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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29
By ROSE woRTIs.

The 7th of May is the date set for
the opening of the convention of the
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers' Union. Now, on the eve of the
convention, is the proper time to take
account of the accomplishments
gains and losses of the organization.
The last convention, held in Phila-
delphia Immediately after the sue
cessful struggle of the Joint Action
Committee in 1925, laid down prin-
ciples and line of activity to be
pursued by the international for the
coming two years. The convention
acted on the question of explosions
and determinations and decided that
tolerance of political views and
opinions must be a recognized prin-
ciple in the union.
The convention also acted on the
cloak situation in New York, giving
the New York Joint Board the power
to call strike in the event the de-
mands of the cloakmakers were re-
jected by the governors commission
The convention decided upon an in
tensive campaign to organize the
thousands of unorganized workers
throughout the country. It went on
record in favor Of the establishment
of a 40-hour week. 1t decided to
carry thru referendum on the ques-
ton of proportional representation
and unite all elements for the pur-
pose Of building and strengthening
the organization.
Betrayals by l. l.. G. W. Misleaders.
The brave strike of the cloakmak-
ers, who fought twenty-five weeks
against the joint forces of the bosses
and the state with it's various COM
missions and injunctious, was be-
trayed by the international clique
and their gains sold out to the bosses.
In the midst of the strike, the Joint
Board was expelled and the Interna-
tional clique launched it's attack on
the New York cloak and dressmak-
ers. 1t is 16 months since this de-
structive war is on.
AS a result of this pogrom, the
union is demoralized and practically
destroyed. The workers have lost not
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29
By JACK sTACHEL.

1t is not too early for our Party to
begin the election campaign now. We
must get ready at once for the most
intensive parliamentary campaign in
the history of our Party. Particu-
larly must we bear in mind that our
Party membership still lacks neces-
sary experience in such work and that
we must devote great deal of at
tention to the theological and organi-
rational mobilization Of our own Party
if the campaign is to be successful on
mass scale.
1t is pretty certain now that there
will be no Labor Party or even a
United Labor Ticket in the field in
the 1928 elections on national scale
and that our party will run candidates
for president and vice-president and
full ticket in every state possible
and will nominate as many local can
didates as possible. This does not
mean that we will not participate in
local labor parties. 1t is quite pos
sible that in certain localities there
will be formed genuine labor parties
that will receive mass support. Also
it must be borne in mind that one of
the chief slogans of our Party in
the 1928 elections will be Labor
Party on national scale.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29

and as apologists of capitalism has
served to disillusion tens of thousands
of workers with the policies of the
Socialist Party and has helped to
bring them closer to our Party.
Our Party can crystalize the senti-
ment of the masses into concrete sup
port Of our Party in the coming cleo
ton campaign. We can also utilize
this campaign to make new and inn
portant contacts in important Sec
lions of the country where we have
not yet succeeded in penetrating. We
can thru successful election cam
paign create many new shop and
street nuclei and recruit thousands of
new members into the Party. We
can put our Party before the workers
as their political party. This last
point if of the greatest Importance
since our following on the economic
field is far greater than is reflected
in our previous election campaigns.
This is due largely to the fact that
we have not functioned properly as a
political organization in election cam
paigns in the past. We must now
correct this. We must become not
only the leader of economic struggles
of the masses, but the political leader
of the masses as well.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29

The National Executive Committee
viii make the nominations within a
short time, and these will then be
acted upon by a National Conference.
From all Indications it appears most
probable that VIM. z. Foster and Ben
Gitlow will again be the standard
bearers of the Workers (Communist)
Party in 1928.
Mobilization of the Party.
Generally the campaign may be
divided into three stages as follows:
1. The mobilization of the Party.
2. The mobilization of the sym
pathetic mass organizations.
8. The mobilization of the masses.
While these stages are not abso-
lutely independent of one another, we
must nevertheless realize that at the
present time the immediate task is to
mobilize the Party for the campaign.
This will be done Immediately. Upon
the success of this first stage depends
the placing of the Party ticket on the
ballot, the mobilization of the mass
organizations and the success of the
campaign as a whole. The Party
membership will be modified thru
discussions in all nuclei of political
letter dealing with the elections. This
letter will be sent to all members by
the Central Executive Committee. The
Party will also be modified by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29
Labor Unity
Stresses Save
Union Meet

The April Left Wing Conference
in Pittsburgh makes history, but to
make that history understandable to
all the April issue of Labor Unity,
now issuing from the press, has de-
voted it's first pages to calculation
of the forces, the background, Of the
fight, the first strategy of the OPP
position to Lewis, the coming of the
slogan, Save the Union," the re-
gionaI conferences before Pittsburgh,
and the building up of a network Of
left wing bodies, the best organized
and most determined left wing ever
seen in America. The article is by
William q. Foster.
England and the Orient.
The April issue of Labor Unity,
with it's gorgeous poster cover show
ing miner smashing the Lewis
machine, is not, however, entirely de-
voted to the mining situation. Earl
Browder, of the Pan Pacific Worker,
Shanghai, writes of the underground
unions of the Orient. Harry Pollitr,
secretary of the British National
Minority Movement, describes the left
wing of England. Scott Nearing has
an article, "Wars-Good Will Brand"
Rose Wortis criticises the A. F. of l..
acceptance of injunctions. The left
wing shoe workers victory at Haver-
hill is recounted by strike leadeSa
The Auto Workers,
Arthur E. Rohan, general secretary
of the Auto Workers Union explains
the plan to organize Detroit. "Heads
You Win-Tails Lose" is the title Of
tragi-comic personal narrative by
Henry George Weiss. Phil Aronberg
tells of the textile workers in con-
ference to organize that giant in
dustry.
Labor Unity is published at 2 West
18th St., New York City.
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Treachery the International Ladies Garment Workers Union

are described by Mr.. Pollin himself
in this manner:
"The first point (the 44-hour
week. is observed by the employers
only during the dull period.
"The same is the case on the
question of price settlements and
the other points of the agree
ments."
Now a few words about the Cloak
makers Union. The prosperity which
existed in Philadelphia during the
cloakmakers' strike of 1926 has long
passed. The bosses have introduced
the speed-up system and are laying
the basis for the introduction of
piece work.
Misleaders Out of Town.
This situation has its effect on the
Cleveland market also and before
long it will be felt there severely.
In Baltimore, Toronto, Montreal,
Winnipeg and other smaller centers
the union has been completely wiped
out. No doubt the clique will even
find it difficult to bring the usual
out of town delegates to the conven-
ton. During the two years since the
Philadelphia convention, not a single
organization campaign, not even a
fake campaign, has been carried on
in the out Of town centers.
The union has suffered tremendous
losses in its membership. Ut is
curious to know what sort Of report
the secretary will submit at the COM
ing convention on the question Of
union membership. Financially, the
international is bankrupt. The bank
has been sold to private individuals.
The various union buildings have been
either sold or highly mortgaged. The
out of town locals, which have been
bled Of their funds to, finance the
pogrom in New York and Chicago
find themselves in similar financial
difficulties. The union is broken and
demoralized. In place Of spirit Of
tolerance" it is ruled by fascist
dictatorship. In place of unity the
organization is divided into two hos.
tile camps and the clique is itself
divided into various groups and
groupings.
This is how the general executive
board has carried out the mandate o.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29

only the gains achieved during the
last strike but every vestige of unior
conditions. The working week is UNI
limited. Piece work, under the low
est prices, has come into existence
and the sweat-shop system is en-
trenching itself more strongly from
day to day.
The employers are the sole dicta-
tors. They decide the working hours
They decide the wages. They are the
organizers; the dues collectors. The
worst elements, who had been elm.
mated at the Philadelphia convention
are once more at the head of the
organization.
Militants Fight Treachery.
The best and most class-conscious
workers are engaged in determined
struggle against the shameful treach.
cries of the international clique
Armed with the faith and conscious
ness that the fighting spirit of the
cloak and dressmakers is alive anc
Whh oOOhCh VI idtSI ouSSSCQ All ollN'
ing out the disrupters from the
union.
The workers throughout the coun-
try have Jared no better. In Chi
cago the clique has carried thru 6
similar progrom. The Chicago joint
Board, which in the course of the left
wing adm nistration gained important
improvements in the working condi.
tions and brought new life and spirit
into the organization, was viciously
attacked and broken. The union il
now in practically the same condition
as the New York organization.
Misleaders Rule in Boston.
The chaos and decentralization IL
New York and Chicago had it's dis
astrous effects on the Boston market
where widespread unemployment ex
lists at the present time. The bes
and most active members of the Bos
ton union have been taken off thu
ballot during the recent elections ant
the organization has been transferred
into the hands of the most discreditet
elements, under the leadership of thu
outlived Polakoff, who had beer
driven out from the Dressmakers
Union of New York many years ago
This dotard, who had even tried hi
luck as cotton salesman only to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29
Get Ready for the Election Campaign

Splendid Opportunities For Party
Our Party has been the leader of
almost every important struggle that
has taken place in the labor move
ment in the past few years. Certainly
there has been no important strug-
gle in which our Party did not par
ticipate.
The participation of the Party in
the Mining Canspaign, the Needle
Trades Struggle, the Passaic Strike,
the various strikes of textile and shoe
workers in New England, the cam
paigns in which the Party has par
ticipated in connection with the or
ganization of the unorganized, I'M
employment, the fight against inn
perialist war, the war against Mic
aragua, the struggle against the in
junction thru mass violations, the ex-
posure by our Party and our press of
wholesale graft and corruption not
merely as an act of individuals but
as part Of the capitalist system, all
these activities have placed the Party
in the eyes of increasing numbers of
workers as the leader of their strug-
giles and as the only political organi-
cation for them to follow. The role
of the Socialist Party in these cam
paigns as the defender and ally of
the bureaucracy of the A. F. of L.
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find union business more profitable,
is now the leader of the Boston
union.
In Philadelphia the clique has de-
monstrated with what sincerity it
stands for the slogan "No Party Con-
troll in the Union" There, the for
mer manager of the Forward" Pol
lin, who has as much knowledge of
the dress industry as the man in the
moon, has been imported to take
charge of the Dressmakers' Union.
His only qualification is the fact that
he was manager of the forward"
and is a loyal forward" man.
Regarding the policies of the
Philadelphia union toward the en-
ployers, we will let Mr.. Pollin speak
for himself. In the Justice" of
March End, he writes:
There is in existence an agree
ment or 'platonic understanding
between the Waist & Dressmakers'
Union and the Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION"
1t required the ingenuity of an
ex-Forward manager to discover this
new term, "platonic understanding"
in the trade union phraseology. Ac-
cordlng to this "platonic understand
ing" the employers are not obligated
to come in too close contact with The
union. They are not obliged to recog-
nize the business agent or chairman
OF the shop. The blessings of this
"platonic" agreement for the workers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29

the Philadelphia convention. This is
the record of accomplishments for
the past two years with which the
International clique is coming to the
Boston convention.
Progressives viii Not Submit.
What then remains for the work
ers to do? Shall they bow their
heads in submission to the agents Of
the bosses? Shall they submit to
the yoke of slavery forced upon them
by the united front of all the reac.
tionary forces? MOI The cloak and
dressmakers will never make such a
choice! On all occasions when the
cloak and dressmakers were face to
face with the alternative of either
struggle or submission to slavery
they are always chosen to fight.
The workers are too class-conscious;
they have suffered and sacrificed too
much in the struggle to. build union
to serve as weapon for the improve
ment Of their living conditions to
make peace with company union"
1t is many years since the internal
struggle has been on. Not at all
times was it carried on in the same
form and with the same tempo. One
thing is clear, however, that even the
clique has abandoned the hope Of ever
dominating the cloak and dressmak-
ers, and knowing this, it is ready 10
destroy the union.
The expelled Joint Boards and To-
calls are coming to the convention as
duly elected representatives Of the
great mass of the workers in the in
dustry to demand their rightful seats.
They are coming to demand the re-
'pudiation of the policy of discrimI
nation, expulsion and persecution,
which has proven so disastrous to-
the workers. They are coming to de-
mand an end to the struggle. They
are coming to demand unity in the
organization for the purpose Of re-
building the union and restoring,
union conditions to the workers.
The coming convention of the In
ternational will either bring about an
end to the internal war, or it will be
the rallying point for renewed
struggle against clique domination Of
the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-29

holding of meetings of Party func-
tionaries, articles in the press, etc.
1t is also planned to have weekly
bulletin dealing with the many phases
Of the campaign for the exchange of
experiences of active workers. All
Party organizations from the Central
Committee down to the nuclei will at
once elect campaign committees and
campaign managers to conduct the
campaign.
Placing the Party on the Ballot.
The entire membership will be
modified for securing petitions to
place the Party Ticket on the ballot
in at least 40 states, concentrating
first on industrial states, then
strategic agricultural states with a
large percentage of poor farmers.
The national office will place ad-
ditional field organizers on the job
to help in the work.
The Party will make a drive for a
Campaign Fund. In the first stage
of the campaign it will be up to the
membership of the Party to make pos
sible the securing of sufficient funds
to place the Party ticket on the bal
lot. Later in the campaign we feel
certain that much of this fund will
come from sympathetic organizations
and workers generally.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-13
By international News Service

NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-Jamcs
Joseph Tunney. social registerite, is
an accomplished fact
While the retired heavyweight
boxing champion and world fore
most fiance sought privacy behind
a HoImesian disguise upon his re-
turn to New York from his bride
to-be's summer home in Maine to-
day, news peaked out of the office
of the social register that he had
been formally admitted tor the ex-
elusive brochure OF the social elect.
A girl employee of the Social
Register Association, Inc, allowed
the news that Tunney formally had
been accepted for the social register
to slip out. She declared that the
advisory board, which passes on all
applicants and the, membership of
already had placed the official o. X.
on the ex-pugilist.
Tunney sent in his application
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-13

Samuel T. Robertson, contractor
charged with the staying of Ed
ward Mills, farmer, July Z, 1927, on
the latter's Montgomery county
farm, pleaded mot guilty" and
asked for jury trial, when
srraigned in circuit court at Rock
vile. Nd. today.
Robertson was returned to Jail to
await trial. He. was attended In
court by his attorney, E, Stedman
Prescott. States Attorney Robert
Peter, jr., represented the prcsecu-
ton. The date of the trial Will be
set later.
1t is understood that the date OF
trial was not set today because or
the general expectation that Rob
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-13
Ping
AIS

PARIS. France, Aug. LA, sen.
safienal report. that an attempt was
made to "kidnap'' Henry M. Black
mer, rich. American oil magnate and
missing Teapot Dome witness, was
circulated here today.
The foreign office AZ the present
time has under .consitiera ZION a re-
quest from Washington for the ex-
Tradition Of BlAcknier, WIN is
wanted to answer Ii charge4 81 per-
jury In connection with his Income
tax statements in Colorado
According to the report Blackmer
was invited to dine ON a yacht; f9y-
ing the United States flag. AT the
last moment while he was atepptng
into a launch to go TO the Yacht
one of his two bodygHards warned
him that there might he a plot and
prevented him from boarding the
boat.
According to the newspaper
Presse, the yacht was owned by
enemies Of Blackmer who intended
to carry him TO the United States
once he was on board.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-08-13

Edward ]. I<idwell, 1900 block Y
CT 8. f., of Fall-Sinclair oil jury
fame. was arrested with three
Others today and lodged in a Sixth
nrecinct station sell charged with
discrderly conduct.
Answering a call, Detective Will
lam r. Burke, of the vice squad,
staged one-man raid on third
floor apartment in house In the
500 block of r Street and arrested
Kidwell. Rosie Denison. John A.
Schultz and Elizabeth Calls, all of
the 500 block r St.
1t was on the complaint OF the
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SOCIAL REGIS Ter 10
GET TUNNEY'S name

blank. several weeks ago, It was
learned. With it went the names
Of three SPONSORS, all social regis
terites and all three of whom ara
necessary to consideration Of an ap-
plication. Then came the advisory
boards consideration and his ac-
ceptance not as Gene Tunney.
heavyweight champion Of the world,
but as James Joseph Tunney, hus-
band.to-be az Polly Lauder, Of the
Greenwich Ladders.
Smoked glasses. a turned up col
lar and Panama hat damned over
one eye were used BY Gene to dodge
reporters In leaving the Lauder
island. He conversed durtn5
much Of the Journey with q young
woman whose identity could not be
learned.
just to make his escape more
certain, he arrived on q different
train from that on which no
Continued on Page 2. Column 50
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WITNESS
IN FLIGHT
BY International News service

ny SHNernaNOnai news SerVcf
: Los ANGELES. Calf. Aug. Ia
A startling telegram charging that
young Los Angeles woman was paid
So 600 to leave this city and go to
France because of knowledge she
possessed in connection with the
murder of Mrs. Myrtle Mellus,
wealthy society woman. was re.
ceived kere today from Chicago by
Captain of Police Ray Cato,
The telegram was signed ser
geant Sullivan"
The telegram asserted Kelley was
guilty and influenced by the woman
who was stated to be leaving chi
cago today for France via New
York
Coincident with this development.
Kelley, neatly attired, was arraigned
In Superior Court.
Kelley's plea was mot guilty to
the grand jury indictment charging
him with the brutal Staying of Mrs.
Mellus. His trial was set for Au'
gust ~.
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ROBERTSON DENIES
Staying OF MILLS

ertson will demand change Of
venue.
If he does, the trial probably viii
be held in Frederick county, the
convicting county Of Maryland.
If he does not, the case viii be
heard in the Rockville courthouse
during the fall term Of court, be
ginning In september. The trial is
expected to consume no more than
a week or 10 days,
The contractor was arrested last
April. when it appeared that au-
thorities had given up the Mills
case as an unsolvable mystery.
Capt. Charles H. Burns, chief OF
the Baltiore detective bureau. spir-
tied the accused man to the Mary.
land city for questioning, and de-
tanned him there for two days.
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Pershing Is Uninjured
When Truck Hits Auto

Gen. John J. PershinR escaped
injury today when his automoolie
was in collision with truck at
Thirty-seventh and M SITS. North
west late today.
The generals car, driven by r. -
Melville, an army chauffeur. was
standing still and the truch, driven
by M. r.. Davis. Of the $500 block
of l. st. n. W., hacked into IT,
police. Of the Seventh precinct re-
ported. No one was hurt.
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that they would base their case
upon an alleged settlement of $4,000
which they claimed was made with
Bryant by WestalI I'm full settle
ment for the attention paid Bryant's
wife
lie sold his wife's virtue for
$1,000 Judge Thomas Jones of
the defense asserted in open court.