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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
HOOVER STANDS
over CRAVE AND
YELLS FOR NAVY
Scared Dead" in Need
of Company, Is Hint

WASHINGTON, May 3o.-Stand-
ing in the glistening white theatre
at Arlington military and naval
cemetery, just over the Patomac
from the capitol, with his secret
service gunner strategically sta
toned about, and the grave of the
unknown soldier" within sight.
President Hoover today made a Dec
Grafton Day address that struck as
militarist a note as has ever been
sounded here.
Hoover employed the usral and
conventional arts of an imperialist
memorial day speaker. He pointed
to the Sacred ceremony in memoir
lam of those who died in service of
their country" and said that it
would be a nice thing to have I'M
iversal peace, and that the kellogg
war pacts were a great step for
ward, but:
'Today, as never before in peace,
new ife-destroying instrumentalities
and new systems of warfare are be-
ing added to those that even so re-
Gently spread death and desolation
over the whole continent of Europe.
Despite those lessons every govern
ment continues to increase and per-
feet it's armament"
"Still More Ships"
eff this declaration really repre-
sents the aspirations of peoples; if
this covenant be genuine proof that
the world has renowned war as an
instrument of national policy; it
means at once an abandonment of
the aggressive use of arms by every
signatory nation and becomes a sim
cere declaration that all ornaments
hereafter shall be used only for de-
Tense.
"But still the net result has been
the building of more fighting ships.
"Our Navy is the first, and in the
world sense the only important, fac
tor in our national preparedness. 1t
is powerful part of the arms of the
world.
ITO make ready for defense is a
primary obligation upon every
statesman and adequate prepared
ness is an assurance against ag-
gression."
Nothing New.
In his speech not one single new
note was struck. The usual argu-
ment of every imperialist in every
country in the world, that he builds
navies for defense only" that "the
things these dead fought for must
be preserved by US, the living" that
"other countries arm against us and
we must arm, too," were presented
in their naked simplicity, without
even any pretense at a smoke
screen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31

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Dixon workers plan a united strug-
gle.
Armed Pickets.
An armed guard of strikers
watches the new buildings tonight,
as every night, to prevent further
masked mob" outrages. 1t has
also to guard the spring from which
the strikers get their water supply,
for twice prisoners from the ranks
of the mill owners thugs have at
tempted to reach it. The water in
one strikers house was found poi
soned just as the tent colony was
opened.
These tents are purchased by the
Workers International Reli e f,
shipped into Gastonia and set up
ever solid foundations built by the
strikers. More tents are arriving
and still more are needed. The W.
I. R., Union Square, New York,
asks all workers to help.
The colony is organized as a COM
mune, with its own judge to settle
any disputes.
Fraternizing with the Loray strik-
ers are not only the Dixon strikers,
who may soon be added to the COL
ony, but also the committee of the
Elizabethton strikers, sold out by
the United Textile Workers, from
far away in Tennessee, who have
come to observe how a real union,
the National Textile Workers Union,
with the support of all militant
workers, fights the boss.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
Army Officers Swear at
Each Other; Superior
Accusing Subordinate

Governors Island officers got into
heated argument yesterday abouI
some detail of planning the next
war which has not been made public,
and now one of them, Major General
Hanson D. Ely is court-martialing
his chief of staff, Colonel Berkeley
Enochs. It's very risky for an under
officer to shake his fist q superior
officer, and might lead some of the
privates to the opinion that generals
are not so sacred. Enochs faces q
reprimand.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31

victory over the Marking regime,
which in turn would mean victory
over Yankee penetration incto China.
1t was announced recently that
Japan would send regular ambas-
sador to Nankink pending the COM
pletion of the negotiations for a
treaty, but as soon as it became GER
tain that Feng had declared war on
the Marking regime, the Japanese
government announced that it would
wait before officially recognizing
the Chang government. ......L4..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
COMMUNISTS
EXPOSE WALL
ST. HOLIDAY
Thousands of Soldiers
Get Leaflets
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arrested, after being seized by an
army officer, Major William Han
nan, while giving out the anti-war
leaflets on 92nd st. Hannah ordered
her to give him a leaflet, and when
she said she had none left, ordered
her arrest. A policeman was called
and the Youth League member ar
rested. SHn was released on $500
bail for a hearing this morning at
Seventh District Court, 314 w. oath
st. She will be defended by the New
York District of the international
Labor Defense.
Riverside Drive was the scene of
extensive militarist demonstrations,
as Wall Street displayed its armed
fist, ready for use against the
workers, in the shape of a parade OF
tens of thousands of troops. The
arrival of the young workers and
Pioneers created a sensation, and the
youth made the army officers gnash
their teeth as the distribution of the
leaflets began.
Major Hannah made startling
admission to Beatrice Weinstein, the
young worker who was arrested.
My boys get disconnected when they
read these leaflets" said the major,
land l get into lot of trouble as a
result"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
CHAUFFEURs SOLD OUT

CHICAGO, (By Mail).-Under-
takers chauffeurs will receive Holt
days off but will continue to work
under their old wage scale Of from
$42 to $45 week under an agree
ment for a year with the Chicago
Motor Liverymens' Association, the
bosses league. The chauffeurs de-
manded an increase in the new
agreement but the officials of the
union compromised.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
New York Sections of Party
For Address OF COmintern
Continued from Page One)
STRESSES LIQUIDATION OF FACTIoNALIsM.

The Section Executive Committee o. District New York
by the Executive Committee of the
members of the Communist Party Of the A. pledges itself
factionasm in the PartyC CHRISTIE secetary MAUGEN
Organizer
WARNING AGAINST GROUP INTERPRETATION.
The Jersey the Communist Party has adopted
the following motions in connection with the Communist International
International We further pledge ourselves to- aid
mOblzng the entire membership the Party
We point to this decision and its only
Tor the abolition of faonasm and the complete uncaon of
We against stress
International "
NIAGARA FALLS MEMBERS SUPPORT ADDRESS
We members of the Niagara Falls York. the Com.
munst Party after reading the COmintern address
anmouy with the Central Committee decisions
honasm from ranks enable Party
political leader of the American observation-disclosures Falls
Communist Party.
RESOLUTION OF FREIHEIT STAFF.
The Editorial Frehei at special meeting adopted
tlr following resolution
We the Comutern concerning
We fully convinced that the Address points;
s rse' al errors committed and uproo all unhealthy policies
plague of Partys life facionasm that points way
making Party Communist Party
We member of Party utmost to abandon
and to stand behind the decision of the Communist Inter-
national which must be the guiding authority
AT the same time we note the existence of oppo
slon TO Comnn Address
self This opposition characterized direct
attempt the condition decisions
the C'mntern and for split in the Communist
VALE the T. C. has told in cable America that
must struggle against the splitting policy of
we pledge ourselves to fight vigorously
splitting opposition policies quarter they may come
We appeal all policies and TO stand
sohd for the decision and line of the
Adopted unanimously by the Frehe Communist
daily.
VIEWS OF BULGARIAN COMRADE
AS member for four of the Bulgarian
dorse the Comnen Address and the Party decisions
tNlCHOLA KOVACHEFF Niagara Falls n. Y.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
WORKER BROWNS.

BUENOS AIRES, May 30.-Foi
lowing "a hour search in the sewer
pipes over a radius of many blocks
the rescue parties of firemen and
sanitary employees today abandoned
their search for Francisco Barbieri
80, who disappeared two days ago
after descending into a manhole ia
do some work. The rescuers ex.
pressed the belief thai Barbieri was
drowned and that his body was car.
ried off into the river.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
5000 Wool Textile
Workers Strike as
Pay Is Cut Down

SOWERBY BRIDGE, Eng. (By
MaiD Even Ben Turner, re-
dictionary misleader Of the Textile
Union, could not halt over 5000
workers, operatives at the wool,
worsted and blanket mills in this
area, from walking out against "a
10 per cent wage cut. The mills of
% firms were tied up in the walkout.
Notices of the cut were given by 23
mills, but one owner withdrew the
notices on the strike threat. A ballot
of the operatives showed a great
for the strike.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
Machinist Takers Now
Instruct Members to
Boost Company Sales

ELMIRA, N. Y. (By Maill-After
signing an agreement with the
American La France Fire Engine
Co., whose machinists were on strike
a year, the Machinists Union Off
Gals have not only signed a clause
pledging the workers union to prove
that "a union shop is more efficient
for the company" but have also be-
come statesmen for the company, by
sending out circulars to the workers
asking them to boost the products
of the La France Co.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
Denounce Factionalism as Party
Handican-

Denounce Factionalism as Party
Handicap.
After reading the address of the
Executive Committee of the Com
munist International to the Commu-
mist Party of America, the editors
and manager of the Daily Rovnost
Ludu fully and Internationally ac-
by the Executive Committee of the
by the Executive Committee of the
Communist International and pledge
to give the widest possible support
to the party organizations to carry
them through to the last letter.
The Daily Rovnost Ludu, true to
its traditions of % years shall also
be in the future uncompromising
fighter for the revolutionary pro-
gram of Marx and Lenin, and will
help with all its power to build a
unified, mass Communist Party in
America, which will be able to de-
feat the combined forces of the
American imperialists.
! We looked on the fractional fights
inside the American Party for years
with feeling of sorrow, being con-
WINGED that it is the biggest handicap
for the development of discipline,
fighting ability and a mass Commu-
mist Party in America. Although the
fractional fights left mark on the
Czechoslovak revolutionary move
ment in America, we are at the
same time glad to declare that they
were never of the sharpest character.
The right tendency in our fraction
and the American Party as Whole,
in the future will be fought vigor-
ously until it will be in line of the
program of the Comintern.
When we greet the address of the
E.C.C.L, we call on all comrades
not only to accept, but to carry
through the decision of the Comm
tern, fight the factionalists, the
right danger and build the party
so as to be able to defend the inter-
est of the American proletriat and
establish a Workers and Farmers
government. With Communist greet
ings, John Mackovich, editor; Frank
H. Gruener, and Michae Slulovsky,
manager, Rovnost Luu.
Note: Inasmuch as Comrade Jo-
seph Schiffel, responsible editor and
Comrade John Zuskar, secretary of
the Czechoslovak Fraction of the
Communist Party, and C. Charles
karenic, editor, are in Detroit at
the convention Of the Slovak Work
ers Society at the present time, they
cannot endorse this proclamation,
but there is no question of their un-
conditional support of the E.C.C.I.
letter.-John Mackovich.
Czech Party Members Greet Address
The Czecho- Slovak members of
the Party and their weekly organ,
Obrana, welcome and endorse fully
the Open Letter of the Communist
International.
We promise to do our utmost to
help to carry CIT TIE spirit of its
content to the best of our abilities.
We are convinced that this Open
Letter of the Comintern is very
timely. 1t will help a great deal to
make the whole party membership
to realize Tat |. is the highest time
to abandon futile fractional strife
and devote all energy of the party
for the gigantic task of leading the
struggle of the American working
class in this land of mightiest capt.
t:.list imperialism. Long Live the
Communist Party Of Uni ed States.
Fog the Obrana.-V. Abraham.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
BY GRACE HUTCHINS.

Stupendous wealth, accomplished
by 154 giant industrial corporations,
has increased by 1914 per cent in
one year, announces Dow Jones and
Company, publishers of the Wall
Street Journal. A tabulation of in
Gustrial wealth for 1925 shows the
cash and security holdings of these
corporations as $2,785,855,531 in
1928, against $2,3S9,054,307 in 1927.
u. S. Steel heads the list.
Sixty-seven different companies
increased their common share CAPT
talization last year. The number of
preferred shares outstanding in
these mammoth companies increased
by 466,207. Such an increase in
number of shares is often the result
Of stock split-ups and stock divi-
dends which are common devices for
concealing the actual rate of profit.
Some of the largest corporations
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
SENATE TO RUSH
HOOVER BARRIER
ON LABOR PAPERS
F'rame-up Artists Fish
with Trust Lobbyists
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struggle, or giving news of the in
ternational Communist movement
barred from entry.
No debate was allowed on this
feature in the house, all hearings
being before the committee, and by
Encouragement in the administra-
ton caucus, no amendments except
those recommended by the commit
tee were allowed. The senate seems
determined to follow the same pro-
cedure.
Hurry Reapportionment.
House of representatives admin
istration leaders say today that the
senate bill on the census and reap
portionment will be under discussion
in the house Tuesday. Today most
Of the congressman are scurrying
around looking for the coolest spots
where the glasses are tallest and
frosted, or are ganging up in back
poems to stoke up the steam roller
for the farm and census bills.
The senate passed legislation or
dering the 1880 census by vote
of 81 to 26, and attached to it
rider that after the census is taken
the seats in the house shall be re-
apportioned.
Hits at Farmers.
The revision is blow at the ag-
ricultural centers. The big cities,
where the republican machine works
most smoothly, gain representation.
This is particularly true of Los An
geles, which is rich mans play
ground, without many large indus
tries, and Detroit, where the ballot
ing, like everything else, is domin-
ated by the auto factory owners.
The house committee on reappor--
tionment states that the probable
gains will be Arizona, 1; California,
6; Connecticut, i; Florida, /; Michi--
gan, A; New Jersey, 2; North Caro-
lima, /; Ohio, 8; Oklahoma, 1; Texas,
2; Washington, /. Total, %.
The majority of the committee
did not say what state would lose.
The minority of the committee, how
ever, said that under the method Of
major fractions the following states
would lose the number Of represent,
tatives Indicated: Indiana, 2; Iowa,
2; Kansas, 1; Kentucky, 2; Louisi-
ana, 1; Maine, 1; Massachusetts,, 1;
Mississippi, 2; Missouri, a; Me-
braska, /; New York, 2; North Da-
kota, 4; Tennessee, 1; Vermont, 1;
Virginia, 1. Total, %.
Middle western and southern SEN
ators fought the bill bitterly, and
the same course is expected of the
same groups in the house. An
amendment to limit the action OF
the bill to the 1880 census and re-
apportionment failed in the senate.
The committee of business chiefs.
corporation lawyers and college
deans, servants of big business,
which is to work out better and
cheaper frame-up systems, by re-
port recommending the partial aboli-
ton of trial by jury, under guise of
"better selection of jtuies," as
Hoover expresses it, took the Gay
eff today, at least officially. But
it is said here that some of the fish
ing trips arranged by the members
Of Hoover's law enforcement COM
mission are taken in company with
big steel and coal and automobile
personnel officers and lobbyists,
who will tell them between bites
what is needed to suppress labor
organization in their localities.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
FASCIST FLIGHT.

TARANTO, Italy, May 3o.--Sev-
eral amphibian planes which will
take part in the Near East cruise
beginning June 3 arrived here to-
day. The plans began arriving yes
terday. Commander Francesca De
Pinedo will command the cruise, in
which 200 persons win participate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
i. S. Steel Heads List
of Wall Street Pirates

in the country, such as the Ford
Motor Co., which ranks second in
wealth, are not included in this Dow
Jones list. As the 1874 corporations
listed are all industrial companies,
such public utility giants as General
Electric and American Telephone
and Telegraph, ranking fourth and
fifth, are not included.
U. s. Steel holds the highest
mountain of wealth. With cash and
marketable securities totaling $751;
253,477 at the end of last year, it
reports a gain of more than 81 per
cent over 1927. General Motors
holds the second highest mountain
of $215, 9O5,230 in cash and invest
ment securities.
The ten leading industrial cor
poraticns in the Dow Jones list,
with their cash and marketable
holdings, as of Dec. 81, 1928, and
Dec. 81, 1927, are as follows.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
Denounce Arrest.

"The arrest of Beatrice Weinstein,
a member of the Communist Youth
League, for distributing leaflets to
servicemen on Decoration Day shows
how the military authorities fear the
awakening of ass-consciousness
among the armed forces" declared
the Communist Youth League in a
statement issued by the National
Office yesterday. "The army Off
GER who had Beatrice Weinstein ar
rested asked the police to make the
charge as severe as possible. The
military authorities wish to terror
ize the young workers in an effort
to stop the growth of Communism
among the workers in uniform.
eve are not frightened by the
persecution and terror on the part
of the authorities. The arrest of
Beatice Weinstein is confession
that the government does not dare
let the servicemen learn the truth
about the purpose of the present
war preparations. Our answer will
be to intensity our anti-militarist
work and our struggle against the
growing war danger.
"The trial of Beatrice Weinstein
today is intended as test case.
The civil authorizes are called to the
aid of the War Department. We have
no illusions about the Jle of the
capitalist courts. We know that only
the organized power Of the workers
can obtain justice for our class.
Every worker must realize the sig
nificance of this arrest and demand
the release Of r:atrice Weinstein."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31

porations and to individuals. Sur
plus profits of these 154 corpora
tions are surplus piles of wealth ac-
cumulated after all interest and
dividends are paid out.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31

Our own age. the bourgeois age,
10 distinguished by this--that II
has simplified class antagonisms.
More and more, society II splitting
up into two great hostile camps,
into two grent nnd directly contra
posed. clessesr bourgeoisie and pro-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31

So vast are the reserve holdings
that these industrial giants are ri
valling the banks as money lenders.
Instead of themselves borrowing
money they are lending to other cor
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE.

SANTIAGO, Chile, May 30.-A
strong earthquake occurred here at
4:47 a. m. lasting 80 seconds. Some
residents ran into the streets in
panic, but there were no casualties,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
PLUMBERS STRIKE

SCHENECTADY, N. Y. (By
MaiD. = Organized plumbers here
struck for a five-day week and
higher wages.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
SIGN PAINTERS GAIN

BALTIMORE, Md. (By Mail). =
Sign painters in this city have gain
ed the five day week for organized
men,.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
From Section Five, New York
District.

1.-The Section Executive Com
mittee of Section 5, District 2, New
York, Communist Party, fully &C
cepts and endorses the address of
the Executive Committee of the
Communist International to the
Membership of the Communist Party
of the U. S. A..
1--WE further undertake to.carry
out all of the decisions of the Com
intern and mobilize the members for
the complete support of the Com
munist International.
3.-We pledge our support to the
Communist International in its fight
against all opportunists who want
to fight the Communist International
and attempt to split the Communist
Party of the United Staes.
Ave call on the membership of
Section B to carry out the decisions
contained in the address whole
heartedly and without reservations.
5.-We call upon all the Units to
proceed with a discussion of the Ad-
dress as it is indicated therein.
6.-The Executive Committee of
Section calls upon the Units to
endorse this resolution.
I've endorse the decisions of
the Central Committee in regard to
the Address and pledge our full sup
port to the c. c. in carrying out
these decisions. We call upon the
c. c. to adopt the most severe meas
ures against those comrades that re-
sist the execution of the line con-
tanned in the ADMINISTRATION Five,
District Two, New York City.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
USSR EXPOSES
CHIANC'S lies
Pravda Shows Feng Is
British Tool
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American imperialists, while the
kwangsi group and Feng are the
tools of the Japanese-British imper-
ialism, states Pravda.
Recent happenings in China, it
says, represent the intensification of
imperialist antagonisms and the col
lapse of the reactionary united front
that accompanied and followed the
suppression of the Commune of
Canton established for a few days
during the instruction of the work.
ers under the leadership of the Chi
nese Communist Party a year and
a half ago..
At the same time, Pravda points
out, the workers and peasants
movement is strengthening and the
revolution is on the upgrade.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
No Japanese Ambassador.

TOXIC, Japan, May Bottle
credentials which Kenkichi Yoshi-
zawa will present today to the Nan
king government are not those Of an
ambassador, but those of a minister
pleniponteiary, in further indication
Of the fact that the Japanese imp
perialists are counting on Z Feng