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The daily worker., 1929-02-23
MEMS CLOTHING
WORKER CONFAB
TO Open TODAY
Will Organize Struggle
Against Hillmanism

Organized struggle against Hill
manism and all that it stands for
in the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers Union; piece-work, indiscrimin-
ate dismissals from jobs, other
speed-up systems Of varying vicious
ness, the degeneration of the union
into company urionism, will be the
aim of the two-day conference of
rank and file shop representatives,
which is TO open this morning at II
o'clock in Stuyvesant Casino, 142
Second Ave.
The rumblings Of revolt in the
union of the exponent of boss col
laboration, Hillman. have a. last
broken out till it eliminated in the
conference which is scheduled to
begin today. The influx OF creden-
tials from delegates elected and sent
by the workers in the mems cloth
ing shops, shows that the parley
will be representative Of a majority
of the workers in the trade.
The elections took place despite
terrorism by The administration.
Leading militants were expelled and
eusted from their jobs for long
time previous.
In addition to being unable to en-
dure the daily increasing demands
of the bosses for lower standards,
which the officials granted them,
the response to the conference call
was large because workers are ready
to fight even the terror of Hillman
gangsterism. And that gangster-
ism.is ro longer as sharp as here
tofore, because OF the squaobles be-
tween Hillman and his New York
aid, thug captain Beckerman, and
because of the poverty Of the New
York Joint Board, whose treasury
has been drained by corruption.
Nationally known leaders Of the
left wing and progressive labor
movement will address the confer
ence, which is held under the Off
cial auspices Of the Amalgamated
Section Of the Trade Union Educa-
tional League.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
PLEDGE Renewed
FIGHT AGAINST
FASCIST TERROR
104 Delegates from 54
Unions Present at
Conference Here
Back Init. Congress
Charge Hoover Aided
March on Rome

A determined struggle against
world fascism was decided upon yes
terday at the Anti-Fascist Congress
Conference held at the Labor
Temple, Second Ave. and 14th st.
which was attended by 104 delegates
representing 54 trade unions and
labor fraternal organizations. Dele
gates of the Workers Communist
Party and the Young Workers
(Communist) League were also
present.
An executive committee of Is was
elected and empowered to select
delegates to attend the World Anti
Fascist Congress to be held in Ber-
lin, starting March 9. The call for
the international congress was issued
by Henri Barbusse, well-known
novelist and journalist.
Among those who addressed the
conference, which was presided
over by Robert W. Dunn of the All
America nti-Imperialist League,
were Roger N. Baldwin, director,
American Civil Liberties Union;
Hugo Gellert, president of the Anti
Horthy League; Tom De Fazio, act
ing secretary of the Anti Fascist
Alliance of North America and AL
fred Wagenknecht, executive Secre-
tary of the International Labor De-
fense.
The conference was opened by
Abraham Markoff, provisional secre-
tary of the Anti-Fascist Congress
committee.
Communists To Send Delegates.
On a motion by Norman H. Tai
lentire, representing the Workers
(Communist) Party, the delegates
decided to send anywhere from one
to five delegates to the Berlin Cor
gress, depending upon the amount Of
money raised within the next week.
All organizations were urged to at
tempt to raise $3.50, the amount
necessary for delegate and send it
Continued on Page TaUo)
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
DRESS STRIKERS
TO MASS PICKET
AGAIN MONDAY
Furriers Defend Selves
Against Armed Thugs;
Jail Six for It
Dress Meet Monday
Build Pleaters' Picket
Committee for Strike

The thousands of dressmakers
striking for the right to be union
men and women and to force the en-
ployers to concede working condi-
tions that are bearable, again pre-
pare TO demonstrate their strength
and determination by mass pick
citing demonstration Monday morn
ing.
Calls were yesterday issued by
the various trade divisions Of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union for their members in those
trades to join the demonstration of
the strikers before they go to work,
to appear in the dress manufactur-
ing district at a. m.
All union sympathizers were also
appealed to, to add their numbers to
the demonstration, which besides
being a move to spread the strike
further, will also be protest
against a police terror that jails 290
workers in one clip for daring to
picket.
While the dress workers are fight
ing severe police oppression, and
boss and socialist company union
strikebreaking gangsterism, the fur
workers, too, felt the lash of A. F.
of L. thuggery yesterday morning.
A gang of well known thugs yes
terday made an attempt to break
the strike of the workers of Albert
Reineman's shop. The workers here
had gone on strike because decent
conditions were abolished when the
boss recognized the scab A. F. of
L. union. The thugs, led by motor
ious Willie Yacker, approached the
picketing strikers, pulled out knives,
and began to slash at the most mill
tant unionists.
The strikers defended themselves
They resisted the assault of the
Continued on Page Ttvo)
The daily worker., 1929-02-23

hearings where the attorneys
of the Daily Worker have no
opportunity to present proof
of its charges, the grand jury is
expected to bring in indictments
against the editor, assistant editor
and manager of the Daily Worker
and Freiheit. The Daily Worker
had charged, and will substantiate
its charges by the printing of court
records next week, that Hillquit par
ticipated in a swindle of $150,000 of
union shares of needle trades work
ers.
Thru his influence in capitalist
court circles, this socialist leader
had succeeded in multiplying the nor
NAL procedure, which would have
brought the case first to a public
hearing in magistrates court,
where the Daily Worker would have
an opportunity to cross-question its
accuser.
The Jewish Daily Forward, reac-
tionary organ of the socialist lead
ers, while devoting top space on its
first page to an attack on the Com
munists when the charges were
made, now, curiously enough, hasn't
a single word to say about Hillquit's
suit. From the time the charges
were made, thru all the repeated
challenges to reply, both the For
ward and Hillquit have failed to
deny that the huge sum was stolen.
Nor has Hillquit stated just what
did happen to the money if he did
not appropriate" it.
By getting his case directly into
the hands of the grand jury, Law
yer Hillquit avoids the unpleasant
experience of being further exposed
in the lower court before going to
the higher.
He therefore goes to the higher
courts, where the millionaire social
ist party leader will ask his capi-
talist colleagues to imprison the
heads of the Communist press.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
.BANTON TO DROP
TUBE fire QUIZ
Only Mildly Interested
in Oil on Tracks

District Attorney Banton yester-
day stated that he was about to
drop the investigation into the
nearly fatal fire in the Christopher
st. station of the Hudson Tubes,
where a train blew out a fuse and
stalled over blazing pool of oil on
the company roadbed, with resulting
injuries from smoke and crowding
to three hundred passengers, nine of
whom are still in the hospital,
Banton said that as long as no
deaths occurred, his office was only
mildly interested. "The investiga-
ton is merely precautionary
measure" said Banton, "and has no
interest in general investigation
such as an inquiry as to why the
company kept pools of oil lying on
a track where electric sparks and
blowouts are only too common.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
DROP CHARGES
AGAINST CROUCH
Won't Try to Extradite
Him to Massachusetts

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Feb. %.
The defense in the frame-up oc
I25 workers on conspiracy charges
has gained an important victory
with the decision of the state of
Massachusetts to drop efforts to eX-
tradite Psul Crouch, national secre-
tary Of the All-American Anti-1m-
perialist League, from New York to
stand trial in the case.
The decision was announced by
District Attorney Crossley who has
for the past few weeks been wagin%
a bitter fight to extradite Crouch,
as we'll as Fred Biedenkapp, ma
tional secretary of the Workers In
ternational Relief, and Albert Weis-
bord. secretary of the National Tex
tile Workers Union.
The dropping of the case against
Crouch came as result of the re-
fusal of Governor Roosevelt, of
New York, last Monday to extradite
Biedenkapp. The fight to prevent
the extradition of Biedenkapp and
Crouch has been carried on by the
New York District of the Interna-
tional Labor Defense.
The % other militants, who are
being charged with conspiracy to
parade without permit and con-
spiracy to disturb the peace in cen
nection with the New Bedford tex
tile strike are scheduled to stand
trial in New Bedford on Monday.
They are being defended by the In
ternational Labor Defense which
has engaged Clarence Darrow. Ar
thur Garfield Hays and Joseph
Brodsky as chief attorneys to fight
this case as well as the mass trial
of 662 New Bedford strikers.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
Second Showing of the
'Krassin' to Aid Strike
at Midnight Tonight

The second showing Of the "Kras-
sin" for the benefit Of the needle
trades strikers will take place at
midnight tonight at the Film Guild
Cinema, So w. Eighth St. The per-
formance is under the auspices of
the local branch of the Workers In
ternational Relief.
Additional features, the same as
those shown last night, will be pre-
sented again tonight. All workers
are urged to see this Soviet film
epic. Tickets arc obtainable at the
Workers Bookshop, 26 Union Sq.,
or at the office of the w. I. r., 799
Broadway.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
T. U. E.L. SCORES
LABOR BETRAYAL
Meet to Aid Needle
Strike Today

On the eve Of the conference
called by the local Trade Union Ed
ucational League in support of the
strike, to be held to-
day at 2 p. m. in Irving Plaza, Ir-
wing Place and 18th St., the or
ganization yesterday issued state
ment in connection with the action
of the Executive Council of the
American Federation of Labor in
backing the Schlesinger scab outfit
to continue it's strikebreaking activi-
ties in the present strike led by the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union.
at is characteristic Of the agents
Of the bosses in the labor movement
for the Executive Council of the A.
+. of l.. to support the futile efforts
Of the Schlesinger company union to
prevent the workers from abolish
ing sweatshop conditions, establish
ing the 40-hour week, preventing
the employers from hiring ard fir
ing workers at their will, the build
ing of powerful militant indus
trial union of needle workers ca
pable OF fighting for their inter-
ests. The rage Of these high-priced
officials at the sight of militant
workers fighting the bosses is
evidence of the fact that the work
ers are moving in the direction of
the T. U. E. L. and for industrial
unionism.
'Such an attack is unequalled in
the history Of the labor movement
These agents Of the bosses are at
tempting to bend all energies to
prevent the mass resentment
against their treachery TO the labor
movement and the splendid support
received from the rank and file
workers for the dressmakers' strike.
They realize the developing spirit
and will Of the masses to defend
their interests against its enemies
The local 7. U. E. L. announces
that arrangements have been made
for the conference to be addressed
by John J. Ballam, its secretary;
Louis Hyman, president, and Charles
Zimmerman, vice-president and man
ager of the dress department of
TIC Needle Trades Workers India
trial Union, and others.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
PARTY TO REPLY
TO NAVAL FUNDS
Convention Opening to
Push Anti War Fight

With the passing of the naval ap-
preparations bill, providing $780,
000,000 for the navy, including $12,-
100000 for the building of the new
cruisers, American Imperialism has
taken another decisive step in prep
;.ration for the coming imperialist
war.
simultaneously the work
(Communist) Party is preparing to
intensity the struggle of the Amer
lean workers against the new
slaughter into which the imperial
lists are trying to plunge them. This
fight against the war danger will
Continued on Page TWo)
The daily worker., 1929-02-23

Suffer- Die in
Intense Cold

PORTLAND, Maine. Feb. 22.--
Six fishermen, swept off their craft
during a terrific northeast snow
storm at Jeffries Ledge, 81 miles
off Cape Elizabeth, have been given
up for lost.
The men were hauling in travis
in dories when they encountered the
snow storm.
Thirteen deaths, three of them in
New York City, are reported 70 date
in one of the worst snow storms re-
corded by the weather bureau
within the last few years. Anti
quated heating equipment is blamed
as TIE cause of fire near Johnstown,
Pa, where two homes we're de-
stroyed and two mothers and their
eight children were burned to
death. In the severe zero weather
which swept the continent from
Canada TO North Carolina there
were several casualties from FROST
bite. Especially in the northern On
taria district of Canada unemployed
workers collapsed on the bread
lines.
An unidentified man was fo4no
dead in a snow-drift in Philadelphia.
Huge throngs OF the city's unem-
ployed besieged the street cleaning
departments, and, after waiting
hours for the coveted snow shovel,
worked all day and late into the
night fo. the price of a flop and
a cheap meal ticket.
Albert Kuihnel, an aged butler,
collapsed while shovelling snow
away from the entrance of his mas
ter's house. William Morrow, of E.
Orange, N. j., died while clearing
snow from the sidewalk, and Daniel
Lee, SO, Long Island City, died after
a losing fight to make progress
through the huge snow-drifts.
In Reading, Pa, William B. Will
son, 72, who, because Of strsitened
financial circumstances was forced
to continue working as an iron
worker, died while fighting his way
through snow-dsifts on his way to
work.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
ASK INDICTMENT
OF 20 IN QUEENS
Factions Wrangle for
New Appointments

George U. Harvey, president of
Queens is to appear before the grand
jury today and ask indictments for
street cleaning graft of 20 persons.
1t is said that there will be 100
witnesses.
Graft in the Queens Department
of Street Cleaning has netted the
grafters over S1,000,000 during the
last administration, it is said.
A great deal of the testimony is
being gathered by private detec-
tives hired by Fritz Brieger, super
intendent of street cleaning. AS a
new head of department, Mr.. Brieg-
er naturally wants the step-children
of the old chief removed. He has
some appointments of his own in
mind.
Bad Previous Administration
eve can give Mr.. Newcombe the
names of more than 100 employees
in the Street Cleaning Department
who have some knowledge of con-
ditions there for the last five years"
Mr.. Brieger said, in discussing the
report which is to be submitted to
the district attorney.
II am sure that with the leads we
will furnish Mr.. Newcombe his in
vestigators will be able to uncover
much more than we found, for his
inquiry can be made more thorough
than ours.
"Mr. Newcombe will find that a
higher up was responsible for con-
ditions in the Street Cleaning De-
partment in previous administra-
tions."
Capital is therefore not n personal.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
Lodgings Wanted for
ConventionDeleg

Lodgings are needed for the
out-of-town delegates to the
Sixth National Convention of the
Workers (Communist) Party,
which opens. next Friday, March
j. All Party members and SYM
pathizers who can put up one or
more delegates are asked to COM
municate at once with either the
district office of the Party. rs
Union So, or the national office.
"a E. 125th st.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
Results to date are:
Total

We repeat what we said yesterday: "Redoube our
energies to enlist support from all available sources, but
make the main effort in the organizations
Let us try to make each days contributions from
until the end of campaign exceed by substantial amount
the total of the previous day.
Answer the attack of Hlquit the agent of the class
enemies of the Daily Worker and the working Glass; with
steady mounting total of financial support for Com
munist organ of the class struggle in America
THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
~ Rush Funds to Daily Worker, 1928 Union Square,
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
EMERGENCY FUND
Workers Contribute to SQUe the DAILY

February %, 1929.
Sent in by Sarah Victor, De-
troit, Mich.-Ale. Theooo-
rolf, So; M. Kristal, 81;
Workers Educational As
sociation, $50; P. Piper
ides, 81; B. M, So; J. Be-
rent, 81; N. Chazowy, 81;
VIM. Nussbaum, $40; Geo.
Batos, So; Tony Christ, 50;
L. Ostrowski, IS; st. Nu-
cleus 3 held a party at
Comfade Shilkovsky's house
and collected $20.25. IS 68.
Sent in by Rose Cohen, Cleve-
land, Ohio--Sec. 2, Work
ers Communist Party. f.
Hagerdorn, 50 rs; J. Boris,
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
HUGE MORGAN
| BANK MERCER
New Mammoth to Be
Largest in u. S.

Morgan is merging two of his
banks in New York, with branches
thruout the country, to make the
largest single bank in the world, a
fit financial center for Morgan i'm
perialism and floatation of war
loans. 1t was announced yesterday
that official announcement would
come Monday of the merger of the
Guarantee Trust Co., resources ST.
052,210, 0,19S, with the National Bank
Continued on Page Five)
The daily worker., 1929-02-23

81; collected by II. Borko
81; A. Beery, Soc; J. Ka-
lodka. soc; W. Djrke, Soc;
NJ. Turyk, 25c; VIM. Pc
tryska, SOC; M. Boovsk,
25c; VIM. Rud, Csc; J. Dob
ro, 50c; collected by Nu-
cleus 21-S. NJ, So; B. Kir-
stukas, 81; I. H. Nyman,
soc; A. Poggioni, 81; Irene
Moshogaines, Soc; Spolga-
ric, SOC; J. Mack, SOC; col
lected by D. Kalynchuk--
D. Kalynchuk, 81; A. Ha-
ply, 81; 2. Hulok, 81; ].
Trelicck, soc; W. Lemi-
schuk, SOC; A. Holodnuk,
Continued on Page Thre
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
Youth Needle Trades
Strikers Meet Today

All members of the Young Work
ers (Communist) League who are
employed in the needle trades are
called to attend an important meet
ing at the Workers Center, 26 Union
Square, today ut 2:30 p. m. A re-
port on the strike will be given.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
HUNGARIAN JINGO DIES

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. %
(UP).-Count Andreas Chekonitz,
IS, wartime president Of the Hun
garian Red Cross and former En-
peror Francis Joseph's high steward,
died here today.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
FLIERs NEARING BOMBAY

KARACH, India, Feb. % (UP).-
Joseph Lebrix and, his companions,
on a flight from France to Hanoi,
Indo- China, continued their trip
from here today. 1t was understood
their next stop would be Bombay.
The daily worker., 1929-02-23
GRAND JURY In SECRET
HEARS HILLQUlT PLEA TO
JAIL COMMUNIST EDITORS
Yellow Socialist Forward Fears to Print News
of Libel Suit
S. P. Organ and Hillquit Still Mum; Won't
Deny Accusations

The next in the campaign of criminal libel charges,
brought against the Daily Worker and Jewish Communist
Frehet by Morris Hquit leader of international socialism
hgh-prced lawyer of bosses associations is to
the New York grand jury After listening Hqut at secret
The daily worker., 1929-02-23

Capital ts therefore not personal.
II il socinl power.--l<ari Marx
Communist Manifesto).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14

regarding the proper method Of se-
Letting directors The statutes Gen.
flict. attorneys state, n law pro-
viding that directors for districts
OF less than 1900 acres in which
over 90 per cent Of the acreage Az
owned by Eln-residents be appointed
by the commissioners court. Others
commended that an election should o.
held. An election was called and 4b
votes were cast. According 70 the
unofficial returns McCarty received
43 votes and Bowles g..
A petition. signed BY ~ Tesidents
of the district, was presented the
commissioners court requesting Rat
McCarty and Bowles be appointsc-
In presenting the petition the state,
ment was made that the district had
only 6S voters, and that the will ui
the majority had been clearly c.
pressed IN the election. The heaviest
vote ever cast in a district electioA
W. "a. IL was said.
The court held the view that tne
appointment Of the directors b. the
u would be supplementary 70 tne
election and settle NIL legal contro-
versy which might arise because ol
the conflict in the statute.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14

fighters, the one which he remen-
hered was his battle with one -Curly
Bill" From ambush Curly Bill"
sent 4 charge of buckshot into carp.
The marshal vas rot stopped by his
wounds and brought down the out
lxv.
In 1881 carp moved on westward
and became United States marshal
in Tombstone where he and his three
brothers. Virgil. Jim and Morgan
became famous for wiping out all but
n Of five men in the notorious
Clantou gang in q street fight. Billy
Clanton alone escaped.
The Earps were tried for the kill
liz and exonerated on the grounds
they had acted as peace officers.
Later Morgan carp was killed and
two days afterward Wyatt and a con-
federste ran down one of his sus-
pectod slEyers, Frank Stilvell, and
killed him.
II was a Staying just outside the
law, and Tombstone pulled In its
latchstring. The Earps were ordered
to depart from the town. never 10
return. Assembling five Of his faith
full followers Wyatt carp bought .
round OF drinks at the Oriental
where he had dealt faro, toasted the
tovn and his enemies. and rode on
into the Nevada gold fields In March.
1852. His brothers all preceded him
in death. the last one dying at Sac
ramento three years ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
Oklahoma Solons
To Launch Probe
OF State Today

OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. 14.-P-
legislative investigation Of state .le-
partments and institutions. including
the office or Governor Henry ).
Johnston. will get under way late To-
day when the first witnesses arc call
ed before the house Of representa-
tives' committee. it was announced
By John Head or MsCurtsin county.
chairman.
Head said the governors depart
ment would be investigated first. H
denied that E. ?. Hill Of MeAlester,
veteran legislator. who was a leader
in the attempted impeachment ses-
sion Of 1927 and who was defeated
for denomination IN the primary
election last August. would be the
prosecuting attorney for the. s1m-
mittee. Although he would not say
who would be retained in this ca
pacity. he said the announcement Of
Hills employment was premature
and rroneous. Hill. although admit
ting that he had not been retained
as a prosecutor. said he would sit
with the committee as = legal adj
VISOR"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-14
FIRE
r = \
STATE RAT
=
RIDES TO FIRES

LEXINGTON. Ky, Jan. ls.-GP
Here's one for those long winter
evenings:
It's the tale Of Freddie. the fire
fighting RAJ. Stay back, shades Of
animals, because tht tale IS
rEt-ified By the whole Lexington
fire department.
Freddie, according 30 the brave
fire lsddics, likes nothing better
than a first class blaze. The rat,
it seems, rides only en- an engine
which ~ called QUE on third
alarms, disdainins to pay any at
tention TO smaller fires. Ii has
made trips 70 several large fires
recently. each time returning with
the engine, 0 n the worse for the
ride.
The rat apparently lives some
place on the truck, although a
careful search by firemca failed
to reveal the exact home or this
thrill-loving cheese destroyer.