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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
GOVERNOR LONG
BUILDS Defense
Tries to Save Himself;
Wouldn't Save Negroes

BATON, ROUGE, La, March %.
Friends Of Governor Long of
Louisiana have been circulating a
story that he would resign in
order not to appear before the SEN
ate on the 10 charges ranging from
being drunk at a party to hiring
man to kill one of the repre-
sentatives, with plenty of graft ac-
cusation5 thrown in.
However, the Ku Klux Khan gov
ernor, who never turned a hair or
made a motion for their defense
when a lynch mob slaughtered the
two Blackman brothers, Negroes, at
Boyce last year. now says he is
shocked at the idea of resigning,
and that he will comb the state for
support, touring the country with
a brass band and building a defense
organization for himself Of a mil
lion men.
A committee Of ~ members of
the House was appointed today to
draw up rules for carrying on the
impeachment proceedings and should
the vote Monday result in decision
to nut the governor on trial, he
would face the Senate as jury
with the state supreme court chief
justice or an associate justice, pre-
siding.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
Limitations" Statute
Used to Save Prominent
Philadelphia l. e a d ers

PHILADELPHIA, March U.s.
The Special Grand Jury which has
spent months on the Philadelphia
underworld admitted today in its
final presentment that it was not re-
porting any of the leaders.
The presentment. read before
Judge Edwin o. Lewis who last
August ordered the investigation,
said the Jurors were unable to name
the higher -ups."
The grand jury stated that it had
evidence that would have been USE
full in the prosecution of various
prominent persons, but, unfortun-
ately, "the statutes Of limitations
prevents action"
Preliminary court activity in
Dictated that nearly hundred men,
bers of the police force, including
four police captains, had been MAX
ing big money in graft from the
booze, drug and vice concessions
granted certain criminals. Few
prosecutions resulted, but certain
number of expulsions from the de-
partment and designations followed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
"Revolt ON Volga" for
Miners Aid Saturday

"The Nevolt on the Volga' will
have it's first showing under the
auspices Of Local New York, Work
ers' International Relief, at the Film
Guild Cinema, So w. Eighth St.,
near Sixth Ave-, this Saturday at
midnight, to open the campaign for
miners relief.
The picture is a new Sovkino film
directed by Juriz Taritsch, who
made the production Scar Ivan the
Terrible" 1t deals with the Pugat-
scheff uprising, which contributes a
dramatic and highly colorful chap
ter in the history of Czarist Russia.
Tickets are on sale al the Work
ers Bookshop, rs Union Square, and
799 Broadway, Room 22l.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
5000 or Less a Year for Men,,
S25, 100000 a Year for Boss
(By Ira Neics Service

With tobacco workers averaging
less than 5000 earnings for years
work, the American Tobacco Co.
announces profits of over $25,000,-
600 for 1928. The tobacco industry
shows the lowest average wages of
any industry in the United States,
according to the 1926 Census of
Manufactures. From preliminary re-
ports of the 1927 census, tobacco
evidently holds the same position as
''lowest wage industry"
American Tobacco Co., paying
dividends of over S19,000,00O in
1928, has now accumulated a sur
plus of over S45,0O0,OO0. AS a
trust, violating the Sherman Anti
Trust law, it was ordered disinte-
grated in 1911 when it sold to Lig-
gett and Myers and to P. Lorillard
Co. part of the property it had ac-
CURED by mergers. But by 1873 1t
had again eluded all trust-busters
and acquired controlling interest in
Schultz Retail Stores Corp. and
Tobacco Products Corp.
R. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Co., max
er of Camel cigarettes and of Prince
Albert smoking tobacco, was orig
inally owned by America Tobacco
Co., but is now supposedly an en-
tirely separate company. 1t en-
ploys 10000 workers in a dozen
plants in North Carolina, Virginia
and Kentucky. This corporation has
likewise accumulated an enormous
surplus fund of over S40,000,00O
which if divided among the 10000
workers would add $4,000 year to
earnings now averaging below 5000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
Whalen Puts Fake Hero
Back on Police Force

Commissioner Whalen has rein
stated on the police force Vito c.
Ferraro, who was discharged year
ago for framing rescue of a man
"from the icy waters of Erie
Basin" as his story went.
A swimming test later showed the
cop couldn't even tread in water
over his head, and that he was a
fanciful liar.
But Whalen, who is conducting an
enormous ballyhoo campaign to
make everybody forget his strike
breaking stuff and his promise to
"solve the Rothstein case" which
was one of dope rings protected by
Tammany police, needs men with
Imagination on his force.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
HOOVER EVADES
Child SLAVERY
Children Work Long
Hours

WASHINGTON, March 28.-Pres-
ident Hoover last night proclaimed
May 1 to be Child Health Day, stat
ing that "the future of our nation
rests with the children of today" and
"the march forward of our country
must be upon the feet of children
but without saying a word about
the child slavery conditions prevail
ing in those parts of the South where
he got his republican votes last year,
or about the New Bedford textile
mills owned by the republican ma
tional committeeman Butler, or about
the health wracking slavery of little
girls in the chain stores of NJ. PEN
ny, Hoover's millionaire host in
Florida.
Child Slaves Injured.
He merely invites church and eli
beral organizations to make every
reasonable effort to bring about a
nationwide understanding of the
fundamental significance of healthy
childhood and of the Importance of
the conservation of the health and
physical vigor of our boys and girls"
without giving any details about the
general violation of what minimum
age limits exist, especially in the
textile industry, without stating
the government figures which show
about one fourth more accidents in
factories employing child slaves.
Hoover's Friends Slavcrs.
AS a matter of fact, under Hoover
and without protest from him, child
slavery is used in enormous quanti-
ties on American farms, where the
hours of labor are anything from
ten to eighteen and the wedding and
other most tiresome work is given
to little children, who are permitted
to work from 81 to 60 hours a week
between the ages of IA and 16 in ten
states. In Connecticut children can
be worked So hours a week in stores.
In Montana there are no limits at
all to the number of hours children
can be worked aside from several
industries.
In the South, to which Hoover
gives his special attention and to
which section he has promised
especial consideration, "to build its
industries" the most child labor is
used, and here the chambers of COM
merce boast, "We use American
labor, docile and uncontaminated by
unionism, without regulations by the
states and with low age limits"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
NEEDLE union
TO HOLD BAZAAR
Rally Shop Chairmen
for Big Affair

Hundreds of delegates, represent
tatives from the shops in the needle
trades industry yesterday heard re-
ports of the achievements of their
union at a conference in Webster
Hall, 18th st. and Third Ave. and
adopted plans for the coming gen.
eral strike in the fur industry.
Programs Worked Out.
In addition to the contemplated
strike action, programs were worked
out for the cloak industry and for
furthering unionism in the dress
making industry. In the latter
trades a strike was recently con-
Guided which resulted in the organ
ization of a large section of the
trade.
Union officers and delegates re-
ported on the spirit for struggle
which permeates the fur workers,
and which is illustrated by the huge
response to mass open forums and
to single shop strikes already under
way.
Rose Wortis. secretary of the New
York Joint Board. read the general
report of the work accomplished in
all departments of the union. Co
reports on finances and organiza-
ton were made by Julius Portnoy,
treasurer. and Irving Potash. Sum-
nation of the entire reports and dis
cussion was made by Joint Board
Manager Joseph Boruchovich.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
QUEENS OFFICIAL
FACING CHARGE,
RESIGNS POST
Tries to Put All Blame
on Harvey

Fritz Brieger, superintendent Of
street cleaning in Queens Borough
resigned because he was afraid to
stay il office after charging that
100000 worth of city property had
been stolen by borough officials, it
is said here.
The resignation, presented two
days ago and acted on yesterday
followed statement by Brieger be-
fore official Investigators that he
would not submit the proof he had,
and this in turn followed his adj
mission to friends that members of
the cabinet of Borough President
George U. Harvey had told him he
"would be picked up dead in a ditch"
ii he kept on making revelations.
Says Harvey Corrupt
Brieger, however, in his letter of
resignation, charged Harvey with
perpetuating conditions in the
Queens government that lead to
$50, 100000 sewer gratis, convicted
one borough president of taking
brides, and caused the death by as
sassination of two witnesses. Frank
A. Suraci, recently promoted to
borough secretary, and Charles j.
Hilbert, who was promoted to super
intendent of public works, submitted
their designations to Harvey yester-
day.
Brieger's place was taken by
Frederick Sasse, who was borough
secretary before Suraci.
Several Fired.
Brieger's exposure caused ousting
Of Deputy Commissioner of Public
Works Frank j. McMaster and
Edgar James, personal investigator
for the Borough President. Master
and James have caused papers in 9
100000 joint defamation of char.
acter suit to be served on Brieger
who had charged the two with act
ing improperly in office.
On Jan. %, William T. Stevenson
assistant superintendent of the Blu
reau of Street Cleaning and an EN-
ploye of the department since 1904
was suspended by Borough Pres
ident Harvey at the request of Brie.
ger, after Stevenson had refused te
resign. At the same time Briegel
announced that he had uncovered
graft in the Bureau which was ex.
| pected to reach S1,000,000. There
was evidence, he charged, of payroll
padding; that more than 100000
gallons of gasoline bought by the
borough had disappeared.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
Lives of New York
Workers Endangered
by Pollution of Water

That 100000 persons in greater
New York have their lives and
health menaced by pollution of the
rivers and waterways by sewerage
was the statement of the Regional
Plan of New York and It's Environs
yesterday.
The report says that the chief
offenses are in the Harlem and low
er East Rivers, adjoining working
class districts, and that it is getting
worse continually.
A billion gallons of sewerage is
thrown into these rivers annually
said the report.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
Czech Officials Fight
u. s. Auto Competition

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, March
28.--Europe was just beginning to
struggle against American produc-
ton declared Foreign Minister No.
yak at the opening Of the Czecho-
slovak Automobile Club here.
He argued for increasing the
tariff on American automobiles,
which now made up more than one
third the total Of the Czech pro-
duction.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
u. S. to Deport 100000
Canada Workers After
July l, Report Says

WASHINGTON, March 2s. - A
report that the United States i'm
migration authorities were planning
to deport after July 100000 Can
adams, most of them workers en-
gagged in seasonal and migratory
trades, was denied by the depart
ment of labor, which said that the
reports were fantastic"
Carl White, assistant secretary Of
labor, however, said that this figure
was "guess work." and limited that
a large number would be deported,
but that no one could estimate the
number.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
Direction Foreign Affairs Towards hpbe,lat Wa
FNs
KELLOGG GIVES
WAY TO MORE
BLATANT JINC0
Negotiated Nicaragua
Deal

WASHIN GTON, March 2S.-
Direction of the foreign affairs of
the United States passed tonight
from the hands of Frank B. Kellogg
into those of the former secretary
of war, Henry L. Stimson. The new
secretary of state was sworn in by
Chief Justice William Howard Taft,
in whose administration he was Sec
rotary of war.
Faithful Tool.
Kellogg has been a faithful tool
of Wall Street from the time he
stepped into office until he made
way for his militant successor to-
day. Yet even Wall Street is glad
to replace its puppet with more
aggressive mind, more eagerly and
boldly visioning the plans of U. s.
Imperialism in its struggle with the
British.
Towards War.
The transfer of administration is
expected to bring a more military
tone to handling of foreign affairs,
with President Hoover, himself,
playing far more important role
in directing foreign relations toward
war than did even President Cool
idge.
Yet Kellogg served his masters
we'll. Under his direction the So
called peace pact which bears his
name was launched to cover the war
preparations of the imperialist pow
ers with pacifist phrases of limita-
ton Of armament and goodwill.
Marines in Nicaragua.
His administration saw the in
vasion of Nicaragua by the United
States marines, the passive con-
quest of Mexico through the changed
uolicy incarnate in the sending of
Morgan partner as ambassador, and
later the passive intervention of the
United States in the present upris-
ing by the sending of arms and am
iaunitior and war planes to the fed
erals while they are withheld from
the clericals.
Stimson's Role.
The incoming secretary, Stimson,
is notorious for his part in the peace
pact Of Tiptitapa in 1927, in which
he bought over the Nicaraguan lib
cral general, Moncada, with the
promise of the presidency if he
would betray the liberal cause.
But. as Stimson takes office, Gen
eral SANDING is still valiantly lead
ing the army Of independence
against which the United States ma
lines have been unable to make
Roadway in two years. The Iexican
federal is threatened by clerical
and large landholder outbreak of
formidable proportions.
AS Kellogg steps out and Stimson
takes the reins the future looks
more like war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
NEGROES FIGHT SEGREGATION

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (By Mail) =
Mass meetings of Negroes here are
being held in reply to the segrega-
ton measures adopted against Ne
groes by white bourgeois elements.
Recently a policeman attacked and
beat Edley Mileam, young Negro,
when he and some friends seated
themselves in a theatre in which
they had reserved seats. The beat
ing occurred in prison.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
SCORES LIFE TERM LAW
f Same Penalty for Theft as Murder "

this is the same sentence you would
give a murderer.
Il have never harmed anybody
physically. ! have never stopped
SO low as to commit a murder, and
still you give me sentence that
only murderer should get.
I've paid, and paid dearly, for
my past crimes and now you are
making me pay again. It's uncon-
stitutional to place a man in
jeopardy twice on the same charge
and ] consider it unconstitutional
to sentence me again for crimes
committed in the past
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29

Driven to desperation by life
sentence imposed on him by Judge
)Close yesterday at White Plains,
Malcolm G. Swift, age %, who had
confessed several trifling larcenies,
denounced the Baumes law in such
y convincing manner that the judge
vas forced to hang his head in ST.
fence. The prisoner looked straight
al him and said:
4 "You're sentencing me to a life
term just because | committed a
few burglaries. ! admit that I've
,semmitted quite few jobs, but
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
GOV, ROOSEVELT
is CHARGED WITH
MISUSE OF FUNDS
NJ oney Appropriated
for State Parks

ALBANY, March Ex-Governor
Roosevelt was fatty accused today
n the assembly of the state legis-
AZURE of misuing nearly 100000
worth Of money appropriated for
state parks.
"The records in the controllers Of
ice show that there have been the
srossest abuses in expenses on the
part of a park commission in which
he gentleman on the second floor
has been most deeply interested"
Assemblyman Hutchinson declared.
His reference to the gentleman on
the second floor" ment the COVER
cor.
"Thesc records" Hutchinson con-
.inued, "show the most gross and
unjustifiable squandering OF bond
issue money"
"Ask the chairman; he has the
records" was the governors terse
and only reply to questions con-
.erning the appropriations.
Francis R. Masters, of New York
City, succeeded the governor as
chairman of the commission. Other
members are Madison Grant. Will
liam N. Niles, Vanderbilt Webb, and
Henry Morganthau, Jr.
Gives Figures.
Senator Hewitt said the appro-
priation was made from a bond is
sue authorized in 1926, and was
specifically designated for the ac-
QUESTION of additional lands. An ad-
jitional appropriation of $4,000
was made for improving the lands,
the senator said. He then asserted,
reading from the record of the comp
trollers office, that of this amount
only 1904 was spent for the purpose
intended, and $4,000 was spent for
salaries, ranging from 1920 to 3d.
coo a year.
Headquarters Of the Taconic Park
Commission, which oversees the ex-
penditures, are in Poughkeepsie,
where The records are kept, it was
stated.
Defy Governor.
Before the legislature adjourned
at A p. m. officially, but with
clocks stopped at $3.50, the lower
house passed by a republican party
vote the supplemental budget
measure" of S56,000,000 carrying
the same provisions for check on
the governors discretion in spend
ing which Roosevelt used as an ex-
cuse for vetoing the original budget
bill several weeks ago. ST.
If this also is vetoed, a special
session is expected.
The assembly yesterday voted
down the jerks prohibition enforce
ment bill, and passed the cent tax
on gasoline, but without the 20 pei
cent reduction in state income taxes
recommended by the governor.
The Senate passed an income tax
bill abolishing the tax on single
mems incomes Of $1,000 or less and
married mems incomes of $4,000
The former figures had been S1,50C
and $4,000.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
Misleaders Lose
in Boiler Union Poll

LONDON. (By Mail). SO dis
gusted are the rank and filters with
misleaders of the Boilermakers So
ciety, that in a poll regarding an
agreement of the misleaders with
the bosses. selling out the workers,
only 1000 out of $4,000 members
voted. OF these, only 81 backed the
agreement.
The officials Of the union de-
clared the result Unsatisfactory, y
and ordered another poll 4.sx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
Says Hoover Will Have
to Do Away with Fraud

WINTER PARK, Fla, March %.
Whether Hoover can make his re-
publican organization grow in the
south depends upon what stand he
will take on patronage outrages and
corruption there. declared George
Fort Milton, editor of the Chat
tanooga News.
He also inferred that Smith and
his Tammany machine are just as
corrupt and unacceptable to the
"honest voters" OF the south.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
KINLOCH MINER
GLAD TO hear
OF June | meet
"Cleveland Convention
What Is Needed"
Continued from Page One)

tCOntWueG from rage ONeI
militant trade union center and
they heartily approve of the Trade
Union Unity Convention. called by
the Trades Union Educational
Educational League to meet in
Cleveland June l and 2.
Unorganized Represented.
The Cleveland convention will
have not only the three new unions,
the National Miners Union, TIE Ma
tional Textile Workers Union and
the Needle Trades Industrial Union
(Which have just endorsed the con-
vention call); it will go further. It
will have representation from the
unorganized. Shop committees in
non-union factories and plants are
to be built up to send delegates TO
the convention, and these commit
tees will be the basis of still more
new unions. Organized left wings,
fighting inside the old unions,
against misleaders of labor who are
running them, will be represented.
Organization campaigns in all in
dustries, particularly basic indus
tries, and special attention to the
Negroes, this is the prospect the
convention holds out.
Suits the NIilitants.
1t is a prospect that suits the
three new unions already formed.
They have a history already that
fits well into such a fighting pro-
gram.
The National Miners Union is an
outgrowth Of the left wing and pro-
eressive movement in the United
Mine Workers of America, which as
early as 1924 organized as the OPP
position to Lewis misleadership and
began to call attention to the fact
that he was betraying the union to
the coal operators and wrecking it.
Under the Save-the- Union slogan,
this movement continued and broad
ened, held a conference in Pitts
burgh in April, 1928. to extend the
strike, and, when Lewis lost the
strike, held convention to which
the unorganized miners sent dele
/ gates, and in spite of attacks by
every sort of police and thugs, or
ganized the new union.
Years of Struggle.
The Needle Trades Workers In
dustrial Union has waged mill
tant left wing fight, continuous
battle within the Furriers, Garment
Workers Unions in the larger cities
of the United States and especially
in New York, FOR long time, and
celebrated it's organization by win
ming strike few months later, to
re-establish the 4O-hour week and
union wages and conditions in be-
tween 200 and 300 dress shops in
New York.
The National Textile Workers
Union was organized almost en-
tirely from unorganized workers,
after the New Bedford strike of
last year, which the United Textile
Workers tried to control and be-
tray.
All of these new unions have
history, therefore. brief as it is,
filled with successful struggles for
better conditions for their mem
bers, and have made real gains, in
sharp distinction to the surrender
policy of the reactionary bureau
cracies of the old unions.
The National Trade Union Unity
Convention in Cleveland is much
strengthened already by their for
NAL support, officials of the Trade
Union Educational League declared
yesterday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
U. S. AMBASSADOR LEAVES

LONDON. March 49, Alanson b.
Houghton left his post as American
ambassador to Britain and set sail
for Baden-Baden in a diplomatic
few weeks rest before returning to
the United States. His last remarks
We're that there would be no war
between the two powers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29
JoBLEss, TURNS ON GAS.

Norman Evans, so, was found
dead in his room at 105 w. 68th st.
yesterday. The gas was turned on.
Suicide, following a long period Of
unemployment, was said to have
been the cause.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29

The prol-tarian movement In
the seIf-c independent
NOV -meDt ~ the I'm nense nj n lore
fcstOD.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-03-29

We have seen above that thr frat
step in the revolution by the work.
ing class n to raise the prOIetarint
to the position " ruling cInss. tn
win the battle Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NoAS <ConaM unist ManIfestOl