New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1926, Page 31

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Police In Big Cities Prepared To Cope With Any May Day Rlot ‘:*.‘;' ARAL G e New York, With 16 Com- | munist Mass Demonstra- tions Scheduled, Passaic, Where Strike Continues, Facing Great- | est Radical Activity. New York, April 30 (P)—May day, the oceasion of many fatal European labor riots in recent years, is ex- ected to pass quictly tomorrow in he United States, where it is ob- derved only by a comparatively bmall radical group. The day is not sanctioned as a holiday by the American Federation of Labor, Communists’ Appeal The central executive committee bt the workers’ (communist) party | from the communist today circulated a resolution urging | bommunists all over the country to bbserve tomorrow as “a day of dem- onstration against international fm- perlalism,” on the ground that the ear has seen “the tightening bf the grip of naked imperialism up- on the tolling masses throughout the | Wworld.” The eommunist ukase scored the Ameriean Federation of Labor for having nothing to do with the May day celebrations and called 1t “the lristocracy of labor.” May day this year “takos place when the capital- ist class mnvuu(« vicious attacks on the workers,” the communist an- nouncement said. Demonstrations Scheduled Although communist mass dem- onstrations are scheduled for a num- ber of large cities, the United States | morrow h | ldepartment of justice announced at : 'Washington that it had talken no precautionary measures on the the- | ory {hat none are necessary and on | ‘the ground that the individual states | party. are expected to preserve order as part of their exercise of police power. Sixteen Meetings in New York The greatest radical activity of the day, perhaps, will ocour in New York city, where 16 eommunist mass demonstrations are scheduled, | and in New Jersey, where tha Pas- saic textile strike is ending its 1th week. Frank E. Goodwin OPTOMETRIST Iyes Fxamined Glasses Fitted 327 MAIN ST. TPhone 1905 Over 16 Years Optical Experience —— e/ | | Labor leade | | | The Industrlal workers of the world refused to co-operate with the workers' communist party and the young workers' communist league in lolding & May day afternoon mass and ! demonstration at Cleveland, 0., but arrangements have been made, novertheless, to hold & mass meeting | there at the Moose auditorium. It | will be addressed by John J, Bal- {lam of the central exccutive com- | mitteo o party. In the morning a demonstra- tion will be held at the public square, during which a collection will be taken for the strikers, Plans in Cleveland Several other labor organizations | refused to partieipate in the Cleve- land demonstration, Among them were the socialist party, soclalist l- bor party, proletarian party, the amalgamated clothing workers and the International Ladles' Garment | workers. According to information party head- these organ- demonstrate token of soli- quarters in New York, ations “refused to even the slightest darity.” May @ay will have a speclal sig- | nificance for the amalgamated cloth- ing workers, having a membership of about 100,000 persons, for to- Sidney Hillman, its presi- dent, will address the Chicago group at the Ashland auditorium on the wage scale for the coming yea Under the terms of the unfon's tract the scale is subject to change | each year on May 1. Workers in the important clothing inarkets of New York, Rochester and Cincinnati have demanded & 15 per cent in- crease, but union officials have been inclined to accept a 1% per cent i crease in unemployment insuran instead. Soclalists' Convention In Pittshurgh, 0., May Day will mark the opening of the nationa four-day convention of the sociali John W. Slayton, socialist candidate for governor of Pennsyl- vania, and Fugene V. Debs, are among the speakers. Part of the day will be devoled to a May D celebration by the Talian and Fin nish federations at the Labor ly- ceum. In New York, several thousand radicals are expected to attend a ss demonstration at Cooper Union where C. . Ruthenberg and Wil Jiam . Dunne of the central execu | tive committee of the workers com { munist party, were to speak. No labor activities of any import ance were scheduled in the south s in the vicinity of At- said there were few and that no at lanta, Georgia, radic in the south | tention was paid to the day by oth- er workers. The Well-Dressed Ch;p Whenever you notice a well-dressed man you will invariably find that he is wearing good-looking sho He knows that shabby, out-of-shape shoes will detract more from his appearance than almost any other item of his apparel HOSIERY FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN i The W. G. 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May Day has passed s and nounced there by labor bodies, | Maryland and Delaware police a- | thorities expected no unusual scti- vity and there were no prospects of any May Day demonstrations in/ those states, Colorado labor unton officlals said \"hl‘)’ d1d not recgnize May Day ns a would simply be “pay day" to them Franlk L. Palmer, editor of the (‘olo- |rado Labor Advocate and spokesman for organized labor in that ate sald, “Colorado lahor 1s satisficd with the government and conditions, and does not believe in communism."” William Dietrich, head of the Colo- | rado branch of the workers party, 1d he had no plans for any public {demonstration tomorrow. Denver |police planned to ignore the day | signifieance. | “May Day 1s the day upon which the workers of the entire world, | more than ever, come to feel the ties |that bind the toilers of all lands to {gether in their common strug agalnst those who rob and oppress them,” sald the communist an- |nouncement in New York. “This year, more than ever, tlc {unity of the working class 1s newd od. In Passale where thousands of workers are trying to resist wage cuts and to fight for a decent stan dard of living, they are met with police clubbing and arrests. Waork- ers throughout the United States meet with inj tlons on all sides | whenever they step forward in de- fense of thelr fntorests.” Rumors of a possible May Day trike of the building trades in Port. land, Oregon, for a dollar a day vage Increase and a five-day week have not been confirmed by the la- hor council. The tractors, however. hat the demands, if made, refusal. Other Pacific vorted no demons | pect. A circular is belng amony seamen at. Houston, urging o strike for a day signed by “distrlct commiftee, At- lantist district, international sca {men” The date printed in large type on the cular. bor leaders In Kansas and O lahoma said the ¢ay would be un marked by demonstrations. Plans In Mexico City Mesico City, April 30 (P—0r anized labor has completed prey rations for the most Day celebration that Mexico eve has known. The regional confeder tion ofslabor has ordered a co on of work except that ahs ly essential to the government the public utilities. | Mexico City will he without news- |papers sty v, and all bn il be sus except in bakeries and milk <hops. e open for a briet por {morning. 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