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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
|HQuR Island
at LOnguCre

A WEAKLY written murder play
n called "Hawk Island" penned by
Howard Irving Young, who also
staged it, is now at the Longacre
Theatre. A cast which in most cases
does not click attempts in vain to
make the play interesting. Only oc-
casionally is the audience actually
thrilled, as they should be by this
type of play. While most murder
and mystery plays are not neces-
sarily realistic, the present opus is
almost entirely lacking in its por-
trayal of life as it actually is.
The action of the play takes place
within one hour on Hawk Island,
somewhere off the New England
coast. Gregory Sloane is entertain
ing for the week end more than a
half dozen men and women, all
of whom are devout readers of de-
tective stories. They include An
thony Bryce, who writes one thriller
after another.
Sloane decides to play prank on
his guests. He arranges with Don
aid Parish, one Of those present, to
stage a fake murder and see what
the reaction will be.
The best performance is given by
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
Fraternal Organizations

Bronx Gastonia Defense Meet.
All workers organizations are
urged to elect delegates to the Gas
tonia Defense Conference called Dy
the Bronx I. J.. D. and w. ]. r.. for
the evening Of Wednesday, Sept. 25,
at 1472 Boston Road.
Bronx Palestine Lecture.
A lecture on the Arabian uprising
in Palestine will be given Wednes-
day, Sept. 25 $40 p. m. at 1851
weeks Ave. Bronx. under the aus
pices of Council "a. U. c. w. W.
workers Laboratory Theatre.
Meets every. Monday. Wednesday
and Friday, $3.50 p. m, in Room GOT.
% Union Square Workers wishing
10 take part in the Gastonia strike
play, white Trash" should leave
their names and addresses at the
Workers School.
Central Body, U. c. w. w.
Meets Thursday Sept. 20, $3.50 p.
M, at the Workers Center 20 Union
Square. Organization secretaries and
c b. delegates must be present
Members welcome.
Bronx Y. e. l.. Dance.
The Y. c. L., Upper Bronx. No. 2.
has arranged a dance for Saturday
evening, Sept. rs, at the Bronx
workers Center. 1880 wilkins Ave.
Tia Worksrs laboratory Theatre
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
OPEN AIR MEETS

Rutgers Square at 8 p. m. H
Bloom, G. Lewis, Ray Ragozin.
149th st. between Bird and Berger
at s p. m. j. Codkind, R. Grecht
j. Harvey.
Myrtle and Prince at 8 p. m. to
report to 253 Atlantic Ave. Donald
son, G. Powers, ]. Williamson.
Intervale and Wilkins at 8 p. m.
Glassford, D. Morgan, l. Rothstein.
10th st. and End Ave. at 8 p. m.
italian and English. Candella, R
Rubin.
146th st. and 7th Ave. at 8 p. m.
Alexander, F. Austin, r. Moore.
Ninth Ave. and 18th st. at II
noon, Nabisco. T. Di Fazio.
FRANKLIN Knitting Mills, Bill Z.
72nd St. at $50 p m. H. Bloom.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
MASSACRE 5000
new REVOLT ON
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whole host of reports of fresh de-
fections in the army.
This means little, as the Chang
news agencies denied in the begin
ming even the rebellion of Chang
Fah-kwei, whom they now admit
ambushed and badly defeated a
force sent against him in five river
steamers two days ago.
Among the reports at present de-
MED are: that generals of Feng Yu-
hsiang have revolted against Nan
king and have cut the Peking-Han-
kow railroad and advanced to within
100 miles of Hankow; that General
Yang Sen has Joined the uprising
ana has begun his advance down
the Yangtse river from Szechuan
province to join with Chang Fa-
kwei; that Feng Chen-wu has been
discovered in a conspiracy against
Chang and imprisoned in Marking,
also that a mutiny took place among
the cadets of the Marking military
academy, in which 200 revolted and
fled to the Chang Fa-kwei armies
with about 20 caught by Chiang's
officials and summarily executed.
News from the northern and west
ern provinces is heavily censored.
The price of grain in Canton,
where battle is expected when the
Chang Fa-kwei forces reach it, has
mounted 80 per cent, and the money
exchange is affected.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
Communist Activities

Section Functionaries.
A meeting of all unit function
aries of Section will be held Thurs
day, Sept. 26, $3.50 p. m, at As Bay
2sth St Any functionary failing TO
attend will Immediately be removed
and called to account.
Attention Section z.
All members of Section who
have been instructed to appear be-
on Thursday, Sept. rs. at As Bay
2Sth st. must attend without fail or
be suspended from the Party.
Unit IL. section 2.
A meeting will be held Thursday
at $3.50 D. m
Section = lid Directors.
Monthly meeting Thursday, Sept.
20, at .. m.
Unit is. Section 3.
Meets THURSDAY, Sept. rs, p. m.
at 1i7s Broadway.
Latfn-Americnn Electoral Ball.
The Spanish Bureau is arranging
an election campaign rally and ball
for Saturday, Sept. 20, S:30 p. m, at
the Harlem Casino, 10th st. and
Lenox Ave. Latin American dances
and songs, Negro jazz band. Lead
ing Communist Party candidates will
speak. Admission rs cents.
Unit 4F, Section o.
Meets Wednesday, Sept. 25, $50 D.
M, at 253 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, TO
mobilize for the election campaign
and the Gastonia defense.
Section 4 lid Directors.
All unit lid directors of Section
are instructed to report at 143 F..
l03rd ST. Wednesday, Sept 25. .. m.
Init. Branch 1, Section s.
The executive committee meets at
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25

two soccer games, pyramid building
tumbling by the Kaytee Tumblers
and the usual track and field events
Besides these events, there also will
be a three legged race and sack
race for both men and women. For
the. juniors there will also be a shoe
race. Between the events there will
be dancing in the ball room.
If it rains the affair will be held
indoors.
Directions to the field are: Take
Pelham Bay line at 125th st. Get
off at Soundview Ave. Take Clouser
Point street car to ferry and then
ferry across right to the field.
All sports organizations are re-
quested to call off all other affairs
for the Sunday afternoon of the
meet.
Professional Boxing.
Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia
and Jack Sharkey of Boston will try
to Guido each other this Thursday
night at the Yankee Stadium, to the
amusement of some forty to fifty
thousand cash customers. For the
last week or so the capitalist press
has been full Of material on the
merits of this or that boxer, in an
effort to play up what everybody
knows to be nothing else but an
of fancy boxing for the
benefit of the promoters trust.
Neither of the two fighters have
shown punch in the past.
We do not wish to predict the
winner as the show is toss up be-
tween the two. Picking the winner
of professional bout in advance
is like pulling a ticket out of hat.
The best way to fight boss sports,
both amateur" and professional, is
to organize the young and adult
workers into class sports organiza-
tons, into the Labor Sports Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25

very careful and used almost all of
their 20 peremptory challenges 20
keep miners and unskilled workers
off, ard they succeeded. The jury,
as finally assembled, include a sales
man, very prosperous looking, a
housewife, three foremen from in
dustrial plants, a clerk, five skilled
workers, and a business executive.
Altho it took rs members of the
panel to produce the jury of twelve
the question asked of prospective
jurors were alike.
"Have you any prejudice against
policemen-against private or coal
and iron policemen" were always
asked.
One coal miner tried very hard
to get on the jury. He answered
every question faultlessly, finally
forcing the defense to use a per-
emptory challenge TO get rid Of him,
and he went out slowly--obviously
disappointed.
1t is interesting to note that the
defense is being handled by C. B.
Prichard and Edward G. Coli. The
former is generally reputed to be
the regular attorney for the repub-
lican machine in Western Pennsyl-
vania and called in whenever the
machine gets into trouble.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
With the Workers Init Relief

adults, a children's orchestra is be-
ing organized. Those who wish to
participate should also register at
the above address.
Physical Training Groups.
Many workers realize the impor-
lance of developing healthy bodies,
but do not wish to join bosses or
CARNATIONS like YMCA, YMHA, etc.
The WIR is establishing classes in
physical training and calisthenics,
under the direction of the Labor
Sports Union. The classes will be
held once a week, on Saturday or
Sunday. The fee for WIR members
will be ten cents each class. For
non-members, 25c each class-$1.00
a month. Register at the National
Office of the WIR.
~ English Language Chorus.
A mass chorus, to sing working
class songs in the English language
is also being organized. Workers
who wish to join this chorus should
send their names and addresses to
the National Office, Workers Inter
national Relief.
Workers Drama and Cinema.
The WIR plans to establish a
workers theatre, where stage plays
will be given three times a week
and motion pictures will be shown
the rest of the week. These activi-
ties will be under the direction of
Emjo Basshe, formerly of the New
Playwrights Theatre, who directed
Singing Jailbirds."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
WANT union IN
ROSEMARY, N, C,
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NONhS'etOU g'oHt UyO OHSJ
cents week out of their own wages
Once week the looms are cleaned
off by the weaver1 with mops. Hard
work? We get dirty as chimney
sweepers and wet with perspiration
The weavers are locked for every
bit of bad cloth. Some are locked
as high as SIS a week. rs cents is
locked every week for hospital dues
Not much left in the pay ticket
Mill houses rent for 35 cents a room,
but every thing else here is high
priced as compared with cities.
Ny looms are near the bosses
desk. Almost every day l see work
ers go there with bleeding wounds
to be doctored. Every day a stream
of people ask for work. Those that
are employed have too much work.
Why can't the hours be cut down,
and why do they give US as many
looms as we can possibly attend {?
Lack of knowledge on the workers
part.
There is much dissatisfaction of
conditions. Yet the southern work
er, is slow to fight. They want a
union, but they say the others would
not stick. Besides, they are hood
winked with promises and doped
with religion.
am a native North Carolinian
OF the ninth generation. So l know
of what / speak. Ny parents moved
here from a farm. I ask the Com
munist Party not to give up the
struggle in the South We need you.
TEXTILE WORKER.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
COMMUNISTS IN
PACKED MEETING
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struction adopted by the Soviet Gov
eminent. Bucharin, Rykoff and
Tomsky opposed this plan and sug-
gested a two year plan, a slacken-
ing of the fight against the kulaks,
and general right wing orienta-
ton.
They were defeated, and the meet
ing of the Communist Party in New
York last night applauded the deci-
sion.
Weinstone referred to recent
happenings in China as a further
proof of general rehabilitation of
the workers, saying: "Under the
banner of the Soviets, will the Chi
nese masses go forth to victory"
Palestine Revolt.
Palestine, and the heroic revolt
of the Arabian workers, peasants
and tribesmen against the full
power of British Imperialism and
its Zionist millionaire allies and
tools, also shows the forces work.
ing for the overthrow of capital
ism, and proves the correctness of
the analysis of the Sixth World
Congress of the Communist Inter-
national and the Tenth Plenum of
it's executive committee.
The speaker outlined the function
Of fascism and social democracy,
which tends to become social fas-
cism, in the third period, by ex-
amples, from the shooting down OF
German workers on May 1 by the
socialist chief Of police in Berlin, to
the fascist tendencies shown just
now in Gastonia.
Workers Follow C. l.
"The bourgeoisie rely more and
more on social democracy to sup
press the working class, while the
working class depends more and
more on the Communist Parties,
Weinstone pointed out.
MORE
Entering a period of revolution
airy struggle, only renegade like
Lovestone could call the heroic
battle of the Berlin workers a
putsch, as Plekhanov called the 1905
revolution in Russia a putsch."
The Communist International,
Weinstone recalled, prophesied even
the Lovestone treachery, when it
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
HOOVER RESISTS
CONGRESS- drive
ON TARIFF RATE
Demands Centralized
Authority on Imports

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American competition. Because
chemicals are sold below the cost
of production on the foreign market
it also discourages the establish
ment of chemical plants in such
countries.
This is measure in preparation
for war that gives the American
imperialists great advantage over
countries with poorly developed
chemical works.
g., The same system of ruinous COM
petition is in vogue in respect to
other products of American trust
flied industry that has guaranteed
home market at monopolistic prices,
because of the hifh tariff walls.
Congress Incompetent.
The president argued it is i'm
possible for congress to determine
all the complex factors in tariff
making without doing injustice, and
that the flexible provision offers a
way for change by the president
on the basis of facts gathered by
experts without waiting for gen.
eral revision by congress.
Fordney -McCumber Bill.
"The flexible provision" he said,
sis one of the most progressive steps
taken in tariff making in all our
history"
The flexible provision was enacted
in 1922 as part of the Fordney-
McCumber Tariff Act. President
Hoover raised the tariff on several
agricultural products after the
house began consideration of the
bill.
In his statement, President Hoov-
er said that the flexible provision
originally was favored by all par
ties, and pointed out that in the re-
cent campaign some democratic
leaders, who included Alfred E..
Smith and Chairman John ]. Ras-
kob of the Democratic National
Committee, but whom the president
did not name, advocated increase of
the tariff commissions powers, CIV
ing it almost exclusive authority to
make all tariff changes. Hoover
said he does not favor this.
Needed More Than Ever.
The reasons for retaining the
flexible provision, he said, "are
even more cogent today than ever
before"
at is proved by a half century of
experience that the tariff cannot be
reviewed by congress more than
once in seven or eight years. 1t is
only destruction of the principle
of the flexible tariff to provide that
the tariff commission recommended
tons be made to congress for ac-
ton instead of the executive"
This is the democratic proposal.
"Any person of experience in tar
iff legislation in the last century,"
the president continued, KNOWS per-
fectly well that congress cannot re-
open single items of the tariff
without importing discussions all
along the line, without the constant
unsettlement of business and the
importation of contentious and fac
tious questions to the destruction of
other important duties by congress.
Congress has literally hundreds of
times in the past refused to enter
tain any amendment to tariff ex-
cept in periods of general revision"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25

will present play. Proceeds to the
Gastonla defense and the League
National School. Exposition OF Init.
Esperanto Correspondence; illustra-
tons of the Pioneer Congress will
be shown. Tickets in advance 70
cents; at door 35 cents.
Lower Bronx Carnival.
Branch /, Section has arranged
carnival and dance for Saturday,
sept 20, p. m, at It's II. 13Sth ST.
Checos Balalaika Orchestra, plenty to
eat, splendid entertainment. Party
candidates will speak Admission 25
cents. All invited.
brighton Beach Outdoor Meet.
An open air meeting will be held
Thursday. Sept. 26, 8 p. m, at T.. eth
St and Brighton Beach Ave. under
the auspices of the Brighton Beach
workers Club and Council II, U. c.
w. w.
Brighton Beach Workers Club.
Executive meeting Friday. Sept, 81.
100 p. m, at 227 Brighton Beach
Ave. Educational meeting same eve
ming, $40. same place. Refreshments.
Admission free.
Section LID Directors.
!. All unit LID directors of Section
&are instructed TO report at 143 q.
1osrd St. wednesday. Sept. 21, sp. m.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25

Z p. M, membership at $40 sharp,
wednesday, Sept. rs, at the Browns
Vile Youth Center, 122 Osborn st.
Unit re-. Section /.
~ Meets Wednssdsy, Sept, Is. 7;so P.
at sharp.
Unit S. Section Z.
Meets today at 1901 Memaid Ave:
executive at $50 p. m, membership
at $50 p. m. Roll call.
Unit G. Section s.
A discussion of the election cam
paign will be held at 1880 wilkins
Ave. today, with Com. George Spiro
leading.
Unit 1OF. Section 2.
Meets today, executive at p. m,
membership at ?. m.
Unit is, Section 3.
Meets Thursday Sept. 26, 6 p. m,
at 1179 Broadway.
Section and Unit AgitprOps.
meeting Of all unit and section
directors of agitation and propaganda
work will be held on Thursday, Sept
&c, 7.30 p. m, at the Workers Center
cludes preparation for future work
in the units, current tasks and better
systemization of work. All directors
will be expected on report on the
choosing of students for the func-
tionaries course and registration for
new members courses. If possible
all comrades should bring with them
the registrations for the units and
sections and the required fees.
Init. Branch 1, Section 2.
An open air meeting under the
auspices OF the branch will be held
at Columbus Circle, Thursday Sept
26, at 5 p. m. All members must be
present
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25

Elaine Temple as Sally, who as the
school girl chum of the rich Gregory
Sloane, saves his life in critical
period. Of course, that means she
has won rich husband. Clarke
Gable is fair as Sloane.
Others in the cast include Joseph
CRANKY as Austin; Charles Halton
as Bryce and A. ]. Herbert as Par
ish
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
WIR Extends Work of Proletarian
Culture.

Culture.
In addition to its work in strike
situations, the Workers Information.
al Relief organizes in many other
fields of proletarian welfare. Among
the activities to be undertaken are
health centers and medical service
physical training, day nurseries fol
children of working class mothers
music, theatre, cinema, etc. In all
these undertakings the WIR well
comes all workers, regardless OF
race or color.
Brass Band Organized.
At meeting held last Monday,
attended by Is workers, the WIR
Brass Band was organized. The fol-
lowing decisions were made: ~ to
have a class and musical studio for
beginners; (2) committee was
elected to look for permanent head
quarters; (3) to have class rehear-
sails every Tuesday; (4) Weinstein
elected secretary; Broder, manager;
Sam Cap, Rubinstein and Frank Po-
gano on the executive committee.
The first rehearsal will take place
today at the Jewish Workers Uni
versity, 10S E. 18th St., at $3.50
p. m. Workers who wish to join the
band should attend and register.
Otherwise register at Union So,
Room COG.
Children's Orchestra.
In addition to the brass band for
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
MINERS BANNED
FROM JURY IN
BARkOSKI TRIAL
Was Tortured First in
&c., Barracks

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condition, in the coal and iron police
barracks.
Lyster twisted Barcoskis broken
nose and his ears, the doctor said,
then placed him on a chair, and
when the miner fell to the floor
Lyster kicked him.
DR.. Patterson identified leather
strap as similar to the one he had
seen Lyster use.
II told them they would have to
stop" Re said, chat his condition
was serious"
Especial to the Daily Worker.)
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. "a
The three coal and iron thugs who,
on Feb. 9, dragged John Barkoski
to their barracks and there beat and
kicked the last breath out of his
body today went on trial.
W. j. Lyster, Harold Watts and
Frank Shapikis, formerly of Andy
Melons private army at the Pitts
burgh Coal Company's Imperial
mine today watched their counsel
fight successfully to keep all miners
and unskilled workers off the jury
1t is, without the presence of a
single Mellon in the court room, an
all-Mellon affair.
First we have the dead mana
miner, employed by the Pittsburgh
Coal Co.-owned by Mellon.
Then we have the three murder
ers Of the miner-also employees of
the MELONS.
Then we have the state legal
machinery prosecuting the miners,
sgain Mellon-controlled.
And lastly we have two of the
most expensive lawyers of the dist
rict to handle the defense-undoubt
eddy bought by Mellon gold.
Out of the mess surrounding the
trial two issues stand clear
/. The terrible brutality of the
bosses agents-the coal and iron
police.
2. Tho fact that even faithful
agents Of the bosses, who carry out
the commands of their superiors, as
these three men did, may be sacri-
feed by the bosses now that it is
to the latter's interest that this be
done. It is not even yet evident
that any serious punishment will be
inflicted on them.
So terrible was the clod- blooded
brutality of the murder that all the
workers of Pennsylvania-and even
most of the "liberals"-were up in
arms.
The three coal and iron policemen
served the bosses well-but they
slipped little. The unforeseen hap
pened. Barkoski was a hunky-he
should have been able to stand all
they did to him; many other ilunkies
had stood as much before. But some
ching went wrong. Barkoski died.
Today they face trial.
It took all day up to six p. m
TO get a jury. The defense was
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25

CHILD MARRIAGE IN INDIA.
SIMLA, India, Sept. 24.-The as
sembly, by a vote of 81 to IA, pass
ed to final reading today the child
marriage bill establishing IA years
as the age of consent for girls.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25

said that in this period the main
danger would be from the right,
and that those anti-Comnitern forces
hitherto concealed would be forced
out into the open.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-25
LA GUAR Ola AID
ACCUSES BERRY.
IN QUEENS CRAFT
Thomas Wants More
Law Enforcement"
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acts of Coler's former associates
in Tammany Hall.
La Guardia's Fake Issue.
Major La Guardia made but a
brief speech, remaining in the back
ground in order to give Aron the
limelight for the evening to bring
out the attack on the Tammany
sewer scandal. La Guardia declared
there is only one issue in the cam
paign: honest, efficient, municipal
government, whether you have
what you are entitled to without
paying graft to some Tammany
politician"
Someone sent up a note to the
platform asking La Guardia if there
was any difference between the
grating Tammany political machine
in New York that sails under demo-
cratic colors, or the notorious re-
publican machine of Boss Ware in
Philadelphia, but La Guardia did not
deign to answer the question.
Main Issues Evaded.
Not once was there any reference
to the fundamental issues facing
the mass of voters, the workers of
Greater New York. Aron, injunc-
ton attorney and banker, dealt only
with graft on the part of the other
fellows and covered up the repub-
lican record of wholesale pillaging
of the country over a period of
years. The fundamental questions
of social legislation, unemployment,
child labor, the sweat shop, hous-
ing, the abolition of police terror in
strikes, the abolition of injunctions
in labor disputes, and other issues
raised by Communist candidates,
were all ignored.