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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
"Tuyksib", Soviet Russid's
Great Achievement on Screen

One of the great achievements to
date of the Five Year Plan in the
Soviet Union, the construction Of
the Turkish railroad connecting
Turkestan and Siberia is shown in
film form at the Eighth Street Play
house formerly the Film Guild
Cinema).
A we'll produced picture, it gives
an intelligent version Of the build
ing of this link between the South
ern and Northern points of the
Soviet Union, over 1000 miles in
length, much of which goes through
the desert.
We are first shown the difficulties
of life in Asia where the camels are
used for transporting the cotton and
wool, also the dry seasons. This is
followed by sandstone that is one
of the most effective scenes yet
shown on the silver screen.
Then the work of constructing the
railroad is started. The surveyors
are sent ahead to prepare for the
tasks to be faced. At first the ma
tives who live under conditions that
prevailed several hundred of years
ago, are fearful of the automobiles
and airplanes, but after their first
contact help the engineers in their
work.
After the plans and the route are
adopted, the actual work starts. AL
though a great deal of desert land
must be covered between Siberia
and Turkestan there are other
places where the potential tracks
are barred by mountains which
must be removed by blasting. AS
no obstacles can be allowed to stand
in the way, dynamite is brought into
play and the tracks go forward. One
difficulty after another are thus re-
moved until the great link is fin
ished, one which the workers of the
Soviet Union and the rest of the
world can be proud of!
This historic document of the
rapid stride forward being made by
the Soviet government was directed
by Viktor Turin and its showing at
the Eighth Street Playhouse is its
American premiere.
All workers interested in the Five
Year Plan should see this important
film.
The supporting program is worthy
of mention. 1t includes a Pathe
comedy, screen snapshots and a
short called Evening on the Don"
with a group Of capable Russian
Singers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Celebrate 5-Year
Plan Meet May 81

Carefully concealed behind the
pious phrases of the investigation OF
all militant organizations which was
voted by the House of Representa-
tives is a new war drive against the
Soviet Union-one of its chief aims.
Throughout the country workers are
preparing to give mighty answer
to these new attacks on the first
Workers Republic by demonstrating
on Defend the Soviet Union Day,
Saturday, May 81.
In New York City this day will
be observed with a big mass celebra-
ton of the tremendous progress of
the Five-Year Plan, to be held at
Ulmer Park. Brooklyn, under the
auspices of the Friends of the Soviet
Union and the Workers Interna-
tional Pelief.
Tickets for the Ulmer Park cele-
bration are so cents. They are on
sale at the National F. S. U. office,
IT'S Fifth Ave, room sill; Workers
Bookshop, 26 Union Square; Fret
heit, 80 Union Square, and at other
stations.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
WORKERS GROUPS
SPURN LOVESTONE
Lithuanian. Ukrainian, Rus a n
Workers Reject Conference"

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. May 90
More than a dozen workers organ
izations to date have denounced the
Lovestone renegades in the anthra-
cite led by Vretarich, and have re-
fused to send delegates to the fake
conference called by them for May
%.
1.-THE Lovestone renegades' call to
a conference we have spurned," said
F. Stefanik, secretary of the Slovak
Workers Benefit Society. "We will
not elect delegates to it. We have
no use for these people who fight
the working class movement"
Kozakoff, president of the Rus
sian Society, and a leading mem
Der of the Russian LID. branch
expressed himself likewise. Her.
man wrote in to the National Min
ers' Union and stated: SIN the low
er anthracite, hardly anyone has
heard of this conference Even if
we did, nobody would elect delegates
anyways"
Many Lithuanian and Ukrainiar
organizations in Scranton, Wilkes
Barre, ETC., have either refused to
elect delegates, or in a few cases
where they did by mistake, as soon
as they found out the purposes of
this conference, have withdrawn
their delegates.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

nous body, is affiliated with the All
American Anti-Imperialist League
with sections in most Latin-Amer-
lean countries, and with the Inter
national League Against Imperial
ism, with headquarters in Berlin.
These movements are the only in
ternationally organized forces de-
voted exclusively to the struggle
against imperialism. These organ
izations base their activity on the
support of the workers and peas
ants movements as foundation for
the freedom of the oppressed peo-
pies The United States League,
while dealing with issues of anti
imperialism all over the world,
specializes on the liberation of peo-
pie under American rule. The
League stands for immediate indie
pendence for the Philippines and for
Porto Rico and immediate with
drawal of marines from Haiti and
Nicaragua. 1t supports Latin Amer
lean movements against economic
and political exploitation by Amer
lean capital.
"The reorganized League is CON-
posed Of three elements: % Repre-
sentatives of the colonial peoples
living in the United States; ~
members of left wing unions and of
the Communist Party, and 90 in
dependent intellectuals and liberals,
together with persons affiliated with
other political parties than Commu-
mist. The work is under the control
of an Executive Committee of IS
persons, aided by an Advisory Com
mittee Of so. The acting Chairman
is Robert w. Dunn of the Labor Re-
search association, Acting Secretary
Albert Moreau, and the Vice Chair
men, James W. Ford and Roger N,
Baldwin. Among the members of
the Executive Committee are: An
dres Binghai, Unifred Chappell, L.
J. De Becker, Manuel Gomez, R. K.
kangleon, Carlos Lezama, Jessie
Lloyd, T. H. Ii, Angel de Lyon, Vim
cent Rogers, Beatrice Siskind, Jorge
Paz, Charles Weber, and T. P. Yu.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
NEEDLE WORKERS
HOLD MEETINGS

In connection with the member
ship and convention campaign of the
Needle Trades Workers Industrial
Union, the membership drive COM
mittee has made special efforts at
certain important buildings in the
garment center. During lunch hour
yesterday large group of needle
trades workers who are active in the
membership drive gathered in front
of the building at 1923 West 38
Street. the center of the cloak dis
trict, and in front of SO West 38
Street, the center of the millinery
district, with special building bull
letins calling on the workers to Or
ganize shop committees, take up a
struggle for union conditions, join
the Needle Trades Workers Indus
trial Union, elect delegates to the
Shop Delegate Council, and delegates
to the rank and file convention Of
the Industrial Union, which takes
place on June 6, Z and 8.
Many Join
The workers of the buildings re-
sponded to this call of the Industrial
Union and many declared their
readiness to join the Union. Today
similar concentration will be made
in front of the building at 1926 West
81 Street, the cloak and dress center,
and 80 West 80 Street, the millinery
center. Active workers employed
in the district are called upon to be
in front of these buildings and help
in the campaign to organize these
buildings.
New limitations
Last night there was also a group
meeting Of new members who were
officially initiated into the union by
the Manager, Joseph Beruchowitz.
The new members related their ex-
periences with the company union,
the deplorable conditions in the open
shops, and declared their readiness
to actively participate in the build
ing Of the Industrial Union. They
all pledged to take an active part in
the membership drive.
Tonight there will be a street
meeting of union, open and COM
pany-union shops of 7th Avenue,
9Th Avenue, and Broadway, at Bry-
ant Hall, And Street and 9th Ave
nue..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
.LASTERS STRIKE
IN M0RSAM SHOP
Union Calls Members
to Meeting Wed.

The lasting department of the
Morsam Shoe Co. Of 443 Glenmore
Ave, Brooklyn, went out on strike
yesterday to prevent wage cut
and to improve their conditions in
general. The bosses took advan-
tage of the general unemployment
among the workers to treat them
like slaves.
The strikers Immediately joined
the Independent Shoe Workers
Union, which will lead them in their
struggle.
The rest CT the crew is expected
to join the ranks of the strikers to-
day.
A membership meeting of shoe
workers is called by the Independent
Shoe Workers Union for Wednes-
day evening, May %, at 1880 p. M,
at the union headquarters, 16 West
21st St., New York.
The purpose is to rally the forces
of the union, to start an extensive
campaign for the organization of
the unorganized, including the slip
per workers.
A meeting of the organization and
membership committee is called for
Tuesday evening at 7:30, at the
union headquarters. This meeting
is of the utmost Importance and
every member must be present. All
the former shop chairmen and Dept.
chairmen are also included in the
above meeting.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
u. S. WORKERS
HAIL 5-YEAR PLAN
It's R e suits Surprise
American Delegation

MOSCOW by MaiD-"The Five
Year Plan is the greatest economic
project in the history of mankind,
It's greatness is constantly growing
because of the fact that it is for the
betterment of the conditions of the
working class" This was the state
ment Of Holnis Donovan, American
macbi1ist and chairman of the
American Workers and Farmers
Delegation to the Soviet Union, in
an interview with representatives of
the Soviet press.
"In the time we spent in Moscow"
Donovan said, 1--WE visited many big
foctories and shops. Our contact
with the workers of Moscow again
showed US how strong are the bonds
of international solidarity between
the workers of the U. S. S. r. and
of the United States.
"The socialist competition of the
factories and shops made a tremen-
dous impression on us. We saw that
the socialist competitors understand
clearly that the increase of produc-
ton, the betterment of the quality
Of goods and the decrease of days
lost is great step toward So
cialism.
eve had heard about the Five
Year Plana, but when we saw it in
operation. we were amazed at its
gigantic tempo. Our stay in the
Soviet Union is strengthening us for
our future fights with capitalism.
When we return to America we will
tell the American workers the truth
about the U. S. S. R."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Z. S. ANTI-IMPERIALIST
LEAGUE RE-ORGANIZED
TO FACE HOT STRUGGLES
Will Direct Its Main Activities Within the
Working Class
Three Major Campaigns for independence of
India, Haiti, Philippines Under Way

The Anti-Imperialist League has
been re-organized in accordance with
the decisions of the Frankfort Con-
gress of the League Against I'M
perialism held in Frankfort in July,
1929. The Anti-Imperialist League
is now to direct its main activity
within the working class. In this
period of growing war danger and
systematic plan by the imperialist
powers for an attack against the
Soviet Union, the best guarantee for
the Anti-1mperialist League in its
struggle against this danger, is the
widest mobilization of the American
workers together with the colonial
workers residing in the U. S. With
the growing revolts in the colonies,
as witnessed recently in the upris-
ings in Haiti and Santo Domingo,
it is of the utmost Importance that
all anti-imperialists in the U. S.
rally behind the Anti-Imperialist
League for an effective struggle
against American imperialism and
in defense of the liberation move
ments in the colonies.
The following statement just is
sued by the national office of the
League clearly indicates the immed-
late necessity for a nationwide cam
paign that the League is now under
taking in support of the Indian
revolution for independence, for a
systematic struggle against Mr..
Hoover's Commission Report on
Haiti, and for the unconditional in
dependence Of Haiti and the Philip
pines. 1t is urgent that all workers
and sincere anti-imperialists give
full support to the campaigns of the
Anti 1mperialist League and help
build the organization on sound
working class basis.
"The Anti-Imperialist League of
the U. s. is committed to an un-
compromising struggle for the COM
plete and unconditional independence
of all colonial people from foreign
rule and against the economic ex-
ploitation of semi-colonial peoples
not under direct foreign rule.
"The League, which is an autono-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
TEXTILE UNION
PICKS DELEGATES
Mass Meeting Wednesday Nominates
for Red International Congress

Wednesday,, at 7 p. M, a mass
meeting will take place at the Irving
Plaza Hall at which William T.
Murdoch, national organization Sec
rotary; Rose Wortis, of the Needle
Trades Workers Industrial Union,
and Jack tombstone, national organ
izer of the Trade Union Unity
League, will be the speakers.
At this meeting nominations for
the delegation to the Fifth World
Congress of the Red International
of Labor Unions will take place, and
all textile workers present at the
mass meeting will participate in the
nominations and elections.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
War Preparations on the Sound

Another war maneuver game in
the New York vicinity prepares
coast defense forces for the coming
real war. Light cruisers, destroyers
and planes will make sham attack
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Socialists Ask State to Investigate

of the board of estimates" who got
large fees from people who wanted
him to intercede with the board to
grant them licenses.
The application is made by the
socialist party, which advocates
theory that there must be something
honest in capitalist politics. So it
asks Tammany to investigate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
BOSSES ADDRESS
BARBER MEETING
Fake Stoppage Ends With Expelled
Members Defrauded; Bosses Gain

Tartamella's fake BARRIERS strike"
is over, with nothing gained for the
members. A joint meeting of bosses
and BARRIERS was held in the Rand
School to wind it up, with the presi-
dent of the Master BARRIERS Associa-
ton (the bosses') lecturing on the
unity of capital and labor. All the
bosses who came up to sign were
forced to pay Sc and join the Master
BARRIERS, and this was the sole pur-
pose of the strike.
Lies to Expelled Members.
Expelled BARRIERS, told by Tarta-
mella that they would be reinstated
of they struck, found the clique
breaking all its promises. One of
the BARRIERS working in the Green
witch Village shop had been told by
his employer that he would remain
whether he was in the union or not.
Tartamella's gang not only re-
fused to reinsttae him, though he
struck from the beginning with the
rest, but sent agents to force the
boss to discharge him. He was dis
charged.
Thursday morning Tartamella ap-
preached Bass, manager of the Co.
operative Barber Shop, with a re-
quest to come to his office and talk
over deal. Bass replied that what
ever was said could be said right
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

Application for a state investi-
CATION of the New York City Off
Gals who co-operated with County
Judge Vause, now under indictment
for fraudulent use of mails, grand
larceny, perjury, was filed yester-
day The application also calls at
tention to the position of William
F. Doyle, called attorney general
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

Washington Council to collect money
from few Negro workers, promis-
ing them jobs, and leaving the city
with the money taken from them.
Recently he was located in Nor
folk, Va, where he had repeated his
Washington stunt, delivering sham
speeches, claiming loyalty to the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

on the coast defenses along the
shores of Long Island sound. If they
establish base, then it is consid-
cred an English fleet could do so
too and raid by air New York and
Boston.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
France Intensifies War Preparations

PARIS, May 26AusoIni shouted France The French
iupensts idle. Minister of Marine DmesnI made
Tumsia long ago. There also naval
off the African coast These quite significant being
fooed By the visit of War Minister Andre Magnot to Algeria
The French press conspicuous by its receiving Mus
sos perhaps for diplomatic reasons bat the and
departments slow IN taking the Oarnng and
quietly intensifying their activities
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Another Fascist War Preparation Stunt

this speech is part and parcel of his
feverish preparation for war. But
class-conscious workers will not be
deceived by his words. They will
be able to see that, even in these
supposedly sweet words, Mussolini
betrays the true fascist attitude
toward workers. Notice how he
uses the pronouns 1--WE" and "you"-
the boss speaking to the wage-slave.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

George W. Carter, Negro and
for some time chairman of the
Washington Council of Unemployed,
has been definitely exposed as I'M
scrupulous and as one who has not
hesitated to steal money from I'M
employed Negro workers. He used
his position as chairman of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Textile Workers Meet Wednesday

from broad basis to the Red In
ternational of Labor Unions Fifth
Congress and the simultaneous in
ternational conference of textile
workers.
New York textile workers have
nominated three delegates to the i'll.
ternational conference and all pres
ent at the meeting will vote for one
of them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

MILAN, Italy, May 26.-Musso-
lini, the fascist chief who was once
a socialist, today most shamelessly
spoke to the workers in Milan. He
said, eve think of your interests,
all your needs, because we love you
as workers and fellow-Italians."
Mussolini knows very we'll that
without the support of the workers,
modern warfare is impossible. Thus
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
MINI, FARMERS
For COMMUNISM
200 Delegates Endorse
Party and Program
I'm ,SDecial Wire)

DULUTH, Mimi, May ga
farmers conference of two hundred
delegates in Northern Minnesota has
endorsed the Agarian Program of
the Communist Party.
The conference also decided to
support the Communist Party can
didates in the election, electing five
farmer delegates to attend the
Minnesota State Ratification Con-
vention of the Communist Party
early in July.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Labor and Fraternal
Organizations

office Workers Annual Dance.
June IS. at the Heckscher Root
Garden, Tooth ST. and 5th Ave. Ad-
mission SO cents.
Workers Laboratory Theatre.
Important membership m e n e.
Wednesday, May %, s y. IN. sharp.
Workers Center.
LID, Br. Nick SpanOudakis.
Ball and entertainment Saturday,
June at Workers Center.
Gala Inter-RnciaI Dnnce.
Thursday May 20, 6s Whipple St.
BROOKLYN. corner Broadway. Tuxedo
atertainers. Admission 35 cents. Aus
pices Williamsburg Local A.N.L.C.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

The National Textile Workers
Union calls a meeting for Wednes-
day, May %, p. m, at Irving Plaza
Hall. Speakers will be William T.
Murdoch, national organizer of the
union, Jack tombstone and Rose
Wortis. The union is in campaign
to build the union in the New York
knitting mills, and to elect delegates
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Marysville, Cal, BARRIERS for Closing at Eight

MARYSVLLE Yuba CooThe Marysvle BARRIERS have
protested rule recently adopted By the jomeyem BARRIERS oduanc
the hours Of Saturday night closing from o'clock to o'clock
They threaten their cards the rule is invoked
Saturday night.
On the other hand the onyen declared they will lag down
their and strops Saturday evening O'clock
and 'cat out uh their cards. from the shops protesting the rule
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

The open shop committee of the
National Association of Manufac-
turers stated yesterday that $685.
900, 900 could have been saved on
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

working class and on that basis col
lecting money from Negro workers,
after which he left town.
Carter is five feet four j ~
tall, slightly pigean-toed, short and
chunky, and sos axis in rasping.
nus,;y voice. All workers must be-
v-:.-e Of this poisonous leeoh.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Open Shoppers Tell How to Cut Wages

public school construction last year
if nonunion wages had been paid.
Saved to the employing class and
the big taxpayers, of course.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

Our own age, the Sourgeofs age,
f. distinguished by this--that Il
has simplificd class antngonisms
More and more. society II splitting
MP into two great hostile camps
into two great ind directly confirm
posed classes, bourgcoisie and pro-
tetnriat.-MBrx.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

there, as the matter would have to
be taken up with the T. U. U. l..
group.
The faker walked out.
The Trade Union Unity League
BARRIERS section is going ahead in
its drive to organize the morgan
lied BARRIERS.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27

Write About Your Conditions
for The Daily Worker. Become q
Worker Correspondent.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-05-27
Communist Activities

Attention Units.
Next Monday and Tuesday there
will be only two points or the aeenda
of every unit: "a Dues payment. (2)
Discussion of the Thesis. Part Of
discussion will be T.C.U.L and the
Daily Worker. Agltprop Director.
District Two.
Unit Meetings Tonight.
Unit 2. Section 4, s D. m. 143 f..
f03rd St. room 6. Unit If. Section
6. 6S Whipple st. Unit /. Section a..
/ 700 Seventh Ave
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-09-04
KICK BOSS OUT OF.
MONDAY MEET.
Laundry Workers Beat
Off Nine Thugs

NEW YORK.-Two weeks ago
the boss at the Coney Island Laun-
dry, 22nd st. and Mermaid Ave,
Coney Island, called out his gang
of thugs and beat up the speakers
at noon day factory gate meeting.
Yesterday he tried it again, and got
the worst of it. The boss was him
self beaten up, and he and his nine
strongarm men were booted out of
meeting of some rs workers.
The meeting was under the aus
pices of the Laundry Workers In
dustrial League of the Trade Union
Unity League. Frank Williams,
chairman, and Jack Harris, speak
er, had the meeting opened, and had
reminded the workers that at the
meeting before, the boss announced
that he was not against organiza-
ton, but that when he saw that the
speakers meant business, he vio-
lently broke up the meeting. About
this time the boss and his thugs
launched their attack. The workers
were victorious, though during the
battle the thugs managed to break
up the chair from which speaking
was conducted and tried to beat the
speakers with it.
The boss called in the police,
sergeant, four patrolmen and two
with tho uor WI
liams were arrested near the meet
ing place, after both speaking and
fighting were over, and the cops
also picked up the other two men,
bers of the committee, who were
not there during the fight at all.
They are Alice Holmes and Fred
Repin.
The arrested workers, herded
into the laundry, saw the audience
eagerly reading the international
Youth Day leaflet distributed to
them. They were ordered to dis
perse by the boss, who urged the
cops to drive them away, but even
after the Tammany police did their
duty by capitalism, the crowd came
back again.
An attempt to put charges of as
sault against those who fought the
boss and his gang failed, because
of the clear evidence of self de-
Tense. The four are out on. bail,
charged with standing in front of
the laundry" distributing leaflets"
intimidation" and trying to stop
business by preventing customers
from entering.