Daily Worker
January 20, 1925

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it- ve hat ———— | Ta Honorable Edward Hil- A addressed fifty financiers and men |}prominent in industry in New York olin _— Vol. TE No. 7. PBI cast 42 RITES: Outald By: easl 98.00 hicago. by m year, =e 0 Der yeer.. *V & = 3 _ NOE UR GE MED RET ee mer Cre! A Saaex - Help Insure ) THE DAILY WORKER for 1925! i — ~Feens ‘daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER G@ CO., 1113 W. Washington’ Bivd., Chicago, Il. Pri rice 3 Cents AIL BY JUSTICE ae 1S NOREYMLDS DENIES WRIT (Special to The Dally Worker) . Ruthi B andeis Sunday. ‘as the technical unist) oy by Justice of the U. S. NGTON, D. Cy, Jan. 19.—A writ of supersedeas was enberg, national ‘executive secreta of the upreme details are arranged Comrade ‘will come out of the Jackson, Mich., penitentiary on pravideis set the bail at $7,500 after Justice McReynolds, who has naa oma over most Michigan cases, denied the writ of 4 : +supersedeas and refused to ad-'|. jmit Comrade Ruthenberg to AS WE SEE IT _ By T. J. OFLAHEATY. } Fr RAND DUKE: BORIS VLADIMIR- OVICH of Russia, (there is no cash in the ‘title in Russia), is here for @ good time. Congressman La- Guardia copped a little publicity by th not gal . That is about | show as an excuse for con- The duke trav- bat the rest of his It’s a tough | Russian 5 5 SB the work of the Fellows like Johnson capitalist system alright, interests they represent put Wall Street’s throne every *¥ gy fokel gua? Ere iE i * - ¢. re mone too good despite Arthur Brisbane's insistence that everything fis alright on the Tiber. Arthur used to be a radical once, a sort of a social- ist-progressive, but he is now a mil- Jionaire. He receives $100,000 a year from William Randolph Hearst for cau out his daily column of rub- bish. Mussolini stands for capitalism. Bo does Brisbane. The latter has | brains enough to know that. when Benito pagses in his checks, the Com- munists will be on his heels with a dictatorship of the proletariat instead of a dictatorship of heavy industry. * es capitalist papers no longer re- fer to the, socialists as “reds.” They reserve that title for the Com- munists. A French socialist in the chamber of deputies had his dander up a few days ago and he began to throw water on his colleagues. The Communists denounced the govern- ment for its action in removing a may- or who supported the strikers in the town of Dournenez. The socialists defended the government of course. A clash followed which was headlined by the press: “Socialists and Reds Clash in Chamber.” We are not com- plaining. ton Young, M. P., formerly finan- cial secretary to the British treasury, bail. Frank P. Walsh of New York and Kansas City, and Isaac Ferguson of Chicago, made the appeal for the writ. Law Unconstitutional The two lawyers for Comrade Ruth- unberg claimed that the criminal syn- icalist law of Michigan under which Ruthenberg was sentenced is unconati- the DAILY WORKER published im@bicago is the By JOHN iN MIHELIC. ~_ 4,5 = a ‘we | - Stet ap inipfoyt rss Held in Boltevit Sunday. ‘conference opened at ° and adjourned at 5 mines closed down. effort of the miners to force Fallon coal junder which the work shall be | The operators submitted a “yellow sharing of ,|work to the miners, but they refused to sign. Protests were made by the O'Fallon miners to Farrington and the other District 12 officials. The officials however, did not aid the miners, prac- tically agreeing with the coal operat- ors’ interpretation of the clause. Call for Unemployed Organizations. A resolution was passed by Belleville conference providing for the organization of the unempleyed min- ers in the Belleville sub-district. resolution was also passed demanding state and national legislation for the relief of unemployed workers, and fa- voring joining hands with other unem:’ ployed organizations that may bejspoken opponents of labor, much to nation. Demand Ruthenberg’s Release. The convention demanded the re- peal of all criminal syndicalism law: Cc. B. executive secretary of dog” agreement for the formed thruout the state and and the immediate release of Ruthenberg, the Workers (Communist) Communistic opinions. A committee of five was sented at the conference. dn fener See Cene rey _w “oo Py JOBLESS MINERS pie sped Demand the he Releade of | C. E. Rathenberg (~- -- gs ‘The; 0 a. m. Delegates present represented 18 locals. Reports from the delegates showed many miners in the Belleville. sub-district without employment, and many Farrington Helps Operators. —_. The delegates from the O'Fallon Lo- cal, No. 705, reporting regarding the the O’- operators to put into practice the clause in the agreement dealing with the sharing of work be- tween the miners who are uhemploy- ed and those working, said that the enberg had not yet been put ‘to work Operators are trying to interpret: the in the prison, which has one of the Clause to their own advantage. most damnable prison labor contract coal operators claim this clause gives them the right to dictate the terms shared. Party from Jackson, Mich. penitentiary where he is serving a term of from three to ten years for expressing his elected with power to call future unemploy: ment conferences and carry on othe: work in behalf of the. locals repre- The the transition per. the and a DAILY WO: RINTED IN NEW YORK CIT 4 Let our slogan be: “A DAILY | WORKER PUE 3H IN NEW YORK CITY BEFORD HE END OF 19251” wee , 3 ie ; 41113 ws pagar ig Mh Sa ——_ > > » era of this district we will not ‘rést until: you @re free again. Aaran Fislerman, chairman. N. nH. Fahenrirgy: secretary. GOV. ‘AL’ SMITH JOLTS LABOR ON CHILD SLAVERY Nationwide D Drive Is On Against Amendment By H. M. - WICKS. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 19.— The. Tammanyite politicians at the head of the New York State Federation of Labor received a sever jolt’ from their “friend,” Governor Al. Smith, when. that against the immediate ratifica- tion by the state legislature of the child labor amendment to the United States constitution. Thus, the governor ofNew York, Ajelected by labor and socialist votes on the democratic ticket against an ava- lanche of republican votes that swept every other democrat out of office, lines up with the most bitter and out- the discomfiure of James P. Holland, president of the State Federation of Labor, and the local officials of the New York City Central Labor Coun- cil. Encouraged by the sueceseful refer- endum in Massachusetts where, at the last. general election, the measure was defeated by a vote of 3 to 1, the ex- ploiters of children, under the leader- ship of the national manufacturers’ association, have become converted to the principle of “democracy” and are urging referendums in every state. Since it is the various. state legis (Continued on page 5) w York news, | Reparations asstute politician came out} 25,000 GERMAN WORKERS IN BG ; Berlin Labor Denounces the Dawes Plan’ (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Jan. 19.—Twenty- five: thousand Communists pa- raded in Berlin yesterday. to commemorate the death of: Nicolai ‘Lenin. : Floats’ in the parade de- nounced the newly formed Luther cabinet and the Dawes plan, and depicted the suffering of the 7,000 imprisoned German Communists. ' “The proletarian. revolution cannot be won.in parliament”, one of the Communist speakers declared, “with the corpse of the capitalist system only will we.be able to build an eter- nal monument to Lenin and Liebk- necht”. Denounce Dawes Plan The 25, 000 Communists marched thru the working class section of Berlin. One of the huge floats in the parade bore a guillotine, with a figure representing Uncle Sam following hehind it leading a German worker to his death. The guillotine was labelled, “Dawes _ settlement German lator’s enslavement thru the Dawe Plan”: street corners denounced the Dawes plan and told the German workers who’ gathered by the thousand that 7 oon nt : ‘The parade contained floats carry- ing prison cells, with Communists and workers inside them calling | to the crowds, “Free us, free us”. Groups of wailing children.in the parade shouted “Give us our fathers.” Women in red hats marched to the rythmical cry of “amnesty, amnesty”. The monarchists also held a demon- stration in Magdaburg, where react- ionary generals called for Ebert's re- moval in favor of a Kaiser. Fiog Worker Refusing Starvation Pay SHREVEPORT, La.— F. A. Cum- mings, a laborer, was flogged by a self-appointed Shreveport vigilance committee because he would not work at a local sawmill where he had been offered employment. Cummings says that wages were so miserably small that he preferzed to starve while not employed to working and starving just the same. Russians at French Art Show. MOSCOW Jan. 19. — The French cabinet has decided to invite the Sov- iet government to participate in the art exhibition to be held in Paris. LOWER HOUSE IS AGAIN CLOSED BY MUSSOLINI No Elections Soon, Says Dictator ROME, Italy. Jan. 19.—The chamber of deputies has adjourned after pass- ; ing Mussolini’s new electoral bill, and hearing the Communist deputies de- nounce the rule of fascism .and call for the rule of the workers.. The elect- oral bill must pass the senate, where the opposition is now concentrating its efforts against the bill. Speculation in Rome dwells on whether Mussolini will soon reconvene the chamber, or wait until after the Matteotti murder trials, in which Mus- solini and his; aids are inrplicated. Mussolini repeats that. he wili not call a general election for many months. Communist speakers at many |. ie eS e : secretary of the Workers. ee MORE WEAVERS JOIN FALL RIVER STRIKE AGAINST WAGE GUTS _ FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan. 19— One hundred and fifty leno and plain weavers from the Davol Mills have joined the strike movement against the ten per cent wage re- duction. The Davol, Lincoln, Gran- ite and Barnard Mills are now out. Weavers of the Davis Mills are said to be returning after promise to set- tle part of their grievances. Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers, is ex- pected in Fall River as reinforce- ments for Organizer Riviere who is conducting the strike of Dyers and Bleachers. at the Kerr Mills. THOUSANDS T0 ATTEND LENIN MEMORIAL HERE Celebrate Ru Rathenberg’s Release Also Tomorrow Thousands of workers are ex- pected to gather tomorrow night to. commemorate. the death of Nicolai Lenin, founder of the Third (Communist) In- ternational. At the meeting in the Ashland Auditorium, Ashland and Van Buren Sts., Wednesday night, at Ay m., the militant workers of Chicage - - - es ia M a ath =i sere munist) Party’ on bail. by the United States supreme court. Review Achievements Thru Leninism. They will also rejoice that the DAILY WORKER, the only Commun.- ist deily newspaper printed in the English language, has so successfully passed its first birthday. The speakers will tell what Lenin meant to the toiling millions of Am erican workers, and how he establish- ed the Communist International to bind the proletariat of the world to- gether into a powerful and well dis- ciplined army for the overthrow of the exploiting class and the triumph of the rule of the workers of the world. They will also review the growing power of the militant workers who rely on the tactics of Leninism, and of the world crisis in the ranks of in- ternational capitalism. + » Amateur Radio Achievement. LONDON, Jan. 19—The first ama- teur two-way radio communication be. tween Europe and South - America was established today. An eEnglish amateur radio operatofm conversed with a member of the Rice explora tion party at Boa Visto, 800 miles in land, Thé ameteur used an 800 ‘watt set. Floods Sweep Georgia. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 19.—Virtually the entire southeast today was theat- ened with enormous property damage from floods rolling down the valleys after three days of constant rain. The downpour continued. Three trainmen were killed and several persons were injured in two wrecks attributed to the rains. “a Latvia to Recognize Soviets. MOSCOW, Jan. 19.—It is reported that negotiations are soon to be start- ed between Latvia and the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics for the con clusion of a Soviet-Latvian treaty of commerce. (The political treaty be- tween the two countries was conclud ed four years ago.) See “The Beauty and the Boishevik” at Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. will also gare. a 94 UNIONS IN HARD COAL PITS FAVOR WALKOUT Lewis Regime in Threat to Outlaw Struggle (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKESBARRE, Pa., Jan. 19. —Sixty thousand anthracite miners of District No. 1, United Mine Workers of America, threaten to strike on Wednes- day as a result of a meeting Sunday of the. joint grievance committee representing 94 local unions. To Spread the Strike. If the strike comes, as it seems cer- tain to come, it will be in open de fiance of John L. Lewis, international president and the renegade radical Rinaldo .Cappellini, the discredited president of the. district. Both of these traiters to the miners interests have, of course, warned that charters will be revoked and the miners “out- lawed.” The miners, in turn, are depending on spreading the strike until so many are “outlawed” that only the treacher- qus union officials are left “inlawed” and the general violation becomes le- gal by force of numbers and power. Miners Oppose Any Split. Bitter hostility is shown against the suggestion raised by Tony Panne, chairman of the 12,000 Pennsylvania Coal company’s miners now on strike, that these men would split from the U. M. W. of A. The miners are deter- mined to stay in the international and clean “) ithe Sakers.., Wis tallied bear Giatees ngninat the district exe- cutive and to prepare impeachment of Cappellini for refusal to call a specia! district convention as provided by the constitution to settle grievances against both the bosses and Cappelini. Committee Report Brings Explosion. Further dilly-dallying over the charge against Cappelini became. evi- dent by the report of the special com- mittee which merely advised that if satisfaction was not secured thru the union. courts, the case might get fa- vor in the county court by a plea in equity. It was then that Tony Panne threw the meeting into angry disorder by threatening to split the Pittstom 12,- 000 men of the Pennsylvania company from the U. M. W. of A. if no action was to be taken and such a report were adopted. Many motions to spread the strike thruout the district were, however, made from all sides by rank and file miners who strenuously opposed Panne’s provocative utterances. But immediate strike motions were quick- ly withdrawn because time was need- ed to guard the treasuries of the lo- cals against attachment by the treach- erous Officials. Special meetings of all the locals are being held before Wednesday, when another joint meeting will be held. Also there is the double purpose of getting the rank and file sentiment solidified and to await the final action of the district board which promised a meeting to consider the question of a special convention. Cappellini shows worry over the ac- tion of the meeting and is holding sessions with other officials at his home and the district office, mean- while confering over the long distance telephone with John L. Lewis at In- dianapolis. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” is coming to Ashland Auditorium Feb. 5. A Troop of Little Reds has been practicing for six weeks for its part in the Lenin Memorial meeting, to be held at the Ashland Audi- | torium. The Magic Red Star A Pageant Commemorating the Death of the Great Working Class Leader Lenin Memorial Day Ashland Auditorium, Ashland Ave, & Van Buren ADMISSION 25 CENTS Auspices, Workers Party and Young Workers League, Local Chicago 8 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, Music by Young SPEAKERS: WILLIAM F. | EARL BROWDER J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ARNE SWABECK DUNNE GORDON OWENS Workers League Orchestra. rs : 66 Foe 7