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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
SPECIAL JUDGE
SELECTED FOR
DUNN'S TRIAL
Fremont Afford Chosen to
Preside After Giyan Wins
Feud With Collins.

Clinton H. Givan, county attor-
ney, defeated Judge James A. Col
Inns of criminal court il their four
day feud by a rapid move in state
supreme court Tuesday afternoon
but Judge Collins had the last word
today.
Collins Monday barred Givan
from representing County Council
man Paul S. Dunn in his perjury
case because of a motion filed by
GiVan which Collins declared was
"slanderous."
Givan obtained from supreme
court late Tuesday q writ of prohi-
bition compelling Collins to continue
to let Givan practice in the case,
setting Jan. for hearing on making
the order permanent, and directing
that a special judge be selected to
try the case in Collins place.
No Time to Consider
Collins this morning submitted
names of three attorneys as candi-
dates for special judge to the state
and defense.
Givan asked for time to consider
the judge list. Judge Collins re-
piled:
There's nothing about that in
the writ" and ordered the attorneys
to make their selections.
Fremont Afford, former criminal
Judge, was selected when the state
struck Sidney S. Miller and the de-
Tense William V. Rocker from the
list.
The change of judge motion filed
by Givan Saturday stated that
Dunn could not receive 4 fair trial
because Collins was opposed to the
George V. Coffin political faction
of which Dunn is a member. The
motion was not filed by Collins and
he termed it "slanderous."
Indicted for Perjury
Monday Collins refused to hear
Givan and directed Dunn to OBJ
tain a new attorney and return to
court today. Collins stated that the
plea in abatement filed by Givan in
which it is alleged William H.
Sheaffer, deputy prosecutor, was in
the county grand jury room when
the Dunn indictment was voted,
stopped any attempt for a change
of judge.
Dunn was indicted for perjury
after a hearing in superior court
four in which he testified he owned
real estate and was eligible for serv-
ice on the county council. The hear
ing was in an custer suit brought
to have Dunn removed from the
council Because of ineligibility. The
state alleges he did not own the
property.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
CHANCE TO Get
Big Yep WORKS
MUFFED BY U. S.
Bankers Lacked Confidence
in Future of Industry
Eight Years Ago.

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-But for
lack of confidence in the future of
airships on the part OF group of
American bankers and industrial
lists, the United States might now
be the home OF the great German
Zeppelin works. Only eight years
ago the Zeppelin interests were pre-
pared to move bodily across the At
lantic, but were unable to obtain
sufficient backing on this side to
make the project possible.
This is the story disclosed in the
current issue of The Review of Re
views by Lieutenant Raffe Emerson,
air expert, in outlining the
ambitious plans of the Zeppelin and
Spanish interests for transatlantic
service over two routes in 1929.
"After the war;" Lieutenant Elm
erson relates, "the Allied Supreme
Council, led by the French, sup
pressed airship activities in Ger
many, which had begun again in
the fall of 1919 with a commercial
service between Berlin and the
Swiss border.
Government Sympathetic
early in 1920, several of DR.. Eek
ener'S associates of the Zeppelin
Foundation and DR.. Wilhelm Cuno,
director of the Hamburg American
line and one-tine chancellor of the
German Republic, discussed plans
with one of the larger American
shipping interests for the establish
ment of a regular transoceanic air
ship service.
"They also conferred with Mr.
Litchfield of the Goodyear COM
pany regarding construction i'll
America of ships from the Yep
pelin plans, and with one of the
largest American steel fabricating
companies for the building of q
huge airdock, to be mounted on q
1,0O0-foot turntable, like a swing
bridge.
"WI1ile the American government
generally was sympathetic to these
proposals of the transfer of the
Zeppelin industry to the United
States, thus escaping the allied re-
strictions, the American business
men who were approached had not
developed sufficient air confidence
to put up the tens of millions nee
essary for the establishment Of
regular air shipping"
Planned Ocean Dash
The Review of Reviews article
also reveals that the late Count
Zeppelin himself had afoot a pro-
ject fer crossing the Atlantic by
airship in 1915, two years before
his death, which was set aside b.
tie war.
Zeppelin had sufficient confidence
in his ships thirteen years ago t.
propose both the transatlantic
crossing, which was to nave been
continued on to the San Francisco
exposition, ard an Arctic flight
with the north pole as its objective,
says lieutenant Emerson, who
points out that while the war de
veloped certain necessary charac-
teriStics Of the airShip, it also de-
layed their development as passen-
ger ships.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
100000 HAVE
FLU ATTACKS
Estimate for U. S. Made by
Health Service.
Bu Lnited Prcss

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Com-
plete reports from forty-two states
on file today by the United States
public health service gave indica-
tons that more than 100000 per-
sons are afflicted with influenza.
While the official reports ac-
counted for a total of 141,000 new
cases in the week ending Dec. IS,
officials estimated these were less
than one-fifth of the total number
of cases.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
Bow Scout Air Troop

The first air troop of the Boy
Scouts of America has been formed
at Omaha, Neb., under the auspices
of the Omaha Chapter of the Ma
tional Aeronautical Association.
The air troop was started with the
idea of giving the members who are
interested in scouting a practical
knowledge of aviation both through
the building of model planes and a
study Of elementary aeronautical
engineering principles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
PAGEANT IS PRESENTED
Nativity" Produced by Pupils at st.
Johns Academy.

THE Nativity" a pageant, was
given by Juniors of st. Johns
academy and members of the grade
school, Tuesday night at st. Johns
auditorium. Fifty children appeared
in the pageant and sang Christmas
carols.
A recital was given by the forty
piece girls orchestra, conducted by
Miss Mary E. Stewart and directed
by Sister st. Sophia, director of
music at the academy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
CITY ASKS RATE CUT
NObIesville Charges Indiana Gas
Light Co. Fails to Fulfill Contract.

Charges that the Indiana Gas
Light Company does not provide
Noblesville with gas containing $40
heat units, as required, are made in
a petition for reduced rates filed by
Rosce r. Poland, city attorney of
Noblesyille, with the public service
commission.
The matter is to be investigated
by the commission engineers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
DUKE Is NEAR DEATH

ANTILLES, France. Dec. l9.-The
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia still
was in a critical condition early to-
day, although his temperature was
reported slightly lower when the
latest bulletin was led.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19

Weather conditions at $50 a. m.
at Indianapolis airport:
West wind, II miles an hour;
barometric pressure, 5000; tempera-
ture, 80; ceiling and visibility I'M
limited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
USE AIR MAIL is
ADVICE TO TARDY

with the same date last year shows
a total increase in both incoming
and outgoing mail of nearly IA per
cent. Outgoing letter mail showed
a 38 per cent increase.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
DISMISS FEDERAL SUIT
Brazil Telephone Co. Drops Action
When New Rates Are Arranged.


When New Rates Are Arranged.
Formal dismissal of the Citizens
Telephone Company of Brazil in
junction suit brought in fedora
court here to prevent the public
service commission from inStituting
a certain rate schedule was made
Tuesday upon motion of company
attorneys.
The suit had been remanded by
the court to the commission when
evidence Of value not used in the
former rate schedule was dis
closed.
A new rate schedule, satisfactory
to the company. has been accepted
by the commissioners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
Delivers Plane

Ted Kincannon of Cardinal Filters,
Louisville, landed at Hoosier air.
port Tuesday on his way to Bloom
ington, Ill, to deliver CurtiSs air
plane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19

Haas and Mrs. Nellie Dalymple,
son, Harry G.. Rosberg, and a grand
daughter, Lorene Dalrymple, all Of
Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19
Flies to WASHINGTON

H. Elliott of the airway division,
department of commerce, left IN
dianapolis airport Tuesday for
Washington. He arrived at the air.
port Sunday from Wichita, Kan,
in his Whirlwind Stearman biplane.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-12-19

sproued
yard photograph Godsen QefD Nathan
merchants those whose hammer
the clear frosty they fastened bases to the
thousands of displayed.
commissioners sellers to
without number history
applied year. year merchants had space The
the but requires each seller
$40 bond to guarantee he will clean after Christmas
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14

RECORD SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Dec. 13.-
A slight earthquake was recorded
late yesterday on the seismograph
of Frederick Odenbach, at John Car
roll University, he reported today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14
Simons Opposition Leader, Drops Opposition

some of us in the former Cannon
group were opposed to the failure
of Cannon to act as Party lead
er during the past two years, and
expressed our opposition.
Characterizing the Gee as
right wing group is an attempt
on Cannon's part to appear as the
real revolutionary in America. But
this is not so. Trotsky in 1924
employed similar maneuver,
charging the Comintarn with hav-
ing a right wing leadership. At
that time, Zinoviev defended the
Comintern against this unfounded
charge. Cannon will undoubtedly
continue his policy Of covering up
his lack of faith in the proletarian
revolution in the United States, by
using left phrases, by demanding
action fit for more revolutionary
situations, denying Party achieve
ments, and belittling them. Thus
Swabeck insisted before the recent
National Elections, that unless the
Party received 100000 votes (of-
fetal capitalist figures) the Party
had not done its duty.
The recruiting ground for Can
non is in the main among those
elements who have become pessi-
mistic in this period, who dropped
out If Party work, and who take
this means of excusing their own
desertion of the movement, by
hurting thunderbolts at the Party
and the Comintern. Others find
it more comfortable fighting the
Party, than fighting the capitalist
class. The present outbreak of
Trotskism means bringing to life,
to increased activity, enemies of
our Party.
There is danger of the Party
losing many wholesome rank and
file elements, who have been
raised in the fractional atmosphere
of the Party in. recent years, who
have been fed on facti,nal opposi-
ton to the Gee, who have heard
one side of the story embellished.
They have been so imbued with
the need for "holy war" on the
Gee that nothing can change
them. They have lost faith in the
Gee leadership; when they lose
faith in the Comintern leadership
because it does not remove the
present leadership of the Party,
there is grave danger that they
will follow in the footsteps of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14
Organ Company Fails
to Get Writ, Will Get
1t in the Higher Court

The ruling Of the lower court,
denying The Aeolian Company an
injunction against the Piano Organ
and Musical Instrument Workers
Union, was affirmed yesterday by
two judges of the U. S. Circuit
Court, the third writing a dissent
ing opinion. The Aeolian Company,
who with five other Joined in apply
ing for the injunction, will probably
appeal to the higher courts-and it
is believed-get it there.
Because union musicians refused
to work on organs that were in
stalled by non-union labor, the in
junction was applied for. The case
will undoubtedly be brought to high
er courts since the Sherman and
Clayton antitrust laws are being
invoked against the union. These
laws, now used against workers on
strike, were enthusiastically sup
ported by the officialdom of the
American Federation of Labor when
they were UP for adoption before
congress.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14

Cannon. This is a grave danger.
There is danger that our
work in the trade unions and in
other mass organizations may be
seriously hindered through re-
fusal of former sympathetic ele-
ments to unite with us for strug-
gle against treacherous leaders.
The attack of Cannon gives
strength and courage to those
elements who began a fight
against the Communists in pro-
gressive groups within the old
unions. A machinist, progress
sive, saw clearly this danger,
when referring to another machin-
list who had begun to fight the,
Party influence among the union
members, he said: "This paper of
Cannon's will have bad effect on
our friend. 1t is unfortunate that
this paper comes out now. 1t will
hurt our work inside of the union"
A progressive worker Immediately
saw this danger, but many Party
members minimize this danger.
The appeal of Cannon against
the Party as having degenerated,
with a right wing leadership, will
poison the minds Of some workers
against cooperating in joint strug-
giles with the Party. This is a
real danger and must be COM
batted. In the face of these dam
gers, a comrade the other day
rather naively remarked that the
menace of Trotskyism would be
over when the Party Convention
finishes it's work in February.
This is gross underestimation of
the danger of Trotskyism. The
Party, to the working class. The
Party must be united to smash
the Trotskyist Opposition. Trot-
skyism must be recognized as the
main danger to the Party at the
present time.
| pledge my support to the Gee
in its struggle against Trotsky-
ism. On Sunday, Dec. 2, at the
Chicago Workers School Open
Forum during a discussion on Trot-
skyism, | openly repudiated it in
a short speech, characterizing it
as above. Immediately the issue
of Trotskyism was raised by Can
non. I voiced my opposition to it
in the Chicago District Executive
Committee, but characterized it
then merely as leftist deviation.
This was based on a momentary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14
DETROIT IN BIG
DAILY CAMP AIGN
Red Tea Parties Will
Spread Paper
Continued from Page One

bership of the Workers Party is be-
ing modified to canvass shops, fac
tories, workers organizations and
sympathizers for greetings.
Big Distribution of "Daily."
Special efforts are being made to
reach the viciously exploited work
ers in the automobile plants of this,
the biggst auto city in the world.
Thousands of these workers will re-
ceive the special fifth anniversary
edition Of the Daily Worker in a
huge mass distribution throughout
the city. Many of these auto work
ers will learn for the first time of
the newspaper that is fighting their
battles. Committees are already
being elected for this mass distribu-
ton, which will concentrate par
ticularly on the workers employed
in the plants of the two giant rivals,
General Motors and Ford.
The Fifth Anniversary Circula-
ton Drive in Detroit will conclude
with the fifth anniversary mass ban
quet on Sunday evening, Jan. 6, at
Workers Auditorium, 1343 Ferry
st. Detroit is going strong towards
this goa! and intends to make it the
celebration of real achievement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14
BRAND, Stresemannand
Chamberlain in Secret
Farley at LuganO Meet

LUCIANO, Switzerland, Dec. 49,
After Aristide BRAND, foreign secre-
tary of France, and Gustave Strese-
mann, foreign minister-of Germany,
had engaged in one hour AMI 35
minutes secret conversation yester-
day in the apartment of the latter,
BRAND Immediately went into secret
conference with Austen Chamber
ain, foreign minister of Britain.
So much care was taken to keep
he conversations secret that the
lace of meeting was not mentioned
n the corresnondence between the
ministers which led to confusion as
to the place the conversations were
tv take place. They were, however,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14
TORTURE IN
FASCIST JAILS
IN BULGARIA
Letter to Red Aid Tells
Story
(Red Aid Press Servicel


BERLIN, (By Mail) "A few
days ago the Red Aid of Germany
received a letter from political
prisoner in the prison of Sliwen in
Bulgaria. The letter follows:
'In January I received letter
transmitted by you with the sum of
$50 lei (about $4). The letter was
not given to me, but I received the
money. The contents of your letter
is also unknown to me. We also re-
ceived a letter addressed to Com
rade K, but we received only the
money and know nothing of the con-
tents of the letter. We divided the
money among ourselves. ..
"The prison of Sliwen where we
are is a sort of dungeon. There are
here 100 political prisoners from all
parts of the land, sentenced on the
ground of the estate martial law"
Among the prisoners are SO Commu-
nists, % anarchists and IL members
of the peasants league. The SEN
fences are as follows:
To death: 2 1.-THE death sentence
has until now not been lifted.
1918 years prison: 33.
$40 years prison: IL.
is years prison: a.
"On account of the tremendous
fines, which were given at the same
time, the property of the sentenced
workers was appropriated by the
state, and was sold.
"The regime in the prison is very
hard. In the morning and afternoon
we are supposed to have one hour
of walking, but 20 minutes are al
ways stolen from us. The rest of
the time we spend in narrow cells
holding up to 6 persons. In larger
cells as high as 20 persons are held.
1t is forbidden to read newspapers.
If a paper or an article is found on
a prisoner he is severely punished.
Correspondence is very carefully
watched. Above all we feel the
fascist terror. All are filled with
the thought that the day must come
when the fighting proletariat will
free its class fighters.
"With warm brotherly greetings"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14
South Wales Miners Fighting Wage Cuts
COOK CALLS FOR.
UNITED STRUGGLE
AGAINST ATTACK
Cancellation Board to
Try Softening

LONDON, (By MaiD The de-
mand of the South Wales mine
operators that wages be even further
reduced and the subsistence wage be
lowered has aroused a wave of
anger among the rank and file
miners, most of whom have been I'M
employed for the last two years.
The Cancellation Board in the coal
industry is shortly to take up the
two proposals of the South Wales
Miners Federation, which are as
follows:
/. The South Wales Miners
Federation will demand an increase
n the percentage addition to base
rates from the present ST to $3.50,
and the raising of the subsistence
rate from So to $3.50 per shift.
2. The coal owners will demand
reduction of the percentage to S.,
reduction of the subsistence wage to
$1.75 a shift, and that in future the
subsistence wage shall apply only to
married men.
The ruthlessness of the employers
demands has sent wave of anger
thru the South Wales valleys, and
the rank and file reply everywhere
is, eve will fight"
A. J. Cook, the leader of the mill
tant rank and file of the miners,
summed up the demands of the en-
ployers and the resulting militancy
among the workers as follows:
"The attempt will be resisted with
all the miners might, and the fight
will be carried on to secure the in
rcrease which the miners are demand
ling. And let me add that the fight
Twill be ours if we only act together
Tin 100 per cent united organization. u
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-14

Continued from Page One
Comintern received full support
from the social democrats and i'm
perialist elements generally thru
out the world. The elimination
of the Trotsky opposition fight
came with charges, of degenera-
ton against the Party and the
Soviet Union and the Comintern
(Thermidor), the Clemenceau
thesis, asserting the revolution
airy" right to overthrow the Soviet
government in the face Of the i'm
perialist enemy, and the open
demonstration against the Soviet
Union in the streets of Moscow
on November 7, 1927.
Trotskyism as an international
phenomenon YVES fought by the
Comintern and defeated decisively.
Even in those countries the fight
must be continued. Before its de-
feat, Trotskyism was the main
danger Now in the Comintern
generally, the open, opportunist
right wing errors are the main
danger. But Just as it is pos
sible for American Imperialism to
be on the upgrade, within fall
ing world capitalist system, so it is
possible that in che country, as in
The United States, Trotskyism is
the greatest danger to the Party.
Trotskyism raised its head in
America, as a force fighting
openly against the Party and the
Comintern, with official organs,
aided by other renegades from the
Communist movement, with praise
from social democratic and CAPT
talist papers. Cannon, Abern and
Schachtman, the latest converts to
Trotskyism, following Lore and
Eastman, were pessimistic IS to
the work in the Party, their pol
icy being to worship at the shrine
Of auxiliary organizations, and
participating hardly at all in the
work Of the leading Party COM
mittees of which they were men,
bers. They showed lack of faith
in the Party making Roadway as
the leader of the masses in this
period. They over-estimated the
strength of American imperialism,
and under estimated the virility
and appeal of the Party. This is
without doubt a right error. Not
putting forward policies for the
Party, and determined to, GUST the
leadership by hook or by crook, an
appeal was made to the Comm
tern, since the membership sup
) ported The c. E. G..
When the Comintern failed to
agree with the Characterization Of
the c. f. C. leadership as right
wing group, this led logically to
the next step, charging that the
Comintern leadership made de-
cisions because of personal at
tachments and friendship wit
certain American leaders, that t.
Comintern was in connivance witt
the Lovestone leadership again
the best interests of the Party
This, in turn, made necessary
fight against the Comintern, er}
who was fighting the Cominter
on an international scale? T.
Trotsky Opposition. The conc
sion? Joining the Trotsky for
for fight against the Commit
and against the American Far y.
It should be mentioned that