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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-26

rHos. J OWEN & SON. AUcTIoNEERs.
1881 Eye Street Northwest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
REFUSES PERMIT
TO YOUTH LEAGUE
Communist Worker
Plan Campaign

HARTFORD, May 81. - Mayor
Walter e. PATTERSON, vice-president
of the City Band and Trust Company,
one of the five largest insurance COM
panies of the United States, and, in
cidentally, Mayor of Hartford, re-
fused the Young Workers (Com-
munist) League of this city a permit
for an open air meeting which the
league intended to arrange against tbs
Citizens Military Training Camps and
militarism.
The Hartford branch Of the Young
Workers League has previously been
able to obtain permits whenever they
desired and this refusal came as q
distinct surprise to the organization.
1t is believed that this attempt to gag
the league is a result of the success
ful campaign it has been waging
against militarism. Recently, the As
sociated Press broadcast the fact that
the Young Workers League of Hart
ford had dared to place on the state
capitol and other strategic points in
the city placards denouncing the Citi-
zens Military Training Camp and
militarism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
BEGIN OFFENSIVE
IN CLOAK PARLEY
Shop Delegate Confab
Opens Saturday

Plans have been completed for the
shop delegates conference to be held
tomorrow, under the auspices of the
National Organizing Committee of
the cloak and dressmakers. The con-
ference promises to be one Of the
largest gatherings of workers rep
resentatives ever held in the ladies
garment industry, according to the
discussions among the thousands of
workers, among whom the conference
has become almost the sole topic of
conversation. The conference has
been called as the first step toward
the union, and will be held
in Webster Hall, 11th St. and 3rd Ave-
In calling the workers to elect dele
gates the National Organizing Com
mittee declares:
"The work of rebuilding the union
begins. In accordance with the deci-
sion of the National Organizing Com
mittee, conferences of this kind will
be called in all cloak and dress
manufacturing centers. The New York
is the first to be held.
"All cloak and dressmaking shops,
Continued on Page FiUe)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
CRAFTERS PLUNGE
ON STOCK MARKET
Tammany Henchmen in
Big Deals

The man whom Frank G. Cannon
last week forgot appeared yesterday
on the stand at Commissioner of Ac-
counts Higgins investigation into
graft proceedings of Tammany Hall
officials and disclosed in some detail
why Gannon's memory had so mys-
teriously failed him.
w. E. A. Wheeler was the man. He
is stock broker. On the stand
Wheeler likewise had unexpected
lapses of memory but what he did re-
call was sufficient to disclose that
Cannon, suspended Brooklyn street
cleaning superintendent, had plunged
heavily into Wall Street stock specu-
lations totaling sums far larger than
his yearly salary of $4,000.
Pays BY Check.
Wheeler, whom Cannon couldn't re-
member, though he gave him check
for S1,250 on July 30, 1926, came to
the stand and testified in halting,
frightened sentences that the check
was given him for the purchase of
stock from the Kings County Realty
Corporation, and that Cannon, whose
Continued on Page Tloo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
RADIUM VICTIMS !
Offered PENSION
Frame-Up of Case is
Imminent

Continued efforts were being made
yesterday to invalidate the cases of
the five women suing the United
States Radium Corporation for a sum
aggregating $1,25O,0OO, by offering
to "settle the matter" out of court.
The chief exponent Of these latest
moves is Federal Judge William Clark
of Newark, who, through a former
law association with Raymond H.
Berry, counsel for the five women,
may be instrumental in making them
accept the offer of the radium cor
poration, which provides them with
a scanty pension for the rest of their
lives. Since they have less than
year to live, saving of more than
100000 would result for the com-
pany.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
SUPPORT FROM
LABOR" SLOGAN;
TO TOUR SPEAKERS
Red Special" to Garry
Nominees Thruout US

Every section of the American
working class will be mobilized in the
raising of 100000 fund to conduct
the national election campaign of the
Workers (Communist) Party, de-
clared Alexander Trachtenberg, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee of the National Campaign Com
mittee, yesterday.
The Workers Party" Trachten-
berg said, ''has no rich uncles who
will help us buy offices in return for
fat contracts and other favors. AS a
working class party, we depend only
on the working class for support, fl
nancial and political.
Capitalization Is Aim.
at is aimed to centralize both the
collection and the distribution of
all the funds it raises for use in the
state and local campaigns.
"There will really be two funds
raised: the first to place our Party
on the ballot, and the second the ac-
tual campaign fund. Our initial ap-
peal will be to the units of the Work
ers Party and to sympathetic fra
ternal organizations. But we will rely
chiefly for the raising of funds on
shop collections, subscription lists and
the sale of campaign stamps, certi-
ficates and buttons.
"Our presidential and vice presiden-
tial candidates, William 2. Foster and
Benjamin Gitlow," continued Trach-
tenberg, "will visit each large city at
least once and most of them will be
visited twice. Tag days will be ar
ranged in each city on every occasion
they are visited by the two candi-
dates.
Funds will be also raised by var
lous speakers, who will be routed
thruout the country and will combine
financial with political campaigning.
For this purpose bus, to be known
as "Red Bus" will be hired in each
of the election districts to transport
Continued on, Page Tqoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
SCHOOL HEAD IS
UNFAIR AT TRIAL
Teachers Say O'Shea Is
Aiding Altman

In a protest to President George j.
Ryan of the Board of Education re-
garding the recent hearing by the
Law Committee of the Board of Edu-
cation of complaints by public school
teachers against the boards medical
staff, Henry r. Linville, president of
the Teachers Union, asked yesterday
that Superintendent of Schools Will
lam ]. O'Shea be excused from sit
ting with the committee at future
hearings.
O'Shea Unfair To Teachers.
Throughout the hearing on May "a,
Linville charges, O'Shea seemed to be
acting as attorney" for DR.. Emil
Altman, head of the medical board,
"and seldom, if at any time, as an
impartial listener to the statements
that were being made by the teach
ers."
The retention of DR.. O'Shea as a
member of the investigating commit
tee Mt future hearings, Mr.. Linville
continued, will, it seems to US, ham
per the investigation and weaken any
decision the committee may make"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

the revolutionary movement and ter
inmate the $4,000 drive to establish
it. All those who have taken part in
che drive are anxious to know which
Workers Party unit will win the red
revolutionary banner for making the
highest totals in the drive. Not un-
til tomorrow evening will it be pos
sible to determine the winner, as
contributions are still coming in. Will
liam w. Weinstone, district organ
izer and secretary of the board of
directors of the Workers Center, will
make the award and greet the win
ming unit in the name Of District 2.
The concert, which will begin
about $3.50, promises to be unusually
attractive. N Nazaroff, famous Rus
sian baritone, who has sung with
great success thruout many cities in
Continued on Page TaOo)
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ave to look out for the competition
from the union shops"
With these words of appreciation,
j. Friedman, one of the biggest en-
ployers in the mems clothing indus
try, thanked the officialdom of the
New York Joint Board of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers Union for
taking the first organizational step
toward forcing upon the union mem
bership the hated sweat shop system
of piece work. A Beckerman, reae-
tionary Joint Board manager, several
days ago granted piece work to about
IL large manufacturers.
A series of interviews with impor-
tant manufacturers in the New York
market, appearing in the columns of
an employers trade journal yesterday,
present to the betrayed union men,
bership picture of their bosses gush-
ing with enthusiastic praise for the
Amalgamated union officials.
Both the employers and union offici-
ais all frankly admit that the MEM
bership is strenuously opposed to this
vicious and degrading form Of the
speed up system. The labor leaders"
are quoted as saying that "there is a
(Comtinued on Page TaOo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
MORE CONGRESS
WHITEWASHINGS
To probe" Oil Leases.
Slush Funds

WASHINGTON, May 31.-An all
summer series of congressional sin
vestigations" was in prospect today
despite the adjournment of congress
Presidential campaign expenditures
government oil leases in the Salt
Greek fields, the S-4 submarine dis
aster, senatorial election contests, cot
ton market conditions, military and
naval affairs and activities of Herbert
Hoover as food administrator during
the war were among the subjects to
be investigated this summer by con-
gressional committees. The proposed
inquiries will be used ostensibly to
gather information for the introduc-
ton of legislation at next winters
session.
The senate presidential funds COM
mittee will be the busiest for the
next few weeks. 1t has been divided
into two sub-committees, one of which
will go to Ohio, West Virginia and
probably Indiana, and the other to
New York. The Ohio group will con-
sist of Senators McMaster (R), of
South Dakota, and Barkley (D), of
Kentucky. They will leave tonight
for Cincinnati. The other sub-commit-
tee, composed of Senators Steiwer
(R) Of Oregon and Bratton CD Of
New Mexico, will investigate cam
paign expenditures in New York to-
morrow. An inquiry into the Iowa
primary was under consideration,
while subcommittee may visit Cali
fornia in July.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
DISTRICT FIVE MINERS TAKE CONTROL OF UNION


The latest types
of tanks and field
guns mounted on
trGctor-drawn car
'-iages aoere e~hib-
tied to the public in
the demonstration
of gigantic poa0er
1OKllcR Che Amle7-l-
can M sts
made n, Neao York
City on Memorial
Day. The picture
sho10s tanks and
hot0itzers passing
atp Riverside Drive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
ALL OF PEKING
APPEARS LIKELY
Railroad wv ork ers in
Kwantung Strike
BULLETIN.

TOXIC, May 31.-With the Nam
king forces nearing Peling, Mar
shall Chang Tso-lin has decided to
withdraw to Manchuria, according
to information received by the jap
anese military headquarters here.
Detachments of Chang's troops are
already proceeding to Mukden,
Manchuria, it is stated.
LONDON, May 31.-The fall Of
Peking appears imminent today, a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from the
Chinese capital stated.
The Kuonlintang troops have cap
tured Paoting-fu, the key city to
Peking, IS miles to the south. The
northerners are reported to be re-
treating.
Chang Tso-lin's troops are being
hemmed in from three sides by the
southern war-lords. More than one
hundred thousand southern troops are
reported to have crossed the Yellow
River west of Tsinan-fu. They are
now believed to be advancing towards
Peking.
The Shansi army which is allied
with the Kuomintang, is reported tc
be similarly advancing towards the
(Contnaed on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
MURDOCH, TEXTILE.
STRIKE HEAD, TO
SERVE JAIL Term
Porter, Organizer, 30
Days, IL Others Fined
BULLETIN.

NEW BEDFORD, May 31.-Wil-
liam I. Murdoch, of the Textile
Mills Committee was sentenced to
serve three months in prison here,
for leading and organizing picket
demonstrations of strikers at the
mill gates. Porter, another Mills
Committee organizer, was sentenced
to one month, twelve other strikers
arrested were entenced to pay
heavy fines.
The International Labor Defense
announced that all the cases would
be appealed to higher courts and in
the meantime obtain the release of
those imprisoned.
BOSTON, May 31.-Just as wide
spread relief campaign to aid New
Bedford's $4,000 textile strikers is
being carried on by the Workers In
ternational Relief, so is a special
campaign being organized to keep out
of the clutches of Massachusetts
Justice, the daily increasing NUMBER
of strikers arrested on the picketing
line. The International Labor De-
fense, District Boston is calling con-
ference of labor organizations for this
purpose.
The special conference is to be held
in Boston Wednesday evening, June
6, at 7 o'clock, at the district office of
the International Labor Defense, 113
Dudley St., Room 6, according to the
official call issued by Robert Zelms
secretary, which follows in part.
"Since May the 10th, when the first
two arrests were made in the big
strike of $4,000 textile workers in
New Bedford, 20 more militant strik-
ers and strike leaders have been ar
Continued on Page Ta0o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
HEFL|N IN PAY
OF KU KLUXERS
Admissions Made by the
Counsel for Klan

WASHINGTON, Msy 31.-Senator
Heflin, democrat of Alabama, was
paid by the Ku Klux Klan for speech
es delivered in various states, Will
liam Zumbrunn, general counsel for
the Klan, testified today before the
Senate Presidential Campaign Com
mittee.
Zumbrunn declared that the Klan
had received $3.50 for speaking in
Ohio, $3.50 for speaking in New York
State and either $3.50 or $3.50 for
speaking in Iowa. The payments
were made by national organizers Of
the Klan, Zumbrunn testified.
Numerous meetings had been ar
ranged for Heflin by the Klan, he
admitted.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
SIDERS, MUNSEY,
MYERSCOUGH, ARE
The new LEADERS
Plan Big Drive For
Organization
(Special to the Daay Wor&sr)


PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 30 (By
MaiD A new constitution, doing
away with one-man power and plae-
ing the government of the United
Mine Workers of America once more
into the hands Of rank and file coal
diggers, was adopted by the special
convention of District which ad-
journed last night.
Some of the highlights Of the new
constitution are the removal Of all
appointive power, provision for rank
and file grievance committee and the
reduction of exorbitant salaries Of
officers to the prevailing Jacksonville
scale of $3.50 day. During strikes,
however, no salaries will be paid, and
only legitimate expenses allowed.
All district offices were declared
vacant early in the session. Fred Sid
ers, as president dad" Isaac Nun
sey, Negro president of the Avella
local, as vice-president, Tom Myers
cough, secretary-tr and An
thony Calamari as international board
member were elected temporary off,
GERS of the district until the rank and
file could vote for permanent officers.
Call Railroad Workers.
Upon request Of the Cokeburg local,
a resolution CO ling upon the rank and
file of the railroad brotherhood to re-
fuse to haul scab coal, was adopted.
Almost every delegate came with in
structions to demand a national con-
(Continusd on Page Too)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
WORKERS HONOR
AYWOOD TONIGHT
Militarists Fail To Halt
Demonstration

Thousands of men, women and
children are expected to throng to
the Central Opera House, 9th St.
and Third Ave-, at o'clock tonight
to honor the memory of "Big Bill"
Haywood, Communist and founder of
the l. w. W., who died in Moscow
May la.
Several miners who are leading the
fight to oust the reactioEary Lewis
machine in Pennsylvania and Ohio
will attend the meeting in tribute to
the man who put the old Western
Federation of Miners in the vanguard
of the labor movement.
A delegation of silk workers from
Patterson, N. j., whom Haywood lead
in a strike Is years ago, longshore-
men, needle trades workers, textile
strikers from the New Bedford,
Mass, picket lines, shoe, iron and food
workers will be among the various
trade and industrial workers present.
Hundreds of Young Pioneers, with
their white blouses and red ties, mem
bers of the Young Workers (Com-
munist) League, the United Council
of Working Class Housewives, the
International Labor Defense, the
Trade Union Educational League, the
Industrial Workers of the World, Ne
groes, and members of the socialist
party, who are disgusted with their
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

under the law was accused of an
overt act of sabotage or violence.
NURING his stay in San Quentin
~ Penitentiary Beavert continually
received funds, together with all
the rest of the prisoners convicted
for political offenses in the United
States, regularly every month, from
the international Labor Defense,
whose national office is in New
York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

Reno also suggested that Governor
John Hammill and former Congress
man James w. Good, manager of the
Hoover campaign, might be able to
shed light on "large sums of money
he alleges is being spent throughout
the state to further the candidates.
of Hoover and Hammill.
Reno's demands were contained in a
lengthy telegram to Senator Freder-
ick W. Steiwer, Oregon, chairman of
the special committee investigating
campaign expenditures.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
CLASS PRISONER RELEASED
Beauet Was CONNECTED Under Criminal Swdicahsm La,O

GAN FRANCISCO, May 31.-A
slight man of 80 named Jack
Beavert has been released from San
Quentin Penitentiary. He is sick of
mind and body, although he was
once robust lumber-jack of Hum
boldt county. He probably will be
sent to one of the states hospitals
as permanent ward Of California.
He is the last of the $50 political
prisoners jailed under the Criminal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
"TRY COMMUNIST
LEADERS IN ITALY Y

Especial Cable to the Daily workcr).
ROME, May 81. - The trial of the
leaders of the Italian Communist Par
ty has begun here.
Saporiti has been appointed Court
President, while the fascist attorney
Isgro will be prosecutor. The trial
will be secret and will be barred even
to newspapermen. Official reports
will be given to the fascist press.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

ury Andrew Mel
Ion be subpoenaed
before a senatorial
committee in the
anticipated inves-
tigation of activi-
ties of the Hoover
group" in Iowa
was made today
by Milo Reno
president of the
Iowa F a r m e r S ,
IJnion.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
Syndicalism law of California.

REAVERT has served his full SEN
= tence. He steadfastly refused
parole. Much Of his time has been
spent in the hospital and in soli-
tary confinement. Like the rest of
the wobblies who served time under
the criminal syndicalism law, his
only crime was membership in the
Industrial Workers of the World.
Not one Of the men made felons
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

Two institutions are moving into
the Workers Center today. They are
District 2, Workers (Communist) Par
ty which will occupy the second floor
the Workers School, which will oc-
cupy the fifth floor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
RED CENTER DANCE
TOMORROW NIGHT
To Award Red Banner
at Big Affair

Hundreds of workers are expected
to usher in the summer season to-
morrow evening at the great concert
and dance to be held at the Workers
Center, 1928 Union Square.
The affair will celebrate the acqui-
sition of the Center as the home of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
CHARGES HOOVER
SPENDS BIG SUMS
Iowa Field For Huge
Expenditures

DES MONIES, Iowa, May 31.-A
request that Secretary of the Treas
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01
Workers Center Now
Local Daily Office

The DAILY WORKER local of
flee is now at 1928 Union Square.
All business will hereafter be
transacted at that address.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

absolutely
competition
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

Thousands of NesO York
aOorkers aoiII honor the memory
Of the late William D. Hay
aOood, Communist leader, at a
huge mass meeting tonight at
the Central Opera House, 67th
st. near Third Ave. The meet
ing wiu be held under the Gds-
pices of District 2, Workers
(Commumist) Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-06-01

I BE DAILY WORKER FIGHTsl
FC u THE ORG AN1ZATI0N OF THB
UNORGANIZED
FOR THE 4O-HOUR WEEK
FOR A LABOR PARTY
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Dawson and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dawson
were Inner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. r. Reynolds Sunday.
Miss Mary Price who has been
nursing in a hospital at Edinburg
is now employed in the canning fac.
tory at Pharr.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Lytzen attend.
ed a bridge party at the residence
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Miller Friday
Miss Jackie Roe returned Thurs,
day from Weslaco where she visited
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Noel,
Ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hoover were
dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Hoover, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dockter and family
we're dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
ID. Toothaker Sunday.
air. and Mrs. 4. A. Crabb were
dinner guests Of MIR. and Mrs
George Bellam of Weslaco Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Weaver oil
Gainesville, Fla, are visiting MRS
Weaver's mother, Mrs. o. c. Walden
Mr.. Weaver is state architect Of
Florida, and director Of the depart
ment Of architecture, University oi
Florida.
J. 5. Oliver Of Dallas and son, Pres.
ton. of Austin spent the holiday:
in Alamo with DR.. and Mrs. Il. p
Oliver.
DR.. and Mrs. Chas. Meadows Of
/ San Antonio and Mr.. and Mrs. n. s
Machen and son Fred, Mrs. j. +
Ennis and son, Charles, and Harrs
Main of Donna were dinner guest:
Of s,ir. and Mrs. Carroll Brown Of
Alamo Sunday.
c. Z. Barritt is in Temple on bus
mess.
Miss Mary Lou Oliver returned
Monday to Edinburg where she viii
resume her teaching duties, aftel
spending the Christmas holidays with
her parents here.
T.. A. Crabb and Henry Toothakel
were in Weslaco Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. waves are enioyins
a visit in North Texas with rela,
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Borsheim art
visiting their daughter in San An
tonic.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w. Wikoff anG
family were dinner guests Of Mr.. anc
Mrs. Pearce Wikoff Sunday.
Herbert Oliver has returned IL
San Antonio after spending severa
days with his parents here. Mr.. oil
yer is employed as a bookkeeper IL
the office Of a United States marsha
in San Antonio.
Mrs. Elsie Hale left Wednesday fol
Temple, Texas. where she will under
60 an operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Roe and daugh
tiers and Mrs. Ada Wilson Of Alamo
and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Moeller o.
Weslaco were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. j. Fl. Rice Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Downs and fam
lily were dinner guests of Mrs. Cla!
Zachery Of McAllen Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bellam o.
Weslaco were at the Henry Tooth
aker home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Piper and son