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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-04
MASS MEETING TO.
PRECEDE DEFENSE
CONF ERENCE HERE
Will Comm e mora tie
Martyrs of Haymarket

A mass meeting in commentator
of the fortieth anniversary OF the
execution of the Haymarket Martyrs
on the gallows of the Cook County
iail to be held here on the evening OF
November II, will mark the opening
of the sessions of the Third Annual
Conference of international Labor
Defense, it was announced here to-
day. The meeting will also be a
greeting to the delegates who are to
attend the Conference from scores Of
labor unions and other working class
organizations, as well as from units
of the International Labor Defense.
Pioneered 8-Hour Day.
The four men who were hung, AL
bert r. Parsons, Adolph Fischer,
August Spies, George Engel, and
Louis Lingg, who was either murd-
cred in his cell or committed suicide
by firing a bomb which he held be-
tween his teeth, together with the
other defendants in the famous case
who were given terms in prison, were
the leaders of the great movement of
labor in the sos for the establish
ment of the eight-hour day for work.
ers.
These pioneers of the movement
earned the venomous hatred of the
employing class by their fortitude and
fearless devotion to the cause of la
Dor, with the result that they were
framed up and sentenced to death or
Imprisonment for a crime which they
never committed.
Their innocence was later attested
to in the lengthy declaration of the
Governor of Illinois, John P. Altgeld,
who said that the men were not guilty
after an analysis of the trial and the
evidence. Altgeld pardoned the con-
victed men who were still left in
prison.
1t is significant that the fortieth
anniversary of the Haymarket mar
tyrs comedies so closely with the
execution of Sacco and Vanzetti in
another frame up case. The Third
Conference Of |. L. d. will therefore
meet ut an suspicious moment for the
launching of its national campaign to
build wall of labor defense against
the frame-up system" The l. l.. D.
was the foremost organization to or
gan;ze the protest movement fol-
Sacco and Vanzetti in this country.
1t was announced today, also, that
the Irving Plaza Hall, Irving Place
and 10Th Street, had been engaged
for the two days of the convention
sessions Nov. II and 10. The first
session begins on Saturday, Nov. -
at l p. m.
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By SZ-TOH-LI

Continued From Last Issue)
WITH the closing of the trade
w unions, the labor pickets have
been disarmed, arrested or driven
away. And here enters another char
acteristic feature into the new reac-
ton of Wuhan. The newspapers of
Aug. II, report that armed corps OF
''laborers" have been organized under
the auspices of the Labor Department
of the Kuomintang for the purpose
of protecting the workers against
the plots of the revolutionary labor
leaders" ...
JUDGING from the experience OF the
y Chinese working class in Canton
Shanghai and elsewhere, there can be
no doubt but that these EARNED labor
corps" are a new edition of Fascist
bands organized for the purpose OF
disrupting the labor and peasant
movements. On this score, as or
most any score, the Wuhan Govern,
ment may without hesitation shake
hands with Chang Kai-shek and l.
Chi-hsin.
MOT only the trade unions, but the
~ Kuomintang is also being "reor
ganized" from top to bottom, and the
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More Pay Is Demanded
By Technical Workers;
Murray Report Okayed

The executive council of the Union
of Technical Men, Local 81, has gone
on record in support Of the report of
Thomas H. Murray, chief examiner
of the civil service commission which
recommends Redistribution and
higher entrance salaries for engineers
and other technical employees.
The resolution adopted at the union
headquarters, Is Park Row, reads a.
follows:
"The Union Of Technical Men res
ognizes the Murray report as the
first victorious step in its salary in
crease campaign, in which it is pre-
senting a united front with practical
" every engineering association in
the city. But it also recognizes that
increases must emanate in the Board
Of Estimate and the fight will not be
over until that body approves the
unions schedule for a general raise of
IS per cent over existing salaries"
Are You Keeping Busy for the
Bazaar?
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being prepared for the counter-revo-
lutionary coup. The masses were to
be deceived-and butchered.
IN June 80, the last and closing ses-
" sion of the Fourth Congress of the
ALL China Labor Federation took
place. During the same night the
All-China Labor Federation head
quarters were raided by garrison
troops and everything destroyed OF
stolen. Then the pickets were dis
armed.
The Nationalist Government and
the Kuomintang did nothing to re-
store order, except issue a few mani
festoes with barren phrases about
protecting the workers and peas
ants" This was only maneuver in
tended to deceive the masses.
IN the instruction issued by the Gee
of the Kuomintang on July 7, We
find such pearls as:
g. Because of the defective or.
PaHlZaUlOn OIL the lfdue uHlOHS ant
peasants unions, no capable leader!
appear, and because of the lack o
capable leaders, the existing organi
cations are bad (exact wording o
General Tang Shen-chis "recommen
! dations" to the Government). TIL
peasants and laborers are illiterat
and therefore the unions are easil,
manipulated by a few persons.
! Taking advantage of the situation
undesirable elements have game
access to the unions and have tried t
carry out their selfish plans"C).
THIS mind you, was only one wee
- after the Fourth Trade Unto,
Congress, at which the representa-
tives of the Kuomintang and the Gov
eminent spoke of the leading role o
the trade unions in the revolutionar
movement and Of the asset of revolu
tionary trade union leaders.
Compare these sweet words wit
those in the manifesto of the Kuc
mintang (see Peoples Tribune c
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henchmen of the militarists are put in
control everywhere.
Today the Wuhan Government can
not claim the support of the workers
and peasants or of their organiza-
tions. How could it, when the work
ers and peasants are oppressed and
every movement suppressed, their
leaders executed, and the organiza-
lions destroyed by irresponsible SOL
diery?
Today all the corrupt elements, all
the feudal landlords, the gentry, and
all the militarists on Nationalist ter
ritory are drunk with their Temporal
ry triumph.
Today the Northern militarists are
strengthened and the imperialist pow
ers encouraged to play their old game
of expressing the Chinese people I'M
hindered by the vigorous and deter
mined, revolutionary nationalist
movement of a few months ago.
TODAY the Wuhan Government can
not claim the sympathy of the in
ternational working class, for the
simple reason that by it's rapacious
acts directed against the labor move.
ment, it has sunk to the level Of
Chang Kai-shek, Ii Chi-hsin and WI
Pei-fu
Today the Wuhan Government ne
longer enjoys the solidarity and sup
port of the First Workers Republic
of the U. S. S. R., because it woulC
indeed be demanding or expecting tn,
impossible to expect the revolutionary
working class of Russia to lend it.
support to a government which crush
es the labor movement and execute.
it's labor leaders.
TO-DAY Wuhan is no longer thu
asylum it was for the persecutet
revolutionaries of other oppresse,
countries. Revolutionary Hindus
Koreans and Javanese are as unsaf
as they are in the domain of Chan,
Kai-shek or Ii Chi-hsin, who tw'
months ago arrested two Javanes
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-04
National Strikes
for Higher Wages
Loom in Germany

BERLIN, Oct. s. A series Of
nationwide strikes loom in Germany.
The demand of railroad, mine, metal,
textile and transport workers for a
shorter working-day and for higher
wages is increasing rapidly.
With the introduction of ration
alization," and the consequent speed
up of work, with wage cuts and the
increase of the working day from
eight to nine, ten and more hours,
strikes in many trades have already
broken out Strikes have almost uni
formly resulted in victories for the
workers.
Much of the profits wrung from
German workers have gone to Ameri-
can bankers thru the operation of
the Dawes plan. Pressure from
American bankers and German in
dustrialists, who have introduced
American speed-up methods, will
bring about nationwide strikes in the
near future, it is believed.
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Report Of American Trade Union Delegates to U. s. s. R.
Will Be In Print SOon Many Other Delegations
A Worthy Example.

"The Soviet workers who were able
to defend their country with the
sword and the hammer, to preserve
it's freedom and integrity have set an
example worthy to be followed,
eve can strengthen these deduc-
tons of ours by statistics, facts, and
examples from Soviet life We will
give these facts and examples in our
report to the American proletariat
which has sent us here"
Remarkable Success.
The secretary of the delegation,
Comrade Albert Coyle, said:
81 am sure that Standardization
with the USSR, its factories and
works. it's rest homes, creches and
sanatoria is bound to make a deep
impression on every working man.
'The members of the delegation
carry with them the conviction that
the proletariat of one-sixth of the
globe has proved it's capacity for the
construction of wonderful life. II
the USSR labor is all powerful, work
ers are full masters.
"Is everything as it should be il
the USSR? There are of course de
fects. But these defects are nothing
in comparison with the successes al
ready achieved by Soviet workers
Already workers conditions are bet
ter in the USSR than in many coun
tries of west Europe. The rest
homes, sanatoria, many edueationa
institutions and children's homes cal
serve as a model to many rich coun
tries. The American workers dele
CATION is convinced that these fav
orable conditions will continue to de
velop"
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The Rise Of Reaction in Wuhan

Aug. 81 regarding its new labor pol
icy:
&c. The motive of the Central
Kuomintang in correcting mistakes
committed by peasants and laborers
is to lead such movements into their
proper channels and place suitable
persons in lead Of such movements in
order to insure their rapid develop
ment. :"
UOW stupid and shortsighted to be-
Al lieve that party like the Kuo-
mintang which has in its ranks 81
many merchants, militarists, gentry
and petty bourgeois elements, should
force their Suitable persons" on the
Chinese trade unions and peasants
organizations, to lead them into
proper channels. No! The work
ers and peasants will reject such en-
croachments in an unmistakable man
ner.
ITO be continued)
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Great Meeting HOnOrs
Russian Soldiers Shot
in France During War

MOSCOW, Oct. 3. - A great
meeting was arranged in Moscow
in remembrance Of the tenth an
niversary of the shooting of Rus
sian soldiers in La Courtine in
France. Comrades Barbusse, Lo-
sovsky and comrades who had been
Russian soldiers in France made
speeches. Cachin and Marty were
elected honorary members. The
meeting adopted a resolution ap-
pealing to the world proletariat to
defend the first workers and peas
ants state, the Soviet Union, with
all its forces.
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How the Counter-RevOlutiOnary
Coup Started.

IT STARTED with the blood bath in
Human, where the labor and peas
ant movements were very strong and
highly developed. For fear of the
agrarian revolution, the reactionary
militarists in the province decided to
crush the labor and peasant move
ments.
The trade unions and the peasants
unions were literally destroyed. Hun
dreds of workers and peasants were
executed. This on the territory OF
the Nationalist Government, under
the very nose of the Central Kuomin-
tang.
There could be no mistake about it:
the Nationalist Government was IN
the grip of the reactionaries. Gen
eral Tang Shen-chi the boss of Human
Province, was the self-appointed Sin
vestigator," judge and executioner
/ What he dictated the Geo of the Kuo-
mintang approved"
THE atmosphere was Systematically
4 poisoned with cries, slogans, pos
ters. articles, speeches and manifestos
rocking with accusations of "infantile
sickness of the labor and peasant
movements" Immature action" sun.
desirable elements leading the work
ers and PEASANTS" "nihilism and an.
archy as opposed to Sun Yat-sen
ism" ETC., etc. public opinion" wa:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-04
Gals Trade Commission
Blesses Wholesale and
Retail Jobbers' De al

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-Govern-
ment by stipulation, with the formal
blessing of the federal governmental
machinery of the United States,
scored new triumph while the chain
store grocers' national association
met in Washington, Sept. 20. The
Federal Trade Commission, as packed
by President Coolidge, gave it's ap-
proval to an agreement between an
organization of wholesale grocery
jobbers on the one side and the chain
stores and cash-and-carry jobbers on
the other, that the wholesalers would
cease to shut off supplies from the
chain stores and the cash-and-ca
jobbers.
This agreement, which in effect is
a surrender of federal authority to
punish violators of the fair-trade and
antitrust laws, is jubiantly an
nounced by the Federal Trade Com
mission itself, with like stipulated
settlements of four other cases. Such
settlements, the Commission says,
"Are in line with the Commission's
newer policies of self-regulation in
business without the necessity of
Issuing orders to cease and desist.'
Under this scheme, it explains, the
names of the concerns or organiza-
tions complained against, as well as
the names of the compliments who
have settled with them, are not dis
closed to the public.
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The Anti-Fascist League Of North
America arranged an open air meet
ing for 114th St. and First Ave. on
that date. When the ant-fascists
heard Of the plan to throw bomb at
the meeting they changed the meet
ing place to 10th ST. and First Ave.
The American Civil Liberties Union
notified the police Of the plot Of the
fascists to bomb the meeting and
asked for protection on the grounds
of free speech. However, the plea
was of no avail as the police were
not present.
Bomb Explodes.
The meeting opened at 8 p. m. Up
to nine o'clock there was no disturb
ance. Suddenly when Louis Quint-
liano was speaking an automobile APP
peared. 1t came from 117th st. GO
ing south along First Ave, where the
traffic lights made the car stop. The
bomb already being set to go off, ex-
ploded in the car.
Frank opposite and Alfred DiNar.
do riding in the car were instantly
killed. The third occupant, Giuseppe
Paciocco, was taken to the hospital II
a serious condition.
The next morning all the capitalist
newspapers gave the police version Of
the affair that was concurred in by
an operative of the department Of
justice who claimed that he was pres.
ent at the time of the bomb explo.
sion. Their version of the affair was
that the explosion was caused by the
tank of the automobile exploding
When members Of the Anti-Fascist
League of North America went to the
newspapers and gave them the true
facts they refused to publish them.
Police Helped Fascists.
Carlo Tresca, head Of the Anti
Fascist League of North America
then went to Assistant District At
torney Pecora, an Italian-American
and charged that the police were hid
ing the fascists.
/ Tresca told Pecora that one of tn
dead men, DiNardo was an agent o
, Mussolini and an official of the Fas
cist Militia of Italy, that DiNarc
t prepared the plot to bomb the anti
fascist open air meeting. Pecora wa
also told that the other two men wit
DiNardi were members of the unde,
world, hired to help in the murderer
attack on the Italian workers.
n Further Evidence.
Pecora was given further evidenc
r by an officer of the homicide squa
who told the assistant district attol
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delegates to the Pan-Pacific Trade
Union Conference.
Today even the speeches of the
same eloquent confusionist who but
two months ago prattled about the
Chinese Revolution being an integral
part of the World Revolution, and the
Nationalist Government never betray-
ing the interests of the working class
and peasantry yes, even their
speeches are not the same. And
their deeds are definitely counter
revolutionary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-04
The Bazaar! Are You Preparing
For It?

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. "A special
membership meeting Of the Young
Workers League will be held Wednes-
day, Oct. 9Th, p. m. at the district
office, SO Causeway St, Boston.
VIM. Herberg, national Agitprop of
the Y. W. L. will speak on the league
tasks before the convention. All must
come. Bring your membership books.
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Coming! The Big Red Bazaar.
U. S. Supreme Court
Washes Its Hands Of
SaccO-Vanzetti Case

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. - The
supreme court today formally
cleared it's dockets Of the Sacco-
Nanzetti case. A petition for a
writ of review for the two men.
was dismissed because of their
execution in Massachusetts,.
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ney that he had examined the bodies
of the dead men and found bullet or
shrapnel wounds on them. If they
had been killed by a tank explosion
no bullet wounds would be possible.
Paciocco was then arrested and re
leased on $4,000 bail However,
nothing has been done since that
time, the case against him being COM
pletely forgotten.
On account of the police protection
they were receiving the fascists be-
came more bold after the explosion.
Ore week before Decoration Day the
fascists marched in their black shirts
through Brooklyn, in military forma-
ton, and attacked with blackiaclls,
whips, knives and revolvers all work.
ers who did not support them.
Two Fascists Killed.
On Decoration Day when two of
the camp followers Of Mussolini were
killed in the Bronx, IA anti-fascist
workers were arrested. Altho no evil
dence was obtainable against any of
them, two of the workers, Calogero
Greece and Donate Garlic were held
charged with the killing
That it is an obvious frame-up is
seen by the fact that Giacamo Cal
dora, a fascist, who was only a few
feet away when the two blackshirts
were killed, states most strongly that
neither Greece or Garlic killed them.
Caldora, altho a supporter of the
fascist government, disapproves of
the terrorist acts of its followers. A
, year ago he resigned from the Fas-
cist League Of North America and
formed new organization known as
the Duce Fascist Alliance.
Preparing the Frame-up.
Members Of the Fascist League Of
North America have been attempting
to persuade Caldora to swear that
Greece and Garlic killed the two
blackshirts. They have had several
conferences with him but to no avail.
This shows conclusively that Greece
and Garlic are being held without
any evidence against them and that
the fascists in their attempt to frame
them up are trying to get people tc
swear falsely.
Caldora refused to follow the in
structions Of the Fascist League
What if he had acted differently
: And how can any one be sure tina
other false witnesses are not now be
ing coached by the agents Of the due
in their plan to murder two worker
who are opposed to the principals o
/ fascism.
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CONTINUED from page ~

Maurer, president of the Pennsyl-
vania State Federation of Labor, and
head of the delegation, and in an Of
fetal statement made public by the
delegation on its arrival here last
Monday.
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POLICE OFFICIALS COVER up FASCIST
TERRORISM AGAINST WORKERS HERE
BIackshirts Want to Kill Their Opponents in
Revenge for Accidental Death of Two

The attempt send Coegro Greece and Donate Garlic anti
fascist workers. the electric chair in large extent aceabe
the instructed plans of members of the Fascist League of
North which resulted their members being
killed by bomb which been kill and MAIN
antascst workers attending open meeting September
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-04
Finnish Workers Visit.

The Finnish workers excursion
which left Leningrad has drawn up
an address to the proletariat of the
USSR which is as follows:
eve visited at our own choice vari-
Gus Soviet factories and works and
could see for ourselves that manual
and office workers control and adj
minister these enterprises through
their elective organizations. Women
and adolescents work under excep-
tionally favorable conditions. Much
attention is paid to the physical and
cultural development Of all workers
and quite special attention is paid to
children in creches, shelters and chill
dren's homes. We are full of admira-
ton for your factory clubs, cinemas,
sports grounds, workers theatres,
central clubs, utilization Of the din
ner interval for lectures and cultural
recreation.
Workers Health.
eve are particularly impressed by
your rest-homes, sanatoria, spars and
everything that is done for the health
of the workers. The many converse
lions which we had with worker;
have shown US that they are satisfied
and in sympathy with the Soviet gov
eminent.
eve also inspected your prison:
and could see for ourselves that they
are organized on an entirely new
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Impressions of Delegation.

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Sept. Is (By
MaiD The first American workers
delegation which stayed in the USSR
over month left for America on
September 14th. The chairman Of
the delegation, James Maurer, gave
the impression of the delegation:
"I must mention first of all two
things in connection with the work
of our delegation here: firstly, the
political, social and trade union work
ers did not hinder us in any way in
our study of those branches Of econ
omy and labor in which we are in
terested; secondly, the presence in
our delegation of highly qualified ex-
perts gave US an opportunity to make
serious study of all the problems of
Soviet Russia's life. I am saying this
because l know beforehand there will
/ be people in America who will en-
deavor to prove that the members Of
| the delegation were not free in their
| Investigations and that these inves-
4 LEGATIONS are too superficial. l re-
/ iterate that we received every posi-
Bile assistance in our work and that
we did not only study Soviet con-
struction in general, but went into
all the details.
Building Socialism.
con the basis of material at the
disposal of the delegation, our deduc-
lions are as follows:
'The workers Of the USSR are
building up that about which the
working section Of mankind has been
dreaming for. ages-a socialist econ
omic system which excludes exploita-
ton of man by man. The Russian
revolution is the only victorious revo-
luton in the whole of history. 1t is
our duty, the duty of the proletariat
of the world to support the workers
of Soviet Russia in their work fol
the cause of the USSR is our owl
cause. Any attempt to interfere witt
peaceful labor in the USSR must be
prevented by the unanimous efforts
of the working class of West Europe
and America
+ Superior To Capitalism.
Socialist forms of economy have
gained citizens rights, and hav'
shown their superiority over capital
list economy. In spite of post-wa
destruction, blockade and backward
technique, the USSR has been able t
raise the standard of life of the work
ers to a higher level than that of tn
pre-war period. This means that IN
der favorable conditions the USSl
will astound the world by its econ
omic and cultural constructive worl
This is agitation by means of facts
powerful agitation capable of in
fecting the toiling masses Throughout
, the world.