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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
PRAYER ENDS
THOMAS SPEECH
Ignores Problems of
Workers

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 21.-
The Rev. Norman Thomas, candidate
for president of the socialist party
began his campaign meeting here
with a sermon, continued for ar
hour on the subject of water power
control, and ended with a prayer
ignoring entirely the immediate de-
mands of the workers.
The audience that turned out to
hear the prophet of the socialist
party was composed almost entirely
OF middle-class merchants and few
petty business men of this city. A
few workers were present, most of
them through curiosity.
Before the meeting, several
preachers, friends of the Rev. Thom-
as, had been invited to the meeting
They, together with the socialist
candidate, led the religious audience
through the sermon and the final
prayers.
Thomas definitely proved to the
few workers present that the social.
ist party is deeper in the mire OF
bourgeois reformism and pacifisn
than ever before, and that the ex.
plotted workers of this country car
expect nothing from it or it's preach.
er messiahs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
Woll, Again Normal,
Issues New Attack
on the Soviet Union

Matthew Woll, leading lingo la.
Dor misleader, after an unexplained
silence of nearly two weeks since his
hysterical outburst against the So
Wet Union yesterday reverted to his
normal state by emitting new de-
fecation against the first workers.
republic.
Cloaked in the robes of the Ma
tional Civic F deration, Woll
marched forth to trumpet a warn
ing against the formidable in
fluences and continued pressure"
which he says are being exerted for
the recognition of the Soviet Union.
"The National Civic Federation
has steadfastly supported the con
sistent policy of non-recognition
adopted by the administrations of
Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Hard
ing, and Calvin Coolidge" the state
ment says.
AS a sideline Woll is vice-presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor and president of the Photo
engravers International. His main
business is with the Civic Fedora
tion-and strikebreakinG.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
800 CALIFORNIA
FRUIT P!CKERS
OUT ON STRIKE
Communist Jailed at
Meet: Daily Worker
Distributed
Pea Pickers Also Join
Form New Unit of
Workers Party

Especial to the Daily Worker
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 81.
The strike of 500 Mexican agri-
cultural laborers in the fruit or
chards at Watsonville is continuing
with pea-pickers swelling the ranks
Of the fruit workers..
The strike committee organized a
mass meeting and called Emanuel
Levin, district organizer of the
Workers (Communist) Party, to
speak. At the meeting, during which
a new unit of the Workers Party
was organized, a Communist was
arrested and charged with disturb
ing the peace.
Much Communist literature and
many copies of the Daily Worker
were distributed among the striking
workers during the mass meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
MEXICAN | LABOR !.
PROPOSAL HAzY
All Strikes May Be
Called Illegal

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 21.-There
are many loopholes seen in the labor
legislation which will be first placed
before a convention of employers
and labor officials before introduced
into the Mexican congress in De
cember by the provisional president
elect Portos Gil
While the projected law, as now
explained by Gil, would favor work
ers' insurance, the eight-hour day
and six-day week and do away with
some of the lesser evils of industry,
it is calculated to produce "peace"
in industry al the expense of the
workers, according to observers here.
The loophole which will allow the
government to intervene on the side
of the industrialists is pointed out
to be the provision that while peace
full strikes will be judged to be legal,
as soon as any violence occurs the
strike would be rendered illegal. In
view of the fact that more militant
strikers will not allow scabs to take
their places and the well-known fact
that employers always try to use
scabs, the government, if it so
chooses, will be able to declare every
strike illegal.
In addition, it is also believed that
any convention of industrialists and
union officials will certainly deplete
Gips projected law in such a way
as to render it practically useless
to workers when on strike, or at
times when branches of industry are
at a standstill. Furthermore, Gil
would justify lockouts when produc-
tion in certain industry has sur
passed the amount that can be sold.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
EXPRESS BOSSES
FIRING WORKERS
mediation" Is Second
Strikebreaking Move

The second step in the strike
breaking program by which the Off
GERS of the American Express Com
pany and the officials of the Clerks
Union have combined to drive back
the rising forces of the express
workers was taken Saturday when
George M. Harrison, president of
the union called upon the govern
ment mediation board to act in the
issue.
Following the adoption by the
company of ruthless campaign to
stamp out all traces of the union
while the labor misleaders tied the
hands of the workers by "negotia-
ton" programs, number of work
ers were. fired Saturday for being
absent" October 10 and Oct. IL.
Previous to this the company had
passed out red cards to its old en-
ployees, which are used only for
men on the extra list. In this way
it has worked to terrorize the men
following the recent betrayal of the
strike by union Officials.
Company Arrogance.
Negotiations between L. R. Gwyn,
vice-president of tn e company,
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
RED TROOPS SET SHIFRIN PROTEST
UP HUMAN SOVIET MEETING TONIGHT
Captured Chenchow, New
Unions Formed

PEKING, Oct. 21.-Ousting the
troops sent against them with the aid
of local workers and peasants, the
army of the Workers and Peasants
Alliance has set up a soviet in Chen
chow, principal city in Human prov
ince, in the latest achievement of a
triumphant drive thru the province.
The latest reports received here also
say that troops sent against them
can do nothing because soldiers go
over to the Red Army in body.
When the Red troops gained con-
troll of the city they Immediately
declared that all property belonged
to the workers and peasants, and
burnt all land deeds and property
papers. Posters appeared thruout
the city announcing the principles
of the new government
<-SSOldiiiS W IliS ISpOl 10 utN
unions of workers and peasants were
Immediately formed, and clothes and
provisions were distributed from
union headquarters to the almost
starved inhabitants. Provisions were
also made for the defense Of the
city and the carrying on of the
workers and peasants offensive.
AS has happened all along the
line of march peasants and workers
came to the aid of the Red troops
when General Pei Chun-hsi sent
troops from Hankow on Chenchow.
But most of the troops joined the
workers and peasants in body, and
it has become impossible To send
any troops against them because of
fear that they join the Red forces.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
rs KNITGOODS WORKERS
60 ON STRIKE IN PENN.

OLD FORGE, Pa, Oct. 21.-Over
seventy-five young women, en-
ployed by the Duchess Underwear
Factory of this city, have been on
strike since October II. The workers
demand an improvement in condi-
tions, higher wages, and a 44-hour
week. At the present time, wages
range from Sc to $40 weekly, for a
daily output of fifty five to sixty
five pounds of silk.
The walkout followed the dismis-
sal of a forelady who was accused
of being too kind to the workers.
The manager of the factory has
been very harsh to the employees,
even forcing women to continue at
their tasks when i'll. When COM
plants were made, he laughed at
them.
The company is making every eff
fort to break the strike, and one
Of the foremen Friday threatened
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
YOUNG WORKERS
PLAN RED NIGHT
Downtown Manhattan
Will Be Covered

Downtown Units l and of the
Young Workers (Communist)
League have arranged Red Rally
to take place in the downtown sec
ton of Manhattan on Wednesday
Oct. "a.
Ten street corner meetings have
been arranged by the Young Work
ers League members, to be held al
various corners in the section. Fifty
young workers will address the
crowds at these meetings, explain
ing the platform of the Party Of the
class struggle to the downtown
workers, and showing why all work
ers must vote Communist.
Open Air Meetings.
The open air meetings will be held
at the following corners: 7th st. and
Second Ave; 10th St. and Second
Ave; 7th St. and Ave. B; 5th St.
and Ave. C; Irving Place and 14th
St.; Rutgers Square; Clinton st. and
East Broadway; Columbia and Riv-
ington Sts.; Suffolk and Grant Sts.;
and Eldridge and Rivington SITS.
All the meetings will begin at
$50 p. M, and will be adjourned
promptly at 10 p. m. for the grand
wind-up meeting, which will be held
on the corners of 10th st. and Sec
ond Ave. Workers will form in line
and parade from each meeting thru
the streets with torch lights to the
central meeting.
Prominent Speakers.
Prominent speakers who are fight
ers in the labor movement will ad-
dress the meetings. Among these
will be many Communist candidates,
carrying the banner of the Workers
(Communist) Party in the present
elections.
Five thousand leaflets will be dis
by the members of the
Young Workers (Communist)
League before factories, and in all
places where workers congregate,
urging them to attend the meetings
and to vote Communist. A list of
the speakers who will address the
will be published later.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
Conn lily, Millionaire
Sewer CRATER, Freed;
Buckner O. KS Move

"It's alright, Mr. Connolly, you
may go now," and the prison doors
of the Welfare Island penitentiary
opened Saturday and the waiting
automobile swallowed up the former
president Of Queens Borough. No
one believes Mr.. Connolly will be a
prisoner again.
For Connolly was one of the lead
ers of a graft ring which stole
twenty millions-from the workers.
Just previous to that Max Steuer,
attorney for the millionaire sewer
CRATER had gone to Justice Reigel-
mann who also had heard that Con-
molly had stolen millions from the
poor.
So the judge Immediately granted
the certificate of reasonable" doubt
requested by Steuer. Isn't it reason
able" to believe a man innocent if
he got away with millions?
And Mr.. Emory R. Buckner, pro-
secutor Of Mr. Connolly who during
the course of the trial breathed fire
and birthstone against the betrayers
of the public trust" also said it
was OK. So Mr.. Steuer got the re-
lease of his client on bail.
And Connolly is free again, on
$4,000 bail. He stole from the poor.
In the cell next to the one just
vacated by Connolly sits a worker
who stole loaf of bread. Try and
get bail for him on a certificate of
reasonable" doubt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22

workers on the picket line with a
gun. Trespass signs have been post
ed and strikers are not permitted
on the property of the company.
Conditions in this factory are
typical of many in this section, but
no effort has been made to organize
them fcl struggle against the bosses
by the labor takers of the United
Textile Workers Union. The Ma
tional Textile Workers Union is now
conducting an active campaign to
organize the entire textile industry.
The conditions here are a part
of the general exploitation of the
workers in the textile industry, and
the betrayal of the New Bedford
textile workers strike by the United
Textile Workers Union, which ac-
cepted reductions of 5 per cent and
the specd-up system is being fol-
lowed by general offensives against
The workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
Socialist Made
com M WNzSt bV
Red Platform

Contributions have begun to reach
the National Election Campaign
Committee of the Workers (Commu-
nist) Party in response to the notice
of the Election Drive Anti-Terror
Emergency Fund. Among these was
five dollars from the Workmen's
Sick and Death Benefit Funds of
Belleville, Ill. One contribution of
one dollar from Manila, Arkansas,
was accompanied by an interesting
letter, an excerpt from which reads !:
"I've been thinking was socialist,
but friend gave me tip. l sent
for the Communist platform. After
reading same, you can count on me.
Find enclosed one dollar l could
use lots of literature, if could only
pay for it.-R. S."
Other contributions have been re-
ceived from workers coming to the
campaign headquarters at 43 East
125th st. to bring a personal word
of encouragement with their money.
The National Election Campaign
Committee would like to receive with
each contribution short letter on
the local conditions of the Commu-
mist election campaign. News about
the invasion of the "Solid South"
and the Negro campaign, as well as
the Gitlow case in Arizona, have
been so dramatic that they have
crowded out somewhat news of the
campaign in the industrial states
and in the important industries.
More should be heard from the cam
paigners there. Also the nuclei and
Party committees are urged to re-
port on the progress of the emer-
gency drive in particular and of the
election campaign in general. Send
in news of the struggle in your To-
cality. 1t is usually as important
and as interesting as much that is
printed, and the only reason that it
does not appear is that you don't
jot it down and send it in. Getting
on the ballot in two and a half
times as many states as in 1924
shows that there are no slouches on
the job. But we want to know how
it happened and is happening. You
write and Wen see that it is printed.
One contribution that came ear
lier and that should be mentioned
is from John Tuchelski, who is now
working as an electrician in Lenin-
grad. He is a former member of
the Workers (Communist) Party,
and sends IA rubles for one and a
half days pay, with the hope that
the Party will succeed in getting on
the ballot in all the states of the
country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
Jobs Scarce, But Yet
Plentiful, Explains S
COmmerceDept.H Head

Facts are often "singularly dis
tressing." julius Klein of the
Foreign and Domestic Bureau of the
Department of Commerce discovered
this in a radio talk recently on what
becomes of workers thrown out of
employment by naturalization and
speed up, which he terms "the in
ventive genius of America"
Klein admitted the rumber of fac
tory workers has declined 100000
since 1920 and railroads reduced for
ces by 240.000 in the same time. He
conceded that productivity per man
had increased 102 per cent in the
auto industry in II years; that in
ten years productivity has grown
211 per cent per man in rubber
manufacture, 83 per cent in petro-
leum refining and 81 per cent in
cement making; that worker now
makes $4,000 razor blades in the
same time he made 500 in 1913.
But Klein saw other things and
contended that workers displaced go
to other industries. He said that the
auto industry and it's associated pro-
ducts took in 1,2S0,0O0 workers
since 1920, while household ap-
pliances such as electric refrigera-
tors and oil heaters took in 100000
that there are 100000 more insur-
ance solicitors and $4,000 more
teachers than in 1920.
Klein did not note that the bulk
of this growth is in what may be
termed the luxury trades and that
such indicates growth of para
sitism typical of an imperialism
headed toward decline. But with
jobless army of some 100000
fact, he remarked that it was "sin-
gularly distressing" that many dis
placed factory workers have perma-
rently Joined the army of the un-
employed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
Fugitive Enemies of
u. S. S. r. Gather to
Mourn TZar's Mother

A few hundred emigres last night
gathered together to mourn the
death of the dowager empress
Marie, mother of Czar Nicholas III,
who died nine days ago in Denmark.
The service took place at the Church
of Christ the Saviour at Madison
Ave. and 121st st. Marie is the
person who on several occasions an
nounced she would return to Russia
VIGOROUSLY "in a very few weeks"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
FOSTER HITS
FAKE ISSUES
IN ROCHESTER
Communist Candidate
Given Rousing
Welcome
Broadcasts on Radio
Big Election Parade
Draws Thousands

(Special to the Daily Worker)
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Oct. 21.--
Killing every seat and reaching into
the annex of Ukrainian Hall, more
than 500 workers gave an enthusias-
tic welcome to William z. Foster
Communist candidate for President
at an election campaign meeting
here Saturday night.
Foster was welcomed at the rail
road station by delegation of 100
workers. He hurried to the radio
station, where he broadcast for half
an hour on the war danger. Then
the Communist nominee rushed to
the hall which was already packed
with workers eager to hear the mes
sage of militant class struggle he
brought them.
Foster exposed the fake issues of
the capitalist parties and showed
how unrelated they were to the ac-
tual conditions of the workingclass.
He also pointed out the traitorous
role being played by the socialist
party and the A. F. of L. bureau
cracy. He stressed the fact that
the imperialist powers are prepar-
ing new world war and a war
against the Soviet Union.
One hundred dollars was raised
for the Communist campaign fund
at this meeting and considerable
literature sold. There were also
several new members admitted into
the Party.
After the meeting parade of 20
cars was held for three hours thru
the principal streets of the city. The
cars bore various posters and slo-
gans and the parade attracted the
attention of thousands.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
Communist Election
Drive for Emergency
Fund Against Terror

Immediate tasks for all Party
members:
/. Cut out the contribution
blank printed in the Daily Worker
today.
.. Send Immediately your con-
tribution, of not less than one dol
lar, to the COMMUNIST ELEC-s
TION DRIVE ANTI-TERROR
EMERGENCY FUND.
8. Send the money without
any delay DIRECT to the Ma
tionaI Election Campaign Com
mittee, 43 East 125th ST., New
York City.
4. 1t is the duty of every
Party Unit to take up a collec-
tion for the Emergency Fund at
once and to send the money
DIRECT to the National Election
Campaign Committee.
5. Every unit must assign
comrades to take up collections in
the trade unions, fraternal or
ganizations and factories.
6. II is the duty of every
Party member to collect as much
money as possible in the shops,
trade unions and fraternal or
ganizations.
Z. The Red Election Sundays
and the house-to-house canvas
sing should be utilized to estab-
lish the Communist Election
Drive Anti-Terror Emergency
Fund.
NATIONAL ELECTION CAM
PAIGN COMMITTEE
Workers (Communist) Party
i3 E. 125th St.. New York, N. Y. \
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
URGE SPREAD
OF PATERSON,
SILK STRIKE
Dyers May Join Big
Walkout; Police
Make Arrests
Strikers Ranks Firm
Chiefs Promise Held
Empty Gesture

PATERSON, Oct. 21.-Striking
silk workers have received with con-
siderable indignation news of the
beginning of violations by police Of
ficials of strikers rights. The ar
rest Saturday of picket captain
following his refusal to comply with
an uncalled for order to move on,
has raised the question as to whether
the recent promise of Chief of Po-
lice Tracy, that he would be fair
as long as the strikers kept within
the law, was anything more than a
mere gesture.
The picket captain who was ar
rested was walking in an orderly
fashion and pointed out to the Of
ficer that he was within his rights.
Other Evidences.
The police attitude on the case of
the arrest of 8 pickets on Thursday
has cast further doubt on the prom
ised fairness" of the police.
Fred Hoelscher, secretary of the
union, has denied the story carried
in Paterson papers, that he attended
strike-settlement meeting called
under the auspices of Chief of Po-
lice Tracy, and at which representa-
tives of the manufacturers were
present. If such a conference took
place or was even planned, the
workers were not informed of the
fact.
The ranks of the strikers are hold
ing firm and with proper aggressive
policies and leadership, there is be-
lieved to be good prospect of gain
ing the full demands the union is
fighting for.
Need for Spreading Strike.
Considerable discussion has been
taking place among the ranks of the
workers, it is reported, over the
necessity of drawing in other ranks
of workers still held on the jobs,
particularly the dyers, who have
given signs of readiness. Workers
have not yet given up hope that
their leadership will make the nee
essary move to call out these ranks.
Recently an invitation was sent to
the Silk Workers Union by the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union sug-
gesting a joint campaign to draw
in the dyers and other ranks of the
Paterson workers. Inquiries made by
The Daily Worker indicate that no
reply has been made to this offer Of
cooperation. In the event Of the con-
tinued refusal of the union officials
to call out the dye workers, it is
believed that the National Textile
Union will consider it as its first
duty to undertake this task.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
Thomas Speaks Word
for Capitalist Press

Further taxes on inheritance,
large incomes and estates" are the
magic words by which Norman
Thomas, religious chieftain of the
socialist party, expects to transform
the lot of the working class, ac-
cording to a statement issued by
him last night and which is being
treated in very friendly way by
the capitalist press.
Thomas also predicted the victory
of Herbert Hoover at the polls and
announced that U. S. Imperialism
would soon cause European bloc
against the u. S.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
CLASS WAR PRISONERS
35 in Jails Are Aided by Labor Defense

Thirty workers, victims of the
American class war, are now in the
jails of this country. All of them
have been put behind the bars for
their activities in behalf of their
class. These prisoners include Tom
Mooney at San Quentin, Warren X.
Billings at Folsom and the eight I.
W. w. prisoners at the state prison
in Walla Walla, Wash.
All of these prisoners receive SIS
month regularly from the Inter
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22

national Labor Defense, and their
dependents $40 monthly. The l. l.
d. is appealing to all workers to
support financially. the Prisoners
Pledge Fund which enables these
militant victims of capitalist Gus
tice" to receive some of the neces-
saries of life.
The class war prisoners also APP
preciate letters from workers, par
ticularly on their birthdays. The
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
L. S. AIR MILITARISM.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 21..-
The United States navy has reported
Chat it will build two giant airships
at total cost of $7,825,000. This
project is a continuation of the pre-
parations for the next war. as in the
hull of each airship will be housed
hangar with the accommodation
for five aeroplanes of the scout type.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
MOVIE WORKERS STRIKE
Ranks Firm After 2 Months Walkout

The class war often flares up in
out-of-the-way places despite the
strenuous efforts of the takers of
the socialist party and the American
Federation of Labor to preserve
class peace. Out in the Long Is
land village 40 workers, motion pic
ture operators and stage hands en-
ployed by the Calderone circuit,
have been on strike for two months.
And tho these 90 workers have been
practically alone in their struggle,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-22
FEAR ZEPPELIN EXPLOSION.

LAKEHURST, N. j., Oct. 81 U.R).
The Los Angeles, United States
navy dirigible, may start Monday on
a 4S-hour training trip, officers at
the naval station said today. Naval
officers refused to state the pur-
pose of the flight. One rumor which
persisted here cited the possibility
of an explosion of the Graf Zeppelin,
housed in the same hangar with the
American diripihle-