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the luncheon will be Of interest to
;hc members Of the chamber.
In the evening the board of di-
-cctors meets in executive session
at the chamber headquarters, Prcsi-
dent IIptlel hopes there viii be. as
good a representation at tbs meet
ug as at the last mccting, which
brought out nearly all the directors.
The regular weekly breakfast OF
the junior division will be hold as
usual at 6:"u. T, }. Aructt, president,
argos ..rgr attendance TO keep up
the enthusiasm whjrh has always
been shown at these meetings.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-18
Chamber Bodies
Meet Tomorrow

Members of the I'll C,ntro Cham
Der of Commerce will meet tomor-
row for the regular Wednesday
luncheon. Several apcaheFa are br-
ing interviewed and il is expected
that thc buhjcct Of the speaker at
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-18
Epidemic Hits
Alaskan Village
BY United Press Leased Wire

tORDONA, Alaska, Zee. la.-A
dog team carrying a largt supply Of
vaccine Is racing down the Yukon
20 Holy Gross today to head off a
smallpox epidemic that is spreading
inland frcm the coast.
Amateur radio stations at Anvik
and st. George Island flashed a
message from }. ". Chapman, post
master 1T Anvi& to Governor
George \. Parks ut Juneau telling
of the epidemic.
Half OF Anvik 5 supply Of vaccine
has been sent to Holy Cross which
is 80 mi;e: distant. There is no APP
parent lack of vaccine at Anrik ac-
cording to the messages.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-18

Elizabeth Never, Gcorgianna Soncs,
Billy Thompson, Janet Thompson,
Warren Currier, III, Katherine
Clements and Bobby and Othnicl
Horne.
Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-18
mN1a14NetS

LOS ANGELES, Dee. O.-FolIow-
ing are today's market quotations.:
POULTRY
Hens, Leghorns, 3A to lbs,
24c.
Hens, colored 4 lbs. and up, 32c.
Broilers, l12 lbs, and under 2h,
34c.
Fryers, Leghorns, pa to lbs,
26c.
Fryers, colored, 21l to lbs, 34c
Roastcrs, soft bone, 3 lbs, up 33c.
Ducklings, Peking, 312 lbs, up 18c
Geese, 25c.
Yonng Tom turkeys, IS lbs, and
up 28c.
Old Tom turkeys, 28c.
Small hen turkeys, under 8 lbs,
15c.
Hen turkeys lbs. up 2Sc.
Squads, light and heavy +0c.
Capons, s lbs, up, 40c.
BUTTER
Wholesale price 52c.
Price to retailers soc and JGc.
EGGS
Extras 44c. Fresh firsts 43c.
Medium 39c.
LIVESTOCK
HOGS-l,000, active, strong to
five cents higher. Top: 10.55. Bulk
l0.25-lO.55 car l29 ID weights 1000.
CATTLE-700, steers slow at
Monday S - to 20 cents lower close.
None sold early. Other classes
steady. Bulk she stock: no to go.
Car good GIL lb. Arizona fed heifers
1870. Bulk calves: Monday 9.S5 to
1875
SHEEP-Nonc. Medium to choice
lambs quoted II to Is; medium to
choice wool ewes quoted 30 to 40.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
MANY WORKERS
| HURT IN BLAST
| AT SCAB PLANT
16 Injured: Others Are
Buried Underneath
Fallen TimberS
Many Expected to Die
Glass Company Kept
Open Shop
Many Expected to Die

BARBERTON, Ohio, Nov. 22.-
An explosion in the local plant OF
the scab Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Company resulted in the injury and
possible death of at least sixteen
workers. Many others buried under
fallen timbers and debris are un-
doubtedly injured if not actually
killed. Many of the injured are ex-
pected to die.
The Pitts burgh Plate Glass
Company has carried on repeated
and vicious drives against organiza-
ton and has forced its workers to
work under the most dangerous con-
ditions.
BARBERTON, Ohio. Nov. %.
(UP).-An ammonia tank explosion
partially wrecked the Columbia
division of the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co. plant here today, injuring
at least 16 men. Others were be-
lieved buried beneath the debris.
The tank exploded when safety
valve failed to function. Forty men
were working in the process depart
ment at the time and were among
the injured.
Physicians and ambulances were
summoned and firemen and police
men began digging into the wreckage
in the belief that several bodies
would be found.
A small panic ensued after the
blast and due to the confusion, COM
pany officials were unable to deter
mine who was missing.
Cause of the blast was not learned
Immediately. Police and fire depart
ments were summoned and am.
balances were sent to the scene.
First reports said a good many OF
the injured were expected to die
They were removed to hospitals.
The men removed to hospitals We're
badly burned, interns told the United
Press. Names of three of then
were given as Orin Gamer, Walter
Gezerlack and ]. Brothers.
They were burned about the hands
and face, and we're reported dying
The impact of the blast was felt
for several blocks. Other buildings
on the grounds were rocked and win
dows were shattered.
Police, after a preliminary in
quiry, said they were convinced sew
eral bodies would be found in the
ruins.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
CITLOW TO SPEAK
ON The WAR Peril
Big Meeting Sunday at
Irving Plaza

A meeting against the danger of
another imperialist war will be held
with Ben Gitlow, member of the
Central Committee of the Workers
tCommunist) Party, and its vice
presidential candidate in the recent
elections, as the main speaker. The
place is the Irving Plaza, 18th St
and Irving Pl., and the time, Sun
day afternoon at two o'clock.
In his election campaign speeches
throughout the country, Gitlov
states, the most widespread interest
was shown by the workers and work.
ing farmers in the question of the
danger of war. The fever spots OF
Europe, the Baltic and Balkan coun-
tries, and the other agents or allies
of British and French Imperialism
he showed, were likely to flare ur
into an anti-Soviet war any day
and the workers of the United States
must this time be prepared to meet
the emergency in a bett-t organ
ized, more revolutionary manner than
was the case in 1914--1S.
The meeting, which is being helC
under the auspices Of the Italian
Bureau of the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party, will also be addressed
by E. Osvaldo, organizer of the
Dressmakers' Union. and by V. Mon
tana, Italian organizer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
H|LLMAN MAKES
new BOSS DEAL
Prepares Referendum
on Piece Work

With the swiftness of an animal
OF prey, the reactionary Hillman
administration of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Union is forcing
the speed-up system of piece-work
down the throats of the workers in
the shops of the vest-making con-
tractors.
Only few days ago Hillman re-
fused to affirm to the press that he
contemplated granting piece-work to
the cockroach manufacturers, such
as the vest and pants contractors
are. Yesterday he already an
nounced that one of his so-called
referendums are to be held this
Monday and Tuesday. These "Hill-
man referendums" are notorious for
the efficiency with which they per-
NIT the right wing H:!.,,::.a.aa- Becker
man gang to attain any ends they
have in view.
After he had overridden the mass
protests of the workers in the mems
garment industry against his policy
of giving the bosses the sweat-shop
piece-work system, through the ter
ror of hired gangsters, Hillman
pledged that only responsible large
firms were being permitted to use
it. Now he frankly grants this sys-
tenn to any fly night contractor.
The most overwhelming sentiment
that can be registered is being ex-
pressed by the workers in that trade
at the news of the new betrayal.
Put the Hillman gang, whose be-
trayal policies have wrecked once
powerful organization and degraded
the working standards of the tail
ors, are calmly preparing their
referendum"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
VESIRLS CREW FORCED
TO LEAP INTO THE SEA

That the white officers on the
Vestris were criminally negligent
can be seen by the stories of the
crew. Below, the Daily Worker
prints the statement of Charles
Harris, Negro young worker, II
years old, who was deckhand on the
Festris. Harris was born at George
town in British Guiana. His story
follows:
| was working for about 18 months
on the Vestris as deckhand. At
7:45 on Sunday night the ship went
down little on the starboard side.
The cargo from No. / hatch broke
the bulkhead and injured some of
the sailors. This put the ship lit
tie lower to starboard.
The weather continued to he bad
until Monday morning and instead
OF the captain getting the men to
lower the boats he told them to
throw the cargo overheard and
some to bail the water. But
couldn't see the sense of baiiing the
water for it was only a waste OF
time. After throwing cargo away
for about an hour some Of them
were told to lower the boats.
Separate Crew and Passengers.
The passengers were called to one
side of the ship and the crew to the
other. No. a boat was lowered 44irst
to the promenade deck. The pas
sengers, all women and children,
were seated in the boat. The men
we're called to lever another boat,
which contained women and chill
dren also. What happened TO the
passengers after, / do not know.
l went to my boat, which was No.
r9. was stationed forward fall
The boat started to lower and be-
fore ) could go any further l saw
the danger and held on to the life
line. l left the boatdeck and went
off trying to lower No. IL boat, but
it was impossible. In the meantime
No. 13 capsized.
Lifeboats Fail, Leaps Into Sea.
Five men who were with me
jumped overheard to catch the boat
and l jumped after, but they couldn't
come to my assistance because of
the wreckage. After swimming for
about half an hour | was rescued
by the same boat We never saw
light until about one o'clock. We
rowed towards the light, but never
reached it.
At daybreak we saw a ship. When
/ it reached. US it was the Berlin, the
German ship. We managed to get
aboard in horrible condition. We
were then told that it was 8 o'clock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
ALL. Halls BOSS
PROSPERITY PLAN
May Take Brookwood
Under Wing

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 22.-Of-
ficials of the American Federation
of Labor in convention here today
almost literally fell over each other
in a frantic effort to assure news
papermen that they were in favor
of the Hoover proposal to create a
S3,000.000,000 government construc-
tion fund intended to stabilize boss
prosperity.
Leading in these ecstatic out
bursts was John P Frey, secretary
of the Metal Trades Department,
which has just endorsed the govern
ment bigger war navy bill. The
proposal, Frey said, constituted "a
turning point in the history of
American industry"
British Bureaucrats Talk.
Two fraternal delegates from the
British Trade Union Congress made
addresses. These are John March
bank, assistant industrial general
secretary of the National Union OF
Railwaymen, and Ebby Edwards
financial secretary of the Northum-
berland Miners Union. The dele
gates declared that the British La.
Dor Party was winning in the by
elections in England, but did not
note that this was due to the left
ward swing of the masses in which
the minority movement and the
Communist Party were gaining far
more rapidly than the reactionary
so-called labor party.
In reply William Green, president
of the A. F. of L., repeated his
usual dissertation that conditions
in America are not suited for la
Dor party"
May Take Over Brookwood.
There are indications that A. J
Music, head of the Brookwood La
Dor College, who came here to fight
against the recent condemnation OF
his institution by the labor bureau
Gratis, will subside and that the mat
ter will not be brought on the floor
Rumors are current that Music is
considering a proposal to turn over
Brookwood to the official control of
the labor takers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
HOOVER STUDIES
MARINE BATTLES
Sees Naval Problems
Big During His Term

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 22.-
With the battleship Maryland, which
is conveying him southwark, $50
miles off the coast of Mexico at
Guadaljara, President-elect Hoover
today is interesting himself in naval
maneuvers and armament.
Hoover spent this morning study
ing sea battles. He visited the plot
ting room where naval officers re-
ceive and correlate information re-
garding enemy craft during a bat
tie.
The man, who will soon be com
mander-in-chief of the navy as well
az the army, showed unusual inter
est in how battles are directed and
how gun range and position are di-
rected.
To the American newspaper cor
respondents who are accompanying
Continued on Page Too
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
KANSAS DISTRICT
HITS TROTSKYISM
Votes Support of CEC
and Comintern

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (By Mail.)
The District Executive Commit
tee of District 10 of the Workers
(Communist), Party, with head
quarters here. has held session at
which a resolution was adopted con-
demning the expelled Trotskyists,
Cannon, Abern and Schacht-
mann. for their act of be-
trayal of the Party in at
tempting to build their anti-Com-
munist faction in the Party. The
resolution supports the Communist
international against the counter
revolutionary movement of Trotsky
and supports the position of the
Central Executive Committee Of the
Workers (Communist) Party, Amer
lean section of the Communist In
teInational.
The resolution reads, in part, as
follows:
Statement on Trotskyism and the
expulsion of Cannon.
Trotskyism in the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union was over
whelmingly defeated in the Soviet
Union when the opposition theses
were almost unanimously voted
down. Since then events in the
Soviet Union and the world show
that in spite of the predictions of
the opposition, events have proven
that the Soviet Union and the Com
munist International are progress
sing in their revolutionary task
against the enemies of the workers
republic and of its proletarian van
guard.
Today Trotskyism breaks out in
the American Party with Comrades
Cannon, Abern and Schachtman up
holding the position of the Russian
opposition, linking it up with the
American question and endeavoring
to organize Trotsky group in the
American Party. 1t may be an
American variety, but in the end it
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
SOFIA MAY FALL
AS MACEDONIAN
TROOPS ADVANCE
Army Extraordinarily
to Approaching
Forces
See Peasant Outbreaks
Refugees Leave Towns
Fearing Battle

VIENNA, Nov. 22.-With Mace
donian irregular forces reported
marching on Sofia today, meet
irg of the Bulgarian cabinet was hur-
riedlv called despite the general
knowledge that the majority of the
cabinet are favorable to Ivan Mich
ailoff, the Macedonian leader.
Refugees were reported abandon
ing the route of march in fear of
a battle in the neighborhood of the
Bulgarian capital.
All public buildings were imme-
diately occupied by troops, altho it
is commonly believed that the
troops may desert or refuse to fire
at the approach of the Macedonians.
Many army officers are under
stood to be sympathetic to the
Macedonians.
All streets were deserted thruout
Sofia at half-past six last night.
The continuance on the throne, of
the present Bulgarian dynasty
seemed precarious last night as ru-
mors of the proximity of the ad-
vancing irregular forces were
brought into the city by refugees
abandoning their holdings and vii
lagos along the roads to the south
and west
Outbreaks of peasantry in many
parts are expected to follow the
success of the Macedonian forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
NEARING SHOWS
IMPERIAL CLASH
Predicts Coming World
Revolution

Picturing the rising domination of
American imperialism over the west
ern hemisphere and Europe. and its
head on clash with British imperial
ism leading to a world war, Scott
Nearing, well-known Communist lee
turcr, last night predicted that out
of the conflict Of these capitalist
powers and the events following
them would come a revolution and
victorious world proletamat.
Speaking to a crowded hall at Ir-
wing Plaza, 18th St. and Irving Pl.,
Nearing outlined the rise of the
American empire from its begin
nings, through the Spanish American
war period, when the present stage
of finance capitalism took form, un-
til it attained its present period of
world hegemony following the world
war.
"The policy of American imperial
ism" he said, "is domination and
unification of the North American
Continued on Page Two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
VIM. Z. Foster Speaks
Sunday on Waterfront

You may not have heard that the
Communist candidate for president
in the recent election, William z.
Foster, was once a seaman. Not
only that, but he is still interested
in organizing the seamen so they
can struggle for better wages and
conditions with some chance Of sue
cess. To aid the work of the Marine
Workers Progressive League, Fos-
ter will speak this Sunday evening.
Nov. 20, at 8 p. M. at the Interna-
tional Seamen's Club, % South st.
Admission is free to all marine
workers, ship or shore, but others
will be asked to help with a two-bit
piece. The Vestris crew will be
there.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
TAMMANY HIDES
HUGE DOPE RING
Roth hstein Headed Big
Criminal Gang

Confirming charges rnadn in the
fai'v Worker that the "failure" of
the Tammany administration to run
down the murderer of Arnold Roth
stein. millionaire GAMBLER, was due
To the fact that Rnthstein was the
head of one of the largest dope and
murder rims in the country whose
principals Tammsnv was shielding.
evidence uncovered yesterday showed
that dozen clues exist which the
nolice department might in one
hour run down. One of the methods
hv which Tammany is seeking to
hide it's own crooked connections is
the vei'ed charge that Rothstein had
''fixed" strikes under Communist
leadership.
As result of these forced new
revelations, it is now clear that
Tammany Hall is shielding those
higher up who are undoubtedly
closely connected with the Tam
many machine.
Shield Dope and Murder King.
UNITED Press)
Arnold Rothsteip's last joke on
the police-who SO far failed sig
nally to find the man who mur-
dered him on the night of Nov. d
came to light today.
Authorities admitted, after cas-
Continued on Page Two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
RED SPORTS INTERNATIONAL HITS REFORMISTS
Calls Struggle Against Bourgeois Organizations Danger

Denouncing the open class collab-
oration policies of the reformist
Lucerne Sports International. the
Fourth Congress of the Red Sports
international, held in Moscow, is
sued manifesto calling on worker
sportsmen throughout the world to
wage an unremitting struggle
against cooperation with the bour-
geoisie. The manifesto also lays
emphasis on the danger of imper-
ialist war and urges struggle
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
Wolfe Will Lecture on
"TrOtskyism" at the
Workers School Forum

"Trotskyism, its American mani
festations, and its significance for
the American workers" will be the
subject of the lecture to be given by
Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the
Workers School and editor of the
Communist" at the Workers School
Forum, this Sunday Evening, Nov.
25th, p. M, at the Workers School
auditorium, 1928 Union Square, 5th
floor
Bertram D. Wolfe, the author of
"The Trotsky Opposition-Its Sig
nifance for American Workers" will
discuss the role of Eastman, Lore,
Salutsky, Cannon, etc, as American
expressions of the Trotsky opposi-
tion movements. The theology of
Trotskyism. its position on i'm
portant problems facing the interna-
Continued on Page T10o
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23

in the Soviet Union and of a
separatist movement within
the Soviet Republic of the
Ukraine. Various similar stor-
les are also cited.
The Pravda further states
that the healthy Bolshevist
self-criticism and constantly
growing democracy within the
life of the All-Union Commu-
mist Party afford material to
these calumniators, in their
work of wilful distortion.
The mighty advance of the
state agricultural undertakings
has been misrepresented as the
failure of the Soviet Policy in
the rural districts, the Pravda
continues.
Moreover the diplomats and
journalists living in Moscow do
not contradict these lies altho
knowing their falsity.
The grain supply in the So
Wet Union for the first half of
November is 100000 tons as
compared with $4,000 tons for
last year.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
PLAN TO insure
BOSS PROSPERITY
Hoover Has Scheme.
for 3 Billion Fund
BY IOHN J.. SHERMAN.

What is undoubtedly of the great
est significance in the economy of
the American capitalist class since
the establishment of the Federal Re-
serve Board is the proposal an
nounced yesterday on behalf of
President-elect Herbert Hoover to
establish so-called construction re-
serve fund as "a stabilizer of pros
perity."
The plan for the creation of a
$4,000, 100000 public fund to be used
"in time of plenty against the lean
year that is to come" was made pub
lie Wednesday by Governor Ralph
0. Brewster of Maine at confer
ence of governors held at New Or
leans.
Seeks a "Stabilizer.'
Under the proposal, government
construction work will be undertaken
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
Describes KraSSin
Trip IN Woykey''

Professor r. l.. Samoiloutes,
leader Of the Soviet Krassin ex-
pedition, which rescued survivors
of the Italia crew in the Arctic,
will explain in the Saturday issue
of The Daily Worker why the
Soviet ice-breaker succeeded.
The heroic exploits of the Sow
let crew of the Krassln has won
the admiration of workers all
over the world. By reading Sat
urday's Daily Worker, workers
will have an opportunity to read
Professor Samoilovitch's own
account.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23
USSR OFFICIALS
REFUSED VISAS
Were to Negotiate a
S20,000,0O0 Deal

BERLIN, Nov. % (UP).-Two
members of the Soviet business mis-
sion to the United States have been
refused passport visas by the State
Department, it was announced in
Soviet circles here today.
Two high Soviet officials, V. l.
nski-Obelenski, former commits
sar of agriculture and head of the
Russian delegation to the World
Economic Conference at Genevea,
and V. I. Myeshlauk, president
of the Soviet Supreme Economic
Council, arrived here on their way
to the United States.
They intended to sail with A.
Scheinmann, president of the Soviet
State Bank, who at present is i'll in
Berlin. Their mission primarily was
to negotiate with big American auto
mobile concerns for cooperation in
establishing automobile factories in
Russia.
Ossinski-Obelenski and Myeshlauk
were unable to obtain visas, they
said, and probably will return to
Moscow at once. 1t was understood
Scheinmann may continue to the
United States alone after he RECEIVERS
from his illness.
Russian sources said the proposed
negotiations involved a $20,000,00O
automobile deal and the eventual
placing of large Russian orders in
other industries. They hoped to
follow up the recent 100000 con-
tract between the General Electric
Company and Soviet Russia.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23

against imperialism and its organ
izations. The manifesto follows:
Comrades, the Fourth Congress
of the Red Sports International car
ried on its work with the conviction
that it is now more necessary than
ever to create a united fighting
front of working class sportsmen
throughout the world. The imper-
ialist powers are making feyerish
preparations for new wars. The
campaign of tie imperialist pow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-23

is carried out at the expense of the
workers, by means of increased ex-
ploitation and lowering of the
standard of living of the working
class.
"All this affects also the work
ers' sports organizations. The pro-
hibition of the Second Spartakiade
in Prague by the Czech bourgeoisie
is the best recent example of the
bourgeois attitude to the workers
Continued OIL Page THO
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ers against TIE Soviet Union is be-
ing busily prepared. Once more the
toiling masses are to serve as can
non fodder for the interests of the
bourgeoisie in fratricidal war.
War Danger.
"Owing to the imperialist war
danger we witness increased bour-
geois terrorism against the working
class and its organizations. The
capitalist naturalization which is
accompanying bourgeois terrorism