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The Indianapolis times., 1927-10-14
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courses in the schools, girls are
realizing that It's good idea to
know howe to cook, and housewives
are discovering that it's difficult to
keep a husband happy unless whole
some meals can be set before him."
The Indianapolis times., 1927-10-14
Building Near $2,OOO,OOO

Outlines Special
ANDERSON, Ind, Oct. 14-Build-
ing here for the first nine months
of 1927 came close to the 100000
mark, according to-. figures an
nounced by the Chamber Of Com
merce. The exact total is $1,938, ,831.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-10-14
Hoe to Die Early AdUice
GiUen School Children

whether ailing or well, should have
"a health examination by ones ply
sician every year and also visit ones
dentist regularly, tell them you
don't believe in such stuff. Tell
them you want to be uncomfortable,
inefficient, shortlived."
The Indianapolis times., 1927-10-14
County Resident 81 Years

LEBANON, Ind, oct. 14-Funeral
services were held here today for
Philander M. Curtis, 80, Civil War
veteran and a resident of Boone
county eighty-seven years. He died
Wednesday morning after a short
illness,
The Indianapolis times., 1927-10-14
CURB ON DIVORCES
is SEEN IN KITCHENS

Better Cooks, Better Homes Is Doc
trine of Dietician.
By United Press
BOSTON, Oct. 14.-There will be
fewer divorces wnen there are better
cooks, in the opinion of Mrs. Bessie
McVey Richardson, who has served
as dietitian in New York, Washing
ton and Boston hotels.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-10-14
DIE IN KENNEL FLAMES
Two Children, Playing With Dolls,
Burned to Death.

BV United PF6SS
MOSCOW, Oct. 1.-TWO little
girls, each 5 years old, were burned
to death in the outskirts of Mos
COW, while playing with dolls in
an abandoned dog kennel filled with
straw. The straw became ignited
and the flames leaped up between
the two children and the small door,
the only exit from the kennel. Their
fathers are members of the staff
of the Moscow Biological Institute.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
MASS DEFIANCE
OF INJUNCTIONS
URGED ON union
But Beckerman Cries
For Attack on Let's

Injunctions were the sole topic of
discussion at the Saturday session
of the convention of the Cloth Cap,
Hat & Millinery Workers Interna-
tional Union which has been meeting
for the past eight days in Beethoven
Hall, East 9th Street
There was of course no opposition
to the passage of resolution con-
demning injunctions, but before the
"ayes" were taken the whole problem
of injunctions, which have been recent
ly so widely used in labor disputes,
was thoroly surveyed by a number of
speakers.
Injunctions were pointed to as a
growing menace which must be
fought vigorously by all trade union
lists. Not only is this so-called legal
weapon being resorted to during big
strikes, but it is being tried frequent
ly in shop strikes where the employ
ers hope it will not attract much at
tention, and may possibly slip thru
and be nude permanent.
Sydney Hillman, president of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Union, who addressed the convention
declared that injunctions were illegal
and that the only way to meet them
was by mass defiance. The main
theme of Hillman's speech was a plea
for unity Of labor's forces against
the combined forces Of the employ
ors; and for political activity so that
labor men could be placed in office to
interpret the constitution for labor
men. This was probably not an ad-
vocacy Of the Workers (Communist)
Party, altho Hillman mentioned no
party by name.)
Abe Does Dirty Work.
Same diplomat as usual, Hillman
did not mako any violent attack upon
the Communists or the progressives.
He left that Job for Abraham Becker
man, manager Of the New York Joint
Board Of tho Amalgamated, who was
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
MIGHTY CHEER
FOR FREE China
AT union SQUARE
Thousands Demand us.
Withdraw Forces
Hands Off China"

Hands off China"
That demand, with a nightly roar
that rolled across Union Square and
beat upon the walls Of high buildings
to be re-echoed back, was the voice
of New York labor Saturday after
noon.
Ten thousand hands shot up into
the air, in accompaniment to the roar
as three chair1men, presiding from, as
many stands, put the question after
the reading of a strongly worded reso-
luton demanding that the United
States government get its troops and
warships out of China and allow the
Chinese revolution to develop in its
own way for the liberation of AGO.
100000 workers and peasants,
One of Many Meetings.
Scores Of brilliant banners and
placards swayed, nearly 40 speakers
representing every progressive ele-
ment in the city, a crowd estimated
between five and ten thousand, and
squads of police joined on the warm,
spring May day in one of the great
chain of demonstrations being held in
every great city Of the world, from
Moscow, through Berlin and Paris to
London and across the Atlantic to
America.
From the three stands Chinese,
Japanese, Porto Rican, Haitian, Ne
gro, Italian and American speakers
put the demands of the masses into
words that rung through Union
Square. An unending procession, it
seemed, of men and women climbed
the platforms. From Columbia Uni
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
Navy Boosts Film
And Vice Versa to
Help Imperialism

The close connection between the
United States navy and large bust
ness interests is seen in the produc-
ton Of the latest Metro-Goldwyn-
Meyer feature motion picture, "Con-
voy." According to the advertising it
is produced with the cooperation of
the U. S. navy and officially ap-
proved by Secretary Wilbur"
A complete tie-up exists between
the Neutrality-suspicious. exploita-
ton of the picture and the United
States navy recruiting campaign. In
front of the Strand Theater, Broad
way and 47th where the picture
opened Saturday, a United States
sailor is distributing thousands of
leaflets advertising the picture. One
side is devoted to the usual motion
picture advertising spread, including
the fact that the picture was made
with the help Of the navy.
The other side is an appeal for re-
crlits for the navy with the address
of the recruiting station at 81 East
23rd St., at the bottom. It says that
the sailor will "see many places &.
not only does the scene change fire.
quently but the nature Of the work
generally changes with the scene"
The writer must have had the Nank-
ing shelling in mind,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
journalistic Ethics Of
Boston Post May Cost
Paper Sum Of 100000

BOSTON, May 8.-The ethics,
such as they are, Of the capitalist
press received a frightful blow here
when the Atlantic Monthly filed
suit for 100000 against the Bos-
ton Post for pirating the Governor
Smiths statement that the pope
won't rule America if Tammany's
hero is elected president.
The Post, it is charged, bribed
employees of the firm publishing
the Atlantic Monthly IN order 10
get copy of Smiths statement,
for publication before the Atlantic
Monthly was off the press.
The Post claimed big scoop"
in beating other newspapers by
several days in letting the world
know about Smiths defense
against the anti-catholics. The At
lantic Monthly asks 81 for each
copy of the Post containing the
stolen article.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
ITALIAN MEETING
CLOSES PASSAIC
LABOR CAMP AIGN
Especial To The DAILY woRKER.)

Especial To The DAILY WORKER
PASSAIC, N. j., May S.-The
labor campaign for Tuesdays cleo
ton closed today with big italian
meeting at Hodcarriers Hall, Oak St
The speakers included Albert
Weisbord, Emil Gardos and other
local speakers. Oscar Fisher of the
Young Workers League, New York,
also addressed the meeting.
In statement issued today by the
labor campaign committee they re-
mind the workers Of Passaic, when
casting their ballots on Tuesday, to
vote only for the first three names
Bambaeh, Smelkinson and Weisbord.
"Place a cross next to the three
labor candidates in the box headed
first choice Ignore the rest of the
ballot" the statement continues. "Do
not vote for any second or third
choices, or for any other candidates
whatsoever. None of the other
nominees represent labor.
"If you are voter cast your bal
lot early and then see to it that all
other citizens go to the voting places.
Do not leave it until the last minute
as something might prevent you
from voting later in the day.
"Let Passaic roll up a large and
significant vote for the workers
representatives"
Distribute 5000 Daily Workers.
Five thousand copies Of the Passaic
election edition of The DAILY
WORKER were distributed Saturday.
They were eagerly grabbed by the
workers who were glad to obtain them.
Two Of the distributors had their
papers torn up by drunken police
man who arrested them. Later they
were released.
Several meetings will be held Mon
day as the campaign closes. Arrange
ments are being made to have several
well known New York speakers pre-
sent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
SPEND 100000 JOB FUND TO FIGHT JOINT BOARD
UNEMPL OYMENT INSURANCE USED TO
HIRE GANCSTERS AND BREAK union
Hyman Contemplates Legal Action to Regain
Huge Sum Criminally Wasted

Once more Morris Sigman, presi-
dent of the International Ladies'
Garment Workers Union, has robbed
the cloakmakers. Four hundred
thousand dollars which belongs to
the workers, and should be paid to
them as unemployment insurance,
was turned over to Sigman by the
trustees of the fund two months ago.
It has been used to fight the Joint
Board, and to hire gangsters to beat
up the workers on the picket line.
Last year, on the first of June, the
Joint Board paid out over 100000
from the unemployment insurance
fund to the cloakmakers. This year
they will get nothing. The money
they should receive is gone; Grimm
ally wasted in the work of smashing
the Cloakmakers' Union.
According to the terms of the
agreement under which the insur-
ance fund was created, and accord
ing to the bylaws drawn up by
members of the fund, the money was
to be paid out only to the workers
as insurance during periods Of I'M
employment. Louis Hyman, mana
ger of the Joint Board, who, during
this past week, completed an inves-
tigation of this mishandling Of the
fund, declares that the trustees of
the fund have been criminally negli-
gent and that legal steps against
them are being contemplated in or
der to regain the money due the
workers.
Trustees Connive,
There seems little doubt that the
trustees connived in the trick by
which Sigman gained control of the
money, and that they knew what use
he was planning to make of it. At
certain meeting of the funds
Executive Board, each trustee re-
signed and the fund was put in Sig
mans hands with power to elect a
set of new trustees. This has not
been done since further payments to
this fund were suspended until 1928.
Hyman's full account of the as
founding betrayal of the cloakmak-
ers is given in the following state
ment:
an accordance with the recon-
mendations of the Governors Com
mission, in 1924-which was accepted
and made part of the agreement
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
Gendarmes in Bad Mistake
Actually Attack Fascist;
Apologies Order Of Day

The local gendarmerie messed up
one fascist yesterday.
It was, of course, all a mistake.
The cops don't pick on fascists, but
all Italians, especially when not in
uniform, look alike to the Staten
Island defenders of lawrnorder.
Commander" Silvio Scaroni, a
Mussolini pet, was the unwilling
victim when he tried to push
through a crowd to get into a pic
ture being snapped at the prov of
the Savoia II, francesca de Pin
edo's plane.
The Commander" was dressed
in- ordinary eivvies, without 50
much as a black shirt, and so when
he pushed into a couple Of plain
clothes men in order to get to the
Savoia, fists flew and a general
melee seemed imminent.
De Pinedo rushed over to the
scene and introduced the plain
clothes commander to the plain
clothes cops, while apologies reft
the air.
On Second Avenue near 14th
Street the other day a crowd of
anti-fascists were attacked by po-
lice, many beaten and all forced to
flee, as one of a series of police at
tacks on enemies of Mussolini's
black regime.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09

We have said that the Department
of Insurance which supposedly exists
for the purpose of protecting the
public" against the maurading fl
nancial tactics Of the insurance octo-
pus, takes the attitude that any eff
forts to show that the big Four"
are predatory and counter to the COM
mon good, are met with hostility
and suspicion.
Under orders from Governor Smith,
Superintendent Of Insurance James A.
Beha wrote to The DAILY WORKER
as follows:
Governor Smith has referred
TO me your telegram to him Of
April 21st i have requested
my Department to obtain copies
Of 1.-THE Daily Worker" contain
ing the charges to which you re-
fer. If you have any definite
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
USSR ASKS PEACE,
trade; BUT WON'T
CHECK SOCIALISM
Pleads for High Wages;
World Disarmament

GENEVA, May 8.-Indicating that
the Soviet Union is willing to work
and trade with the capitalist powers
but is absolutely unwilling to COM
promise its socialist program and BAR
gain away the fruits of the revolu-
ton, Valerian Ossinski, chairman of
the delegation of the Soviet Union to
the World Economic Conference offer
ed eleven suggestions for the stabili-
cation of world economy at yester-
days session.
"The Soviet Union" he said, sis
willing to grant the capitalist powers
concession in return for credits"
Plead for Higher Wages.
The delegation of the Soviet Union,
realizing that the contradictions of
capitalism makes the capitalist pow
ers unwilling and unable to accept
most of the Soviet Unions sug-
gestions made plea for the re-estab-
lishment of the eight-hour day, COM
plete liberty for trade union organ
izations, cancellation of the war debts,
abolition of the disarmament, and the
cessation of all forms of political and
economic boycott against the Soviet
Union.
Attacks Trusts.
Attacking the organization of
European industries into huge inter
national trusts, Ossinski said that
competition between American and
European industries combines will
lead to severe slashes in the wages
of workers. These six results, he
said, would follow from the combin-
alton Of European capitalist states,
a plea for which was made by Louis
Loucheur several years ago:
1.-The stoppage of industrializa-
ton in agricultural countries which,
under the pressure of stronger states,
would be forced to lower their Gus
toms.
"2.-The maintenance of high tar
ifs by powerful nations, protection
not being an arm that one denounces
for abstract interests, above all when
in the interest Of group of great
enterprises.
"3.-The destruction of little states
unable to play role in the indus
trial cartels.
"4.-An increase Of the struggle
between American and European car
tells.
"5.-Higher prices in Europe.
Trusts Would Lower Wages.
"6.-Greater pressure by h G
European manufacturers united in
the cartel upon the working classes"
The suggestions offered by the So
Wet delegation are as follows:
1.-The annulmens Of all war debts
and all relative war payments, as a
unique means Of liquidating the con-
tradictions inherited directly from the
war.
1.-THE increase Of the salaries Of
industrial workers.
Want 9-Hour Day.
3.--The re-establishment Of the
eight-hour day and the introduction
Of @ six-hour day in mines and other
occupations harmful to health.
4.-The establishment of complete,
real liberty for Tn hde union Organiza-
(Continued IN Page Ttoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
OF
YELLOW FIRM BY
INSPECTORS HIT
Say Building Officials
Bribed by Outfit
BY WILL DE KALB.


Four separate investigations to de-
termine the cause of the accident on
Friday at the office building Of the
non-union Yellow Taxicab Company,
at 514 East 23rd St., where seven
persons lost their lives and forty
others were injured, are under way
following the publication yesterday
of report by Peter C. Spence, chief
of the Bureau Of Fire Prevention.
Faulty building materials, causing
structural collapse, we're held re-
sponsible by Spence, who announced
his findings after a two-day inves-
tigation. He said his conclusion was
based on the fact that absolutely no
evidence of fire, such as must in
evitably have preceded or followed
an explosion, was found in the debris.
at was not a reinforced concrete
building" Spence said. "All that
braced the concrete were few quar-
ter-inch rods. The building fell in
of its own weight. Had reinforced
concrete been used in it's construction
few, if any. lives would have been
lost.
Tammany Involved.
A new scandal, involving the pre-
vious city administration, is develop
ing, unless the findings of the in
vestigators are not made public, for
the criticism of Spence was released
following an attempt byeFrederick c.
Keuhnie, chief Inspector for the De-
partment of Buildings, to exonerate
the contractors who erected the struc
ture and the Building Department
agents who approved it, of suspicion
of laxity or absolute dishonesty.
Keuhnie, after an incomplete inves-
LEGATION, announced that the con-
struction of the building was entirely
according to regulation and that
there was no evidence Of violation of
building laws. This statement was
received with considerable soothing
and skepticism by opponents of the
Tammany regime.
The connection between John P.
Sinnott, secretary to former Mayor
John F. Hylan, and the Yellow Taxi
cab Company, of which Sinnott was
one of the leading stockholders, is
cited by many as sufficient grounds
for belief that violations of the build
ing laws were Overlooked" by build
ing inspectors. During the Hylan adj
ministration the Yellow cabs had a
monopoly of the taxi stands, and were
accorded many traffic privileges.
Pass The Buck.
Besides those of Chief Spence and
Chief Inspector Keuhnie, investiga-
tons Of the accident were begun yes
terday by Police Inspector Arthur
Carey of the Homicide Squad and
Assistant District Attorney John F.
MCGOWAN. All of them refused to
make known their findings so far, and
District Attorney Banton, referring
to McGowan's investigation, admitted
that he has no power to employ en-
gineers or other technicians for the
special inquiry needed to place the
blame definitely, and must, perforce,
await the reports of the city's tech
nical men.
Of the nine seriously injured, it
was said at Bellevue that eight would
be discharged in a day or two, but
one, a stenographer, Grace Goldstone,
is in imminent danger of death. In
all, seven persons were killed, and 40
injured by falling debris.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09

Joseph Freeman, recently returned
from Soviet Russia will lecture to-
night on 1.-THE Labor Press in the So
Wet Union" at Art Shields class in
Labor Journalism at the Workers
School. 10s East 14th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
Insurance Department RuShes
to Aid big Four" -
PREVIOUS EVENTS OF INSURANCE EXPOSE

As result Of the Of articles by Nh Harrison whch
are noso appearing The DAILY WOR KER Governor Smith
ordered Superintendent of Insurance James A. Beha to make
enquiries into the Big Four activities
The big Four the Metropolitan, the Prudential the
John Hancock and the Colonial Life Insurance Companies
Mr. BehG called for specific charges Obich promptly
submitted to him.
Among many other accusations those Of fraud
charging of mutual funds and corruption Of the egisLa-
ture.
Names prominent in government financial Circles pepper
series Among those present Charles NJ Sch0Gb Haley
Fiske Albert Wiggin Senator William Tuuy, Who resigned
foIoaOing the investigation order and many Others
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
FEAR FOR PLANE
OF PARIS FLYER

Navy flying and navigation Off
Gals here were frankly uneasy last
night when commercial radio stations
and the radio Of naval communica-
tions failed to pick up any word Of
Captain Charles Nungesser, French
pilot and his plane in which he is at
tempting a Paris to New York nom
stop flight.
They explained, however, that Cap
tain Nungesser may have departed
from the regular steamship lanes and
taken a Decline for New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
By CHARLES YALE HARRISON.

allied forces of the big Four going into action
The Department of Insurance forward with ample pail
of whtewash The Civic Federation backs attempt suppress
The DAILY WORKER The army Of reaction and corruption
marches out to war The battle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
Facts in the Insurance Expos.

Facts in the Insurance Expose
OF all weekly payment policies
which terminate every year only
ia are matured endownments and
over 1870 are total loss lapses. On
this item alone the "Big Four"
made over s50,000,000 in 1925.
While the Big Four" are So
called mutual" companies their
directorates are saddled with
Wall Street financiers who are
also interested in the companies
in whose securities the big Four"
funds are invested.
Four officials Of the Metropoli-
tan Life learn" nearly half a
million dollars a year in salary
while the 26,0o0,ooO policyholders
are overcharged 5000 for their in
surance premiums.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
Blame Tammany in Scab Taxi Blast
MARINES TO CRUSH OUT REMNANTS OF
NICARAGUA'S Freedom, is us. THREAT
Constitutional Forces Finally Yield Before
Menace Of Whole u S. Navy

WASHINGTON, May 8-The United States has decided to
the independence of Nicaragua by active nterven
ton of American marines and the assumption of police and other
government functions
The assent of General Moncad the chief commander of the
Liberal CONSTITUTIONAL Presidents army only secured after
Colonel Smson President Cooge direct personal representa-
tive Ncaraga had made frank and brutal threat that the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09

whole force of the United States
would be used to crush President
Sacasa, and maintain the conserva-
tive, President Diaz, in power.
President Sacasa has never con-
sented to the surrender.
BOrah Fooled.
Senator Borah, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
lions. and sometimes ar advocate of
less Imperialism and less bullying by
the United States of the small Latin
American countries, announces that
the final suppression of Nicaragua
by the marines is all right, if real
election" is held. In commenting on
the Stimson action, he said:
"This entire settlement turns upon
the question of the election. If there
Is assured to the people OF Nicaragua
a fair and free election, l would re-
gard this settlement as probably the
best that could be had under the cir
cum stances-,
Nicaraguan Bitter.
When he heard of Stimsons ae-
ton, DR.. Vaca, representative of the
constitutional government of Nicara-
qua, not recognized by Washington,
but recognized by Mexico and vari-
GUS other countries, pointed out the
absurdity of any fair or real cleo
tion in country policed by foreign
troops, who have already actually
taken the field to suppress one of
the parties in the election. He said:
"The armed conflict in Nicaragua
is about to be ended. By dictate of
the president Of the United States
the liberal forces have been ordered
to disarm, and at this moment the
marines are moving toward the head
quarters of the liberal armies.
"The end of the Nicaraguan cpl
sode leaves in the hands the Cen
trail American nations life or death
problem they can no longer pretend
to ignore. The buffer state of Mica
ragua is like crepe hanging at the
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