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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27

private American concern is the In
ternational Mercantile Marine,
owned by Americans but flying
flags of other nations. 1t operates
the American, the Red Star, the At
lantic Transport and the Leyland
lines.
Catch You Anywhere.
The president of the international
Mercantile Marine is P. A. S.
Franklin, who is of interest to you
because, besides marine stock, he is
director III U. S. corporations in
banking, railway and insurance.
Director H. Bronner is interested in
15 corporations, including power,
railroads, motors, department stores
steel, oil and chemicals.
Director Chas. H. Sabin is also
director of II corporations which
can exploit you, dear reader, in II
different ways, even if you are not
a seaman, as he owns heavy stock
interests in agricultural products
marketing concerns, banks, cable
companies, oil. rubber, sugar, rail.
roads and helps other capitalist,
take the hide off the boys who ring
Continued on Page Ta0o
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The Lamport- Holt boats are coal
burners, competing with the ration
allied Munson Line in South Amer
ican trade. You can buy tickets
from New York to Buenos Aires
cheaper from the Lamport- Holt
than from the Munson Line. And
thereby hangs tale.
War-Peaceful and Violent.
A modern imperialist nations
trade depends upon its merchant
fleet, and just as in all other lines,
English and American shipping in
terests are at war So far it is a
peaceful war;" but the day is COM
ing and not so distant, when artil-
lery replaces diplomacy and YOU
yes, l mean you who read these
ines-will be "democratically" con-
scripted to die for American imper-
ialism.
If you don't think that ships, and
the seamen who handle them, have
anything to do with you, you need
to examine some facts. Outside the
government operated Shippi n 6
Board, which has 1886 vessels OF
1000 tons and up, an aggregate OF
10.882,793 tons, the largest Single
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
CLOAK WORKERS
PICK DELEGATES
Dressmakers to Hold
Meeting Tonight

Many hundreds of workers in
the cloak and dress manufacturing
industry, members of the left wing
union, yesterday met at meetings
OF their locals, discussed the coming
national convention of their organ
ization, its amalgamation with the
fur workers union and nominated
delegates to that convention
which will be opened Dec. 20 IN
this city. Dressmakers will meet
tonight in Webster Hall to take up
the same issues.
Discussions, sharp in their grasp
of the situation in the general labor
movement and of their own strug-
giles in particular, were held and
participated in by large numbers OF
Continued on Page TtoO
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men WANT
A. F. |. SUBSIDY
Woll & Co. Ask Higher
Tariff Rates

Especial to the Daily Worker)
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 26.-Sec-
retary-treasurer Kennedy of the
United Mine Workers of America,
came before the American Fedora
tion of Labor today with a tale of
financial difficulties in John L.
Lewis moribund organization. and
proposed that a gigantic fund" be
established "for use in future indus
trial struggles"
Kennedy's chief argument for the
raising of the fund seemed to be that
"the American mine owners have
lost more than S5,O00,000 in the last
few years in strikes, and that if
Communists were allowed to have
their way" there might be other
strikes. He made the usual faxed
charge that 'coal field operators
were financing the movement"
among the miners against the Lewis
misleadership, but said nothing
about the evident financing of Lewis
union officials such as was shown
by charges and counter charges
made few years ago when Far
ringtop, president of District IL
(Illinois) of the U. M. w. A. was
fighting Lewis.
| Neither did Kennedy mention the
cooperation of Lewis and the U. S.
government to stop relief for the
striking miners by having the Ma
tional Miners Relief Office raided
and its books subpoenaed. Raiding
officers showed Alfred Wagon
knecht, director of the relief a
letter from International President
Lewis demanding this action.
Representatives of II interna-
tional unions of the A. F. L. today
announced that they had organized
"The American Wage Farmers Pro
tective Conference" a body devoted
to raising the tariff on photo en-
cravings. shoes, glass ware, cigars,
hats, pottery, wall paper, uphol-
stored products, tinwares, books,
printed matter, paper, woven wire
articles, and others.
Under the specious plea that
higher tariffs and more profits for
the employers in these industries
would someway soften hearts of the
bosses and cause them to grant
higher wages, the newly organized
body will call for a special session
of Congress to discuss higher rates.
The organization is headed by Mat
thew Woll, vice-president of the
A. F. of L. and acting chairman Of
the National Civic Federation.
No attention whatever was paid
in the announcement of the so-called
American Wage Earners' Protec-
tive Conference to the question as
to whether wages would really be
raised by the higher tariff.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
PARTY MEMBERSHIP
FIGHTS RIGHT DANGER

The declaration of the Central
Executive Committee of the Work
ers (Communist) Party concerning
the expulsion of Cannon, Abern,
Shachtman and the other destructive
renegade elements from the Party,
finds a determined echo in the Party
and the membership.
The difficulties in the way of the
work of the Party have created pes
simlstic, opportunist and right wing
reactions among non -Bolshevist ele-
ments In the Party. The war danger
and the magnitude of the tasks of
the Party make these right wing
reactions the biggest danger the
Party is confronted with at this
moment. To meet this danger, the
Party was called upon by the Cen
tral Committee to close its ranks, to
support the Central Executive Com
mittee in its effort to cleanse the
ranks of the Party of anti-Party and
anti-Comintern elements, as repre-
sented by the Cannon Trotskyites,
and to mobilize ideologically against
the right danger by serious self
criticism.
This call of the Central Executive
Committee is now being taken up
by the Party units and many reso-
lutions prove the healthy mass re-
sponse of the membership.
The following resolution was
adopted unanimously by the Roches-
ter, Mimi, unit: Resolved, that
James P. Cannon, M. Acorn and M.
Shachtman, in supporting Trotsky
and the opposition are not cnly a
menace to the Communist Party of
the United States, but their collusion
with the Trotskyists of Europe
make them menace to the Com
munist international. We therefore
endorse the action of the Political
Committee OF the Central Executive
Committee in expelling the said
Cannon, Abern and Shachtmal from
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
FURRIERS HOLD
MEETING TODAY
Union Members Take
Up Amalgamation

In order that the membership of
the New York Joint Board Furriers
Union may have the opportunity to
discuss thoroughly the important
problems at present facing them. the
union has called general member
ship meeting for tonight. immedi-
ately after work, at Manhattan
Lyceum, Sc E. 4th st.
The question of the coming con-
vention, which is set for Dec 20, in
New York, and the amalgamation of
the furriers union with that of the
cloak and dressmakers, will be the
chief topic for consideration. After
reports by union leaders, every
aspect of the problems pertaining to
the convention will be clarified.
Not only is the convention vital
question before the membership
meeting, but the imminent expira-
tion of the agreement between the
Associated Fur Manufacturers and
the scab Joint Council will also be
taken up. The expiration of this
fake agreement, which the employ
ers openly violated, expires Jan. 81.
The meeting tomorrow will have
before it the problem of planning an
offensive against the employers
that will force the association to
sign up with the real union, the
Joint Board, and not with the union
wrecking gang again.
Among questions which will come
up in regards to the convention is
type of organizational structure of
the new national amalgamated union
of needle trades workers. This in
cludes a discussion of the system OF
rank and file union control known as
the shop-delegates system, and the
system of shop committees.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
s. RHODE ISLAND
MILLS TO SLASH
UTW Fakers Aid Boss
Put Over Reduction

PAWTUCKET, R. l., Nov. 20
The wage reduction drive of the tex
tile manufacturers, which has been
going on for the past few weeks,
was climaxed today when the own
ers of 62 mills posted notices that a
wage cut will be made effective
Monday morning.
Halted temporarily by the heroic
six-month strike of the 10000 New
Bedford fine cotton goods workers,
the mill barons again have begun
to cut wages per cent in many
New England mill centers. Till now,
however, the wage cuts were order
ed in isolated mills, and only now
has this concerted attack on the al
ready low standards of the workers
been attempted.
Although the exact amount of the
reduction was not as yet announced,
it Is believed to be five per cent
general reduction, affecting over
10000 operatives.
Leading this wage cut movement
are some of the largest manufactur-
ing concerns in the state. Among
them are the j. and P. Coats, the
big British-owned company, Man
ville-Jenckes, ohe Valley Falls Com
pany and the firm of Goddard Bros
That the mill barons, despite their
boldness, are nevertheless in great
fear of a general revolt against the
pay slashing is attested by the fact
that the wage cut in the Rhode Is
land factories was originally sched.
uled to have taken place more thar
week ago. But after making G
press announcement of the wage
cut, the mill owners withdrew then
notice and postponed the order. fol
over week.
U. T. w. Betrays.
Tremendous resentment is openly
expressed by the workers. And
while this resentment awaits but q
call for united struggle, the alleged
union in the field, the A. F. of L.
United Textile Workers Union
works instead to hold back the
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
Is MILL WORKERS
TO co ON TRIAL
New Bedford Militants
Face Boss Frame-up

Especial to the Daily Worker)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Nov. 26.
The 20 leaders of the recent New
Bedford strike who were charged
several days ago with conspiracy
to violate a city ordinance" are to
be tried tomorrow in the New Bed
ford courts. The charges were
made shortly before the 662 tex
tile strikers were scheduled to come
to trial in the Superior Court on
sS2 charges, growing out of the
long struggle of the textile work
ers against wage cuts.
The new charges are that the
strike leaders conspired together to
parade without permit" and "to
disturb the peace" All effort will
be made to try all these cases to-
gether. The trial of these 25 lead
ers is an attempt to outlaw mill
.ant unionism and to crush COM
pletely the spirit of the workers by
railroading to long Jail terms those
most active in the fight against the
mill bosses.
The International Labor Defense
Is conducting nationwide protest
against these new charges in New
Bedford, which include charges
against the most active strike lead,
ers and against such leaders OF
working class organizations as Paul
Crouch. secretary of the All-Amer-
lean Anti-Imperialist League; AL
bert Weisbord, secretary-treasurer
Of the National Textile Workers
Union. and Fred Biedenkapp, secre-
tary of the Workers International
Relief.
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treated the questions of indus
trialization, reconstruction of
agriculture and the inner Par
ty situation.
Industrial development is deter
mined by external and internal con-
ditions of the Soviet Union"
Stain said. "The Soviet Union is
a progressive power with a back
ward industrial technique. The
technique must be improved. The
independence of the Soviet Union
depends on a sufficient industrial
basis. Socialist construction is the
only way to abolish technical back
wardness.
Grain Production More.
Agricultural reconstruction pre-
suppOses industrial development.
The industrial capital investments
total 1850 million rubles or $50
million more than last year. Frum-
kin makes right wing deviations on
the basis of diminution of the
grain-producing area which was ac-
Cually caused by bad harvests.
Nevertheless the total production is
70 million pools more than last
year.
Grain production must be in
creased and the collective undertake
lngs extended. The village Party
comrades must differentiate strictly
between the middle peasants and
the kulaks. The poor and middle
peasants must receive greater incen-
tive. The grain prices have already
increased. One hundred and eighty
million rpbles have been expeuded
this year for state and collective
agricultural units or rs million more
than last year. Three hundred mil
lion rubles have been apportioned
for advance grain purchases or 100
million more than last year.
Needs of Construction.
"The commodity shortage is
caused by the increased demands of
the workers and peasants. The
shortage is connected with the pres
ent period of industrial reconstruc-
ton, new factories not yet thor
oughly working. Increased produc-
ton of agricultural machinery,
tools, etc, will minimize the short
age.
''The preponderance of small
scale production in the Soviet Union
is the social basis for deviations.
Right wing deviation tends to adopt
itself to bourgeois ideology. A
right wing victory means the ideolo-
gical collapse of the Party and in
creased chances for capitalist re-
storation.
"Frumkin represents sharp right
wing deviation. A struggle on two
Continued en- Page TiUo
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NAME SOME BIC
SLUSH DONORS
Albany Record Shows
Socialists Splurged

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 26.-Al-
though it is well known that cam
paign funds accounted for cover
only portion of the total, as most
of the cash is "slushed" in on elec-
tion day through irregular chan
nels, to buy the needed portion of
the approximately 100000 key
votes for sale, the elections bureau
of the state department here is 60
ing through the formality of pub
fishing contributions, and the first
days list is out.
The state socialist party organ
ization admits that it blew in about
a thousand dollars more than the
$5,593 which it had raised.
The New York County Republican
Committee headed today's list, with
total receipts of $123,227. The
principal contributors were: Herbert
N. Strauss, $4,000; Oliver B. James
and Mrs. Helen James, $4,000 each;
John J. Hopkins, Colonel Lloyd Hol-
lis and Annie B. Jennings, $1,000
each.
Other prominent donors were:
Daniel Guggenheim, William A.
Clark, w. Hallam Tuck and Ray A.
Graham, $1,000 each; Lamont Du-
pont, $4,000.
The Kings County Democratic
Committee reported total donations
of $116,527 The Democratic Ma
tional Committee reported total re-
Continued on Page Five
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
KELLOGG BEGINS
court INTRIGUE
Question Whether us.
Can Dominate Openly

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. (UP).
The state department expects soon
to take up with the nations of the
world the question of United States
membership in the world court, 1t
was learned from authoritative
sources today. 1t was understood
there have been some indications
abroad of changing attitude to-
ward reservations advanced by the
United States senate to American
participation in the court.
The fifth reservation, to which
most general exception was taken,
follows:
"The the court shall not render
any advisory opinion except publicly
after due notice to all states adher-
ing to the court and to all interested
states and after opportunity for
hearing given to any state con-
cerned; nor shall it, without the con-
sent of the United States, entertain
any request for an advisory opinion
touching any dispute or question in
which the United States has or
claims an interest"
The United Press was informed
that Secretary of State Kellogg
would discuss the matter with Presi-
dent Coolidge within the next "a
hours. The president is expected to
outline to Kellogg the result of con-
versation Saturday with a group of
republican senators including chair
Continued on Page Tqoo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
POLICE ARREST
TEXTILE UNION
LEADERS;JAIL "A
To Indict Mill Strike
Heads on Charges of
Conspiracy"
Textile Boss Revenge
Bosses Fear Growing
New Bedford Union
Especial to the Daily Worker

Especial to the Daily Worker)
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Nov.
26.-Police details here hunted for
and arrested fourteen of the twenty
five leaders of the big textile strike,
who are TO be brought up for in
dictment on charges of Conspiracy
to break the laws" All of these are
now confined in the House of Cor
rection, pending their appearance
before Judge Williams of the
Superior Court.
Out For Revenge.
Frankly collaborating, the courts,
police and the mill bosses are push
ing full speed ahead with their
plans to smash the fast growing
New Bedford National Textile
Workers Union, by imprisoning
their leaders. The viciousness of the
public threats made by the District
Attorney and the chief of police
against the textile unionists, showed
clearly that the mill bosses are out
for revenge against those who led
the 10000 workers in a six-months
struggle against wage-cut.
The fourteen arrested were taken
from their homes, from the union
office and from a union meeting that
was in progress at the time the police
entered.
Jailed Until Trial.
Most of the remaining 25, who are
to face the conspiracy" indictment,
are not in town, being busy of vari-
Gus fields of work for the National
Textile Workers Union of which they
are officers.
All those arrested are jailed till
their appearance in Superior Court
when the charges will be heard. Sc
far no amount of protests made by
Harry Hoffman, attorney for the In
ternational Labor Defense have
been sufficient for him to obtain the
individual trials he is demanding
The International Labor Defense at
torney announces, however, that a
bitter fight to gain this point will
be put up.
Patrick Cabral, a textile striker
who was arrested during the strike
and was threatened with a framed
up charge of assault with intent to
kill" comes up for trial tomorrow
with the charge changed to assault
and battery" He has been confined
in Jail since his arrest, waiting for
the superior court to open its fall
term.
The fourteen workers awaiting the
indictment charges tomorrow are
Jack Rubinstein, Andrew Izpk. Aug
usto Pinto, B. Katsikaras, Marie
Botelho, John Pelczar, Marie Silva,
Maria Silva, Manuel Machado, Cas-
mira Lameiras, Eulalie Mendez, Eli
Keller, and Alphonse Sameiras
Among the others facing indictment
are the leaders of the National Tex
tile Workers Union, including Albert
Weisbord, Secretary Treasurer.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
FOsteY-GitlOu
Vote Tops All
In District I12

William z. Foster and Benjamin
Gitlow, candidates of the Workers
(Communist) Party for president
and vice-president, beat Hoover,
Smith and Thomas overwhelmingly
in one election district of the
Bronx, election returns just made
public prove. The entire 112th cleo
ton district voted almost to a man
for the Communist standard bear
ers. The Communist vote was 1856,
according to the tabulation in the
office OF George Conklin, deputy
chief clerk.
Herbert Hoover, G. o. P. candi-
date and imperialist tool, received
ony 6 votes, and Tsmmany Al
Smith 30.
William F. Dunno, running for
governor of New York state on the
Communist ticket, received 3S5
votes considerably above the small
totals cast for the big party trip
let's, Ottinger, Roosevelt and Wald-
man.
The 112th election district, COM
prising the two huge apartment
houses Of the United Workers Co
operative Association, was cut off
from the 65th, district inhabited
mostly by class-conscious workers,
when the city officials feared that
too great Communist vote would
be cast. Even when the hes =
Communist vote had been ascer-
tanned yesterday, Conklin, deputy
chief clerk, attempted to throw out
many Of the Communist votes, but
was forced to let them stand as
they were.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
Hold Labor Defense
J Member Meet Tonight

A general membership meeting
of the New York section of the In
ternational Labor Defense will be
held tonight at 7:30 at Manhattan
Lyceum, &c E. Fourth st.
Norman H. Tallentire, assistant
national secretary of the I. L. D.,
will be the chief speaker. Many
matters Of Importance will be dis
cussed at the meeting and all men,
bers are urged to attend.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
Monarch of British
Imperialism Worse

LONDON, Nov. 26. - King
George, king of England, Ireland
and emperor of India, and figure
head oppressor 81 millions of
workers at home and hundreds of
millions in the, East, is reported to
be worse. The latest bulletins say
that he is spending a restless
night.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
Cas-" by M. ]. Olgin
Page 3 of This Issue

On Page 3 of this issue of the
Daily Worker appears the first
installment of Gas" remark
able phantasy of warfare in the
future, written by Moissaye J.
Olgin, noted Communist author
and editor.
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WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 26.-
Petitions signed by Jane Adams,
Prof. John Dewey, and others have
been received by President Cool
idge. requesting restoration of ci-
tizenship to all those convicted un-
der the war time Espionage Act.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27

(This article is the fifth of a
series telling the story of the Ves-
iris, the life of seamen and how
the shipping industry affects the
life of every worker. Look for
them in the Daily Worker, for
which they are written exclusive
ly.-Editors Note.)
By HARRISON GEORGE.
Why are such old tubs as the
Vestris allowed to go to sea? The
answer to this question is simple,
but involves other problems you can
hear discussed at the International
Seamen's Club, % South Street.
All ships are intended by their
owners to make money for them
and when old ships compete with
new "rationalized" or modernized
ships, the seamen suffer in wages
and other conditions and--as with
the Vestris, repairs are neglected
because the cost reduces profits.
Seagoing Junk Piles.
The Vestris, like the Vauban and
other Lamport- boats, was ar
old hulk due for the scrap heap, Or
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
ANOTHER PREBLE DEATH.

LYNN, Mass, Nov. 26 U.H.-The
death of John j. Coleman in hos
pital here increased to 90 the total
fatalities resulting from the Preble
box toe factory explosion of Novem-
ber 8.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27

BERLIN, Nov. 26 U.H.-Admiral
Reinhold Scheer, who commanded
the German high fleet at the battle
of Jutland, died today of heart
disease. He died while en- route by
train from Mannheim to Dresden.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-27
STAIN SHOWS RAPID INDUSTRIAL and
AGRICULTURE STRIDE in SOVIET UNION;
HITS RIGHT WING; THESIS IS UNANIMOUS
New Capital Investment in Soviet Industry
1,65O000,00O Rubles for Year
Grain Production Increased 100000 Foods
in Present Crop
fWireless to the Daity WorkerJ

speech Penary Session of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph San
general SECRETARY Communist Party of the Soviet Union