit, on the force of small industry, |°"4 defines those persons convicted of which, unfortunately, there is or accused of political offenses whe | plenty left and which daily, hourly, Bivee’ birth to capitaitam cad hour: | Nil not be amnestied, ; geoisle, spontaneously and on a large! Paragraph (a) of Article 11 pr Many Menta Chere Commu-| vides that all political offenses a |tilation, robbery, and expulsions, shall not be amnes- tied. This leaves the authorities a fairly wide margin, wide enough in fact to drive a coach and four But that is not all, paragraph (h) of the same article provides that the | amnesty decree shall not apply to | | officials. been convicted during the last three years of any similar offenses and sentenced to a period of six months jor more. Article III of the decree |provides for the amnesty of insti- |gators, etc., of the respective of- collusion after the offense, ete. | Article IV provides for the exe- cution of the decree. |cree has been very ambiguously for- nesty those persons who are less whilst at the same time making it |appear abroad as though a very lib- jeral aninesty had been granted. The carrying out of this “amnesty” will \atow the real worth of it, “All persons at | ‘present in prison serving a sentence | | mulated, deliberately. of course, and will permit the authorities to am-/|f |dangerous and to retain the other | | ‘| Dental Mechanics Tell of Organization Gains in Current Magazine Encouraging organizational gains are reported in the Dental Labo tory Workers Union in the curr number of the Dental Mechanic ficial organ of the union. Ov per cent of the dental mechani: Greater New York are now active union members, the magazine states. One-third of the dental mechanics in ewark were brought into the union a result of a recent membership drive. Interesting notes on an impending York New organization campaign shatter illusions carefully dissemin- ated by laboratory companies which fear the advance of the union in the industry. “Only a strong union with every dental mechanic a c conscious, militant union man” fight the efficiency and speed up systems created with the rise of -the departmentalized shop and the elimination of the small laboratory, the article declares. Shop correspondence and educa- tional features complete the number. ARREST NEGRO FLEEING MOB To Hold Demonstration for Parlen Defense Richard Parlen, Negro worker, | confined in the prison ward of Bel- jlev ue hospital as a result of being | mobbed by a group of drunken sav- ages who entered an East Side Cafe is \and found Parlen enjoying himself | | having |f |companied by murder, cruelty, mu- | plundering, arson} through the whole amnesty decree. | |political offenses committed by state | | And, in conclusion, paragraph (c) | of the same article provides that no | persons shall be amnestied who have | |fenses, as well as persons guilty of | The whole de- | |who were outnumbered by with a number of Italian workers the in- vaders. Parlen fought his way out of the place with aid of other workers and was escaping when a mobster over- |took him and joined with several other in almost killing him. After this police arrested Parlen instead of the mob members. The cops claim that while Parlen was escaping he ran over a small child, who unfortuately was in the path of his flight from the Kluzers. This case demonstrates the mob mind of Kluxers who lynched Joe Boxley, 18 year Negro worker a few days ago. Negro workers and members of the Communist Party are arranging a demonstration against lynching and will secure an attorney to defend Parlen from the evident frame up of police who want to excuse themselves for not arrest- ing the would-be lynchers. . Labor Sports Results of games played in the Brooklyn Workers’ Soccer League yesterday were: Freiheit, 4; Mghawks, 1. (A two- minute silence was observed by the players for Tlackner, of the Freiheit team, who died last week.) Spartacus, 4; Atlantic, 0. Metropolitan Workers’ League: ; yes, 3; Workers’ Harlem Progress League, 4 5 SEND the | | | Soccer } | ship. Daily Worker 4 to a Striker @ WALL STREET'S BID MORE THAN MARKET PRICES Try Especially to Grab All Communications Through the purchase of shares “on the open market,” or through direct offers, American financial in- terests are trying to eliminate Brit- ish interests from control in certain South American enterprises, par- y in telephone and railway companies, as one of the first steps swing imperialist rivalry. rding to recent reports ans have been buying for a le time large blocks of of the British-owned An- Railwa Chile which ate fields. g acc of h Change By-Laws. sy tried to buy shares in the British-owned Buenos Aires and Pa- cifie Railway which is the only cross continental line and most im- portant railw in South America. The British directors of the com- pany decided to alter the articles of the organization in order to prevent the possibility of the railway pass- ing to the control of non-British subjects through the sale of shares in the company. After Control. The American capitalists are shid to offer such high prices for the stocks that they would not yield more than about two per cent on the capital. Thus, for instance, American: offering 35 shillings for the £1 shares of the Bogota Telephone Company though they are not considered worth more than 18 illings per share. This the Amer- ans do in order to obtain control of the company, after which they can buy all supplies in the United States from subsidiary companies and recover the excess price through the profits made on the sale of sup- plies. Gets Boss Reward - Hubert M. Work, chairman of the republican national committee, and former Coolidge officer, will soon get a fat reward from Wall Street for his services to big business, it is seen in his announcement that he plans to retire Laie the chairman- Ma Me fe, te A fn be, hs te hm 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. HOUSANDS of workers on strike desire to receive the DAILY WoRKER, but we are not in a financial DAILY WORKER 26 UNION SQUARE New York CITY Enclosed find §........... Name .. to be used for the DAILY WORKER fund to supply bundles of Daily Workers to the strikers in various sections of the country.