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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
TAXICABS RAIDED
IN CONEY ISLAND
Tammany Police Keep
Up Racket

Raids by the Tammany controlled
police force against taxicab drivers
have continued with special sever
ity over the week end, it was learned
yesterday from drivers who charged
that the move is part of the plan
to eliminate 10000 drivers from the
industry and to permit the large
fleeters, such as the Yellow Taxicab
Corporation, to dominate the indus
try.
Raids were especially vicious, it
was learned, in Coney Island where
scores of drivers were driven from
the main thoroughfares such as Surf
Avenue, Mermaid and Neptune Ave-
nues.
Companies Get Protection.
The ground for thus preventing
the drivers from making a living is
usually that of congestion Of traf-
fic" although it is pointed out by
drivers that bus lines operated by
large companies on friendly terms
with the Tammany Hall city admin
istration virtually crowd out all
traffic from these streets.
These bus lines are the Luna
Sightseeing, the Greeley Sightsee-
ing, and the Knickerbocker Sight
seeing Company all of which oper-
ate lines between Manhattan and
Coney Island.
Violate Regulations.
Drivers charge that these COM
panies constantly violate regulations
with complete immunity and that
there is an understanding among the
police officers that their buses are
not to be molested. A squad of
fifty police, it was learned, were
sent to Coney Island from head
quarters to carry out the raids.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
FUNDS NEEDED
IN PORTER CASE

The international Labor Defense
is answering the challenge of the
war department in its effort to rail-
road John Porter to prison, accord
ing to an announcement made by
the organization today. Isaac
Shorr, the attorney retained by the
l. L. D. in the case, is to defend
Porter at the trial beginning today.
Not only will every possible effort
be made in the courts, but the
masses must be modified in this
important struggle with the mill
tary authorities, it was stated.
The Porter case will be very ex-
pensive, and the |. l.. d. will be
called upon to face all the forces
at the disposal of the government.
1t is necessary for the workers to
aid in this fight. Funds for the de-
tense are urgently needed, it was
pointed out. All contributions should
be sent to International Labor De-
tense, 80 East 18th St., New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
BOSS ATTACKS
PICKETERS IN
FRUIT STRIKE
Store Clerks Union to
Hold Nominations

Three striking fruit store clerks.
members of the Retail Grocery and
Dairy Clerks Union, picketing near
the open-shop district on Bathgate
Ave, were attacked yesterday by an
employer named A. Gingold.
Having injured three workers,
Gingold had two of them arrested
Tor disorderly conduct.
Frank Isrealowitz and Sam Sha-
piro, the workers arrested, tried to
press charges against Gingo]d, but
were deprived of this right by the
officer in charge of the 18th pre-
cinct police station.
Magistrate Storm later released
the workers in custody of the union
attorneys for trial July oath.
A general membership meeting of
the Retail Grocery, Fruit and Dairy
Clerks Union will be held tonight at
S o'clock at Stuyvesant Casino, 142
Second Ave, according to announce
ments by the union. Second NOM
nations for officers of the organiza-
ton will be taken up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
15OFORD WORKERS
IN POISON CASE
Eat Food; Drop in All
Parts of Shop

SOMERVILLE, Mass, July H.
Approximately $50 employees of
the Ford Motor Company plant here
collapsed at their work today as the
result of illness believed to have
been caused by food eaten at noon.
Ambulances and private vehicles
took the sick to hospitals. Work
was suspended at the plant.
The sickness was first noticed at
2 o'clock when several workmen col
lapsed. For an hour workmen
dropped in all parts of the shop.
The city ambulances were called
and motorists passing the plant
were pressed into service as the
sick were taken to two hospitals.
All available doctors were called.
Forty persons were taken to the
Central Hospital while several
others were taken to Medford.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
70 GIRLS kept
FROM SCABBINC
Bureaucrats H a m p er
Shirt Strike

Especial to The DAILY WORKER)
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., July 49,
Members of the Young Workers
(Comunist) League considerably
aided the young shirt strikers here
in gaining a victory over the bosses
today. Many League members par
ticipated in this mornings picket
work, as was promised by a repre-
sentative of the League to the strik-
ers on Saturday.
There were so pickets on this
mornings line.
Twenty girls were about to apply
for Jobs at the Jaco Company, at
which the strike is taking place,
but were persuaded by the pickets
not to weaken their fight against the
wage-cut by scabbing on their sis
ter workers. None of the girls went
inside the factory to apply
A meeting between the strike COM
mittee and the officials of the Anal
gamated Clothing Workers, which
was to have taken place this morn
ing, was not held, cue to the failure
of the Amalgamated officials to
Show up. These officials refused to
call out the cutters at the Jaco shop
to strike with the others, because
they were not given control of the
strike. At another time one of the
officials conferred with the bosses
without the agreement of the strike
committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
FOOD BOSS Gets
BIG WELCOME
Strikers Visit Him At
Vacation Haunt

A demonstration against condi-
tons in the three restaurants of
the Trufood Co., employees of which
are now on strike, took place Sun
day afternoon at the Naturalist Col
ony, near Plainfield, N. ].
One of the restaurant corpora
ton, Benjamin SAFER, a member of
the colony with reputation as a
liberal" had his reputation badly
shattered at the meeting when
nearly dozen restaurant workers
appeared with their picketing signs
and told the assembled colonists,
Sazor's neighbors, of the bad condi-
tiens on their job and of the refusal
of the firm to recognize their union,
Local l, Walters and Mattresses,
A. F. of L.
''MediatOrs"
A volunteer committee, composed
of acquaintance and friends of
Sazor, as well as of Tofolosky and
Tyre, also firm members, went to
interview the three bosses in behalf
of the strikers. This committee was
composed of A. Bloom, former man
ager of the Volkzeitung, German
newspaper; Chaitt, member of the
International Brotherhood of Paint
ers and Paperhangers, and Gold
stein, former official of the Dress
makers Local, I. L. G. w. u.
On the grounds that he is mot
doing business on Sunday" Sazcr
refused to discuss the strike with
the committee, though Tofolosky ex-
pressed desire for a conference
with the union.
Sazor previously operated union
restaurant on Second Ave, but when
the new houses were opened up
near Broadway Con 38th, 10th and
44th Sts., he refused to continue
the union agreement.
Speakers at the mass meeting
Sunday were A. Bloom, Louis Riff
kin, Alex Sagi and Gertrude Welsh
of Local 1, and Henry Sazor, left
wing leader of the Capmakers'
Union, brother Of the restaurant
owner. Henry Sazor was arrested
on the picket line when he walked
with the strikers to protest against
his brothers refusal to recognize
the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
CAMP AICN MEET
IN PHILA. AUG. 8
Ask Workers. Groups
to Send Delegates

PHILADELPHIA, July 1.-THE
first meeting of the enlarged Foster.
Gitlow Campaign Committee, which
is now being formed here, will be
held Friday evening, Aug. 8, at
o'clock at the local headquarters
of the Workers (Communist) Party
1914 Spring Garden St.
A letter has been sent to all Local
unions, workers. fraternal, educa-
tional, social and sports organiza-
tons by Herbert Benjamin, district
organizer, outlining the issues in the
coming election campaign and ask
ing them to help mobilize the Phila-
delphia workers around the Workers
Party candidates by sending dele
gates to the meeting of the Foster
Gitlow Campaign Committee.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
WATERS co ON
STRIKE AGAINST
NEW NEW YORK FIRM
Call Upon Workers to
Refuse Patronage

A strike by the Walters and Cap
tain's Local 16 affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor
against the Gaiety Delicatessen and
Restaurant, located on the Southwest
corner Of Broadway and 46th st. has
been called it was announced yester-
day.
The union is fighting for recogni-
ton. For nearly year according
to the announcement the firm en-
ployed union members, but is now re-
ising to deal with the organization
and has employed scabs. A picket
line has been established before the
place and the premises will be pic
keted until the firm surrenders,
union officials declared.
Local Is has called upon all work
ers and trade unionists and SYM
pathizers to refuse patronage to the
place for the duration of the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
WORKER INvENTS
WIRELESS DEVICE
Every Receiver Can Be
TranSmitter

NEW YORK, July 16 (UP).-
The genius of Earl w. Davidson. a
Reading Railroad telegraph oper-
ator who likes to tinker around
with radio sets in his off hours, has
made it possible for the long-suffer-
ing radio fan to shout his senti-
ments right into his loud speaker
with the sweet assurance that people
for miles around will hear his pro-
test.
Davidson has invented a dingus
that can change all of that and
make radio man-to-man sport,
like baseball and politics.
The workings of the gadget in
vented by the genius, Davidson, are
very simple, according to him. The
effect is to transform any loud
speaker into broadcasting micro
phone that will ride out into the air
on the wave-length of the station
into which you are tuned. David
sons phantom radio" really steals
ride on somebody else's waves.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Arnold Workers Hold
Nuclei Planning Meet

ARNOLD, Pa, July 1.-THE sub
district of district 5 held a con-
ference meeting at the Lithuanian
Hall here yesterday, at which the
problems of the sub-district were
discussed by the delegates of the
nuclei represented. 1t was decided
to build shop nucleus in every one
of the factories and mines of the
district, where there are as yet no
nuclei present, and in cities and
towns where there are no such
nuclei.
1t was also decided to intensity
the organization of the Young
Workers (Communist) League, by
building a youth nucleus wherever
a party nucleus existed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Ex-RadiO Dealer Held
On Mail Fraud Charge

William McLaren, a former part
ner in the McLaren Manufacturing
Co., radio concern, % Park Place,
was arrested late last night and
locked up at police headquarters on
a charge of using the mails to de-
fraud. McLaren is 80 years old
and lives on Central Ave, Orange,
N. j.
One Of the charges against him
was his connection with the alleged
larceny of 100000 obtained from
the Guaranty Trust Co. of Newark
on securities which were said to
have been stolen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Saskatchewan Hit
BY Severe Storm

WEYBURN, Sask., July II (UP).
Although communication was
still disrupted today in the tornado
swept districts of southern Sas-
katchewan, fragmentary reports in
dicated that damage was far greater
than was at first believed. No deaths
or injuries were reported, however
The storm, which started south of
Limerick Sunday afternoon left a
100 mile path of destruction toward
the east.
Crops were reported destroyed
farmsteads shattered, livestock kill
ed and communication lines torn
down.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
HUGE FUR MASS
MEET TOMORROW
Scab Council Fights
July Raises

A huge mass meeting of fur
workers, called for the purpose of
discussing the question of the July
wage increases and other important
problems, is to be held tomorrow
evening in Cooper Union, 9Th st.
and Fourth Ave-, Immediately after
work.
The meeting tomorrow will be the
climax of the Gully raise drive"
carried on by the Joint Board
Furriers Union in the past few
weeks. 1t is nevertheless to be the
starting point of triply intensified
campaign for wage raises, which the
Joint Board intends to prosecute. ac-
cording to statements by its officers
yesterday.
In addition to full report on the
results of the drive to date, which
will be given by the union manager
Ben Gold, plans will be presented on
the method to be adopted to secure
July increases for every worker in
the industry.
A report will also be delivered, it
became known, on some zone union"
negotiations that were carried on
with the officials of the American
Federation of Labor. A thoro an
alysis of the Progressive Bloc" in
the Joint Council and the role they
play in the workers fight for one
union in the fur industry, is also
to be made, union spokesman say.
Each day finds the Joint Board
able to report the successful further
ing of the wage raise drive. The
Joint Boards activity in getting
raises for the workers in their shops
and the intense propaganda they
have carried on have caused many
right wing shops to revolt against
their Socialist" scab union official
dom and go out on OUTLAW" strikes
when their bosses refused a raise,
The right wing officials met this by
sending the industrial squad to beat
up and arrest their mutinous mem
bers, as was done at the shop of
Bloom and Gerber.
Circulars, issued by the Joint
Board, which draw a parallel be-
tween the raises secured for the
workers when the left wing was in
control and the miserable pay given
now, has aroused the thousands Of
furriers to a high pitch of indigna-
ton.
Meanwhile, the Progressive Bloc
in the Joint Council has also
launched a damaging barrage of
leaflets against the McGrady- Stet-
sky machine. Those leaflets en-
numerate facts of deliberate betray-
ais of the registered fur workers
when they attempted to gain wage
raises.
The most significant part of the
bloc leaflets is the call they issue to
the furriers to stop paying dues to
the McGrady gang. The bloc lead
ers, who were until week or so
ago officials of the right wing
union, charge that this money is be-
ing used to pay graft to the police
squad, which now acts
openlN as the official organizers for
the right wing union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Shoe Workers Of New
York will Celebrate
UnificatiOn July 22nd

The shoe workers of Greater New
York will celebrate the unification
of the former groups in the shoe in
dustry into one union under the
banner of the Independent Shoe
Workers Union of Greater New
York, on July %, at Hause's Park
and Casino, 463 Flushing Ave-, As
toria, L. /.
A concert and several other novel
entertainment numbers have been
arranged, and all workers have been
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Philadelphia Campaign Meets.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, The follow
ing open-air camaign meetings will
be held here on the following dates:
Wednesday, July 1S.-At 53rd and
Girard AYES. Mozer, Coleman, Whit
man.
Thursday July 19.--At 29th and
Cumberland Ave. Crowley and Rosen-
berg. At 18th and Poplar, Benjamin
and Stanley.
Friday, July 20.-7th and Ritter.
Furson, Bail, Sam Burt.
Saturday July Filth and Snyder.
NachowitZ, Whitman Apelbaum. At
Kensington and Orleans; Benjamin,
Stanley and Thomas
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
RICH TORY BUYS
LIBERAL DAILY


LONDON, July II (UP)-Lord
Reading has sold the controlling in
terest in the Daily Chronicle In
vestment Corporation, which con-
trolls the liberal Daily Chronicle and
Sunday News, as well as several
provincial papers, to William Har-
rison, a conservative, on behalf of
the Inverask group, it was an
nounced tonight.
The purchaser of the Daily Chron-
icle controls millions of pounds of
invested capital, including large
chain of paper making companies in
Great Britain, on the continent and
in the United States.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Forest Fires Cause
Damage On Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, July II (UP).
Widespread property damage and
curtailment of water supplies were
threatened today by series of for
est and brush fires in various Sec
tions of Pacific Coast states.
Three dangerous fires were burn
ing in Southern California, the hills
bordering the San Joaquin Valley
were being swept by flames and
hundreds of men toiled in blistering
heat to halt other fires in Northern
California and in the Grays Harbor
region Ct Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
OFFICIALS PUSH
SUBWAY STEAL
Propaganda Mill Gets
Under Way

Propaganda by city officials for
the so-called Untermeyer transit re-
adjustment plan began to take form
yesterday as was expected. John
HDelaney, Chairman of the Board
of Transportation, issued a state
ment declaring that the plan sis a
most important development"
Soft Pedal.
The soft pedal is being applied tc
the news that the plan was worked
out by Untermeyer in conjunction
with attorneys for the Brooklyn
Manhattan Transit Corporation and
that the company is ready to "do
business" with the city at a price
which while nominally said to be
still in the stage Of discussion is ac-
tually already agreed upon. This
figure is said to be far in excess OF
the actual value of the lines and for
this reason, the five cent fare which
is claimed as a desirable feature OF
the plan will not be possible after
the plan is put into operation.
Staged Effect.
1t is further charged that the ap.
parent hesitancy Of the marlborough
Rapid Transit Company in accept
ing the plan is merely staged for
effect so that it may be later
forced" to accept and the public be
Jed to believe that it has secured a
bargain.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
TO TRY TURKISH
CADET STRIKERS

CONSTANTINOPLE, July II. =
Court martial for INSTRUMENTATION
awaits the cadets of the military
academy here who struck recently
when the government refused to
raise their pitiable wages.
After the official refusal the ca
diets left the school and returned to
their homes. They were immediate
ly tracked and arrested.
The trial of the young men which
will take place in a short time, is
arousing widespread criticism of the
Angora governments action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
2 Akron Newspapers
Raise Price to 3 Cents

AKRON, Ohio, July 17-Follow-
ing closely the action taken by
Cleveland newspapers, dailies in
this city have made announcement
of increase in price to three cents.
The Beacon-Journal and the Times
Press are the papers making the
announcement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Hughes Helps Seipel
With Italian Fascists

VIENNA, July 17.-Former Sec
rotary of State Charles E. Hughes
had a conference with Chancellor
Seipel of Austria at which they took
up the foreign relations of Austria
and possibilities for American loans.
The discussion centered about the
relations between Austria and Italy
and possibilities for American in
fluence with the fascists to make
good terms for Austria.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Big Radio Stations
To Get Advertising

WASHINGTON, July H. (UP).
"A warning that many radio pro-
grams may be crowded out entire
~ if smaller stations are elimin-
ated, giving the larger stations a
great deal more advertising, was
made to the Federal Radio Commits
sion TODAY by Charles Knapp, ia
naica, N. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
ATTACKS OWN DAUGHTER

MT. CLEMENS, Mich. July II.
(UP).-Charged jointly with his
housekeeper with mayhem and as
sault with intent to do great bodily
harm upon his own seven-year-old
daughter, Perky Smith, 36, of To-
ronto, was to be arraigned in cir
cult court.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
CRAFTER'S SON
FLIES FOR LOOT
But Tammany Justice
Is Kind

MONTREAL, July II (UP).-
Officials at the Cartierville Air
drome have confirmed that Francis
Phillips, son of the late Brooklyn
sewer pipe contractor, arrived her
yesterday before noon in an air
plane from New York.
He left the flying field for an
unknown destination, but it is pre-
sumed he visited the Montreal Safe
Deposit Company in connection with
the box in which it is believed lies
part if not the whole of the three
million dollars, out of which the city
of New York is alleged to have been
defrauded.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
USE MORE MOvIEToNEs

PHILADELPHIA, July II. (UP).
Irving D. Rossheim, elected presi-
dent of the Stanley Company of
America, today announced that the
theatre corporation is equipping vir-
tually all its houses with sound de-
vices.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
IRELAND FAvORs KELLOGG

WASHINGTON, July Tin a
reply to the Kellogg peace plan,
which was sent to all countries, the
Irish Free State sent reply to
Washington that is understood to
be an unqualified acceptance of the
Kellogg plans for peace"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Dismiss Indictments.

BROOKLYN, N. Y, July II
(UP).-Two indictments, one charg-
ing failure to file income tax returns
and the other intent to defraud the
government by failing to file income
tax returns were dismissed today
when Francis Phillips, young son of
the late John M. Phillips sewer pipe
contractor, was called before fed
eral grand jury.
Shortly after Phillips entered the
courtroom to testify in a John Doe
proceeding concerning his fathers
business affairs, Federal Judge
Inch announced the dismissal of the
indictments.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
WORKERS CALENDAR

Al announcements for this column
must reach The DAILY WORKER
several days before the event in ques-
lion to make the announcement eff
fective. Many announcements arrive
at the office too late for publication
owing to the additional time needed
for the delivery Of the paper.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Philadelphia 7. U. E. L. Picnic.

HAAouSiPhio - - - -
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The Trade
Union Educational Leagu of Phila-
delphia will hold a Grand Picnic at
Maple Park Grove on August 4, be-
ginning at a. m and ending at 2
a. m. the next morning. Sports, dane
ing, and musical programs will be
added to the speeches of prominent
members returned from the L. S. S. r.
All are invited to attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
MORE MARINES
TO NICARAGUA
Anti Imperialists Will
Hold Protest Meet

MANAGUA, July 1.-Two fresh
battalions of United States marines,
CSC men, reached Nicaragua yester-
day. The men, who were trans
ported aboard the supply ship
Meduas, arrived at the west coast
port of Corinto.
One of the battalions proceeded
Immediately to Managua, where it
is expected that the men will be
used in the coming elections.
Tho arrival of these reinforce
ments raises the number of marines
in Nicaragua to nearly 5000
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
U. S. TREASURY GETTING ON.

WASHINGTON, July II (UP).-
The treasury net balance for July
10 was 1888, S65,780.03. Customs re-
ceipts this month, to July 13 were
S17,p81, 1862. g
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18
Anti-Imperialists Protest

A meeting to protest against
American imperialism in the Carib-
bean area will be held at the Com
munity Church, Park Ave. and 34th
ST., at s p. m, Friday, under the
auspices of the New York branch
of the All-America Anti-Imperialist
League.
Among the speakers who will ad
dress the meeting are Robert Minor,
Editor of The DAILY WORKER;
Robert Dunn, Richard B. Moore, ma
tional organizer of the American
Negro Labor Congress, and Floyd
Dell and Robert Wolff, well-known
authors. Harriet Silverman, secre-
tary of the New York branch of the
Anti-I m p r al t
League, will be chairman of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-18

CHICAGO, Ill.-The District Exec
utive Committee of the Young Work
ers (Communist) League of Chicago
will hold an organizational confer
ence of shop nuclei on July 20. All
functionaries of various units, and
comrades in different factories have
been urged to attend.