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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
WORKER THRONES
IN COOPER union
CHEER FOR China
Anti-Imperialist Meet
Rebukes Coolidge

New York workers filled Cooper
Union TO capacity last night TO join
with the Workers (Communist) Party
in protesting against the present
policy of American capitalism in send
ing American marines to China and
Nicaragua, and the browbeating at
titude that is being adopted towards
Mexico.
Under the Craftsmanship of William
w. Weinstone, general secretary of
the New York organization of the
Workers (Communist) Party, the as
sembled workers listened attentively
to the speechs of E. K. Moy, associate
editor of the Chinese National Daily,
local organ of the Kuomintang, the
national revolutionary party of China;
Bertram D. Wolfe, director, New
York Workers School; Ben Gitlow
and Jay Lovestone.
Moy Denounces Corruption.
When Moy was introduced he was
roundly cheered. He attacked the
Peking government of China as being
corrupt, "a shadow, being supported
by Imperialism to keep the Chinese
masses in bondage"
Referring to the Cantonese, he
pointed out that the Kuomintang is
struggling for the liberation of China
from the yoke of imperialism and in
this fight the only friend of the
Chinese masses is the Soviet Union.
Wolfe in speaking, that eve are
gathered here tonight to protest
against American imperialism in
Latin-America.
Murder By Marines.
He referred to the 10000 Hatians
who have been murdered by American
marines during the past ten years;
also to dollar diplomacy as practiced
in Cuba, Columbia, Nicaragua, Mexico
and elsewhere.
Continued on Page Five)
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Coolidge Sits at Meal
With $5,OOO,OOO,OOO.OO
Worth Of MiIIiOnaires

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-Many
of the wealtiest men in the country
were guests at the dinner given to
the president and Mrs. Coolidge by
Secretary of the Interior Work,
and many others had been invited
but were unable to attend. Had
all the wealth invited been able to
attend it is probable that some
think like S5,OOO,0 100000 would have
been represented.
AS it was, there were present
Henry Ford, reputed to be Amer
ica's first Millionaire; Andrew w.
Mellon, said to be the third richest
man in the United States; Harvey
S. Firestone of Akron, o., the tire
magnate; Simon Guggenheim, the
copper king; George Eastman, the
multi-millionaire kodak manufac-
turer of Rochester, N. Y; Mrs.
Marshall Field, widow of the mer-
camille king of Chicago, and others
of lesser means.
Among those invited but unable
to attend were John d. Rockefeller,
Jr., Judge E. H. Gary, Charles NJ.
Schwab, and Cyrus H. X. Curtis,
the Philadelphia publisher, whose
combined wealth is estimated at
well over a billion dollars.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
FUR BOSS SAYS VOLTS CREW DEMANDED BRIDE
Bill to Wipe Out N. Y.
Anti-Vice Society as
Merely Blue-nOse Club

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 1O.-Re-
peal of a law of 1871 which incor-
porated the New York Society for
the Suppression of Vice, is provid-
ed in bill introduced in the legis-
lature today by AssembIyman f.
J.. Hackenburg, New York City,
democrat.
In a statement, Hackenburg de-
clared members of the society have
Injected themselves into every
bOdy's business and stuck their blue
noses in the affairs of the entire
nation"
He asserted that America has
grown out of its "swaddling
clothes" and that the time has come
to put an end to reformers.
The original members of the So
ciety, Hackenburg said, we're: Nor
ris X. Jessup, Howard Potter, ia
cob f. Wyckoff, William E. Dodge,
Jr., Charles E. Whitehead, Cephas
Brainard, Thatcher NJ. Adams, Will
liam F. Lee, ]. Pierpont Morgan,
]. NJ. Cornell, w. H. S. Wood, Ell.
bert b. Monroe, George w. Clarke,
Cornelius r. Agnew, r. r. Nc
Burney of New York City, and
Moses S. Bach and Henry r. Jones
of Brooklyn.
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bers of the police department.
Also the report created a stir be-
cause it accused Mr.. Motty Eitingon
Of Communist sympsthies and insinu-
ated that he had affiliations with
Moscow which led him to force the
manufacturers to settle the strike in
the interests of the workers.
Came for Money.
Now for the first time Mr.. Eitingon
has made public reply to these
charges of the American Federation
of Labor officials, and his first startl-
ing statement is that he was informed
of these charges a whole month be-
fore the report was made public, and
that the emissary who brought the
information said that the report could
be stopped upon the payment of
money.
This interview was witnessed by
Michael Hollander, head of A. Hol-
lander & Son, who in an interview
yesterday afternoon told his part in
the matter, and confirmed Mr.. Fit
ingon's statement concerning the
bride.
Careful Approach.
"The gentleman referred to by Mr.
Eitingon (who still remains name
less) came to see me before the mat.
ter was taken up with Mr.. Eitingon.
He told me what the situation was
and asked me whether I considered
it advisable to breach the subject to
Mr.. Eitingon.
"After some elaboration 1 decided
that Mr.. Eitingon should be given an
opportunity to hear what this gentle
man had to say. consulted Mr..
Fitingon, and from the offices of the
Eitingon-Schild Co., Inc, telephoned
this gentleman to invite him to come
to see Mr.. Eitingon in my presence.
He did so, and related what he knew.
Didn't Believe Own Report.
"He said he had been invited to a
conference at which he was given full
insight into what the report contained,
and was told it was ready to be put
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prosperity was entrusted to him, that
it would not be used for any other
purpose than as security for the
loans. The three suits were filed in
the supreme court of New York.
Hyman's Statement.
Mr.. Hyman's full statement, detail
ing the situation is as follows:
"The international Union Bank, has
just brought three actions against the
Joint Board and the Cloak and Suit
Makers Building Corporation, which
is the holding corporation of the
Joint Board, and as such, owns the
Joint Board building at Lexington
avenue and 25th street. The three
Continued on Page Five)
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hands.
The Gang Arranged 1t.
Merton testified King introduced
him to Daugherty's friend, the late
Jess Smith and that either King or
Smith, he couldn't remember which,
arranged for him to meet Colonel
Miller to present his claim.
Merton met Miller, who turned him
over to George Williams, manager of
the alien property custodian's office,
the witness testified.
Didn't Need ',awyer
Before going to Washington the
first time, Merton testified, he talked
with King about the possibility of
needing a lawyer and King told him
there was no necessity for lawyer.
'You dc not need lawyer and you
will save expense by not having a
lawyer" King said, according to Mer-
ton.
Regarding John l. Dulles, the law
yer with whom Merton first talked
about his claim, King said Dulles was
the last person to represent Merton
because Dulles and Col. Miller were
not on intimate terms" Merton tes-
titled.
Louis ]. Bailey, former chief of the
bureau of investigation of the De-
partment of Justice, now a special
agent in the Atlanta, Ga, section of
the department, told of Daugherty's
inception into office, and of the pow
er of Jess Smith, late intimate friend
of Daugherty, in the affairs of the
department.
Elizabeth Miller, youthful telephone
operator who worked in the attorney
generals office, told from the witness
stand of the numerous long distance
conversations. She said Kings calls
we're a regular thing, no matter where
ne happened to be.
Miss Miller testified that King
sometimes telephoned Daugherty
from Washington, also, and that at
times Daugherty would call King on
long distance to New York.
Under cross-examination the wit
ness said that she didn't think of
these telephone conversations between
Daugherty and King until she read
the testimony of the first Daugherty-
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CHICAGO BOARD
RAISES INCOME
OF DRESSMAKERS
Good Terms of Bosses
Credit to PrOgressives
(Special Id the Daily WORKERS

Especial to the Daily Worker.)
4 CHICAGO, Feb. 1O.-A new agree
ment has been signed between the
Chicago Association of Dress Manu-
facturers and the Joint Board Off
cials of the international Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union with the follow
ing increases on the previous exist
ing scales. Sample makers received
a $500 increase; examiners, basters
and finishers, $3.50; piece workers,
10 cents per hour; diapers $500 per
week, and cutters $500 per week.
Two Conferences Held.
The agreement was signed after
two conferences were held. One on
Saturday, January 10th, and another
which was concluded on February 9Th
at the Sherman Hotel Those repre-
senting the Manufacturers Assoc
citation were Samuel H. Phillips of
Phillips G. Gauss, president, Mr.. l.
Ferdinand, secretary, Nathan Alexan
der, Mr.. Sobie of Sobie & Davis, NJ
Fingerhut of Groner & Fingerhut, j.
Goldbarth, and Samuel J. Brown Of
Brown & Harrie. Those representing
the union were Mr.. j. Levin, manager,
who was the spokesman for the
Chicago Joint Board, H. Ross and
Philip Hauser, president and secre-
tary Of Local 100; Ida Rothstein,
Evelyn Dornfeld, Roy Glassman,
business agent, and l. L. Davidson
organizer.
As far as the conditions are con-
cerned the agreement could have been
signed at the first conference but two
conferences were held because the
union and the association were inter-
ested in discussing the general stu
alton in the industry so as to come to
clear understanding.
Repudiates Statement.
This repudiates the statement in a
bulletin issued by the association
headed by Frank ]. Mitchell of
December End, 1926, which reads in
part as follows: Negotiations
between the union and the Northwest
Dress Manufacturers are deadlocked.
The union shows no intention to give
up its demands and has threatened to
call out all members at the expiration
of the present agreement unless their
demands are granted.
On the date that this bulletin was
issued the unions demands were not
even formulated and naturally a dead
lock was impossible between the
union and the association at time
when the demands were not sub
mitted. The fact that this agree
ment has been signed Is an additional
proof Of the untruthfulness of this
so-called association.
Slavery In Their Shops.
The union is now ready to publish
Continued on Page Tlco)
Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER
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wing, these revelations also strip
bare another sordid side Of ia
Dor banking"
Exposes Financial Trickery.
A statement issued yesterday by
Louis Hyman, manager Of the Joint
Board, tells an amazing story Of
financial tsickery by which the bank
Of the international hopes to get a
judgment for $104,O0O00 against the
Joint Board, in addition TO the build
ing Of the Joint Board and shares Of
stock in the bank amounting to more
than one half of the entire capital
stock, which it holds through Mr..
Hillquit's clerk, frederick f. Umhey.
Hillquit gave a promise, when the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
British Workers
For Cantonese
Recognition
Demand Made in Commons
For Complete independence

LONDON, Feb. 10.--Sir Austen
Chamberlain in a speech on the
Chinese situation delivered in the
house of commons this evening re-
fused the demand Of labor for a
withdrawal of British troops from
Shanghai.
LONDON, Feb. 1O.-Debate on the
Chinese situation was opened in the
house of commons today on labor
ite motion deploring the dispatch of
troops to China and demanding their
recall and also urging the recogni-
ton of the national Independence Of
the Chinese.
Charles Treveiyan, opening the de-
bate for the laborites, declared that
the policy of the Canton Government
is also the policy of the Labor Party.
This policy, he said, is for absolute
independence for the Chinese, the dis
appearance of concessions and the
withdrawal of military and naval
powers of the western nations from
territories and waters Of China.
Great Britain has spent 1925, 900
thus far in sending troops and naval
units to Shanghai, Sir Lamlng Worth
ington-E Evans, minister of war, an
nounced.
Great Britain desires peace in
China but realizes that "a peaceful
settlement is unobtainable by sur
render or scuttling," Foreign Mini
ster Sir Austen Chamberlain declared
in the house of commons tonight.
Sir Austen declared that an agree
ment has been reached with Eugene
Chen regarding the daizlow eonces-
sion, to the effect that the concession
will be formally" returned to Great
Britain, but new council will be
elected to administer it, the Chinese
having full representation on this
council. This is taken to be a settle
ment to save Britain's face.
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TRY TO IMPOSE LONG WORK WEEK
ON WOMEN IN STATE or new YORK

ALBANY, N. Y. Feb. 10.-A bill
providing for a 40 1-2 hour working
week for women in industry will be
recommended to the legislature by the
Industrial Survey Commission in its
report to the lawmakers next week,
it was reported today at the capitol.
The commission, headed by former
Assemblyman Jasper Cornaire of st.
Lawrence County, was created by the
Legislature of 1926 to make study of
labor legislation.
Governor Smith and the officials of
the State Federation of Labor, for
several years, have urged the passage
of bill providing 48-hour working
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11

week for women in. industry. In the
past the republican leaders of the
legislature always have defeated
democratic measures Of this nature.
John Sullivan, president of the
State Federation of Labor, today
issued call for a meeting of the
executive council Of the federation in
this city next Monday morning. The
labor leaders are expected to decide
whether they will support the COM
promise 40 LIZ hour bill. John M.
O'Hanlon, Legislative representative
of the federation, will report on all
labor measures pending before the
legislature.
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new SIGMAN TRICKERY REVEALED IN
LABOR BANK WAR ON JOINT BOARD
International Heads Try to Strike Blow at Left
Wing Thru Manipulation of Finances

An attempt of the redbaitng" Sgman regime the In
ernaona Ladies' Garment Workers union strike blow
the left wing Joint Board in New York City by tricky manpu
on of finances has just to light in the filing of suits
by the international Union Bank for recovery
sorry notes. in spite of the fact that Morris Hlqu socialist
attorney for the bank controls the property which offered
security and which of much greater value than the
Of the note.
The Sgman regime has control of the bank which
bers of the union urged to keep accounts In addition
veang another underhand method attack against
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
Sought Money For
Fixing Report
President of EitingOn-SchiId Co. Declares He Did
Not Pay as Ordered Called Communist

Sensational charges of bribery in connection with the
Federation of LabO special report its investigation of
the New York fur strike made in statement issued
erday by MOtty EngOn president of the EngOn-Schd Co.
nc who attacked by the report for his activities
ton with the settlement of the strike last June.
This report of the A. f. of LIS special investigating
mttee which made public by Matthew VOL early
uary attracted nationwide attention
leaders of the fur strike Of paying huge money
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
augherty Linked
With German Gold
Girls Testify Ex-AttOrney General
PhOned Alien Capitalists Agent Frequently

Two strong points made in the graft against Har
~ NJ Daughery former attorney general of the United States
and ThOs W. Miller former alien property custodian yesterday
absolutely established through the testimony of Richard
Merton the German metal magnate, that he had parted with
in liberty bonds and $4,000 in cash. He the
witness stand that he turned this to John King
late Connecticut politician to get back his O000 worth of
property then in the hands of the alien property custodian The
government charges this split between Daughery
King and Miller.
The other point the close relationship between Daugher
ty Jess Smith, Miller and King brought out by testimony of
Department of Justice employees.
Merton took the stand the opening of the afternoon
He identified receipts given for the bonds and cash. but
said he told where the money went after left his
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
Other Mexicans Strike
If Rail Workers Quit

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1O.--Labor
unions, not affiliated with the
Mexican Federation of Labor,
threaten a sympathetic strike If
the railroad workers strike on Feb.
II as they threaten to do The
sympathetic strike would Partially
affect electrical plants, cotton
mills and bakeries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
Florida Compensation Law?

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (FP). -
The Florida workman compensation
bill has good chance of passing
through the next session of the leg
islature, declares President ]. M. At
kins of the Florida State Federation
of Labor.
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CURRENT EVENTS
By t. J. o'FLAHERTY

n ALVIN COOLIDGE may be
" getting ready for the next presi-
Dental marathon or he may be de-
veloping the muscles of his legs for
the hike back to Vermont in case
Wall Street decides that the White
House has been an asylum for the
iumb long enough, and hungers for a
more vocal occupant. Whatever the
reason may be, the president has de-
cided to walk two miles day around
The White House. If Coolidge could
use his head as we'll as his feet he
night be allowed to ride his electric
hobby horse four more years.
II HO promising to land troops in
4 Shanghai in case of emergency
5nly, on last Tuesday, on Wednesday
she British government ordered
troops held temporarily at Hong
Kong to re-embark for Shanghai, tho
here was not even good sized brawl
reported in the city. This is diplo-
macy. The government heard the
speech of Ramsay Macdonald, the
leader of the labor party and felt
that there was no sincerity in it. AS
a matter of fact, Baldwin already had
an understanding with Lloyd George
and Macdonald and knew that those
two imperialists would not do any
thing to jeopardize the interests OF
Imperialism in China.
THE DAILY WORKER paid little
attention to reports of Cantonese
defeat featured in all the capitalist
papers on Tuesday evening and We'd
nesday morning. The story was an
obvious fake. There were no casu-
alties reported, no figures of wounded
and captured. 1t is now definitely
known that the Cantonese, far from
having suffered defeat, are advanc-
ing on their objective. This accounts
for the renewed activities of the i'm
perialists in rushing troops to Shang-
hal.
THE United States is definitely
i out of the world court, an annex
to the league of nations, thru the ac-
ton of certain powers in not accept
ing one of the reservations made BY
the United States government as a
condition of entry. The senate voted
in favor of affiliation provided the
United States could do as all inn
perialist powers really do when they
want something badly and have the
power to take it, without interference
from the court.
The fraud in Williamson County
Illinois between two gangs Of boot
Ieggers is not on lower moral plane
than the conflicts between the i'm
perialist powers. They meet each
other with daggers in their garments,
Their peace conferences are conspicu-
Gus by the absence of everything
savoring Of peace. They only agree
temporarily when there is some
mutual material interest involved
The rival bootlegging gangs in Will
hanson County were one in their war
IN another element. When that was
yer they shot it out with each other,
lot so long ago Britain would give
an eye tooth to have the United
States in the world court or the
league of nations even if only on one
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On Way to. Shanghai.

HONG KONG, China, Feb. TO-
Two Punjab battalions from Calcutta,
due to arrive here today, did not de-
bark from their transports. The
troops, part of the great concentra-
ton of British forces intended for &C
ton against the Cantonese, proceeded
directly to Shanghai.
The Punjab battalions closely fol-
lowed two regiments from Gloucester
shire and Durham, which left for
Shanghai after a short stay here.
The movement of troops to Shang-
hal is being made in the face of pro-
tests from both Picking and the Can
tonese governments.
Changsha messages report that
Tang Seng Chi, who recently arrived
from Hankow, is showing marked
anti-British propensities. A street
demonstration against the British
went off without untoward incident.
The houseboys' strike at Hankow,
according to reports, has been de-
ferred until Sunday. The general
situation at Hankow is said to be
quiet at present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11
U. S. Marines Arrive.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 10.-Three hun
dred American marines arrived here
today. The British Gloucester and
Durham regiments are due to arrive
from Hong Kong tomorrow.
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Two Hearts Beat As One.

GENEVA, Feb. 10.-The British
policy in China is "in complete ac-
cord with the letter and spirit of the
league of nations covenant" declared
lengthy statement from Sir Austen
Chamberlain, setting forth the Brit
ish Chinese policy, and received to-
day by the secretariat of the league.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-11

The Daily Worker Fights:
For the Organization of the I'm.
organized.
For a Labor Party.
For the 40-Hour Week.
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Roll in the Subs For The DAILY
WORKER.
Evening star., 1927-05-15
NAVY RADIO KEEPS
FLOOD AREA OPEN
Service Experts Maintain
Only Communication in
Stricken Zone.

All the way from Memphis to New
Orleans, the Navy Department de-
tachment of 30 naval and Marine
radiomen is maintaining radio com.
munication in sections where the Mis-
sisSippi's flood waters have crippled
telephone and telegraph services. The
way official instructions and other
messages, some of them private mes
sages of frantic flood sufferers, are
being handled by the naval operators
rushed to the stricken area last week
from Washington is indicated in a
report just received from Lieut.. Henry
L. Pitts, in charge of the party.
Working under the direction of
Henry NJ. Baker. director of Red Cross
relief, the Navy radio men have
erected station at Memphis head
quarters Of the Red Cross, where
there is also an Army station. Lieut.
Charles c. Stotz has been dispatched
with six men to Baton Rouge where
a station has been set up on the roof
of a bank building. At Vicksburg the
station is on the roof of the post office.
while others have been established at
other points of vantage and on river
craft.
Communications are short range
code messages for the most part, for
nearly all of the Is transmitting and
receiving sets sent for the flood work
cannot operate farther than 100 miles.
The network of stations working"
each other makes possible quick trans
mission, however.
These are the lines of communica-
tions that have been established, &C.
cording to Lieut.. Pitts report The
Army station at Memphis is working
an Army dredge on the river while the
Navy station there works Vicksburg.
Vicksburg in turn keeps contact with
Navy and other stations set UP on
other Army dredges and on the Army
river boats engaged in the rescue
work. as we'll as with the stations at
NatcheZ, Baton Rouge and Delhi
NatcheZ works VicksburE back and
Baton Rouge, while Baton Rouge also
works NatcheZ, Ficksburg. the Armv
River boats, the Standard Oil Co. re-
lief boats, Alexandria and New Or
leans