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New Britain herald., 1927-09-24
Public Invited to Meet
 Secretaries at Y. w, C. A.

"Open House" will be observed at the local Y. W. C. A. on Thursday evening. September %, from 7:30 o'clock until 10 o'clock. The public is invited to attend and meet the new secretaries, including Miss Traut of the Girls Reserve department; Miss Edmond, of the Industrial de- partment; Mrs. Osborne, resident secretary, and Miss Rice, educational and membership secretary. spe- cial feature of the evening will be an exhibition by the Junior Life Savers.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24

Clara Bow in Hula" at Strand to- morroW.-Advt.
New Britain herald., 1927-09-24

New York-An instructor at the college Of the city of New York has been driving a taxi this summer, This fact has before known at the college. but the identity of the man is 8, secret, Says President Robin son: "If I knew who he was might think more of him. What he
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Indian Nationalist Demand COMPLETE Freedoms Unite w,
FASCIST VICTIMS
CONFINED TO HOT
VOLCANIC ISLAND
Many Die as Result of
Starvation, Disease

GENEVA, Switzerland, Dec. %. -
Attic the three hundred political pris-
oners who were removed from hot
volcanic islands in the Mediterranean
by the Fascist as political gesture
were pardoned on condition that they
say nothing about life on the islands,
a number of details of the barbarous
conditions under which Italian politi-
cal prisoners are confined have leaked
out.
Housing conditions in the Lipari is
lands and in Ustica, where the three
hundred prisoners We're confined were
so bad, that most of the prisoners
preferred sleeping on the seashore or
in rocky caves to sleeping in the quar-
ters provided for them. Food was
very scarce, and sanitation bad. Fresh
water came only by steamer from the
mainland and at weekly intervals.
The bad sanitary conditions and the
intense heat of the semi-volcanic is-
lands have taken a heavy toll. Hun
dreds of prisoners have persisted, it is
believed, tho the number is unknown
because Of the rigid suppression of in
formation. Letters are subject to a
severe censorship, while newspapers
and books are strictly forbidden to
the prisoners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
GALES REGIME
IN CLUTCHES OF
WALL ST. SHARKS

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28.-The seri-
Gus financial situation of the Mexican
government which was revealed when
the Ministry Of Finance announced
that it would be unable to meet pay
ments on debts due to international
bankers was further complicated when
Luis Monies de Oca, Secretary of FL
nance and Public Credit, revealed to
the Chamber of Deputies that the ac-
tual revenue for 1927 will be about
100000 pesos less than the original
estimates of 335,000,000
Revenues for 1928 will be consider
ably lower than in 1927 and are not
expected to exceed 290,000,000 pesos.
Mexico's financial position may be
bettered by negotiations for new
financial settlement which will be con-
Quoted by Fernando de la Fuentes,
chief of the Department of Credit,
when he arrives in New York. In view
of the concessions made to American
oil producers in the oil law amend
ments proposed by Gales, Mexican
officials expect better terms from the
committee of bankers, headed by
Thomas w. Lamont, partner in j. P.
Morgan and Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Samoan Natives on
Verge Of Outbreak

HONOLULU, Dec. 28.-Conditions
in western Samoa, which is under the
mandate of New Zealand, are so bad
that they have brought about ma
tive resistance which may break out
into armed instruction at any mo-
ment, according to o. F. Nelson, who,
together with two other Europeans
was recently deported from the Is
lands.
The men were deported following
charges Of incompetence and cruelty
towards the natives brought by Nell
son and the others against Sir George
Richardson, the British administrator.
The three men were sent to negotiate
with the Samoans after Sir George
admitted that he was powerless to
cope with the aroused natives and
feared an armed outbreak.
The Mau, the committee of Samoan
native chiefs, has stated that it wants
no European intervention and at first
refused conference. Later it made
a declaration Of grievances.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Discuss Means for
7-HOur Day in USSR

According to information received
from Vinnitza (Ukraine) the regional
trade union Soviet, together with the
trade unions, is celebrating the gues-
ton of the introduction of the 7-hour
day in the enterprises of the region.
The foodworkers' union is considering
the advisability of a 7-hour day in the
macaroni factories, and the chemical
workers union in the super-phosphate
works.
A special commission has been ap-
pointed by the regional trade union
Soviet to supervise this work.
In Odessa (Ukraine) the first ex-
pertinent with the 7-hour day will be
made in the October Revolution"
plough works, the biggest works of
this kind in the town, formerly the
Gena Works.)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
BUILD THE DAILY WORKER!
Red Labor International Sets
Ub Latin American SeCrgtuwQt

is nothing but a tool for Wall Street
and as such, an enemy of the toiling
masses both of Southern, Central, and
North America;
Prosecute Workers.
Whereas the reaction raging in the
Latin-American countries is chiefly di-
rected against the working class and
whereas nothing but the united forces
of the toiling masses all over Latin
America can resist both United States
Imperialism and the aggressive policy
of the bourgeoi3ie in the Latin coun-
tries, it is unanimously resolved.
ITO inaugurate preparatory work in
all Latin American countries for the
unification of all trade union class or
CARNATIONS for the struggle against
United States Imperialism, the imper-
ialist Pan-American Federation of
Labor and the attack of the national
bourgeoisie, and for the establish
ment OF close fraternal ties with the
international labor movement and the
creation of an all-embracing class In
ternational, uniting the trade unions
OF all countries, races and continents
in order with combined forces to
struggle against imperialist wars and
for the complete emancipation Of la
Dor from the domination Of capital:
Eve, the undersigned, undertake to
do everything possible in our country
for the convocation at the end Of 1928
in Montevideo for the purpose OF set
ting up Latin American Trade
Union Secretariat.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
lI1lperiaIists Force
USSR to Employ Gas

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Dee. 3D.
Declaring that so long as the capital
ist powers continue to manufacture
poison gas it is necessary for the Sow
let Union to do likewise, General Bou-
denny, writing in the Krasnaya Ga
zeta, points out that despite their re-
peated protestations the foreign i'm
perialists have no intention of hating
the use of chemical warfare.
Every country of the thirty-nine,
which signed the agreement against
the use of gas in war, is preparing to
use it if there is war;" Boudenny said
France alone has ratified the agree
ment, and in France gas experiments
continue and soldiers are taught how
to use it.
mo one takes seriously the prohibi-
ton of gas in war, and while the Sow
let Union has always kept all engage
ments with capitalistic states, we can
not remain blind to the fact that other
states which, as did the Soviet Repub-
lie, signed the Geneva agreement,
have no sincere intentions of renounc-
ing chemical warfare"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Special to DAILY wORKER)


MOSCOW, Dec. Is. (By mail). "A
Latin-American trade union secretar-
lat has been set up by the Executive
Bureau of the Red International of
Labor Unions as the result of series
of conferences with Central and South
American trade union delegates to the
celebrations Of the tenth anniversary
of the November
The resolution adopted by the Latin
American delegates, which attacks
United States Imperialism in Central
and South America, follows in full:
Colony of U. S."
"We, the delegates of class trade
unions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia
Cuba, Mexico, Uruguay, Chill and
Ecuador, meeting in Moscow during
the Tenth Anniversary of the Novem-
Der Revolution, and coming together
on December IL, 1927, in the Red In
ternational of Labor Unions, and dis
cussing the question of the position of
the working class and trade unions in
Latin-America, have come to the fol-
lowing conclusions
Whereas, United States imperial
ism is becoming more and more ag-
gressive towards all countries in Cen
trial and South America. and the
United States is endeavoring to con-
vert the whole of Latin America into
a colony for American capital;
Whereas the Pan American FEEDER
alton of Labor created by the reac-
tinnarv American t~ode union leaders
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
CONSTRUCT MANY
PLANTS IN USSR
Especial to The Daily Worker. J

MOSCOW, Dec. 16 (By maiD. -
Two hundred and fifty-four industrial
plants, valued at more than two hun
dred million roubles, were constructed
by the Soviet Union before the cele-
brations of the tenth anniversary,
while the 243 other plants, valued at
almost billion roubles, were actually
under construction.
New construction begun in 1929
will reach total value of 1851 rou-
bles. The two immense oil pipe lines
from Baku to Batoum and from Groz-
nyi to Tuapse are among the enter
prises under construction. Important
developments are also being made in
the metal industries and new cotton
and textile mills are being construct
ed in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
The Magnetic Mountain workers in
the Urals will cost 1873 million rou-
bles, according to estimates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Marine One of First
To Use Stamp Rapping
American Imperialism

The first Nicaragua Protest Stamp
to be received on a foreign communi-
cation at the U. S. office Of the ALL
America Anti-Imperialist League was
pasted on the back of an envelope
mailed by u. S. marine stationed in
Panama!
Those stamps which are issued by
the League as part of its campaign
against intervention in Nicaragua. sell
for five cents each, or 81 for a book
of 20.
1t was stated at the office of the
League, 80 Union Square, New York,
that the "leatherneck" who sent the
letter is opposed to U. S. Intervention
not only in Nicaragua but in Panama
as well. "Big Business has its own
reasons for sending us here" he
writes, but what have the rest of
US got against these Latin-Ameri-
cans?"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Mass Auto Output
Plan Of u. S. S. R,

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. (FP)., Dec.
%. - Russia is automobile-hungry. 1t
is so hungry that it is hastily devour-
ing everything that comes its way,
provided only that it runs on tires and
is driven by gas.
Cities in the U. S. S. R. have Amer
lean makes of every kind. There are
German, French and Italian and other
foreign manufactured cars. The Ford
rubs tenders with the Cadillac in
Baku. The Dodge and Rolls-Royce
scoot together over the Moscow cob
blestones. A Soviet chauffeur sits
proudly at the wheel of Mercedes or
Lincoln in Leningrad.
To remedy the confusion the Rus
SLAMS have organized the Society for
the Promotion of Auto Use and Road
Construction. 1t is working out an
automobile importing plan that will
be a big thing for the American plant
that gets the first order of 10000
cheap cars. The first order will
bring many repeats and will prevent
switching to other makes.
Will Build Roads.
The chief obstacle to auto develop
ment is bad roads. The city Soviets
are devoting large sums to replacing
the cobbles with asphalt, creosote
blocks and granite. But the country
districts are like Missouri at the be-
ginning of this century. Will more
autos bring good roads or will good
roads bring the autos, was the ques-
ton the society put to the experts and
professors. The experts declared it
was no use having autos until roads
had been built. The society decided
otherwise.
I'VE know the history of Ameri-
can auto development" said a direct
or of the society, First many autos,
then big demand for good roads, then
the roads. That is what will happen
in the Soviet Union. We are encour-
aging the country co-ops to buy autos.
we are helping establish NOTORIOUS
lines outside the cities. In 3 or years
we shall have mass production of
cheap autos. Then watch the villages
set aside money for hard roads,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
MEXICAN Senate
TO DISCUSS OIL
LAND BILL TODAY
Gales Measures Favor
y. S. Oil Magnates

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28.-The
Presidential bill rechanging present
oil land laws in favor of the Ameri-
can interests was ready for the Sen
ate today after having passed the
Chamber of Deputies. The Senate is
expected to take up the Gales amend
ments tomorrow.
The amendments, which virtually
permit permanent holding Of oil lands
by American producers are expected
to pass the Senate with little discus
sion. The measures passed the Cham
Der of Deputies unanimously.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2S.-T h e
Presidential bill altering the Mexican
petroleum laws was welcomed by
State Department officials. Coming
as it does with the virtual lifting of
the embargo on the expectation of
planes to Mexico, it has aroused
good deal of comment among persons
in close touch with the situation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
MUSIC, READING
In RUSSIA JAILS

MOSCOW, Dec. (By MaiD Amer
lea will learn something new about
prisons when Ernest Lundeen, former
congressman and Minnesota legisla-
tor, returns home with the facts he
gained in visits to several Moscow
prisons. Only they are not prisons"
in the Soviet Union, but "houses of
correction"
"They looked like factories, rather
than prisons" Lundeen reported. "The
prisoners were talking with each 9TH
er, laughing and joking. Many were
smoking. And these were among the
most 'hard-boiled' criminals in all
Russia.
S-HOur Prison Day.
"The eight-hour day rules in the
prison workshops, too, along with the
union scale of wages. Deductions are
made for the cost of running the in
stitution, usually one-third to one-half
of the wages, and the rest given to
the prisoners dependents or to the
man himself when he leaves. Thus in
addition to trade, the prisoner has
a comfortable sum Of money when his
term is up so that he can begin life
anew
Run Cooperative.
"The house of correction is like a
factory in other ways, too. There is
a Lenin corner, library, an orches-
ira, recreation grounds. A co-opera-
tive store is managed by the men
themselves.
Il went in just as the men were
having noon lunch. There was Rus
sian soup, meal in itself, with meat
and vegetables in the big bowls.
Plenty of good bread and tea. At
dinner the men get fish or meat with
vegetables and in every way eat just
as well as the workers. ~
"The prisoners looked healthy and
vigorous.
There are no small cell rooms.
The men sleep in a large dormitorv,
a new building. To be sure, they are
locked In at night, and the guards of
course are armed But there seems to
be no fear of conspiracy to break
JAIL, Tor the men are allowed to asso-
clate with each other with a freedom
in any American Jail |
have inspected, and my duties have
led me into many"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Bands
Smashed in JaIiSCO

MEXICO CITY, Dec. %. - With
the counter-revolutionary movement
in Jalisco virtually wiped out, the
Mexican federal troops operating I'M
der General Figueroa have been re-
called from Jalisco, it was learned to-
day.
The counter-revolutionists had con
centrated troops in Jahsco Province,
where special federal expeditions were
sent against them. They were routed
in number of skirmishes with the
federal troops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
GEORGE EARNS S375. 600

LONDON, Dec. 28.-Lloyd George
is reported to have made over S375.-
900 by his journalistic writings in the
last four years. He states that this
is some compensation for the dis
appointment and expense" of politics.
The London Daily News, however, OBJ
serves that if his political career were
less noticeable he would have diff
Guilty in getting such stuff printed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Defeat the Imperialist War
Against Nicaragua
LENINTSM TEACHES US:

The of the working countries and the
liberation of the by
formation and consolidation
proeaa OF the expressing countries directly
national independence oppressed against the
Imperialism OF the mother country people which
be free" -
The Workers (Communs Party you to Join and ibis
in the fight for: II
The Defeat of Imperaist Wars
Smashing Government by Injunction.
Organization of the Unorganized
Labor Party.
The Defense of the Soviet Union and Against Capitalist Wars
Workers and Farmers Government.
Application in
Gill this blank and mail Workers Cty
Il
No. St City State
Enclosed find so' for Initiation ff and one months dues,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Turk Cabinet Officers
And Deputies Charged
With Stealing Funds

ANGORA, Turkey, Dec. Is
The Minister of Marine, the Bursar
and a number of deputies are i'm
plicated in the theft scandal which
has resulted in the loss of more
than 100000 lire of the Parliamen-
tary funds.
The Minister of Marine was
charged with mishandling the con-
tract for the reconditioning Of the
former German ship Goehem, now
the Yavonz Sultan Selim.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
England Showed In

LONDON, Dec. Suffering and
distress throughout many sections of
England resulting from the great
blizzard that struck the British Isles
over the weekend were still acute to-
day.
Dozens OF villages were still isola-
ted by the snow and have not re-
ceived food supplies since last Satur-
day.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
II Soldiers Frozen Dead

BELGRADE, Dec. 28.-Melting
snow drifts have revealed the bodies
of seventeen soldiers frozen to death
along the Nish railway. The men
were lying in marching order, grip
ping their rifles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29

American battleships IN
load marines IN China,
Haiti, The Philippines
and other lands of OPP
pressed people.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Labor-Hater On Commission.

LONDON, Dec. 28.-Members of
the British Statutory Commission re-
Gently appointed by the Tory Baldwin
regime to investigate and report on
the government of India, will sail
from Marseilles on Jan. 20, according
to reports from the foreign office. The
head of the Commission, Sir John
Simon, took an active part in attack
ing the British General Strike. There
are no Indians on the Statutory Com
mission.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
PRUSSIA GETS LIBRARY.

BERLIN, Dec. 28.--The library of
Prof. Ernesto Quessada has been
given to the State of Prussia. The
owner, who spent his student years in
German universities, made himself
notorious by his pro- Germanism dur
ing the war. The library contains
$4,000 volumes and is the largest in
Latin america
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29

BUCHAREST, Dec. 28.--Two mill
ion. three hundred thousand dollars is
the estate of the late King Ferdinand
of Rumania according to the state
ment legalizing its distribution to the
heirs,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
100 Die i'm Turkish
Steamship Collision

CoNSTANTINOPLE, Dec. Is
The death list in the collision of two
Turkish steamships in the sea of Mar
more was increased to 100 today.
The steamship Svindji sank with
all on board.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
Brushes for Red Army

MOSCOW, Dec. 2S.-Six hundred
thousand toothbrushes, neatly packed
in metal cases, with toothpaste or
powder, have been purchased by the
Soviet Union military authorities at
a cost of nearly 100000. :
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
u. S. MINISTER TO RETURN.

DUBLIN, Dec. 28.-F'Eederick A..
Sterling, American Minister to the
Free State is expected to return to
the United States for visit while
President Cosgrove is in this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 28.-The 1865
ton United States Shipping Board
steamer Saccarappa went aground in
gale today near the hook of Hol-
land. Her position was reported as
dangerous. The Saccarappa hailed
from Philadelphia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
ENGLISH FLOODS
GUST HUNDREDS

LONDON, Dec. 28.-Whole villages
have been cut off and three hundred
families are homeless as result of
the floods caused by the rising of the
Stour River at Canterbury.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29
1873 SDOrtsmen Abroad

MOSCOW, Dec. IS. (By Mail).-
One hundred and Lightweight Soviet
sportsmen visited foreign countries
during the last sport season. In 1928
it is proposed to send about 800
sportsmen abroad. One hundred
sportsmen will go to Norway alone in
the beginning of 1928 to participate in
the World Winter Spartakiad.
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INDEPENDENCE IS
GOAL OF ENTIRE
INDIAN CONGRESS
Boycott Is Unanimous;
Thousands Crowd City

MADRAS, Dec. 28.--The goal of the
Indian people is complete political in
dependence from British rule, accord
ing to a resolution passed yesterday
by the All-India Nationalist Congress
here.
The independence resolution fol
lowed motions for complete boycott
of the Statutory Commission, headed
by Sir John Simon, which is due to ar
rive in India shortly. There are no
Indian members on the Commission.
nously carried.
The boycott measures were unani-
The All-1ndia Nationalist Congress,
which comprises five thousand dele
gates, representing all shades of In
dian political opinion, previously
passed measures requesting Nine. Sun
Vat Sen and other Chinese Revolu-
tionists to visit India in the interest
of the Nationalist movement. 1t was
also voted to equip an Indian am
bulance corps for service with the
Chinese Nationalists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-29

MADRAS, Dec. 28.-Thousands of
strangers from all over India are
pouring into Madras to attend the
sessions of the All-India Nationalist
Congress. 1t is estimated that there
are fifteen thousand visitors at pres
ent in the town.