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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-22
American Power Monopoly
Controls Mexican Resources

eign Power Company; elsewhere
other names are used.
No source Of power, large or
small, is being ignored; and enor-
nous sums are being spent. Recently
for one small Canadian company in
the north of the republic the Cen
eral Electric paid 100000. It
practically controls already the en-
tire resources of the states of So
nora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Durango and
much of the north. 1t is actively
buying up properties in Michoacan,
Vera Cruz, Tamaulipas, Mexico, Hi
dalgo and other states.
Negotiations are being carried on
to secure control of the powerful
Canadian company which supplies,
light and power for Mexico City,
the federal district and adjacent
states, and which is constructing an
enormous dam in Michoacan.
The workers of Vera Cruz, in a
small plant, owned by the state, re-
Gently blocked an attempt of the
governor to sell out for ridicu-
lousy small sum to one Of the
dummy companies; but in general,
owing to the secrecy with which the
purchases have been Unanswered,
very few obstacles have been en-
countered.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-22

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 21.--Amer-
lean power monopoly is acquiring
control Of Mexican power plants and
power resources. Every possible
source of light and power is passing
into the hands of the General Elec-
trio Co. Of the United States. This
move in Mexico is part of a general
expansion Of the American power
trust in all Of Latin America.
Ambassador Dwight Morrow, for
mer partner Of the House of Nor
gan, was also one of the directors
of the General Electric, and is to-
day one Of the controlling factors
in the organization.
Carried Out Secretly.
The purchase of the power re-
sources of Mexico has been carried
on very secretly and astutely. The
General Electric does not openly
appear, but dozens of smaller COM
panies, controlled by it, have been
organized to buy up the necessary
property. An entire floor in the
enormous Banco de Mexico serves
as offices; no names are painted on
the doors; all the employees are
pledged to absolute secrecy. In the
federal district the company is or
Sanized as the American and For
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-22

of these countries have, many Of
them, become mere puppets, mere
tools, in the hands of American capt.
talists to crush the masses further.
Does any one think that the MUIR
derous governments of Cuba, of
Nicaragua, or of Colombia, to men
ton only few, are not only fancy
names for Yankee imperialism? The
murder of Julio Antonio Mella, the
massacre of Cuban strikers, The
slaughter of the Colombian workers,
the atrocious war against the brave
Nicaraguan people whose heroism,
as typified by the soldiers of San
dino, will stand as glorious monu-
ment for the toiling masses of the
Iworld-what are these things but
the advancing iron heel of Amer
lean imperialism?
Morrow.Gil Friendship.
In this connection we must point
out clearly and Enthusiastically that
the friendship" recently attained
between the imperialism government
of the United States and the gov
eminent of Mexico, is at the expense
of the workers and peasants of
Mexico, that Yankee imperialism is
consciously and d i b erat e | Y
Strengthening its control over Mex
leo by this means, as part of its
whole policy, based on the Monroe
Doctrine, of driving British imperi-
alism from its present position in
Latin America, and that the hour is
rapidly approaching when diplom-
acy ends and armed conflict begins.
In such war the masses of Latin
| America will be asked, even COM
PEELED, to die for the bankers of
Wall Street. When Herbert Hoover
comes to Mexico, as when he toured
South America, it will be as a con-
queror, as a Caesar looking over
his empire. In the struggle against
this Caesar the proletariat and peas
antry of Mexico and Latin Amer
lea can rely on no other force but
themselves and the support of the
workers throughout the world.
Comrades, / am here to declare
most solemnly to you in the name
of the Trade Union Educational
League, representing 100000 revo-
lutionary trade unionists in the Uni
ted States, that we especially pledge
ourselves to carry on unceasing war
against this American imperialism,
whose hands are bloody with the
blood of the toilers of both Amer
icas, and who stands as our common
enemy, fighting both you, the foil.
ers of Mexico and all Latin Amer
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-22
TUE. [. Report at Mexican Congress

Massachusetts, battle for six
months, the bloody conflict in the
coal fields of Colorado, etc. All
these, and other long and bitter
mass strikes have been under the
actual leadership or strong influ-
ence of the Trade Union Educational
League.
In these struggles the proletariat
is becoming hardened and matured.
The corrupt officials of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor have be-
come discredited. New and revolu-
tionary unions, affiliated with the
Trade Union Educational League,
and internationally to the Red In
ternational of Labor Unions, such as
the National Miners Union, the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union, the
Needle Trade Workers Industrial
Union, have been created.
The organization of the masses of
unorganized workers, of whom we
have at least 25,000,000 in the Uni
ted States, is proceeding. The
strongest blows of the capitalists
have not been able to shatter US.
The revolutionary trade union move
ment is emerging stronger than ever.
simultaneously with this attack
on American labor, Yankee imperial
ism seeks to conquer the whole
world. In Europe, in China, in In
dia, in Canada, in Latin America,
everywhere the increasing weight of
the hand of American capitalism is
seen. Today it tries to mortgage
all of Germany, shoots down the
Chinese masses, attacks the Soviet
Union, drives out European conpe-
tition from Mexico and Latin Amer
lea. Tomorrow the American guns
of war will speak against England,
or against Japan, or against France,
or against any other force that may
stand in its way.
Comrades, it is when we come to
Mexico and Latin America. that we
see most clearly how things are go
ing. The Caribbean must become
an American lake, all Latin Amer
lea must become huge colony for
the Yankee Wall Street, huge
colony where the masses are or
shaved, where the resources are
seized, where foreign competition is
driven out of the makrets, and where
American Imperialism can best pre-
pare for war. This is the open policy
of Wall Street.
To this end billions of dollars in
capital, in machinery, in commodi-
ties, have been poured into Mexico
and Latin America. The governments
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Three Miners Murdered i'm Nevada;
Navajo Indians Won't Scab

In precious chapters Haywood life coaoboy
'ner and hoesteader IN Utah. Nevada after
years the mines and the unon the head Fedora
ton Of Miners the battles of the " NJ his leadership He
IS moqg telling about the struggle IN Colorado
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s1Tu -DHDy C0HIPIexI01I. DIG pIeasanC voice,
but how it could rake and rasp when she was talking
about her enemy, the capitalist class!
When she young woman, Mother Jones
had struggled in the South against the yellow fever
and had lost her husband and children who had all
died OF the terrible disease She came North and in
revolt against the helpessness of poverty began to
work at organizing the coal miners Her work in
West Virginia made a thrilling record. Wherever
trouble broke out against the miners Mother Jones
went there When bridge was patroed by soldiers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-22
PART XLIII.
BY WILLIAM d. HAYWOOD.

THERE meetings in Denver at night meetings among the
smee meetings of the party meetings but never
too much work. Never enough to keep my mind busy
Mother Jones to Denver went to the Ok
ford Hotel her. She fine old hair
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-22

The second part of Weisbord's
speech, to be published tomorrow
on this page, takes up the pro-
posaIs of United States-Mexican
labor unity made by the TUEL.
the tasks before the Left wing in
the two coul~ies, and the coming
Montevideo conference to err ,'ze
Latin-American labor confcdera-
ton
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
'LENlN DRAFT THESES
OF MARCH II. 1917

lie Soviets of Workers Deputies
and to arm the workers; it S neces-
sary to carry proletarian organiza-
ton into the army (Which, too, has
been promised political rights by
the government) and into the vii
lage; it is particularly necessary to
have a separate class-organization
of hired agricultural workers.
Only when the largest possible
masses of the population are en-
Heightened, only when they are or
ganized, can complete victory of the
next stage of the revolution and the
conquest of power by workers
government, be secured.
To accomplish this task, which in
revolutionary timc5 and rnder the
influence of the painful lessons of
the war can be grasped by the peo-
pie in an immeasurably shorter time
than under ordinary circumstances,
| it is necessary that the party of the
revolutionary proletariat, which has
remained loyal to internationalism
and has not yielded to the lie of
bourgeois phrases deceitfully advo-
eating defence of the fatherland"
in the present imperialist and pre-
datory war, should retain independ-
ence of ideas and organization.
Not only the present government
but even democratic bourgeois re-
public government, were it to con-
sist only of Kerensky and other
Narodnic and MARKHAM" social
patriots, would be unable to rid the
people of the imperialist war, and to
guarantee peace.
This is why we cannot enter into
any blocs, alliances, nor even agree
ments with either the defensists
among the workers, nor with the
group represented by Gvozdev,
Potresov, Chkhenkeli, Kerensky,
ETC., nor with people who, like
Chkheidze and others, take a vacil-
lating and indefinite stand on this
fundamental question. Such agree
ments would not only inject a lie
into the consciousness of the masses,
and make them dependent upon the
|imperialist bourgeoisie OF Russia,
but they would also weaken and
undermine the leadership of the
proletariat in the cause of Kidding
the people of imperialist wars and
guaranteeing a true and lasting
peace among the workers govern
ments of all countries.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
HOLD PH|LA. D.
meet TOMORROW
Organizations A sked
to Send Delegates

PHILADELPHIA, March 15.-All
labor organizations, workers clubs,
and other working class organiza-
tions are asked to send delegates to
the regional conference arranged by
the Philadelphia section of the In
Iternational Labor Defense Sunday,
10 a. M, at Grand Fraternity Hall,
1923 Arch st.
The to the conference, sent
out by the /. L. D. few weeks ago,
stresses the fact that numerous
workers in the Philadelphia region
have been arrested for strike activi-
ties and lists cases thruout Pennsyl-
vania of brutal attacks by thugs and
police upon striking workers.
The aim of the regional confer
,ence is to form a district organiza-
ton that will coordinate and i'm
prove the activity of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
EAT WORKER
TO DEATH IN
OWNERS JAIL
Ient Poker on Him in
Six Hours Torture

PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 15.--
hree coal and iron policemen, one
them a lieutenant, were indicted
r murder of John Berkoveski, a
al miner of Santiago, Pa, at a
betting of the county grand jury.
THE evidence of John Higgens,
slo witnessed the murder, in which
frkoveski was brutality beaten to
ath in the police barracks over a
Gurse of six hours by Police Lieu
pant Lyster and special policemen
Arold Watts and Frank Slapikas,
Is corroborated by the doctor who
Nv Berkoveski before he was quite
1 d, and by regular police detec-
Fes who collected evidence on the
Sc.
Refused to Frame Friend.
Berkoveski refused to sign a
I per to be used in framing up a
lend for a prohibition law VIOLA
bn. Watts and Slapikas invaded
i home, knocked him senseless and
Jagged him to the barracks. There
leutenant Lyster took off his coat,
lid, 81 need a good workout" and
at him for six hours with an iron
Rker. He and others varied the
lating by kicking and jumping on
IFrkoveski's body. When the poker
\ mt, they Strengthened it and con-
'hued the killing. Autopsy showed
.e miners broken ribs and lungs
mixed together, and other organs
token open.
Constables in the barracks viewed
lie killing calmly and went away
sleep in nearby rooms while it
|as being finished.
The coal and iron police are COM
hny gunner, hired and paid by the
lal operators, but commissioned
hd uniformed by the state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
|H|LA. TO HONOR
6. {. RUTHENBERG

PHILADELPHIA, March 15.-
Iiladelphia workers will honor the
emory of c. E. Ruthenbcrg, late
|ader of the Communist Party, at
mass meeting tomorrow night at
o'clock at the Labor Institute.
Eghth and Locust SITS.
lDWell-known speakers will point
/ the role Ruthenberg played in
hiding the Communist Party and
fighting the last imperialist war.
he speakers will include Ben Git
Nv, member of the secretariat of
|e Communist Party; Sam Darcy,
presenting the Young Workers
hague, and H. Benjamin, district
Gaaissr Of the Partx
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
E5OO MINERS
| LOCKED out
owners Victimize Men
Who Complain
Continued from PAGE One)
lorter work day, and less produc-
bn per man.
w. /. r. Raising Relief.

w. /. r. Raising Relief.
local miners who write to the out
de world describing the appalling
knditions of the miners in the coal
elds are punished by the coal
Irons, Rose Pastor Stokes, acting
scretary of the Workers Interna-
bnal Relief, 1 Union Square, stated
list night.
Employed workers are instantly
Ascharged, while those who are job
Is are made to suffer petty perse-
Ition at the hands of the local
kthorities, who are controlled by
he mine owners.
A coal miner named Anthony, of
Triton, Pa, recently wrote letter
\ the National Office of the w. I.
telling of the unemployment and
Earvation of the miners in that
fcinity. Two days later Anthony,
/ no had just obtained job, was
dismissed. The reason was that
had written the letter exposing
he conditions in the coal regions.
Miners Appeal
The letter from the miner in
Triton, Pa, reads:
1--WE appeal to the Workers Inter-
ational Relief. We appeal to you
br support because our mines are
lsstroyed by the company and we
Invent work and can't get work.
| ow if you wish to donate anything,
Ie will appreciate it very much be-
huse a lot of children have not got
bite to eat and no clothes to wear
hid our union hasn't got anything
! give us. l haven't been working
br 20 months. Also / tried to get
Iork and l can't. Also tried in the
kab mines under the B. & S. Coal
jompany and the B. r. & T. and
hat you people wish to donate we
ill appreciate"
The appeal Of this destitute miner
} the appeal of 100000 miners out
work in the soft coal fields of
nerica. This appeal must be an
vered by the conscious workers of
Imerica. Send your contribution to
he Workers international Relief.
bonn 604, / Union Square, New
ork City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
IF. Section 2.

Unit IF. Section 2.
Unit IF, Section 2, will meet $3.50
today, 26 Union Square.
Spanish Fraction BnH.
A Ball of the Sandi-'stas" will be
given by the Spanish fraction of the
Party. tonight, at Lexington Hall,
109-111 East 10th Street: Proceeds
to vida Obrera," organ of the Span
ish Bureau.
Daily worker Spring Dance, Bath
Beach. -,
Unit 4, Section Z, Bath, Beach, will
give a Daily Worker dance at 4s
Bay 2Sth St. tonight.
Young Workers League Dance.
An entertainment and dance under
the auspices of the five Manhattan
units of the Young Workers League
will be held at Harlem Casino, 10th
st. and Lenox Ave, March 80. Pro-
ceeds to the Young Worker
Section Dance.
dance for the benefit of the
Negro Champion and the Vida
Obrera will be given by Section
4 of the Workers (Communist)
t RSfy &c., t4 w. , I%Psr ST. r ASd
evening. March 90. Music by John 9.
Smiths Negro orchestra. Tickets
may be obtained at the Negro Cham
pion, 169 w. 133rd ST.. Workers
Bookshop, 26 Union Square, or the
District Negro Committee, % Union
Square.
Lower Bronx Unit, Y. w. L.
social and dance will be given
by the Lower Bronx Unit of the Y.
us L. I3Sth st. "Marat," play
based on the Paris Commune, will be
presented by the Bronx Section Ora
matte Group. Proceeds to the Young
Worker
Paterson Y. w, L. Dance.
A dance for the benefit Of the
Young Workers will be given by the
Young Workers League of Paterson,
tonight at s p. m. Governor ST.
Bronx "Knptsunim" Ball.
Branch 6, Section 5, Workers Party,
will give "Kaptsunim" Ball for
the benefit of the Daily Worker, Sat
urday, March %, $3.50 p. M, 200
Bronx Park East. A 12-scene opera
show and imported souvenirs will be
among the features.
Y. w. l.. Food Carnival.
Ths Downtown section of the Y.
W. l.. urges members to attend the
Food Carnival for the benefit of
Union Square.
Bronx Section Spring Dance.
"The Last Days of the Paris Com
mune," three-act play, will be pre-
scented by the Bronx Section, Young
Workers League, Dramatic Group.
Saturday, April 81, 1880 wilkins Ave,
Bronx. Dance will follow the play.
Perth Amboy Pioneers.
Young Pioneers of Perth Amboy,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
Poland MObilizes in
Wilma and Corridor

LONDON, March Ia (UP).-The
Polish war ministry has. ordered mo-
bilization Of the reserve army in
all districts of the Wilma Palatinate
and the Pomeranian Corridor, an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Warsaw reported tonight.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-16
DURANGO REBELS
FLEE AS GALES
NEARS TORREON
For Honest Govt, Says
Leading Looter
Continued from, Page One)

Continued from Page One)
treating before the federals, not neg
lecting, however, to loot the Mon
terey banks of every visible peso.
At the same time, when six private
soldiers were caught looting the
home of a general, Escobar ordered
them before him and shot all six
with his own hand. "Our movement
is for the people," his speech con-
tinued; just which class of the "peo-
ple," Escobar did not mention.
Which People.
JUAREZ, March 15.-The wife of
General Escobar, commander in chief
of the Mexican rebellion, has ar
rived here from Torreon with large
amount Of gold, which she is taking
across the line to security in the
United States. The families of many
+, bel generals are moving themselves
and their treasures out of Mexico,
clearly in expectation of a collapse
| of the rebellion.
I'D St, tomorrow, p. m. The film
breaking Chains" will be shown.
The Proletarian Theatre will partici
pate. Speaker, Joseph Berg.
Branch 4, Section 5.
Branch 4, Section 5, will meet Mon
day, sac p. M, 1880 wilkins Avenue.
Stamler will lead discussion on War
Danger"
Shop Nucleus 4.
Shop Nucleus will meet Thursday,
$50 p. M, at 101 w. 27th st.
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rand Jury Forced to ludt Murder Three Coal Iron Cops Who Killed Nine
Communist Ply Activities

IN. j., Branch of the Young Pioneers
meet every Sunday, 10 a. M, 6OS Elm
st.
East n. Y. Young Workers League.
George Pershing, member of the
N. E. C. of the Young Workers
League and field organizer for the
All-American Anti-Imperialist League,
will discuss What Can the Young
Workers Expect Under the Hoover
Regimen" at the first open forum of
the East New York Unit of Young
Workers League, $50 p. m. tomorrow,
31S Hinsdale st. Proceeds to Young
Worker.
Unit 4F, &c, Package Party.
A package party for the benefit of
the Daily Worker will be given at
the home of Lena Gordon, 40 L. 10th
ST., Apt. &C, March 20.
Downtown Y. w. l.. Hike.
Downtown Unit of the Y. W L.
will hike to Kansecor Reservoir Sun
day. Meet a. M 60 st: Marks Place
wiIlinmsburgh Y. w. L. Forum.
Williamsburgh Unit l, Y w. L., will
give dance and open forum tomor-
row, Sc Manhattan Ave.
Mckinley Square Unit, Y. w. L.
THE Hoover Administration ana its
discussed at the open forum of the
Mckinley Square Unit, Y. W.. L.,
Sunday, March 81, p. M, 1400 Bos-
ton Road. Dance follows talk.
Il
Section Membership Meet.
Section 8 will hold a membership
meeting Monday, p. M, 1874 watkins
St, Brooklyn. Immediate problems of
the units will be discussed. Members
,f ntf he
meeting ine+ead of the usual unit
meeting on Monday night.
Section Executive Committee.
Section Executive Committee will
meet tomorrow, 10 a. M, 154 Watkins
ST., Brooklyn.
Unit 5, Unit 4, Section 2. Joint Meet.
Alexander Trachtenberg will lead
a discussion on 1.-The Socialist Party
Today and the Music Movement at
a joint meeting TO Units and of
Section 2, Monday $50 M, at 20
Union Square.
Unit 3, Section 4.
The next meeting of Unit 8, Section
4, will be held at new headquarters,
1875 E. 131st St, ground floor, p. m,
Monday.
Unit II, Section 4.
George Pershing, field organizer of
the All-America Anti-Imperialist Len
que, will speak on American I'm
perialism in Latin America" at the
educational meeting of Unit B. Sec
ton 4, Wednesday, March 20, at S
p. M, $50 E. S1st St.
German Speaking Fraction, G. p.
A Paris Commune celebration will
be held by the German speaking frac-
ton of the Communist Party at the
Czechoslovak Workers Home, S47 E.