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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
TRACTION MEN DEMAND STRIKE TO DEFEND UNION
Women s Week
Celebrations
Are Plan ned

Women's Week will be marked by
intensive work by women workers in
the miners relief drive. Collections
of clothing and money will be made
all over the country during this week
for the starving women and children
Of the mine districts. Tag Days,
clothing drives and other activities
will be carried on throughout the
country.
In New York the girls working in
candy factories, box factories, depart
ment stores and other centers of ex-
ploitation will hear the world wide
call to international solidarity through
tens of thousands of leaflets that are
being distributed before shops in the
factory district.
New York will celebrate Women's
Day on March 4 with mass meeting
in Central Opera House. This meet-
ing is held under the auspices Of a
committee of working womens organ
izations and large attendance is ex-
pected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
SHOE WORKERS
JOINING union

Hundreds of shoe workers are Join
ing the Associated Shoe and Slipper
Workers Union, 81 E. 10th St., ac-
cording to H. Levine of the unions
press committee in statement issued
last night.
The organization drive was started
Tuesday night when meeting called
by the Committee of 40" was held
at Lorraine Hall, Broadway, Brook
lyn. More than 100 workers joined
at the meeting. Others, fearing for
their jobs, are applying direct to the
union headquarters, Levine added.
Vote to Organize.
The shoe workers attending the
meeting Tuesday unanimously went
on record TO join the shoe union and
hold election of officers after one
months time, that all shoe workers
who join within that period be eligible
to run for officials. 1t was also de-
cided that the Committee of 40 act
as provisional officers until the cleo
ton takes place. Max Helm is secxos
tary of the committee.
Conducting Two Strikes.
The union is now conducting two
shop strikes, Levine further reported.
The demands of the workers ara
recognition of the union. The strikes
are at the Riverside Slipper Co., 4S
Walker st. where the workers went
on strike on Thursday when 10 per
cent wage cut went into effect. The
other strike is at the Franklin Shoe
Co., IL Hope St., Brooklyn, which was
called Wednesday. Picketing is being
conducted at both shops.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
UNEMPL PLOYED Will
NOT SCAB ON IR.T.

An appeal to all unemployed work.
ers in New York City not to act as
strike-breakers in the coming I.R.T.
strike has been issued by the New
York Council of the Unemployed.
with headquarters at go st. Marks
place, through it's secretary John Di
Santo.
"From reliable sources we have re-
ceived reports" the appeal states,
"that the officials Of the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Co. are attempt
ing to capitalize the present unem-
ployment crisis in the city by seeking
to enlist unemployed workers as
strikebreakers in the strike which
now looms on all I.R.T. lines.
"The New York Council Of the Un-
employed condemns such unprin-
cipled tactics and appeals to the un-
employed workers Of New York City
not to be csjoled or browbeaten into
such treacherous action. The fight
of the IR.T traction workers is the
fight of all workers, whether en-
ployed or unemployed. The loss Of
The strike by the traction workers
would mean loss to all workers and
an increase, not decrease of unem-
ployment."
Youth Meet
The appeal was also made by Di
Santo in person at meeting of un-
employed young workers at the
Church OF All Nations, First st. and
End avenue, yesterday. The meeting
was held under the auspices Of the
Youth Committee Of the New York
Council of the Unemployed. The
Continued on Page Seven)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
RUTHENBERG'S MESSAGE
HIS Struggles and His Achievements
Statement of the Central Executive Committee of the
(Communist) Party.
Comra
Fellow workers! Comrades!

One year ago. g 1927 death Ruthen
berg from midst.
He passed away with his dearest wish his lips: carry
until the final victory of the working class
Death robbed the American workers and the working class
the world of militant and fighter loyal
rade and great revolutionary leader.
Ruhenberg the is dead On the Red Square Moscow
the heart of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics the pride
hope and inspiration of oppressed massehe world his
ashes rest.
But the working class movement in the service of which
Ruthenberg lived died. is alive The Communist International
it's section Workers (Communst) Party which
Rutheberg helped build and guide becoming stronger
and powerful.
the life of Ruthenberg by carrying forward
his struggles against capitalism under the
International and the Workers (Communst Party
America
Struggle against capitalism until its complete destruction
Ruthenbergs life This the message
the Party which he formed and led.
Make peace with Imperialism and imperialist Fight
finish the domination and robbery Wall Street
America other Defend Union of So
Continued Page
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
MEMORIAL MASS
MEETINGS HONOR
C. {. RUTHENBERG
Find New Means to Aid
Daily Worker

On the eve of the anniversary of
the death of c. E. Ruthenberg yes
terday. members of the Central Com
mittee of the Workers (Communist)
Party, preparing for the big Ruthen-
berg Memorial meetings which are
to be held in all important cities of
the United States, expressed their
qualification with the prospects of
success.
These memorial meetings will be
the high point in the Lenin-R -Ruthen-
berg drive of the Party for 5000
members and 10000 new readers Of
the Daily Worker, the central organ
of the Party.
"Not only is this drive, with the
consequent strengthening of the
Workers Party and Of its organ, the
Daily Worker, supremely important
to the Party" said Jack Stachel, or
ganization secretary, Yesterday, "but
the most gratifying thing about it is
that it awakens a lively interest
among the workers who are fighting
the fight of their lives against re-
action in the coal fields and for the
saving Of the United Mine Workers
Union from betrayal and destruction
at the hands of reactionary labor
| leaders and their paymasters; the
coal operators"
"From November 1927 to February
1928, the proceeds of the Ruthenberg
sustaining fund of Section /, New
York City, leaped from $3.50 to
s20612 month and are just begin
ming to RISE" declared Leo King,
DAILY WORKER defense organizer
of the section yesterday. "What has
been done by this small section can
be repeated, and bettered, in every
section of the Workers (Communist)
Party in the United States," King
added.
Abolishes Old System.
Abolishing the old system by which
members were given sustaining fund
cards that they forgot to bring to
meetings with the result that their
indebtedness accumulated past the
point where they were able to pay
in full, The DAILY WORKER defense
organizer of Section / carried all the
cards of the members in his own
pockets.
"The system is important becsdse
it is so simple and can be accom-
(Comtiya,ed on PagA TaoO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
CAMO SPEAKS
AGAINST FRAMEUP
By t. ]. o'FLAHERTY.

PITTSBURGH, March 1T h e
first speech in the nationwide speak
ing campaign against the frame-up
system was delivered here tonight by
James P. Cannon, national secretary
of International Labor Defense, at
the Labor Lyceum
The speaker traced the development
of the technique Of prosecuting mill
tant labor leaders from the trial and
execution Of the Haymarket Martyrs
in the Cook County jail, forty-one
years ago, to the attempt to railroad
the two anti-fascist workers, Greco
and Garlic to the electric chair.
Cannon brought out the fact
(Con.in;.ed on Pnge Three)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
By JAY LOvESTONE

Lenin once wrote for DAILY
WORKER, "The Communists of
America prove by their long prison
terms to which the bourgeoisie sem
tence them for communist agitation
and propaganda, what capitalist DEM
ocracy really means. They are tear
ing the masks from it and are expos
Ing it as reign of trust kings and
spectators amid the subjection Of the
masses" Truly, no one symbolized
this truth uttered by Lenin more than
Ruthenberg did. He was thus often
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
Fund for Daily Worker Gro1Os
ATTACK LEADERS
MANEUvERS WITH
TAMMANY MAYOR
Form Shop Committees
For Defense

A city wide traction strike which
will tie up the whole of Greater New
York's transit facilities now appears
to be certain.
Twelve hundred strke-breakers,
finks, professional gunmen and thugs
of varying prowess were yesterday
herded by the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company into their shops at
147th St. and 7th Ave. in anticipation
of a strike call which now appears to
be inevitable unless the company re-
instates the twenty Amalgamated
union members who have been fired
for their union activities.
Throughout the entire day and last
night truckloads Of supplies and
equipment for the strikebreakers were
sent into the shops heavily guarded
against possible attack.
Over three thousand city police
have been assigned "to protect the
company" should strike occur.
A constant stream of newly enl-
ployed men is flowing into the head
quarters of the railroad. Over two
hundred company "beakies," spies,
and regular spoilers" besides the
delegates of the company union are
now riding the railroad to prevent
any organization work and to pick off
| any strange characters who may ap-
pear on the lines to speak with the
men.
Ultimatum Expires Today.
The 24-hour ultimatum which the
Amalgamated officials have given to
the l. R. 7. in which to reinstate the
discharged men expires this morning.
These officials have announced that
a meeting will be called of the entire
membership to take a strike vote al
though it is evident that instead Of
taking every precaution to protect its
members and to prepare them for
strike, these officials are seeking in
every direction for way out.
Although these officials have re-
fused to accept the condition handed
down Wednesday by mediator" Jim
mie Walker, that the case of the dis
charged workers be referred to the
legal department of the Interborough,
they have at the same time indicated
that they would be willing to "arbi-
trate" the issue. This is being taken
as an indication that they are still
continuing to play the game of post
ponement which has given the Inter-
Continued on Page Seven)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
LEWIS CAPPELINI
CANGSTERS PLAN
FURTHER KILLINGS
Grow Desperate Before
Rise of Progressives

PITTSTON, Pa, March New
shootings by the Lewis Cappelini
machine gun crew of killers are being
predicted here on all sides by mine
workers who have witnessed that
gangs activities in the past few
months.
Big Meeting Sunday.
A huge mass meeting planned for
Sunday by the Save-the-U Union Com
mittee will be held despite the efforts
to prevent it by Mayor William H.
Gillespie, who has been working to-
gether with mine owners in seeking
to thwart the rising power of the pro-
gressive miners. Thousands of min
ers are expected to attend. The
mayor, it is believed, will be forced
to accede to the workers demand.
Fear of the rising resentment of
the workers caused Mayor Gillespie
Wednesday to send wire to John
Lewis virtually demanding that Lewis
call off his gang cf gunmen who have
created the .'reign of terror" in the
mine districts. So far Lewis has
failed to respond
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
C.C.N.Y. STUDENTS
ASSAIL FACULTY
Still Recognize Gerson
as President

The action of the faculty in arbit-
rarily ordering the resignation of
Simon w. Gerson, a leader in the
campaign against militarism, was
severely condemned yesterday at a
so-called "illegal" meeting of the
Special Problems Club of the College
of the City of New York of which
he is president. 81
The faculty has without explana-
tion ordered him to give up all extra
curricular activities and since his po-
sition as president of the Social
Problems Club is his only such ac-
tivity, it is obvious that the order is
an underhand attack on his activities
in the organization.
Gerson Speaks First
The meeting, held at the college,
had been announced by handbills.
sGerson who is member of the
Young Workers (Communist)
League of America, made a state
nent which follows in part:
Fight Imperialists
at is no accident, 1 feel, that this
arbitrary action comes only two
weeks after the school authorities in
serted evidence into case against
me in Brooklyn court, a case in
which l was arrested for marching
in front of the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
in demonstration of the Young
Workers League, protesting against
the invasion of Nicaragua, and had
me convicted.
"This comes at time when Amer
lean troops are engaged in the rape
of Nicaragua for the interests of
predatory capital. This comes at a
time when a greater and deadlier
Continued on Page Seuen)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
COLLABORATION
SENT TO DAILY
FOR new DEFENSE
Philadelphia Builders to
Hear Ravitch Tonight

PHILA., Mar. 1. To stimulate
the national campaign to obtain 10,-
900 new subscribers for The DAILY
WORKER in District 8, A. Ravitch,
circulation manager of the paper, will
address a meeting of "Daily Build
ers" at 531 N. 7th St., tonight. Sub
scribers, readers and sympathizers
are invited.
The Importance Of strong Build
ers Club" in the campaign to defend
The DAILY WORKER against the
attacks which the United States gov
ernment is directing against the pa
per, will be stressed by Ravitch in his
talk. Steps will be taken at the meet
ing to remedy the lack of such an
organization in Philadelphia.
Second Meeting.
A second meeting of DAILY
WORKER agents on Saturday will
hear Ravitch discuss plans for speed
ing up the national subscription Of
fensive in the Philadelphia district.
All DAILY WORKER agents should
be- present at this important meet
ing.
Scores of workers are sending in
their dollar donations to defeTd the
paper from the attacks of the Amer
lean capitalists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
Workers School Concert
Next Sunday Evening
at Davenport Theatre

Teachers, students and friends of
the Workers School, 108 E. 14th St.,
organized into the Workers Social
Club" will celebrate the most success
full term in the history of the school
by a concert on Sunday evening,
March a, at the Davenport Theatre,
9th st. and Lexington Ave.
The program includes dance num-
bers by Blanche Evan and group;
vocal selections by M. Sasanoff, for
merly of the Odessa and Metropolitan
Opera House; and piano solos by Re
becca Davidson, who has appeared
many times with the New York and
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestras.
Bertram D. Wolfe, director of the
Workers School, will make a brief
address.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
BOSSES TO help
union WRECKERS
Try to Mulct Money
from Cloakmakers

The fragrant manner in which the
cloak manufacturers are cooperating
with the right wing forces in the In
ternational Ladies Garment Workers
Union, in their joint campaign to
fight against the workers efforts to
rebuild their union and destroy the
dual .Joint Board" established by the
right wing is illustrated by the latest
united tactic of the Sigmanites and
the employers.
The latest cooperative" stunt is a
money-raising scheme to provide
funds for the bolstering up of the
rapidly disintegrating Sigman ma
chine. How badly this money was
needed was not only known by the
and Sigman, but by every
one else. The DAILY WORKER re-
Gently published facsimile of let
ter sent out by a colleague of the
right wing which admitted Sigman's
inability to pay wages to his book
keepers for six weeks at a time.
Sound and Fury.
Several days prior to last Saturday,
the Jewish Forward, the right wing
organ began noisy announcements Of
the fact that the Sigman "Joint
Board" was to hold meeting of all
shop chairmen. Letters were sent
out. Business agents of the right
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02

spoken of as the most arrested man in
America.
What makes Ruthenberg a revolu-
tionary figure of paramount impor-
tance is not merely his tremendous
abilities as shown in his service in
the class war against the American
capitalist class, but the devotion,
self-sacrifice, courage and feminist
clarity characterizing his activities.
Ruthenberg always emphasized the
role of the Party as the only revolu-
tionary leader of the working class.
1t was Ruthenberg who was prim-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
Progressive Power Grows.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa, March H.
Resentment of the miners and the
people generally in Pittston, Wilkes
Barre and vicinity, is rising rapidly
AGAINST the elements responsible for
the murders Wednesday of two lead
ing progressive miner officials, Alex
ander Campbell and Pete Reilly. Cap
pelini and his machine are being di-
rectly held responsible everywhere
and denounced as the instigators of
the murderous regime against oppo-
sition forces in the miners union
which are fighting against the con-
tract system and wage cuts.
Beginning of New Rally.
The funeral of Campbell and Reilly
is scheduled to take place on Satur-
day morning, March 3rd. All indica-
tions are that the funeral of the brave
progressive fighters will resolve it.
self into a huge demonstration
against the Cappelini machine, the
like of which has not been witnessed
before in the anthracite. The rank
and file miners instead of being ter
rorized and intimidated by the rule of
blood and iron of Cappelini and his
gunmen, are showing a steeled de-
termination to clean out the Cappe-
lini and the Lewis gang.
Local Union 1407, District 1, South
Wilkes-Barre U. M. w. A., at its
meeting last Tuesday night, passed
a rousing resolution against the cor
rupt and murderous Cappelini rule.
The miners declared their intentions
to support the defense of Sam Bonita,
who is in Jail on a charge of murder
Continued on Page T1oo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
RUTHENBERG, REVOLUTIONARY CHIEF
Appreciation OF the Founder OF Workers Communist Party

arily responsible for making the left
wing in the Socialist Party nationally
organization-conscious. There were
many who were active propagandists
for then then left wing Socialism, but
a few, if any in 1919, realized suffi-
GENTLY the need of crystallizing def
mite left wing organization on ma
tional scale.
Not only in his opposition to the
imperialist war did Ruthenberg de-
velop the full feminist line but also
in his attitude and practice in the
Continued on Page Ts0o)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
to Talk at
Coop School Concert

D. Benjamin, assistant director of
the Workers School, will speak on
workers Education Today" at the
conclusion of the concert being ar
ranged by the Cooperative Branch
of the school, 2700 Bronx Park, E.,
tomorrow night, to celebrate the
opening of the spring term. The 25
members of the National Training
School will be among the guests, it
is announced.
Over 150 students were enrolled in
cooperative branch during the past
term.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
Books Wanted For
Annual LID. Bazaar

The Downtown branch of the In
ternational Labor Defense will con-
duct book booth at the bazaar.
Contributions Of books are desired
by the branch-fiction, sociology
and history.
Books are to be mailed or delivered
to the New York International Labor
Defense, 799 Broadway.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-03-02
| Workers Near Death

Four workers may die as the result
of the explosion of a gasoline torch
in the plant of the Woodheal Manu-
featuring Co, 10 Lexington Ave-,
yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-24

When White writes of a friend,
such as Roosevelt, he tells you in
footnote: THE reader should be
warned that Theodore Roosevelt
was my friend and probably 1 can
not be fair in estimating his weak
nesSeS."
That sure is a fair enough state
nent and yet as I read the story
of Roosevelt under the opening
chapter of "a Happy Gentleman in
Blood and LineamentS" as the open
ing of chapter devoted to THE
Great Rebellion" I was sure that
White has come mighty close to CIV
ing us for all time the real Roose-
velt
Here are a few lines in Whites
own words regarding Roosevelt and
picked at random from his new
book:
1T was predeStined and foreor-
dained that Roosevelt should hate
Wilson, and that Wilson should dis
trust and despise Roosevelt. The
two were of different breeds. Where
Roosevelt was robust, Wilson was
fraiI Where Wilson vas secretive
Roosevelt blurted things out. Will
son took small counsel and gave
no credit. Roosevelt was forever
feeling out public sentiment, ETC."
Nov to say that Theodore Roose-
velt was merely the sower who went
forth to SOW seems so little to say,
so inadequate a figure to describe
the tremendous personality that
arose from his store of spiritual
energy. The man was gigantic. If
his generation he was unique. Men
who lived with him died without
seeing his kind again. He vitalized
everything he touched"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-24
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

in his new book, let us consider with
what marvellous insight of move
mentS he has divided his parade of
great men as we'll as the near great,
who did not get into the seats of
the Almighty.
In part one, which White calls
1.-The Old Kings" we study Richard
Croker under the head of 1.-THE
Rise of a Cave Man" Then in this
same division we have Thomas
Collier Platt who was a contem-
porary boss in New York with
Croker.
Then in part two we study "The
Early Stuarts" and take for our
studies such men as Harrison,
Grover Cleveland and Mckinley. I
want to especially call attenetion to
Whites study of Mckinley. Nc
Kinley is handled as "a Citizen Be-
comes Politician" and "a
Politician Turns Statesman" and
also and the Statesman Turns to
Marble" Masterfully thought out, 1
think.
Then in part three we have 1.-TWO
Warwicks," Mark Hanna and Bryan.
There are times in his study OF
Bryan that tears came to my eyes
because it is all too true what White
has to say. Bryan in his thirtieS,
what a figure he would have been.
But life was cruel to him because
fate needed him for mental work in
the Augean stables Of politics"
In my experience as a newspaper
man, I have often covered Bryan
and have travelled with him for days.
I ha dthe right because of an honest
friendship to often break in on
Bryan even at his breakfast table.
This I have done not only once, but
many times. He always gave me the
square deal even when he faced per-
sonal defeat.
Part four is devoted to THE Great
Rebellion" and we have Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson. Then part five
takes us under the head of THE
Restoration" to Harding and Cool
idge. Then in the final part under
the head of THE Young Princes of
Democracy" we have Alfred Emanu-
ell Smith and William Hale Thomp-
son.
In the last line on Smith, White
says: "Al Smith may be only the
herald of the new order ;or he may
be it's first champion"
Here is a book that will last
through the ages. Whether you
like White or not, you should be-
come familiar with this book. l
recommend it to all serious minded
readers who read and study because
they want to.
It is one of the most command