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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Miners Ans W + R
M|LITANTS' CALL
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uled meetings were dispersed by Gov
ernor Fishers state troopers. But
the miners refuse to be inundated.
Thomas Robertson, district five
organizer, attended a meeting at
Canonsburg on Friday, March 23.
There were three hundred miners
present. He proceeded to attack the
National Miners Save-the-Union
Conference on April 1st. Then he
opened broadside on the Pennsyl-
vania-Ohio Miners Relief Committee
He threatened to cut off from Off
cial relief any member who had any
connection with the P. and O.. or
anybody who voted to elect delegates
to the Save-the- Union Conference on
April list.
Then a miner rose and called on
all those who were against Lewis to
follow him out of the hall. Out they
went and left Robertson standing
there with his fifteen henchmen.
This is typical of the spirit that
prevails thruout the strike regions.
Without the aid of the state troopers
and the sheriffs, Lewis and Pagan
would not have corporal's guard
to support them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
F ARNERS MEET TO
SCORE SHIPSTEAD
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Labor Party and will fight against
him as a symbol of the fight for a
genuine labor party.
The A. F. of L. executive council
endorsed Shipstead altho they did not
endorse the Farmer-Labor Party.
There are indications that the railro q
brotherhoods will do the same. Whar,
ton, president of the International
Machinists' Union, and Heating, man.
aging editor of Labor" have sent
letters to every member of the union
in the states of Montana, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and North Dakota, defend
ing Shipstead, Wheeler, Frazier, La
Toilette, and attacking Taylor and
Wallace of the Plentywood Producers
News, Montana, and also even Ma
honey of Minnesota as being too
fred"
There are indications that the Let's
will have fourth to third of the
total delegates. Shipstead was con-
.demned by several county conven-
tions, including Hennepin and Mime
apolis. There are fights pending on
the form of the organization, class
character of the party, discipline of
the elected candidates, program and
nominations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Workers Displaced.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-Appli-
cation of modern machinery to indus
try is displacing millions of workers
from their former jobs, according to
the Journal of Electrical Workers and
Operators for March. The official or
gan of the Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers finds that the changes in in
dustry, due to recent mechanization,
are "fraught with real danger, at GER
tain points. to labor and the masses"
This age of machine industry, the
article says, is characterized by the
creation of vast unemployment, the
rights of company unions and increase
Of accidents. Facts in support of these
statements are produced from the
power Industry and many others.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
FORWARDS FIRST
SUB ENVELOPE;
PROMISES MORE
Industrial Center May
Rival Detroit Soon

Flint, Michigan, a big industrial
center north of Detroit is beginning
to do its part in the big national sub
scription drive to add 10000 new
readers to The DAILY WORKER by
May Day.
With the arrival at the offices of
the paper of an envelope filled with
subscriptions, the Michigan center is
definitely in the lineup for the big
campaign.
t. Adanoff, The DAILY WORKER
agent in Flint, promises that the
subscriptions will come in now with
a rush and intimates that the work is
only beginning. Flint is one of the
most important towns in which the
national subscription drive can be
pushed forward.
Thousands of workers from scores
of factories are eager to receive their
only militant daily paper and free
distribution should be arranged at
once" said A. Ravitch, circulation
manager of The DAILY WORKER in
commenting on the promising show
ing of the Flint section.
With the organization of the SUBJ.
scription drive in Flint the results
should rival the record of the Detroit
workers before long.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
CALL TO WORKERS
OF ACW is ISSUED
Convention Program Is
Announced
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statement of the expelled workers;
democracy in the union; the shop
delegate and committee system;
amalgamation; and a Labor Party.
The statement says in part:
Union Heads Work With Bosses.
"Our union was organized in the
struggle against reaction in the
United Garment Workers as we'll as
in the labor movement in general and
was the vanguard of class struggle
policy in the American labor move
ment. At that time our union was in
reality powerful weapon in the
hands of the workers in their strug-
gle against the bosses. But the pres
ent leadership has transformed our
once fighting union into production
agency for the bosses-into a COM
pany union.
Standards of production, piece work
and reorganizations are forced upon
the workers with the aid of the pres
ent administration of our union.
Tens of thousands of workers in
our trade remain unorganized. In
stead of uniting our ranks for the
purpose of organizing the morgan
lied the officialdom is expelling and
prosecuting all those who demand the
organization of the unorganized. In
stead of amalgamating with the other
unions of the needle trades they give
fullest support to the union wreckers
in the labor movement and thus they
further the split in the ranks of the
needle workers.
Urge Rank and File Fight.
At time when hundreds and thou
sands of tailors are facing starvation
there is no fund that would relieve
their need to some extent. But there
is fund for the purpose of helping
the bosses at the expense of the
workers.
Their policy is peace under all cir
cumstances with the bosses and carry
on war against the workers.
Sisters and brothers: If the COM
ing convention will not change the
policies and tactics of our union. The
machine candidates for delegates to
the convention will never make the
necessary changes. The rank and
file, the large mass of tailors, who
are suffering from the inhuman speed
up system in the shops are the only
ones who can change the policies of
the union by electing left wing and
progressive delegates, who will fight
to reverse the shameful policies of
the union misleaders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
UNEMPLOYED REJECT
MARINE ENLISTMENT

CHICAGO, March 26.-Though I'M
employment is worse in Chicago than
in any period since the postwar de-
preston of 1921 the U. S. marine
corps is finding difficulty in picking
up rockies for it's unofficial war in
Nicaragua. 81
Casualties and assertions in the
Nicaraguan campaign and refusals to
reenlist have made it necessary to re-
open recruiting in Chicago and other
cities. Of Chicago's 100000 unem-
ployed only 6 men were attracted to
enlist yesterday, according to the Of
ficer on duty at the marine corps
recruiting headquarters.
Recruits are sent for IL weeks
training to Paris Island, off South
Carolina, before shipping to the yell
low fever and bullet belt of Nicaragua
to make that country safe for Wall
Street.
When committee of the Chicago
Council of the Unemployed inter-
viewed Alderman Oscar A. Nelson,
who is also vice president of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, he advised
them to get behind the public works
bond issue to be voted on April 10.
He also told them to quit knocking
Mayor William Hale Thompson.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
CENTRAL TRADES
MEET DENOUNCED
Jobless Council Say S
Unemployed Ignored
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The thousands OF unemployed work
ers of this city are beginning to real
ize that the New York Council of I'm
employed is effectively stirring up
public opinion on this issue both in
side and outside the labor movement.
Demand Jobless Relief Fund.
"The New York Council of Unem-
ployed has consistently demanded the
establishment of an unemployment in
surance fund and that such a fund
be maintained by the city, state and
national governments and that or
ganized labor and committees of the
unemployed be represented on the adj
ministrative boards of such funds. 1t
has also demanded the immediate es-
Establishment Of public kitchens to feed
the growing army of unemployed
workers and homes with which to
shelter them.
'In the face of the disgraceful fail
ure of the Central Trades and Labor
Council to carry out its responsibilities
the New York Council of Unemployed
will proceed with more vigor than ever
to press for the adoption of its pro-
gram"
The council announced that mass
meetings will be held throughout the
city tomorrow at 101 w. 27th street
and at the Brooklyn Labor Lyceum,
$40 WiIloughby Ave. Both meetings
will be held at p. m.
On Thursday at p. m. an open air
meeting is to be held at Military Park
in Newark under. the auspices of the
Newark Council of Unemployed and
another at the corner of 138th street
and st. AIMS avenue, Bronx. On
Saturday an open air melting will be
held at the corner of Steinway and
Jamaica aves., Long Island City.
An open air meeting will also be
held Saturday at 1 p. m, at Rutgers
Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27

ITO meet Gene Tunney for the world
championship is the latest rumor in
local boxing circles. Risko is due here
today for an important conference
with Jess Mcmahon, matchmaker for
Tex Richard. According to Mcmahon,
Risko will be signed for long term
contract, giving Richard exclusive
rights to the Forest City baker boys
ring services for final elimination,
If one is necessary to determine Tun-
ney's next opponent.
The latest Dempsey story is that
Jack is refusing to sign up to meet
Tunney because of Tex's refusal to
guarantee him the amount Of money
he demands. According to the rumor,
Dempsey was offered $250,000 for a
third meet with Gene, but Jack just
could not see into it. If the ante is
raised to ar amount more to Demp-
sey's liking a match between Gene
and Jack will be the order Of the day
end results in all the other contend
ers Immediately dropping out of the
picture.
The New York Celtics are the pro-
fessional basketball champions of the
world. They clinched the title by
defeating Fort Wayne, western
champions, here Sunday night by
scope OF n t. &c in the fourth game
Of the series. The Hoosipps won only
one Of the games.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
SPORT S IN BRIEF

The Labor Sports Union first an
nual tournament held at Finnish Hall,
Is w. 10th st. Sunday was partici-
pated in by $50 worker-athletes be-
fore an audience of more than 500.
Arrangements for an open air meet
this summer will be made soon, Of
ficers Of the union announced yester-
day.
"The next move will be for the
strengthening of the Labor Sports
Union" Jack Rubinstein, secretary of
the union said last night. Another
conference will be held soon at which
time we will lay plans for building
a powerful labor sports organization
in this city"
The evening session of the meet
opened with group calisthenics by
girl members Of the Brooklyn Fin
nish Club 1t was followed by an
exhibition on the horizontal bars by
members of the Workers Gymnastic
Club, Vesa and Brooklyn Finnish
Club.
Work on the parallel bars by a
group of Is lead by Theodore Vein
stein was the next attraction.
The meet closed with series of
swimming matches.
In the standing high jumb at end
of the morning session, Honkala was
first with A feet, 51a; Ahola and Sgd
anmas both jumped a feet and n
inches.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
THOUSAND new
-
MEMBERS join
WORKERS PARTY
LIE min Ruth e n Der G
Drive Us Success

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new militant shop papers which are
now appearing regularly. These are
''The Kodak Worker" Rochester, N.
Y; "The Bethlehem Steel Worker,
Baltimore, N. Y; "The Mascot"
Pierce Arrow Co., L. l.; "The North
Western, Metal works, Chicago; "The
Packing House Worker, Kansas, and
another to appear this week in the
brass mills in Waterbury, Conn.
Campaign Extended.
"These papers, in addition to the
regular party press, are the best
means of acquainting the workers
with their conditions as we'll as fight
ing to better them," said Stachel.
"They are also a means of reaching
workers who do not know the Party
press.
$50 great has been the success of the
Lenin- Ruthenberg drive in general
that it has been extended to May
first. 1t is expected that this addi-
tional period will bring equally great
results"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
DONATIONS ARE
"DA|LY'S' NEED
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talists will succeed in bleeding it to
death with costly litigation.
The contributions of the American
working class have been the life blood
of The DAILY WORKER. The
DAILY WORKER is the American
working class newspaper and the
workers have proved it by the sacri-
fices they have untiringly made for it.
Once, more they are given an oppor-
tunity to prove their loyalty to their
class paper. But the "Daily" may
die any day, the action of the
American workers must be quick or
their only militant voice will be
strangled. Workers. defend your pa
per. Contribute to The DAILY
WORKER, SO First st., New York
City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Coolidge Prosperity.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-In an
attempt to support President Cool
idge's prosperity propaganda, Secre-
tary of Labor James J. Davis has re-
ported to the senate that there are
only 1,S74,000 unemployed in the
United States and that everything is
going nicely. This report is patiently
designed to bolster the republican
party's hope Of retaining its control
of the government in this years cleo
tons. Reliable, non-political estimates
on unemployment place the figure be-
tween 100000 and 100000.
The Coolidge government is not only
doing nothing to relieve the hardships
that have been suffered increasingly
by the unemployed but refuses
eynically even to recognize that a
crisis exists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
MINERS EXPOSE
BRENNAN FORCES
Especial To THE DAILY WORKER

especial 10 The DAILY WORK ER.1
PITTSTON, Pa, Mar. 26.-Rank
and file resentment against the forces
of William Brennan, former president
of district 1, has been rising here as
result of the Saturday night meet
ing at which delegates who met at
Union Hall in Wilkesbarre and who
had come to hear denunciation Of
Cappelini and Lewis heard instead
an attack against the Bonita Moleski-
MENDOZA Defence Committee.
Brennan Stands for Lewis.
Miners are saying openly that the
Brennan forces have been all the while
playing the game of John l.. Lewis,
arbitrator of the U. M. w. A. It
has become clear, some say, that
Brennan has been saving the fat for
Lewis by carrying on a fight against
Cappelini who everybody understands
is now eliminated from the picture.
Informed miners are likewise point
ing out that the game of Lewis Is
now clear. He has been using Bren-
nan to eliminate the unpopular Cap
pelini. For this reason, miners say,
Brennan has refused to state his po-
sition on Lewis in spite Of the pres
sure which has been brought to bear
Upon him by tine rank and file Of
miners to do so.
Brennan Supports Contracting.
From the remarks made by Bren-
nan regarding the decision on the in
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Lewis and Friend Rockefeller Testify
At the senate

At the senate
coal "imvestigG-
ito 70 " hearing,
John L. Lea0is,
right aOing boss
of the United
Nine Workers,
and has satellites
referred to John
D. Rockefeller,
oil mGgnate and
notorious foe of
the a0orkers, as
"our f ri e n d
r o C h e + III err
Lewis admitted
that q condition
of terror erist-
ed IN the mine
regions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
u Michigan Jumps Into Dai!yS" National Subscription Campaign
Injured at Authority Demonstration

Rudy Arnold,
(left), photog-
ropher for the
N 6 10 Y o r k
Graphic, a0as
seriously burned
aOhen has flash
poa0der e9plod-
ed during the
Gntiy Horthy
d e monStrGtion
recently. T h e
explosion occur
red shortly be-
fore the police
and r e s e .. D es
C h org e d the
demonstrate r s,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Cloak and Dress Makers
Hold Meeting Tonight

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Board is continuing with its plans to
send full delegation to Boston. At
meetings of Locals 2 and 35, called
last week for similar purpose, a
large proportion of the locals mem
bership signified their demand for an
end to the destructive war by taking
part in the nomination meetings.
To Raise Defense Fund.
The Joint Defense and Relief Com
mittee, an organization Of needle
trades workers built for the purpose
of fighting the provocations and legal
frame-ups engineered by the employ
ers and the right wing since the
struggle of the left wing to rebuild
the unions began, has issued call
to all progressive workers to buy the
$40 bonds issued by them in a cam
paign to raise fund of $4,000.
The decision handed down by the
Appellate Division denies the appeal
of the left wing Cloakmakers' Joint
Board to set aside a vicious anti
strike injunction, obtained by the
dress bosses. This, the committee
says, sets dangerous precedent for
the appeal of the Is left wing leaders
sentenced for contempt of court
which comes up April 10. In addi-
ton to this, the appeal says, there
are still many workers whose activ-
ity against the bosses and union
wreckers resulted in prison terms, and
some who are still to come up for
trial.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27

stockholders.
Twenty industrial corporations
turned over profits to their stock
holders that totaled $676,O00,0O0 in
1927. General Motors headed the list
with profits of 1926, 100000; Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph came
next, with profits of $129,000,000;
the U. S. Steel Corporation followed
with $63,O00,000 in profits; then
came General Electric with $4,000
900. The profits of the Woolworth
Corporation were $35,000,0OO; of the
Texas Co., $29000,000; of Sears-Roe-
buck $25,000,000; of Allied Chem
icals $21, 0O0,00O; of American To-
bacco $19,000,O0O; of International
Harvester $18,O00,0O0. These figures
do not represent all of the unearned
income paid by the corporations be-
cause they do not include interest on
bonds.
Bank profits were equally gener-
GUS. The National City Bank of New
York earned 27fe on it's capital.
Chase National Bank 1920; Guarantee
Trust Co. 3796; American Exchange
Bank 209o; Bankers Trust Co. 479o;
Commercial National Bank 800;
Equitable Trust Co. 2O9s; Central
Union Trust 1870; First National
1910, and so on through the list.
That is one side of the picture.
Big railroads, big business and big
banks enjoyed a prosperous 1927.
Many Business Failures.
Twenty thousand two hundred sixtv
five businesses failed in the United
States during 1927 Most of them
were small fry. Here is a typical
week. Out of 1886 failures. 29O or
1870 had capital of less than $4,000;
65 or 17@e had capital from $4,000
to $4,000. Thus more than 9-1Oths
of the failures occurred in businesses
with less than $4,000 capital. Of
the entire 385 failures only 2 were
for more than 100000 and no one
of the businesses had capital of
more than 100000.
Record Amount of Failures.
This is another side of, the pic
ture. Little business men had a raw
time during 1927. There is only one
year in the entire history of Amer
lean business 1922, with 22,415 fail
uresl when the number of failures
exceeded 1927. During the past s.
years the total number of business
failures in the United States was
98,019 and of these more than Cloths
were operating on a capital of less
than $4,000.
Unemployment mounted steadily
during 1927. By the end of the wear
there were more men walking the
streets in the U. S. looking for Jobs
than there had been in any winter
since 1922. The total number is es-
timated at 100000. Those workers
who were fortunate enough to remain
at work were producing more goods
for less pay per unit of product than
they had ever received in the whole
history of their industrial experience
1927: prosperity for big business;
multiplied disaster for little business;
increased exploitation for those who
live on wages and small salaries
Here, in sentence, is 12-months'
economic history of rich, prosperous
capitalistic America.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Bar Negroes from Local

DETROIT, Mich, Mar. 26.-Negro
BARRIERS wishing to join the Journey
man BARRIERS international Union
have been forced to organize sepa-
rate local, according to the decision
of the International of the Barbers'
Union. Race prejudice by officials
of the America A. F. of L. is one of
the chief evils being fought against
by the left wing in the labor move
Enent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Williamsburgh Mine
Conference Tonight

A miners relief conference will be
held tonight at s o'clock at the Labor
Lyceum, 949 Willoughby Ave-, Brook
lyn to organize Williamsburgh min
ers relief committee.
Delegates from unions. clubs and
labor fraternal organizations are ex-
pected to be present.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Colo. Miners Join.

WALSENBERG, Col, March 26.-
A new unit of the Workers (Com-
munist) Party was organized here
when eight miners applied for mem
bership in the Party recently. All
are native American workers. "The
leaders Of the /. w. W., under whom
the coal strike failed, are losing influ-
ence among the miners here while the
Workers Party, which is militantly
reorganizing the miners, is continual
ly gaining ground" declared R. Sho-
han, Of the Workers Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
Oregon Unit Formed.

ST. HELENA, Ore, March ga
shop nucleus of seven of the Workers
(Commumist) Party was organized in
lumber mill here last week and it
is expected that many others will join
in the near future. Miners as we'll
as lumbermen are becoming members
of the Seattle district of the Party
in appreciate numbers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27
BUSINESS PROSPERS
AS WORKERS STARVE
By SCOTT NEARING Federated Press).

1927 American pennsylvania
SYSTEM United
previous did equally well
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-27

That johnny Risko may be matched
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-18
D. c. LAND FUND
WINS APPROVAL

The second deficiency appropria-
ton bill carrying 100000 for the
purchase Of land within the govern
nent triangle and $409,93 for the
District government was reported
out today by the House Appropria-
lions Committee.
The total of the bill is $99,O32 1856,
which is $4,916.720 less than recon.
mended by the Budget Bureau.
The Budget Bureau recommended
So. $50 900 for purchase Of property
within the triangle bounded by
Pennsylvania Avenue and the Mall.
but the committee cut this down to
S5,0O0,d00 believing that that Is all
that can be used at the present
time.
The committee pointed out In its
report that the acquisition Of this
property wherever condemnation is
necessary should not be carried
through until there is a new con
demnation law. A bin providing such
a new law Is now pending in the
House.
Congress has already appropri-
ated 81. $50, 900 out OF the SIS. 900 900
authorized for the purchase of the
triangle property. III the $1,000, 900
Il appropriated it will leave. approx
rnately. two.thirds Of the fund unap-
propriated.
The appropriation for the District
OF Columbia are practically all of q
routine nature resulting from admin