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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
ACT ON
WORKER APPEAL
Set Example With Large
Contributions

One week ago the Plenum of the
Workers (Communist) Party issued
its appeal for the working class to
come to the aid of The DAILY
WORKER which the American cap
italists and their henchmen are
threatening with extinction. Today
scores of letters containing contribu-
tions are pouring into the WORK
Err" office witnessing to the loyalty
of the militant American workers to
their paper and their determination
to save it from the organized attacks
of its class enemies.
eve are sending you a check for
$685." writes one group of workers in
Haverill, Mass, ito defend The
DAILY WORKER. We realize that
the reactionaries will use everything
in their power to crush The DAILY
WORKER but we also know what
The DAILY WORKER means to us
and we promise to do everything in
our power to defend our paper. We
call upon all militant workers to fol-
low our example"
Enclosed you will find check for
$780," writes another group in Buff
falo, N. Y. "We know it is small but
tho the comrades are eager to donate,
many Of them are out of work. But
if every unit will do as well as this
Continued on Page Two)
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succeeded in doing. Relief must be
sent Immediately to help hold the
the strike line intact.
A Miner Writes.
Here is an excerpt from a letter
wrung from striking miner who has
battled for eleven months against the
coal operators thugs: "We have not
received any relief now for two weeks
and there is lots of our families on
the verge of starvation. There were
two families come to my place on
Sunday evening and asked me if !
could not give them piece of bread
to keep their children alive. And l
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16

handed down yesterday by Supreme
Court Justice Isaac Wasservogel IN
the application by the Interborough
to restrain the Amalgamated and the
Federation from organizing efforts.
The injunction if granted would have
outlawed the existing unions from the
New York traction lines.
In the decision, finding on every
point for the union, Justice Wasser-
vogel wrote: "Where an employe
abandons all right to leave the service
of his employer, whereas the employer
reserves practically estire freedom to
discharge him, there is no compen-
sating consideration"
Organization Promised.
At the headquarters of the Amalga-
mated, Continental Hotel, the decision
was hailed a "great victory"
"We are confident" the union said
in statement, "that the organiza-
tion of the Interborough employees
will now proceed at once"
The officials of the Amalgamated
who have been working with the Tam
many controlled labor officialdom in
the city have been criticized for fail
ing to work out any real organization
program and for having practically
Continued ON Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
J0BLESS HUNGRY
IN MANY STATES
THRUOUT NATION
Reports Show Crisis in
Unemployment

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. - The
department of labor today in a state
ment on unemployment conceded that
the United States now has a minimum
of 100000 permanently unemployed.
at is estimated that this number of
persons is idle annually, for one rea-
son or another, in normal times, even
in periods of prosperity" a spokes-
man for the department is quoted an
saying.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15-An
unprecedented wave of unemployment
has swept over San Francisco and
the Bay District. Over 100000 are
unemployed in the district. Fifty
thousand are looking for work in San
Continued on Page Tico)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
No Punishment for R.R.
Officials, Is Report

HOUSTON. Feb. 15.-Railroad Of
ficials Of the Southern Pacific will
not be punished for violating an in
Junction issued against them through
the efforts of officials Of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks, in the opinion
of observers here.
Judge j. c. Hutcheson before whom
the case is now pending has given
these officials until Monday to
promise to be good thereafter. In
the meantime the damage which the
railroad has done in breaking up the
union remains unremedied.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
BUTCHER WORKERS
ELECT LEFT WING.
Progressives Win Full
Control in Union

In spite of the fact that the elec-
tions in the Hebrew Butcher Work
ers Union were held in the building
of the right wing Jewish Daily For
ward, the elections resulted in COM
plete victory of the left wing.
The terroristic tactics Of the right
wing, such as calling in squads of
gangsters who not only voted but
who tried to prevent legitimate union
men from voting, helped the bureau
cratic officialdom very little. The
majority on the most vital body in
the union, the executive committee,
was gained by the militants. In ad-
dition the chairmanship of the union,
as well as the vice craftsmanship was
won.
Only One Right Winger.
The only important post the right
wing was able to retain was the Of
flee of paid organizer. H. Korn, the
$125 per week official still holds on
to his job. 1t is clear, however, that
with the final control in the hands
of the executive board his power will
be considerably restricted.
Members of the union declared
that the union will now force the
paid official to do more organizing
work.
In an executive board that consists
of seven members the left wing sue
ceeded in getting four seats, with an
additional one in the Craftsmanship
of the board. The newly elected vice
chairman of the union Max Teitel-
baum will act as board chairman. Eli
Werner, left winger, was elected
as the president Of the union. Teitel-
baum, the vice chairman was also
elected to serve as one of the three
trustees of the organization.
A laughable feature Of the cleo
tions took place after the balloting
was completed. Korn, realizing his
defeat, asked the left wingers not to
count the votes the same night,
pleading that he was tired. He gen.
erously offered to lock the ballot
box into the safe Of which he had the
combination. He even offered to give
someone a key to the ballot box.
"We will count them tomorrow"
said he. He was highly indignant
when his sincerity was questioned.
Those terrible lefts simply insisted
that he lose his sleep.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
ILLINOIS Miner
MILITANTS WANT
NATIONAL MEET
$50 Delegates Adopt
Action Program
BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. = In
vestigation of conditions in the soft
coal fields Of western Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia, now
gripped by strikes, was approved
unanimously today by the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee.
1t was decided to have the in
quiry conducted by a sub-commit-
tee which can make first hand
inspection of mining camps.
Immediate action will be sought
in the Senate.
Especial to The Daily Worker)
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Feb. is. (By
mail). = $50 delegates from all sec
tions of District IL met in Belleville
Sunday and adopted the program of
the Save the Union Committee en-
dorsed by the initial conference in
Pittsburgh some weeks ago.
The Illinois conference, the third of
series of district meetings organ
lied by the Save the Union Commit
tee, took up both district and national
problems of the Uni. ed Mine Workers.
Support Strike.
Sentiment for 100 per cent support
of the striking Pennsylvania and Ohio
districts was unanimous as was the
opinion that grave error had been
made by the Illinois district in sign
ing a separate agreement. The con-
ference was also unanimous for the
Jacksonville contract and against a
wage cut.
Endorse National Conference.
After adopting resolutions to fight
for the maintenance of the tonnage
rates with a differential as a means
of maintaining wage standards in
spite of the introduction of high-speed
machinery, demanding state relief for
the thousands Of unemployed miners,
the conference voted unanimously to
call upon the Save the Union Com
mittee to issue a call for a national
conference of progressive miners at
a date to be set.
Cheer Ziegler Defendants.
''The Coal Digger" the national
paper of the Save the Union Commit
tee was endorsed and support pledged
to it. An outstanding feature Of the
meeting was the spontaneous and en-
thusiastic response to the mention of
the Ziegler case in which Henry Cor
bishley, former secretary of the pro-
gressive miners committee, and three
other militants have been framed up
and sent to Joliet penitentiary with
the aid of the Lewis Fishwick ma
chine for insisting on the enforcement
of the Jacksonville contract and the
Continued on Pqge Taoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
WORKERS PROTEST
ANTI-STRIKE LAW
Hearing on Bill Opens
Today

Thousands of organized workers of
Greater New York last night started
what is expected to be a countrywide
labor protest against the step back
to involuntary servitude.
This morning under the auspices of
the American Bar Association, az
West 44th Street, hearing will
open on the plan to draft national
anti-strike law, which if passed, will
have the effect, it has been pointed
out, of completely subjecting the la
Dor movement to the control of the
courts and the power of arbitrators.
1000 Protest.
Over two thousand workers last
night attended mass meeting at
Manhattan Lyceum, to pro tie s t
against the move. The meeting was
an initial move in a countrywide la
bor' demonstration against the pro-
posal, VIM. z. Foster, national Secre-
tary of the Trade Union Educational
League joined with Ben Gitlow, mem
ber of the Central Executive Commit
tee of the Workers (Communist)
Party and other speakers in de-
nouncing the bill as a move to en-
slave the workers.
Officials Surrender.
Foster pointed out that the scheme,
favored by the employers, the open
shoppers and anti-union forces, has
been launched at just the time when
the labor officials have surrendered
and when the drive of the employers
has reduced the miners unions to a
mere skeleton. At this moment the
move is intended to make secure what
the employers have already gained.
Gitlow urged the mass protest of
all the workers in the country to de-
feat the combined efforts of the en-
ployers and the labor officials. John
]. Ballam, local secretary of the
Trade Union Educational League pre-
sided.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
MINERS FACE FAMINE IN PENN. TOWN
Starvation Doing What Coal Cops Couldn't; Relief Urgent

divided what little I had in the house
among them, as have been fortunate
enough to get four days work in the
Murphy works. But just as soon as
they found out was miner they
discharged me. They had contracted
with the Pennsylvania Railroad and
they got strict orders not to hire
striking miners or their contract
would be cut off Of them on January
%, 1928"
Workers who realize what the
winning of this strike means to the
American trade union movement
Continued on Page T,Uo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
US LABOR DEPT. ADMIT PERllA ANENT J0BLESSS ARMY
u S. Marines Goad Nicaruguau Workers Thru 7umgleJ

From the coffee,
cacao and banana
plantations, from
The mines and the
harbOrs, clad often
n rags and carry
.ng nothing but
heir rifles or the
machete they use
IN their labor, the
Nicaraguan work
ers tramped north
to swell the ranks
of the army of in
dependence under
General SANDING in
its struggle with
the United States
marines. A small
group of disarmed
captives at the
muzzles of marine
guns is shown.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
By 7. J. O'FLAHERTY.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. To-
Having received no relief for two
weeks from the district office Of the
United Mine Workers Of America,
the striking miners Of Parnassus are
on the verge of literal starvation.
The operators hope that the men
cannot bear to see their children go
hungry much longer and that they
will be forced back to work on any
terms. There is no use denying the
fact that hunger is threatening to ac-
complish what deputy sheriffs and
coal and iron policemen have not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
TURN AWAY 1000 AT
B B0WERY MISSION
Not Enough Food to
Go Around

While James A. Hamilton, state la
Dor commissioner, and representatives
of several picked charity organiza-
tions of New York were complacently
continuing their survey of the unem-
ployment situation yesterday after
noon more than 1000 jobless work.
ers, most of them in overalls, were
turned away foodless after waiting
several hours with about 1,500 other
jobless workers for piece Of bread
and swallow of coffee at the Bowery
Mission, near Delaney St.
Hundreds Turned Away.
Two blocks away at Hadley Rescue
Hall 300 out of about 500 went away
at supper time just as hungry as they
had come because the mission could
not take care of them. The Holy
Name Mission near by closed its doors
after $50 workers had been fed, leav-
ing around 300 others hungry.
Mass Meeting Tonight.
A mass meeting of the unemployed
workers will be held at Manhattan
Lyceum, sc E. Fourth St., at 7 o'clock
tonight under the auspices of the New
York Council of the Unemployed, it
was announced yesterday. Important
questions will come up for action, ac-
cording to John Di Santo, secretary.
Arrest Unemployed Workers
A survey to determine the source
of the homeless and jobless workers
who have sought admission by the
thousand at the Municipal Lodging
House is also being made by the city.
Many of these workers have been ar
rested while applying for shelter and
summarily sentenced to the work.
house. In the state and city surveys
an effort to minimize the seriousness
of the employment crisis is being
made, according to the New York I'm
employment Council.
E. B. Patton, director of the bureau
of statistics of the state labor depare-
ment, yesterday estimated that 200,-
600 were out of work in New York
City. He characterized the situation
as the worst since 1894.
Wicks Talks To Unemployed
Hundreds of unemployed workers
filled every corner of the Workers
Club, 1O1 W. 9th St., yesterday at
ternoon in an unemployment demon
stration under the auspices of Section
2 of the Workers (Communist) Party.
The assembled jobless workers voted
to join the New York Council Of the
Unemployed.
H. M. Wicks, representing tho
Workers Party and The DAILY
WORKER, was applauded when he
explained that the Workers Party
was the only organization with an
adequate program for the relief of the
hundreds of thousands of unemployed
workers in the industrial districts.
Wicks assailed the treatment Of the
jobless workers of New York, forced
to wait for hours in the rain and cold
in front of religious missions for
meager dole of bread and few drops
of watery coffee, and constantly
threatened with arrest.
Demand Instant Relief.
John DeSanto, secretary Of the New
York Council of the Unemployed, also
addressed the jobless workers, de-
scribing the program of the council.
julius Friess was chairman Of the
meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
WIDE PROTEST ON
COLO. DECISION
By WINIFRED R. MOOERS
Especial to The DAILY WORKER)


DENVER, Colo, Feb. 15.-State-
wide protest has arisen over the re-
port on the Orr case which Governor
Adams yesterday forwarded to Secre-
tary of State Kellogg. Orr, a strik-
ing miner and British subject, was
held for seventeen days in various
southern Colorado jails last No
vember without charges, and on his
release was taken into the country
and severely beaten by state police.
Upon receiving protests, Secretary
Kellogg asked Governor Adams to in
vestigate Orr's case, and after two
months Adams has sent report
which is reported to have white
washed the state police from all
charges of the beating off Orr.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
KILLS POWER TRUST PROBE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The SEN
ate tonight, by vote of 46 to 81,
adopted an amendment by Senator
Walter F. George Of Georgia to refer
the power trust investigation to the
federal commission. This is equiva-
lent to killing the investigation, as
the trade commission is notoriously
an agency of the great trusts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
JObless Workers to
Meet at Manhattan
Lyceum TOnig hit

A mass meeting Of jobless work
ers will be held at o'clock to-
night at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 E.
Fourth St., under the auspices of
the New York Council of Unem-
ployed. Important questions will
be taken up at the meeting !,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
To Protest Transfer

A parents committee will again
appear before the board of education
this morning to present their objec-
tion to the proposed transfer of the
children Of Public Schools 10 and 80
of Brooklyn.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
arty Members Must
Report for Duty at
Headquarters Today

All members of the Workers
(Communist) Party are instructed
by the district executive committee
to report at II a. m. today at 108
E. 14th St., for important Party
work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
LR T. Injunction Plea Denied;
Traction Organization Legal

Amagamaed Street Electric Railway Employees
legally the traction
Inerbugh Rapid Transit Company according decision
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
ACT ON NC. NARY BILL.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Is. - The
McNary farm relief bill was reported
favorably by the Senate Agriculture
Committee today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16
PHILADELPHIA Leaps to Fore IN
Sub Drive; Connecticut Ru0l

Philadelphia rapidly forging into first place the for sub
p which bringing thousands Of readers thuout the United
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16

Sixty-two new subscriptions have
been handed in by the Philadelphia
comrades during the past seven days,
and this represents only fraction of
those which have been collected and
will be received later, they report.
The sub-collectors promise scores
more which they will remit within
the next few days.
Comrade Leo P. Lemley, The
DAILY WORKER agent in Philadel-
phia, has made thoro job of the
organization for the subscription
drive and thousands of copies OF The
DAILY WORKER have been distrib-
uted free within the last week.
The result Of the drive to date,
exclusive Of the new subscriptions,
shows a greatly increased sales from
the newsstands.
Connecticut Drive Develops.
The campaign for new subscribers
to The DAILY WORKER is progress
ing rapidly in Connecticut, also.
where Anna Herbst is organizing the
drive that is bringing in dozens Of
new subscriptions every few days.
With the assistance Of the district
office, and the district organizer,
Comrade Siskind, strong campaign
for subs is developing in the Connec-
ticut territory and the workers there
promise still bigger results in the
near future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-16

SOVIET EXPOSITION CONTINUES.
The Russian exposition, 119 w. 57th
St., will continue until Saturday, it
was announced last night.
Evening star., 1928-03-07
HARVESTER CO. EARNINGS
SHOW INCREASE FOR 1927
Greater Volume of Business Partly
OFFSET by Drop In Margin Of
Trading Profit, Report Says.

Ry the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. March 7.-Earnin9s of
S23 500 u ) Oh. OF 30 per cent OH the
capital invested were recorded by the
international Harvester Co. for 1927
as compared with net earnings OF $22.-
65S89l in 1926, said the annual report
made public last night.
The volume Of business for 1927 ex-
ceedcd that for 1926. the increase In
domestic business being attributed
principally to larger sales of tractors.
thrcShers and motor trucks.
Notwithstanding the increased husi-
ness" said the report. only slight
gain was effected in the net earnings.
rs the margin of trading proft~~that
IS. the sales price less the cost of manu-
facture and d:stribu.ion--was less than
the preceding year. This reduced
margin of profit is mainly attributable
to higher cost Of manufacture, occas-
ioncd by improved design and quality
of product. without a corresponding
increase in sales price"
Prospects for this year are brighter
than for 1927 at the same period last
year. said the report. adding that 1.-The
past year has shown some improvement
IN the agricultural situation in the
United States, but the farmer must
receive better financial return before
the farm industry Is on sound and
equitable basis
Evening star., 1928-03-07
HEAD OF PITTSBURGH
PLATE GLASS CO. DEAD

PITTSBURGH. March Z R).-Capt.
Charles w. Brown. president OF the
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. ana pfomi-
nent in Pittsburgh financial circies,
died Yesterday following a paralyuc
stroke suffered January IA.
Capt. Brown became skipper OF a
clipper ship when a young man, out
retired from the sea after 70 years
service and entered the glass mai'li-
featuring business in Minneapolis. IN
1925 he came TO Pittsburgh and was
made secretary of the Pittsburgh Pia'e
Glass Co. Since 1915 he had been
president of the concern. He was CHAIR
man of the Pittsburgh Branch Federal
Reserve Bank of Cleveland, director
of the Mellon National Bank, the Ben
Telephone of Pennsylvania and the
Brown Graves Co. of Akron. Ohio.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row. with burial at Newburyport. Mass,
where Capt. Brown was born June 4,
1858. His widow. three sons and three
DAUGHTERS survive.
Evening star., 1928-03-07
Commodity News

HAMMOND. La, March NJ (SpeciaD.
The first of the Louisiana straw
berry crop is now being shipped to
market. A small quantity of the first
berries picked sold for SIS and go cents
pint. Growers expect tch crop to
move in volume by March 25. Indi-
cations are for crop OF about 1000
cars.
BOSTON. ON.-Unccrtainty as to the
future Of the goods trade Is hampcring
purchases of raw wool in this market
to slight degree. Some contracts Tor
Western wool are being turned over TO
the mills. The new Arizona clip, now
being shorn. which is less than usual,
will amount TO about 100000 pounds
and will be sent here on consignment.
FORT WORTH--Grcen bugs. the
first of the pests to make their appear
ance In two years, have shown up IN
Wichita County wheat fields. The con-
tinued rain in February. two inches
above normal is held responsible for
their propagation.
YOUNGSTOWN Steel production
in the Mahoning Valley Is now be-
tween 80 and IS per cent. with Al IN
dependent open hearth and liz sheet
units active. Strip steel output Is
practically at capacity.
PORTLAND. Sale of. $50 car loads
of potatoes by one big distributor to
buyers representing Eastern interests
has been recorded here. The sales
we're confined to central Oregon pro-
ducts.
Evening star., 1928-03-07
PERIWINKLE is ENEMY
OF MARYLAND OYSTERS

special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, March IA little blue
borer. known as the periwinkle. is
working havoc with oysters In some Of
the southern sections OF the State. ac-
cording 10 State Conservation Com
missioner Swepson Earle.
In Norfolk and the salt waters OF
Virginia. where oysters are plentiful.
the periwinkle. better known as the
drill or borer.' Is the only enemy
The oyster has" Commissioner Earle
said There is some trouble being
caused now by It's appearance in Mary
land oyster beds around Tangier Sound,
in its tributary waters. In Fishing Bay
and the Nanticoke River.
Government agents are studying
ways 10 control the perlwinkle, and
Maryland will be able 10 take advantage
Of whatever method they devise. The
borer drills into the ycar-old oysters.
which shriyel up and die"
Evening star., 1928-03-07
What Doctors Think
of the
Laxative Habit

What do VOC do when the bowels
need little assistance: II you clear
up the CONDITION with somt laxative
made with tAStA ARA, there is moth
ing better for the system~ior the
blood
But il yon don, KNOW the iaAa.
tive yon have learned 10 depend nn
Is of harmless rascafa. here's some
ttuly valuable advice.
The ban ri a tree called caScara
is Tie most marvellous conditioner
nmnkint has yet found II alinu-
Iairs the bowels muscular action.
bat docs hO1 weaken. 4 sinfrnt
IasatlFe iDrns the laxative HABIT,
YOU always need more on The mpr~
tnW. AFilh .sscara, yon don't Us
gentle influence carries Oh sqinetinfs
for days With less aud less need nf
any aid. ~ time goes Oh,
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