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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
Big Lay-Ofs IN Nav Yards

Such is the action being taken
by the A. F. of L. and the fake
Metal Trades Council at the rock
Ign yard. Two delegates, Joseph
McDonach, president of the Metal
Trades Council, a class collabora-
ton group, and Philip Engle, an
official of the Machinists Union To-
cal, have gone to Washington to
make a plea that something be
done for the navy yard workers."
These journeys to Washington at
the workers expense are frequent,
navy yard workers point out, but
result only in pleasure trips for the
Union takers, while the lay-offs and
speed-up continue.
The two delee gates, claiming to
represent the workers." but rep
resenting only the labor takers,
will visit leading politicians in
Washington, including the anti-la-
Dor Senators Copeland and Wagner.
Navy Yard workers can obtain in
formation about a real workers
fighting group by writing the Metal
Trades League, Trade Union Unity
League, 2 East 18th ST., New York.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03

tional Labor Defense to save the
Gastonia strikers and to rescue
Salvatore Accorsi from the electric
chair.
A. Jakira, representing the ma
ticnal executive committee of the In
ternational Labor Defense, reported
on the White Terror in the United
States and abroad. Special resolu-
lions were adopted in support of
the membership drive of the LID.
and for readers of the Labor De-
fender"
Tumultuous cheers greeted Fred
Beal, who appeared and gave the
greetings of the Gastonis de-
ftndants. He pointed out how the
mobilization of the masses by the
1, L. D. saved the Gastonia de-
PENDANTS.
Telegraph Canter in Prison.
The following telegram was sent
TO Canter: "The same forces which
murdered Sacco and Vanzetti and
sent Harry Canter to Jail, are now
trying to railroad Salvatore Accorsi
to the electric chair. The confer
ence has pledged itself to carry on
vigorous campaign to release
Canter, save Accorsi, and keep the
Gastonia defendants from going to
prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
BULLETIN.

LEEDS, England, Dec. 2,-The
Communist Party of Great Britain
is in congress here, having beer
opened Saturday. At the first ses-
sion, Frank Bright, presiding, called
for a determined fight against the
labor" government, charging the
labor" party, as the third party of
capitalism, with being responsible
for the murder of South Wales min
ers and for the conduct of imperial
list war against the workers of Brit
ish colonies.
LONDON, Dec. Grim neces-
sity of facing continually more de-
pressed British trade, is causing
Macdonald, the laborite premier, to
copy Hoover's action of setting up
superparliamentary Council of
State" of fascist character, bring
ing into a permanent body con-
ference of leading industrialists"
and the government, which will un-
doubtedly also be sanctified by the
Mondist observation-disclosures lead
ess of The Trade Union Congress.
The continued decline in British
foreign trade, which last month was
for the first time executed by Ger
man exports, has frightened the
British bourgeoisie, and imperialists
Of all the three capitalist parties,
conservatives, liberal and 'labor"
ant' let them to understand that the
Hoover Conference to Promote
Prosperity means conference to
j., break into British markets and a
general hostile thrust at British
trade
This is the reason why Monday
sees the calling Of the first meeting,
strictly secret vs. was Hoover's
(though the American press says
nothing Of the secrecy of Hoover's
confabs), Under the imperialist ella
nor for esta 5lishment Of Council
Of State, that is to say, council of
fascist nature superior to parlia-
ment, ''hJti-paftisan" in color but
always for imperialist interests.
The conference will take up pros
poets for further decentralization of
British industry, to find ways and
means of speeding up British labor
still more. The alarm against Amer
lean imperialism is voiced by j. l..
Garvin in the observer, who de-
clares: "How can any nation expect
to prosper and advance in the face
of foreign continuity and cohesion,
while Our relative economic disor-
ganization remains what it is and
while our political disagreements re-
main what they are?"
Gafvin also declares that if the
British political quarrels" continue
"a way OF advocating the abolition
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
LEFT UNI0VISTS
GhININ GERMANY
Fascist Repres sio n
Cannot Halt It
fWUsless By inptecorr)

BERLIN, Dec. 2.-On Saturday
sthere opened here the national con-
ference of the revolutionary Trade
Union Opposition. In attendance
there were lit delegates, repre-
senting factories employing some
two million workers. This confer
ence marks a step forward toward
disqualification Of the increasing in
fluence of the Communists among
the workers generally, as against
the soeialist-facist control of the
factory workers.
On Saturday also, the police
raided the Essen offices of the Cons
munist Party, occupying the prem
Uses for five hours and violating the
parliamentary immunity of the
Communist Deputies, Florin, Adler
and Voitovski.
Walter Schultz, secretary of the
Agitation and Propaganda (Agit-
Prop department of the Communist
Party of Germany has been sentenced
by the Supreme Court to serve
eighteen months in fortress prison
for demanding that soldiers have the
electoral rights as civilians.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
IN THE SHOPS
Fewer and Bigger
Ships, Smaller Grew,
Shipowners Plan
(Bu q Worker Correspondentl

(By a Worker Correspondent
The Piers Committee Of the New
York Board of Trade is attempting
to work together with the U. S.
War Department in the construction
of larger piers in the City Of New
York. These are to be some OF
the largest in the world, extending
to LOO feet in length.
With the present process of ra-
tionalization even in the shipping
industry, through the building of
larger steamers than ever before,
and the construction of more cruis-
ers for the navy, the building OF
these colossal piers are necessity.
The shipping owners find 1t
cheaper to sail the larger ships.
With the advance of new oil boilers
and engine machinery, a compare
lively less amount of fuel is used
than ever before. Also the same
amount of officers are used to run
the largest ship in the world, as 1t
would to run a much smaller vessel.
Compared to the tonnage of the
ship, a smaller crew is needed also.
This, of course, brings saving to
the shipping bosses, and more
money into their Golfers. But at
the same time drives an ever in
creasing number of seamen out of
employment.
At present the policy of the ship
ping bosses is to build fewer ships,
but bigger ones. j. T.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
lid. conference
Held IN BOSTON
Plan Organization Of
Negro Workers

BOSTON, Dec. 2-The organiza-
ton of Negroes into the Interna-
tional Labor Defense was one Of the
principal topics at the district con-
ference of the Boston LID. yester-
day when 80 delegates representing
81 branches and Al unions attended
A Negro worker, c. Green, was
secretary of the conference and the
chairman, R. Newton, another Ne
gro worker, lacently returned from
the U.S.S.R., represented the Amer
lean Negro Labor Congress. He ex-
planned the Five Year Plan and told
of the splendid conditions on be-
half of workers ard peasants in the
Soviet Union.
District conferences were also held
yesterday in Scranton, in the An
thraeite region, and in Detroit.
These conferences are dealing chief
lv with the Gastonia and Anti
Terror Drive of the LID. for $4,000
new members and $4,000 by Janu-
airy Is, when the appeal comes up
in the Gastonia case.
Elect Delegates To National
Conference.
The conferences are also electing
delegates for the Fourth National
Convention of the LID. to be held
in Pittsburgh, December 20, 30 and
81. Credentials are pouring in from
all parts of the land, three having
been received from Seattle. Wash,
where Mother Ella Reeve Bloor has
organized a strong, functioning re
gion of the LID.
Canter Case Leads.
The conference at Boston opened
with a letter telling of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts sustaining
tie year sentence of Harry Cantec,
imprisoned for criminal LIBEL, term
ing Governor Fuller the murderer
of Sacco and VanZetti.
Revolutionary greetings of Can
ter to the convention were read. He
appealed to the workers to carry
on the fight to build the Interna-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
Carpenter Union Fakers
Raise Graft bv NeW Tax
Bu q IEorI.er Correspondentl

(By q IEorker Correspondent
The Carpenters Local Union 2725,
New York, held a special meeting
recently to "vote" on a proposition
sent out from the general office,
Indianapolis. The proposition was
for a % cent raise for the old age
pension home, which has already
swallowed millions of dollars of the
carpenters money-and many of
them have earned less than the
scale, many of them have been many
weeks and months out of work.
Yet although the question was
voted down in every local which
discussed it, the carpenters had to
pay 81 each for the scheme. Most
of the secretaries collected the dol
lar, though, since they found new
tricks to get he money out of the
rank and file. Here's the scheme
they used.
The financial secretary of the
union has a steady job and he is a
good friend Of the recording secre-
tary. Besides, there is another fell
low, Mike Kavanagh, whose job is
to report to the district. He had
previously condemned the local bit
terly because he couldn't get a fat
job there but he is with the clique
bossing the local heart and sou
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
All Europe Threatens U. S. Trade

BERLIN, Dec. "A two-day Sc
eret conference of European manu-
facturers has just ended here, the
chief question of which was the at
titude to take towards the increase
in tariff rates ON imports into Amer
lea.
The director of the French General
Production Confederation, Delaver-
que, made the report on the subject,
after which a resolution was adopted
which declared that the increase of
American tariffs not only threaten
ed European industry, but would re-
duce the purchasing power of Eu-
rope and therefore reduce the de-
mand for American products.
Manufacturing interests were re-
presented from the following coun-
tries: Denmark, England, France,
Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy,
Yugoslavia, Austria, Poland, Switz-
efland, Rumania, Czecho-Slovakia
and Hungary.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
BIG LAyOFF IN
VA. NAVY YARD
Graham Tells How
Militancy Grows
(Coptinped from Pare Onsl

Continued from Page OneD
sons Graham gives for the rising
militancy of the Virginia workers,
and due to fear of this rising mill
fancy, the southern bosses and their
courts are out to "get" any workers
who try to organize the Virginia
workers into militant unions.
Graham was arrested and faces
a long prison term because he adj
dressed a meeting of both Negro
and white workers of the Southern
Springs Co. at Norfolk.
The unemployment situation is be-
coming more acute daily in the Tide
water district, said Graham. The
Ford plant recently practically
closed down, reducing the working
force from 1,7O0 to 400. In addition
the Navy Yard is laying off workers
constantly. The saw mills clos
ing down, have thrown thousands
on the streets, mostly Negro work
ers.
Graham gave some sidelights on
the attempt to railroad him, which
showed to what length the open shop
bosses are prepared to go in order
to stamp out all militancy in the
Negro and white workers of Vir-
ginia.
"Threats were made to lynch me-"
he said. "Stool-pigeons of the South
ern Spring Co. threatened to lynch
me, and also threatened the defense
lawyers.
"The open shop bosses enlisted
| the aid of the A. F. of L. and the
church as well as the courts to try
to railroad me.
"The A. F. of l.. Central Labor
Council officials attacked me, and
so did the reactionary Negro mis-
leaders paper, the Norfolk Journal
and Guide.
"The Southern Springs Co. had a
Negro minister come to the plant
and tell the Negro workers not to
organize under the Trade Union
Unity League. Then the general
manager of the company came down
from Philadelphia to give talks to
the workers after quitting time.
GAS result of the distribution
of militant literature which | made
to the workers, the company got
scared and gave the workers in the
tying department slight increase
in wages.
"This shows how necessary it is
for these workers to have the Daily
Worker and Labor Unity.
Fright outside of the court in
which l was being tried, the bosses
would start arguments between some
white and Negro hangers-on, in or
der to create the impression that
had started riots between Negroes
and whites
But these things won't stop the
Communist Party and the Trade
Union Unity League in Virginia as
the workers themselves show. Many
Negro workers have sent me letters
saying that they're with me in the
trial, and we have organized a T.
U. U. L. group in which are Is
Negro workers."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03

perialism in its armament race. If
the American imperialists are not
satisfied with their gain in warships
at the London confab, they will rush
thru big naval appropriations.
The severe nature Of the farm
crisis comes up, with Hoover, Hyde
and Legge supporting the rich farm
ers against the poor and tenant
farmers whose conditions become
more unbearable every day. A tax
cut Of sl6O,O00,OO0 is being asked
by the big capitalists.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
FIGHT TERROR.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Nov. 90
Militant workers in Los Angeles
are fighting the conviction of two
Communist workers, arrested No
vember 10, when police broke up
Communist open-air meeting. Mar
tin Shapiro, IS, one of the young
workers arrested, testified that ne
had been severely beaten by police
at a Communist street-corner meet
ing at Brooklyn Ave. and Cornwell
st. Frank Spector also told of po-
lice brutality against him when he
was arrested.
Although the meeting was held
outside a restricted area, in which
no permit was required, the meet
ing was broken up and the two ar
rested charged with "holding a
meeting without a permit"
Part of the fight on the terror
against militant workers was the
Southwestern sub-district conference
of the International Labor Defense,
taking in Southern California, New
Mexico and Arizona, at which vol
unteer committee of 200 was formed
to take the lead in the drive for
Gastonia defense in this section.
n..sl.l H. A. TT,,;4nJ E~rp% oE
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
LECTURE ON REVOLT IN EAST,

What the Mukden-Moscow situa,
ton has brought to the revolution
airy workers and peasants in China,
to what extent the imperialists are
rushing their plans against the
Soviet Union in Manchuria; the
revolutionary outlook in India, are
some aspects of the lecture, "Revo-
luton Perspective in the East" to
be given Sunday, Dec. 8; at 8 p. m.
at the Workers School, 20 Union
Square, by Scott Nearing. Admis-
sion is Is cents.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
Hammond, Ind. Young
Workers H all 18th
Anniversary Dec. 7th

HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. 1.-Young
workers Of Hammond will hold their
celebration of the Twelfth Ami
versary Of the October Revolution
on Saturday night, December 7, un-
der the auspices of the Young Com
munist League. This is the first
celebration here of the anniversary
Of the Revolution ever held by the
League wholly on and under the
auspices of the League. The League
is active in the strike of the workers
at the Queen Anne Candy plant.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
BOSS NEGLIGENCE
KILLS I WORKERS
5 Young Toilers Dead
in Old Ben Blast

WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,, Dec. 2.
The bodies of six miners killed
in a terrific explosion in the Old
Ben Co. coal mine, No. 8, here yes
terday, were brought to the surface
today, while fellow workers organ
lied in rescue teams bravely fought
the gases and fumes below ground
to recover at least one more body,
admittedly below. Local miners
do not believe the company state
ment that only seven were killed,
and think that still others are dead.
The cause of the explosion was
lack of proper ventilation, which
let gases accumulate after the blast.
The coal dust then catches fire, and
with cyclonic force penetrstes every
section of the mine.
More Narrowly Escape.
1t is evident that the company
failed to sprinkle water on the dust
as is necessary for even partial
safety.
The explosion occurred at 2:3O
in the morning, while only main
tenance crews were at work. This
same blast, if it had come while the
day shift was at work, would have
slaughtered scores.
Five of those known to have been
murdered by company negligence
were young miners. The known
dead are James Tabor, Thomas Nc
Dermott, Veto Goridino, Jewell
Baker, his brother, Dewey Baker,
Earl carbon and Henry Isaacs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
France Hits U. s. Exports

PARIS, Dee. 2. - Troublesome
times for United States exporters
of canned goods is seen in the in
creased (nearly doubled) tariff rates
set by France ON sueh goods, espeei-
ally California fruits and Hawaiian
pineapple, which are taxable accord
ing to sugar content. French cam
ners, who have watched with dismay
the flood Of American imported
goods, are delighted, but their place
in the ranks of gloom are taken by
agents of American importers into
France.
U. S. Commerce Department Of
ficials in Paris are taking the mat
ter up, but little hope exists of them
getting any remedy, since French
officials can merely point to Amer
lean tariff increases ON French
goods.
An amusing corrollary is the u.
S. official effort to protest the new
tariff raises by France on cane
sugar, but the U. S. Commerce De-
partment explains it's interest in the
economy of it's "free and indepen-
dent" colony of Cuba, by saying
that "the close bond between Cuban
sugar interests and those of Amer
lea" justifies the American govern
f1lent's interests.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03

Not only has the bOurgeofste
forged the weapons that bring
denth 10 itself; IL has MISC called
into existence the men who are TO
WELD those weaponS--fhe modern
working class-fhe proietnrinns.-
Kari MARX tC0m m unist ManifestO).
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03

Build Up the United Front of
the Working Class From the Bot
tom Up-at the Enterprises,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03

Build Up the United Front of
the Working Class From the Bot.
tom Up-at the En'erprisesi
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03

Build Up the United Front of
the Working Class From the Bot
tom Up-at the Enterprises!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
ENGLAND TO MEET U. S. THRUST
FOR TRADE WITH WAR ON LABOR
Macdonald Summons Fascist Council State-U S. Goods
Hit by French Tariff Observation-Disclosures of all
Europe Hold Secret Conference for War on
American Commerce

of parliament and its substitution
by a fascist council), then "the last
vestiges Of England's old commercial
supremacy will pass away and Ger-
many, perhaps in five years, will
take her place next to America as
the second commercial nation"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-16
AL SMITH GETS
 OVATION AS HE
 BOOSTS MAYOR
Campaign for Mayor Walk CTS Reelection Opens
 Smith Warmly Cheered

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-After a Tammany .4ally of hlTring bands and vast quantities of red fire, Mayor James J. Walker formally launched his campaign for re-clec- ton last night on a platform of past performances with all mud singing" tabooed The tremendous enthusiasm aroused by former Gov Alfred E. Smith was one of the features of the occasion.
 At the Tam many Hall rally, where all the Democratic candi- dates spoke and were loudly cheer ed, Gov. Smith was given the great est ovation of them all when he urged the retention of Mayor Walk CTS Administration to fulfill the public improvement plan started by it.
 Gov Smith said the Republican organization is simply playing pol itics in the City election in order to perfect their organization for the Gubernatorial campaign in 1930 and the 1892 Presidential election.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-16
VENTILATION IS CAUSE OF
 TWO CRIMES
Woman Killed by Man, Who Was Refused in Mar
 riage Bodies Found

WALLINGFORD, Conn, Oct. 16 The Police are convinced that Mrs. Ann Bryan Ayres, aged Al years, advertising expert who earned $l00000 a year, was shot to death by William Gaylor, book keeper, who then killed himself
 Their bodies were found in 2 room at an inn here.
 Mrs. Ayers was the divorced wife of Ernest Ayres, former Amherst professor and the mother of three children.
 The bodies, with bullet wounds in their temples, were found by Robert Hyatt, manager of the inn who broke down the door after re- peated efforts to get answers had failed.
 The tragedy was climaxed by an infatuation which had it's incep- tion last summer which brought a proposal of marriage from Gay lord who had planned to divorce his wife. Letters to Mrs. Ayers from Gaylord were found in the room and indicated she refused to marry Gaylord The couple went to the room yesterday. The mur- der and suicide took place about five hours later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-16
MADAME CURIE
 REACHES U, S., SECOND VISIT
Codiscoverer of Radium to Attend Dinner, Edison's
 Celebration
WILL BE GUEST OF
 PRESIDENT HOOVER
Feeble Benefactor of Man kind Is la n d e d
 Check for $50,000

NEW YORK, Oct. 1j.-Assissed by Ambassador Charles c. Dawes Madame Curic, co-discoverer o! radium, landed late yesterday from the He dc France. She was met by Owen D. Young.
 This is Madame Curie's second visit to America. This time she will attend a dinner in ce,ebra- ton of the fiftieth anniversary ot Edisons invention of the inca. descent light in Detroit, October 21.
 Her courageous spirit made ths voyage possible. She is no longer young and is cnfeebled by paem;r brought on by constant handling of radium. Physicians did not want her to attempt the voyage so great was the concern regard ing her health The liners cap tain had special wireless weather reports and was ready to change his course should rough seas arise
 Madame Curie will be the guest of President Hoover and Mrs Hoover on October g and 30. She received a check for $50,000 raised in this country for the purchase ol a gram of radium she will present to the Institute at Wrangell Po- land, her native city.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-10-16
FARREACHINC LOBBY PROBE
 IS INDICATED
Sugar Tariff Influence May Be Investigated
 House, Senate

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-T h c Senate's investigation into the pur- ported attempts to influence na- tional legislation has encompassed both Sponsors and opponents of the proposed increase in tariff on sugar. anI the raging dispute that for months has surrounded the issue in thu House of Representa- tives. Those of both sides of the arguments are liable to be investi- gated. Now Nhe Senate commit tee promises to engulf the Senate itself when it calls upon members to explain their relation to the controver!i as with other phases Of the general inquiry into Wash ington lobbying.
 One of the particular objectives of the Investigation is the expos ing of Individuals who may have obtained funds from the sugar in- terests on the strength of the claim they could influence voting of the members of Congress.