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Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-15

working in the stores will be able
to get in on the festivities.
"Our program has been carefully
selected and nothing but the best ir
the way of entertainment will be
offered. Thanks to the coopcra-
tion of Herb Norris, of the West
Coast Theatres and Glen Brunk, of
Brunk s Comedians, we have been
able to obtain some splendid tai.
ent. -
The Elks' smoker in former
years has been notable event II
masculine circles and Pitzer pro,
misses this years is to be the best
ever.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-15

Mrs Elbert Newton entertained
Mrs. G. c. Richards. Mrs. H. \.
Wells, and Mrs. Laurence Richards
at luncheon recently. The afternoon
was spent tacking quilt and play
ing cards.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-15
MELOLAND SOCIAL
CLUB ENTERTAINED
BY MRS. H4VEKORST
press Staff Correspondent

MELOLANb. Nov. 15.-The
Meloland Ladies Social club met
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Henry lIavckorSt, assisted
by her daughter, Mrs. George Lind
say, and also by her daughtcr-in
law, Mrs. Walter llavekorst
During the afternoon, Mrs Il.
Neifert gave an interesting talk on
Iowa as it was in 1875.
A clever contest was held in
which Mrs. Cain proved most eff
cient and won a lovely prize After
the contest, delectable refreshments
were served.
Those present were MeSdames
II. 4. Wells, Laurence Richards, FL
bert Newton, w. y. Johnston. r.
Neifert, G. G. Richards, Harry
James, Dan Scott. l.. 6. Goar, Fred
Waterman. W. G. Hcrdman, Cain.
Walter Havckorst, and the two
hostesses
The next meeting will be in two
weeks at the home of Mrs. W. G.
Hcrdman, whose joint hostess will
be Mrs. H. A. Wells.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-15
MRS. REID WILL
INSTRUCT ARTS,
CRAFTS SECTION

Mrs. Ruth Tceplc Reid has been
secured as instructor by the local
Arts and Crafts section Of the
Woman 5 Ten Thousand club. ac-
cording to announcement made at
yesterday s meeting held in the
clubhouse. Mrs. Reid has taught the
class several years ago and is pop
ular with the section. She will only
be able to instruct the class until
the Christmas season, after which
time other arrangements will be
made.
Work on Christmas gifts will be
started at the special meeting next
Wednesday. Members are asked to
call either Mrs Norman Dcaton,
Hrs. H. C. DilIcr or Mrs. Reid for
information about materials need
cd.
Try Steven $ Coffee Cream. High
grade and heavy enough 10 whip.
Steven 5 Dairy. Phone S701RJ. adv
Farmers in Honey Lake Valley,
Lasscm county, have ordered two
tons of seed wheat from Utah, also
900 pounds Of Kanrcd winter
wheat.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-11-15

A flour mill will soon be operat-
ing at Duncan, Arizona.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
100000 GERMAN
TA|L0RS STRIKE
Industry Is Completely
Shut Down

BERLIN, Aug. 29.-Fo-ty-thou-
sand workers in the mems clothing
industry complete the first week Of
a general strike for improved work
ing conditions today with deterhiina-
tion strengthened to stay out "till
livable wages are granted" This is
due to the success the workers
achieved in completely shutting down
the entire industry Immediately
after the strike call was issued.
The effectiveness Of the walkout
and the fact that the annual fall
buyers fair has just been opened in
Leipzig are looked upon by many as
signs Of the strike terminating sue
cessfully for the workers.
Wages received by the mems
clothing workers here, union Off
cinls show, are below the pay re-
ceived by unskilled industrial labor.
Discomfort and growing sentiment
for strike action Is spreading in
widely separated textile mslnufac
turing centerS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
BETHLEN Bees
WALL ST. HELP
Is Alarmed by Visit of
Karolyi

In order to counteract the effect
of the visit of Count Michael Karo-
lyi, former president of Hungary,
who will arrive in New York on
Saturday, Premier Bethlen, virtual
fascist dictator of Hungary, has is
sued a statement through the New
York Times, calling upon American
citizens" to show the "great Amer
lean spirit" and aid the Hungarian
reaction.
The statement bases it's plea for
support upon it's attack on the
working class which seized power
in March, 1919 only to be over
thrown by the invasion of foreign
troops.
The statement points to the visit
of the 800 Hungarian delegates of
the dictatorship who were present
at the unveiling of the Kossuth
monument in New York, but fails
to mention the demonstration of
American workers which took place
at that time and which exposed the
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
SILK BOSSES IN
WAGE CUT DRIVE
Workers There Join
Mill Union, TING.

Word reaches the office of the
National Textile Mill Committees
from Bernard Herman, Secretary of
the Philadelphia Textile Mill Com
mittees, Of vicious wage-cutting
campaign being launched by the
bosses in the silk mills Of the tri-
cities of Pennsylvania. Easton, AL
lentown and Bethlehem.
on Aug. 18, the first step was
taken by the employers in the Aroma,
a small mill, where a 10 per cent
slash was given. Following this
wages were cut in a mill in Allen
town. Anticipation is current among
the workers Of a thoroughgoing
campaign which will hit all mills
in the vicinity, and viii drag down
the already low wages to starvation
level. Coming as they do on top of
sharp unemployment which has
hit the tri-cities in the past year,
the wage cuts are driving the work
ers to desperation.
With the Associated Silk Workers
practically out of existence in this
important silk center, the workers
have been left helpless to defend
themselves against the onslaughts
of the employers. The entrance of
the Textile Mill Committees into the
field, therefore, has been met with
an enthusiastic reception by the
workers. They feel that leadership
is being given them for a serious
organization drive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
KELLOGG NOTE
REVEALS ANTI
USSR ALLIANCE
Izvestia Declares Pact
Move to Hide
War Plans
Kellogg Let's Cat Out

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-That
the Kellogg pact is designed to per-
petuate the relations entered into by
the powers in the Treaty Of Locarno,
and designed as a bloc against the
Soviet Union, was confirmed here to-
day when the text of the note of
invitation sent to 48 nations to ad-
here to the pact was made public
here today. The negotiations pre-
ceding the signing of the treaty as
sured the maintenance of the bloc
against the Soviet Union.
The conditions laid down for the
adherence of the Soviet Union to the
pact are such which would not allow
of any change in the original nature
of the treaty. They reveal that the
powers were determined not to coun-
tenance the demand of the Soviet
Government that it be allowed to
participate in the negotiations.
Reports received here from Mos
COW state that an article in the L.
vestia, official organ of the Soviet
Government, points out that as long
as the powers continue to arm and
assign a major part of their budgets
to the army and navy, and as long
as they refuse to adopt a plan of
complete disarmament, such as was
proposed by the Soviet Government
at the Geneva disarmament confer
ence, the Kellogg pact will be inef-
fective and will amount only to a re-
alignment of powers.
The text of the note to each of the
forty-eighb governments follows:
l have the honor to inform you
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
POINT TO WAR
DANGER AT RED
YOUTH CONGRESS-
Young Communists in
Fourth World
Meet
Urge More Sport Work

MOSCOW, Aug. -Stressing
the danger of imperialist war, the
second plenary session of the Fifth
World Congress of the Young Com
munist International opened here to-
day under the Craftsmanship of
Blenkle.
Chitarov, in his opening speech,
spoke at length on the danger of
war, pointing out the chief tasks of
the Young Communist International
"The broad masses of the working
class youth are still under the in
fluence of the bourgeois" he said.
"The Socialist Youth International
is following a reactionary course
and is steadily losing ground.
"The economic situation of. the
youth of the world is very bad, par
ticularly that of the peasant youth.
The role of the youth in factories
is rapidly growing on account of
the introduction of naturalization
in the factories, the speed-up sys-
TEN, etc. The organization of
youth is weak, and even declining.
Fighting Spirit Grows.
"The responsibility for this situa-
tion rests with the Amsterdam In
ternational which tries to rob the
youth of its rights in the unions. In
spite of this, the fighing spirit of
the young workers has been growing
in recent years. Many strikes of
young workers have occurred in
various countries. The influence OF
the Communist youth in the trade
unions is constantly growing.
"Since the last congress, the Com.
munist young workers have partici-
pated in armed struggles in Poland
China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, and
Greece. The French Young Com
munist League fought actively
against the Moroccan and Syrian
wars. The British Young Commu
mist League has fought against
Chinese intervention. The Scandina
Continued on Page Ttoo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
Mrs. Knapp Is
"AufMl Sick y,
VIII Be Freed

SYRACUSE, Aug. ga malig-
nant illness, conveniently discovered
by her enterprising lawyers just
after she was convicted of grand
larceny and embezzlement of the
state census funds of 1915, may save
Mrs. Florence E. s. Knapp, former
republican secretary of state from a
prison term.
This was revealed today with the
announcement that a a result of this
"illness" George 2. Medalie, special
prosecutor, will move for suspension
of her sentence.
The lady's ailment took a sudden
turn for the worse, it was found to-
day, when it was announced that she
would have to come up for sentence
in Albany next Tuesday. Her per-
sonal physician Immediately an
nounced that so serious is Mrs.
Knapp's condition that he has re-
fused to risk for her an operation
for goitre."
Solicitous friends, many of whom
were on the dummy" payroll of the
census bureau during Mrs. Knapp's
efflorescent administration, will be-
gin campaign to obtain a pardon
for her if the prosecutors motion
for suspension of the sentence is
overruled.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
HOLD WORKERS
SPORTS meet
At Delegates Present
at Convention

The second National Convention
of the Labor Sports Union opened
Monday, Aug. 27, at the Progressive
Hall, Is W. 126th ST., with 81 dele
gates present, representing 33 clubs.
In addition to the regular delegates,
two representatives of the striking
young textile workers of New Bed
ford, Jack Rubenstein and Joseph
Jarvis, were present.
Paul Cline, National Secretary, re-
porting for the Executive Board on
the past year and a half of work,
pointed out that the Labor Sports
Union had made great progress
since its first convention. A total
of 81 clubs have been brought under
the organizational control of the
Labor Sports Union. These 81 clubs
have membership of 4,500 to 5000.
Of these 81 clubs, the majority are
located in three centers, New York,
Chicago and Detroit. New York has
Is clubs, Detroit 8 and Chicago 13
Cline stressed the Importance of or
ganizing workers sports clubs in all
cities, and making the Labor Sports
/ Union real national organization
Five functioning districts of the
Labor Sports Union have been sci
up. They are Chicago, Detroit, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and the
Massachusetts districts.
In carrying on it's athletic activi-
ties the Labor Sports Union has held
two big indoor meets and two Olym-
pic meets. In the meet just con-
cluded, about 600 athletes took part
Walter Burke of Detroit was elect
ed chairman of the convention and
Al Steele of New York, secretary.
Theodore Maxi, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
was unanimously elected president
In addition to Burke and Maxi
fifteen members of the Executive
Board were elected. The fifteen
were: I. Sapperstein, Metropolitan
Workers Soccer League; E. Austin
NJ. w. S. L.; AL Steele, Eastern Dis.
trict L. S. u; Arne Myntinnen, Paa.
veo Jokinen and Emil Miller, Vesa
N. Y; Frank Kern, of the German
American Club of the M. w. S. L.;
]. Bruney, of the Falcon A. c. of the
M. W. S. L.; Milton WEIGH, of the
Cooperative Sports Club; Jack Ru.
bernstein, Eastern District; Joe Shan
dler, Harlem Progressive Youth;
Frank Forslund, Scandinavian Work
ers A. c.; Murray Singer, Plumbers
Helpers; Milda Toivenen, Vesa A. C
and member of Local 43 of the
Millinery Workers Union.
The convention instructed the in
coming Executive Board to prepare
for the publication of a regular
monthly official publication of the
Labor Sports Union. This publica-
ton is to be issued not later than
three months after the date of the
convention.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
Heat Wave Hits
City, To Stay;
Many Suffer

Great discomfort, and in many
sections of the city, much suffering
was caused yesterday by late sum-
mer heat wave and humid condition
which struck New York. The city's
shops, factories, and subways were
more sweltering than they have beer
for several weeks as a result.
NJ IMMEDIATE relief is in sight
according to the Weather Bureau
unless local showers develop. The
heat is expected to continue for
another day or two.
The temperature at 2 o'clock yes
terday afternoon was 98 degrees and
81 degrees humidity. This was just
two points below the record for the
date, which was 80 degrees in 1895
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
COMMUNIST
PARTY IN LATVIA;
OFFICES RAIDED
Action Follows Strike
Demonstration
Aug. 22
Suppress Newspapers

RIGA, Latvia, Aug. 29.-The Com
munist Party of Latvia has been de-
clared illegal by the Ministry of the
Interior and police are now sup
pressing the party and its press
throughout the country. Today all
the Communist Party offices were
raided, literature confiscated, the
press suppressed, and the police are
looking for the functionaries.
This action came as a counter
move on the part of the government
to the monster demonstration and
general strike called by the Com
munist Party for August %, when
in spite of the arrest of 400 workers
and the continued attack of the po-
lice the demonstration proceeded to
protest against the arrest of Com
munists and the banning of the rad
ical unions.
Although anti-Communist legisla-
tion had already been enacted in the
form of the decree banning the rad
ical unions, which were rich in Com
munist members, and the govern
ment had been prosecuting the Com
munists, having arrested many func-
tionaries, the latest move brings the
government out openly in its posi-
ton against the Communist Party
1t is an assured fact that mem.
bers both of the Communist Party
and the Independent Socialist Party
which co-operated in the demon
stration of August %, will be fol
lowed up closely by the police anc
arrested in masses.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
Mill STRIKERS
PREPARE PARADE
Mayor Stalls on Permit
for T. M. c..

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. 20.
Fearful of the consequences out
right refusal would bring, since
nearly all of the $4,000 textile strik-
ers are adherents of the New Bed
ford Textile Workers Union of the
Textile Mill Committees, Mayor
Ashley yesterday announced that
the left wing union could parade on
Labor Day "if the Chief of Police
concurred." Permission to parade
was first granted the A. F. of L.
Textile Council, the application of
the T. M. C. union being held up in
order to give them less time for
preparations.
The mass pressure of the tens of
thousands behind the T. M. C: or
ganization was responsible for the
wariness of the mayor who tried to
avoid badly discriminating deci-
sion to grant permit to one and
not to the other. Preparations for
the parade on the part of the mill
tant union, however, are going full
speed ahead, and they will parade
whether permission is granted or
not.
The Labor Day parades are ex-
pected to show all those watching
strike developments who are the real
leaders of the masses of strikers.
Reliable opinion here states that if
the A. F. of L. officialdom could
have foreseen the possibility of a
rival parade by the T. M. c., they
would never have announced one.
Substantiation of this is had in the
fact that they always tried to avoid
calling mass demonstrations on
picket lines and to meetings.
The T. M. c., however, has already
called two parades, both of which
were broken by vicious police as
saults.
Elizabeth Donnelley, leader of the
children's strike clubs here was dis
missed from court when she came
up for trial on a disturbing the
peace charge. She had been lead
ing 300 children in singing strike
songs at the park, when she was
arrested. About 100 children fol-
lowed her and her police captors on
the way to Jail, and demonstratively
shouted for her release for several
hours at the police station.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
FURRIERS SQUASH
A. F. |. SCABBERY
Philadelphia, Bosto n
Build New Union

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-Ed-
ward F. McGrady, special agent of
the A. F. of l.. in charge of destroy
ing unionism in the fur industry,
made an attempt at reprisal for
Local 53's action in affiliating with
the new union movement, and was
again condemned by the fur work
ers at a crowded mass meeting in
Boslower Hall.
After hearing their business
agent, Sam Burt, report that he
found McGrady in conference with
the bosses association whom ho was
trying to convince to break off ne
gotiations for a new agreement with
Local 53, and after listening to Ben
Gold Of New York mako nm appeal
to build the row union. tho workers
hero unanimously passed a resolu-
tion denouncing the international
clique.
Refuse to Yield.
Due to this situation tho employ
ers took advantage and presented
the local with demands of reduc-
tion In wages rnd the pow-r to dis
Continued on Page TWo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
New German Cruiser Is
Launched in Tests for
Future Use in Warfare

BERLIN. Aug. 20 cUP).-The
German navy's wireless-controlle
target ship, Zaehringen, left Will
helmshaven today for an extensive
trial in the North Sea.
Details of the ship were kept sec
ret, but the United Press learned
when it was tried out during the
Baltic Fleet maneuvers on Aug. s
that it is filled with cork, so that
shellfire will not sink it. The Zaehr-
ingen carries no crew but is manipu-
lated by wireless control from q
cruiser. f
1t developed that the ship did not
function satisfactorily at the maneu-
vers, so new device was installed
which will be tried out on the pres
ent trip.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
MINOR, WHITEMAN
WILL TOUR STATE
Communist Program to
Be Presented

Robert Minor, editor of the Daily
Worker and Communist candidate
for U. S. Senate and Lovett Fort
Whiteman, Communist candidate for
Comptroller, together with a repre-
sentative of the Young Workers
(Communist) League, will begin a
statewide election campaign tour of
New York on September 14th, in re-
spense to demands made by workers
of many cities for an opportunity to
hear the Communist candidates
speak on the issues and significance
of the 1928 elections.
The itinerary of the tour will in
clude Poughkeepsie, Albany, Troy,
Schenectady, Syracuse, Utica, Roeh-
ester, Buffalo, jamestown and Bing-
hampton. Reports made by upstate
Communist campaigners, engaged in
obtaining signatures to put the can
didates of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party on the ballot, indicate the
interest of masses of workers in the
Communist platform and principles.
Whiteman will stress the role of
the capitalist parties in betraying
Negro as well as white labor, and
will shatter the last of the illusions
harbored by Negroes that the repub-
lican party is their friend, by citing
instances of segregation and the
ousting of Negro delegates at the
Kansas City convention.
The second New York State tour
to be arranged by the Workers
(Communist) Party will be made by
William F. Dunno, candidate for
Governor, and Juliet Stuart Poyntz
candidate for Attorney-General
sometime in October.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
PLAN FOR Big
PRESS BAZAAR
76 Organizations Send
Delegates

Seventy-six organizations, repre-
sented by 149 delegates, outlined
plans for the National Daily
Worker and Freiheit Press Bazaar,
at a conference held at the Man
haitian Lyceum Tuesday night.
Speaking in behalf of the Central
Executive Committee of the Work
ers tCommunist) Party, Alexander
Trachtenberg urged a nationwide
drive for the bazaar as means of
building up the press of the Party.
He pointed out that the need of a
militant press was greater than
ever in view of the tremendous
struggle in which the American
workers are now engaged.
The fact that only five weeks re-
main for the bazaar was stressed
by many speakers, who urged the
intensification of the organization
drive. Delegates to the conference
reported that bakers, jewelry work
ers, white goods workers, workers
clubs and progressive clubs have al
ready elected delegates and are busy
preparing booths for the bazaar.
Harry Fox, campaign manager of
the Daily Worker, was elected
chairman of the meeting and R. Co
Tiger, of Section /, Workers Party
secretary.
A committee of 25 was elected
which will hold its first meeting
today at $50 at 1928 Union So.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
FRENCH TEXTILE
union TO STRIKE
Bosses Reject Wage
Raise Demand

PARIS, Aug. 28.-The Northern
France textile syndicate, mill own
ers association, in an official state
ment issued yesterday rejected the
demands of the left wing textile
workers syndicate that the wages of
women workers be increased. This
action makes almost certain the call
ing of general strike by about
Sept. 2.
Even though the wages of men
textile operatives are miserably
low, the exploitation Of the women
workers is almost uncomfortable. In
addition to this the workers organi-
zation aims at strike action also in
order to shatter the existing laws
and regulations curtailing strike ac-
tivity.
Workers in other textile centers
are also threatening walkouts as
are most Of the large centers in
Germany.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
GITLOW ATTACKS
CREEN-TAMMANY
HALL ALLIANCE
Socialists Exposed as
Traitors to
Workers
Workers Party Lauded

Crowding Irving Plaza Hall de-
spite the intense heat, hundreds Of
needle trades workers last night
heard the Communist vice -presiden-
tial candidate, Ben Gitlow, assail
the alliance of the republican, demo-
cratic and socialist" parties, who are
Joined in an effort to destroy their
onions.
The meeting unanimously en-
dorsed the platform of the Work
ers (Communist) Party and its can
didates in the corcing national cleo
tions.
Speakers at the meeting, which
was held under the ausI ices of the
National Committee Of the Needle
Trades Section of the Trade Union
Educational League, included Com
mittee Secretary Il. SAFER, Charles
S. Zimmerman, leader of the Cloak
makers Union; A. Jukowsky, lead
ing left winger in the Millinery
Union; H. Ziebel, Rebecca Grecht,
and others.
Scoring William Green's endorse
ment of Smith, Gitlow declared:
"By making a statement tanta-
mount to an endorsement of Alfred
E. Smith, Mr.. William Green caps
the climax of his career of betrayal
of the labor movement and identi-
fies himself completely with notori-
Gus open-shoppers like Raskob,
Woodin and Du Pont who are be-
hind the Smith candidacy.
"His action is fully in line with
that of Mr.. Woll of the executive
Continued on Page Taoo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-30
HUNGARY POLICE
TORTURE WORKER

BUDAPEST, Hungary (By Mail i.
The police here have continued
their persecution of revolutionary
workers and are raiding working
class sections in order to discover
Communist literature. On Aug. s
the police succeeded in finding such
literature and followed up the dis
covery by numerous arrests.
One of the arrested, Ludwig ST.
mon, threw himself from the win
dow of the police station and suf-
fered broken foot. He was
brought back to the inquisition
chamber.
Simon did not jump from the win
dow without sufficient cause. I'm
doubtedly he could no longer stand
tortures of the Hungarian police and
threw himself out of the window to
escape prolonged suffering.