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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Mayor Walker Calls
Himself a Fascist;
Praises MuSSOIini

VENICE, Sept. 4.-"Jimmie"
Walker, New York's song-writing
mayor, has been received by the
Fascist government with open arms.
According to high Fascist offials in
this city, he fits in exactly with their
conception of a fascist administrator.
That Walker takes the praise he
is receiving as a compliment is seen
in his reply to the Fascist greetings.
He told them: 81 am something of
a Fascist myself" He also expressed
an opinion that "Mussolini is the
most outstanding figure in the world
today"
Walker is receiving an exceptional
reception here. Among those paying
him homage are the podesta Of Ven
ice, Count Pietro Oriso, the project
of the Province Of Venice, represent
ing Premier Mussolini, and by a rep
resentative of the Fascist Party.
Mayor James j. Walker who tells
the Fascist leaders that he is be
lever in their principals is supported
in this city by the Central Trades
and Labor Council, who act as the
official labor rubber stamp of the
Democratic Party. How the trade
unions that have been supporting
Walker will react to his open support
of Fascism will be interesting to
observe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Theatrical Unions
Of South in Fight
With the Managers

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (FP).-
Theatre unions all the way from
Baltimore to Greensboro, N. c., are
involved in stiff fights with man
ayers over new contracts supplanting
those expiring with the opening of
the fall season on Sept. 1. In Balti-
more At neighborhood film houses
broke with Motion Picture Operators
Local 181 and set up a company
union known as the Moving Picture
Managers and Operators Union.
All the downtown houses in Balti-
more signed up with the regular
unions, granting wage increases. In
most of the neighborhood houses
wage rises would have averaged little
more than 81 a week.
In Washington musicians and
stage hands are negotiating for in
creases. The musicians originally
asked $85, but have modified their
demands, while the stage workers
seek an increase over their present
$50 scale.
In Richmond, Va, musicians were
scheduled to go on strike when man
ayers refused to replace organ music
with four-piece orchestras in the
larger houses. Only one theatre now
has an orchestra.
Motion picture operators and stage
workers in three Greensboro, N. c.,
houses affiliated with a national
chain, went on strike when the man.
agement refused new contracts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
End Sweathshops, Aim
of Madison So. Meeting

Continued from Page One)
skilled worker cannot earn a living
wage. There is now very little diff
ference between a union and a non
union shop. Piece work has been
restored-in violation of the contract.
Speed-up systems have been intro
duced And the vicious sweatshop
and home-contracting system has
spread throughout the industry like
a plague.
"Mr. Sigman is poworless to con-
troll this situation because he has lost
the confidence and support of the
workers. He has tried to keep him
self in office and maintain power thru
the use of force; but by employing
methods of intimidation and terror
he has lost the membership. Altho
his drive to compel all workers to
register has been going on for nine
months, there are still hundreds of
shops where the entire force has re-
fused to respond to appeals and vari-
GUS forms Of coercion.
There is a widespread determine
ton among the cloak and dressmakers
that this devastation struggle in the
union must end. Saturdays mass
meeting in Madison Square Garden
will begin vigorous offensive
against Mr.. Sigman and those allied
with him, who are responsible for
disrupting our entire. union by their
policies of the past two years. The
workers are ready to act, and the
Madison Square Garden meeting will
demonstrate this fact" o..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Raise For San Antonio
Movie Aperators After
Walkout; Union Victory

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. A.
A compromise ended the San An
tonic movie walkout late last night
when theatre owners and the striking
projectionists and stage hands agreed
upon raise of $3.50 weekly. The
union men, who walked out at mid
night Wednesday upon the expiration
of their contracts, had asked for in
creases of $3.50.
All of the striking projectionists
and stage hands went to work today
under new contracts. Stage hands
are raised from sos weekly to $67.50
weekly and projectionists raised to
$67.50 weekly and projectionists are
raised from $6250 to $65.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Right Wing of Cap
Union Bars Militants

Continued from Page One)
Local in order that his name may
member in the union. In fact, the
only qualification as specified in our
constitution is that the nominees
must be members in good standing in
the union. Therefore a local cannot
appear in the ballot, instead of being
nominated by any good-standing
deny the right of any understanding
member to be nominee for office,
unless charges of serious nature are
brought against him, found guilty, and
as a result of that his rights are taken
away from him.
Election Mere Farce.
"In view of the decision of the
aforementioned locals, elections are
becoming a mere farce. Members are
afraid to vote in open meetings
against the administration, and there
fore a change from an open vote to
a secret ballot took place in our union
some years ago. To substantiate this
contention we wish to cite the follow
ing case as an example. In the cleo
tions of March, 1926, Brother H. SAFER
could not get the nomination in the
open vote, but was nevertheless elect
ed in a secret balloting.
1.-THE procedure adopted by the
New York Capmakers' Locals tends
to lead to clique leadership and to
undermine the confidence of members
in officers elected at such elections.
For Fair Consideration.
eve therefore appeal to you to con-
slider this matter in non-factional
manner, and sustain the right of good
standing, earnest trade unionists, who
have long previous records of activity
for our organization, although they
hold different views from yours. We
trust that you will either grant de-
cision before the elections take place
or halt the elections until you are
ready to render your decision.
"We also on this occasion wish to
draw your attention to the fact that
certain members are denied their
rights to act as watchers for certain
candidates, thereby creating the i'm
preston that some Irregularities are
being practiced by the Election Com
mittee behind closed doors. AS mat
ter of fact at meeting of the Execu-
tive Board, Local 1, in the presence
of Brother Jacob Roberts, the present
acting general secretary of our union,
statement was made to hte effect
that at a certain election, the stamp
VOTED" was washed off from union
books and they were used to repeat
votes. This statement was not con-
tradicted by any member Of the exec
utive board or by Brother Roberts.
Also, that old books are used in the
elections because the provisions of
our constitution that only members
in good standing in the union can
participate in the elections, are not
observed"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
munist) Party"
From South Slavic.

HlullsLj AIRY.
From South Slavic.
The South Slavic Bureau message
reads: ,..
Greetings to the Fifth National
convention of the Workers Com
munist) Party of America. May your
deliberations and decisions prove
worthy and correct for the future
struggles of the Communist move
ment in this country and the world.
May there emerge from this conven-
ton a united Communist Party and
leadership above all factions.
Forward to an intensified strug-
gle against all kinds of enemies of
labor.
Forward to a mass Communist
movement. Long live the Workers
Communist Party of America. Long
live the Communist International!
"Charles Novak, Secretary South
Slavic Bureau"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Training Camps Close
For the Season; Many
Ready for New Warfare

PEEKSKILL, N. Y, Sept. A.
Camp Smith in Peekskill and Pine
Camp near WATERFOWL were deserted
today after the last contingent of
1900 state troops broke camp and
brought to an end the summer train
ing period for the New York Ma
tional Guard.
The 369th infantry regiment COM
posed of Negro troops from New
York City left Peekskill headed by
Col. William Taylor, its white COM
mander. The 106th field artillery,
of Buffalo, pulled out of Pine Camp
headed by Col. William Schohl.
Maj. Gen. William N. Haskell,
state commander of the national
guard, is to remain at Camp Smith
few more days with a part of his
staff. Thus ends another season of
training for the next world war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
PARTY ACTIVITIES.
Minor and Browder Speak Thursda,

Earl Browder, who has recently
returned from six months stay in
China, where he was the American
representative al, the Pan-Pacific
Trade Union Congress, will speak on
the latest developments in the Chi
nese revolution next Thursday, p.
M, at Royal Palace, 16 Manhattan
Ave-, Brooklyn,
Robert Minor will also address the
meeting on the internal and external
problems facing the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
MOTION PICTURE
OPERATORS WIN
CHICAGO STRIKE
Theatre Bosses Give in
AS Loss Totals Million

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-Striking mem
bers of the Motion Picture Operators
and the Stage Hands Unions have
won a signal victory against the
Chicago Exhibitors Association. The
victory of the strikers marks the con-
clusion of a lockout of motion pic
ture operators which followed the
strike call issued by their leaders for
the operators to walk out of all the
theatres controlled by the Orpheum
Circuit. The stage hands went out
on Wednesday by which time the
strike has spread to several other
large cities.
According to the terms arrived in
the conference of the operators and
exhibitors representatives, the stage
hands will receive a wage increase
amounting to three quarters of their
demands. The apprentices will not
receive raise.
The operators will get fulfilment
of all existing contracts, while the
two men dismissed from the Belmont
Theatre, an Orpheum house, are to
have full pay until January II, when
their status will again be considered.
The strike was precipitated by the
discharge of these two men.
The motion picture houses have
been closed for six days. The exhibit
tors have been losing on an average
of S225,000 day or a total of over
a million dollars, while the workers
We're on strike. Thousands of peo-
pie have been deprived Of their ac-
customed amusement and the reopen
ing of the theatres which has already
been affected will bring a general re-
lief.
Strike Spreads.
The strike of motion picture OPP
orators was Immediately followed by
the walk out of operators in Minneap-
oils and other towns. These strikes
are still in progress and it is ex-
pected that the success of the Chicago
operators will keep up the fighting
spirit of the men in other cities.
Maloy Attacked.
An attack on the life of Thomas
Maloy, business manager of the Mo-
ton Picture Operators Union, was
made early yesterday morning. While
riding south on Wabash Avenue in
a car containing Thomas Burke head
of the Janitors' Union, and Wren, a
reporter, Maloy was pursued by a
car which swerved towards him. He
called to Burke and Wren and all
three leaped to the sidewalk and pre-
pared to defend themselves, but the
other car sped by altho the occupants
kept Maloy covered with their re-
volvers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Bury BENJAMIN Goldstein

A large crowd of mourners were
present yesterday when the body of
Benjamin Goldstein was laid to rest
in Montefiore Cemetery, Springfield,
Queens, after an impressive Orthodox
Hebrew funeral service at the grave
side.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Situation Acute.

"The acute position in the coal
fields, especially in South Wales and
Durham, can be understood when one
realizes that on July rs there were
registered in Great Britain 258,203 I'M
employed miners. 1t is also esti-
mated that between $4,000 and 100000
more have been struck off the regis
ter because they have been unem-
ployed so long that they are no longer
entitled to receive unemployment pay.
"In the Durham fields there were
63,498 unemployed, about 40 per cent
of the national total, and the Durham
County Council has decided to ask the
Government to declare the whole of
the County a necessitous area owing
to the terrible, heartbreaking poverty
prevailing there. On July Is there
we're 56,171 unemployed miners in
South Wales and since then thousands
have been dismissed. Last week I
visited Wales, and never have l seen
such poverty among our people
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
De Rivera Boasts OF
Fascist Dictatorship

SAN SEBASTION, Spain, Sept. A.
Orchards tonight gave a banquet
in honor of the Facist dictator, Primo
De Rivera. Among the 900 guests
at the banuet were the ministers Of
war and justice, numerous important
officials, civil and military.
In speech before the assemblage
the Primo declared that Spain "has
a most important part to play in
stemming the tide of radicalism and
destructive IDEAS"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
JAMBOREE DRAWS
$4,000 WORKERS
TO Great AFFAIR
Starlight Park Scene of
Giant Outp0uring

More than $4,000 workers attended
the Joint Defense Committee Jambo-
rec Saturday at Starlight Park, held
to raise funds for the relief and de-
Tense Of the cloak, dress and fur
workers.
According to attendants Of the
park, never before has such a large
crowd been present. From early morn
ing to late at night a continuous
stream Of workers arrived.
Many to Choose From.
The assembled workers had many
amusements to choose from. In the
afternoon they had an opportunity to
battle in the largest pool in New York
City. In the evening they had two
dance halls in which to try out the
latest dance steps. As a climax there
was the midnight banquet.
Three-quarters Of the amusement
and refreshment stands were taken
over by the defense committee for the
day. Each had a special sign so the
workers could tell that the money
they were spending would go towards
their cause.
Working Class Bankers.
Cloak and dressmakers, furriers
and millinery workers ballyhooed in
front of the various amusements. The
racing coaster had special sign that
read: Take a ride on Sigman's loop
the-loop with hot mama" At the
Gold Mine ride, a cloallmaker shouted,
Right in Sigman's Gold Mine!" So
on, down the line.
Present Carmen"
The opera Carmen" was presented
in the open air and a Hawaiian dane
ing girl entertained those who en-
joyed that kind of thing. Everyone
from nine to ninety found something
to their liking.
The tremendous outpouring of
workers is of great political impor-
lance as it shows the support the left
wing has among the workers. 1t also
points to a tremendous attendance at
the Madison Square Garden meeting
next Saturday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05

CHICAGO, (FP) Sept. 4.-The
immigrant newspaper reader likes to
read feature articles about the his
tory of American industries, declares
a statement released to Chicago for
eign-language papers by the foreign
language information service of New
York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
LIST OF JOBLESS
IN BRITISH COAL
FIELDS INCREASE
Grave, Says
Miners Executive
BY TOM. BAKER.
Federated Press.)

LONDON, Aug. 26.-(By MaiD-
The Executive of the Miners Fedora
ton of Great Britain meets in Lon
don today to consider the deplorable
conditions in the coal fields, "espe-
cially in light of the facts that IN
employment is growing and reduc-
tions are enforced pit by pit"
Somerset and Kent, where the en-
ployers have refused to meet the
workers representatives to make
agreements, must be dealt with es-
pecially, as in those districts the en-
ployers are enforcing individual set
Elements for each pit" said A. J.
Cook, the Federation's secretary, yes
tardav
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05

Keep Up the Sustaining Fund
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Present Carmen"

BUY THE DAILY WORKER
AT THE NEWSSTANDS
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
MAN LOST ON ST.
 LAWRENCE ISLAND

Sevoonga. St. Lawrence Island, Boring Sea, Oct. 23. (P)-Search is being pushed on this isolated island for an unidentified mystery man, who disappeared in binding snow storm after landing on the little known Eastern End of the Island in 14 foot steel boat, which was equipped only with sails.
 As Eskimo trapper saw the lone traveller make landing thru the Boring Sea surf on October 12th. He investigated but found no trace of the stranger who left his some what dana ged boat, oil stove. pair of shoes, a sack of wet clothing and an American flag cached on the beach.
 His tracks in the snow led back off of the beach but since then his tracks have been obliterated by snow storms. The incident was re- ported to T. C. Scupholm. the Unit ed States Buerau of Education representative on the island who ordered the search,
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
TUESDAY tTEIEGRAPHiC)
SIDDONS DEFERRED DECISION
 FALL SINCLAIR TRIAL

Washington, Oct. 25, (P)-Justice Siddons, of the District of Columbia Supreme Court deferred his decis- ion as to the admission of criminal conspiracy at the trial of the testi- mony given before the Senate oil committee by former Secretary of the Interior, Fall, and Harry F. Sin clair. Justice Siddons said he want ed further evidence as to whether Sinclair had appeared voluntarily. had been invited or legally summon ed. The immediate point which Justice Siddons was asked to rule upon was the admission in the statement of Sinclair to the Sen ate Committee that he went to Three Rivers. New Mexico to see Fall about the leasing of the Navy's Teapot Dome Oil Reserve.
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
FOURTEEN DEFENDANTS IN OI.MSTEAD CASE CONVICTED
 22 ACQUITTED

Seattle. Oct 25. Fourteen defendants at the second trial of the Olmstead case were convicted. and twenty-two were acquitted, in a sealed verdict opened and read upon the return of the jury after it's deliberations. The following de- fendants were convicted of liquor conspiracy charges: Peter Dahl, Mike Gaidosh, Lou G. Gillman, B. Goldsmith. Edward Ora ham, one Myers. LeRoy Mills. Ernest Poth. Chris Skrondal and Dave Trotze.
 Among those acquitted were Will bur Dow. q customs broker: Will jam Gookins. Island County Sher- iff; ". F. Ledges. Seattle police Captain Raymond Murphy former King County official, and Sylvester Moore. former prohibition officer.
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
CIRCUIT COURT APPEALS
 REvERSES ALASKA CASE

San Francisco. Oct. 25, (P)-The United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals for the Ninth Circuit, yester- day reversed the judgment which favored the Alaska Steamship Con- pany as defendants in suit against it by the Copper River Packing Company, of Nellie Juan. Alaska The packing company had sued for S7.325 damages for an alleged breach of contract by the steamship company, asserting the defendant 5 refusal to transport a shipment of cans from Seattle to Alaska which caused serious loss to the cannery company. The suit was appealed when the motion for non-suit was granted in the Seattle Federal Court.
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29

quittal but insist that the case is exceptional, and that there should be no loosening of the laws fo- the protection of human life.
 The Daily Express quoted Sir A. Conan Doyle, the famous auth or and physician as saying T be lieve that if there were d law re qurlng three medical certificates to justify putting each person in a hopeless condition as regards life and death, it would be t great improvements; it would be human fly and common sense"
 Justice Branson, before whom the / Sc was t,ied, said "The mat ter gives us food for thought when one considers that the poor child has always been an animal instead of a human being. So far there has not been anything blameworfhy in the young mans action in putting an end to the child's suffering He~ would have actually been lia ble for punishment had he not done it"
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To H. S. NELSON, Your heirs, rep resentatives and assigns:

To H. S. NELSON, Your heirs, rep
 resentatives and assigns:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned and his grantors and assignors, as CO., owners of the placer claim herein after described, has expended the sum of One Hundred Dollars dur ing each annual expenditure year ending on July 1st of each of the years 1922, 1923, 1924. 1925, 1926 and 1927 in labor and improve ments on the Good Chance Associ- .ation Placer Mining Claim, situate on the left limit of Last Chance Creek and the right limit of North Fork. tributaries of Snake River. in the Cape Nome Recording Dis trict, Second Division. Territory of Alaska, the record of the location of said claim being at page 57 of volume 157 of the records of said recording district.
 And you are further notified that if within ninety days from the com pletion of the publication hereof, you fail, neglect or refuse to con- tribute to the undersigned your pro- portion of such expenditure as a co-owner. your interest in said mining claim will become the prop erty of the undersigned. Dated at Nome, Alaska, August
 2l, 1927.
 IRA M. RANK, Co-owner.
 Publish Aug. 27, Sept. 3. 10. IT. 4. Oct. 1. 8. IS. 22. 20. Nov. s. l12. 1s. 1927.
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29

New York, Oct. 24. (P'-seven persons were killed in five Sunday airplane accidents at widely separ- ated parts of the United States.
 The lives of two were claimed at Lincoln, Nebraska. when the plane crashed in a cemetery. A student flyer met death at Los Angeles when his parachute failed to open. A second fatality of the same ma ture was recorded at Kansas City, Missouri Another plane crashed at Santa Monica. California. during a fog which claimed the lives of two other persons and seriously in jured the third passenger. One passenger was killed near Mount
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
DUTCH PLAN AIR MAIL
 TO SERVE EAST INDIES

Amsterdam. (P)-The Royal Dutch Air Mail Navigation Com pany has presented the Netherlands government with plan for the es- tablishment of d regular air mall service to the Dutch East Indies.
 The intention is to conduct the service with eight machines. and one departure weekly. It is es- tfmated that a load of 800 kilo- grams, comprising some 7o letters to the kilo. at a surcharge of twen- ty cents per letter would yield a revenue of some s12,500. which should produce profit over ex- penses.
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
ROUMANIAN UNDER SECRETARY
 FINANCE JAILED

Bucharest. Oct. 25, (R,-Govern- ment circles were today thrown into cousternation by the sudden arrest of Menilescu, under secre- tary of Finance. The Menilescu cabinet is charged with plotting the restoration of former Prince Carol and his right to the throne.
 It is said that a number of com promising documents and consid- erable correspondence with the dis inherited prince was found in the possession of Menilescu. He has been incarcerated in the military prison. and his arrest caused sen sation throughout Roumania.
The Nome nugget., 1927-10-29
MRS CRIMSON TOPPED OFF
 FOR ECROPE. HAD RETt RN

Old Orchard, Maine. Oct. 2t. tA' Mrs Frances Grayson, with her amphibian plane The Dawn, hopped off at six-thirteen yesterday morn ing for Europe. but returned at four in the afternoon driven back by defective motor and heavy fog. The plane carried Mrs Grayson. navigator Bruce Goldborough and pilot Wilbur Sturgiss. and had ar they reached the decision to return.