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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-23
THEY Cruelty US not OUR IDEAS"
SACCO WRITES SON IN DEATH CELL

BOSTON, Aug 22On the of the day set for his cleo
ocuton and that of Baroomeo Vanzett ramedp charges
of murder Nicola Sacco has written farewell letter his IA
year-old son. Dante
They cruelty bodies they are doing but they
not destroy ideas that will remain for the youth the future
to come his conclusion his The letter follows:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-23
WORKERS (C0MMUNTST) PARTY FIFTH NATIONAL
CONVENTION IN new YORK, AUGUST 80

The fifth national convention of the Workers (Conmu
ns) Party of America viii be held in York CITY II will
with meeting to be addressed by nationally prom
inent speakers on Tuesday, August both, at g P. NJ
All details to speakers for this meeting and arrange
ments for the convention sessions win be published shortly
Committee for the Preparation the Party Convention
JAY LOyESTONE VIM H. FOSTER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-23

Sidney Smith, Denver, Colo. 49,. 100
Chas. Bayies, San Jose, Calf. 100
Rubin Tannenbaum, N. Y. C. 800
Frank Stawski, Hamtramek,
Mich. Observation-Disclosures. LOO
Geo. 1. Lupea, Fordson, Mich. LOO
Erick Sjolie, Alborn, MINI. -. 200
A. Kronberg, Bridgeport, Conn. LOO
Oscar Callborn, Bridgeport,
Paul Marijanich, Picnic Inc.)
Massilion, Ohio ...... $3.50
P. Tanner, Cleveland, Ohio ....1.00
H. L. A. Holman, Chicago, Ill. 1000
Left Wingers of Stelton, N. J. 100
M. Torunjoff, (certificates)
Durand, Mich. ............12.00
James R. Jones, Brooklyn, N. Y. LOO
John Turk, (collected) Cleveland,
Ohio ...........,..... ..2.50
Joe Richter, Fordson, Mich. 800
A. Pollack, Buffalo, N. Y. 800
B. Akerson, (collected) Little Falls,
MINI. ........... .2.25
West Allis St. & Sh. Nuc., Mil
waukee, Wis. .........10.00
F. Niinivaara, Enfield, N. H. 1000
r: Zagmester, Gasport, N. Y. 400
Geo. J. Young, O'Fallon, H. HOO
Andrew j. Feels, Dorothy, W.
Va. ................. 100
Peter Mitchell, Dorothy, w. Va. 100
j. Mamon George, Dorothy, w.
Va. .................. 100
Steve Papas, Dorothy, w. Va 100
Henry Brink, Bronx, N. Y. ...L00
Estella Tarkoff, Boulder, Colo. 100
Solberg, Stamford, Conn. 500
E. Gustafson, (collected) San Fran
cisco, Calf. ..2.25
Chorus "Aida," Brooklyn, N. Y. 1000
S. Olson, Claremont, Va. ......100
John Carsello, Phila., Pa. ......1.00
Henry Golden, Phila. Pa. 400
Nathan Rubin, Phila., Pa. .....3.0O
Antonio Zulli, Clifton Heights,
Pa. 100
Sam Roberts, Phila., Pa. ,....1.0O
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
1CIVIC FEDERATI0NIST FIGHTS PLUMBERS
'Big4ExpOse Brings Smith Reply
ETDLTTZ, PAL OF MATTY WOLL In CIVIC FEDERATION,
DIRECTOR OF BOSSES OUTFIT, BANKER, CLUBMAN

Editz Matthew wol in the fight against the
New York Plumbers Union?
committee the National Fed
Grafton president director of of Manhattans biggest
building firms, Marc Editz Son. Inc, East 42nd ST.
Eidlz who small potato in financial circles either, is
Commonwealth Bank
the Bank, the Colonial Assurance Co.
other fields Edtz is director of Bear Tractors
and the u S. Mortar Supply Co.
1903O5 Ediz chairman of the board of the Building
president the Mason
o York
To polished gentleman VOLTS partner in the
leisure class decorations including
member the Metropolitan Bureau
and American Museum Of Natural History.
sweldom 1877 Fifth Ave- When he tires
sink into the chairs of these clubs to
which he belongs:
Carolina; Laurenan Canada; Cornell
Transportation York Athletic Engineers Lotos
and Epsilon
Matthew wO acting president of
Civic Federation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
Il KNOWN DEAD:
6 DYING, TOLL
OF BRIGGS fire

DETROIT, Mich, April 2S.-One by
one the flame-seared victims of the
Briggs Manufacturing Co. explosion
and fire are dying.
Five days after the wrecking by a
double explosion of the proof
main building of the Harper Avenue
plant, a total of IL are known to be
dead. Six more are dying by slow
stages in hospitals. The recovery of
an additional group of five is not GER
tain.
Worst In Industry.
And only today city and company
officials began conducting the first
systematic search of the ruins for the
bodies of several workers who have
been missing since the disaster, the
worst in the history of the automotive
industry. Brick and twisted steel in
some places were heaped 30 feet deep
when highly explosive materials in
the huge paint shop blew up last Sat
urady morning. TIL wreckage has re-
manned too hot for easy removal until
now.
Will Not Pay For Some
The bodies of several workers may
have been entirely consumed by the
fire. Others may not be recognizable.
The company will benefit from these
circumstances, since they will effect
the question of compensation. The
company in this connection also will
benefit from the leisurely pace of the
official investigation into the cause
of the fire, since publicity is always
influential. The high-pressure daily
papers, in their fashion, are already
firing Of the story.
Anyone who has worked long in De-
troit or worked even for a short time
in the automobile industry here knows
of the Briggs Manufacturing Co. II
is probably the most notorious of the
low-wage plants. Conditions in the
company's plants and the standard OF
living forced upon its employees by its
wage level have been all but unbear'
able. It's product is automobile bod
| les.
The ventilation and entire genera
system in the paint shop was such
that the breaking Of an incandescen'
bulb or a tiny spark caused by some
other accidental means might have SCI
off the huge store of explosive ma
terial that was used on the floor. The
air that the workers breathed wa:
charged with explosive fumes. They
worked in air that was dripping will
the spray of a highly combustile lac
quer. Heavy vapors Of this kind cloud
ed along the floor.
Two or three workers injured il
the Briggs blast spoke afterward o.
having notice sparks shooting from
small overhead light. Then ran
shouting to others. Before they hat
| Continued on Page TDo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
FURRIERS PACK
THREE HALLS IN
RALLY
Ovations for Gold and
Acquitted Members

Condemning the actions Of the
manufacturers as a violation of the
union agreement, pledging the fullest
confidence in the Furriers' Joint
Board and whole-hearted support to
it's leaders, thousands of fur workers
crowded Cooper Union, Manhattan
Lyceum and Webster Hall last night
to give a mass welcome to Ben Gold,
manager of the Joint Board, WHO was
freed last Friday from the Mineola
Jail.
1t happened that the workers also
had an opportunity to welcome A,
Antonofsky, M. Rosenberg and A.
Wortuns, three workers who were
acquitted yesterday after a trial in
the Bronx County Court on a charge
of assaulting the right wing stool
pigeon, Morris Katz.
An ovation greeted Gold when he
arrived, and the cheering broke out
over and over again as he. stood
silently watching the enthusiastic
greeting of his fellow workers. Hen
ry Uterhardt, one of the attorneys
for the union during the Mineola
trial, stood next to Gold and when he
rose to speak he, too, was greeted
with cheers and wild applause.
The mass meetings were called t.
discuss the rumors of peace in the
Continued on Page Fire.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
QUIZ into CRAFT
OF INSURANCE is
NOW LOOKED. FOR
Follows Wire Of Editor
Of Daily Worker

Governor Smith, following the re-
ceipt of telegram from William F.
Dunno, editor of The DAILY WORK
FIR calling his attention to the abuses
exposed in it's articles on industrial
insurance, replied as follows:
"My dear Mr.. Dunno: The governor
is in receipt of your telegram and he
has directed me to refer it to the
State Superintendent Of Insurance, di-
recting him to give immediate atten-
ton and consideration to it, and to
write you regarding the subject men
toned. Signed George B. Graves"
Additional evidence tending to show
that the articles by Charles Yale Har
rison have stimulated action toward
an investigation of the methods and
the enormous illegal profits Of the
"Big Four" is seen in the visit of an
operative of the State Department of
Insurance to The DAILY WORKER
and his request for copies of The
DAILY WORKER carrying the ar
ticles in question.
investigation demanded.
The DAILY WORKERS telegram
to Governor Smith read as follows:
eve believe the facts so far dis
elosed in the articles by Charles Yale
Harrison and now running serially in
The DAILY WORKER and syndicated
to five other labor papers with cir
culations of over 10000 are prima
facie evidence Of and furnish the basis
for the need for the most searching
investigation of the so-called "Big
Four" industrial life insurance COM
I panies.
cover 10000 citizens are reading
these articles which have created a
sensation and something resembling
a panic in insurance circles. We urge
an immediate appointment of COM
petent committee to conduct such an
investigation through public session,
where policyholders may be heard,
and the publication Of its findings at
the earliest possible moment.
eve are sure that the findings of
such a committee will substantiate
the charges made in the Harrison ar
ticels AMI form the basis for much
needed corrective legislation in this
field. Signed, William F. Dunno, edi-
tor, The DAILY WORKER"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
SAVE MADEIROS
TO TESTIFY IN
VANzETTI CASE
Workers Continue to
Demand Freedom
Especial To The DAILY woRKER)

Especial To The DAILY WORkER.)
BOSTON, April 2S.-As a result Of
world wide protest and the advice Of
Frank A. Brooks, chairman Of the
state parole board, Governor Fuller
has granted a third reprieve to Gel
estino Madeiros, payroll murderer,
who has confessed that he partici-
pated in the job for which Sacco and
Vanzetti have been condemned to die
July 10. Madeiros' third reprieve ex-
pires on July 10.
Fuller held up action until the day
before the Portuguese slayer was to
go to the chair for the Wrentham
bank robbery.
The governors reliance on Brooks
for counsel on the Madeiros reprieve
strengthens the belief here that he
will appoint Brooks special commits
sioner to report on the Saeco-Vanzetti
case. According to a report spon-
sored by Federated Press several
days ago, Fuller was said to have
discarded the idea of naming a spe-
cial commission to investigate the
case. Instead, according to the labor
news service, Fuller is to name
Brooks as his special representative
to go over the evidence and report to
Um.
Brooks is said to have been i'm
pressed with the confessions signed
by Madeiros practically duplicating
the Morelli gang, of which he was a
member, in the South Braintree job.
Yesterday Brooks was closeted with
the Portuguese slayer in his cell in
the death house at Charlestown State
; Prison.
To date not a word has come from
the American Federation of Labor re-
questing action of any sort for Sacco
and Vanzetti. Although the COVER
nor's office has received thousands of
communications from local unions in
every section of the country, the high
officials of the Federation have not
yet designed to notice the case Off
cially.
Sacco and Vanzetti are preparing
statement for Governor Fuller so
that a formal appeal may be placed
before him. They have objected
strongly to attempts by their coun-
sci, Attorney William G. Thompson.
to have them sign a plea for pardon,
with the implication it bears of guilt.
A statement which asks simply for
whatever justice Massachusetts may
see fit to dispense is to be signed by
the two workers.
Fuller's Statement.
Governor Fuller, in reprieving
Madeiros, issued the following ex-
PLANTATION:
"While as yet no formal petition
has been presented to me asking
executive consideration of the cases
of Sacco and Vanzetti, have reason
to believe that at some time in the
Continued on Page Tivo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
VOL ASSOCIATE ON FIRING Line
I'm LOCKOUT OF 10000 UNIONISTS
Otto Eidlitz Backs Up Boss Norman of Building
Trades Employers Association

Frank admission that the present lockout OF 5000
plumbers part of the campaign to break down labor
zation in the entire building trades made yesterday by
Norman president of the Building Trades Employers Asso
citation
eff successful in preventing the of plumbers
Brooklyn from being raised Norman declared lit will be
the first serious check to increased building trades wages since
before the war"
Backing Norman is Otto M Eidlitz director of the EN-
ployers Association and prominent member of the National
Civic Federation Matthew Wo vice president of the A f. OF
L. of the sinister forces seeking to drive militant
left wing the trade union movement is acting pres
dent of the National Civic Federation This exists
aon body between reaconary labor officials and financial in
teres anxious to guide the labor movement into reaconay
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29

The plumbers struggle, which is
likely to throw out of work 100000
other workers in allied building
trades, promises to be hard fought
one.
International Secretary Burke, Of
the plumbers, characterized the ac-
ton of the bosses as "diabolical."
at is the first time that a general
lockout of this nature has occurred
in the building trades in New York.
Want 25 Cents More An Hour.
Refusal of the bosses even to dis
cuss the situation was the result Of
the demand of Brooklyn plumbers for
$14 day, a So increase. According
to the city-wide agreement, the S14
scale if won would apply to all
plumbers locals within 80 days.
The courts were recruited in the
aid of the boss plumbers yesterday
morning when the effort of the union
of Manhattan and the Bronx to avoid
the lockout by suing for an injunction
resulted in postponement of the ap-
plication until May 5.
The declaration of Norman, the
head of the employers association
that 100000 men in the building
trades would be affected by the lock
out was given the lie by union men
who stated that this number was un
duly exaggerated in order to inflamC
public opinion against the plumbers
They asserted that the number coulc
4 in the most extreme situation hardly
reach more than 100000.
Plumbers Helpers Out.
eve are striking against the lock
out of the plumbers; we are ais,
striking against the miserable condi
tions in our own trade" This state
ment by C. E. Miller, president of thu
American Association Of Plumbers
Helpers, was followed by the declara
ton that prosperity in the building
trades is all a fairy tale in so ia
as the helpers are concerned.
More than 5000 plumbers helper
in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens
are now terrifying the battle of tn
plumbers. Their campaign of organ
ization has become more intensiv
since the lockout order of the bos
plumbers.
The most underpaid workers il
the trade, the plumbers helpers VIII
have been receiving $4 day are de
manding recognition of their union
a 40-hour week, and a SO day wag
rate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
IMPERIALISTS URGE CHANG RAID
CHINESE-SOvIET union RAIL WAY
Chang Smashes Workers Meeting; Kills 3; War
IN Field With Nationalist Forces
HIGHLIGHTS on TODAY's NEWS

ImperialstS IN effort to provoke y. s. R. to 10ar, M
confiscdtion Chinese Eastern RGOGy partly Owned
and controlled By the Soviet Union.
2Chag Tson executes "a captured IN raids the SoUi
Union embassy compound
3-Resunte business the japanese concession at HGnko
after assurance from Eugene Chen.
4-Noonaist troops and forces of Chang Kdhek clash
near KiultiGng.
.5-Chicng smcshes Vorkers demonstration at KngoGn
Filling three
6.-BritiSh guns S10eep Chinese.
If the United States refuses join Great Britain IN
note to Notionals France aOU do kkeise Foreign office
nounceS.
PEKING, April 2S.-Chang Tso-ln, Manchuran lord
nstigated it believed by the mperas intends to take
complete control of the Chinese Eastern Railway on May
It was learned today The Chinese Eastern is joint Sno
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29


Russian enterprise.
Changes move is regarded as an eff
fort on the part of the imperialist
powers to goad the Soviet Union into
war. The powers had previously in
stigated Changes raids on the Soviet
embassy compound.
Executes "a
The Chinese astern's daily receipts
have lust reached the record figure of
261 900 gold rubles daily. That the
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
will retaliate by diverting traffic
around the Amur route to Vladivostok
is certain; what other action will be
taken upon this latest outrage is I'M
known.
Chang Tso Lin has put to death by
execution twenty-four Chinese Com
munists who were arrested in the
u. S. S. r. embassy here fortnight
ago, according to statement made by
Senator Hiram Bingham of Connect
cut, who today had conference with
Chang Tso Lin.
Bids For Foreign Support
Senator Bingham, who is here as
the guest of American Minister John
Van A. MacMurray, has visited Chang
Tso-lin. Chang, who is making bio
for an American subsidy, told Senator
Bingham that he intended to protect
American property" in the region un-
der his control as long as he wa;
able to do.
Senator Bingham is examining the
documents seized by Chang in his un'
precedented raid on the SOVIET EN-
bassy compound. 1t is believed Chang
is making alterations and interpola
tions in the documents in order x
secure foreign support on the basis
of "red scare"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
Expectant Mother
Joins Husband in
Effort at Burglary

Her husband jobless, Mrs. Agnes
Dalton, 20, joined him in burglary
yesterday in order to get enough
money to provide for an expected
baby.
They were caught jimmying the
door Of an apartment at 396 Brook
Ave, the Bronx, according to police
who claim they admitted two recent
robberies.
Both are held on charges Of burg
larry.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
Resume Business In HankOw

HANKOW, April 2S.-Measures for
the resumption Of business in the jap
anese concession were taken at joint
conference Saturday attended by the
Jananese vice-consul. representatives
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
.nry9ntEUentS
By T. ]. O'FLAHERTY.

IN spring the thots of people often
turn to revolution. There is some
thing in the balmy air of this beauti-
full season that churns the blood and
makes men and women hunger for
things they haven't got. 1t is the
season of revolt and rebellion. Even
the staid membership of the church
of England is in revolt and vio-
lent civil war is raging in the ranks
of that organization. The bone OF
contention between the two factions
is the revised book of common
prayer.
AT the 12Sth annual meeting of the
n Religious Tracts Society presided
over by the archbishop of Canter-
bury, man started the commotion
by resolving that the king should be
asked to reject the "popish prayer
book" The din became so intense
that the archbishop tried to stop it
by calling on the loyal section of the
audience to sing "All Hail The Power
OF Jesus DuL Jesus Was do pOWSIASoS
in the situation as fly in cyclone.
Finally the archbishop had the inter-
rupters thrown out on their ears and
the meeting proceeded with its task.
CAMUEL GOMPERS is a d d
y prophet who is not without honor
In his adopted country. The city Of
Calumet, Illinois, named one of its
public schools after him. A large
tablet bearing an inscription will be
placed on the school, Here is part
of the blurb-a quotation from a
fourth of July Grafton delivered by
the departed prince of labor takers:
america is not merely name. It
Is not merely land. 1t is not merely
a country. America is not a SYM
boil; it is an ideal. The hope of all
the world can be expressed in the
ideal-America." And so do not
think the peoples of Mexico, Nicara-
qua, the Philippines and China. 1t is
not surprising that public schools
should be called after this loyal SER
want of American imperialism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
CALL MILITIA TO
HELP DROWN OUT
LOUISIANA POOR
BULLETIN.

NEW ORLEANS, April %. =
The state militia is firing at all
moving objects in the river tonight
following a theory that trappers
and farmers will try to prevent by
force cutting of the levee. Secre-
tary Hoover's guards claim that
three shots were fired at then,
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 2S.-
Flood stricken New Orleans and
Louisiana returned to a war time
basis today when John M. Parker,
former governor, took up his duties
as dictator"
State engineers made final prepare
tions today for the blasting of the
Levee at Poydras, La, ten miles be-
low New Orleans. The crevasse is
expected to carry off sufficient water
to reduce the level at New Orleans
at least thirty inches.
Every material relief will be af-
forded by the Poydras opening to
all points south of Baton Rouge and
there is therefore practically no cause
to fear trouble below that point,
Major Holcombe said after careful
study of river charts for the las,
% hours.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29

of the Japanese Chamber of Com
merce, delegate of the Hupeh Labor
Union, delegate of the Kuomingtang,
labor department delegate and a
delegate from the Ministry of For
eign Affairs.
1t was decided that the Japanese
shops and factories would all resume
business on April 9th. The Govern
ment and the General Labor Union are
taking full responsibility for afford
ing protection.
Chen Assures Foreigners
Forty-five imperialist gunboats re-
main in the harbor with their guns
trained ON the city, despite the small
number of foreigners here and the
pledges given by Eugene Chen, Ma
tionalist Foreign Minister. Chen has
repeatedly requested foreign business
men to talk over the situation, assur-
ing that their lives and property are
safe. A special police force, equip
ped with an armored car, has been
formed to maintain order in the city,
he said.
Purge Party
With the settlement of the party
question, purging the party of all re-
dictionary elements, the government
now is turning its attention to the
economic question, particularly its
relations with labor. The government
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29

After sleeping in subway stations
for two nights from lack of funds,
Blanche Speaker, 10, and Mildred
George, IS, who came to New York
to become Broadway stage stars,
were held today for return to their
homes in Mayfield, Pa.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
System Breeds More
Criminals Than Ever

A special census made of eleven
institutions, including Sing Sing, I'M
der the state department of correc-
tions, shows that there are altogether
1857 inmates under supervision of
tire department.
This is the largest number ever as
sembled under the management in
the state of New York, or in any
other state in the country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
The Poor Flee.

But while wealthy, modern, bust
ness-like New Orleans, the port Of
second largest commerce in the Uni
ted States, is cheerful over the pros
pect that it will not get it's ware
houses wet, nor the winter homes of
Continued on Pare TpoJ
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