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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
Launch Organization
Campaign for Negro
Workers in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, June 8, (By MALL &.
The opening Of the campaign for
the organizing of the exploited
Negro workers of this city of the
open shop began with a successful
open air meeting held under the aus
pices of the American Negro Labor
Congress.
An enthusiastic audience of about
one hundred Negro workers listened
for two hours to speeches by Fred
Welch of the A. N. L. C. chairman,
delegates of the Marine Workers
Ieague, D. Flaiani, Trade Union
Educational League organizer and
Irving Keith Of the Communist
Youth League.
The chairman, Negro worker, ex-
posed the miserable conditions under
which the Negro workers are forced
to toll, and made an appeal for the
A. N. L. G. which resulted in the
enrolment of number of new mem
bers. Further open meetings will
be held in the coming weeks, the
next one being on June IA friday
at s p. m. at the corner of Penn and
Lawrence Street.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11

very informal charges of murder"
and "inciting to murder"
A nationwide appeal is being is
sued Immediately by the 1. L. D. to
rally all labor back Of this defense
and stop what seems to be a COM
bination of the Centralia (Washing-
tom, Wheatland California; hop
fields, and Ludlow (Colorado) mas
sacre frame-up proceedings.
Alfred Wagenknecht, executive
secretary of the Workers Interna-
tional Relief, who arrived here yes
terday from New York, stated today
that the authority of the W. I. R.
over the tent colony will be estab-
,ished and food again furnished to
the strikers. The y. I. r., Wagon
knecht added, will insist that the
mill deputies leave the tent colony
at once. The deputies have been in
the colony since their raid on it Fri
day night. With the deputies pa
trolling the w. I. r. and union head
quarters the relief work is being
hampered.
"The gesture of the authorities to
furnish food" said Wagenknecht, sis
strikebreaking move on the part
of the mill men and must be an
swered by the workers of America
rallying to the aid of the strikers.
The w. l. R. will again furnish food
to the strikers ard defeat the plans
of the Manville-Jenckes Co. All
workers and friends of the labor
movement who want to defeat the
murder frame-up plans of the
bosses and their allies in public Of
flee, all those who want the strike
to continue until it is won will send
funds at once to the national office
of the Workers International Relief,
Union Square, New York City"
Wagenknecht stated that as res
suit of the arrest of all w. I. r.
representatives no food has been dis
tributed for the last three days.
The strikers have been going around
hungry. The food in the tent colony
was destroyed by the police and
deputy sheriffs. The destitute strik-
ers are in a desperate condition as
a result of the starvation that is
facing them. The arrest of Caro-
line Drew and Amy Schechter, W.
I. r. representatives here, was part
of the Manville-Jenckes Co. plot to
break the strike by mass terrorism
and starvation. 1t is now becoming
clear that the police attack on the
tent colony Friday night was well
planned. After the workers were
shot at, beaten, some of the tents
destroyed and strikers, their wives
and children thrown into the road
the next move would be to stop the
food supply. The arrest of Drew
Schechter and the other w. I. r
relief committee workers confirms
this.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
OIL BAR0NS TALK
CONSERVATION
Standard Oil Seeks to
Crush Rivals
continued from Paae Onel

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production than is provided by the
government oil lcc-a order.
The appointment of commission
is the most that is expected from
the conference, at least one govern
ment official believes.
One of the main tasks of the pro-
posed commission, it is expected
would be to try to whip public lands
states of the west into line by OBJ
tanning modification of the leasing
order of last March which cancelled
leases ON public lands and stopped
all prospecting for oil and gas
Those hit by such action, and who
declared their firm resistance to
such proposals even if they are
brought before the conference, are
generally mining groups whose in
terest in oil production is only in
cidental, yet large enough to be hurt
by the encroachments of the Stand
ard Oil companies.
The absolute necessity" of con-
servation to enable the United
States to fight rival oil trusts in OPP
posing countries was the keynote
of the speech of Mark L. Requa OF
Los Angeles. Isolation of the prob
lem within the United States is ar
impossibility," Requa said. "The
events in the Dutch East Indies, il
Mesopatamia, Iraq, Russia and South
America have direct relations to con
ditions in the United States"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
Faster Rail Service
Brings More Speedup,
Dangers to Workers

CHICAGO, June 10.-With drastic
cuts in the running time of pas
senger trains between Chicago and
the Pacifist Coast announced today
by leading railroads as largely to
meet automobile competition" rail-
road workers here and all points on
western routes are confronted with
the effects of greater application of
naturalization methods through
which the rail companies plan to in
slEe greater profits at the expense
Of the workers.
The reduction in running time of
through passenger trains between
Chicago and the West will be five
hours, making the new schedules
seven to ten hours faster than those
of five years ago.
Freight trains are also speeding
up to an extent never equalled in
railroad history. A ten day freight
service will be started today by the
Erie, Pennsylvania, Southern Paci-
fic, Santa Fe, Union Pacific and
Western Pacific between New York
and the Pacific Coast.
The new speed plans have already
led the Pennsylvania and New York
Central lines to lay plans for faster
service to meet the new western
schedules, even to the extent of re-
viving the former Is hour New
York Chicago service under which
many workers were killed or manned
for life.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
TRY TERROR IN
BETHLEHEM JAIL.
Dicks MenaceWorkers
Arrested at Meet

Continued from Page One)
Herbert Benjamin, district organizer
of the Communist Party, was taken
for a grilling. He was led into a
darkened room, his spectacles re-
moved, and the detectives grouped
about him in an attempt at intimi-
dation. After his answers to their
questions, he was held on charge
Of "disorderly conduct"
All taken in the raid were placed
under the same charge and fined
$25 and costs. They were committed
to county Jail on default of fine.
The police were ready to shoot
to break up the meeting, they told
Benjamin. "You guys ought all of
you be stood up against wall and
shot," the authorities said.
Anna Berlak, young worker of
Bethlehem, was picked up by police
the day before as she sat eating in
restaurant and hailed before the
magistrate, charged with distribut-
| ing leaflets. ....
Steal Bail.
Her bail of $45 was Immediately
forfeited at the hearing scheduled
the next day at four o'clock, de-
spite the fact that she was on time.
The magistrate insisted she came
late and pocketed the money.
The police terror in this city is
so great that reporters of out-of-
town capitalistie papers were ar
rested with the workers. The Beth
lehem Steel Company, of Charles
Schwab, the sanity capitalist, is be-
hind this absolute reign of terror
in the steel city.
Two reporters of a Philadelphia
capitalist paper were pulled in "for
being in the crowd" One of the
newspapermen was brutally beaten
about the neck and body when he.
protested. His notes on the meet
ing were snatched from his hand and
torn up by County Detective,
Schweitzer, the principal tool of the
Bethlehem Steel in the raid.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
Textile Strikers Get 1
$500 from Milwaukee
LID; Picnic June Is

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, June TO-
Hundreds of workers will attend the
picnic arranged for the defense of
the Southern textile strikers by the
local international Labor Defense at
Gebaj Grove, rear of 1888 Green
field Ave. West Allis,. on Sunday,
June 16.
A sum Of 5000 was collected for
textile strike relief by the l. l.. d..
in cooperation with the Workers In
ternational Relief in its recent
house to house collection. Jewish,
Slav, Russian, Finnish and other
language organizations aided the
drive.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
Defense Forces at Gastonia
Unable to Find Fred Beal
Continued from Page One)

Mclaughlin and all others considered
The atmosphere Gastona muderou
county attorney Defense Attorney Unison that
the prisoners held
probably be out writ of habeas
authorities the prisoners hearing The
hostility and union leaders confined mostly to the
mi officials and the business elements.
there the feeling that the sole responsibility
the companies auhoe One of
the Labor officials whose cannot
obvious stated privately that the police and
deputies what they looking for
The lire of the prosecution has been indicated already by such
wounded deputies
outstanding provocation
smuggling opportunity of the affair is that
deputies following the attack the picket line in
beaten and hOkd rode
the headquarters OF the
fired they had been challenged
striker The only police Of
ficer is Hoard
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11

IF
of
h5k o los IN ayto of uh tn g
to of buogh fame
k Lat0 ahhy Auaa British parliament
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
GIL STARTS new
TERROR AGAINST
MEXICO WORKERS
Is Prelude to Church
State Alliance

Continued from Page One)
when he waved an American flag
captured by SANDING in the cham
Der of deputies and made a speech
bitterly denouncing U. S. imperial
ism and exposing the complete CAPT
tulation of the Portes Gil govern
ment to Wall Street.
But despite the new reign Of
terror and the violent suppression
Of nearly all the so-called demo
cratic liberties" the Communist
Party is carrying on. Tho its organ
has been suppressed, it is rallying
the Mexican workers and peasants
against the attacks of the govern
ment and is calling on the peasants
to refuse to give up their arms. At
the same time it is exposing the
maneuvers that lie behind the bloody
suppressions-the alliance being
formed between the Portes Gil gov
eminent and the catholic church
with Dwight W. Morrow, of the
House of Morgan and U. S. am
bassador to Mexico, acting as 60
between, and the general betrayal
of the Mexican revolution into the
hands of Wall Street.
Conferences with Church Start.
MEXICO CITY, June 1O.-Con-
ferences started today between
President Portes Gil and the two
papal emissaries, Archbishop Leo
poldo Ruiz Y Flores and Bishop Pas
cual Diaz of Tabasco.
The announcement by Portes Gil
on Saturday that the government
would consent to no changes in the
religious laws, made to cloak his
Grass betrayal of one Of the most
important achievements Of the Mex
lean revolution, is fooling no one.
Least of all the catholics themselves
who are openly jubilant.
1t is an open secret that the con-
ferences include a fourth party,
whether present in person or not is
of little consequence. His name is
Dwight w. Morrow, Wall Street am
bassador to Mexico. Morrow re-
turned to this city suddenly" from
the United States on Saturday, tho
it had been announced that he would
not be back until July. He is here
to tie the knot in the new marriage
between the church and state.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11

After every revolution marking a
progressive phase In the class strug-
gle, the purely repressive character
of the State power stands out in
holder and holder relief.-Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11
DISCREPANCIES IN PROSECUTIONS STORY.

between the deputys story and
Hoard not hit because at the
the firing occurred he chasing striker in back of one
the W. R. colony where the striker head
that the police and deputies
attacking far all hostile stories
either the payroll
Company their influence for other
application by Unison for permission for Juliet Stuart
Defense Alfred Wagenkneht
Relief interview the prisoners has
Wagnknht has announced that strike relief will be
from the grounds of
the tent colony at
president the National Textile Workers Union
today They
organization viii be intensified and extended and
charged with murder and at
tempt to rder will be made a national issue.
route nationally known speakers
principal industrial the Meth
utilize the interest the GastOna
the immediate necessity for organization of the textile work
breaking of such corporations the
Manville-Jenckes Company
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11

Our own age, the bourgeois age,
is distinguished by this-that it
has simplified class nntagonisms g..
More and more. society Is splitting
up into two great hostile camps,
into two great and directly contra
posed classes: bOurgeOisie and pro-
lefnrgnt--Marx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-11

Reap the benefits of the May
Day demonstrations by getting
into the Communist Party work.
ers who participated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
ACCEPTANCE PLEAsEs ITALY.
Possibility Of Friendly Agreement
With France Seen Promising.

ROME, October 19.-France's ac-
ceptance of Italys invitation to engage
in preliminary conversations regard
ing united program at the London
conference on. the reduction of naval
ornaments next January has been we'll
received here. Contrary to, the usual
custom the comments of the French
press regarding the necessity for an
adequate Naval fierce have been re-
ceived here with equanimity. The word
has been passed that the Italian press
must not enter the detail of the polem-
les involved, as it is frankly admitted
in of11cial circles that these CONVERSE
tons will prove complicated though
with good will on both sides the pos
sibility of friendly agreement being
arrived at are held to be very promis-
ing.
One might say that the coming con-
versations are viewed with optimism.
as the French government realizes the
necessity Of unity for both the Latin
powers with regard to certain naval
reservations. Controversies, of course.
are inevitable, both nations being
anxious to achieve success for their
own point of view, and the CONVERSE
tions now to begin will therefore be
started with caution.
It Is not for this reason, however.
that there is any doubt that final
agreement will be arrived at. It is
argued here that If Great Britain and
America, with such divergent viewpoints
on naval disarmament, have been able
to agree on main points. there is no
reason why italy and France cannot
do likewise while safeguarding their
respective interests. The press there
fore is virtually a unit in lauding
Italy's frankness in publicly declaring
that she Is willing to, reduce her ton
nagu to a minimum, provided no other
power OF continental Europe exceeds
this minimum.
The prevailing impression here is
that the conversations will take place
first in Paris and later, when the pre-
liminary discussion of debatable points
has cleared the way to successful
termination OF the parleys. that the
final conversations will take place in
Rome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
4 MEN ACQUITTED
IN KIDNAPPING CASE
Five Ballots Taken to Free
Accused in FIooging of
Communist Leader.
by the Associated Press.

10
CONCORD, N. c., october 1e.-After
As minutes elaboration, a Cabarrits
County jury this afternoon acquitted
four men on trial here on charges grow
ing out of the kidnapping and floeging
Of Ben Wells, British Communist tex.
tile organizer.
The jury reached its decision on the
fifth ballot and reported to Judge A.
NJ. Stack that o. G. Morehead Carl
Holloway, Dewey Carver and Horace
Lane, all of Gastonia. were not guilty
Of taking Wells and two other organ
izers from Gastonia rooming house and
beating Wells at spot near Concord,
almost so miles distant.
The abduction Of the men followed
the formation Of an anti-Communist
mob in Gastonia on the night of Sep
TENDER 9, which staged a demonstra-
ton and invaded labor headquarters in
Gastonia, BeSsemer City and Charlotte
Trial OF the four men was begun
Thursday and was featured by the tact
that they presented almost so witnesses
in establishing their alibis.
All four denied guilt, the evidence
for three Of them being presented yes
terday, and the fourth, Horace Lane,
this morning. Lane testified he was
acting as q special deputy on the night
Of September In South Gastonia, fol-
lowing Information that labor organ
izers we're planning o demonstration.
He presented as his alibi witnesses O
deputy sheriff, mill superintendent
and South Gastonia residents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
SHEARER'S $257,OOO
CASE BEGINS NOV. 4
Plaintiff Against 8 Shipbuilding
Firms Files Notice Of Readiness
for Trial.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 1e.--William
3. SheaFer. whose activities at Geneva
during the 1928 arms limitation con-
ference are under investigation by a
senatorial committee, flled notice in
superior Court today he would be ready
TO 90 TO trial November 4, with his
8257 900 suit against the three ship
building concerns who had employed
him as an observer.
The defendants are the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Co.. the Newport News
Hhipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.. and the
American Brown Boveri Electric Co.
Shearer charges that the $257,OOO Is
additional fees and expenses due him
for his work at Washington and Geneva
in their behalf. The companies assert
that the $S1 ,230 they already have paid
him was all that was due him.
The Ming OF the suit here. making
public as It did his connection with the
companies, brought on the investigation
which was adjourned at Washington
recently during the visit Of Ramsay
Macdonald to this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
RUSSIAN A|RPLANE
LANDS IN OAKLAND
Land of the SovietS Com.
pietes 500- Mile Leg of
Trip to NeWYork.


OAKLAND, Calf, October 19.-The
Russian plane Land of the Soviets
spiraled down to a perfect landing here
at $40 pm. today, completing the
Seattle Oakland leg Of the good will
flight from Moscow to New York. The
fight was interrupted yesterday when
oil line trouble forced the four airmen to
return to vancouver, Wash. The dis
lance from Vancouver here "a slightly
more than 500 miles.
The plane was first sighted from the
west and from an altitude OF 1000 feet
came down in three sweeping circles.
It TAXED to the airport administration
building amid cheers Of thousands and
the hymns of Russian choir from
San Francisco and shouts in Russian
Of long live the Soviet flyers" and
welcome 70 California
Women in Costume.
Russian women in their native cos
TUNES made up part Of the colorful
crowd.
When the low-winged monoplsne
touched the ground the crowd broke
the ropes, swept past the guards and
said they had seen nothing like 1t since
here following his flight to Paris.
The flyers stood up in the cockpit Of
the plane. smiling down at the crowd
and waited until the burst of enthu-
siasm had died away before they stepped
to the ground. They posed for news
reel photographers and we're greeted by
Mayor John L. Davies and other city
and county officials. Then they were
taken to the airport inn for rest.
Guests at Dinner.
The flyers were guests at a dinner
given by the Oakland Junior Chamber
of Commerce at the airport inn. A
parade through downtown Oakland, I'M
der the auspices of the Friends of the
Soviet followed, after which the Rus
slams we're escorted to San Francisco.
Upon arriving tomorrow from Seattle,
M. NJ Egorov, aeronautical engineer
connected with the flight. will consult
with Airmen to determine their plans
for continuance of the flight. The con-
dition Of the plane will determine the
length Of their stay here. It Is not be-
lieved their take-off for Cheyenne,
Wyo, can be made before Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
OFFICER AND FUGITIVE
BOTH KILLED IN DUEL
Policeman, Fatally Wounded,
Aims Own Gun and Stays
Opponent.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 1e.-Policenan
George Giovannoni and a colored man
who had tried to kill q woman shot
each other dead today.
The colored man, Love Carey, was
being chased down q south side stree
by two Officers who held warrant for
his arrest. A. eolored woman had
charged he attempted 20 STAY her.
Gioyannoni joined the chase. out
stripped his fellow officers and was
close to the fugitive when Carey turned,
pulled out revolver and shot him.
MORALLY wounded, Gioyannoni fell to
the ground. took aim with his own
weapon and fred. The. fugitive was
killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
Student Dies of Crash Hurts.

HATTIESBURG, Miss, October Ie
H).--JAmes Tally, student at Pearl
River Junior College at Popularville,
died today from injuries received In an
automobile accident last night In front
Of the State Teachers College here.
He was returning home from a foot
ball game. The automobile crashed
into wagon loaded with pine knots
The colored driver Of the wagon re-
ceived broken leg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
- A PUBLIC MEETING

SUBJECT
planning SAnaorum for Wahingons Tubercuou Children
SPEAKERS Arthur Chairman Senate District
of Columbia Committee.
Major /. +. Atkins, Assistant Engineer Commits
sioner OF the District ri Columbia
DR.. William c. Fowler, District of Columbia
Health Officer.
DR.. Joseph Winthrop Peabody Superintendent
tuberculosis Hospital
GENERAL DISCUSSION FROM THE FLOOR.
Program Chairman: Mrs. Ernest r. Grant
Monday Evening Club
DR.. Frank Ballou, President
MonAay Evening, October III. 1898. at s o'clock
r.. W. C. A. Building
Sepsnte zHth and X Streets NorthrVest
Legal Nsie. Paid By washington rubersuissh ASA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20
P0lNCARE INSISTENT
ON EARLY OPERATION

Attending Physicians Will Confer
Today Regarding Patients Abil-
ity to Withstand Knife.
By Radio to The star.
PARIS, October 1S.--Chaflng under
the nervous strain of many weeks OF
waiting for the second operation con.
nected with his prostate complaint
former President Raymond Poincare
has demanded Of attending physicians
that they operate as soon as possible
A conference of four or Ave specialists
will be held tomorrow, and II they
agree, the ex-premier may undergo the
knife for q second time as early "a
Monday or Tuesday.
1t is certain that If M. Poincare's
wishes are acceded to he will be oper-
ated upon within the next few days
but everything depends upon whether
the physicians decide he is physically
strong enough for the operation to be
performed at the present moment.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

court of judicature for the district of
Columbia. Is proposed, to have as
subordinate units all existing judicial
tribunals and have vested In 1t the en-
tire judicial function that is imposed
upon the District government. Pro-
Court. 10 have the same status and
Jurisdiction a. such courts In the sew.
eral StateA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-20

ST. LOUIS, October 10 .(P).-A vio-
Tent earthquake was recorded on seis-
nnographs ct st. Louis University this
morning, Father J. r. Joliet reported.
It began at 4:23:21 am. and the second
shock came at 4:31:43. lasting about
three hours. Father Joliet estimated
tire location as 4.240 miles south Of St
Louis, or probably somewhere In North
ern Chile.