Attorney for Soviet Govt. Wins Suit
Attorney for Soviet Govt. Wins Suit ^Counter-Revolutionary* Case In vol ving Russian Confiscation Pressed by Soviet Lawyer-WiH 'Trial" Follow? \ r E W YORK newspapers report X ^ l that...
...The striken, convinced that any yielding to the bench-made laws of Judge Freeman would cripple their strike;' agreed with, their" leader that a definite test must be made of the tin ti -picket ing bias of the County Court...
...In about 25 legislative districts which the , Socialists a n contesting with the , Democrats, then are only two Republican candidates...
...r E W YORK newspapers report X ^ l that the litigation between the New York Life Insurance Company and aome 2,800 of Ite Russian policy bolden, resident» of Soviet Rossis, which had been in prist?*** for some years, has just be|p settled by agreement betwees^ the com pan y - and counsel 1 tor the Soviet policy holden.' The report is of unusual inter- 1 est for the following reason: The Mew York Life Insurance f - n 1 was dome...
...The Cossack conditions in Bast-' era Kentucky mines and throttling free spsech and right to organize by Judge Jones, who is Interested in the mines is arousing widespread interest as nothing has before...
...About $2,000,000--is the absolute limit of -the mo?ey-- available and this, the Pittsburgh Press points out," if Hied 'entirely for wages, would jrive-oaiy 42 days' work at $4 a (hry-W-the 13,000 men who will be...
...The plain tiff I attorney opposed the cren parry's contention on the ground that American coarta will not recognize the nationalisation and confiscation decrees of the Soviet government because of the non-recognition of that government by the government of the United States...
...Socialists Form Jobless Legions in Virginia Cities HOPEWELL, Va.—The past few weeks have been unusually busy 1 and successful for the Socialist < party in Virginia, and instead of ' activities waning after a spurt, ' they a n redoubling...
...The Spokesmen for the nnssnssing classas prop oss d to meat half of the requisite som by increased taxation and the ether half by economies in expenditures, which include a reduction of salaries aad wages of government employes aad of the benefits paid to the unemployed...
...The tactics of the Communists are the tactics of a crazy man...
...attorney employed by the N. A. A. C. P., when Beddow visited the prison recently...
...West' Virginia, Paterson, 1 Brooklyn, White Plains aad Ohio such as Louis F. Badane, Tom T?ppett A J. Muste...
...A couple of days later McNulty got a Job...
...Last yea^'^.e committee set its goal at $3,000,000 and raised barely onenthtod of it in spite of the fact that workers were Bissaseli a day's pay "even where they were working «niy a few days a week...
...The ridiculousness of the charges is evident when the bail of ten dollars each is considered...
...TTOSUtfJ...
...Tri-Stata Labor Day Afeet at Louitville LOUXSVTLLX Ky...
...Bea Mandel, Elmer Cope will speak...
...and women...
...an life insurance policies and substituting for them a system of "social protection and governmental insurance...
...Morris Fidaman, member control committee...
...initiated by the Executive Committee of the C P. L A will be carried forward...
...It seems to me that the Communis ta are more interested in proving the necessity of class warfare to the Negroes than they are in freeing the nine boys...
...President Hoover has made beautiful speeches on "no one must starve in America," but that didn't help Michael any...
...May Be Another Sacco-VanzettL "To my mind, the N. A. A. C. P. and the Interracial Commission bava followed the only logical and pontic - method they could under the existing circumstances...
...Both of the defendants were mues away from toe scene when the stoning was supposed to have taken place...
...Mr...
...Michael's mother had been without food so much that her nursing babe was starving at her breast...
...Both candidates for Governor refused to answer the questionnaire sent them by the league...
...SCOTTSBORO LAD THINKS N.A.A.C.P...
...1~i of any masored above TOOT » ^ this seared Tf^Zm you so close to have become <*alzZ"If Justice k most hsve ™221D» who have «°**T_j8l system that is ness...
...Four Doherty workers were arrested on a charge of 'Intent to kill" because they waited outside the Clifton police station to speak to she armed scabs who bad reported there for protection...
...P.) —John Fitzgerald, a World War vet gassed in the Argonne, has cldrnsd the reward a grateful nation gives Its veterans—death...
...Baby Starves as Hoover Talks 1 PITTSBURGH.—(F...
...Henry Doherty, owner of the largest silk mill in the Paterson territory, is sow conducting a sniping campaign against his 1100 striking workers...
...The organised workers opposed the contemplated salary reduction and,' above all...
...Under the command of Warren C. Montrons, New York Socialist, twenty pickets announced their intention of picketing the mill...
...Before he could get his first pay, the baby "got sick...
...Net a social traitor connected with the reactionary Second International, but none other than Iff...
...The worksa attaf t struggle for **—i hssat a thing that iitssMMj and then i "gettA td less uphlU b a t t l H I and try to maki^H They also knowflH work is expected M vicinity in a fee ss] will create a fissiti their labor...
...Charles Recht, who is described as the "attorney for the Soviet government in this country...
...P.)—Pittsburgh, papers in an access of frankness that followed, recent statements of Gov...
...The "counter-revolutionary, antiSoviet" suits were than instituted presumably with the approval, possibly even on.the instigation, of the government of Soviet Russia' The Communists should not miss this splendid opportunity to stage a public "trial" for treason against Mr...
...John Hand, with toe active co-operation of County Judge Freeman, announced that no strike existed in his factory and that any pickets would be arrested...
...Ia addition, the question, Does Laker Need a New Political Party...
...It nati bered that this typ I done by a group sej world over, drtvkgke ing dams and who M be indispensable farti work...
...A single department has had ita force cot from 80 last year to leas than 10- at pr?sent...
...I am convinced, however, that the Communiste are hurting themselves, hurting the Negroes, and hurting 'those ?f us who are trying to build interracial goodwill and cooperation...
...The 1 man who gives up $1,000 out.of an 1 income of $10,000 or more doss not make .-the» same sacrifice as , the man who has to surrender $1 1 out of a weekly benefit of $7 or : IS...
...The Socialist party is steadily i forging ahead, and faces an 'unusual opportunity for action...
...IS RIGHT ON CASE Clarence Norris...
...On the other hand then are still < large numbers of Englishmen wal- j lowing in wealth and living in luxury, who could meet the needs ] of the nation without serious priva- j tions to themselves...
...Bonnaz Embroiderers Confer With Employers Organization Bonnaz Embroiderers' Union, Local 66, met in conference with the Employers' Organisation, for the purpose of discussing contractual relations for the future, the agreement which has bean in effect having expired on August 25th...
...In my opinion the case of the eight boys condemned to death la the electric chair has been seriously prejudiced...
...C P. could get something that would approximate the reasonable...
...A meeting of ddegates representing labor organizations il scheduled for August 36th, at which time details WIS be worked ont for a comprehensive relief plan...
...Piachot on the seriousness of unemployment, have acknowledged that the muchtouted rprogram of public works for unemployment relief in Pittsburgh is a failure...
...Recht and the Soviet Pittsburgh Pian Fails, Charities Seek 5 Million - PITTSBURGH.—(F...
...Messrs...
...Marching two by two as required by the New Jersey state law, the striken made one trip around the mill before herded into the patrol-wagon by police...
...It has avaWH successfully bef on till with inexperience...
...one of the eight boys condemned to death In the Scottsboro case, has written the National Office of the N. A. A. C. P. under date of August 16, saying he believes, and the other boys ha -e come to believe also, that the N. A. A. C. P. is the right organization to undertake their defense...
...Commua arts Like Craay Men...
...Without the Communi?t» I believe the N. A.-A...
...Bail was fixed at ten dollars each on a charge of "loitering...
...Reservations may be made either at the C. P. L. A. office...
...Clarence requests some cigarettes...
...The Communists," the report continues, "are making every effort to captare the Negro...
...The N . A . A . C P., the Interracial Commissi oner and the' Communists have bean most active in toe Scottsboro case...
...Starvation and malnutrition," he wrote on the report...
...its, living, standards...
...The issue raised by the plaintiffs in these actions was thus Identical with the one presented hi the much discussed oil suits which Morris Hillquit had recently brought and from which he has withdrawn...
...the cut of unempi oymest bansfiW...
...The following represented Local 66: Jacob Jaffe, acting president...
...at Brookwood The Press?t Outlook la the Labor Movement will be discussed at the -third «bt™' Labor Day Conference arranged by the Conf?rence for Progressive Labor Action aad Brookwood Labor College beginning Saturday, September li, at B-ookwood, Xatoaaa, N . Y . Particular consideration will be given to the industrial struggles of the past year and lessons to be drawn therefrom...
...Fitzgerald got Ids loan of aome «400, despite the opposition of his fellow-townsman...
...The fall of the Labor government was brought about by an acute crisis is England's financ?e To maintain the credit of the country and international confidence In the sterling, ft was necessary to balance the budget of the British government, .'which indicated an approximate deficit of $600,000,000 for the coming year...
...The charges grow out of toe- alleged stoning of a car fun of scabs...
...Socialist H*J*Release of O W RACINE...
...The i Soviet government conducted the 1 business, of life isurance, collecting premiums and paying benefits on policies until November 18, 1919, when a new decree was issued SB —Msg...
...After the conference, at which no decisive action was taken, a spirited general membership meeting of the workers was held la the Rand School, at which time a vote of confidence in its representatives was adopted...
...In the beautiful Koppers building whose scores of stories "dominate the Pittsburgh«akylinev the Koppen Co...
...George Hayes, Treasurer," ;aad addressed to 201 Market street, Paterson, N. J. Boulder Strikers Conce SOME 'NTOIEF^ DITIOI « MotS WORKER, 7 3 1 t e r m i n g P 3 W ' P E OUT Q3 USES («•ausa* tr^ ?- Ooverr.m»at vJ^l Six Compta» l s Jl breakers and tlsts jSJ protection (hi gh^H vote the f . r . t t fetek J asc o o r . i f c a > -i ca;:ir.g ov...
...N. Y . Silk Workers Defy Judge In Paterson Montroes, JTF?W York Socialist, Leads Pickets in Defiance of BenchMade Laws—Relief IS -Needed <Br a Haw LeaSer Carraipinaaait) DEFYING the Judge-made laws of Paterson, twenty-one pickets were arrested st the John Hand Silk Co., on August 35...
...Friedman, president of the Employers' group, the postponed conference did not meet until Thursday In the Council Room of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union...
...P.)—Michael McNulty is dead...
...At the head of the new coalition government ha will officially urge a severe cut of the salaria* of government employai and of the unemployed insurance benefits...
...A considerable portion of the report is given over to the activities of the Communists among Negroes . in Alabama and the writer declares "the tactics of the Communists are the tactics of a crazy man...
...He has had a rare opportunity to establish himself as one of the great historical leaders of Labor and Socialism aad hap missed it pitifully...
...T | to act Justly...
...104 Fifth Avenue, New York, or at Brookwood, Katonah...
...He win speak over radio station WHAS, at 1:33 p. m...
...that the evidents FJ Mooney and BfflJSs*^ of California te «Watll favor of ta» t**^ prison in Bsa **B"*^° "Until you c**GS that is as cotrrisetef" I must protsstsfjjj rible wrong, will not even P«™*| the state that this crime whUe thsW in prison...
...Due to the illness of Mr...
...City Physician Evans was sent to the home but the baby died soon after his arrival...
...Tuo other Doherty workers are also under bail of $100.00 each on charges of "malldoua mischief...
...Some of the leaden in the various struggles in minois...
...But Ramsay MacDonald chose to forsake his Labor following and I t a fange himself on...
...This Convention j will be held in Richmond, and by that time it Is expected that* the , principal cities of the state will , have Unemployed Councils...
...On or about December 1, 1918 the Buflet government issued a fkaretmatsonalizing the busrnes» of life insurance, confiscating* all property and assets of private companies, including the New York Life, and assuming all obligatlcssV under their policies...
...that Its decrees of nationalization and confiscation were valid and binding on "in Russian citizens, and that the) company was, therefore, discharged from liability to its Russian policy holden, particularly those still residing in Russia...
...Hoover and Gifford went into, session that afternoon to continue what Hoover-called "the successful handling of unemployment relief...
...William Altman, secretary-treasurer...
...The -Westing-house employes contributed $75,000 but today the BjatS --plant lies almost entirely lifeless" and there have, been two wage outs handed out to those remaining...
...In the mean that I I back to the Jottjj prepare...
...Tbey urged that the fml sum of $600,000,000 be ratas*1 by increased taxation of They wen right In the present condition of extensive and protracted' depression and 'unemployment a larga portion of the British laboring population subsists barely above the margin of starvation...
...Communists Act Crazy in Negro Case White Investigator Reports mat Their Activities Seriously Preju- , rMee Case of Young Negroes Senteneed to • Death ATA RAMA, already at fever ; heat over the Scottsboro ease, has been plunged into a '•rnaddcaing atmosph?re" by a as- . ties of other crimes, according to : Howard Kester, an impartial In- ; vestigator for the Fellowship of , R?conciliation of New York City...
...raj8""Aneghcny County Emergency Committee, an employers* mgsnlsstlnii called into existence last winter, has announced a Joint - camealgpi with the Welfare Fund for $5,poo,000 this November...
...Relief machinery has been put into action by Ben Gltlow, Chairman of Relief Committee, and George Hayes, Treasurer...
...With I the approval of the S. E C. of the t Party, they have set October 16th and 17th as the occasion for a State Convention of the Unem- j ployed Legion...
...Mr...
...every cent of'which is india- - pensshle to the sheer maintenance of his life and that of his family...
...In the conflict between the large and permanent interests of the working dass and the demands of an ill-conceived aad narrow patriotism, Ramsay MacDonald has succumbed to toe latter...
...Kester, who has a wide experience in race relations, has just finished a ten-day visit in Alabama and discloses that the tension between the races is at the breaking point...
...on the shorter work day in seeking unemployment relief-for thousands of transportation men thrown out of work, because of increased efficiency of machinery...
...It cannot physically endure a further i lowering of...
...Watch flatfj project...
...MacDonald Forsakes Labor In An Important Crisis Proper Course for a Socialist Premier Was to Present Workers' Demands and Resign if Rejected, Says Hillquit Br Marris Hillquit OIT the basis of the fad* as reported by the press, it .seems to me that Ramsay MacDonald's actions ba connection with the reorganisation of the British Cabinet are entirely indefensible from a Socialist point of view...
...Mass picketing of the Doherty mills win be resumed on Friday, August 28th, when a picket Une of 3000 workers, headed by prominent liberals, will clinch the right to picket, won on August 11th...
...I Now the Unemployed Legion is i pvshing organization work, with i formation of Local Councils under < way in Richmond, Petenburg and 1 several other cities...
...But who is the attorney for the plaintiffs in this "counter-revolutionary" suit against the New Y?rk Life Insurance Company...
...fc j "Is justice Uit is but s but a moment...
...Contributions to the relief of the striken should be sent to "Paterson Striken Relief Committee of the A. F. L. Amalgamated Unions...
...Cold water Is t»al frigidaires, which «31 Department of 1*23 Tb« demand fer i J board was occsskeslfl that many men stoei forced, by tht' bassi their day v u arrisa J meals and a inaia «s M this they were «gessa ceded to, JIJ» a i l rate for all TirnibsgjM the number of asll they must est While tbs Six COsjB] any violation of Stasi t i : workers knew tag was a bald-faced fat time mine jupeetes Nevada and Arises* job conducting ta | The Departnast at I sentative was ghee by strike committal sSJ examples of mhriaf hi which occurred is 8j knowledge sal etpn promised a Uwrs&gBM The streggk te FAI federal lnvadgtoot sfl The wags eat of N » pa forty per oast of ibi toni remains JJNeVst sad g ment as te ateista* of I been reads...
...Gas and Hunger Kill Vet PITTSBURGH.—(F...
...The boys an in Kilby Prison, Montgomery, Ala...
...The Organ iza- I tion Committee of the Legion con- ' slats of Richard L. Johnson, James c P. Rice, and David G. George...
...He had 75 cents left A fas-racked body couldn't withstand hunger, too...
...the WSSHA3 at an opportun, taal mands ar« not secete 1 Most c the datathe living coaslssniZ rected although ^ dared so by ta* g,, Demani number tax living condition...
...Executive Director of the A. F. L. strike: "The workers out under the banner of toe amalgamated unions of the Associated Silk Workers, United Textile Workers and the Conference for Progressive Labor Action totaled 6,783 on August 22nd...
...Next week then win be interesting stories on the further de- 1 velopment of the Unemployed and ! Socialist movements...
...It things continue to go i s ' they have In the hurt few weeks we may expect another SaccoVansetti murder...
...All ministers in Louisville have been called upon to preach a Labor Sunday sermon and approximately one-half have replied favorably...
...He will be opposed by the men who have made him great aad whose confidence he has betrayed...
...The OSMI paration continosi Sa portune time cessa t j open warfare wfls If panie...
...Kadleon, Brackman, Engle, Fador and Stein represented the employers...
...Sta ahead The river J be reocc-jp>ed TTSFFLI are made...
...Settlements have already been made with 53 shops and 1,586 workers have returned to their looms with all demands met The figures were carefully checked by sa accountant to tosare accuracy, and the figures as gives represent four days work on toe part of two clerks...
...President Schlesainger presided...
...The Taxpayers League is rapidly spreading over the state and gives promise of a non-partisan league...
...In the litigation just settled the New' York Life Insurance Company teek the position that the Soviet government was effectively ei art-hung "ail the functions of sovereignty" in Russia...
...As usual the ruling interests at- 1 tempt to mask their proposed raid 1 of the poor under a high and noble sounding slogan—this time it is i "equal sacrifices by all...
...Ten police, under the command of two sergeants, were posted at the John Hand mill to prevent strikers from picketing...
...The Republican* an running practically no candidi tea...
...I t seems dear that the proper * course for a Socialist Premier to ' follow was to present the workers' demands to Parliament and, ' if voted down, resign with his I whole Cabinet That would have -1 been a Parliamentary defeat but ; a moral victory, and would have I provided the Labor party with a i strong and clear-cut issue in the coming general elections...
...So he heipad oat When he disappeared, Manda found him — in the morgue...
...An official announcement of toe strike committee was issued by Louis F. Budenz...
...instead of occupying its original three and a half floors, restricts itself to one...
...ahiolutely dependent . in the comings-winter...
...other viewpoints, wUl take part in toe discussion...
...Hope- . well's Unemployed Council now . has a following of several hundred , men...
...Labor Day Conference Of CPL...
...While grieving over the sorrowful collapse of Mr...
...Michael was the 7-montha-old son of James McNulty, who had been out of work for a year...
...Labor Day, with Jonas A. McBrlde, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of New York, as principal spesami1...
...Then the family was evicted...
...proved a too el?assl The tunnel mes Msj they also rasisi M mand for their JM thdr opportunity 111 pay and shorts» Ml be ripe...
...Wfcs-2 Mayor of Racine, im boda, has written tW ernor Rolph of 0*»w| the release of WeaSj and Thomas J. The letter of IFTPI as follows: -JB •1 believe I ment of a vsst S j | citizenry of nd 0»?1 the state and o*0 0...
...They are trying to bulldoze the state and turn the Negroes against everyone who is not lined up with them...
...Workers from various industries, exponents of the idea that "M^ng workingclass parties "fill the bill" and...
...Billionaire Andrew Mellon, but he couldn't stand td see other workers around him hungry...
...White," the letter says, "the other boys and I was talking about you today and I think all of them have made up in their mind- that you wen right" The letter also apologizes for the discourtesy of one of the boys to Roderick Beddow...
...side of the Conservative and Liberal parties...
...Time win also be given to consideration of the 'Unemployment Situation and 1931-32 Campaign for Relief, Unemployment Insurance, and "to the question of build* ing up toe C. P. L. A. locally and nationally...
...The L. I . D. • group in Hopewell, consisting of < Jack Herling, Donald Smith and t Donald, Lee, has departed, leaving e a tremendous amount of work as ( a permanent monument to their i memory...
...come in 3*^ "JaW Is taken out « emmental • * * 0 » §| this mdlfleresea ?a the rumbling*- " 3 | listening t o t o » 31 ance o^?MSt^j^P 'late...
...Nathan TT«linei, assistant manager, aad Leon Hattah, manager...
...The Communists have accused both other organizations of 'selling out' to the whites aad have tried to convince the Negroes that the N . A A. C. P. is not their friend...
...MacDonaids career in the Labor movement, toe Socialists of an countries have faith in the vital recuperative powers of the British workets aad confidence in their ultimate victory in spite of the aggressions of j its enemies, ha spite of the betrayal of its friends...
...Over 100 lodge* repressi it lug the fear rsilroed brotherhoods in Ktutswjfcy, Indians and Tennessee, known as the Tri-Stata Labor Day Association, will hold a Joint Labor Day celebration at Fontaine Ferry Park...
...Wins Suit ^Counter-Revolutionary* Case In vol ving Russian Confiscation Pressed by Soviet Lawyer-WiH 'Trial" Follow...
...I t is a J hypocritical and lying slogan...
...The attitude of the policetoward Judge terror was reflected In their friendly >»»n*iiT»ff of the arrested pickets...
...Appeals are being sent out to labor and fraternal organizations to contribute to the relief of the strikers who are among the first to protest against the wage-cutting which is taking place an over America...
...business la Rua«ia_under a special charter unta ths.'BolshrsJk revolution...
Vol. 13 • August 1931 • No. 9
