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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
WHALEN'S POLICE
MURDER BOY And
COVER UP CRIME
Fake War on Criminals
by Tammany Police
Heads Shown Up
Young Worker Victim
Young Worker Victim
of Tammany
BY HARRISON GEORGE.

Louis Blanca, 19 year lod auto
mechanic helper, is dead. Shot in
the back and murdered by Police
man Frank Moran. Who is to
blame?
Grover Whalen, who exploited
thousands Of working class boys and
girls at starvation wages in Wana-
makers store, took office with a
boast of cleaning up the town." He
restores the "strong-arm squad" is
sues orders to round up all so-called
Criminals" bring 'em in, so to
speak, dead or alive; revives the
"work or fight" order of conscrip-
ton days of the war in city filled
with unemployed workers-in short
tells the police to attack the work
ing class on all fronts and not to be
backward about shooting.
A Victim of Capitalist Law.
Policeman Frank Moran obeyed
orders in numbering Louis Blanca.
If not, why does he still remain on
the New York police force? 1t is
not a question of Moran, but Of
Whalen, head Of a department oi
the capitalist city government o.
New York, small nation in itself
IA government which is ruled BY t.
capitalists and whose police depart
ment is the special organ of thai
class, organized to keep the work
ers in their places" at long hours
low wages and with no trade union
But let us tell the story of Loui:
Blanca, whose body lies in tiny
Harlem apartment, where he livet
with his old mother and his sister
in the district where live many Ital
ian workers, exploited by New Yorl
capitalists as he was exploited.
Louis was lad not much over II
years, interested as lads natural!
are, in sports. But he worked in ;
tailor shop. Used to get and delivel
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
SINCL AIR SUIT
HAS L00PH0LES
Federal Fraud Charge
Only on Companies

WASHINGTON, Dec 30.-Trick-
cry and evasion of the best route by
which the looters of the U. S. oil
lands at Salt Creek, Wyoming, might
be brought to task, seem to be EN-
bodied in the largest government
action against Sinclair, as in all
previous actions.
The government now sues in the
federal courts Of Wilmington, Della
ware. for a return of $35,000,0 900
profits made by Sinclair companies
while they fraudulently held the
Salt Creek leases, granted them by
Secretary of the Interior Fall, but
the bringing of the suit in Delaware
makes it impossible" due to legal
red tape, to charge Fall, Sinclair or
his pipe line company with the
fraud, because they are not residents
of Delaware. The suit is brought
only against the Sinclair Crude Oil
Purchasing Company and the NAM
moth Oil Company.
The government complaint does,
however, point out that a fraud and
conspiracy was entered into by Fall,
Sinclair and others.
The bill in equity of the govern
ment, in addition to charging that
approximately 20,000,000 barrels of
royalty oil were sold, says:
"Fall has also corruptly received
from Sinclair as his share Of the
profits of this conspiracy, cash and
Liberty bonds of the face value OF
at least $269,100, but plaintiff does
not know the exact amount of al
the profits received by Fall, as his
share of the profits of the con-
spiracy, and is therefore unable tc
allege the same"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
Warns q. S. of Attack
(. on Latin Immigration

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 30.-The
Influential paper LA Prensa" re-
Gently published an editorial attack
ing the proposal made in the United
States for extending the quota ar
rangements restricting immigration
to Latin-Americans.
The paper declares that such a
measure would undermine PAN
Americanism." 1t also points out
that as the restriction would have
most effect on Mexico, the result
would be to draw a sharp line at the
Rio Grande and break the Western
Hemisphere into "two exclusive
groups"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
BILL HAY WOODS BOOK
TO TELL OF MORMONS

Did you ever hear of the Noun
tain Meadow Massacre? 1t was an
incident cf the Old West, a slaugh-
ter of men, women and children by
Mormons and Indians, or at least
Indians. "Big Bill" Haywood, who
Indians. "Big Bill" Haywood, who
was born at Salt Lake City in the
heart of the Mormon ruled Utah ter
ritory, tells of Mormon practices as
he saw them.
"Bill Haywood's Book" written by
Haywood before his death at Mos
cow last May, will be published ex-
clusiyely in the Daily Worker, run
hing as a serial, beginning with the
fifty Anniversary Number, Satur-
CAV, Jan. 5.
The autobiography of Haywood is
one of the most distinctive accom-
rlishments Of proletarian literature
published in recent years. BY ar
rangement with the international
Publishers Company, the Daily
Worker has obtained exclusive rights
fer serial publication of this in
teiisely interesting work.
Haywood's life covered period
Of years and was located in such
stirring scenes of American capital
isn's westward expansion, settle
ment and industrialization, that his
own life story is reflection of all
principal phases of that develop
ment.
The publishers of the Daily
Worker warn all newspapers and
periodicals against republishing,
either in English or in translation,
any Of Haywood's book as run in
The Daily Worker, with the excep-
tion of not over 200 words, for which
credit must be given.
This wonderful story Of Haywood,
courageous and militant leader of
the American labor movement, will
appear serially only in the Daily
Worker, beginning Jan. 5, in the
special Birthday Edition of the
"Daily." All who wish to get this
interesting feature must rush in
their subscription at once.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31

TO amalgamate.
With tremendous enthusiasm
the great mass of workers as
sembled in the hall which is
generally used as a prize-fight
arena, shouted mighty "aye" when
Charles S. Zimmerman, chairman,
put to vote the resolution which
called for the merging of the two or
ganizations.
Thus the official endorsement of
the rank and file was obtained.
From today on, the convention OF
the Furriers' Union and the conven-
ton of the Cloak and Dressmakers'
Union will go into session, until the
final step is taken for the estab-
lishment of the new, amalgamated
needle trades workers organization.
The sessions of the convention,
which will be opened in New Star
Casino today, will then complete the
task of laying foundations for the
amalgamated organization, which
will be the first step in the strug-
gle to build an amalgamated nation
al industrial union Of needle trades
workers.
Many speakers addressed the big
meeting yesterday afternoon. Short
spirited speeches every now and then
interrupted by outbursts of cheer
ing and applause, showed the inten-
sity of the enthusiasm prevailing.
The speakers were leaders of the
struggle against the right wing and
the bosses from all over the coun-
try. The leader of the Canad.
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union, J. Salzberg, recently built,
greeted the workers here in behalf
or his organization.
That the establishment of the
amalgamated union hailed the de-
struction of the company unions led
by the right wing and by the A. F.
Of L., was predicted by the speakers
and was reflected in the respor Sc of
their hearers. But that this will be
done only by struggle against these
traitors and their allies the bosses,
was recognized, as was shown by
the call of the leaders to prepare
for the coming strike in the dress
making industry and in the fur
trade. These strikes are to be called
in order that union conditions, which
were destroyed by the socialist Scab
union officials, shall be regained.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
.CLOAKDELECATES
DECEIVE REPORT
Sums Up Struggles of
Past Years

Brilliantly summing Up the his
tory of the bitter struggles the
cloak and dressmakers have gone
through in the last few years, the
report Of the National Organization
Committee of the Cloak and Dress
makers Union--60 typewriter
pages-drew the logical conclusions
from the lessons learned through
bitter experience, and called on the
convention to act on the proposals
contained in the report for the for
nation of new amalgamated
needle trades workers organization
in this country.
A short summary of the report
delivered last night is necessary. 1
follows:
The report begins by calling at
tention to the first manifestations
Of an attack against the progres'
sives, made by Sigman when he split
into four distinct bodies the single
large Local 25. This was in 1920
Embarks on Expulsions,
Sigman followed this up three
wears later with the first officia
Inauguration of the expulsion policy
in the American Federation. Three
of the largest locals in the Interna
tional, Locals 2, 8 and %, were ex
pelled in 1923. After 16-weel
struggle, led by Joint Actor
Committee, the left wing Leadership
of the locals had formed and wa
able to rally tens of thousands O
cloak and dressmakers in the often
sive against the reactionary, social
/ ist-led officialdom, the workers
fight was crowned with victory
| This took the form of an agreemen
which Sigman and his cohorts wer
compelled to sign, agreeing to toler
ance as a paramount principle Il
the organization. Under this agree
ment members of the union wer
permitted freedom of political an
trade union opinions.
Then came preparations for tn
general strike of 1926 for improve
conditions. While this histori
strike was en-, even before it wa
called, the right wing had been lay
ing plans for breaking it. Followe
"a weeks of the most heroic strug
gle and acute suffering for tn
masses in New York, and despit
the active connivance of the rigf
wing and their boss allies to brea
Continued on Page T1oo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
Lumber Workers of the
T.U.E.L. to Hold Dance
in Seattle on Jan. 5

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 2S.-The
Lumber Workers Section of the
Trade Union Educational League
will hold dance and entertainment
at the Finnish Hall, 1899 Washing
ton ST., on Saturday, January 5, be-
ginning at 8 o'clock in the evening.
A southern Negro orchestra will
provide union music, and play en-
titled "a Logger Expresses His
Mind" will be presented.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
GREEN MAY Be
SEC'Y OF LABOR
Earns Job by Cutting
Pay, Supporters Say

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec.
30.-The Illinois Miner, official or
gan of the Fishwick-Lewis admins
tration of what is left Of the United
Mine Workers of America, Illinois
District, is boosting William Green,
president of the A. F. of L., for sec
retary Of labor in Hoover's cabinet,
and boasting that under Green's ad-
ninistratior in the A. F. of L. the
wage cut has been so effective that
the scah mines of Kentucky and
ether southern states are being put
out of business. The wage cut in
Illinois will be followed by other cuts
in Kentucky, but the Illinois Miner
Goes not speak of that.
The Illinois Miner is published
here in the printing plant Of the
socialist, Oscar Ameringer, who has
a $4,000 a year contract with the
Illinois Miners Union District IL
Of the U. M. w. Al to put out its
weekly official organ for them, un-
der Springfield address.
Glad to Cut Wages.
In its issue of Dec. %, the Illinois
Miner carries front page story
with the headline: "Union Scale:
Driving Scab Mines Dizzy" ii
which the boast is made that Illinois
miners are working for such low
wages under the Fishwick contract
foisted upon them month ago, that
the non. union miners to the south
cannot compete with them. The II.
l;nois Miner openly claims that as 6
great victory for it's own kind Of
unionism, the company unionism Of
the U. NJ. w. A. under Lewis ant
while Green led the A. F. of l..
Bosses for Green.
The ether prominent story on The
front page of the same issue is &
reprint Of special article by Johr
Leary, labor editor of the New Yorl
World, who says: Screen would b.
highly acceptable to scme of th'
most important industrialists in th'
country" and reveals that he ha
also the backing of the bitter reac
tionary, William L. Hutcheson, gen
eral president OF the Carpenters
Union, who was himself seriously
considered TO. the Department o
Labor by President Harding.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
First Polish Group
of Slaves in Brazil

PARA, Brazil (By Mail).-The S.
S. Krakus, the first vessel of the
new fleet which is to ply between the
Polish port Of Glynia and Brazil, has
arrived here with 600 families of
Polish workers, the first contingent
of the thousands who will be settle
under slave conditions in Brazil.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
Air Service Starts.

Powerful Wall Street interests
announce that the existing routes of
Pan American Airways, Inc, sub
sidiary Of the Aviation Corporation
of the Americas, viii be Immediate
ly extended, and that vast reor-
ganization and expansion of the
company will take place in the first
week of January.
Air lines will be established to
link the West Indies, Central and
South America in 1000 mile long
airway.
This line now operates a Miami
Porto Rico run.
1t will institute a regular twice.
daily service to Havana and tri-
weekly service extending beyond
Havana through Cuba, Haiti, Santo
Domingo to San Juan, Porto Rico,
a total distance of LAO miles.
There is an overnight stop on the
Porto Rico run.
Jan. ii Sikorsky amphlbian will
open Pan Americans Central Amer
ican line, with scheduled stops at
Havana, Belize, British Honduras;
Tela, Honduras; Corinto and Man
aqua, Nicaragua; Puerto Arenas,
San Jose, Costa Rica; Panama City,
and David and Cristobal, in the
Canal Zone. There will be over
night stops 1t Belize and Managua.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
Women Govt Workers
Seeking Sick Leave

WASHINGTON, (By Mail) A
drive to obtain sick-leave has been
launched by the women workers in
the plant Of the bureau Of engraving
and printing. The women complain
against conditions in the plant. $
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
Refuse Unemployment
Aid to Miners Who Will
Not Take Lower Pay

MORELY, England (By Mai).-
Unemployment benefit has been re-
fused by the government to scores
Of mining families who have been
on the verge of starvation for
months here.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
DISGUISED AS MAN 60 YEARS
cAnsnnC CrnrNrnc ~ v n.

c.hIS<A 4 VIII NI INf4NNN, " ., DVN'
30.--After working in this city as
painter for 60 years, Charles War
ner, so, has been discovered to be
woman. She said she assumed the
male disguise because she wanted
to find work to support her widowed
mother.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31

Have you bouGht your ticket for
the Daily Worker Fifth Anntver-
sary Celebration at Manhattan
Opern House on January 50 Tick
cts nre 81. S1.S0. 81, $500. All
sents reserved. Buy your tickets
now and get the best sents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
PARTY MEMBERS VOTE
All Large Cities Thus Far for c. E. {.

membership meetings of the Workers (Communst
Party discussion Of questions before the
Party for settlement that overwhelmingly in
port of the Central Executive Committee of the Party.
The to the Daily Worker to the present
fnaa as
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
HUGE CLOAK, DRESS, FUR
WORKER RALLY APPROVES
MERGER OF TWO UNIONS
First Sessions of Amalgamated Conventions
Begin Today in New Star Casino
Launching Of the Amalgamated Needle Trades
Union Rings Death Knell of Scab Unions

About eight thousand cloak dress and fur workers. IN the
huge Lincoln Arena 66h ST. and Broadway yesterday uan
osv voted to endorse their union conventions
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31

The membership meetings still in the other Districts
the Opposition presented membership meet
ing by special representative who time with the Central
Committee representative.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-31
HOOVER TO BOSS
WAR MI: E:ASURES;
FORCE The VOTE
Calls 1t Consulting
CAL" in Wireless
Messages
May Call Extra Session
Imperialist Air Route
Already Under Way

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-Wire.
less dispatches purporting to come
from President-elect Hoover on the
battleship Utah, now nearing Hamp-
ton Roads, are being given the press
here thru the navy wireless station.
They are couched in language in
tended to obscure the impression
that Hoover, a shrewder agent of
imperialism, is taking the active di-
rection of affairs away from the
faltering hands of Coolidge, an in
expert agent.
But VIII Consult Cal.
Hoover, say the dispatches, will
recognize that Coolidge is still
president. and will "defer to the
presidents wishes" on matters of
foreign policy and appointments
during the rest of Coolidge's term.
Yet. Hoover will Consult" with
Coolidge on these matters, as also
on war preparations, and especially
on aviation.
The United States, thru private
capital, should start regular air
plane service down the West Coast
of South America, Hoover makes it
known. AS soon thereafter as pos
sible, it is necessary to start the
more difficult lines over the Brazil
ian forests, and down TO Argentina
Otherwise, in the opinion of Hoover,
British and French capital viii get
ahead of the U. S., and this impor-
tant imperialist factor will not be
in American hands.
May Be Extra Session.
Hoover is expected to plunge into
negotiations with Senator Borah
and others as soon as he reaches
Washington, to assure the passing
of the bill for fifteen more cruisers
and other war material, and the
Kellogg pacts during this session OF
congress, as soon as the holiday re-
cess is over. This requires GER
tain amount of juggling with and
bargaining with those senators who
are pushing the fake farm relief
bill, and may require Hoover's
promise that he will call a'special
session Of congress to consider the
farm bill, if it's proponents agree to
let it go over until after the vote
on the militarist preparations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-26
Germany Accepts.
(New York World.D

tNeW York World.)
 The German Government has announced it's readiness to sign the Kellogg treaty renouncing "as instrument of policy" It is logical that Germany should be the first of the great powers to do this For the only international obligations which Germany has to take into ac- count the covenant of the League and the Locarno Treaty. Unlike France, she has mili- tary alliances. Unlike Great Britain, she has no implied alliances Unlike Italy, she has no dream. of empire. In signing the Kellogg pro- posal she renounces nothing which she has not already renounced.
 Germany undoubtedly looks forward ulti- mately to some kind of readjustment of the Pol ish frontiers and to the restoration of some sort of colonial domain. But being dsarmed and surrounded by an alliance of military powers, republican Germany has clearly renounced the idea of using war as an instrument of policy to attain her desires. She sign the Kellogg treaty without equivocation. She sign it with the conviction that it cannot weaken and might strengthen her position in Europe.
 Great Britain is bound to hesitate somewhat more than Germany, for her interests world wide and so complicated that MT. Kellogg's pledge might have curious and embarrassing conse- quences in concrete cases. Nevertheless, the main drift of British policy is pacifst, and in their hearts Britishers have never cared too much for the military obligations they have assumed on the Continent. In so far the Kellogg treaty does not conflict with their explicit pledges, which it does not as interpreted by Lord It., For one thing. it dseountenances slightly the French and Italian systems of military alliances For another, it involves the United States bit in the moral responsibilities of world peace The Kellogg proposal is of those things which may do little good and cannot do much harm to British interests
 For the French the acceptance of Mr. Kel- loggs proposal is difficult. For better or worse france has entered into military alliances with a number of nations She is compelled somehow to make it clear to these nations that in signing the Kellogg treaty she does not weaken her obligations to them We may be fairly certain that in some fashion other France will in- sst on making this point clear
 There remains Italy, and in respect to Italy we look forward with great curiosity to Mus solinls reply. The Duce has made several speeches in. the last few years which say quite plainly that faselst Italy regards war a legitimate instrument of policy. It will be very interesting indeed to see whether Italy is willing publicly and soemnly to renounee war
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-26
A King in Moscow.
(Mancnesser Guardian.)

When Moscow enthusiastically resolved to receive King Amanulah of Afghanistan it did not stop to think of the difficulties that might be in the way. Class distinctions may have been abolished in Russia but they still exist in Afghan istan, and King Amanullah will still be king although temporarily the guest of the proletar- ian State Now kings. Moscow realized, live in palaces or, at least in ar-rtments dedicated specially to persons of their order. There were plenty of palaces in Moscow, but they have all been socialized into museums There were no royal apartments in the Moscow hotels, so it was hastily resolved that one of the museums should be de-socalized for the occasion and made into palace again. Alas! when the workers arrived-or so the story goes-they Found that the socializaton had gone little too far. Near ly all the costly appurtenances and treasures had disappeared and the Soviet authorities are now faced with the prospect of unlooked-for trouble and expense before the house in the short time left can be made habitable for the royal visitor The Government is justly enraged at the failure of proletaran culture to realize that things in Ia museum there to be seen by the masses and not to be confscated to individual use. Such is the result of failing to live up to ones prin- cipes for why should king in Moscow fare better than a proletarian?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-05-26
More or Less True

It is getting so it makes girl mad if men don't start at her because if they just take hasty glance and look away it is re- flection on their legs.
 We have reached stage where no matter how daring a flapper's costume is, it doesn't startle us any more than pin dropped back of him does a deaf man.
 The woman who brings a face that would stop clock into a beauty parlor expecting to take it out thing of beauty and joy forever is the same woman who takes a No. 6 foot into a shoe store and expects the clerk to get a No. F shoe on it.
 The reaction the average man gets from seeing one of these James who is diked out to give the world a treat is feeling of thankfulness that she is not his daughter, his sorrow and his ex- pense.
 It isn't the discovery of how little she's going to be able to do with him that disgusts the bride. It's the discovery of how little she's going to be able to do with his salary that makes her wish she had gone in for career.
 Flappers may be liberally in. clined, but they have to leave il 10 a man to boast he would give the shirt off his back to help a friend.
 Science might try exolaining why a woman, who was pulling gray hairs out of her head when the magazines in the doctors of flee were current issues, thinks smearing paint all over her face will fool anybody into thinking she's just past her twentieth birthday.
 A woman gets a big kick going into a store and trying on five and six hundred dollar coats and a bigger one going home and roasting her liege lord for being such a nincompoop she has to buy a forty-eight-dollar one on the installment plan.