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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
TACTICS AGAINST
MP ERIALISM UP
AT FULL MEETING
Sessions Start Feb. A
in New York

The war danger is to be one of the
most important points for considera-
tion of the full meeting (called the
Plenum) of the Central Executive
Committee of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party, which goes into session
Feb. 4 in New York.
The Plenum meets at time when
the guns of American imperialism are
blasting away at the entrenched
strongholds of the Nicaraguan ma
tionalst army. when the admirals of
the U. S. navy openly prophesy war
in the near future, and demand gil
gantic preparations for it, when the
diplomacy of Hughes and Kellogg in
Havana, with half yelled threats,
clubs the small nations of Latin
America into submission, when Amer
lean and European marines and SOL
diers still brandish their bayonets on
Chinese soil, and all Europe arms
against it's cruel creditor in America,
and capitalist America INDUCES in a
serious race to build the largest cruis-
er and airplane fleet, in order to over
awe it's creditors.
Plots Against U. S. s. r.
The Plenum meets as Austrian
counts, the pope, British foreign of
flee and French and Italian diplomats
breathe threats against the Union Of
Socialist Soviet Republics, when the
plots of forgers and spies against
Soviet Russia are being every day
exposed.
In statement issued yesterday
from National Headquarters of the
Workers (Communist) Party, war is
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
7. U. E. |. ADOPTS
STRONCpROCRAM
Organizes for Period of
Depression

More than 200 delegates represent
ing a score of major industries in q
Trade Union Educational League
Conference Saturday adopted pro
gram of intensified activity for this
period of increasing economic de.
preston.
The large attendance necessitateo
the transfer of the meeting to one OF
the large halls at Irving Plaza, Irv-
ing Place and 18th Street. The at
tendance in itself was considered sig
nificant of the important role to be
played by the T. U. E. L. and the left
wing generally in the coming months
Must Fight Now.
81 cannot stress too emphatically
the fact that the labor movement is
in a most serious crisis" William Z
Foster said. Struggle or death is
the issue. In speaking to the mem
bers of the trade unions and in out.
lining our program for the fight
against the attempt to destroy the lss
Dor movement, we must avoid present
ing the issue in theoretical form. We
must point out that now the crisis is
at hand. The moment to fight has
arrived. The program of the left
wing must be adopted Immediately il
the unions are to be saved"
Organization" was the key-note
of the conference. Practically every
speaker stressed the fact that the
T. U. E. L. had not sufficiently taker
advantage organizationally of the
situation in which it had struggled
Jack Johnstone, national organizer
for the league, in presenting a picture
of it's activities, showed the need of 6
more centralized and more sensitive
form Of control. John Ballam, loca
organizer of the T. U. E. L., who wa.
chairman of the meeting, emphasized
the strategic importance Of the league
in its activities among several hun.
dred New York local unions compris
ing over 100000 organized workers.
The need for a more centralized
form of control was met by the crea
CONTINUED ON Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
PENNA TROOPERS
TRY TO BREAK UP
MINERS MEETING
Work Along Same Lines
as Lewis Agents
By JACK RODGERS.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 27.-The
state Of Pennsylvania, the heart OF
the steel and coal industry was never
more Cossack-ridden than it is to-
day. With scores of thousands of
miners on strike, the club of the state
trooper and the gun of the coal and
iron policeman constitute the law of
the land. Constitutional rights mean
nothing between friends-the coal
operators and their lieutenants on
horseback, on the bench and in the
governors executive mansion. A viz
tual dictatorship prevails and the
striking miners and their active sup
porters have no rights except those
they are able to defend.
Threatened by Troopers.
Rebecca Grecht, national field or
ganizer for the Workers (Communist)
Party, while addressing meeting in
Canonsburg on Sunday, January %,
charged the state constabulary with
having beaten striking miners and in
general with being tools of the op-
orators. Two Cossacks who were in
the hall strode up to the stage and
challenged her to repeat the charge.
The speaker accommodated them.
The Cossacks then tried to provoke
the speaker by asking her to give
them the approximate date of the ar
rival of the revolution and how it
would be ushered in. Grecht not be-
ing an astrologist, limited that the
gentlemen might wait until the fall
of night and spendsa few hours read
Continued on Page Four)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
zINOvIEv SCORES
TROTsKY ERRORS
Zinoviev-KamenevS Send
Letter on Opposition
Especial to The Daily Worker


MOSCOW, Jan. 29.-Pravda pub
lished letter from Vinoviev and
Kamenev replying to the instructions
of the Trotskyist centre on January
Is. Kamenev said: eve are separ-
ated from Trotsky group directly on
the question of real and complete
subordination to the Fifteenth Con-
gress, and we categoricaily insist on
the abandonment of the idea two par
ties.
con August Is, 1927, we sent a
letter to Trotsky voicing our opposi-
tion to the idea of a second party,
considering such course ruinous. 1t
should be added now that not only
is the direct path of second party
unquestionably ruinous, but has also
prolonged the existence of factions,
the abandonment of such a struggle
is unquestionably dictated by the fun
damental interests of the proletarian
dictatorship.
During the Congress, the question
before the Party was either capitu-
lation of the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union or capitulation of
the idea of a second party. We capi-
tulateed to the Communist Party of
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
BUILDERS BOOST WORKER CAMP AIGN
Weiustone Miller Report to Functionares Meeting Here

All unit, subsection and section or
ganizers, agitprop directors, indus
trial organizers, district executive
committee members, language bureau
secretaries, attended the functionar-
ies' meeting.
"Our Party" declared Miller, "has
not utilized to the full its mass in
fluence as indicated by the thousands
of workers who read our press and
the workers that follow our leader
ship in the trade unions and other
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30

the unsuccessful outcome of strike
vote taken last Wednesday by meet
ing of the Textile Council
Following the decision of the Fire
men and Oilers Union, made Friday
night, that they refuse to accept the
10 per cent wage cut, number of
textile unions representing various
crafts took steps to set date for in
dependent meetings.
In an effort to stem the wave of
strike sentiment displayed by the 3d.
900 workers affected in Fall River
alone, the officials of the Textile
Council announced prior to the strike
vote meeting, that two-thirds ma
jority would be required before they
will call a strike.
The officialdom of the council had
insisted after the balloting that the
strike vote had been lost by eleven
votes. The demands for a recount,
and the charges of miscount that were
made by delegates all over the hall
were completely disregarded.
Developments in the last 48 hours
indicate that the resistance shown by
the comparatively few organized
workers against the betrayals of
their higher officials, may lead to a
tremendous strike movement involv-
ing many tens OF thousands Of work
ers, organized and unorganized.
Approximately 100000 textile e
workers in New England states have
been subjected in the past few weeks
to wage cuts averaging 10 per cent.
The resentment of the Fall River
Continued ON Page Two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
Linds ergh in Venezuela

Col Charles A. Lindbergh, who left
Bogota in the Spirit of St. Louis, at
GAG yesterday morning, arrived safe
ly at Maracay Field, seventy miles
from Caracas, Venezuela at o'clock
last night.
The first intimation of Lindbergh's s
safe arrival on his $50 mile flight in
South America, was given out here
last night by the Haiti Gable Com
pany, through the French Cable
Company's office.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
MAY STOP DUES,
TAKE TAMMANY
FORM. HILLQUIT
For Menshevik Counter
Revolution: Lee

A sharp conflict between leaders OF
the socialist party occurred Friday
night at a dinner and symposium on
Soviet Russia, at which James II.
Maurer, chairman of the recently re-
turned Trade Union delegation 10
Soviet Russia and president Of the
Pennsylvania Federation Of Labor,
was attacked by Morris Hillquit,
usually designated as ''God Almighty"
in socialist party circles, on the ques-
ton of what attitude should be adopt
ed towards the Soviet Union. Norman
Thomas tried to bridge over the diff
ferences with Maurer and shared In
the wrath of Hillquit and Algernon
Lee, director of the Rand School.
Extreme Right Wing Wins.
The conflict followed closely upon
an earlier announcement by Hillquit
that Maurer would become the candi-
date for president on the socialist
ticket in the coming elections. 1t be-
came evident that if Maurer accepts
the socialist party nomination it will
be on the program of Hillquit, who
came out decidedly the victor in the
contest.
Hostilities began when Maurex,
altho offering no program for put
ting into effect working class support
of the Soviet Union, repeated his inn
preston OF the Soviet accomplish
nients in Russia and advocated q con-
ciliatory attitude toward militant
workers in the labor movement.
Nonsense" Hillquit exclaimed,
''the attitude of American socialists is
one of bitter opposition to the Boil
shevik government"
Hillquit thereupon launched forth
into TRADE of criticism and ridicule
of both Maurer and toward Thomas,
who had previously maintained Q
compromising position
Supports Counter Revolution.
"Our support should be given to the
social democrats within the Soviet
Union in their opposition to the Boil
shevik government" said Lee in CIV
ing his position. Considerable bitter
ness developed in the debate which
ensued.
Norman Thomas sought to take .
middle position between the views
held out by Maurer and Hillquit, but
Jared no better at the hands of the
chief socialist spokesman than did
Maurer. B. Vladeck, business man
ager of the Forward, and chairman Of
the meeting, was likewise lined up
with Hillquit and Lee.
This struggle is believed to be di-
rectly related to the announcement OF
the program to be proposed by Hill
quit for the coming elections next au-
tumn. A complete departure from
all pre-war party programs is made
public.
Renegade" Socialism.
"Americanized" socialism, of sort
not too Offensive" using methods, it
is reported, based ION lines of the re-
public and democratic parties," but
which will at the same time make the
necessary gestures to "the familiar
MARKHAM philosophy" and which will
scrap it's dues paying membership for
a free membership administered
( Continued on Page Ta0o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30

Nearly 200 New York functionaries
of the Workers (Communist) Party
met yesterday morning at the district
headquarters, 108 E. 14th St., and
heard reports of progress in the in
tensive campaign being made to OBJ
tain 10000 new readers for The
DAILY WORKER.
Tonight at 8 o'clock all unit, sub
section, and section "Daily" agents
will meet at Manhattan Lyceum, sc
East 4th St., to lay plans for inten-
styling the program to extend the in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
HYELLOW-DOG' IS
LEGAL, SAYS I.R.T.
Traction Union Waiting
for Court

The legality of the "yellow-dog"
contract, confirmed by the United
States Supreme Court, is again the
basis of the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Company argument in it's applica-
tion for an injunction against the
Amalgamated traction union and the
American Federation of Labor.
Both sides Saturday filed final
briefs in the case with Justice Isadore
Wasservogel. Senator Robert f.
Wagner and former congressman
Nathan D. Perlman, counsel for the
union, argue that federal court rul-
ings are not applicable in the case,
maintaining that no constitutional
question is involved. James l..
Quackenbush, counsel for the Inter-
borough, insists that the protection
of property is a constitutional ques-
ton.
Law Protects "YellOw-Dog."
The position of the lnterborough is
based on the famous Hitchman Coal
Company case in which the United
States Supreme Court held that the
'yellow-dog" contract must be pro-
tected by law.
Student of the issues involved ad-
NIT that the Interborough is at an
advantage so far as the so-called legal
arguments are concerned. Ira e
unionists are now pointing to the
blind alley into which the labor of
ficialdom has led the organizational
efforts of the traction workers. De-
cision in the matter will require
months if not years before it is finally
settled. In the meantime organization
work has come to standstill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30

fluence of the national labor daily in
New York.
Hear Reports.
At the functionaries' meeting yes
terday, which was presided over by
William W. Weinstone, organizer of
District 2, the principal report was
made by Bert Miller, organizational
secretary Of the district. Methods Of
work were discussed both in the re-
port and thru discussion from the var
ious functionsries who spoke from the
floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
Woman Hits Cosgrave
When He Visits Phila

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29.-When
William T. Cosgrave, president of the
Irish Free State was entering his
automobile yesterday after visiting
Cardinal Dougherty, women grabbed
him by the arm and hit him with her
umbrella.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
Daily Worker Agents
Will Meet Tonight at
Manhattan Lyceum

There will be a meeting of all
unit, subsection and section DAILY
WORKER agents tonight at p.
M, at Manhattan Lyceum, &C E.
4th St. Roll call will be taken.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-30
Fall RlUey Textile Workers
May Strike; Cut is Refused

FALL RIVER Mass JAM 2Several unions affiliated with the Fall
River Textile Council announced that they
their membership take independent
Evening star., 1928-11-01
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

Women with bright kerchiefs tied
under their cl1ins; full skirts, beneath
which peeped worn red and green and
blue leather boots, soft and shapeless;
dancing feet.
A man with an ACCORDION strikes up
a tune. Into the circle springs a
young Cossack. A boot dance begins
Wild cries 60 up. An insistent rhythm
in the handclapping urges him on. A
girl comes into the cleared space. She
balances on the heels of her out-turneo
feet hands on hips. Her head Is thrown
back and her eyes glow.
The assistant director nudges his chief.
They stroll toward the edge of the cir
Gle. Watch the dance through. The
director signals his cameraman. Lights
are turned on the group. They squirm
nervously, look up, half shamed.
Keep at that!" they are told. Just
as you did a moment ago"
The young Russian grows suddenly
dumb. Which step?"
ANY of it-all of It'll" The director
wants to keep the moment alive.
On with the music. The dance be-
gins. A camera-shy lad going through
the es.Ires of Russian boot dance; a
circle of Boyle Heights men and women
spiritlessly clapping their hands: a girl
no longer electrified by youth and
lhythm and the Transforming sensa-
ton of race, aWkwardly tries to bal
ance on her heels with the toes turned
out in the Russian fashion. The CAM
eras grind lights sputter. The young
assistant director calls order.
Snap it up, for the love of Mike!'
Evening star., 1928-11-01
Making Money for Christmas Gifts
BIZ LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

gift or gifts. Once the woman has de-
termined on her method, she must not
hesitate to let her friends know her in
tentions. There are sure to be some
among them who will be glad to avail
themselves of her offers-provided she
is reasonable in prices and her things
are of excellent quality. She will find
her friends glad to further her work.
One woman made a good thing by
sending her needlework to haZaars,
fairs and sales. She set a low price on
the articles and sold them outright to
the persons in charge of the tables,
booths, etc, handling similar things.
Or she asked a commission of 10 per
cent on whatever was sold, and took
back the things not disposed of, later
to send them in the same way to other
places. She was constantly on the look
out for notices of sales of this sort and
prompt in getting in touch with the
heads. The special ability of this woni-
an was in needlecraft. and she was
clever in making articles well worth the
sums she asked, which we're from 25
cents upward, but chiefly of things TN
der 81.
One woman made a delicious orange
marmalade, and sold it for 25 cents
ielly tunnbler, If the person supplied the
tumbler. or 80 cents If she supplied the
glass. Another woman who was an ex-
pert cakemaker used, once week, to
make cake on order And her hands
were full. 1t was with much regret that
those who bought could get no more
after Christmas-not, at least, until
another year She asked but 81 for
a very large layer cake and would sell
half if one wished. She made brownies
for 10 cents each, and good sized ones
too.
Another woman supplied a nearby
grocer with hot doughnuts twice a
week on commission. Yet another
baked beans on Saturday and Wednes-
days for a small bakeshop around the
corner. which took the orders and gave
them to her, also on commission.
The ways given are all these that
have been tried and that have proved
successful. The profits in one case were
large, but the work was a side issue.
In each case the woman did what she
knew she could accomplish easily. Other
women may have different capabilities,
but no one should feel helpless to get
with her own efforts the special gift
desired.
Evening star., 1928-11-01

Many persons have the idea that
screens are very expensive, and SO tney
prefer to leave these useful pieces OF
furniture out of their homes.
But consider how useful, as well as
decorative, a screen is. and see II you
can really afford to be without one
In the dining room it enhances tne
attractiveness of the entire room, SMUT
ting out any view of the kitchen, ano
thus saving your guests some annoy
ance.
In the living room it helps fill out
corner or separate portion or tne
room in which an independent group
ing of furniture may be placed.
The bedroom is benefited by screen
as it may conceal the bed and make
sitting room effect.
Don't think that you have to pay 9
lot of money for one, although II vol
wish to you may. An ordinary screer
foundation may be covered with stripee
wall paper or chintz (pasted in posi-
tion) and decoration with floral motifs
cut from paper and framed with passe'
partout.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star., 1928-11-01
Everyday Law Cases
Are All Trustees Liable for En-
besslement By co-TruStee?
BY THE COUNSELLOR.

Three brothers, James, william and
John Woods, were trustees of their
fathers estate. William actively man.
aged the estate, and two others merely
signed the serni-annual inventories.
After two years William died, and the
heirs, making an audit of the funds,
discovered a shortage of $1,000. They
brought suit against the surviving trus-
tees, who defended themselves on the
ground that they had no part in the
looting, and were merely passive in the
administration of the estate.
Their defense was of no avail, for the
court, holding them liable, explained:
"It is not necessary for the purpose
of establishing the liability of the sur
viving trustees to show their express
consent to the embezzlement Where
a trustee by his negligence allows his
co-trustees to waste the estate, when
he has means Of preventing it by
proper care, he is liable to the bene-
fciaries for the amount wasted"
Evening star., 1928-11-01
Old-Time Pumpkin Pie.

The pumpkin for this may be baked,
steWed or steamed, as preferred, or you
may use canned pumpkin. whichever
is selected, it should be pressed through
a sieve to make it quite smooth. Meas
ure equal parts of sifted pumpkin and
rich milk. The milk may be half cream
If convenient. To three cupfuls of the
mixture allow one well-beaten egg, half
a cupful of sugar, a quarter teaspoon
full each of mace and cinnamon. salt
to taste, and two tablespoonfuls of
melted butter Pour into pan lined
with rich pastry and bake slowly until
the filling is firm and the crust an in
viting brown. Cool before serving.
Evening star., 1928-11-01

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, November L.
Contributing atmosphere to picture In
Hollywood sometimes consists in secur-
ing certain types of people. telling them
to appear at the studio in their national
costumes and then cranking the net
results.
Colonies of every conceivable nation
ality have clotted about Studioland
Perhaps most interesting of these is the
Russian group. These live in a shabby
part of town, called Boyle Heights
They contribute atmosphere to the in
Vulnerable Russian stories which have
been the vogue for pictures these last
few years.
From Boyle Heights come the tre-
mendous and tortured faces that flash
across the camera eye now and again
the haunted eyes, twisted lips, eloquent
lines etched by the acid Of nations
torture.
This Russian colony isn't full of
star material. The potential star has
smoothneSs of countenance that be-
speaks SNUG existence. But while
stars and potential stars were making
close-ups in Russian picture the other
night watched a group of Boyle
Heights atmosphere" players reacting
to the congenial influence Of warm
meal, the studio lights, the gayety which
numbers engenders in the sturdy middle
and lower classes.
A ring of Russians in astrakhan caps
and vivid smocks fastened tightly about
their swarthy throats sat in circle,
their brown hands smoothing the
creases of boots that had grown shape
| les; with f1aiich dancing
Evening star., 1928-11-01
Creamed Liver,

This is a pleasing, tempting way to
serve leftover pieces of fried liver.
Chop 1t fine, not forgetting the bacon
you have left over, also. Mix with a
white sauce, adding two or three hard
boiled eggs cut up In small slices, salt.
pepper, some grated onion, q dash Of
nutmeg. and lemon Juice II wished.
Evening star., 1928-11-01

one thing for which there is uni
versal demand by women in guest OF
Christmas gifts is the money With which
to buy them. It is not enough that she
can make articles with crochet hook,
sewing needle, knitting needles or
tatting shuttle. Sometimes no gift so
made is Just what the woman wants to
Evening star., 1928-11-01
HERE'S That
FRUIT Favored GELATIN
It's the kind
that husbands
like and chill
dren thrive on

Want a delicious dessert for dinner
tonight? One that's easy to make?
And your fanily's sure to like?
Then try this new Fruit
Favored" Gelatin it's much
more delicious than any you've ever
used before.
Made with the real favor of real
fruit. You'll detect a flavor differ
ence instantly.
Here's gelatin with body. With
that real fruit aroma. Nothing fat
or tasteless about it.
You can actually taste this differ
ence the minute you try Royal.
The piquant flavor Of strawberry
-. the sharp tang of lemon :. the
succulent orange. There it is &.
fresh 8. sun-ripened the real
flavor of real fruit :. to add zest
to your meal and health to your
menu.
And it's so easy to make no
trouble at all. You just stir it in
hot water and let your ice box
do the rest.
In few hours it's ready to serve
.. tempting and colorful j..
smooth and delicious. A dessert
that husbands like and all fnicky
children thrive on.
Evening star., 1928-11-01

And TO hit his stride he must be con,
sciors only of life and the rhythm e
10y.
(copyright 1928. by North American
Newspaper Allianee)
Evening star., 1928-11-01

Finally the di- -cte, with a weary
gesture, orders them to cut. Another
few hundred feet of film destined for
the waste basket.
Yet it might have been delicious bit