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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
Chicago Government
Heads Dine and Dance
with Latin-Americans

At the same time that all Latin
America is inflamed against anything
American, Mayor Dever, Chief of Po-
lice Collins and other officials repre-
senting the city and state government
will attend dinner dance in honor OF
all Spanish-American consulars in
Chicago Saturday evening. The dance
is given by the Spanish-American Com
sular Corps, an organization of all
their consuls and staff
B. Singer. Chicago representative OF
Nicaragua, when asked what effect
the present situation in foreign rela-
tions would have on the festivities
said it would have no effect why,
there isn't any situation" said Singer,
tits all greatly exaggerated.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19

would be easily handled" by en-
ployers after they completed school,
and to enable big interests to evade
their share of school taxation.
Labor Party is Need.
Arne Swabeck, delegate from the
Painters Union, in commenting on
the resolution, declared that the only
way the workers could change the
present school system and to wrest
it from control of the big business
interests, was by asserting it's power
Labor needs a labor program, he said,
it must have labor candidates for Of.
fee, and a labor party. eve can get
nowhere by backing candidates OF
the democratic or republican party,
said Swabeck.
Fitzpatrick Attacks Swabeck.
President Fitzpatrick made an eff
fort to kill Swabeck's suggestion for
a labor party, declaring, eve had a
labor party once. We elected govern
ors and U. S. senator's, and almost
elected mayors, when the previous
speaker (Swabeck) betrayed us and
wrecked the party" 1t was significant
that the attack on Swabeck by Fitz-
patrick failed to bring any applause.
1t was remarked by some of the dele
gates that "the federation was fed up
on this story of Fitzpatrick's"
Delegate George Koop also told the
delegates that it is impossible to OBJ
tain a change in the school system
as long as the workers aligned them
selves with democrats or republicans.
you can't get anything by resolut-
ing" said Koop. "You won't get any
thing until the workers rise up and
exert their power" He then attacked
labor leaders, who are republicans or
democrats, whom he charged receive
favors from the system in control and
bow to La Sale street"
No Interest in Labor Temple.
The proposal of a labor temple for
Chicago, which had been talked of at
the last three meetings of the fedora.
ton, was declared by the executive
board to be impossible until more in.
terest is shown by the unions, par.
ticularly the building trades. The
committee reported that no union had
yet shown any interest in the pro
posal.
Farmer Speaks.
A representative of the North Da-
kota state-owned -four mills urged
Chicago labor to purchase flour pro.
duced by the mills. He declared
greater support of the mills was
necessary to prevent it's failure and
thus defeat the aims of the North
Dakota farmers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
DAILY WORKER CONFERENCE I'm
NEW YORK PROVES GREAT SUCCESS

and the large influence they have on
the workers.
THE organ of our French party,
L'Humanite', is a powerful weapon in
the fight against capitalism" he stat
ed. at has a daily circulation of 225,-
900 in Paris. while its northern edition
is read by 10000 workers every day.
Tho the Berlin "Rhote Fahne" has
slightly smaller circulation, it is sur
rounded by a group Of daily newspa-
pers published turnout Germany But
when it speaks thru its daily articles
it is listened to with respect by all
who read It."
Ovation for Nearing.
Scott Nearing was greeted with sus-
tanned applause when he started to
speak. He pointed out that five mil
lion workers live -within@the netropo1.,
tan area of New York, and with The
DAILY WORKER published here, its
duty is to attempt to become their
spokesman. Also that in his opinion
a daily labor newspaper should follow
the example of the capitalist press to
the extent of combining vital labor
news with a certain amount of stimu-
lus. That newspaper must not be
tract, but part of the living strug-
gle of the workers.
Other speakers in addition to those
already named were L. E. Katterfeld
and Rebecca Grecht.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
Southern Mil Invasion
Hits Northern Labor
CONTINUED from page y

Mills, Lawrence, Mass.) purchasing
Essec Mills at Alabama City, Ala.
Rayon, or artificial silk, is made in
the south by three of the biggest pro-
ducers: Dupont interests near Nash
Vile, Tenn, with $4,OOO,OOO plant;
American Bemberg at Elizabethtor,
Tenn. beginning the second $2,000,00O
unit of five; and Viscose Co. with a
new plant at Parkersburg, w. Va.
Mill Villages Grow.
Mill villages of North Carolina tex
tile manufacturers are counted as
fourth of the plant investment, one of
the Journal of Commerce 30th annual
textile review writer's tells. Without
describing old mill village houses nor
the proportion of new to old, he men,
tions that the modern villages have
houses "of pleasing and varied de-
sign" to avoid the monotony of the
old and that they contain flights, run
ming water and all plumbing facili-
ties" He claims that the companies
pay "upkeep Of streets, sewer and
water systems, Fairgrounds and ath-
letic equipment, community work, etc.
The mills own the village - homes,
churches, schools - and practically
finance the social life.
PsternaIism.
"All of the leading North Carolina
mills support, either wholly or in part,
Y. M. c. A. or Y. w. C. A. buildings,
community houses and their activi.
ties, with a paid staff to do the work"
he tells in further describing southern
textile manufacturers paternalism.
Medical supervision, d m 8 G
science among girls, canning clubs,
Boy Scouts and similar organizations
draw heavily upon the mills for sup
port"
The writer claims that SIS wage
in the south is equal to S22.S0 wage
in the north because OF the cheap rent
(S1.25 week average, he says) and
paternal practices of the southern mill
employer. He attributes North Caro-.
lina's lack of textile strikes TO the
very close personal relationship be.
tween employef.and employee" tho this
relationship is maintained by the staff
of welfare people paid by the firm,
which frenuentlpsis made up of north
ern investors. 40
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
DETROIT WORKERS BACK FIGHT FOR
RELEASE OF SACCO AND VANZETTI

conviction was supplied by the denial
last May by Judge Webster Thayer
of the motion for a new trial, and
again by his denial of a similar mo-
ton few weeks ago.
italian United Front.
AS soon as word came of the denial
of the motion for new trial last May
two huge mass meetings were ar
ranged. One was a real united front
effort on the part of all the Italian
working class groups in the city of
Detroit. The speakers at that meet
ing were Sormenti and Carlo Tresca
in addition to local speakers. Cyril
Lambkin, representing the Interna-
tional Labor Defense spoke in Eng
lish. The historic House of the Mass
es was crowded to the doors. Later
these groups published special Sac
co-Vanzetti Bulletin in Italian which
was widely distributed in Detroit.
Many other Meetings.
The other meeting was held under
the auspices of the Save Sacco and
Vanzetti Committee, which was com.
posed of the various sections Of the
Detroit Labor Movement. The speak
ers at this meeting which was held
in the Majestic Theater on June 4,
were Frank Martel, the president of
the Detroit Federation OF Labor, c.
e. Ruthenberg, representing the
Workers Party and Jacob Margolis,
for the /. w. w., and similar groups.
A telegram was sent to the governor
Of Massachusetts demanding a new
trial. Later thru the |. L. d., $4,000
leaflets including 10000 of the special
Debs leaflets were distributed.
The Sacco and Vanzetti case above
all must be utilized to make the work
ers see the real danger lurking be-
hind the frame-up system. They must
organize themselves to offer effective
resistance to It and to the capitalist
system which makes 1t possible.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
Police Raid Cicero
Gambling House in
Announced Campaign

What police say is the beginning of
campaign against gambling houses
in Cook county was staged when "The
Ship, one Of largest gambling estab-
lishments in the county, located in
Cicero, was raided. More than 100
inmates were taken in the raid, and
equipment said to be worth $4,000
was seized. Four squads of police
raided the place, breaking down a
huge door, and entered the room with
drawn guns.
The Ship is said to be owned by Al
Capone, James Mondi, Frank Pope,
and others. Jack Shoemaker, 1884 s.
Fifty-second avenue, was keeper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
VIGIL Radio Program

Chicago Federation of Labor radio
broadcasting station VIGIL is on the
air with regular programs. 1t is
broadcasting on a 491.5 wave length
from the Municipal Pier.
TONIGHT.
600 p. m.-chicago Federation Of Lac
Dor Hour.
6:3o-The Brevoort Concert Trio; Little
Joe Warner; Resale Saaifeid.
8.oo-Bily Williams, Charlie White,
Buddy Baker and chas. Burke, Harry
dream Daddy Davis, John ude.
o:0o-AIamo Cafe Dance Orchestra.
1t;oo-Aiamo Entertainers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
BY CYRIL LAMBKIN.

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. II. - The
class conscious workers of Detroit,
like their brothers in other cities in
the United States and in other coun-
tries, have not been Indifferent to the
fate of Sacco and Vanzetti. For, to-
gether with the rest of the class con-
scious workers and the large groups
of liberals they have long since been
convinced that Sacco and Vanzetti
were innocent of the crime they are
charged with. and that the preferment
OF the charge was but another in
stance of the dastardly frame-up sys-
tenn so brazenly resorted to in the
United States against militants in the
labor movement.
May Protest Meetings.
Many protest meetings were held
in Detroit and some OF the other large
cities of Michigan during the early
stages of the case, Hundreds of dol
lars were collected and sent to the
Sacco and Vanzetti Defense Commit.
tee. The Detroit Federation of Labor
and the Michigan State Federation of
Labor adopted resolutions branding
the charges and trial as a frame up.
italian united front committees were
formed for the special purpose of
holding protest meetings, raise funds
for defense and publicity.
w. p. Takes Lead.
In all these activities members Of
the Workers Party played great, If
not the major part. And 1t was the
Workers Party that alone sounded the
warning that Sacco and Vanzetti
might be executed despite the grow
ing file Of affidavits and evidence that
they were the victims OF a dastardly
frame up.
Must See Danger.
1t seems that however much the
class conscious workers and liberals
were convinced of the innocence OF
Sacco and Vanzetti they are not yet
convinced that the ruling class will
not hesitate to carry out death SEN
tence in frame up cae, unless its
murderous hand is stopped by the
most determined opposition on the
part of the working class. And so
the early meetings while obviously
full of sincerity, lacked the fire OF
this necessary conviction in the muir
derous intent OF the ruling class. This
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
LIERKNEcHT MEETINGS.

BUFFALO-January %, s p. M, at
Workers Forum Hall, SO West Huron
street. Speaker, Sam Essman.
BOSTON-Paine Memorial Hall, 9
Appleton St., Jan. 2Srd, 1880 D. m.
S. Bloomfield, speaker.
NEWARK-Sunday, Jan. 23rd, 1880
p. M, Newark Labor Lyceum, 704 So.
14th street, near Springfield Ave.
PITTSBURGH-Sunday, Jan. 23rd
at s D. m, at Labor Lyceum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
FEDERATION PLEDGES SUPPORT TO
NICARAGUA AND MEXICO; ATTACKS
POLICIES OF STATE DEPARTMENT

The policy Nicaragua Mexico and China
Chicago Labor
resolution
Nicaragua
A. F.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19
|. A. WORKERS Get
STORY OF STRIKE
OF CLOAKMAKERS
Meeting Disrupters Are
Frustrated
BY w. scHNEiDERMANN.
worker Correspondentl

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17.--At large
mass meeting at the Music Arts Hall,
with 800 present, Los Angeles workers
heard the story of the cloakmakers'
strike. The meeting was under the
auspices Of the Los Angeles Relief
Conference for the Striking Cloakmak-
srs, which has already forwarded
$4,000 to the New York joint board.
Foil DIsrupters.
An attempt by right wingers led by
A. Plotkin, manager of the Cloakmak-
ers' Union, Local So, to disrupt the
meeting and prevent the taking of a
collection was frustrated when the ar
rangements committee at the last
minute switched the program and had
Tom Lewis, the main speaker, take
the floor first and wind up his speech
with collection appeal which brot
IN over one hundred dollars. This
took the right wingers by surprise,
and they we're at loss what to do
when Rev. Robert Whitaker took the
floor. Plotkin attempted to get the
floor without success, as the chair
man, an entirely neutral person, P. d.
Noel of the executive board of the CT
vii Liberties Union, was determined
that no one was going to start tight
OH the floor of the meeting.
This successful meeting followed
upon the split which took place in the
conference, when the socialists walk
ed out because they could not get a
majority vote to control the relief
work in behalf of the Sigmanites.
They made an unsuccessful attempt to
tie up all the money so that no money
could be sent to the New York joint
board, and they even went so far as
TO persuade the officials Of the labor
bank" to stop a check for $500 to the
New York strikers. They were fore
ed to back down on this, however,
when the left wing leaders OF the con-
ference threatened to expose their
dirty work, and the check went thru
without difficulty.
Form Fake Conference.
The next step of the right wing was
to organize fake cloakmakers' relief
conference of their own, and ap-
proach the Central Labor Council to
denounce the conference which they
had split, which the council gladly
did. The cloakmakers' manager,
Brother Plotkin, made violent attack
on the left wing delegates in the Gen.
trail Labor Council and called upon
that body to investigate their activi-
ties as representatives of the Work
ers Party. He charged the left wing
ers with stealing funds they had rails
ed for the cloakmakers, despite the
fact that a complete audited report OF
all funds collected and dispersed was
printed and made available for all la
Dor organizations to examine.
The relief conference is continuing
their energetic campaign for funds.
and Plotkin is Tuning at his inability
TO break it up.
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Inc resolution 1OllOWS:
Whereas: The department Of state
in violation of the principles Of self
determination of all peoples has sent
United States marines to support a
dictator established by Wall Street
in Nicaragua against the wishes of
the people and the labor movement Of
that republic, and
Whereas: The department of state
is further dispatching part of the
United States navy to China to pro-
tect so-called extra territorial rights
against the wishes of that republic
and its people, and threatening to
break off relations with the republic
of Mexico to protect Wall Street oil
interests, thus stimulating the dangers
of new wars, and
Cites A. r. of L. Responsibility.
Whereas: The American Federation
of Labor is affiliated to the Pan-Amer-
lean Federation Of Labor of which
the trade unions movements Of Mica
ragua and Mexico are part, and
Whereas: At the FL Paso conven-
ton of the American Federation of
Labor and at the convention of the
Pan-American Federation of Labor
which followed it, pledges of brother
ly aid and cooperation were made to
the labor movement Of Mexico and
Latin-America; therefore be it
Pledges Support.
Resolved: That the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor declares it's unalter-
able position in favor of the rights
of self-determination of all peoples
and pledge our brotherly support to
the labor movement of Mexico and
Nicaragua, and be it further
Resolved: That we protest empha-
tically against the invasion Of Mica
ragua, the threats against Mexico and
intervention in China"
Hit School System.
Resolutions and discussion, attack
ing the administration of the Chicago
public schools by Supt. William Nc
Andrew, formed the main part of the
meeting. A resolution protesting the
attempt of McAndrew to break up the
teachers organizations by refusing to
consider or hear recommendations
either by individuals or organizations
was passed, as was a resolution, spon-
sored by Oscar Nelson, city alderman
and vice-president of the federation,
condemning the platoon" system Of
education, the junior high schools, and
the so-called intelligence tests. These
three policies were fayed as an at
tempt of business interests to deprive
workers children of the same educa-
tional advantages given children of
the rich, of developing children who
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Organized Labor-Trade Union Activities

Policies and Programs
The Trade Union Press
-Injunctions
Labor and Imperialism
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JUDGES, FOES OF
EDUCATION, Are
RAPED BY LABOR
Stand Against Compul-
sorry School Scored

MILWAUKEE, Jan. II. - Lawless
judges who incite boys to break the
continuation school statute and en-
courage employers to promote truancy
are denounced by the Wisconsin State
Federation Of Labor in resolutions
adopted Jan. 7 by its general execu-
tive board.
The strong stand taken by organ
lied labor against judges who breed
contempt for law in the minds of
youth was provoked in the first place
by resolution Of the Wisconsin Coun-
ty Judges Association, urging the
Legislature to repeal the compulsory
provision of the continuation school
law. This requires boys and girls
between 16 and IS years to attend the
continuation school at least 8 hours
week if they are not pursuing other
educational work.
Judges Denounce Laws.
"On a number of occasions" says
the state federation of labor some of
the county judges, who are also juve-
nile judges, instead of urging observ-
ance of the law and encouraging chill
dren to attend classes, have denoun-
ced the law; instead of calling to task
certain employers for melting those
of school age to truancy, they have
impressed on the students that the
law is an imposition"
The charges by judges that the
part-time school promotes poolroom
loafing and crininality are shown as
preposterous by the labor statement.
1t brands the attempt at repeal made
by the judges as "an unwarranted re-
Election upon the part-time branch of
our educational system and as an un-
fair assault upon the opportunities of
20, 900 boys and girls who are the sons
and daughters of the workers of Wis
consin." A
Warn Judges.
The judges are further admonished
to renenbesGssi oath of Office and
"to refrain from the practice of en-
couraging truancy among our minors,
and from encouraging by their judi
cial outbursts reluctant employers in
their nefarious evasions of statutory
educational regulations"
The state labor body is warning
every local union of the unholy al
lance between Judges and employers
for breaking down the state education
structure and is sending copy Of its
resolutions to every county judge in
the state.
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News and Comment
Labor Education
Labor and Government
Trade Union Ioolitics
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BY SYLVAN A. PoLLAcK
special to The Daily work.r)

Especial 10 ] ne Odily WOFkcIl
NEW YORK CITY The DAILY
WORKER dinner and conference held
at Yorkville Casino raised S2,226 to
help move the newspaper to this city.
The 400 DAILY WORKER boosters
who were present heard many prom
inent speakers, including Scott Near
ing. Jay Lovestone, Bert Wolfe, Ben
Gitlow and James P. Cannon, explain
the Importance of having militant
English labor daily published in New
York. Joseph R. Bredsky, well-known
labor attorney, presided.
Brodsky Donates $500.
When Chairman Brodsky asked for
donations, he received $500 from B.
Brodsky, who he explained was no
relative. Edward Z Royce then came
across with 500 and Leo King pledg-
ed $500. Other large donations were:
United Workers Cooperative, 800;
Local 2090, Carpenters Union, $50.
Other fifty dollar donations were re-
ceived from Subsection sc of the
w Vi hNA al ~ anu liiG A0NC 0AAch
Education League of Local 8, l. L. G.
w. U. Ten dollars was also brot in
from a group of Passaic textile strik-
ers.
Lovestone Speaks.
Jay Lovestone, recently returned
from Soviet Russia, was introduced as
one of those who Secretary of State
Kellogg is blaming for the present
trouble in Mexico and Nicaragua.
my last public speech was deliver
ed in st. Andrews Palace, which be-
longed to the former car of Russia"
said Lovestone. when l speak here
tonight | bring a message Of greet
ing from the workers of Russia. Al
so from our fellow workers in China
who at the present time are doing
such a mighty fine job"
Lovestone continued by referring to
the Communist newspapers of Europe
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