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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-07-12
4 MEN AND GIRL
HELD IN GANG
KILLING
BY International New. Service

NEW YORK, July 12.-Four men
End girl were under arrest today
in connection with the murder Mon.
day night of Golitto Mar"ero, %.
and F'lorentino San Just, -. Porto
Rican longshoremen. who were shoe
by men in moving automobile in
Brooklyn.
Harry Saviettierre. 28: Jonn Tu,
tone, q, and Annette Tillson, 20, all
OF Brooklyn, We're arrested last
night. The two men were charged
with homicide. They denied any
knowledge Of the double shooting.
Police said the Allison girl is
friend Of Savettierres and comes
from Akron. Ohio. where her father
il said 70 be in" the wholesale fruit
business. She has supported herself
since coming to the city. according
to police, by acting as night clup
hostess in New York and, Coney
Island. She is being held as a ma
terial witness.
To Others Held
Neil Cerrato. 90. and Phillip GiuF-
FIRE, alias PIGGY" 81. moth ~
Brooklyn. arc also charged with
homicide in connection with the
double shooting.
Police said Savetticrre admitted
ownership OF an automobile answer.
ing the description Of the murder
car. He has been identified by
three eye witnesses as having been
i'm the murder car.
Police at first believed the Porto
Ricans were shot by mistake III a
Brooklyn gangsters' feud which fol
lowed the recent ASA ssination of
FRANKIE Tale, king Of Brooklyn ;
underworld.
Gun Imported
Police declare they know the
Identities OF the aSSassins NJ tSl'
and predict that the hunted gun
men will be in custody soon.
Detectives have learned thai The
machine gun which poured raif
Of bullets into Uale's body wa
brought here from Chicago Is
necialIy for the crime. and they
saw they have traceds the automo
nila used in the murder
The police are preparing TO ash
the Kings county grand jury foI
first-degree murder indictments i'm
nediately.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
RED SPEAKER TO
COVER 5 STATES
H. Benjamin Will Deal
With Negro Question

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 25.-
Five states, southern and central
eastern, will have an opportunity to
hear the Workers (Communist) Party
platform regarding the question of
the Negro worker, when Herbert Ben
jamin, organizer of District 3 of the
Workers (Communist) Party, begins
his extensive tour through cities of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia.
This speaking tour, besides its pri-
mary purpose of making clear the
Workers (Communist) Party stand
on the Negro workers, will also mo-
bilize the Party resources for the cleo
lion campaign and the campaign for
the relief of the striking miners. The
question of unemployment will also be
intensified in these cities by the pres
ence of Benjamin.
The recent lynching of a Negro
worker near Houston, Texas, before
the opening Of the democratic con-
vention is symbol of what the Ne
gro workers in this country may ex.
pect from either the republican or
democratic parties, according to a
statement issued by Benjamin. "For
Continued on Page 7'1oo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
KANSAS MINERS
FIGHT MACHINE
Officials Arrange With
Operators

PITTSBURGH, Kansas, June 25.-
The rank and file miners of District
Ia are putting up heroic struggle
against the combined forces of the OPP
orators and the Lewis-Burr-S -Skahan
machine. AS soon as the rank and
file became active in the district the
officials follow up and do all possible
to take the lead of what they start.
Lately it has become so unpleasant
for the officials that conference was
called at Franklin where delegates
from each local were to discuss the
District situation. The Western Coal
and Mining Company, the largest in
the field, desires TO put their mines
on the 1917 basis as they have done
in Oklahoma and Missouri.
AS soon as the meeting was called
it is known from reliable sources that
the operator of one of the large mines
approached the officials and some
miners and asked them to accept a
compromise scale between the 1917
and the Jacksonville.
If the conference had voted to ac-
cept, the officials were ready to agree,
and blame the reduction on the men.
However, as soon as the issue was
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
1000 MORE TAXI MEN
FIRED IN BIG DRIVE

One thousand more taxi drivers
were yesterday fired in what has
been learned is drive by the Great
er City Taxi Owners Association, a
recently formed bosses organization,
to force out thousands of workers
from the industry and to control the
trade. This brings the total of driv-
ers who have lost their jobs since
Saturday to $500. In every instance
discharges are without warning, the
only reason given being failure on the
part of drivers to bring in the re-
CURED minimum of bookings"
Maintain Blacklist
At the same time information was
secured from reliable sources that the
officials of the Greater City Taxi
Owners are maintaining a we'll or
ganized and systematic blacklist
which is compiled in cooperation with
insurance companies who are work
ing together with the taxi bosses to
secure control of the industry.
Equally reliable information has
been secured that a further move is
planned to reduce the present 40 per
cent commission for which the cab
men operate to 35 per cent, as an
additional means of forcing out thou
sands of drivers. Under the present
rate of 40 per cent commission, the
drivers are forced to cruise twelve,
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
TAMMANY READY
FOR FINAL BLOW
Convention Is Picture
of Bankruptcy

Especial to The DAILY WORKER.)
HOUSTON, June 25.-A national
political party SO bankrupt of leader
ship that it is forced to accept Al
Smith against it's will, and SO devoid
of principle that Tammany Hall must
become it's symbol-this is the picture
which the futile writings of the
democracy" here calls forth, on the
eve Of the opening of the convention
The democratic delegates have no
one to offer other than Smith, so they
are hurriedly scrambling to get on
his band wagon. Frantic hand shak-
ing takes place between the bone-dry
representatives of the west and such
soaking-wet, New York State Com
mitteeman, as Norman e. Mack, oft
exposed Tammany CRATER; between
the virtuous southern colonels and the
power-controlled, ,tractipn-o W
George Van Nance, public service
commissioner of New York, manager
of AL Smiths election campaign and
chief gatherer for the Wall
Street candidate.
All forecasts point to the election of
Smith on the first ballot. The Tam
many tiger is even said to be consider
ing how to withhold the force of his
spring in order not to crush out the
opposition too completely.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
NANKINC SEEKING
u. S. RECOGNITION

WASHINGTON, June 25.-Repre-
sentatives of the Marking govern
ment in the United States are nego-
tiating with the state department for
the recognition of their government,
it has been learned from authorita-
tive sources.
The hostile attitude which the
Nanlsing government has maintained
toward the Soviet Union and the
wholesale execution of Chine G
workers and peasants indicate that
the Marking regime has definitely
embarked on an internal and foreign
policy which meets with the complete
approval Of the state department.
The Marking government is repre-
sented by DR.. C. G. WI, one Of the
most conservative members of the re
dictionary Kuomintang.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
PORTER DEFIES ARMY CARS, DEFENDS COMMUNISM
LEADERS IN JAIL,
1000 RALLY FOR
Mill PICKETING
Conference Held for Big
National Mill Union

BOSTON, June 25.-A call for
the immediate launching of ma
tional organization of textile work
ers is being formulated here as
result of q decision made at the
conference of the National Textile
Mills Committee, held here Sun
day afternoon, at 3S Causeway St.
The heads of the T. NJ. c. move
ment, who have been leading tens
of thousands of mill workers in
their struggles are now preparing
the official call.
Despite the Imprisonment of the
two leaders of the Textile Mills Com
mittee, Murdoch and Beal, several
thousands of textile strikers organ
ized themselves under the leadership
Of rank and file picket captains and
conducted picket lines this morning
that were admittedly the largest and
most enthusiastic since the strike of
$4,000 workers began, II weeks age
today More than 1000 patrolled the
mill gates.
Answering the severe police terror
instituted in the last few days by the
mill owners with tremendously inten-
sified militancy, the strikers under the
Textile Mills Committee leadership
also turned out in large masses for
picket duty on Saturday and Sunday
From the mill gates the thousands ol
strikers went each day to the union
halls and. lots to Rold short meetings
preparatory to the daily mass meet
ings in the afternoon.
Instituted with the intention OF
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
Miners RELIEF
drive CONTINUES
To Hold Mass Collection
This Week End

Concerts for miners relief, house
to house collections, distribution of
special literature, shop collections
all week, various relief stations set
up by sympathetic workers organiza-
tions in every section Of The city, this
are the program for the final wind
up of National Miners Relief Week
to be followed by the Mass Collection
Days ofsSaturday and Sunday.
Hard Month Ahead.
A mistaken belief is current that
in the summer the suffering Of the
miners and their families is not so
acute. However, weather which for
New York workers is a signal for
outings and picnics means that what
ever little food is on hand in the
barracks and tents of the mine
camps, cannot be kept at all due to
lack of ice; the food decays rapidly
and the added danger of ptomaine
poisoning is ever present. The danger
of disease is also heightened by poo.
sewage disposal. Infants suffer with
prickly heat. No powders or lotions
are to be had.
Appeal For Aid.
The National Miners Relief Com
mittee, under whose auspices the drive
is being conducted, calls on all work
ers to volunteer their services during
the Mass Collection Days. A COM
plete list of stations may be obtained
at 799 Broadway, Room 236, and any
required information may be obtained
by telephoning the committee at
Stuyvesant 1881.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
MINE WOMAN TO
keep CHILDREN
Laura Calegari Put On
Good Behavior"
(spectaI 70 The pAILY WoRKER.l }

Especial TO The DAILY WORKER.)
WHEELING, w. Va, June 25.--
eff you keep off the picket line and
turn that soup kitchen over to some
one else, wen let you keep your kids"
This was the ruling of the squire's
court before which Laura Calegari,
coal digger's widow and strike leader
at Triadelphia, appeared to answer a
warrant charging her with neglect of
her two children Virgil, seven and
Vera, four. The move to deprive Mrs.
Calegari Of her children was institu-
ted as a means of forcing her to give
up her activities on the picket line.
None of the Ia witnesses which
Mrs. Calegari brought to testify to
her good character and her faithful
ness as a parent were permitted to
testify. When the widow attempted
to speak in her own defense she was
silenced by the court.
'T'm not interested in anything you
may have to say" the presiding JUS
tice informed her. Il can't take the
word Of a woman who is known to her
(COntih1Ced on Page TOo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
FUR union MASS
MEET TOMORROW
July Raises and "Bloc"
To Be Discussed

Thousands of leaflets were dis
tributed among the workers in the
fur trade yesterday announcing the
calling of mass membership meet
ing by the Joint Board of the
Furriers' Union, for tomorrow even.
ing, Immediately after work, in Web
ster Hall, 18th ST. and Third Ave.
Ben Gold to Report.
All workers, whether registered OF
unregistered are called to participate
in the membership meeting. Ber
Gold, manager of the Joint Board, will
deliver a report on the general situa-
ton after which there will be a gen
eral discussion by the members from
the floor.
The appeal which calls the attention
of the workers to the problem Of "July
raises" says that they are the latest
development Of the organized opposi-
ton in the right wing union will be
the subjects talked about by Gold and
the membership at the meeting.
Due to the campaign Of destruction
carried on by the socialist agents Of
the American Federation of Labor of
ficialdom, the July raises were sold
out to the bosses last year, the leaf
let states. 1t then calls for action tc
secure July raise his season fo1
every furrier in the industry. The
wage raise in July is custom de-
veloped by the Joint Board when it
was powerful under the left wing
leadership.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
BANK failure
IN MINE TOWN
Pits Also Shut Down;
City a Tomb
Especial to The DAILY WoRKER)

Especial to The DAILY WORh hER.J
HIMLERVILLE, w. Va, June 25.-
Bankruptcy of the Himlerville Bank
with the loss of $68,000 of miners
money which they have been forced
tc deposit there by Martin Himler,
owner of the bank, and the shutdown
of the mines likewise owned by the
same man, has made this town in
which several thousand miners live,
eeritable place of the dead.
Miners and their families are lit
orally frantic, facing almost immedi-
ate starvation. A mortgage Of $685.
coo on the Himlerville bank is neld
by the bank at Huntington, which
means that practically nothing will
be left for the miners when the ac-
counting is made.
The closing Of the mines preceded
the bank failure.
Iiimler, who practically owned the
town in addition, forced the miners
to buy worthless lots of land on which
they erected their shacks. This is an
other reason why they are practically
bound to the town which is now like
huge silent Comb. The miners were
forced to place some OF their wages
in Himlers' bank in order to main
tain their jobs. This accounts for the
S68,O00 of their money in the bank
rupt institution.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
NO WORD Yet OF
AMUNDSEN PARTY
Work to Repair Mobile
Rescue Plane

KINGS BAY, spitzbergen, June
25.-Gen. Umberto Mobile, who was
rescued from an ice flow by the Swed-
ish plane Upland and taken on board
the supply ship Citta di Milano is
not in serious condition, according to
word reaching here this afternoon.
The five members of the party left
behind on the ice are trying to re-
pair the Upland which capsized in
making a second landing.
So far no word has reached here
as to the whereabouts or fate of the
Amundsen party which disappeared
a week ago.
LONDON, June 25.-Capt. Amund-
sen, missing Norwegian explorer, has
been located by the U. S. S. R. ice
breaker Krassin and plans are being
made for the rescue Of himself and
his companions, according to an ex-
change telegraph dispatch from
Paris this afternoon quoting an un-
confirmed report printed by the news
paper Information.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
ASKS Piece WORK
FOR NY. CAP union
Zaritsky's Statement in
Bosses Paper

Step by step the president of the
International Cloth Hat Cap and Mil
linery Workers Union, moves toward
forcing on the entire membership of
the union the degradation known as
piece-work despite the overwhelming
opposition of the workers. Following
close upon the heels of his action in
calling off the Chicago strike against
piece-work, despite the overwhelming
the trade journal of the employers
in which he again openly declares
himself, as favoring this method of
work TO that of week-work.
In long statement issued by the
left wing in the capmakers union, and
distributed in circular form to the
workers in the market, the capmak-
ers are warned of an impending at
tack of the New York employers who
with the aid of Zaritsky's helping
hand viii come out with the demand
FOR the 44-hour week and the sweat
shop system Of piece-work
Zaritsky Betrayals
With the headline "Zaritsky Is
Wrecking Our Union" the leaflet
calls the attention of the workers to
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
SEIPEL REGIME
TO START bella
KUN TRIAL TODAY
Workers of All Lands
Send Protest
RuLLETIN

BULLETIN
Especial to The DAILY WORKER }
VIENNA, June 25. - The court
building, in which the trial of Bella
Kun will take place tomorrow, is
surrounded by cordons of heavily
armed police.
The Red Aid and the Austrian
Communist Party are planning to
hold huge protest demonstration
tomorrow night.
VIENNA, June 25. - The trial of
Bella Kun, Hungarian Communist
leader, on charges of passport viola
ton will be begun here tomorrow. At
the same time the power of interna-
tional labor has compelled the Aus
trian government to desist from it's
purposes in part, and intimations
have been received that the Seipei
government will refuse to hand over
Kun for extradition by the Horthy
regime.
The Vieunese workers are in a
state of high tension on the eve of
the trial of Bella Kun and the gov
ernment is utilizing their excitement
to justify extra quotas Of police, on
the pretext that they are needed to
maintain law and order.
Har,nor nafaosa
Every obstacle has been placed by
the Seipel government in the way of
the defense lawyers acting for Kun.
At one stage of the case, Kun's law
yer was actually forbidden to confer
with him.
The trial will last only one day.
This is the orii'ion PASSED about in
informed circles here. The Vienna
government has marshalled its agents
and their evidence and is prepared to
judge Kun as a Communist, though
it has crntrived the necessary illegal"
entanglements as basis for proceed
ing.
While it is believed that sentence
will be quickly passed, the Austrian
government has already showed it's
fear of the power Of international la
bor and it is unlikely that any further
attempt to turn over Kun to any
ether government for prosecution
will be made
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
New Compensation Law
in Effect in Quebec

QUEBEC, June 25. A new
workmen's compensation is now in
effect in the Province of Quebec
Workers here state that they are dis
satisfied with it. The governing
commission is composed of three, with
an advisory board of five. Labor
sought representation on the commits
sion, but was turned down.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
By GILBERT GREEN

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 25.
John Porter hurled defiance at the
military authorities here following
his arrest and announced that he has
no apologies for being a Communist
and leader in the strike against the
textile barons.
eyes, 1 am member and organizer
of the Communist youth league, and
1 am going to remain so, in spite of
any sentence you may give me" was
the challenge in the face of the army
officers who questioned Porter.
John Porter took his militant stand
in the face of a general court-martial
and the certainty of a long sentence
to the military prison at Governors
Continued on Page T10o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
URGE PICNICS TO
AID The DAILY
Barber Shop Donates
$3.50 of Proceeds

During the difficult summer
months, the militant workers of this
country who by their financial help
recently saved The DAILY WORKER
from closing down, must not cease
their aid. On the contrary, they must
intensity their efforts in behalf of
their fighting Daily if perhaps even
more serious crises are to be avoided.
One of the ways in which working
class groups can raise money for The
DAILY WORKER is by arranging
picnics and outings now that warm
weather has arrived All class con-
scious workers should Immediately
bring proposals for such affairs be-
fore the organizations to which they
belong. They should also solicit their
friends and sympathizers for individ-
Continued on Page TqOo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
I. S S. R. PROTESTS KUOMINTANG RAID
Score Attack ON Tientsm Consulate BY Tools of IMPERIALISM

MOSCOW, U.S.S.R., June 25.--The
Foreign Office of the Soviet Gov
ernment today sent VIGOROUS pro-
test to the Chinese Embassy against
the recent raid on the Soviet Union
Consulate in Tientsin by police
operating under the orders of Flu
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

Tso-Yi, traitorous Kuomintang gen.
eral.
The raid, hich occurred last Thurs
day, was repetition of the Shanghai
raid made last year. The invaders
occupied the consulate for several
hours, overturning desks and ran
sacking cabinets.
After the raid, however, Chinese Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
|. L. D. Statement

The following statement on the
case of John Porter has been issued
by the National Office Of the Inter
national Labor Defense:
"The arrest and impending court
martial Of John Porter. vice-president
of the New Bedford Textile Workers
Union and organizer for the Young
Workers (Communist) League, shows
that the United States Army, at
whose prison in Fort Rodman Porter
is now confined, has been placed at
the complete disposal of the textile
barons of Massachusetts who are
bending every effort to break the
courageous resistance of the New
Bedford textile workers.
Proved Mettle
"John Porter, although only nine
teen years old, has already proved
his mettle by his activities in the
Continued on Page T1Oo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

ficials admitted that they had found
neither arms NOR Communist propa-
ganda."
The protest sent to the Chinese
Embassy by the Soviet Union Foreign
Office has been transmitted by
Charge d'Affaires Cheny Men-shin
to the Marking government, according
to reports.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
LABOR DEFENSE HITS
LAHLNG OF PORTER

Isaac Shorr, a prominent New York
attorney who has defended many la
Dor cases, has been retained by the
National Office of the International
Labor Defense, 80 East 18th Street,
to defend John Porter.
Shorr is leaving this afternoon for
New Bedford to begin the defense of
Porter.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
THEA RAsCHE HOPS oFF.

CURTIS FIELD, June 25.-Harried
by the efforts made to delay her
trans Atlantic flight, Thea Rasche to-
day hoped off for a Newfoundland
base, the first leg of her hop to Ger
many, according to reports here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
TEXTILE STRIKER
REMAINS TRUE TO
WORKERS CAUSE
Held Incommunicado in
Military Prison
BULLETIN.


NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 25.
"A huge protest meeting against
the Imprisonment by military au-'
thorities of John Porter, organizer
of the Young Workers (COmunist)
League and Vice-President of the
New Bedford Textile Workers
Union has been called for July A.
The Y. w. c. L. and other work
ing class organizations will partici-
pate in the demonstration, at
which prominent speakers viii be
present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26
5000 POLISH IMMIGRANTS.

WARSAW, June 25.-Three thou
sand Polish immigrants will be sent
to Peru to settle on farms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-26

i, traitorous Kuomintang gen,