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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
CHARGE GOVERNOR
USES CRISIS FOR
OWN ADVANTAGES
N. Y. Jobless Council
Issues Program

A charge that Gov. Smith is at
tempting to make political capital out
of the unemployment situation in the
city and state of New York is made
in statement issued last night by
the New York Council of the Unem-
ployed, with temporary headquarters
at go st. Marks Place, through its
secretary, John Di Santo.
The statement declares that the
governors letter to Industrial Com
missioner James A. Hamilton, asking
that survey of unemployment be
made, is a political gesture of no
practical value, and proposes instead
a number of concrete measures for
the immediate relief of what it terms
"an extremely critical situation"
Governor Smiths letter to Com
missioner Hamilton" the councils
statement says, "is characteristic
gesture on the part of the states
chief executive calculated to make an
impression on his friends in the demo
cratic party machine and to gather
votes in the coming presidential cleo
tions. But it can in no respect satisfy
the thousands of unemployed workers
throughout the city and state who are
being compelled to endure untold suf
fering and misery and find themselves
daily face to face with starvation.
Breadlines Increasing.
With breadlines once more a COM
mon phenomenon in certain sections
of the city, with thousands of work
ers walking the streets every day
io6Kiiis 'tor JOBS while their ranks are
being constantly swelled by new ar
rivals, Governor Smith still seems to
be IN doubt of whether the State of
New York can do something toward
the relief of this situation. The his
tory OF such Investigations as the gov
ernor proposes shows that they are
OF no practical value and merely de-
generate into vague discussions and
the tossing of political footballs.
Proposes Action.
The New York Council of the I'm
which has been organized
% represent thousands of workers in
this city who are out of jobs, con
iemns this effort on the part of the
governor to make political capital out
If the lives of human beings, and pro-
poses instead the following concrete
measures for the immediate relief of
he unemployment problem:
Il. The opening up of public
works and construction enterprises in
rider to furnish work for the unem-
'ioyed at union wages.
"2. The appropriation of substan-
Ial sum of money for the opening of
public kitchens for the unemployed.
which shall be supported by public
unds and shall be administered by
ommlttees of the unemployed.
a. The establishment of per-
nanent unemployment Insurance.
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
LOCKOUT THREAT
GIVEN MINERS;
CONFERENCE OFF
Prog.ressives' Warning
Proves Correct

CHICAGO, Feb. 9. = Warnings
given by progressive miners that the
separate truce signed with the Goa
operators last October by President
Lewis, Harry Fishwick and William
Sneed, reactionary Lewis henchmen in
| charge of District IL of the United
Mine Workers, would serve tc
strengthen the operators position
when the agreement expired April
1928, have proved true.
The conference between the Illinois
miners and operators has broken nm
! without any provision for further ne
gotiations. The operators refused to
continue the conference, having OBJ
tanned what they wanted, in the form
of adequate coal production for their
needs during the winter season and
complete rift in the United Mine
Workers ranks over a prolonged pe-
Rod through the separate agreement
in the Illinois field.
Wage Reduction Demanded.
In breaking off negotiations ON the
wage question the operators merely
maintained their old position of pit
ting the organized Illinois miners
against the low-wage non-union fields
OF Kentucky and West Virginia. They
insisted on reducing the wages and
living standard of the Illinois miners
from the $3.50 Jacksonville wage
scale to Sc.
The present development in Illinois
is significant for the entire industry.
The Illinois agreement, by which pro-
duction in that state was resumed
last September, will expire in April.
The Illinois miners face a threatened
lockout as an alternative to the ac-
ceptance of wage reductions at that
time, the operators spokesmen frank
ly admitted here.
By the agreement signed last Sep
tember, the Illinois miners went back
to work under the Jacksonville scale,
while their fellow workers in the
Pennsylvania and Ohio fields were
carrying on their great struggle. Due
to the generosity of the Lewis Off
cials in charge of District 12 the op-
orators under the September agree
ment are now taking advantage of
the profits rolled up thus far during
the period of the agreement to make
whatever arrogant demands they
please.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10

of the !, United ) Mine Workers of
America to the coal barons, his at
tacks on the Communists and the left
wing, his refusal to wage genuine or
ganization campaigns in the nom
union territories, laid the basis for
the present attack on the union.
"The Lewis bureaucracy must be
fought as an agency of the coal
barons. It's defeat is prerequisite
for the victory of the miners.
"Mass violation Of the injunctions
in the coal fields, nationwide relief
campaign for the strikers and their
families, support of the Pennsylvania
Ohio Relief Committee, spreading the
strike to all districts, the establish
ment Of labor party to give polit-
ical expression to the struggles Of the
miners and other workers-these are
the measures which will defeat the
coal barons, smash the open shop
drive and bring victory for the union
and the whole labor movement"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
NEWNIcARAeUA
STAMP is ISSUED
Anti i-Imperialist League
Defies Postal Cars

"The Nicaragua protest stamp
pasted on the back of the envelope
in which this letter is mailed has
come under the ban of the postmas-
ter-generals of the United States, act
ing in his capacity of cabinet mem
Der in the government responsible for
marine rule in Nicaragua. These
stamps resasls fsr two cents each, 81
81 for sheet of fifty How many
stamps shall we send you? Send in
your order by return mail. Let us
flood the mails with these protests
against marine rule in Nicaragua"
Such is the communication which
the All-America Anti-Imperialist
League is sending out to push the
sale of the "Sandino stamp" in fur
ther defiance of the post office de-
partment. The stamp. now being sent
cut is a new one, issued because the
supply of the original stamp has been
exhausted.
If the original stamp incurred the
displeasure of the authorities at
Washington, the new issue should ir-
ritate them still more. Like its pre-
decessor, it contains the forbidden
words: Protest against Marine rule
in Nicaragua" In addition to the
legend, however, the new stamp por-
trays graphically the imperialist as
sault against the Nicaraguan people,
showing a heavy boot with "U. s."
marked in hobnails on the sole, crush
ing out villages.
Officials of the All-America Anti
Imperialist League say that their pro-
raganda for protest" has been mis-
understood in some quarters. Manuel
Gomez, the national secretary, stated
yesterday that while protest was
wanted, it was by no means sufficient.
"As matter of fact" ne continued,
'the original stamps were printed
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10

eral penitentiary, are an hourly
testimony of the devotion of the
militant American workers tc
their only English daily paper
Dozens of subscriptions are being
sent in from all over the country and
the burning loyalty which the work
ers feel in the life of The DAILY
WORKER is attested by the letters
of support which accompany the do
nations.
Fascists Attack.
The campaign against The DAILY
WORKER is being waged by the
United States government thru its
henchmen. militaristic associations Of
the type of the Military Order Of the
World War and the Keymen Of Amer
lea, an exposure of whose activities
in the columns of The DAILY
WORKER precipitated the present at
tack.
The plot against the workers press
has been skilfully pieced together
over a number of months by the
agents of the federal government and
they are now planning to break the
DAILY WORKER financially and
close the doors of Atlanta for years
upon its editors.
The American capitalists and their
agents in the postal department and
the courss, alarmed by the spread of
Liilitancy among the ranks of the
American working class, have chosen
the moment which they feel most cri-
tical to attempt the destruction of the
workers press.
Thousands of dollars must be spent
in costly legal proceedings, in which
the authorities plan to involve the
paper. Thousands more will be
squeezed from The DAILY WORKER
in the form of fines which the courts
may intend to inflict and which must
be paid if Dunno, Bittelman and Mill
er are to be kept from years in jail.
Its enemies, however,, are under
estimating the Loyalty with which the
workers have rushed to the aid of
their arrested leaders. Join in their
defense by rushing your contribution
to The DAILY WORKER, 33 First |
St., New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
N. J. PAINTERS TO
ASK SAFEGUARDS
Bosses Fight Measures
Against Poisoning

NEWARK, Feb. g.. Protection
against the poison hazards in paints
is demanded by delegates from New
Jersey painters union locals to the
state labor departments conference
on proposed legislation, which meets
Feb. IA, in the N. J. Dept. of Labor
Bldg.
Employing painters and paint man.
ufacturers are trying to have benzol
allowed in paints, despite its great
danger. The Natl. Safety Council
an employers body-shows that 1
part of ben4ol in 10000 of air is a
real hazard to painters health. The
Workers Health Brreau and unionists
point out that nj of benzol, sought
by the employers, would give so parts
Continued ON Page TUo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
FOUR MILLION IDLE
THRUOUT COUNTRY
100000 Jobless in New
York State Alone

Four and one half million of unem-
ployed workers throughout the coun-
try, over one half a million of whom,
it is estimated, are found in New
York State, is the pressure which is
forcing officials of the nation, state
and city to make various hurried ges-
lures at dealing with a problem
which is daily become more acute and
dangerous.
For more than six months of deep
ening economic crisis these officials,
seeking to maintain the fiction of
prosperity" have carefully concealed
from the American workers the full
import of the serious condition into
which the working class is being
driven. About two weeks ago spon-
taneous organizations of the unem-
ployed in New York. in New Jersey
and in other sections of the country
began to spring up to force action
from the officials.
Organization Forces Move.
"A central body was formed, the
new York Council of the Unemployed,
whose activities, it is understood, have
at last forced the response from al
Smith, governor of the state who has
ordered an investigation by James A.
Hamilton, Commissioner of the Labor
A committee Of the
Welfare Council, representing over
1900 social agencies of the city, after
waiting inactively throughout the
months when the situation was be-
coming acute, has likewise Indicated
It's willingness to cooperate" with
he governors move.
In the meantime city officials and
police authorities in New York and
elsewhere, apparently not altogether
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
EXPECT RELEASE
OF PALMER SOON
Daily" Correspondent
in Colorado Jail
By WINIFRED r. MOOERS.
Special To The DAILY WORKER }

Especial To The DAILY WORKER.) }
DENVER, Feb. "a writ of ha-
beas corpus filed before Federal
Judge Symes yesterday in the case of
Frank Palmer, DAILY WORKER
correspondent, and three other men
held in Greedy Jail as military pris-
oners, ordered hearing for Monday.
1t is expected that the military au-
thorities will release the men rather
than answer the writ in high court.
The charges against Milka Sablich
and her sister, Mrs. Santa Bernash,
have been dismissed in Trinidad. Out
of 169 men and women charged with
picketing in Trinidad, only 3S will be
tried Feb. Is including Byron Kitto,
Roger Francezon, Paul Seidler and
other strike leaders. All others dis
The odious Rockefeller plan is now
making fight for its existence be-
fore the Colorado Industrial Commits
sion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
BEAT TOILERS Who
Give OUT DAILY

Police called by officials of the In
ternational Electrical Workers Union
beat up progressive workers last
night when they were distributing
copies of Saturdays issue of Tho
DAILY WORKER in front of Centr9
Opera House, Third Ave. and 67th
St., where Local of the union was
holding a membership meeting.
The paper contained an article ex-
posing the activities of H. H. Broach,
international vice president Of u
union who in the past has posed as
a progressive. More than 1000
copies of the paper were distributed
before the arrival of the police.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10

The employees of the palatial
apartment house at 1909 Park
Ave., in the heart of the so-called
"blueblooi' district, are out on
strike in protest against the dis
missal of the buildings superin-
tendent because he was union
member. The wealthy inhabitants
OF the $4,000 and up" apartment
house have now found out how
it feels to be without the service
OF the elevator operators, porters
and firemen whom they had pre-
viously looked upon as mere ma
chimes created for the especial
comfort of the rich. One of the
pickets in front of the apartment
house is shown above patrolling
the apartment house.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
TRAINING COURSE.
OPENSNExrNEEK

Students are arriving daily to at
tend the National Day Training
Course of the Workers School, 1O8
F.. 18th St., which opens here next
week, it was announced last night.
At the concert and mass meeting
held at Irving Plaza, Wednesday
might, the students who have already
reached New York were greeted by
the leaders of the Workers (Com-
rnunist) Party.
To cover the expenses of the 25
students during the 10 weeks of the
Continued on Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
Special Features in
Saturdays Issue Of
The Daily Worker

Eight pages of live labor news.
foreign dispatches, special articles
and Fred Ellis powerful cartoon
tomorrow. "Mencken as Sociolo-
gist" by Joseph Freeman and "A
Strange Funeral in Braddock" by
Michael Gold, will be found in the
Saturday feature page Of The
DAILY WORKER. Also book re-
views, poems and essays.
Don't fail to get your copy anc
one to give to friend or shop
mate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
Young Coal Miners to
Attend League Dance

The annual ball of the Young
Workers (Communist) League Satur-
day evening at Harlem Casino, 116th
st. and Lenox Ave-, will be attended
by leaders of the youth among the
striking coal miners.
They include Pat Toohey, Tony
Minerich, George Papsun and A. Ben
der, who are now in New York for
the League Plenum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
ARREST TAX COLLECTOR

AUBURNE, Me-, Feb. 9.--Charles
M. Starbird, tax collector of this city,
has been arrested on a charge of en-
bezzling $4,000 from the city's funds.
He is a leading politician in this Sec
tion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
Illinois Coal Ba6ns Are Demanding Wage Reductions
YOUNG WORKERS
LEAGUE ACTIVE
IN COAL STRIKE
National Committee in
Session

The militant fight of the young
miners on the picket lines in the strik-
ing coal fields of Pennsylvania in the
face of machine guns and police ter
rorism was described at yesterday s
session of the enlarged buro meeting
of the Young Workers (Communist)
Leagues national committee, in re-
port on the coal mining campaign of
the League.
Telling of the active part being
played in this struggle by the mem
bers of the League, the reporter and
field organizers here for the meeting
told of the ready response on the parc
of the young miners to the call to
take the lead in the mass picketing
and the struggle to save the miners
union.
Tells of $2.33 Wage.
That young miners in the unorgan-
lied field were receiving as low as
S2.33 day for nine hours of work
was brought out by a young miner.
He told of conditions in Nolan, Fay
cite and Green counties. Other COM
rades told of the activities of the
League in Ohio and Colorado, where
Y. w. L. organizers are participating
actively in the struggle of the young
miners. The intensive activities of
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
DEDICATE WALL NEWSPAPER,

The latest issue of the wall news
paper OF the Upper Bronx Section
OF the Young Workers (Communist)
League, which was read at the regu-
lar meeting Of the section last night,
was dedicated to John Williamson,
district organizer, in recognition Of
his service to the League.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
ROCKEFELLER is sUBpoENAED.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The SEN
ate Public Lands Committee today
subpoenaed John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
to appear before it mex tSaturday
morning in connection with the activi-
ties of the Continental Trading Com
pany of Canada.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-10
WORKERS THRUOUT
COUNTRY RUSH TO
AID OF THE DlAIiY"
Nationwide Appeal Results in Contributions for
Defense of Arrested Communists
Campaign for New Reaaers Makes Headway as
Plot to Destroy, Worker Is Resisted

of letters containing contributions The
DAILY WORKER the from destruction and William
Dunne and Bert Miller years in fed
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
| INDBERGH IN
A|RWAY DEAL
By InternatlonaI News Service

ny neutrality-suspicious. &NS"A O~ANA
DETROIT, Feb. 23.-Reports con-
eerning organization OF a new Chi
cago-New York airway via Detroit,
to be headed by Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh and Major Thomas G.
1anphier were circulated here to-
day.
Flying with as much secrecy as
possible, Lindbergh with four st.
Louis capitalists, arrived last night
at Selfridge Field. where the party
went into seclusion, in Major Lam
pliers quarters.
MY mission here is a purely
private one and do not wish to
be interviewed" Lindbergh told a
reporter.
Recent public remarks of Major
L4anphier, however, lend color to
reports concerning the deal.
Newspaper dispatches from Buff.
falo Tuesday quoted Lanphier's an
nouncement of plans for new
Chicago. New York air line via De-
troit, Buffalo and Ithaca, N. Y.
Lanphier was quoted as saying
the present Bellefontaine- Cleveland
route is not as safe as the proposed
new route, which though longer,
would have 20 per cent better
weather.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
ACTION
ON JACKSON
BY EUGENE j. CADOU
international News service


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. 23.
Dramatically reviving his onslaught
upon alleged corrupt state politics,
Thomas III. Adams; veteran crusad-
ing editor Of the Cincennes CONNER.
.cial. today asked the Republican
state committee Of Indiana IN ses-
sion here to demand the resignation
Of Gov. Ed. jackson. In the event
OF the governors refusal 60 quit MS
office voluntarily, Adams demanded
that the state committee initiate the
necessary steps to bring about the
governors impeachment,
The demands Of Adams VINO ln
the fall o. 1926 blew the lid off
the alleged political corruption q
HoCsierdOrn and paved the way Tor
the grand ,ry fnvestiga atoms, which
resulted IN the indictment OF ~ pub
lie officials, including the governor.
were conveyed to Il. Faye kitsels
man, Ut Muncie. newly-elecfed new
DEAF state Republican chairman.
Adams bac..sl his demands with g
number Of kilograms from Indiana
C. O. r.. newspapers which sup
ported his stand.
The Vincennes editor placed re-
firm program Of three points before
the State committeeman. These
were:
= Demand the immediate resigna-
ton OF Ed Jackson as governor q
Indiana.
IN the event on Jaclkson's re-
fusal to resign endeavor TO have the
legislature Of the State convene -
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
HOLIDAY SIGNS
DISAPPEAR

washington went back to its
work today, after doing homage
to the memory of George Washing
ton yesterday. Practically every
hall that could hold crowd was
strewn today with crumpled pro-
grams, notes on speeches, inglorious
wads OF bunting and other signs
that a holiday has passed into
history.
Alexandria, Va, too, had its day
of glory, with the President watch
ing mammoth parade that kept
the historic old town colorful for
the entire day.
At his reception in the Carlyle
House at Alexandria yesterday,
President Coolidge was protected
tions to the affair. Guards insisted
on each visitor that he. show his
personal card. Cabinet members,
grave Senators and reverend rep
resehtatives fumbled for their card
cases while the impressive guards
blocked their progress.
The principal celebrations In
Washington were the official public
observance at the National Theater;
the joint exercises of the Sons,
Daughters and Children of the
American Revolution. in Memorial
Continental Hall; the Masonic clubs
OF the District, in the National
Museum: the Association Of Oldest
Inhabitants in the First Congre-
gational Church, and the midwinter
convocation OF George washington
University, also at Memorial Con-
tinental Hail.
Wreaths were laid by numerous
organizations at the washington
monument, and at the statue in
Washington Circle. Boy Scouts of
the District and Virginia met 800
by mmebers of the Order Of De
Molay. from several eastern states
and the District. at Mt. Vernon,
where more wreaths were placed at
Washington's tomb
The Lions Club held special
holiday luncheon. with the mem
bers' children as guests. in the
Mayflower Hotel. The Commodore
Barry division OF the Ancient Order
OF Hibernians observed the birth
day at a meeting in Knights Of
Columbus Hall.
h In addition to the parade in Alex.
andria, outstanding observances
there were the unwilling of a
memorial tablet over the unmarked
grave of an unknown soldier of the
Revolution, buried in the church
yard of the old Presbyterian meet
ing house; and the annual banquet
of the Alexandra. Washington
Lodge Of Masons, in Elks Hall.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
JAPAN ELECT ION
4 CHECEMATE
~ international news service

ny international News Service
TOKYO, Feb. 23.-Returns from
Japan's general election made it Ger
tain this evening that neither the
government party (Seiyulai) nor the
opposition party (Minseitol would
have q working majority in the new
diet. and that the balance Of power
would be held by minority parties.
Complete, but unofficial, news
paper tabulation gave the following
results:
Minseito, 21s; Seiyukai. 217; Ka-
knshinto, Al Jitsugyo Doshikai (bust-
ness mems partly, q: Proletarians,
g; Independents. Is.
The home office figures differed
somewhat. They follow: Minseito,
pa; Seiyukai. 221; Kakushinto. 4;
Jitsugyo Doshikai, 3; Proletarianss
8: Independents, 16.
The official result probably win
be announced by the government on
Saturday.
AS q result OF the. stalemate the
future political situation is matter
Of jockeylng. and it cannot be solved
until the special session of the diet
is held. This special session is ex-
pected within q few weeks.