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The Washington times., 1929-02-28
D. H. BLAIR
POST IN
DOUBT
q RORERT 5, THORNBURGH

BY ROBERT 8, TH0RNBURGH
With Secretary Mellon remaining
In the Cabinet, as appears. as GER
tain as anything political, the pres
ent Treasury organization will be
maintained virtually intact. and gen
eral policies will be unchanged, it
was learned today.
Most high officials in the Treas.
ury have been asked not to submit
their designations, indicating that
for the time at least they will con-
tinue in office. AS a rule, at the
end Of an administration the Off
cials subordinate to the Secretary
resign to await the pleasure of the
new chief.
Practically all of the key jobs
in the Treasury have been filled
by Mellon, from the important post
OF undersecretary, to comptroller
OF the currency. commissioner of
internal revenue, the assistant sec.
retaries and bureau chiefs.
Mills To Remain
Ogden L. Mills, of New York, one
of the Hoover leaders in that
State. succeeded Gerard B. Wins.
ton as undersecretary. He was
mentioned for diplomatic post,
but according to the most authentic
information he will remain in the
Treasury. The general opinion pre-
walls that Mellon will not serve
through the entire Administration
but will be succeeded by Mills
Seymour Lowman, also of New
York, assistant secretary in charge
of prohibition. and Commissioner of
Prohibition James M. Doran will
continue in push dry enforcement.
Blair Uncertain v
Belief was expressed that Assistant
Secretaries Henry H. Bond, of Bos-
ton, and Carl T. Schunemann, of
Minneapolis, will remain. No change
IL anticipated in the office of comp
troller of the currency, occupied by
J. w. Pole, or commissioner Of Gus
toms, held by E. w. Camp.
ihe status of David H. Blair, COM
missioner of internal revenue, seemed
more uncertain, although it was
understood that Mellon desires that
he remain. Blair frequently has
been attacked in Congress, along
with Mellon, for his tax refunding
fpolicies, although he has survived
criticism without apparent effect.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28

Births. engagements. M arRiaE e 9,
Deaths and In MemOriaTn appear daily
on the last inside page, last two columns.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS

The association for a home for
widows and orphans of veterans of
all wars will meet in Grand Army
Hall, 14OO block Pennsylvania Ave.
n. W., tonight at 8 O'Clock. Off.
GERS will be elected and installed.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
Make Working Crime,
Pleads Hobo Leader
Times Staff Photo

Jobless Woman So Leaps to DEATH, said headline In
the papers day or ago. great many have done
the same thing but why Senators and Congressman don
end their existence similarly of the modern mysteries
Daniel Bren hobo candidate for mayor of New YORK
tv ndo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
HIT LYNCHING AT
Meeting TONIGHT
Minor, Others to Speak
at Harlem Protest

Denouncing the recent lynchings
of two Negroes in the state of Mis-
sissippi as an act of savage terror
ism against the Negro masses, the
Harlem local of the American Ne
gro Labor Congress has called a
protest mass meeting for tonight at
st. Luke's Hall, 125 w. 130th st.
This meeting will be one of many
held by locals of the organization
throughout the country. At these
meetings the organization will
launch campaign for the creation
of inter-racial defense committees
to fight the crime of lynching. In
statement issued last night, the
American Negro Labor Congress
called upon all Negroes to organize
to protect and defend your lives"
every thinking Negro" the state
ment reads, "every class-conscious
worker, must come out to make an
effective protest against this bar
barous terrorism!
"Unite to demand the abolition of
lynching and terrorism! Organize
to protect and defend your lives!"
Speakers scheduled for the Har-
lem meeting include Richard B.
Moore, Mrs. Williana Burroughs of
the Brownsville local of the Con-
gress; Karl Reeve, editor of Labor
Defender, and Robert Minor, editor
of the Daily Worker.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
MINEOLA VICTIMS
co TO PRISON
New Trial for 7 Begins
Next Monday

fur worker victims of the anti
strike frame-up in Mineola, Long
Island, will be compelled to surren-
der to the police, to begin serving
their sentence of from two and a
half to five years in Sing Sing.
They arc Leo Franklin and M. Nal
kin.
The seven other fur workers, who
were originally included in the
frame-up, but who were recently
granted new trial by the New
York State Court of Appeals, were
informed by the district attorney
that the date for their new trial
has been set for Monday, Jan. IA
The trial is to come up in the same
court, Nassau County Court, Min
cola, Long Island.
Despite overwhelming evidence of
the innocence of all nine fur work.
ers, the appeals judges nevertheless
could not endure to see all nine
working class militants granted a
new trial. So they took their toll
and two fighters must begin service
of their long Jail terms tomorrow.
The International Labor Defense,
which is now handling the defense
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10

Vicious attacks were launched
yesterday by powerful patriotic or
ganizations against the Workers
(Communist) Party in its plan to
hold mass demonstration in
Madison Square Garden, Saturday
evening, January 10, to conmemo-
rate the anniversary of Lenin's
death and to emphasize the war
danger.
Fred r. Marvin, head of the no.
torious Keymen of America, with
offices at 120 Forty-second St.,
urged that the United States gov
ernment take action to halt the pro-
posed exhibit of the American flag
captured by Sandino's men, which
the Party will offer as evidence of
Wall Street imperialism in Latin
America. Marvin declared that to
exhibit the flag would be "an act
Of sedition."
"The Federal authorities should
intervene" he asserted. Possibly
the city authorities should also act.
The proposal of the Communists is
more than mere disrespect to the
flag. The Communists openly seek
to overthrow the present govern
ment. This is just part of their
policy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
DUNCAN DANCERS
IN FINE PROGRAM
Workers Children to
See Them Saturday

The program for the last three
performances of the Isadora Duncan
Dancers at Manhattan Opera House,
34th St., west OF Eighth Ave, an
nounced yesterday, is one of the
most interesting that they have
appeared in.
The program opens with S.ho-
bert's Ave Maria This viii he fol-
lowed BY Chopin's Berceuse and II
waltzes from Brahms. The first
part' Of the program will ha 90
cludcd with LISTS Ra-
and Reeyhoyen's Ruins
The second part "a a
the remarkable Impressions OF Rev
olutionary Russia that received such
thunderous opations at the celebra-
tion of the fifth anniversary of the
Daily Worker last Saturday.
The last three performances vii.
be given Saturday af,e..ooi! and
Sunday afternoon and day
evening. The Saturday ~ orni-
ance has been arranged "spe-
cially for working class childrcn ard
all Young Pioneers and pupils OF
left wing schools will attend in y
block and be admitted at a special
price.
Tickets for all three performances
are selling fast. Those who don't
want to be turned away should buy
them Immediately at the office of
the Daily Worker, 26 Union Square.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
MIKADO'S ARMY
ORDERED IN TO
SHOOT FARMERS
Oppression and Heavy
Taxes Cause Much
Discomfort
Officials Flood Land
Forty Killed as Police
Driven From Namoru

TOXIC Jan. An open revolt
against the imperial capitalist
feudal government took place at
Namoru. Gifu prefecture, today.
Two thousand Japanese peasants
stormed the town of Namoru, drove
out the three hundred police who
had been assembled there and cap
tured it.
The Japanese government is send
ing three companies of regular army
infantry, with machine guns and
hand grenades to try and drive the
peasantry from the city and make
arrests. They are ordered to shoot
to kill. But the revolt is spread
ing.
Forty casualties were reported in
the battle with the police.
Government Floods.
The immediate cause of the up
rising is said to be the flooding OF
peasant lands and destruction of
crops, which means starvation for
the farmers. The floods were
started by government officials en-
gagged in constructing engineering
work on d river flowing through the
district. The government is an
agent of the big landlords and big
manufacturers, and wants to build
power plants and open up interior
navigation, without regard to the
needs of the peasantry.
Great Unrest.
There is vast discomfort through
out Japan, and this is one instance
where it broke through into action.
The suppression of the peasant
leagues and peasant parties last
summer, the death penalty law for
Communists, the destruction Of left
wing labor unions in the citieg and
The terrific taxation of the farmers
are driving farmers and workers
alike to revolution. The imperial
coronation, in November and De-
cember, on which millions of dol
lars were squandered, resulted in
sudden and sharp increases in taxa
tion.
Demonstrations against the gov
Continued on Page TacO
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
NEEDLE TRADES
MEET PREPARES
DRESS S STRIkE
Spirited Cooper Union
Rally a Mobilization
to Struggle
O. *. Convention Plans
Scab Union Gives Piece
Work to Dress Bosses

Thousands of needle trades work
ers. at a mass meeting in Cooper
Union. 8th st. and Fourth Ave.
Yesterday issued the mobilization call
for the coming general strike in the
dress manufacturing trades.
The meeting, called for the rur-
pose of telling the membership of
the decisions made by the convention,
quickly assumed the character of a
marshalling ground for the coming
struggle.
With tremendous enthusiasm, the
workers showed that they heartily
endorsed every decision made at the
convention, industrial, organiza-
tional and political.
Speakers, among them. Louis Hy-
man, president; Ben Gold. secretary
treasurer; Charles S. Zimmerman
and joseph Borachivich, in discuss
ing the dress strike decision of the
convention. pointed out that the
strike in the dress industry was an
absolute necessity, since the open
shops and the working standards
were no longer bearable.
Louis Hyman, in his speech,
ridiculed the fake agreement" ar
rived at between the Schlesinger
company union gang and h e
racketeering outfit that designates
itself as "Dress Contractors Associa-
ton" He branded this "associa-
ton" as purely paper outfit, which
mas no membership, controls no part
Of the industry, but is there purely
TOR the purpose of fighting the wide
spread strike sentiment now existant
among the workers.
After telling of the intentions of
the new Industrial Union to organize
the entire needle trades till the 40
hour week and the week work system
were won back along with the other
union conditions. Charles S. thinner
man showed that the workers were
being paid the miserable wages of
81 and So day in dress shops. "For
4o cents, an entire dress is made
up" he declared.
Ben Gold, aroused the greatest
pitch of enthusiasm at the meeting
yesterday when he called on the
dress workers to repeat their historic
duty of beginning the struggle of
the needle workers for union and
for livable standards. This was
after he drew a word word picture
of the intolerable condition. Zim-
norman had previously pointed out
that in 1909, when the first needle
trades unions were being fought for,
the waist and dress makers had been
the first to go out in general
strike, followed in 1910 by cloak
makers and in 1912 by the furriers
A storm of applause broke out
when Joseph Borachovich announced
of the establishment of fraternal re-
Continued on Page Two
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
Knit Goods Local Will
Meet Tonight at Office

A special meeting of the knit goods
local Of the National Textile Work
ers' Union will take place tonight
at 80 at the district office, 247
Sixth Ave.
The reason is beginning in this
industry. The executive board of the
Knit Goods Workers local has work
ed out a very important plan that
must be carried out Immediately.
Also the executive has work. d out
demands for the knit goods local
and therefore calls all members to
this special meeting to discuss all
these important reports of the execu-
tive, which are to be presented for
their approval.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
MOSES ADMITS
KELLOGG PACTS
LECALIzE WARS
Secretary Wrecks New
Compromise With the
Reservationists
Senate Will Soon Vote
Debate Only Over Form
of Statements

WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.-In the
course of the sham battle which
continued today, over the Kellogg
imperialistic treaties, Senator Moses
admitted they were treaties to
legalize war. The question is
whether they shall be voted thru in
their present form, which Secretary
of State Kellogg assured the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee amply
"safeguarded" the U. S. empire in
Latin America, but which statement
he obstinately refused to read into
the discussion before the senate to-
day.
A compromise with the "reserva-
tionists" who insist on plain state
ments that bar British imperialism
from any territory which U. S. i'm
perialism has set aside for itself
had been reached. They would nave
been satisfied with Kellogg's official
declaration to the senate that the
treaties do not effect the Monroe
Doctrine. But now the debate will
probably go on for several days, be-
fore a vote is taken. The vote will
surely be in the affirmative.
Senator Moses in the course of a
long speech admitted.
"First, that the treaty, instead OF
abolishing war, actually legalizes
war. Professor E. M. Borchard OF
Yale Law School was entirely cor
rect when he told the Williamstcwn
Institute of Politics that the treaty,
now qualified Sy the French and
British reservations, constitutes no
remuneration or outlawry of war, but
is, in fact and in law, solemn
sanction for all wars mentioned IN
the exceptions and qualifications" ="
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
Eiug0es IN Vicious Dylve
ON Lenin Memorial Meet

"Sandino is an enemy of this gov
ernment. To put on exhibition an
American flag captured by him is
to aid the enemy. 1t should not be
permitted"
The plan to display the flag with
Sandino's signature was branded as
"almost treason" by Walter 1.
Joyce, director of the Americaniza-
tion Committee of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
"This is an outrage. 1t is an act
against the interests of the repub
lie. The federal authorities certain
ly ought to take action" Joyce said.
81 believe Police Commissioner
Grover Whalen also will be stren-
uously opposed to the proposal to
exhibit this flag, to exploit it in
such manner. | have known
Whalen for years. He is good
friend of mine. However, l don't
know whether he will take steps to
block this attempt.
"At any rate the Madison Square
Garden should be heavily policed on
the day of the demonstration The
Veterans OF Foreign Wars is posi-
lively in favor of the Coolidge pol
icy in keeping the marines in Mica
ragua. The Communists should not
be allowed to display this flag, cap
tured from our own troops"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
PLAN new drive
AGAINST SANDING
Reactionary Forces Are
Prepared

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. g.
The United States government, thru
Brigadier-General Logan Feland,
commanding the marines in Nicara-
qua, Admiral David Sellers and the
puppet president Moncada, is now
organizing special forces to send
against the army of General Sandino
in northern Nicaragua.
Announcing to press correspond
ents that now only small bandit
groups" remain composed of from
10 to so "bandits" each, Moncada
states that he has decided" to or
ganize special Nicaraguan forces,
under the direction of Yankee ma
rines, and dispatch them to wipe
out the bandits. !" The combined
forces of marines and national guard
will be personally directed by Cen
eral Feland. Airplanes and Sellers
sailors will also be pressed into SER
vice.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
Greed Is Bad,
Taft, Labor
Halter Says

Basil Manly, joint chairman Of
the War Labor Board, and director
since 1920 for the Peoples Legis-
lative Service" an organization
calling itself "liberal," has in New
York daily a long interview with
William Howard Taft, ex-president
of the United States and chief JUS
tice of the U. S. supreme court.
The interview, copyrighted, is
full of "soft SOAP" sickening SEN
timentalities and spiritual" plati-
tudes, but the gist of it is in Taft's
statement that the most disturbing
element in national life is "the ma
terialistic philosophy which places
wealth and worldly success ahead of
every other consideration in life"
Taft declares that most of the
greed is that of Criminals" and
can be nullified by more police. He
concludes with approval for class
collaboration schemes to "solve the
labor problem"
Nowhere in the interview do
either Taft or Manly point out what
is nevertheless true, that Taft's
blast against greed was made by a
man who has been connected with
as many acts of greed as even Hard
ing's oil cabinet has to its credit. 1t
was Taft who appointed the motor
ious Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger, who looted the forest re-
serves and mineral reserves of the
U. S. for his friends, the lumber
and mining companies. Thousands
of acres of land were withdrawn
from the public domain, by Taft's
appointee, Ballinger, and practical
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
PATERSON RALLY
TO LAUNCH DRIVE
Friday Night Rally to
Start Union Drive

PATERSON, N. j., Jan. 8.-This
Friday night, in Carpenters Hall,
Sc Van Houten St., silk workers will
gather at mass meeting in answer
to the call of the Paterson Local of
the National Textile Workers Union.
The meeting will mark the first Off
cial step in beginning the organiza-
ton drive the union laid plans .
carry out here.
After the silk strike here had
been betrayed by the reactionary Of
ficials of the Associated Silk Work
ers Union, the bosses began an in
tensified campaign to cut wages.
This, as well as the fact that the in
dustry is now almost wholly unor-
ganized, is what the union is bank
ing on for carrying thru success
full drive.
Ben Gitlow, Workers Party leader
and trade unionist, will be one Of
Continued ON Page TaCo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
To All Oppressed Negroes! To All Negro, White Workers!

inch He had dared
of the working class by the capitalist class
In McCulum's the verdict of
death at the hands parties forced
from Sheriff Gray that McCuum threats against
his e The sheriff did protect workers. and
especially Negro workers. he advised leave his Job
and quit - -
In the the murder Shepard the attitude
taist class
tive of capitalism in the Mississippi bruay he
has neither the time the investigate
These brutal lynchngs of nationwide of
terrorism against the Negro and be met by the united
action of white and black New dur
ing the week that the Mississippi yncngs occurred Negro
worker hunted by bodhound almost death
his capture In New York City, the Brooklyn Manhattan
two attacks Negro workers by IT, sailors occurred
few weeks previous l6yeaod Negro youth Frank Whhurs
dded with machine Chicago defending
himself bravely from their attack
nchngs and other of terrorism of the
savage exploitation the under
capitalism They reveal the hypocrisy of the expoter who speak
Continued n Page TVo
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10

The closing of the year 1928 celebrated in Mis-
ssspp with the ynching of two Negro workers. Charley
Shepard, Negro prisoner who away from the fright
full butaities at the state pentenary at Parchman
hunted with bloodhounds for three days by 1000
Finally brother with whom he had taken refuge
upon understanding would be trial chance
killing prison guard
the escaped he Immediately turned blood
thirsty mob of Mississppfs leading citizens"
Long before his these leading citizens planned his
spread
began vomiting their potential muderers the
Parchman packed with automobiles speeding the
festival Shepard soaked gasoline
burned the stake while mob of 1000 howd cheered his
tortured body became a flaming
A worker, Emanuel McCulum,
ynched a o Hatiesburg Miss Nc
that he dared protest against being
oerchaged white This shopkeepr got together
the local Chamber of Commerce. and McCuum
night and sranged with half
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
Senate Committee Says
Papers Forged Against
BOrah. Norris, USSR

WASHINGTON, Jan. (UP).-
Demand that William Randolph
Hearst, newspaper publisher, be con-
demned officially for publication of
certain forged Mexican documents
which prevented action in the senate
late today on special committee
report absolying Senator's Borah of
Idaho and Norris of Nebrasks from
charges implied in other pa
perS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10

sit is childish to attempt to hold
inception of the war; IL is mis-
take to accuse kings and czars of
having created the present war.
The wnr was made by capital.
Capitalism had run into n blind al
ley. This blind alley was nothing
which dictated war between
those competing for the owner
ship of the world.- From speech
by LenIn. Lenin memorial meet
ing. January 10, in Madison squire
Garden.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10

of the two victims, yesterday issued
a statement calling on all class-con-
scious workers 10 support it in a
drive to compel freedom for Frank
lin and Malkin.
A call was also issued by the L.
l.. D. to all those having collection
lists on the Mineola cases. The
money is now badly needed, the an
nouncement states, because new at
torneys must be hired for the new
trial in addition to the immediate
needs to begin an intensified fight
to free the two who go to prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
Delay Printing of the
TrOtskyist Papers

Publication of ihe documents
rther exposing the Trotskyist
pot has been postponed. Watch
the Daily Worker for further an
nouncement.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10

We demand the Immediate abOli.
tiOn Of all vngrnncy laws; protec-
tiOn 0t unemployed workers from
arrest On chnrxea of vaxraucy.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-10
SERB DICTATOR
DEGREES DEATH
FOR COMMUNISTS
Military Coup Part of
War Bloc Against
Soviet Union
French Manage Move
Pravda, Izvestia Score
Danger to USSR
(Wireless By "Imprecorr")

(Wiretess By "ImpTec0rT
YUGOSLAv FRONTIER, Jan. 9.
The first laws of the dictatorship
which has been set up by the king of
Jugoslavia are directed against the
Communists. Death has been de-
creed for membership in Communist
organizations and for harboring
Communists, as also for agitation
against the government.
A special court with special judges
is being formed to enforce the die
tatorship.
Against Soviet Union.
Complete inactivity of the bour-
geois parties is encouraging the die
tatorship which is now consolidating
it's position. Municipal councils in
important districts have been dis
solved and government commission
ers have been appointed. 1t is
rumored that unreliable ministers
are being replaced by generals, as
for instance, transport minister
Koroshetch, former premier, by Cen
eral Kalabovitch, in order to guar
antee strategic transport interests in
case of war against the Soviet Union.
The fact that the Croat leaders
knew of the concentration of troops
in Croatia weeks before the coup
proves their completely. Despite
declarations of the Croat leaders
and the censored press, mass hos
tility towards the dictatorship is
finding expression.
=
Part of Anti USSR Bloc.
(Wireless By "Inprecorr')
MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., Jan. g.
Commenting on the coup d'etat in
Jugoslavia and the proclamation of
military dictatorship, "Isvestia,"
official organ of the Soviet Govern
Continued on Page Five)