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New Britain herald., 1928-05-02

n"'H number NSj, N}th 2Jt h hc rhos"u, the last b,inG the 1a in Wesr Virginia Mly 19. when Hoover and senator Golf or that state fight it out in tho primary
 Working Very Hard
 In an effort 10 Clirch the nomina- tion for smith in tho minds of th, voters, his supporters had been strainlns every nerve for victory ill California, and some of his moro eager neutcuants had intimatod q win there might he the signal for a cry for his nomination by acclama ton.
 They had claimed that if the gov crnor won in that state and suffered no sethacks between nov and Jun. -6 he would be in fair way 10 cor ral the nomination on the first ba Hot or at most, within three ballots As i they size Up the situation now "fa- 'ori'e sons will he placed in nomi- nation but fl smith, during the roll call, polls more than majority. some of these "fayoritc son" dele gations not unfriendly 10 him will be ready to switch before the result is announced, ma king 1t a victory or the first ballot.
 Opposition Feared There arc indications. however that some delegations. if this move ] is attempted, might stand fast in cp- position 10 Smith. His foes arc counting on the following dclega- tions 10 make up the block against him: Ala bama. IS; Georgia, 2S; In aiano, 30; Kansas. %; Kentucky .6; Mississippi 20; Missouri, SC; North Carolina. 4; South Carolina. ] is; Tennessee, A; Texas, 4o; and Virginia, o4. They also look 10 part Of the delegations from Arkansas, Florida and Pennsylvania for as sis'sncc in forming this antiSmith group.
 Tho same three candidates that opposed each other yesterday in Cal ifornia, will be pitted against one another in the oregon primaries ] May is, while Smith and Rc"d are . F1l'fF1 III 'lf west IT Sil'n Iii- marice May 2?.
 Wyoming on May it N}oming'S democratic d"lCrat ton i Of six. 10 he selected May II, IS III the making. Five of the states co'n- tics ycstrrda instructed their dele gates to the state convention for smith.
 1 Tn addition 'o going into In" l>an- -ag City convention with the solid support of California's g votes Hoovors supporters hope To line nl Washington 17 on Thursday and ! OrcEons Is on May IS. This NoIld give hlm an imvrr gnabic block of delcgatcs from the West Coast states
 The commerce secretary's cam ralrn con .lurto~s and others. ho" ever are looking forward VII inc greatest interest to th" Indian" prl- mar,os noNt Tuesday when anoib'i test nrll be given Hoover strorG' ' through thc running Of Senator Wat son of that state. Both sld's At' making prcdlo'lona HI'h Watson forces doing nor" ot the claiming.
 The only delegate choosing on 'h' political program today was m re" nceseo. here republicans will rollu' ou. their dele ecation and in 'onn'". -fc,t. q her. the democratic cmml5 sarjc4 10 Houston will hc chosen.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-02
KNAPP JURY NOW
 BEING SELECTED
Continued from First rase)

she should be treated the same as 2 Si 300 a year clerk who stole his employers money"" Medalie asked all of the prospective jurors.
 LabOrcr Questioned
 John H. Hacker, a city Ia ahorrr was turned over 10 P. C. Dugan for questioning, when he informed Me dalie that he had formed an opin- ion on the guilt or innocence of Mrs. Knapp. However. whom he told puGan he would vote 10 acquIt her if he believed the evidence warrant cd that action, the latter sat down, and the prosecutor again took up the examination.
 As the questioning proceeded, II developed that the first seven had followed the newspaper accounts or the Knapp case more or less close k. Several Of them said they had torlued opinions as result Of their reading. while two said they still had on.D minds
New Britain herald., 1928-05-02
LafOrer Questioned
Juror Excused


 William F. S'ruble Of Cohoos, was tht, first 10 be excused from tho jury boA for cause by the prosecution Struhle said he was well acquainted with John J. Conway, Mrs. Knapp chief counsel and that his friendship for Conway might influence his dc cision as q juror Mcdallc immedl- ately challenged him and the court sustained him.
 flyin F. Wolford Of Cumberland who was drawn in place or Struble said he was well acquainted with T. r. puncan and John F. Schneider also of the defense staff, but that II would not influence his verdict
 He vas turned over 10 Duga, V hen he said ne had 3 strong opln' ion on the guilt or innocense Of Mrs knapp and that he was not sure II could be removed by evidence.
 He vas challenged by Medallt after he insisted f, would requlr' evidence 10 change his opinion, ane inc court sustained 1t,
 Nedalie completed his eNamlna
 
 ton of the jurymen at 1o:1o ?. m and announced he had no chal' lonEcs.
 Thcv nrre turned over 70 the dc rense and Dugan began his lntcrro gatlon.
 Dugan inquired of each iuro1 wh~her he would give Mrs. Knapp the benefit of any doubt. and Uhri the juror replied in the affirmative appeared to be satisfied.
 John F.I'zenbcrCer, machlmst brought inc first ripple Of 'anghtc to inc court room when he sal' about the only thing he read in in newspapers was the sporting news
 The defense counsel was moN'ns moro rapidly in his inaury thal Ncdalie did and questioned tiN' Ialosmcn in half an hour. Query Railroad Worker
 Hiram Gould railroad worker was tho first 10 be challenged h, Dugau after series Of question on whether he would resolve [ doubt in benefit of Mrs. knarl tailed 10 elicit an answer satisfac tory 10 the attorney.
 Charles II. Wood. an engineer vas drawn in his place. and re cnss until ? ?. m. was ordered.
New Britain herald., 1928-05-02
SMITH IS VICTOR
 IN CALF, VOTING
iIo0iDnu'd rom First Pe-e)

da'" number <S5, with 25t to hc rhos"n, the last being the 19 in Wrsr Virginia May -, when Hoover and senator Golf or that state fight il nllf in IL ,,.i-....-,..-
New Britain herald., 1928-05-02

The May activities Of ihe Grange will lc m charge Of Charles l.. Boy Ington and T., C. Avery. The reGu- lar Monday night l7is's will hc con tinuod. the first under tb"lr charE' will be held May al S o'clock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

honors Of the evening. He gives an
exhibition of tap dancing that would
be hard to duplicate anywhere. Other
hooters who help to enliven things
up are Earl Rucker, Lloyd Mitchell
Blue McAlister and MAINTAIN More
land.
While most of the songs are of
just ordinary quality, Olga Olga
Do" rendered by Adelaide Hall has
lively tune. Other catchy melodies
are, 81 Can't Give You Anything But
Love" and 81 Must Have That Man"
Most Of the sketches are rather
rointless and silly. A burlesque on
"Porgy' is not so good.
The smile of Tim Moore, hap
hazard comedian, helps great deal
to bolster up the weak points of the
production. When he was shown in
a cemetery at midnight picking out
plot for his grave, and meeting GER
tain confidential ghosts, he was
hilarious coward, but the piece was
drawn out too far, as most Of the other
anecdotes were, until they became
tiresome. Another interesting number
was Milton Crawley whose acrobatic
stunts while playing clarinet, helped
pep up things a bit ~
The revue has lyrics by Dorothy
Fields, daughter of Lew Fields, while
the music is composed by Jimmy Nc
Hugh.
The production has some good ma
terial badly put together, so that the
show lacks style. A revision of Ger
tain parts will help its future exist
ence by giving it. more polished
exterior. $. A. P.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
TRADES COUNCIL
WON'T CARE FOR
MIL WAUKEE idle
Unemployed Delegates
Told to Get Out
(Bv q Worker CORRESPONDENCE

. MILWAUKEE, Wis, (By MaiD.-
Two delegates from the unemployed
Council the secretary and myself,
went to interview the executive COM
mittee of the Milwaukee Federated
Trades Council to ask their assistance
in getting relief from the city for the
unemployed here. A letter had been
sent to them previously, stating that
our council had been formed and
what we wanted. We went to them
to learn what they were going to do
and what their answer to our letter
would be-
We were received by a body of fat
well-dressed individuals, smoking
cigars, looking very prosperous and
autocratic. Indeed one might have
been pardoned for mistaking the COM
mittee for the chamber of commerce.
There appeared to be no chairman
for we were cross-examined and
heckled by most of the members in
very insolent way.
They said they were getting relief
LUZ lIle unemployed ny AAiiuAii6 JVDS
for them, and asked why we should
not do the same.
When they We're told that we two
were not in any trade union, they
made several offensive remarks and
said they had quite enough to do in
looking after their own unemployed
members. One man suggested that
our letter be returned to US. Hurry
up now. You have only two minutes to
finish speaking in, we have no time to
waste on you, our time is too valu-
able" one man said.
Other members said that we die
not deserve their cooperation because
we had severely criticized the mayor
and the city government at one OF
our meetings. We had no success ir
getting direct answer from them
Finally they told us to get out of the
room, and that we could tell the un-
employed anything we liked, because
they didn't care.
No report was made by the exec
utive committee to the full council
of the Federated Trades Council
about our delegation. NORTH.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
Labor Misleader
Lauds Imperialists

MIAMI, May 13.-P. T. Byrne. Of
fetal of the Sheet Metal Workers To-
cal here, recently sent an announce
ment to local sheet metal contractor
congratulating him for obtaining a
contract from the British Government
to manufacture boilers for British
gunboats stationed in Nassau West
Indies.
The militancy of the terrifically ex-
plotted workers in this British col
onial possession necessitate the con-
tinued presence of gunboats to keep
them in subsection.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
SHUT FILIpINOS
OUT is LATEST
JINGO CAMP AIGN
Reactionary Labor Of
ficials Bleat
(By a Worker Correspondent

Los ANGELES, Cal, (By MaiD.--
Union labor On the Pacific coast has
now raised the third anti-Oriental
cry: Exclude the Filipinos!
The Chinese We're first, the
japanese next and now the Filipino
"menaces" his white brothers. The
last issue Of the Seamen's Journal has
sounded the first battle cry against
the influx of cheap labor from the
Philippines. This journal edited by
Paul Scharrenberg, also secretary of
California State Federation of Labor,
is the official organ of the Interna-
tional Seamen's Union of America.
Although not eligible to U. S. citi-
zenship, the Filipinos are privileged
characters under the immigration
law. Any number of them can come
and go at will. And the young, little
fellows are on their way by the thou
sands, Scharrenberg says.
migration of Filipino laborers to
these shores is under way to an
alarming extent" he points out. at
is known that more than 10000 Fill
pinos have been imported by sugar
planters to Hawaii in the last decade.
Every one of these has the right to
come to the main land 1t is esti-
mated that California has a popula-
ton of 10000 Filipinos today. And
it is significant to recall that the
japanese problem was no more acute
than the Filipino problem when the
japanese exclusion agitation began"
SchaTenberg says that there is no
lack of room in the island. True,
perhaps, because lot of people have
been killed over there by American
paytriotic patriots. We also learn
the wage in the Philippines is 40 cents
a day; in Hawaii 81 to $3.50 a day
and here So to SIS. In America the
Filipinos are doing farm labor, run
ming elevators, manning ships, clean
ing windows and penetrating every
industry, he says. But he is par
tieularly interested in their enforced
celibacy-because the Filipinos, under
our laws, can't marry white girls. Oh,
yes, in some states they can. On ac-
count Of unemployment and low
wages, the white workers are not
much better off in that respect.
America for the Occidentals,"
Scharrenberg shouts. But what about
the Philippines for the Filipinos,
China for the Chinese, Nicaragua for
the Nicaraguans and Mexico for the
MeXicans, etc? This A. F. Of L. Of
fetal don't say much about that.
There is plenty of room and every
thing else in the United States. But
the present social system does not
permit the workers to get their share
of the good things of life. Instead of
trying to keep foreigners, out, or
ganize them when they get here. Put
the capitalist system on the scrap
pile!
Pablo Manlapit has been forced
out of the way Who is going to take
his place?
L. P. RINDAL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
JEFFERSON.

Everett Sanderson will hold topline
honors at the Jefferson Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday. He is as
sisted by Walter Riley and Marjorie
Vaughn. The screen feature will be
Rod La ROGUE in "Stand and De-
liver" Other vaudeville will include
Fred Heider and the Green Girl
Sailor Boy with Jimmy Sargent; and
Murray and Leonard.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday the vaudeville features will
be: Mahon and Scott Revue, with
Hilliard Triplets and Bill Mele; Eddie
Allen and Dorsi Garfield; James
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

Burke and Eleanor Durkin. Harold
Lloyd in his newest comedy, SPEEDY, .
will be the screen offering.
PALACE.
George Sidney; Chrystal Herne in
"The Woman in Black" by Edgar
Allen Woolf; Joe Frisco; Robert CHS
holm; Anne Codee; Nitza Vernille
with Charles Collins and Arnoldos
Gypsy String Orchestra; Norman
Thomas Quinette; Whitley with Ed
Ford.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
OPEN ESPERANTO
CLASS IN WEST
Los Angeles Workers to
Study
"a a Worker Corregpondentl

LOS ANGELES, Cal, (By MaiD.-
Under the direction of Farley Parker
Christensen, candidate for the presi-
dency on the Farmer-Labor Party in
1920, a class in Esperanto (interna-
tional language was formed here re-
Gently. One hour free instruction is
given every Sunday from $50 p. m
at the Los Angeles Open Forum
Walker Auditorium Bldg, (Lincoln
HalI), 730 South Grand Ave.
Since Christensen left for Chicago
Louis S. Branson, a Russian, has taken
his place as teacher. Branson is a
graduate from Russian art school,
studied in Germany and speaks seven
languages, he says. He has made the
United States his home for the last
20 years.
An international language would
come in handy in many ways-not the
least for workers attending interna-
tional conferences, etc.
There is always room for more
students in the class. A number of
workers are attending.
Il. P. RINDAL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
Vaudeville Theatres

Harold Lloyd in SPEEDY" will be
the screen feature at the Broadway
Theatre beginning today. The vaude-
vile show includes: Owen McGiveney
in a dramatic episode from Dickens
titled "Bill Sykes; Frank Hunter and
Mae Percival; Louis Lowe and Robert
Sargent with the We'll Sisters and
Johnny Lee; VIM. "A. Jones and Al
W. Rea; Buddy Doyle and Peggy
Hoover.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

ing why the wages We're cut and Irg-
ing them 20 organize to fight for bet
ter conditions, and to form shop COM
mittees. Join these committees into
one Easton and Phillipsburg Shop
Committee and make Easton and
Phillipsburg another Passaic. In
other words, to fight for the silk in
dustry.
Answer to Bosses Attacks.
The end of the year 1926 and TIE
beginning of 1927 was the time Of
workers agitation. A mass meeting
was arranged by the Workers Com
munist) Party of America for Com
rade A. Weisbord, but was dispersed
by the police. The second meeting
was successful. Comrade Bentall
spoke in one silk weaver's meeting.
Some help was gotten from the a..
S. W. of A. Union thru it's PennsyI-
vania organizer, Pitkovicz. More
calls to fight the bosses were issued
and the work of organizing Shop
Committees was started. There were
many defeats, viz: Nanpareil Silk Co.
where the workers were organized
100 per cent into a Shop Committee.
The company closed the mill, using
the lockout method. Later they
opened again, taking back only the
selected workers, but still the COM
pany was forced to return part of the
cut wages.
The r. H. Simon weavers were the
first to go on strike. After few
weeks Of fight, the company scared
that the strike would turn into a gen.
eral strike, made terms with workers
returning half of cut wages.
p Second to strike was the Stewart
Silk Co. The workers were on strike
for 9 weeks. After getting back so
per cent of the cut wages they re-
turned to work
Shorter strikes were at Morris
Silk Co., -Laros Silk Co., and Cunning
Silk Co., the workers winning some
thing more or less.
The Tirrell Bros. Silk Corporation
(Phillipsburg, N. j. workers were
striking with great solidarity, both
the day and night shifts. The work.
ers of another mill in Milford, N. j.,
of the same company, 16 miles from
Phillipsburg, went out on a sympa-
thetic strike. But the Milford strike
was lost, thanks to the crafty en-
gineer, Mr.. Shefer, who forced the
workers to return to work.
The Phillipsburg workers returned
to work on the old scale of wages
after 10 weeks fight, but won better
conditions and reorganization of
Shop Committee.
These local strikes stopped the cuts
in wages. --SOKOL.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
TRY TO STARvE
Mine STRIKERS
Paisley Co. Would Cut
Off Credit
by a Worker Correspondent

WHEELING. w. Va, (By MaiD =
"Starve them" is the slogan and stra-
tegy used by the coal operators in
their efforts to break the FIGHTING
spirit of the militant miners of West
Virginia and force them back to work
undnr miserable conditions and star
walton wages.
The Paislpv Coal Co., whose mines
have been effected by the strike and
whose Golfers are not Overlooking be-
cause the men refuse to work for a
starvation wage, has sent AGENTS to
spread propaganda to the effect that
this strike will end in favor of the
operators.
Storekeepers Sympathetic.
The son-in-law Of Mr. Paisley, who
married into the Paisley fortune p
few years ago, visited an Independent
store-owner at Elm Grove, owned by
Mr.. Smith and asked him not to trust
and give credit to the miners, saying
that the miners would never pay back
their debts. However. Mr.. Smith
showed him the door and told him that
he was running his own affairs.
The Paisley Coal Company operates
company stores and have refused
credit to the miners. However. in
dependent store-owners of Elm Grove
have come to the rescue and given
credit.
Relief Urgent.
Friends! You can plainly see the
strategy of the operators. They will
starve the miners back to work. Send
relief. This is your fight. This is an
attack on organized labor. An at
tempt to smash all trade unions. Your
union may be next. Come to the aid
Of the miners. Let's all join in this
fight, block the attempt to smash the
labor movement in America. The Ma
tional Miners Relief headquarters is
at Gil Penn Ave-, Pittsburgh, Pa.
IKE.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

unusually fine as
in most Negro r7i1.
steal shows, the
other features n
Lew Leslie's pro-
duction do not live
up to the produ
GERS expectations.
The prin c ipal
dancer is Bill Rob
inson, and without
a doubt he runs
o,1ro- ,t-;+y +Lo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

DRAM MA
~ DR. A VI A -u
"Blackbirds of 1925" Mew
Negro Revue at the Liberty

A NEGRO revue called "BlacEbirds
Al of 1928" has opened at the Liberty
Theatre and for those who enjoy fast
and snappy dancing it can be highly
recommended. While the dancing is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

that day will be fathers and mothers and Will have to
fight your children So don't spend time in pool
watching ball games learn what we want
teach that when time will know how to
fight for your rights.
do call myself a writer speech-maker but will
end by asking all workers. and DID, to do all IN
their power organize into Textile Union A
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

without these unable keep the struggle for life
Our must be organize all the textile
great textile The textile mill
the who trying to form this big union
But it also up all the workers be sincere firm
themselves enough union
and after the victory is
The idea is only get relief and the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14

strike forget about this union We all remain firm that
will not be given in any longer work
ing hours.
appeal to the young workers read the newspapers and
magazines written by the workers for the working
The DAILY WORKER The Labor Defender. By reading
these you will learn the struggle of the working
Young workers, fighting for you Remember
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
(By a W0rber Correspondent

NEW BEDFORD (By mai.-Dear comrades of the working
class some people think strike is joke but is strike
IS of the most sensible things the the
ing class Remember that while strike fight
ing for bread for mouths because
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
Tanners Strike

ALBANY, (FP) May 13.-The Al
bany Tannery's 10 per cent wage cut
was answered promptly by strike
of all employees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-14
UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES.

ALBANY, May 13-The labor de-
partment in a statement just issued
admits that unemployment in the
building trades has increased.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11
AT THE CENTER

With colder weather here 1t is sclf-ovideut that thc interest of he pubic dounands the best possible connexions for trolley cars of sari onS lines at he Central park terminal.
 Trolley patrons with transfers are not put in q good mood when they discover that the car 10 which they wish to transfer left the Center just before the car which they boarded first got to the transfer point. 4 wait of 13 or 2o minutes while standing on the sidewalk on cold day-or q wet day is,-Well-nieh appalling,
 The main-trayc!ol lines should connect sharply with all other lines. including the bus lines. If the Con. ncctiCut company docs not care enough ahout the comfort and con- Noni"ncc of htc public 10 insure good connections it should furnish downtown terminal, with warm waiting room attached. so that tue public will not be forced 10 with stand the blasts of winter while waiting on sidewalks.
New Britain herald., 1928-12-11
Observations On He Weather

Washington. Dec. l1.-F'orecast for Southern New England: Fair tonight and Wednesday: somewhat warmer in west portion; moderate west winds
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes- day; some what warmer Wednesday; moderate west 10 southwest winds.
 Conditions: The eastern area Of high pressure is centered over tho Appalachian districts. The disturb ance noted yesterday in the far Canadian Northwest and far south- west prevail as one long trough Of low pressure over the Rocky noun tain districts. It has two centcrs of minimum pressure. c9.4S inches at Modena, ttah. and c946 inches at Emonton. Alberta. Canada. Rains were reported from the Pacific coast states and the Southern Plains states and SnowS in Maine and utah. Temperatures arc moierat- ing slowly in all portions of tho country.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather and not much change in temperature.