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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

pay dues. But how can you COM
pei them when they have not the
spirit that makes them wiiling?"
These telling truths and indictments
against his own administration. which
Dubinsky was compelled to affirm on
the open floor of the convention, have
long been known and communicated
to the workers by the Joint Board. For
period of almost two weeks these
cliques of self-seekers who are cal
lous to the sufferings of the workers,
were engaged in mad wrangle for
power at any price. Dubinsky, who
thru his entire career had sneered at
the idea of democracy and had insti-
tuted fascist dictatorship in his own
local which was shattered only thru
the heroic struggle of the cutters dur
ing the past 10 months, suddenly be.
came the champion of the referendum.
1t was indeed an unusual and astound-
imp spectacle to see the cynic, Dubins-
KY prating of democracy and the
rights of the membership. The speech
VI DubliiShy IcN0llGu IlOIG OpeUly
than anything else the spirit of des-
pair that is permeating the entire
CLIQUE. Like pack of hungry wolves
they are ready to jump at each others
Threats in order to save themselves
from humiliation. This was the mean
ing of tie speeches delivered by Dub
insky, Ninfo, Breslau and the rest,
and of the open struggle on the floor
of the convention.
The attacks against Sigman, with
whom they share the responsibility for
the ruinous war, were but desperate
attempt to sacrifice him in order to
save themselves; just as Sigman him
self had done with Feinberg and Pearl
stein during the struggle of the Joint
Action Committee in 1925.
Blacklist Convention.
The trade union movement of this
country has many reactionary conven-
tons on record. The |. l.. G. w. U.
itself has gone thru the notorious
Boston convention of 1924, which had
spent eleven days in unseating the
delegates representing the largest
locals of the international. This was
followed by the Philadelphia conven-
ton where against the most deter
mined opposition of the delegates rep,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
BY SCOTT NEARING.

ONTARIO, Canada, is prosperous
" after the capitalist fashion, with
profits mounting and workers barely
holding their own against the rising
cost of living.
One worker described wages and
conditions in a machinery plant-one
of the largest shops of Toronto.
Machinery Replaces Men.
Working forces are greatly re-
duced as against last year." he said.
''There are fewer orders, but above
all, there are fewer jobs. Machinery
is replacing men in every production
This statement was repeated by
workers in other shops. Rationaliza-
ton is proceeding. Machines are tax
ing the places of workers. Skilled
men are becoming machine feeders.
One big machine plant in Toronto
worked an eight and half hour day
half a day on Saturdays. Some de-
partments had shut down on Satur-
days because of slack orders.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
Sigman & Co., Bankrupts, Ready to Resume Business

resenting so percent of the member
ship Sigman elected himself as pres
ident of the international. But never
in the history of our own or any other
union was there a convention, sup
posedly representing the workers, that
was SO barren of any accomplishments
and so undisputedly bankrupt.
For almost two weeks the so-called
convention was in session, but not a
single decision concerning the welfare
of the thousands of struggling work
ers in the industry was made. 1t was
nothing but a conspiracy to further
betray and sell out the workers. The
z0-hour week, which the cloakmakers
had won dHring the long and bitter
strike of 1926 and the other gains of
the woskers were officially coded to
the bosses, Sigman openly declaring
that the bosses cannot afford to OBJ
serve the 40-hour clause of the agree
ment to which they had affixed their
signatures.
The struggles and the achievements
of the workers were condemned in the
most outspoken terms. They have de-
cided to levy three-days tax on the
workers in order to fill their empty
treasury and stave off the day of their
ultimate defeat; this tax they hope
to collec thru the good offices of the
bosses as price in return for their
treacheries.
ITO Re Continuedl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

elected delegates and the rank and
file of the Boston workers, Sigman
the chief pogrom leader, opened the
so-called convention.
And lc and behold! The dead Com
munists had risen from their graves
and once more became the target foY
'Sigman's attacks. The beautiful. myth
about the reconstructed union built up
by the clique was entirely dispelled
Such pillars of the machine" as Min
TO, Breslau, Dubinsky and the others,
made open declarations of bankruptcy
on the floor of convention hall. From
the mouth of Dubinsky came forth a
flood of glazing discriminating indict-
ments against himself and the entire
administration, responsible for bring
ing the ruinous war upon the union.
Bankruptcy Admitted.
The following is an excerpt from
Dubinsky's speech at the convention:
"The moral of the membership is
at the lowest point in the history.
The tax collected is evidence of that.
In normal times the tax paid is
about S250,000. Now it is only
$4,000. That shows the confidence
of the membership. l started drive
for dues to try to remedy this stu
alton in some way, but it met with
very little success.
eve had to take the 100000 I'M
employment insurance fund, we had
to borrow some of the money there,
six months ago; then when that was
tied up we had to go to the fund
for more money; we have signed
notes for it and there is not another
nickel that we can borrow.
snow, if you reject this referen-
dunn, what are we going back to
New York with? l am going back
to my locals with these presents:
with tax Of $50 or $40; with the
referendum submitting the election
Of the International officers to the
membership, rejected; with resolu-
stions passed which do not mean any
thing; with all our problems left
unsolved; with nothing done. Now,
have gone to my local before with
many difficult things, but l have
not the courage to face them after
this. You pass resolutions that the
membership must be compelled to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

The tragic comedy enacted at Con-
vention Hall in Boston is at an end.
There was grand finale. Sigman.
Dubinsky, Schlesinger and Breslau fell
into each others arms and from now
on will live happily (but not forever
after. The farce that was staged
as a convention of the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union is
over, and now the cliques are once
more face to face with the grim real
ities-a union shattered and destroyed
as result of their treachery; their
Golfers empty; their prestige (if ever
they had any gone; themselves dis
credited and despised, the objects of
the burning hatred of all those who
hope for and aspire to real union
representative of the workers.
For almost two years the yellow
Forward" the mouthpiece of the pog-
rom chieftain Sigman, has been print
ing screaming headlines about their
amazing victories; how they defeated
The Communists; how their union bios
somed forth to its full glory; how
grateful the workers were for having
been saved from the "despised Com
nunists' Pictures We're printed of
AXE lines of workers waiting patti
entity for chance to pay dues to the
Sigman locals. The Communists were
dead, buried and forgotten. But in
pite of all these proclamations, which
have been printed numberless times
over and over again, the clique sent
is emissaries to Boston weeks before
he convention in order to prepare the
yround for their convention and forti-
" themselves against the rage of the
workers.
Raise Red Scare.
The most horrifying hair-raising
tories were circulated in Boston about
he dangerous Communists, who were
oming there to disturb law and order
md the lives of the peaceful citizens.
thru the good offices of prominent
apitalist politicians, who undoubtedly
eceived due remuneration, the police
'orce was fully arrayed to meet the
listurbers of the public peace. Guard
by Gordon of police, who COM
letely surrounded the convention hall
and who had driven away cur legally
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
Discover Vast New Iron
Ore in the u. S. S. r.

Results of prospecting carried on
at the Magnitnaya Mountain showed
that it has large deposits of ore rich
in iron. The resources of the pros
pected area alone amounted to 49,
100000 tons of iron ore. AS prospect
ing has been carried on in a compare
lively small area there can be no
doubt that the deposits Of ore will
amount to more than 160,O00,O00 tons.
1t is interesting to note that iron
can be obtained from the Magnitnaya
deposits exclusively on the surface
without the necessity Of sinking
shafts, states the American Russian
Chamber of Commerce.
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OAR. To PROBE.
. POISON PEN
ISSUE
fOTHER ID. A. r. NEWS AND
PHOTOS ON PAGE 81

The black list issue and charges
that a poison pen writer has been
assailing Mrs. Henry B. Joy, of De-
troit, candidate for vice president
general Of the Daughters of Inc
American Revolution were the hign-
fights Of today's session of the 37th
congress at the Washington Audi
forum.
The 'Tolack Est" issue will be
brought before the Congress on the
floor tomorrow by Mrs. James
Charles Peabody, State regent for
Massachusetts. 81
Mrs. Peabody will read brief
paper, in which the names of the
Insurgents, led by 11rs. Helen Tufts
Baillie, of Boston. viii be omitted,
supporting Mrs Alfred j. Brosseaa,
president.generaI, and attacking the
insurgent group.
Anonymity Condemned
In opening this mornings session
Mrs. BrOsseau said:
About three weeks ago there was
calculated an Anonymous Comn1unl.
AAtiou rejecting upon the qualifica.
Mou% of one of the candidates for
viz president general-thOugh she
M6rseIf was not responsible for the
&ebuke. ,...
"By this anonymous act every
woman in the organization Is auto
1natically laid open 10 suspicion.
cannot believe that any loyal, sincere
members have been guilty. of any
thing so cowardly and reprehensib.e
1T there are such disloya1 mem
hers within our ranks or If. outside
forces are responsible. l wish to
state eunequivocally that. the Ma
tional Society of the Daughters u
the American Revolution will not
countenance methods of this sort
If the wielder of the poison pen Il
afraid to fight in the open. as
sure that one that we are not afraid
to take the field in defense of thu
one attacked or to trace the sourct
of the article and discredit thu
offender.
This society has lived 81 years
in vain If it accepts without re
sistances such unworthy procedure.
Issue Over EOlstead
Mrs. Joy. who is chairman of thu
resolutions committee, after Mrs
Brosseau's speech 70 the conven
ton. stated that the poison pei
issue arose over a letter by he
husband to Detroit newspaper OF
Continued on Page T.. Column ~
The Washington times., 1928-04-18

Al savage cross animation
Of Admiral John <. Robson,
star witness for the defense ii
the criminal conspiracy trial
Of Harry +. Sinclair, minimized
considerably today the testi-
mony he had, given previously
relative to the circumstances
leading up to the leasing of
the Teapot Dome naval oil re-
serve.
On direct examination Robson
sought to assume full responsibility
for the lease, which the Government
charges Sinclair bribed former Sec.
rotary of Interior Albert B. Fall
to obtain.
Prosecutor Owen J. Roberts how
ever, developed, among other things,
that:
Robson and Fan had an agree
ment tn keep the Sinclair lease Sc.
cret because of a fear Of what med
dIesOme Congressman might do
about ii"
Robson wrote a letter to the late
Representative Kelly of Pennsyl-
vania, then chairman of the House
Naval Affairs Committee, only two
weeks before the Sinclair lease was
signed, telling him that Teapot Dome
would be opened to development
only If 1T became necessary be-
cause of depletion from the outside,
although he knew the oil man had
virtually closed with Fall.
Played Poker
Robson and Sinclair played, poker
on the same night one of the supple
mental leases was signed.
Roberts also produced telegram
dated April T., 1922-the day the
Sinclair lease was signed-which
Robson okeyed, advising a West
ern newspaper that the Navy De-
partment had signed no lease on
Teapot Dome.
He next confronted the witness
with a letter to Representative Sin
mott, dated April IT., 1922, in which
Robson regretted" he could not
answer numerous questions about
the Naval oil reserves.
"YUu had more information than
you gave him, didn't your" asked
Roberts.
We'll, yes, I had more inforrna-
ton than that" admitted the wit.
ness.
Grave need for fuel oil brought
about the lease. Robson testified.
Although he did not mention the
fact to the jury, he apparently
Continued on Page 2. Column ~
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DEAN W|LL REST
IN NEW TOMB

The Rev. DIR. Thomas e. Shields,
organizer and first dean of the Cath
Ole Sisters College. in Brookland,
is to be inferred the third time.
The District Commissioners today
approved a permit for the re-inter'
ment, following application by Dr.
William c. Fowler, District health
officer.
DR.. Shields, following his death in
1921, was buried in Mt. Olivet Gene
terry. Last year the body was re-
moved to the Sisters College grounds
and inferred near Brady Hall, the
main building.
Funds have been raised with
which to erect an elaborate and
artistic tomb to the first dean. I'm.
der the permit issued today, the body
will be moved a distance of 200 feet,
and, after re-interment, the tomb will
he erected.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
8 AUTO Thieves
TELL ON GANG
BY international News Service

BY International News service
PITTsBORO, n. c., April ia
story of the wholesale opera ton OF
an auto theft ring in four Southeast.
ern States was told today by three
defendants who turned States evil
dence in the trial of "A men in con.
nection with the rings alleged &C.
tivities. ~ .. t,u
The band is alleged to have oper.
ated in Tennessee, Virginia. and .hs
Carolinas, and was captured when
one. lodged in Jail. barred the opera
tons of the gang.
Testimony that the thefts were
given the appearance of legitimacy
through the use Of bills of sales,
conveniently bought from D. w.
White, a Johnson City, Tenn. no.
tary public. who is under arrest
in connection with the case, was
presented by the State.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18

Samuel Robertson, Bethes-
IA contractor. Is held il the
Rockville jail today without
bond, charged ii 4 warrant
with the murder on July 4,
last. Of Edward i. Mills, pros
porous farmer and dairyman
BE the Hunting Hill section.
A writ OF habeas corpus sued out
~ Robertson's wife following his
arrest Monday. was dismissed In q
nriyate hearing with Judge Robert
peter. ST.. of Montgomery County
circuit court and e. Stedman Pres
colt. attorney for RobertsOns The
writ was dismissed on motion ~ot
Prescott.
Robertson win be given q hearing
before Police Judge Samuel RIGGS
al a date to be determined later.
IL probably win be held next week,
Prescott said, and in the meantime
no further efforts looking toward
securing Robertson's freedom VIII
be instituted.
prescott said the habeas corpus
writ was sued out in order to 11no
out where Robertson was. His
attorney desired to have him re-
moved from Baltimore, where he
has been held incommunicado since
his arrest early Monday morning.
and to prevent confession being
wrung from him by third degree
methods.
Violence Denied
DR.. w. c. Pratt. of Rockville.
county health officer, made an ex-
animation of Robertson at his own
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
Indy Says BreInen's
Flight Harder
/ Than His Own
BY international News Service

ST. LOUIS, April 1s.-CoI.
Charles A. Lindbergh was warm
in his praise here today for the
achievement of the Irish German
Bremen aviators in making the
first east.to-west flight across the
Atlantic
Americas flying ace said that
unQuestionabIy the westward
flight was more hazardous than
an eastward one. LindberEh
classified the feat Of the foreign
aviators az another notch in the
advancement of aviation,
Colonel Lindbergh was back
home here following his flight
from the Pacific. as uncommurlica-
tive as ever in regard to his
future plans.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18

request today. Robertson Is said
to have contracted a cold sleeping
on the floor of the cell last night.
DR.. Pratt said there were no signs
that physical violence had been used
on Robertson in the Baltimore po,
lice station.
He further quoted Robertson as
saying that no violence had been
used on him.
Should Robertson be held for the
grand jury by police court. it is
likely a special panel will be
called by Judge Peters at an early
date. The next regular term of the
grand jury in Montgomery County
will not occur until November. But
in capital cases. special grand juries
and terms of court frequently have
been called. The circumstances
surrounding the murder of Edward
l.. Mills were so sensational and
so battling to the authorities that
it is believed trial Of the case viii
be expedited.
Following dismissal Of the writ,
(TURN OVER
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TEACHERS NJ 4 Y
join PUPILS
ON STRIKE

ST. GAINESVILLE, Ohio, April
1s.-Following student strike"
Monday, when 400 pupils paradsd
the streets, refusing to attend
classes, the St. Clairsville High
School today faced the possibility
of faculty strike =
The students refused to return
to school Monday as result OF
the forced resignation of ]. a.
Earps, principal. Saturday. Earps
had been charged with stealing
candy from a confectionery. He is
said to have admitted the charge,
declaring he and several students
committed the theft 'in a spirit Of
play
Monday morning, after the board
of education had demanded and re-
ceived Earps' resignation. 400 stu.
dents paraded the streets, headed
by the high school band, and carry.
ing banners bearing such slogans
as I'VE Want Earps." and Eve
Want Justice"
New Hearing Granted
In the afternoon the board Of
education consented to give Earps
a hearing and sent wire to him IN
Pittsburgh. Ten members of the
faculty had supported the students
in their protest and adopted reso-
luton urging reinstatement Of
Earps.
Superintendent W. e. AFTER failed
to sign the resolution and the pro-
testing faculty members now say
that. unless the board OF education
dismisses him they will all resign.
Earps had not answered the tele-
gram requesting his return this
morning and there was no indica-
ton as TO the attitude of the board
of education toward the faculty
members ultimatum. Superin-
tendent AFTER was reported on the
verge of a nervous breakdown.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
Robertson, Patent Office
Head, Wins Detroit Suit

Thomas e. Robertson, Commits
sioner of Patents. was the victor in a
legal tiff in Equity Court when Jus.
tice Hitz dismissed a temporary in
junction filed against him by Lester
Barlow, OF Detroit, inventor Of an ap.
paratus for cooling internal combus.
ton engines with stea
Barlow had asked for his injunc.
ton, he declared. for the. purpose
of asking the Senate to investigate
alleged interference" in the Patent
Offies during the while the injunc-
ton was in force. A. T. Hostetler
appeared in the case for the Patent
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
n Inlernatlonal News SERIES

NJ International Newa ssrviea
SEVEN ISLANDS, Quebec,
April 18.-I'he three heroes Of
the latest epic Of the skies
Capt. Herman Koehl, Baron
Won Huenefeld and Major
James e. Fitzmaurice may re-
turn to civilization out of the
frozen northland in the junk
ers plane F-13, a sister, ship
of the transatlantic conqueror
Bremen, according to informa-
ton received here today.
Fitzmaurice, who flew from
Greenly Island with Aviator Charles
c"Duke'O Schiller to get parts for
the Bremen, so that repairs could
be made, rested over night at
Clarke City, near this place.
Schiller had sent word to Greenly
Island that he would carry the three
transatlantic filters to Mitchell Field
or to Murray Bay, turning back
from Clarke City. Schiller Is await.
ing q reply.
Both ,meager land lines and the
radio are swamped with messages
and hampered by foul weather.
Storms Still Rage
Storms which drove the Bremen
to earth, when it's fuel supply Lad
become practically exhausted, have
continued intermittently since Fri
day.
Gales of wind and snow sweep the
Gulf of st. Lawrence, driving dan.
gerous ice foes through the wafer
and darkening the air with whirl-
ing snowflakes. Flying conditions
are perilous.
Miss Hertha Junkers, who flew
from Curtiss Field, N. Y, to Mon
treal in the F-13. Travelled on to Muir
ray Bay by rail. There is an air
depot at Murray Bay owned byTrans:.
continental Anyways. Ltd. Fred
Melchon, her pilot. is eported taldng
the plane to Murray Bay.
The spectacular flight of the Bre-
men Is almost equalled in interest by
the dramatic circumstances which
attended the end of the historic sky
voyage.
Forced down upon the surface OF a
frozen lake on Greenly Island afteT
riding the clouds for 36 and one-half
hours, koehl and Won Hunefeld have
maintained their vigil over their dam
aged machine upon the tiny. isolated
and ice-bound island while the whole
civilized world hungered for the de"
tails of their adventure.
Fragmentary news is coming out
OF Point Amour, the nearest wireless
station to Greenly Island, throwing
fresh light upon the hazardous ven-
ture of the daring airmen.
Throughout Thursday ght Koehl
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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The police have not learned what
connection the two women have with
the burglaries under investigation
They are said to have Joined the
men at Newport News, Va.
Clinton Glaze Haggard. who claims
to be a former newspaper reporter
of Philadelphia. was being questioned
today by members of the homiclde
and safe burglary squads.
The hardware company's SAFE was
broken open and $50 stolen. !,
Twelve pearl-handled knives ana
five watches, also stolen, We're
found in the effects Of the suspects
and have been identified. ACCORDING
to Thomas Garrison, private oetec"
tive employed to protect the store.
A message from police at Su!ioik'
Va, led to the apprehension OF the
suspects. 1t was stated they hau
robbed a safe in that city seVefaI
days ago and were supposedly Gh
route to Washington.
Those held gave their names as
Mrs. Elizabeth Dorothy Haroi1. 20,
and June Raub, %, both of Newport
News, Va; Clinton Glace Hasgard'
81, of Philadelphia, giving his 0ccu'
patton as reporter, and William
Maconey. %, a laborer OF Ihlia.
delphia. ...a,s
Burglars tools and three pistols
were found i'm the car, police said.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
Gypsy Musicians Ask
Law to Bar Jazz
In Hungary

BY International News Service
BUDAPEST, Hungary, April Is.
Gypsy musicians have virtually
declared war on negro jazz music,
which has made it's way into this
country from the United States.
The gypsies are enraged be.
cause they claim that the intro
duction of jazz music is throwing
many gypsy musicians out OF
work.
They demand suppression Of
jazz music by law.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
GIRL ATTACKED IN HOME

PHILADELPHIA, April 49,
Thirteen.year.old Helen Hoover was
brutally attacked in her home, by
a dark.skinned foreigner, who posed
as an inspector from the courts.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
BANK STATEMENTS

Washington clearing house. S..
OO8. 522.S3.
New York clearing house. $149,.
OOO, 900.
Treasury balance, S364.634. 899. SO.
Customs receipts. $25, O38, 898.83.
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
Alleged Girl Yeggs
Face NelU Charge

Two men and two women arrested here yesterday sale
robber suspects have been definitely connected with the
robbery Monday night of the Hyattsvle Nd Hardware
COMPANY police claim
The Washington times., 1928-04-18

Everyone can write ads. Write
one and win 81, 600. See The
Times-Zaln Ad Test
The Washington times., 1928-04-18
JUDGE CAMPBELL QUITS

Justice E. K. Campbell of the
United States Court of Claims, sub
nitted his resignation to President
Coolidge today, He has reached the
retirement age. He was appointed
In 1918. g..
The Washington times., 1928-04-18

Yon'n find a home in section to
suit yOu at a price 10 suit You for sale
in today's Times and Herald classifted
real estate columns.