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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
GREETS
BIG PARTY MEET
Halls Convention in
Cablegram

The following cablegram has been
received from John Pepper, member
of the Central Committee of the
Workers (Communist) Party of
America, who is now in Moscow:
GAS a soldier in the army of the
Workers (Communist) Party I salute
the big National Nominating Conven-
ton. The very fact that hundreds of
delegates from almost all the states
of the United States have come to-
gether to adopt the platform of the
class struggle, to nominate the only
genuine working class candidates for
the presidency and vice-presidency, to
declare war against capitalist exploi-
tation and oppression, to organize
the struggle against United States
Imperialism, is a major achievement
Of our Party.
"The election slogan of the repub-
lican party is Prosperity" AS a
fact, this prosperity" means unem-
ployment, wage-cuts, open-shop drive,
untold sufferings for the working
class.
"The election platform Of the demo-
cratic party is Honesty in Govern
ment.' Reality shows corruption,
graft, lobbying in the camps Of both
capitalist parties.
Farm Relief" is the slogan of re-
publicans, democrats and progress
sives. In reality, farm relief means
growing mortgages, increased ten
ancy, merciless taxation, bankruptcy
and ruin for the farmers.
"'Social and Political Equality is
the favorite phrase Of all upholders
of the constitution. Reality shows dis
franchisement of the foreign-born
workers, of the youth, of the Negroes.
Democracy amounts, in fact, to the
Continued on Page Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
Send COMMUNIST
INT'L. GREETINGS
Nominating Convention
Sends Gable

The National Nominating Conven-
ton of the Workers (Communist)
Party yesterday sent it's revolutionary
greetings to the Communist Interna-
tional, the leading organization OF
the working class of the world.
The full text of the cablegram,
which will also reach the German,
French and Polish Parties, recently
emerged from their election struggles
with conspicuous success, follows in
full:
"The Nominating Convention is the
true expression and genuine mirror
of the exploited and oppressed masses
of the United States. Nearly Four
hundred and fifty regular fraternal
delegates from 80 states and District
of Columbia, coming from the fac
tories, mines, mills and shops of the
North, South, East and West, repre-
senting all sections of the working
class delegations of striking miners
and textile workers, of the struggling
needle trade workers, representatives
of the exploited farmers, 25 delegates
of the oppressed Negro race, dele
gates from Nicaragua, Mexico, Can
Continued on Page Three)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
UNEMPLOYED BILL
TO Be BIG ISSUE

Further plans in the campaign for
a national unemployment bill were
yesterday announced by the New
York Council of the Unemployed fol-
lowing the announcement Thursday Of
drive which will be carried to the
city, state and national governing
bodies.
According to the plans announced,
the Unemployment Insurance Bill,
which provides for work or wages to
all unemployed, will be presented for
discussion and approval to the organ
lied and unorganized workers of this
section. Mass meetings will be called
at which the measure will be adopted
A petition campaign is planned in
which hundreds of thousands of sig
natures will be secured
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
THOUSANDS HEAR
FOSTER ON RADIO

Thousands of workers thruout the
United States heard William z. Fos-
ter, presidential candidate of the
Workers (Communist) Party, de-
nounce Hoover, and Smith as capi-
talist tools and Thomas as betrayer
of labor over radio station WEAF
Saturday evening.
Foster emphasized the fact that the
object of the Party is the COM
plete overthrow of the capitalist sys-
tenn. He pointed to exploitation of
workers, imperialist wars as by-pro-
ducts of the present social order.
Dozens of hundred per centers
called WEAF to protest against the
speech. Fosters address followed
the broadcasting of the national ora
torical contest at which Herbert
Hoover was speaker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
MURDOCH, BEAL
AND 3 OTHERS
TAKEN TO JAIL
Strikers Are Closing
Their Ranks

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, May 27.-
The $4,000 textile mill workers out on
strike in protest against 10 per cent
wage cut are redoubling their efforts
as a result of the arrest here on Sat-
urday Of William 7. Murdoch, secre-
tary-organizer of the Textile Mill
Committees, Fred Beal, and three
other militant strikers,
The five who were arrested by the
police were declared to have been in
volved in a disturbance" at the
Hathaway Mill some days ago. This
act is seen by the strikers as a con-
tinuation of the series of attempts
to railroad their leaders into prison,
in an effort to break the backbone of
the strike, which is now in its seventh
week.
After more than six weeks of
struggle, the spirit and morale of the
striking workers is just as fresh as
ever, the leaders report. Picketing
goes on day after day. The arrest Of
Murdoch, Beal and the other three
strikers has aroused the men to a
more militant stand than ever.
The police, at the instigation of
the mill owners, are hampering the
defense in every way possible.
Eight Harvard students who came
here to watch the strike and study
conditions have been addressing strik-
ers' meetings.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
Pa tt0n, old
Railroad Man,
Is a Delegate

GIVE seen the rise and fall of the
old Knights of Labor and the
organization of the American
Federation of Labor. l took part
in the Granger movement and heard
William Jennings Bryan's famous
Gross of gold,' speech. And I want
to say that this convention of the
Workers (Communist) Party is an
event Of the greatest significance
for the American working class"
William Patton, of Iowa, speak
ing.
He is 70 years old, stocky,
fighting railroad man from the
west. He travelled to New York to
attend the convention in ram
shackle Ford, accompanied by four
Continued on Page T10o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
CONVENTION HITS
FINNISH TERROR
Social : Democrats Aid
Fascist

Charging that the social-democrats
aided the fascists of Finland in the
murder of more than $4,000 militant
workers, the National Nominating
Convention of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party passed a resolution ex-
pressing it's solidarity with the
masses of Finland and calling upon
workers of the United States to aid
in the struggle for the release of vic
tins of the fascist terror who are
now in Jail.
The text of the resolution follows:
Torture Workers.
"The fascist government of Fin
land, aided by the benevolent assist
ance of the social-democrats, not sat I
isfied with the wholesale execution
of $4,000 revolutionary workers INF
mediately after the Civil War of 1913
and starving to death of $4,000 more
in the prison camps, has ever since
chat date prosecuted, arrested and
tortured the workers of Finland in
the most beastly way. Workers have
been prosecuted, tortured and jailed
for belonging to the trade unions.
They have been jailed and tortured
for voting for working class candi-
dates or participating in working class
political action. They have been tor
tured and jailed for the "crime" of
participating in the formation of in
dependent political parties of the
workers. They have been tortured and
Jailed for protesting against Finland's s
preparations for entering into war
against the Soviet Union as the tool
# British and American Imperialism.
Above all, the most brutal torture
and the longest Jail sentences and
death have been the lot of those
charged with revolutionary Commun-
ist activity.
"The Finnish government, aided by
the Finnish social-democrats, has sup
pressed the press of the militant
workers. The social-democrats have
played the role of spies and inform
ers, pointing out the active militants
to the fascist government of Finland
When the fascists were too weak to
hold onto the government against the
mass protests of the workers, the
Continued on Page Four
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
TAMMANY CRAFT
TRAIL CREEPS ON
Expect Exposures to
Implicate Higher Ups

While the creeping trail of graft ex-
posures was slowly reaching up into
the camp of the higher-ups in the
Tammany Hall democratic machine
a trail which, it is believed, would lead
to Mayor Walker and AL Smith him
self, if it were really followed out,
jury in Albany convicted Mrs. Flor
ence E. S. Knapp, former republican
Secretary of State, on charge of
grand larceny carrying with it a
maximum penalty of ten years. None
of those guilty, it is expected, will
actually be punished for their crimes.
Sentence of Mrs. Knapp who was con-
victed nominally for having diverted
to her own use a check of $2,875.06,
but who was shown actually to have
stolen several hundred thousands, has
already been postponed to the
autumn.
Suspend Another.
Investigation of the $200,000,000
Tammany graft in the street clean
ing department led to the suspension
Saturday of James Minchin, Borough
Superintendent of the Bronx who is
the third ranking officer in the uni
formed service. Minchin was sus-
pended indefinitely by Alfred A. Tay-
lor, head of the city department, after
conference between Taylor and
Continued on Page Fave)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
The Fighting
Sl0ga n s Of
the Big Meet

ALONG the balcony of Central
- Opera House where the great
National Nominating Convention of
the Workers (Communist) Party
took place, the fighting slogans of
the revolutionary workers of Ameri-
ca were displayed:
"Use the campaign to spread
Communism"
"a vote for the Workers Com
munist) Party is vote for the class
struggle, the abolition of capitalism,
the dictatorship of the proletariat
and for a Soviet U. S. A."
eve greet the victory of the Ger
man Communist Party"
"The struggles of the Chinese
workers and peasants is our strug-
gle."
'The Negro workers and farmers
are our own brothers in the strug-
gle against capitaliS oppression"
"The imperialists are preparing
for a new world war"
"
ssEIGHT against the Wall Street
war in Nicaragua; support the
struggle of the Nicaraguan people
against Wall Street; demand the
withdrawal of American forces from
Nicaragua"
"The working class women and
youth must be modified against
capitalism"
Victory in Germany-victory in
france-victory in Poland. This is
our year; vote Communist"
"Join and build the Workers
(Communist) Party of America.
Support the miners uggl e
against the coal magnates; against
Lewis for a powerful union in the
mining industry"
"We honor the memory of John
Reed, C. E. Ruthenberg, William D.
Haywood"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
MORE EvICTIONS
GUST THOUSANDS
. IN Mine FIELDS
Open Shop Operators in
Mad Drive
Especial to the Daily Worker)

Especial to the Daily WOrkeT)
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 27.-Tents
are being rushed by the National
Miners Relief Committee to the
families of five unorganized miners
on strike at Elm Grove near here who
were evicted from their company
owned homes last Friday.
These evictions are part of a total
of 1,400 which are now in progress
at Elm Grove. The five families,
threatened with the loss of their
homes found themselves unable to
find new dwellings for less than $50
monthly. Unable to pay this amount
because of the poor pay they had re-
ceived prior to their walk-out, the
miners were forced into the streets
Friday by deputy sheriffs armed with
eviction orders.
Wholesale Evictions.
Preparatory to re-opening Grow
Hollow Number one mine on a non
union basis, the United States Coal
Company has asked Federal Judge
Benson Hough, of Steubenville, Ohio
for eviction orders against the strik-
ing miners now occupying company
quarters. One hundred and sixty
one families are affected by the con-
templated evictions, according to in
formation reaching the National
Miners Relief Committee.
Nearly 600 families have been
evicted from company houses in
eastern Ohio since April is, it was
estimated yesterday at the relief
committees headquarters. Two
hundred and ninety families were
forced from their dwellings by the
coal operators on April Is. A whole
sale eviction order enforced a month
later left 1876 more families homeless.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
SHOTS FROM COMMUNIST CONVENTION
Delegates Testify to Development of U. S. Class Struggle

ist party is sky pilot who believes
that revolution is too costly to the
working class. How costly to the
working class is the rule of capi-
talism? What revolution has taken
as much life as the imperialist war;"
TOVETT FORT-WHITEMAN, or
Il ganizer of the American Negro
Labor Congress-"The Communist
Party holds out the Negroes saliva
(Qontinaed on Page 7hree)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

ERNEST SILVA, Fraternal dele
gate from the Chilean and Mexi-
can Communist Party-"The work
ers and farmers of Chile not only
suffer from the bloody Ibanez dis
tatorship but suffer from American
Imperialism which maintains that
dictatorship"
LUCY PARSONS, widow of one
of the victims of the Haymarket
executions:-" as Jim Cannon,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

lcO, Haul ana OdnaQd, came 10
the convention to express their
solidarity with the Party in its
struggle against capitalism and its
allies-the socialist party and the
trade union bureaucracy.
A demonstration that lasted more
than three quarters of an hour greet
ed the nomination of Foster and Git
low. Hundreds of delegates lifted the
two working class leaders to their
shoulders and marched around the
huge hall, singing the international"
Young pioneers, carrying banners and
placards, and cheering the Party and
it's standard bearers, joined the pro-
cession.
A Revolutionary Program.
Foster and Gitlow were proposed
as the Party candidates by Robert
Minor, chairman of the nominating
committee. The nominations were
seconded by Richard B. Moore, one of
the leaders of the American Negro
Labor Congress-; Ella Reeve Bloor.
67-year old labor veteran, and Lucy
Parsons, widow of Albert Parsons,
one of the victims of the Chicago
Haymarket affair.
In accepting the nomination, Foster
emphasized the fact that it was a
clear-cut revolutionary working class
program that the Party was putting
forward, not merely candidates.
Platform Emphasized.
Accepting the nomination he de.
clared: 81 feel it the greatest honor
to become of the standard bearers of
the Workers (Communist) Party.
81 realize that it is the program OF
the Workers Party that is being put
forward and not any individual. But
if there is anything in my past ex.
perience in the class struggle that is
of any value to the Party, l feel il
my duty to offer that.
"This convention has shown that
the Party has begun to obtain grip
in the working class of all sections.
1t is not enough, however, that our
Party take the lead in the industrial
struggle. 1t must advance in the poll.
teal field as WE'LL"
A Complete Expression.
The platform which was adopted
after careful deliberation, following
the presentation of a report by the
platform committee, headed by Jay
Lovestone, is a complete expression
of the demands of the American
working class in every phase of indus
trial and political life. Speakers at
the meeting stressed the fact that
the struggles for immediate demands
served to mobilize and organize the
American working class for the strug-
gle against capitalism and imperial
ism.
The program calls for the protec-
ton of the unemployed, the imme-
diate abolition of all vagrancy laws
the control of the mine union by the
rank and file, national mine agree
ments and the Jacksonville scale, the
withdrawal of American marines
from China, Nicaragua and Haiti, the
cancellation of war debts, the imme-
date recognition of the Soviet Union,
the abrogation of injunctions, the re-
lease of class war prisoners, political
action of the working class thru the
organization of genuine labor par.
ty, the eradication of race indiscrim.
nation, the abolition Of Legislation
against the foreign-born, the prohibi
tion of night work by women, com.
pulsory abolition Of child labor, ths
.1ContiNned o., PAGE Tarol
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

said, Jail is a certificate that quail
fies you as revolutionists, then /
have many such certificates"
B. H. LAUERDALE, delegate
from Texas-"The farmer is just
as militant and ready for revolution
as the working class"
VIM. z. FOSTER, candidate for
THE leader of the social
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

convention
the representative working class
gathering ever held in the United twenty-five Negro
farmers young workers and workers were
among the 296 regular delegates from section OF the oun
virtually every industry who adopted the program
up by the Central Executive Committee and nominated
the two militant working class leaders the Party candidates
for president and vice president.
addition the regular delegates than $50 fraternal
delegates including representatives from Nicaragua Chile Mex
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
Order Matteoti's Wife
TO Take Off Mourning

PARIS, May 27.-The Italian govern
ment has ordered the wife and family
Of the murdered deputy, Matteoti to
cease to wear mourning since it ZEN
dangers the public peace and order"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28


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

WORKERS PARTY NOMINEES WILL CARRY
COMMUNIST PROGRAM TO ALL TOILERS IN
AMERICAN FACTORIES AND ON The FARMS

Mobilize Workers On Ammedate Issues for Class Struggles
296 Delegates Include Representatives Exploited Negroes
Demonstration At Nomination of Working Class Leaders
Minutes; International Is Sung
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28
Hold Meet of "Daily"
Agents Today

All out of town and New York
DAILY WORKER agents are
asked to attend a meeting at 10:30
a. m. today at The DAILY
WORKER office in the Workers
Center, 1928 Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-05-28

IHE DAILY WORKER FIGHTS
Ft U THE ORG Aviation OF THB
UNORGANIZED
FOR THE 4O-HoUR WEEK
FOR A LABOR PARTY
Evening star., 1928-06-07
LITTLE + i BENNY
By LEE PAPE.

Mr.. Parkins was In the frunt room
waiting for Gladdis. and pop finished
eating his suppir and looked in saying,
Good evening. Harvey, hows every little
thing?
Pritty well thank you, Mr.. Parkins
sed. Gladdis and I have an occasional
little till every now and then, but I sip
pose that's ony watts to be expected with
an engaged cupple. he sed. and pop sed.
Proberly. the path Of true love is a
bump the bumps, as Shakesbeer sed, but
still perhaps your little too devoted. in
q manner Of Speeking. IF you made be-
6eve to admire some other gerls looks
and RenreI type of Architecture once In
o vile, IL mite werk wonders. That's a
way Gladdis has always bin ever since
she was O child, she never took any
CRATE intrist in anything unless she
tl1awt somebody was trying TO get it
away from her, o know my Gladd.s
pop sed.
And he went upstairs and Gladdis
came in and Mr.. PaTkins was standing
by the window looking out and pritty
soon he sed, Now there goes pritty
EEIa. 8LfA AEAA DAASs bDDs
Who? Gladdis sed quick looking.
Why Of all things, Tessie Larsen, my
stars anybody that thinks Tessie Lar
sen has the faintest remotest claim to
good looks must be SO short sighted
they couldent see themself in looking
glass. Tessie Larsen good looking my
stars u that's wat you call good looking
don't know wat a person would half 10
resemble for you 10 call them homely.
You claim you think I'm good looking,
but after heering you rave about TesSie
Larsen ] can't consider that mulch OF a
compliment my stars. she sed.
I wasent raving about her, good mite
! simply sed, Mr. Parkins sed, and Glad
dis sed, herd you, you don't need TO
repeet ii, and you went into rapsures
about her figure. too, why figure. she
has no figure. IL she has figure tele-
gran pole has figure. she sed.
Wicl Just then pop went pass With
his hat on going out. and he herd them
and made a face 70 himself and kepp
on going and held up one hand, meen-
Ing Never Again.
Evening star., 1928-06-07
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

| as II 1t were broken. She topped about
as If she were helpless. She really was
a very good actor You see, there
wasn't thing in the world the matter
with her She was Just trying to gel
the attention of Farmer Browns Boy
She hoped he would follow her. She
wanted to lead him away from there.
But Farmer Browns Boy knew vel
enough what 1t all meant. He knew
that Mrs. Longbill was just pretending
He knew that right there somewhere
and very near--were those babies lie
wanted to see. So he paid no attention
to Mrs Longbill.
Then Mrs. Longbill became very bold
She acted as if she were going to at
| tack him. Farmer Browns Boy laugh
| ed right out. It was whole lot like
Jack the Giant Killer" All the time
Farmer Browne Boy was using his eyes
and presently he discovered four of the
cuteSt little babies in the world. They
were all Squatting perfectly still and
their little striped. fuzzy coats were sc
like the surrounding twigS and leaves
where the sun made shadows and light
places. that ii was almost impossible tc
see them Very gently Farmer Browns
Boy picked one up. Poor Mrs. Long
bill! 1t seemed as If she would turn
herself inside out.
Now, now. don't make such fuss, y
said Farmer Browns Boy soothingly
Not for anything at all would hurt
one of your babies. No, indeed. ]
wouldn't hurt one OF those little dar-
lingS for the world. See, now, I'll put
him down for you and he isn't hurt q
bit"
The little fellow didn't run to his
mother as other babies would run to
their mothers. He only ran step or
two and then f1attened himself right
down on the ground. Although Farmer
Browns Boy was watching when he
did 1t, he could see that it was difi-
cult to see the little fellow when he
remained n1otionlesS. The lessons of
these babies were beginning early. They
we're not more than q day old and al
ready they had learned this important
lesson of what is called freezing y
That means keeping perfectly still.
For few moments Farmer Browns
Boy watched him. Il do hope nothing
will happen to you said he as he
turned away. Il declare, I don't see
how any little birds like that live to
grow up. 1t is wonderful. Yes, sir, ii
is wonderful. There's one thing, and
that Is no hunters will be allowed to
shoot in here next Fall If those little
Woodcock live to grow up and have
sense enough to stay here. they'll be
safe from those terrible guns"
fCopyrighf 1928
Evening star., 1928-06-07
Longbill's Babies.

Farmer Browns Boy was on his way
for his daily visit to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. 1ongbill. He did so want to
see those babies, What he feared was
that the eggs would hatch and the
babies disappear before he had a chance
to see them. This day when he reached
the nest his heart sank with dissppoint-
ment. The nest was empty.
"On. dear, I was afraid of it!" Farmer
Browns Boy said. That's the trouble
with these birds that nest on the
Sround. The babies can run about al
most as soon as they are out of the
she'll Then one never knows where one
will find them. I've known Mrs. Grouse
TO have eggs in the nest one day and
Evening star., 1928-06-07
Lessons in English
BY w. T.. GORDON.

Words often misused-Do not say we
have a lengthy trip ahead Of as" Say
"a long trip" Use lengthy" only when
referring 70 discouYses or writing
often onOunced-~AbyEnal. Pro-
nounce the Is z.
often nsisspe.led---Grieye le
Synonyyns--Concuct. bella Yior, dep0rt-
n1ent. denlean0f. E1@IH - b. At21
Word stady-'Dge 2. sod lSsg t.En@7
ano il is yo1:s" 1T e. i~@o e'"
vocabulary by mas
cay. Today ~
form sn@E 81 One
great tngQei7' "a man may
TegeneTSt@ t. -.llaDg.