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Report Fascist Crew
of 81 on Submarine
are Found to Be Dead
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mainder of flotilla of submarines,
the FLA had started to attack a
squadron of destroyers off Brioni
Island in the Adriatic. 1t rammed
one of the destroyers, and sank
while it's radio operator was flash
ing out the rs. o. S."
Late today there were two mes
sages-that all communication had
ceased with the FLA because
something had snapped" But that
the submarine was only 40 feet
from the surface after having been
raised by the crane.
Recalls American Submarine.
The fate of the crew of the Italian
submarine FLA caused speculation
to be renewed regarding the fate of
the crew of the American submarine
S-4 which sank off athe Massachu-
sets coast last autumn. tappings
came from the hull, and there was
criticism because the submarine
was not raised Immediately.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
FOOD FOR Mill
STRIKE is CALI.
OF RELIEF BODY
Relief Body Calls for
Contributions

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Aug. z.
More food for the strikers and
their wives and childrenH ~ is the
slogan of the Workers Interna-
tional Relief which is conducting
the relief activities for the $4,000
textile strikers of this city.
With the police continuing their
campaign of arresing pickets and
strike organizers, the need of de-
Tending and obtaining relief for the
workers becomes more necessary
than ever before.
Yesterday the Workers Interna-
tional Relief branch of Springfield,
Mass. sent a truckload of bread to
feed the strikers, 1t consisted of
1900 pounds and was equally di-
vided between the two relief stores
in the north and south end of the
city. The Springfield W. I. R. has
promised to furnish more bread in
the near future.
Fifty-one pecks of potatoes were
donated to the w. I. R. yesterday
by F. Silva, of Chase Road. He told
members Of the relief committee
that more potatoes would be forth
coming shortly.
Macaroni to the extent of 500
pounds was contributed yesterday
by the Tagus Importing and Ex-
porting Co, of this city. In addition,
a committee of strikers went fish
ing yesterday and brought in a
quantity of scallops.
With the needs of the relief com
mittee increasing daily as more
strikers apply for assistance, a
critical situation is developing. To
enable the workers to continue on
the picket line, food is necessary.
Wire or mail funds at once to the
Workers international Relief, 49
William ST., New Bedford, Mass.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
SECTION | CALLS
ELECTION MEET
Workers Clubs to Be
at Conference

The Communist Election Cam
paign is daily gaining more momen-
tum in Section 1, downtown, August
"a will mark the beginning of
much more extensive campaign in
that section, especially with respect
to the signature drive to put the
Workers (Communist) Party candi-
dates on the ballot. On that date
all the workers clubs, sick and
death benefit organizations, frater-
nal and language organizations
which meet in that section will con-
vene to consider ways and means of
helping to put the Communist cam
didates on the ballot.
The conference, which will be held
at o'clock, at Section I headquar-
ters, so St. Marks Place, is expected
to be representative Of many nation
alities, among them Italians, Rus
slams, Poles, UBranians, Hungarians
and Armenians. Section /, work
ing class center, is the seat of the
fraternal sactivities of many Ian
guage organizations of workers.
Two Delegates.
Each of the organizations will be
represented by two delegates and
will be elected to function actively
in cooperation with the section for
the furtherance of the election cam
paign. While the bulk of the task
of the members of the fraternal
organizations will be soliciting sig
natures, they will also function in
open air meetings, forming commit
tees for collections, sale of litera-
ture and arrangements committees.
All workers clubs, all language
organizations and fraternal clubs
are requested by the Campaign
Committee of Section one to elect
two delegates to the enlarged cleo
ton campaign conference of Aug
ust "a.
The signature drive in Section one
is being accelerated. "Red Sunday"
held in that section last Sunday, re-
SulJSQ III LnG : dIllcl iiiS VI LVV Dig
natures in, comparatively short
time. According to S. Milgrom,
campaign director Of the section, a
prize will be offered to the MEM
Der who first obtain fifty signatures
in the 9Th A. D.
The Young Workers League, at a
special campaign meeting, elected
Young Workers Campaign Com
mittee which will mobilize all the
young workers of the section for ac-
tive participation in the signature
drive. This participation Of the
young workers will be especially
stressed on Mondays. Tuesdays and
/ Wednesdays, on which days no
other League activities occur.
/ Headquarters for the 9Th Assem-
/ bly, District have been opened by
4 Section at End Ave. and End St., the
! headquarters of the Downtown
Jewish Workers Club. Within sew
eral days the Section expects to open
headquarters in the 4th A. D. in
the vicinity Of Rutgers Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
Celebrate Birth of
Child by Donating
$3.50 to the Daily

PEEKSKILL, N. Y, Aug. 7. -
At camp fire in celebration of a
baby born to Pauline Morganstein
and S. Schwartzberg, both mem
bers of the Workers (Communist)
Party, held on the camping grounds
near Peekskill, $3.50 was collected
from the workers present and sent
to the Daily Worker.
The couple say that the birth of
the Young Pioneer has spurred them
on to increase activity in the Work.
ers (Communist) Party, and promise
that more funds will soon be forth
coming to the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08

OREGON PARTY
ASKS GALES TO
STAY TWO YEARS
Papal Organ in Vain
Effort to Shift Blame

MEXICO CITY, Aug. THE
call of the Obregon party in Vera
Cruz under the leadership of Adal-
berto Tejado, whose election as gov
crnor of Vera Cruz has just been
announced, to extend the term of
President Gales for period of two
years was supported today by Cen
eral Anado Aguirre, governor of
the southern district of Lower Cali
fornia.
Manuel PUG Casauranc, minister
Of education in President Gales
cabinet at dinner Of scientific So
cieties here today, declared that
1.-THE world may be assured that
the successor of President Gales
will be selected according to law"
Vatican Attacks Gales.
ROME, Aug. THE semi-offi-
cial organ of the Roman Catholic
Church, in an article on the assas-
sination of President-elect Obregon,
attempted to transfer the response
bility for the crime to President
Gales, who, it charges, had planned
the assassination himself.
In spite of the fact that Toral
was seen to fire the shots that
killed Oregon, the Vatican paper
charges that someone else directly
influenced by Gales had done the
shooting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
BANKS REPORT
RECORD CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 tUP).-
Total resources of national banks
in the Continental United States,
Alaska and Hawaii on June 80,
were $28, sos, 239, 1000, the largest in
the history of the national banking
system, exceeding by approximately
S950,000,000 the resources of the
banks on December 81, 1927, Comp
troller of Currency Mcintosh an
nounced today.
Figures for the current call date
of June 80 were reported by 1851
national banks and exceeded also by
S934,552,000 returns of 1874 banks
reporting as of February %, 1928,
date of the previous call for condi-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
WORKERS GROUPS
AT JERSEY MEET
Industries From Many
Sections Represented

NEWARK. N. j., Aug. Am in
dication of the statewide labor ele-
ments that attended the New Jersey
State Convention to ratify the can
didates Of tfFe Workers (Communist)
Party, is seen in the report of the
Credentials Committee.
The list contains the names of
many labor and fraternal organiza-
tons throughout the state, as we'll
as representatives from every trade
and industry.
The following Party units were
represented: Paterson, Passaic,
Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Bay
onne, Garfield, Jersey City, New
ark and Perth Amboy.
The following industries were
represented. Building trades, ma
chine, oil, chemical, copper smelt-
ing, cable works, textile, silk, cloth
ing, aeroplane, railroad, Red Cross.
The following shops were repre-
sented: Botany Mills. Passaic. Foer-
STAN and Huffman, Garfield; Singer
Sewing Machine, Elizabeth; John
son and johnson Red Cross, New
Brunswick; Durant Motor Co.,
Standard Oil Co., Tide Water Oil
Co., Schwartzenbeck Silk Mills,
Wright Aeronautic CO., Raritan
Copper Works, Underground Cable
Works, Worthington Pump and Ma
chinery Corp, New Jersey Central
Railroad, Dupont Chemical Co.,
Perth Amboy Hat Works.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
CHICAGO DRIVE
IN FULL SWING
Chicago Election Meets
Held

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. 7. The
election campaign of the Workers
(Communist) Party in Chicago is in
full swing. Collection of signatures
has been carried on very intensive
ly, and the placing on the ballot of
the Workers (Communist) Party
ticket is now felt to be beyond doubt.
Proceeding from the premise that a
local campaign on the basis of local
candidates stimulates the national
campaign, efforts are being made to
nominate congressional candidates in
ten out of twenty-seven COMPRESSION
al districts in Illinois.
Hold Open-Air Meets
The open-air street meetings cam
paign is also in full swing. One
100 percent American police captain
of the Sheffield Ave. police station
has sworn not to permit the Work
ers (Communist) Party to hold any
street meetings within his domain.
But the Party has resolved to hold
street meetings there, "police cap
tain or no police captain" This war
has resulted up to now in a number
of casualties on the party's side. But
although frequent arrests have beer
made, there have not yet been any
serious after-effects.
Arrest Workers
The town moguls of Waukegar
have decided not to permit the Par.
ty to carry on election campaign ac-
tivities in the streets. There have
been a number of arrests here with
cases still pending in court. But the
Party is determined to carry through
its campaign.
For the first time very intensive
work is carried on in those section:
of the city primarily populated BY
Italian speaking workers. Serio il
holding enthusiastic meetings every
night, soliciting readers for thu
Party press and new members.
The outstanding feature Of tn,
present campaign developments arr
the systematic activities for open
air meetings and also petitions, cir
culation in the Negro territories OF
the south side and in the industria
section, section, 2, south side, Pull
man and Hegewisch. The respons,
to the campaign in these territories
is most promising for the final re
suits of the campaign.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
CalvertOn and Gold
to Debate Attitude
of Radicals ON Sex

A debate will be held Friday eve
ming, August 10, at the Labor
Temple, Second Ave. and 14th St,
between Michael Gold, editor Of
the New Masses" and V. f. Cal
vertou, editor of the Modern Quar-
terly," on the subject: do Radicals
Pussyfoot on Sex -
Calverton will attack what he re-
CARDS as the failure Of the radical
movement to take definite posi-
ton on sex. while Gold will defend
the viewpoint of the majority" on
the subject.
Proceeds will go to the New
Masses"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
FORMER PRISONER
SAYS LABOR CAN
RELEASE STRIKER
Sends Appeal From
Sanatorium

A call for a more extensive drive
to free John Porter, vice president
of the New Bedford Textile Work
ers' Union and Organizer of the
Y o n g Workers (Communist)
League, who was sentenced to two
and a half years at hard labor on
a technical charge of desertion fol-
lowing his activities in the strike
and the Communist youth move
ment, is made bNfWalter NJ. Trum-
bull. A former soldier himself,
Trumbull was sentenced to % years
at hard labor in 1925 for his leader
ship in the Communist organiza-
tion in the army in Hawaii, but was
releasedaby mass protest after one
year behind the bars.
The one year spent in prison by
Walter Trumbull was sufficient to
break down his health, and for
more than year he has been i'll
with tuberculosis. At present he
is in the William H. Maybury San
atorium, Worthwhile, Michigan.
The following article was written
in the sanatorium:
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
Girl Dies of Radium
Paint; Father Files
SuitAgainstC Company

CHICAGO. Aug, Because his
daughter, Ella Cruise, had died from
an infection contracted while at
work at the Radium Dial Corpora
ton of Ottawa, H., James Cruise
has filed a suit of $33,750 against
the corporation.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
By WALTER NJ. TRUMBULL

W AL EN- n u
The case Of John Porter Is Just
one more instance in which the
army czars prove beyond doubt in
whose interest they work. Once
more have they fallen in line with
the mill barons and their ilk
The struggle to free Porter is
more difficult because of his re-
latively "short" sentence of two
end a half years than it would have
been if the authorities had gone
ahead with their original plan to
give him a life sentence. The Of
ficers of the court-martial hoped
to make the sentence stick.
40 and 26-Yedr Sentences.
When the court-martial in Hawaii
gave Paul Crouch and me sentences
of 40 and 26 years, they also, hoped
to make their sentences stick. They
made the mistake of allowing their
i hatred and fear of the working
lclass to cause them to pass SEN
ltences that shocked the entire coun-
TRY. Their evident savagery caused
even hard-boiled capitalist papers
to register protest.
The army has learned something
from these cases. They are apply
ing their lesson to the case Of John
Porter. They know that it is much
easier to prevent reduction or com
plete release from what sounds like
a relatively short sentence. In this
case, they made every effort to hide
the class issue in the case, giving
the maximum on Il technical charge
of desertion. Also, it must not be
forgotten that the military authori-
ties often try military prisoners by
court-martial and give long SEN
fences for something alleged to
have been done while in prison, thus
preventing their release at the end
of the original sentence.
Danger ofN Longer Sentence.
It suits the purpose of the mill
tary authorities to give Porter a
"short" sentence now and then upon
some pretext or other court-martial
him again for the purpose of keep
ing him in Jail. It is a very clever
method, and we must work with
greater effort to spoil this plan of
the bosses.
Porter has taken a militant stand.
There was no cringing on his part
before the court of officers, He
hurled his defiance in their teeth
and it was they who showed uneasi-
ness.
Protests Can Free Porter.
There was another lesson learned
from the case of Paul Crouch and
myself lesson for the class-con-
scious workers. We learned the
power of protest meetings, letters
and kilograms of protest to the war
department. Were it not for these,
both Paul Crouch and / would be in
the power of the army cars nowl
Comrades! John Porter must and
will be free! Write and wire pro-
tests to the war department! Or
ganize protest meetings and dem
onstrate your opinion of this plot
to keep an active worker silent.
Free John Porterl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
KELLOGG PALES
BEFORE U. S.. S. R,
French Gov. Fears to
Invite Tchitcherin
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pate at Paris anothes alternative is
talked of here. 1t is that Kellogg,
as the originator of the compact,
could invite the Soviet Union to
send it's representative to Washing
ton. But this procedure is thought
to be doomed to failure by many
observers here.
In the first place, they point out,
Tchitcherin is reported to have said
that he would attend only the first
conference, at which he would at
tempt to make changes in the Kel-
logg pact before the question of
signing it could be settled. In the
second place, it is pointed out, KEEL
logg would feel embarrassed to
have a representative of Abe Work
ers and Peasants government in
Washington.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08
French Government Afraid.

PARIS, Aug. THE reports
that the Soviet Union would be will
ing to attend the anti-war confer
ence at Paris and discuss the ques-
ton of outlawing war with repre-
sentatives of tie powers have led
government officials and news
papers here into launching a bitter
attack against the Soviet Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-08

A tart driver mould appreciate
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WORKER.
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Delegates ............... 10
Shop delegates 10
Young Workers League ..... 8
Young Pioneers .......... 2
Fraternal Organizations:
Women's Councils .......... 5
international Labor Defense. -. A
Ukrainian organizations ..... 3
Hungarian organizations ...... s
Slovak organizations -. ...... 1
Finnish organizations ......,.. /
Russian organizations ....... 3
Lithuanian organizations ....... 5
Jewish organizations ......... 16
Total fraternal delegates. 80. 46
Number of delegates at confer
ence .........,.... W
Members of trade unions. 49,. II
workers ........,.... 66
students z
Housewives 20
W. G.. p members. 81
Former socialist party members Is
Former democrats or republicans 10
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Save this copy of the Daily for
one Of the 10000 traction tOorkers.
Evening star., 1928-03-30

less we'll known. There IL nothing In
those transfers to show cause for COM
)aints against the officer, either on the
part of q civilian or police official ON
aiay l6. 1925. this officer was trans
fcrred from the eighth to the fourth
precinct for the good OF the service,
the circumstances being rs follows:
"On February 7. 1925, raiding party
entered place known as the Better
Ole located at 1915 u street, at which
premises q certain place OF amusement
or club known as and described as the
Better ole Is located Hellmuth was
present and neglected to take any ac~
tion looking to the enforcement of laws
and regulations in full effect then--to-
wit Drinking i'm public. unlawful pos
session of intoXiCantS, drunkenness and
misconduct which occurred I'm the
presence of said Pvt. G.. l. IIellmuth.
Hellmuth was suspended and brought
before the Trial Board, Trial Board
acquitted him
The evidence was not transcribed in
this case, but as / recall 1t, he had
merely dropped In there Just to look
things over when the raiding party ar
rived. and that he saw no violation Of
the law He could not have made an
arrest The offenscs that we're being
committed were misdcmeanors You will
recall that he was in plain clothes and
off duty At the time he was attached
to the eighth precinct. l don't recall
his beat
Notwithstanding the fact that he was
acquitted by the trial board. the ad-
ministration felt that his conduct in
the eighth precinct had made his Serv-
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ices ineffective, and four days after the
trial and after the findings of the
board we're returned to the headquar-
ters. he was transferred from the eighth
precinct to the fourth precinct, and re-
manned in the fourth until November
/, 1927, upon which date he was
transferred from the fourth to the
sixth precinct upon his own request,
and at the request OF the commanding
officer of the sixth precinct, who had
asked that he be sent up to him and
felt that he was a very good officer and
would render very effective service in
the sixth precinct. l wouldn't say that
is an unusual record.
Ordered BY Major.
Transfers from one precinct to an
other are made on the order of the
major and superintendent of police and
only on his order. Transfers cannot be
made except by him Within the pre-
clnCt transfers from one beat to another
can he made by the captain Of the pre-
cinCt. The Manual of the Police De-
partment gives that power to the cap
tain There is nothing further / can
tell you, except that Hellmuth Is an
efficient officer, but he Is a man who
resents authority. / am sure Capt.
Bremerman can clarity his transfer
from one beat to another. I am con-
Vinced that there was no Interior motive
for the transfer outside of the Police
Department"
Capt Bremcrman said:
II took command of No. precinct on
the 9th day of February. 1927. AT that
time Pvt Hcllmuth was attached TO
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the fourth precinct At that time he
was assigned TO No. beat---that is, the
territory between South Capitol street,
Four -and-a-Half street, center of the
Mall to T. street southwest. Well, he
worked very well for while, but before
long ] began to get complaints about
Hellmuth. A man came to me and said
that Helmuth had come into his place
OF business and cursed him and his
customers and ran his customers away
and said he was a bootlegger. SGon
another man came and complained and
then third man. There were intervals
between these complaints. Another man
came up and said that Helmuth had
slapped him in the face and called him
black so and So II felt 1t was about
time something had to be done"
Policeman Hellmuth testified In his
own behalf before the grand jury and
told of his l3 years service in the de-
Dartment. He declared there Is no DER
sonal feeling between Foreman Nc
Quade and himself He volunteered the
! information that he had been three
times before the trial board and had
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Representative BlantOn learned Of trs
McQuade conversation. Hellmuth told
the grand jury hst he believed every
one Of them innocent Of any connection
with the transfer but the foreman and
the captain Of the fourth Crecinct.
Precinct Detective Fihelly told the
jurors that he knew nothing about the
charge that $4,000 was paid for hi
transfer
Il heard nothing about It," ne said
until ] saw 1t in the newspapers thr
other day He declared ne had reVer
suspected any Interior motive in connac-
ton with his promotion