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The daily worker., 1927-04-26
New York's Water Front
Neus and Vietgs of the Biggest World Port
Supreme Court FOrbids
Investigation of Huge
National Bread Trust

WASHINGTON, April %. The
supreme court today dealt what is be-
lieved to be a death-blow to the Fed
eral Trade Commissions proposed
"bread trust" investigation by refus-
ing to review an adverse decision of
lower courts.
The investigation was undertaken
upon senatorial authority, after Sena-
tor La Toilette of Wisconsin proposed
the action in a resolution.
After the commission called upon
milling companies for the production
of records, the Millers' National Fed
Grafton went into District of Columbia
courts and obtained an injunction.
The high courts denial of the writ
upheld the lower court rulings that
subpoenas can only be issued and en-
forced by the commission when it is
Investigating complaints of unfair
methods of competition.
In seeking the review, commission
attorneys said that the investigation
Of the power trust" ordered by the
senate depended upon the courts con
struction Of the commissions author
ity in this case.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
Flood Sweeps On.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 25.-
Sweeping over the entire Mississippi
delta, flood waters have inundated
Clan Allen and Lake Washington,
small hamlets near Greenville, it was
reported here.
A fleet of seaplanes and motor
boats, which lest night moved 500 re-
fugees from Wayside, a nearby town,
were searching Glen Allen and Lake
Washington for hundreds of persons
reported to be marooned on levees.
Fleets Of boats we're in operation
throughout Mississippi today rescu-
ing marooned. Hollindale and Arcola,
Ark. were flooded by breaks. Ar
kansas City was reported surrounded
by water.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
big Four Gives Cushy Jobs to
Ex-Investigators

The following is the fourteenth of series Of thirty articles
exposing the fraud of weekly payment ndustra life insurance
Previous articles have pointed out that there 40 million weekly
payment insurers in the United States and Canada Mr. Har
rson has made specific charges of fraud misrepresentation
subornation and misuse of public Banks railroads and
public utility companies involved in the swinde Names
prominent in financial and circles have appeared from
time to time Among those mentioned have been Charles M.
Shwab Haley Fiske Albert H. Wiggn Supt of Insurance
lanes A. Beha and MANY others.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
GIObGrman Rallies
Workers Behind Him
For a Labor Party

LOS ANGELES, Calf, April 25.-
The Painters District Council has
elected two delegates to the TRADE
UNION POLITICAL CONFERENCE
to be held here April 25th, and has
adopted a resolution calling upon this
conference to work for the organiza-
ton Of a Labor Party.
The prospects for the conference
are promising, in view Of the tact
that the Joint Executive Board Of the
Central Labor Council, Metal Trades
Council, Building Trades Council, and
Allied Printing Trades Council have
officially endorsed the candidacy for
Board of Education of sam Glober-
man, whose campaign committee has
issued the call for the Conference.
Many labor officials have handed to-
gether to fight both the conference
and Globerman's candidacy, and are
doing everything they can to defeat
the prospects of both.
Bureaucrat AppOses.
II IS know that the secretary of the
Central Labor Council, has APP
preached one by one the various dis
trict councils that have endorsed
Globerman, with a view to having
them withdraw their endorsement. So
far, he has not succeeded, but it is
believed another attempt to do this
will be made within the next weeks,
Just before the primary elections
May 3rd.
The fact that the Workers Com
munist) Party Immediately came out
in support of his candidacy win be
used by the labor officials in an at
tempt to create prejudice against a
Communist candidate.
Socialists Intrigue.
The role of the Socialists in the
election campaign is interesting; they
have several candidates for Board of
Education, and one for City Council,
and these have formed an election al
lance with a group Of reactionary
candidates for the purpose Of defeat
ing another clique of politicians en-
dorsed by the "Citizens Committee" F"
The Socialist program ignores the un-
employment situation; the open-shOp;
injuncti6ns and anti-labor laws; the
S-hour day and 5-day week; child
labor; the Labor Party; they want
cancellation of telephone fran
chises, "bonds without interest" but
not a word about the most important
issues before the labor movement OF
Los Angeles, all of which are clearly
outlined in the program issued by the
Workers (Communist) Party.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
MachaCsD. Sugar Trust
Man, Keeps Mouth Shut

Continued from Page One)
ment, and limited that that was about
all.
Then, following an awkward pause,
your correspondent asked the ambas-
sador, who served as interpreter,
whether Machado would discuss the
situation Of trade unions in Cuba
"since great deal has been pub
lished in this country recently as to
their condition"
Sugar Trust Puppet Cautious.
This was not what they had bar
gained for Ambassador Ferrara hesi-
tated, spoke quickly in Spanish to
Machado, who frowned and replied in
an annoyed tone. Ferrara interrre-
ted: "The president says that he is
a Liberal, and his administration has
been very friendly to labor. and he
himself has lent his sympathy to the
trade unions in many strikes includ-
ing many railroad strikes that lasted
as long as 40 days. In al cases the
strikers have won what they sought.
But the trouble has been that Com
muuist disturbers. sent from abroad,
have come to Cuba to create diff
culties, and the government has been
obliged to remove them, to send them
ont again"
Another correspondent asked:
''Then the president thinks there is
no Communist danger in Cuba and
the Caribbean"
mo-" came the translated reply.
"He repeats that some Communists
have been sent there from abroad, but
he would not permit them" Ferrara
was suddenly stopped by Machado,
who firmly corrected him.
"The president desires me to say,'
hastily went on the ambassador,
'that the workers, the trade union
members in Cuba, will not permit
these Communists to enter their or
ganizations or to create trouble"
Then, turning to your correspondent,
Ferrara said pointedly: "You say
much has been published here about
trade union troubles in Cuba, but you
know that it was all written by one
man. 1t is just a one-man agitation"
Murdered Workers.
SO that was all that Machado had
to say concerning his police agents
murder and kidnapping Of hundreds of
trade union leaders in the past two
years. Trays Of drinks we're brought
: in, for all who wanted TO drink with
him. AS glasses were raised, someone
whispered, ironically, "Cuba Libre!"
Machado was rebel soldier with
Maximo Gomez and Calixto Garcia,
30 years ago, and he has come to the
presidency on that reputation and on
his claim Of being Liberal. Just now
he is crushing the last remnants Of
the trade unions with one hand while
driving through his complaisantly
venal congress, with the other hand.
a four-year extension of his present
term Of office.
The zone man" agitator who has
been publishing these facts in the
American press is the English langu-
age secretary of the Pan-Amcrican
Federation OF Labor, Chester M.
Wright, who went to Cuba and talked
with the friends and widows Of the
lmurdered mess-
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
United Women Council
Arranges Mass Meeting
For Workers Defense

The most determined and consistent
defense. work for the furriers and
cloalsnlakers comes from the United
Council of Workingclass Housewives.
Undaunted By their many other
burdens and duties, the Bronx Cen
eral Councils, jointlyywith the Bronx
Cloakmakers and Furriers Councils,
have arranged a mass meeting to be
helti- IN. Hunts Point Palace, 163rd
Street and So. Blvd, on Wednesday
evening April 27th 1T s P. III.
The speakers will be Louis Hyman,
Juliet Stewart Poyntz, Kate Gitlow,
Rose Wortis, Fanny Warshafsky and
others. Admission is free.
The meeting is being held unds4
the auspices Of the Six Bronx Coun-
ellis of the United Council Of Work
ingclass Housewives.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
Working Women Form Club.

CHICAGO, (FP) April 25.-Unem-
ployment, high prices, high rents and
other economic ills will be studied by
the newly formed South Side Progress
sive Women's club, an organization
of working women in Chicago. 1t
meets Sunday afternoons at 1901 S.
Wabash Avenue.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
Milwaukee Council
Sees Legal Murder

MILWAUKEE (FP).-If Massa-
chusetts executes -Sacco and Vanzetti
it will be considered by the people
Of the United States and other civil
lied countries as a prejudicial and
fanatical legal murder of two inno-
cent men," declares the Milwaukee
Federated Trades Council in a letter
to Gov. Fuller.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26
5000 Attend ''TnaI'
Of Forward; Early
Figures Too Small

An official count made by the
Ticket Committee in charge Of the
trial" of the Jewish Daily For
ward held in three large halls on
Sunday shows that The DAILY
WORKER estimate Of 5000 as
stated in yesterdays issue was too
conservative.
The Committee reports that over
5000 attended the meetings held in
Central Opera House, New Star
Casino, and Manhattan Lyceum.
OF this. number 1900 paid adj
mission fees. More than roo strik-
ers were admitted free.
The daily worker., 1927-04-26

1t got there and found some pretty
strange things about the boat that
was supposed to go out to San Pedro
on a easy trip.
To begin with, its 'forcastle was
completely ripped apart. The mate
told me to put my dunnage and cloth
ing in the carpenters shed which was
in a pretty lousy condition, SO | flatly
refused. / did some Investigating on
my own hook, and | found out that
the focale had been ripped out be-
cause it was positively lousy and too
filthy and rusty for even the average
seaman.
Also the Pratt had been in dry
dock for some time ard that from all
signs she was going to stay here for
quite some time to come yet. The
boatswain wanted me to start right
in working with an air hammer. which
is something like riveting hammer,
and works on the same principle,
but the difference being that it is
used for chipping rust. In this case
the men on the job, mostly green
hands and kids from the farm who
were making their first voyage to
sea, were working away at the tops
of the oil tanks-worIking between
decks and amidships.
This is pretty hard work, so asked
the boatswain what they were being
paid, and he told me that they were
getting two dollars a day and eats.
Bum Food.
| stayed long enough to try the
eats and they were pretty bad
After speaking to some Of the hands
/ found out that an average of fifty
to a hundred men were sent dowr
daily and most Of them quit after they
worked for some time. Then I got
wise to myself and knew quite
definitely that all that this was, was
standby or port job. The S. S
Pratt wasn't going to leave for Pedro
so soon after all from all signs.
All that the Standard Oil Co., wan.
ted was men whom they could exploit
for two dollars day, and bum eats
and in this way replace more skilled
and higher payed workers with kids
and green hands, or seaman who
we're pretty nearly down and out.
Left It Flat.
Well then after this sank in, JUS
packed up and left the damned hulk
Some Of the fellows who were more
militant and self respecting, ais,
came along. | got back TO Pear
street and couldn't keep my tempe.
back, SO / gave the shipping mastei
particular s,eiI and told him wha
kind Of a dirty deal he was pulling
over the men. He got pretty scarce
when ] said this right out loud an,
he begged me to keep quite saying
"Sh, Sh, the others around nigh
hear you' and "that / was raising
scandal" etc. Well, I told him tina
that was just what l wanted to dc
to tell the other men that they wer
being tricked into dirty exploitation
This is why want this letter to b
published so that the men on the jo
who read this letter In The DALI
| WORKER will start TO wake up an
realize the conditions under whic
they are working and begin TO OF
ganize.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-29
? POLICE QUEL[
NEAR RIOT
-Photo by LnlernationaI

A fight, between white and colored
residents of the neighborhood sur
rounding Sixth and L Streets North
east was quelled by police last night
before it had reached the proportions
of real riot.
Marcellos Jones, colored, %, 104O
Sixth Street Northeast, and Hattie
C. cambridge, colored, "A, 618 L st.
N. E., were both arrested.
According to the police, the fight
started when a eolored man threat
ened a number Of white boys playing
on a vacant lot on L Street, between
Sixth and Seventh Streets North
east.
Their parents interviewed in their
behalf and colored residents, took the
side of the man.
The man arrested was charged
with assault and the woman with
disorderly conduct. Although sew.
eral persons are thought to have
suffered minor injuries. none re-
ceived hospital treatment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-29
COVELL BACKED.
FOR POST

The appointment of Major w. E.
r, Coyell to succeed Lieut.. Col j.
Franklin Bell as District Engineer
Commissioner. was asked by the
Mid-Cfty Citizens Association at it's
meeting In the Thomson School,
Twelfth and l. Streets Northwest,
last evening. At present Major
Covell is Lieutenant Colonel Bells
assistant, The latter leaves office
April /.
Police Inspector Louis j. Stoll,
Former Representative Charles I.
Stengle and Major Covell addressed
the gathering.
A resolution asking the amend
ment of the act creating the Citizens
Advisory COUNSEL to prohibit any
member from expressing an opinion
on an appointee to office was
adopted at a. meeting of the West
End Citizens Association held in Cor.
coran Hall last evening.
The establishment of an airport
here was favored, and a resolution
passed asking for the placing of
stronger lights on Pennsylvania
Avenue from Fifteenth Street to
Rock Creek was passed,
BY a vote of 81 to "a the proposal
TO admit women as members was
once more defeated at the meeting
of the Georgetown Citizens Associa-
ton, held in the Potomac Bank
building last evening. One-fourth
of the present members would stay
away If women attended the meet
tngs, committee reported.
Several sites for a playground in
lower Georgetown were inspected
by the Georgetown Progressive
Citizens Association and a report
made to Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant
III. The possibility of converting
the remaining span of the AuIe-
duct bridge into a recreation pier
was also discussed.
Mrs. Grace Ross Chamberlain, a
candidate for election to the Citi-
zens Advisory Council, was en-.
dorsed by the North Capitol Ci.l-
zens Association at their meeting
In the United Brethren Church.
North Capitol and r SITS. N. w.
The five delegates from the
Northwest Brightwood Civic AS
Eociation were told to vote for DR..
George H. Richardson and George
q. Beacon for positions on the
Citizens Advisory Council, at a
meeting of the Brightwood group.
A tax OF ~ cents per gallon on
gasoline, the revenue derived to
be used for street improvement,
was favored at a meeting of The
Randle Highlands Citizens Assoeia.
ton held in Fountain Memorial
Church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-29

Experiments are under way In
Great Britain with the manufac-
ture of artificial pearls from e. sub.
stance obtained from Scotch herring
scales.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-29

To prove that the human voice
is a result of mechanical action an
Englishman initiates it closely with
device using bellows to sound an
organ reed that he controls with
his fingers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-29

Frances coal production reached
Q record figure of 52,478,0OO metric
tons last year.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
FIGHTING CONTINUES
 APOPULAR PAST|ME
 THROUGHOUT CHINA
MARINES AND SUPPLIES ARRIVE AT SHANGHAI ABOARD u. s.
 TRANSPORT

SHANGHAI May p. R-Rumors of fighting in the city in the near future continues to take place here, despite assurances of safety. Gen. eraI Chi-Chang Kai-Shek, Command CT of the moderate communist forces, has launched a new attack on the forces of General Sun Chuan- -Feng, the Northern leader
 Repeated reports of negotiations between Generals Chang and Sun have failed to produce tangible agreement and it is thought that the greater part of the next drive will be directed against Chang Tsung- Chang, who holds the Tsientsin to Pukow Railway.
 The American transport fChau- mont" arrived here today from Ma nila, bringing 500 United States Mar ines, also tanks and airplanes.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
DE P|NEDO HOPS OFF ACROSS TIE ATLANTIC
 FUR TIE AZORES
SIXTEEN HUNDRED MILES OPEN WATER IS YET TO BE CON-
 QUERED

TREPASSEY, New Foundland, May 23. (P)-De Pinedo hoped across the Atlantic for the Azores on his road from Rome and back, which carried him across the broad South Atlantic, over the impenetrable jungles of Bra gil, above the stretches of the Carib- bean sea and into Arizona, which brought him to one of the most peril ous portions of his long adventure since it meant that the treacheries of fog on the Grand Banks must be suc- cessfully negotiated and more than 1,6OO miles of open water conquered before victory is grasped. He left at 1:5S, Eastern Standard time, and predicted the trip to the Azores would take 12 hours.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
BYRD CONSIDERING
 NUMBER DIFFERENT
 FLIGHTS SUMNER
MAY FLY FROM GREELAND TO POINT BARROW ON EXTEN
 SION WORK

NEW YORK, May g. (P)-The New York World said that Command CT Byrd was considering a flight over the Arctic or Pacific as alternatives to the New York to Paris flight. Byrd explained that if he makes the At lantic flight it will be a scientific ex- pertinent to determine the feasibility of transatlantic mail and passenger service. If he finds that Lindbergh accomplished the object of Americas s flight he is considering flying from the east or northernmost tip of Green land to Point Barrow, which will be an extension of the work of the Mac Milan expedition of two years ago, of which Byrd was member. Another flight under consideration is from San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands which the late Commander John Rog- CTS and crew of four fell short.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
FLEW JUST ABOVE WATER

Cintinuing, Lindbergh said: After we got away from land we ran into fog, and then into rain Sometimes we flew not more than ten feet above water. The highest altitude I attain ed was 10000. We went that high to try to get above a storm, but the av- craze altitude for the whole second thousand miles was less than 100 feet. If we had known the weather to be so bad we would not have started but once we go into it there was nothing to do but keep going. In the after noon we picked up Ireland From what had read at home I knew Ire land inclined to be mountainous, so when I saw pretty high ridges off in front I knew it was Ireland"
 In response to questions, the flyer said T did not feel hungry or sleepy during the flight. I ate about a sandwich and a half and drank about a half glass of water. I kept the win. dows open all the way"
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
REscUlNG CREW OF STEAMER

EUREKA, Calif,, May 23. (P-At 5:3O yesterday afternoon Coast Guard cutter managed to get a breech- es buoy line to the stranded steamer, Indiana Harbor, aground off Point Gorda, and it was believed that the rescue of the crew would be effected with " hours. The vessel is re. porte4 liking up under the heavy pounding of the surf.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
ENGLISH AIR MAIL PLIERS ARE RESCUED FROM PERSIAN GULF WERE ENDEAVORlNG TO MAKE NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM ENG-
 LAND TO INDIA

SIMLA, British India, May 23. (P)- Lieutenant c. R. Carr and L. M. S. Gilman of the Royal Air Service, who started from England on nonstop flight to India, were rescued in the Persian Gulf The plane was forced
 n and is total wreck. They flew
 niles, 200 less than Lindebergh.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
SCHOOL HOUSE DISASTER
 DEATH LIST GROWING

BATH, Mich, May 23. (R)-With the death list fatalities in the dyna- miting of the Bath consolidated school now standing at A and threatening to increase, Bath town ship began to bury it's dead Sat urday and Sunday were days of fun erals and mourning. Two of the vic- tins of the disaster were buried Saturday morning and six yesterday.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
RA|LROADERS WALK OUT
 UPON REFUSAL ARB|TRATE

DETROIT, May g. R-Claim that Frank Alfred, president of the Pere Marquette Railroad, refused to arbltrate after demands of 5000 workers of various crafts had been placed before him, voted to strike and set a day for the walkout. Further conferences are being held in an effort to reach an agreement.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
Inside History Harding's Change
 Alaska Attitude
HOW FORMER SECRETARY FALL AND SECRETA- KY DENBY SOUGHT TO DUPLICATE TEAPOT DOME DEAL IN DISPOSING OF ALASKA COAL FIELDS

The long standing enigma of President Harding's radical reversal of his views and attitude Alaskan po cies and problems announced by him in his memorable speech in Seattle after he had returned from Alaska explained today for the first time in any newspaper to the Gateway by John E. Balane of Seattle founder of Sew ard organizer and builder of the Alaskan Central Rail way and leader in the campaign that resulted in legislation for the building of the Alaska Railroad Mr. Balaine rived from Seattle and San Francisco the Northwest route to the Interior with party of his business aSsO California
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
PICKET WASHINGTON EMBASSY

WASHINGTON, May 23. (P-1t was reported that Cantonese armies are pushing further north against the armies of General Sun Chuan- Flung. Chinese picketted the British Embassy at Washington for half an hour with placards demanding the end of imperialism in China.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
IRELAND BY DESCRIPTIONS HE HAD READ AT HOME-DID NOT FEEL HUNGRY OR SLEEPY ON FLIGHT-"WE HAD FINE TRIP,' DARING YOUNG AVIATOR REMARKED, MEANING HIM SELF AND HIS PLANE
 VICTORY THRILLS THE PEOPLE OF BOTH CONTINENTS
Estimates Flying Foos' Earnings for Next Year Placed at Many Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars; Three Hundred Things Could Y run- gesser and Coli, States LindF
PARIS, May 23. (P)-Lin

PARIS, May 23. Q41-Lin flight from New York to Paris .An> .> a.4 d. Jassy where he is quartered during his stay in Paris.
 The first part of the flight was better and easier than any of expected All the way up the American coast to New Foundland we had uncommony good weth er.' At this juncture Ambassador Herrick remarked When Lindbergh says we he the ship and him. self"
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
ONE DIES IN ARGUMENT

NEW YORK, May 23. R)-An ar gument over the nationality of Lind bergh resulted in the death of Joseph Hand and the arrest of Sidney Levene. charged with homicide Levene is &C., cused of stabbing Hand
Seward daily gateway., 1927-05-23
NEWSPAPER MAN DIES

WASHINGTON, May 23. (P-Rob- ert Small superintendent of the South ern division of the Associated Press, widely known newspaper man, died in a hotel here. He recently worked for the Consolidated Press.