Daily Worker
February 15, 1925
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LP. “as sates we 2 _ “ Ss eres @.2% a aero 2 hadi oh at : as v 4 oo ae }, by mail, eset nn re a¢* t Chicago, inj laid cater tae bk ot Macca ee Lae — ‘NEW YORK EDITION ¥ 18, 1925 3TH ay 180 MEW Yo | rae re, except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Til. (Special to the DAILY WORKER DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb. 13.—The most disastrous Phduiles since the great tragedy of '47, has stricken Irelaffé. the south on the west coast, 750,000 with death from starvation. From Donegal in the north to Cork in workers and peasants are threatened Cold as well.as hunger has the fnfortunate people in its clutches. The continual rain destroyed the fuel supply as well as the potato crop. “The potatoes rotted in the ground and the peat bogs were so flooded that the turf could not be cut or dried. In addition to the calamitous visitation of nature, the British trawlers —¢have destroyed the fishing industry AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O')FLAHERTY OT even the flaming green dress of the ex-Communist mémber of the house of commons, Ellen Wilkin- son, created as big a sensation as the, speech of David Kirkwood of Glas- zow, when he threw some hot shot into the British royal family in criti- cising thé expenditure of large sums of money on the various tours of the prince of Wales. It is more than ‘likely that Long Island, New York, the Boston Bay and whatever part of Chicago the moneyed aristocracy live, will’ demand Kirkwood’s expulsion from the house for this piece of les majeste. > * ®¢& = trouble arose when the ghd Phere is oil, or iron ‘or ‘som other thing in Uriguay that kings and princes like to get on good terms with, tho they have a decided aversion to getting callouses on their hands from it. * + » AVID KIRKWOOD is not a Com- munist, but as a, certain labor leader would say, he “likes to blow his bazoo off” every once in a while, like Jack Jones, another laborite, who divides his leizure hours between singing the Red Flag and presenting the queen’s daughter with roses. How- ever, Kirkwood began to talk and the longer he talked the more he for- got his dignity and his caution. He thought it was a shame _ that the prince should be brought up as a so- cial waster and be sent around the world to act the role of clown. 7 7 HOUTS and hoots of disapproval from the tories greeted Kirk- wood’s remarks. ._The Clyde was hav- ing its inning, even tho David is care- fnl not to let the business get beyond the danger point.. The Scotch labor- ite suggested that the prince take a trip around his own country first and he would see things, that would shock an Australian bushman. He would see indications of poverty that he ne- ver even dreamt of. But the prince and the capitalists who own the prince, have other uses for him be- . sides the role «f eocial worker. ” * * OMMENTING on the recent state- ment of the socialist Ethel Snow- den, that the royal family e ideared itself to thé British working “lass be- cause of its courtesy to McDonald, Snowden, Henderson and ‘Thomas, Kirkwood did not seem to think that this courtesy was thoroly appreciated by the ill paid workers. “My class of work is hard for small wages,” shouted Kirkwood. “Then what wag- es do you think the prince of Wales gets from his duchy in Cornwall? He gets over $150,000 from that alone. | eall shame on you who are respon- sible for the awful conditions under which the class from which I spring live and have their being.” HIS was the kind of language the 1 ae did not like to hear and they were boiling with rage. Then another labor member, G. Buchanan began to run more salt into the tory wounds. “I have not any use for royalty at all,” he shouted. “I con- sider them grossly overpaid. People just as good as the prince of Wales are living in poverty by the thou- sands.” Buchanan could have told the house that 750,000 Irish workers and peasants, subjects of the prince’s father, are living in a state of actual starvation, yet mioney is found to send (Continued OD page ) SS on the west coast. Fishing is the principal means of livinghood of ‘the peasant fisherman of the west. W. |. R. To The Rescue The Workers’ International Aid has organized a committee in the most stricken county, Donegal. A commit- tee is organized in Dublin and from now on the work of relief will be speeded up. + The Free State government tried to ignore the famine until the it grew to such proportions that the horror could no longer be hidden. Unless speedy relief is forthcoming thous- ands of people will die of hunger and malnutrition. The death rate among the children is even now very high. Appeal To America The republican party opposition also tries to minimize the famine. They are collecting funds for election campaigns and do not want to have} ow famine relief actiyition, pees The. Worke: ums 1 Aig ere in eat ‘ibténs in Ire. % it fporete tri BERLIN, Feb. 13.—Ominous with. avenge the murder of the estimated 138. explosion in the Stein mine at out all Germany as victims of the Dawes p chiefly, American banks- In the Ruhr, spontaneous revol ae threatening masses, menacing the lives ¢ 4 = ne owners, while the horror of the disaster, sone of the & in the min- Germany, is FREE HOSPITAL CLOSED 10 SICK CITY WORKERS Afflicted Are Turned Away Untreated The board of county commissioners has imperilied the lives of Chicago’s sick workers, Cook county hospital of- ficials reveal. allowed the Cook county hospital to drift into a condition that the head of the hospital staff admitted “is danger- ously acute.” Aitho the Cook county hospital is directly controlled by the county board of commissioners, it is the only public institution able to ac-} ‘comodate er tee e§ agen workers. The city council, and} Mayor Dever have without protest) (Special toa LY WORKER) Sorte Y “se the Ruhr miners threaten violent revolt to t fellow workers who, dying in a great mine night, are blazoned by Communists thru- enslavement of German 1a ings are gathering tens of thousands into bor to allied and, Whole working asts an upheaval Nsts against the 8! . ich miners prove fipute upon Ger- ney are speeded m nto the most dangerous “4 g conditions at starvation Wages. Mass Strike. and without r, a great strike Miners simply : be ie, red-eyed and des- ally stormed the me their dead hus- Whose charred and né to the surface in hind these dead h re crowds of ‘at , threatening ie eovenrs, Genera) Dawes, the @emocratic govern- ment of Ei hich accepted the Dawes y waving t e-: x. * ages Sear Zi mat nie or’ s ward of the hospital, by spabe (Continued on page 2) IRISH FAMINE RELIEF COMMITTEE ORGANIZED BY WOR RECEIPT OF -C. ERS PARTY ON y FROM DUBLIN The American office of the intraationd lowing cablegram from Dublin, Ireland, “750,000 workers and peasants starving. orkers’ Aid, received the fol- sterday morning: Following counties stricken: Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Leitrim, Clare, Kerry, Cork and Roscommon. Fish- national Workers’ Aid committee in Donegal. Dublin com: mittee formed. Organize famine relief in United States: Rush assistance.” (Signed) Workers’ International Aid. Promptly on receipt of this cable the central executive committee of the Workers Party and the Interna- tional Workers’ Aid met and decided to comply with the appeal from Ire- land. The following committee on Irish famine relief was named with power to take immediate steps to or- ganize a nation-wide campaign for the rgising of funds for relief: William ing industry ruined by British trawlers. establishing ¢— Potatoes destroyed by flood. Inter- F. Dunne, James P. Cannon, Joseph Manley, George Maurer and Thomas J. O’Flaherty. Comrade O'Flaherty was appointed secretary. All those who wish to help in this work are requested to communicate with the secretary of the Irish Work- ers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief Com- mittee, affiliated with the Internation- Workers’ Aid at 19 South Lincoln street, Chicago, lll. It is of the ut- most importance that as many Irish workers as possible are enlisted in this work. The need is urgent. a NEW YORK PARTY NOTES Feb. 16—8 p. m. 208 E. Directors. ments. 12th St. Meeting of Branch Educational Feb. 16—8 p. m. Bronx Class in Elementary English, 523 E. 173rd St. Feb. 17—8 p. m. Bronx Class in A. B. C. of Communism, 1347 Boston Rd Feb. 22—8 p. m. Harlem Open Forum, 64 E. 104th St., Feb. 28-—8 p. m. Bronx Affair, 1847 Boston Road. Joseph Manley. Dancing, refresh- ts Cn RON an Pate at appeared, showing their wage cards of from seven to _nine dollars a week. The government is alarmed at the spread of the class rage’ for the vic tims of General Dawes, whom press reports from Amefica state said in a speech yesterday, “You've got to give the people an issue.” The Communist paper “Die Rote Pahne,” meaning the “Red Flag,” says Dawes has given German labor an issue, the burned bodies of the Dor¢mund miners. While Presidezt Ebert has sent con- dolences, and Chancellor Luther has rushed to Dortmund to placate the re- bellious workers,- and while in the reichstag the members were asked to raise in tribute to the dead while the president of theschamber delivered an ovation to the Ruhr miners saying the needéd more safeguards, néver- theless it is reported that the govern- ment is throwing reichwehr troops into the Ruhr to crush with force any revolt of the workers. snip thes Se Williamson County Grand Jury Indicts Fifty-Seven Persons MARION, Ill., Feb. 13. Acting Sheriff Randall Parks and his deputies today were serying warrants on 57 indictments returned by the William- son county grand<jury when it ad- —_— No indictments were returned in con- nection with the S.Glenn Young-Ora *|Thomas killings at Herrin, it was un- derstood. The majority of the indictments charged violations of prohibition laws, burglary and larceny. Three charged |and every one of them was in posses- |the operators for delaying settlement journed after ten days’ deliberations. | CAPPELLINI NOW CHARGED WITH GRAVE OFFENSE Locals Accuse Him of Collusion with Enemy (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKESBARRE, Pa., Feb. 13.— Rinaldo Cappellini, once the idol of the coal miners of District No. 14, of | the United Mine Workers of America, is now facing charges of collusion with the coal operators and his ac- cusers are a committee composed of members of the grievance committees from every coal mine in the district, the same organization that put him in office. Two hundred gommitteemen from 49 locals met recently in Union Hall, it strict instructions from. bis | ee recent struggle. The first session. of the body which is now a permanent organization, proceeded in an orderly manner. Collusion With Bosses. The specific charge of collusion, Jev- elled against Cappellini is his action on the election at the Woodward Col- liery of Local No. 699. Contrary. to the laws of the union, Cappellini is said to have forced his tool. Adam Dunn, a school director, into office. Affairs at this colliery have been in a very queer condition since the ille- gal strike last summer when Cappel- lini revoked the local’s charter and had the officers blacklisted by the international union and by the coal operators. The place of the black- listed officers were taken by others not quite satisfactory to Cappellini. The latter therefore forced his man Dunn, on the local. Ordered to File Charge. An investigation immediately fol- lowed. This job is not yet finished. The committeemen present at the Union Hall meeting were instructed to return to their locals and draft charges against Cappellini. The charges would state that Cappellini unlawfully delayed settlement of grievances, that he should be con- demned for his illegal action at the Woodward local and that he was on too intimate terms with the coal op- erators. It was strongly hinted that Cappellini had received money from of grievances and for pursuing his dis- ruptive policy for the past two months. It was stated at the meeting in Union Hall, that Cappellini was on his way there accompanied by four state troopers for protection but he failed | tations with the Gaihovele during ‘ne , g tion showed the council that its ac- tion is one of Gisruption and strife and demanding that it rescind it and attend to its business, brought the council back to its senses. AND FILE SUPPORT OF ~ COMMUNISTS FORCES FAKERS ON COAST TO HASTY RETREAT (Special to The last meeting gave ample evidence that a policy of strife and disruption of the local labor movement, at least not for the present. Altho it did refuse to rescind its Daity Worker) Seattle Central Labor Councll at its it has no desire to inaugurate action of previous week favoring the expulsion of Communist delegates by a vote of 90 to 35, nevertheless the strong determined stand taken by several of the largest unions such as the bakers, machinists and others, who in unmistakable terms in their resolu- President Apologizes for Action The pfesident of the council Jepsen at the close of the vote taken on the resolutions of the bakers and machin- ists apologized for his unfairness and discrimination against the Commun- ists and militant delegates guring the previous week and staijMi he did so in fear of a fillfbuster, “Let Matter Drop”—Say Council Officers. He also stated he was sorry the matter was broadcasted and said the matter was now settled. Doyle, secret- ary-business agent of the council also stated the matter was settled: Similar statements were made by conservative opponents who apparent- ly realized the serious danger the red baiting might lead to. Bakers Support Paul Mohr At the. ¥ 5 et of last ve- | niger tation Borstal of bakers stated in clear unmistakable terms that left no doubt in the minds of the counci]-that the resolution adopted by his local was unanimous and that they are determined that should the Communist delegate Paul Mohr, who for more than thirty years dedicated himselft to the building up of his local union. and the local labor movement, be expelled, they would send him back repeatedly. Joe Havel, Communist delegate, stated the council’s action is one of disruption and pointed out the great sacrifice made by Communists in every fight for the interests of the labor movement. He told the busi- ness agents frankly that they feared the Communists because of their op- position to the bosses plan. He urged (Continued on page 3) lowa Bank Fails. IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 13.— The Commercial State bank of Iowa City, with deposits of more than $2,000,000 closed its doors here today. State Bank Examiner J. A. Heing has taken charge of the bank. When you buy, et an “Ad” for the DAILY WO KER. FASCIST ITALY HAS WORST WAGE ANIONG. NATIONS Belgium ‘and France Also at Bottom of List By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press industria! Editor) Fascist Italy is paying the lowes. wages of the five leading industrial nations. A comparison of the average daily wage rates of leading foreign competitors by the New York federal bank shows the average daily age paid in America as double Eng- land and about 6 times that paid in Italy. The figures were furnished by a Harge American industrial company maintaining factories in the other countries. This makes it possible to compare wage levels for the same types of labor engaged in the production of identical commodities. The average daily wages paid by this concern in November, 1924 were: U. 8S. wages (a day)....$56.60 England ....... esesececs Mae Germany ...... ecéccecee Le France (Paris) ..e.ee+- 1.85 Rest of France .....<+e. 1.24 Belgium ccodsciccccccce sent ORT Niceeuaseons dbo ae cks 96 See Standards Depressed Here As American capital introduces American standards of production in competing countries either the living standards of foreign workers will be raised to meet America or standards in this country will be depressed by the competition. Stone Shopkeepers in India. ALLAHABAD, India— Death by stoning was the fate decreed and car- ried out for Afghan shopkeeps accus- ed of being heretics, according to dis patches reaching here today from Afghanistan. ' N. Y. DISTRICT OF YOUNG WORKERS’ LEAGUE STARTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST RELIGIOUS TRAINING IN SCHOOLS (Continued on page 2) Unite For Struggle Against the Capitalist Class! To the Delegates Representing Workers and Exploited Farmers at the Convention of the Conference for Progressive Political Action, Chicago, February 21 EAR Comrades and SBrothers: You have been sent to this gathering because those whom you represent are suffering, under the dictatorship of the capitalist class. The workers and farmers who sent you want to find that program and form of organization that will enable them to struggle effectively against capitalist™exploitation and oppression. But the convention you are at- tending will not do that for you. it is built up on a wrong basis— upon a middle-class program, with middie-class ideas, controlled by men who do not represent workers and farmers. You have among you, claiming to be your leaders, speak- fing in your name, writing your de- cuments, and controlling your con- ferences, men who belong to an- other class hostile to your—small bankers, manufacturers, merchants, lawyers, capitalist journalists and politicians. This middle-class elements are interested in but two things—(1) How to prevent the workers and farmers from making their own in- dependent class fight; and (2) how to use the workers and farmers to advance the interests of the small bankers, business men, and the middie classes generally. We warn you that such misiead- ers will surely betray you. They will not join in any kind of struggle in your interests. They are even class “third party,” not to speak of a party that would represent and fight for the intefests of the toil- ing masses. An attempt will be made to fool you by throwing the mantle of so- cialism over the conference (but very carefully, so as not to scare away the bankers.) Do not be fooled By those who call themselves “so- cialists” in this conference, and who, in the name of socialism, ask you to surrender your interests to middie-class leaders. These are the same kind of socialists, belonging to the same organization, the Sec- and imprisoned thpusands of work- ists” of Germany: who plotted to restore the Kaiser; who shot down fearful of forming a middie and imprisoned thousands of work- ers, and who are in partnership with J. P. Morgan in the, enslavement of \the European working class thru the Dawes plan. They are,the same kind of “socialists” as thése in Rus- sia who took up arms against the first workers’ and farmers’ govern- ment who joined in every Czarist adventure, and who _ still plot the over'hcow of the Soviet government of Russia in the interest of world imperialism. These “socialists” are the serv- ants of the same ruling class which robs and oppresses you, which has forced you to that revolt which brings you to conventions and meet- ings to seek new means of struggle. They are the agents of the capital- ist class within your meetings, seek- | a ing to soften your determination and to reconcile you to continued exploitation and to prevent your struggles. But you do not need to rely upon these alien elements, whose inter- ests are bound up in protecting cap- italism against your assaults, and who therefore come to you only to betray you. You do not need the pale and futile programs which do not touch your real interests. You do not need their fake programs and organizations which are incapable of putting up any kind of a fight for your interests. No! You already have a party that fights for your interests al! of the time, that has a program based (Continued on page 4.) 2 ,% _ i a ee ee (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 18.—San¢tioned by the superintendent of schools, the religious training is first to be tried in Public School No. 46, Manhattan, where training will be given in catholicism, protestantism. ing to the professed faith of the child. judaism, accord- It can easily be seen that all the religious fakers are united in polson- ing the minds of the childrén, and they don’t care under what name it is done. There are at present seven bills in seven different state legislatures call- ing for religious training. This men- ace must be met by the resistance of |all working class parents. ' The Young Workers League is call. |}ing conferences of the different or- |ganizations of parents, and thru the junior sections will carry on a cam- |Palgn to fight all form of religious training. The Young Workers League calls upon all the working class par- | ents to PROTEST against the intro- |duction of religious training in the | public schools, and to send their chil- dren to the junior section of the Young Workers League, the organiza- tion of working class children that | will-earry on the fight against the new | Poison that the capitalists are trying |to pour out to dope the minds of the children of the working class. Subscribe for “Your Daily/" = Te...6 _ .
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— > a ee 7 a ty See : : “Refuse to Pledge Not to The Minneapolis Trades and Assembly took its first action in ousting adopted at the last meeting. CAPITALIST RULE Fight for Labor (Special to The Dalty Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Feb. 13.— Labor all Communists from seats as delegates gates at its regular meeting night. On motion of Delegate Hines of the Typo- graphical Union, a former member of the socialist party, the assembly asked special A. F. of L. Representa- tive Smith to obligate every delegate in accordance with the new by-laws Smith took the floor and stated that the executive council of the A. F. of L, had made a decision that the Workers (Communist) Party was a dual and revolutionary organization and no members of such organization can be delegates in the new assembly. He further reiterated his former state- ments that all Communists better get out and stay out. Skoglund Leads Party Defense. When the credentials of Comrade Carl Skoglund were read as a dole- gate from Carmen’s Union No. 299, a question was asked as to whether he was a member of the Workers Party. Comrade Skoglund took the floor and stated that he was a member of the Workers (Communist) Party, that the Workers Party was the only political party fighting for the class interests of the workers, and finally that he would refuse to take the obligation of the assembly so long as it contained a provision pledging support to the present strikebreaking capitalist gov- ernment. He proceeded to read a statement setting forth his position as a Com- munist. This ‘statement was listened to attentatively by the overwhelming number of delegates and many gave expression to the thought that the righ wing was going too far in their attack. When the reading’of the state. ment was almost completed, Delegate Speilman raised a point of order, charging that the speaker was spread- ing Communist propaganda. The ob- jection was sustained by Chairman Anderson, Comrade Skoglund being ruled off the floor and asked to leave the hall. The Left Wing Walks Out. Immediately following this, Smith called on all delegates to take the obli- gation. J. O. Johnson, L. A. Roseland, Walter Frank, Robert Peterson, George Thornton and William Mau- seth, together with several delegates who are not yet members of the Workers, stated that they would not take the obligation, that they would continue their efforts to build, strengthen and unify the trade union movement by working in their locals, and then left the hall. The left wing forces announce that they are going to launch an immediate campaign to carry their message to the rank and file workers of Min- neapolis. An extensive program of constructive activity has been mapped out, which provides for the holding of two large mass meetings. The first is to be held at the Jupiter Hall, 2614 Lincoln 8t., N. B., on Friday, February 27, at 8 p. m., and the second to be held at Camden Auditorium, 1616 Forty-first Ave. No. on Tuesday, March 3, at $ p. m. The statement submitted te the as- sembly by Comrades Skoglund and Frank on the reason why the Com- munists would not take the counter- revolutionary obligation, will be pub- Mshed in the next issue of the DAILY WORKER. Greeks and Turks Mobilize Armies On Thracian Border VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 13.— The Greek government is rushing negotia- tions with the Pachitch fascisti dicta- torship of Jugo-Slavia for a treaty of friendship, at the same time that they are massing troops on the Thracian frontier to be ready to at- tack the Turks. Turkey is reported to have evacu- ated Adrianop!: The Greeks are heavily fortifying their borders with reserves. The Turks are also mobil- iing their forces | STANDARD Oi BOOSTS PRIGE 10 TO 30 CENTS PER BARREL IN OWE DAY PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 13.— The Jos. Seep company, purchasing agents for the Standard Oil company, ne re, -@ today announced incr: ff 25 cents ises f 7 eS ~ CLAIM SCAB COAL FROM KENTUCKY SHUTS BLOOMINGTON RAIL SHOPS BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Feb. 18.—One hundred eighty employees of the Chicago & Alton Railway shops were cut of work here today, suepended, officials said, because of the siump in coal traffic due to inroads of cheaper non-union fuel from Kentucky and West Virginia. A retrenchment program was then in effect in other departments, it was also said. LOW WAGES FORCE FAMILIES TO STINT SELVES ON MILK WITH THE CHILDREN AS WORST SUFFERERS el. States department of agriculture. By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) How low wages force workers’ families to stint themselves on milk is shown in a survey of milk consumption in Philadelphia by the United The department found that members of families with very limited in- come consumed an average of only .51 of a pint a day. Families in which the husband made fairly good wages consumed .60 of a pinta day. Families of salaried and professional men with good incomes averaged .78 of a pint a day per per- son. Wealthy families in the best re- sidential sections purchased .81 of a pint a day for each member. That members of well-to-do families can consume 60 per cent more milk than poor families is important to the health of the community for a major- ity of the children grow up in families with low incomes. But it is also im- portant to the dairy farmer. A gen- eral advance in the spending power of the working class would mean a material increase in the demand for his products. If low income families could afford as much milk as the wealthy, the milk consumed by the average family of five in a year would increase by about 68 gallons. Multi- ply this figure by several million and you will see what better wages would mean to the dairy farmer. R, R. STRIKERS BEAT UP SCABS AS BOSSES HIDE Chinese Workers Give West a Lesson PEKIN, China, Feb. 13.— Railway strikers have tied up the lines con- necting Pekin and Shanghai, demand- ing better treatment from the rail- way management which they claim robs them continuously with deduc- tions, fines and underpay. At Tsingtau, strikers and sympa- thizing workers attacked the crew of scabs going to the rescue of two other trains stalled by the strikers. The rails were torn up and the train of strikebreakers blocked, while twenty scabs were badly beaten, including one Japanese business man who or- ganized the scab crew. Masses of the workers of Shang- tung demonstrated before the quar- ters of the governor, demanding the arrest of the railway management staff, who were in hiding to avoid the wrath of the workers. The. governor tried vainly to persuade the strikers to let one mail train go thru. each day. The workers are very determin- ed and militant. Educators Meet Here To Discuss How Best To Serve the Bosses The vocational educational associa- tion of the middle west, an organiza- tion comprising officials in the public schools of eight states, is holding its convention in the Sherman Hotel. All the members of the Chicago board of education were present sit- fing at the speakers’ table and Super- intendent William McAndrew made a speech. McAndrew was in his element. This is not strprising, knowing how keen he is on vocational training in the public schools. But on this occa- sion he chose to lay low on that sub- ject. Rather he beamed forth with quotations from Presidents Washing- ton, Adams, Madison, Monroe and Lin- coln to make his point that citizenship must be the underlying principle in education. But McAndrew did not make clear just what this organization was driving at as others did. For instance, EBeverett 8. Lyon, of St. Louis, branded the commercial courses in high schools as utter fail- ures because they did not give pupils the mental equipment to carry them to business success. J. C. Wright, of Washington, said the junior high | was the only remedy for exist- ing tls in the educational] system. The ilig referred to were very obvious They were the method of wasting cul- tural education or working class ¢hil- dren. A more efficient method for serving business was the vocational raining of the junior highs which starts training them as soon as they are thru with the “three R's.” re ut a barrel in-Gabell, Somerset medium and Somerset light anid 10 cents a-bar- | rel in Ragland oils. The new prices are Cabell, $2.20; Somerset medium, 2.30; . Somerset light, $2.45, and Ragland, $1.30 a bar- rel. i Later in the day the agency an- | nounced Corning grade oil would be advanced thirty cents to $2.25 a bar- grades were un-| OO8luUMeEs., Finnish Branch Will Hold Masquerade Ball Saturday, February 21 The Finnish branch of W. P. local Chicago, is arranging a masque- rade ball for Saturday, Feb. 21, at Im- |perial Halli, 2409 N. Halsted St. Cash rel. There will be po addition increas- | es announced today, the agency stat-| prizes will be given contestants in best costumes depicting Communist principles, and for pretty and comical] A good time is assured to all alleading. P tual cause of his connection with the in- workers to pay the allied reparations at the expense of long hours and a lower standard of living than they had HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE TRIP TO BERLIN? Hear of Dawes Plan in Action at Forum “Hell an’ Maria” Dawes may be the next president of the United States, after Silent Cal goes back to Vermont and resumes going to bed at nine o’clock with an oil lamp to guide his footsteps. Then again’ he may ‘not. The cussing armchair general may never go down in history as a presi- dent of the United. States, but his name will be written in the book, be- famous plan that forces the German previously. Divided on Dawes Pian. This is where Max Bedacht horns in' on the question. All of us heard the Dawes plan talked about more or less. Some are for it; others are against it. The German socialist lead- ers are forit. The Communists are against it. Some of the German bour- geoisie are against it; others are for it. Britain accepted it as the lesser of two evils; so did France. But both countries do not feel too happy with it. What is this Dawes plan? How does it affect the working class of Burope? How does it affect the working class of America? Whose plan is it? These and other questions will be answered tomorrow by Max Bedacht, member of the central executive committee of the Workers Party, who will speak at the open forum, in the Lodge Room of the Ashland Auditorium tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Student of German Situation. The title of Comrade Bedacht’s sub- ject is “Europe Under the Dawes Plan.” Besides being well qualified to explain the theoretical aspects of the Dawes plan from the standpoint of world imperialism, Comrade Be- dacht has made a special study of the German situation. He has been in Ger- many recently and is personally ac- quainted with many of the most ree inent figures in the Communist move- ment in that country. Thomas J. O’Flaherty, member of the editorial staff of The DAILY WORKER, will act as chairman. | Hospital Closed to Workers (Continued from page 1) of the warden, The same is true of workers afflicted with contagious dl- seases. The contagious disease ward, already overcrowded, has been closed to Chicago’s sick workers. A frightful condition greets the eye in the Cook county hospital, the only haven for the workers of Chicago who are worn and broken In industry and who receive such low wages they have no money for hospital bills. Beds are in every hallway and corner of the hos- pital. Nurses are bleary eyed and cross, with nerves taut from over. work. In the tuberculosis section, de- signed to accomodate at most 170 persons, there are over 300 patients. “As a result of our overcrowded condition convalescing patients are discharged much earlier than they should be,” the warden said. “Many of them return soon.” One session of the annual congress on medical education and publi | >. COLLINS PARTED legislative committee Find State Insane Hospital Overcrowded SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Feb. 18.—A today invest igated housing Conditions in the Dun. ning State hospital for the insane which is said by assemblymen to be in an extremely overcrowded condi- tion. The committee declares that buildings destroyed by fire a year age have not been replaced. A recent session of the state legis- lature passed a resolution authorizing the appointment of this investigating committee to survey housing condi- tions at the institution. A member of the legislative committe said that the investigation is preliminary to a move in the generaly assembly for an ad- ditional appropriation to relieve the overcrowded conditions by construct- ing more buildings. Defective Equipment Supplied Troops WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.—Ed- die Rickenbacker, aircraft expert, sharply criticised the planes and qnipment furnished the American ‘liers during the war, declaring they were antiquated and defective. “I never saw an American plane at ‘he front,” sald Rickenbacker, who testified before the house aircraft in- vestigating committee. Get an “Ad” for the Daily Worker. » Commercial and Finan- 7 . . cial Failures Given WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 18.— Commercial failures in 1924 number- ed 20,615 concerns and 757 banks, the federal reserve board announced te- day. Liabilities involved totalled $648,- 224,559, exclusive of banks, ‘whose capital stock and surplus aggregated $46,642,000. Some of the banks will reopen without loss to creditors: or already are reorganized. Y Liabilities of commercial failares were slightly above the total for 1923, according to the board, and ably higher than the level for years prior to 1920. Im 1922 there were 23,676 commercial failures with $636,- 896,000 liabilities, while 19,625 firms collapsed in 1921 with record’ Mabill- ties of $627,402,000. " Figures showed that in 1924, 1.01 per cent of the commercial concérns of the country failed but that only 3.2 per cent of failures were firms Whose insolvency involved $100,000 or over. In the fourth quarter of 1924 there were 5,389 failures, an increase over the preceeding quarter. Total indebt- edness, however, was considerably flower than for the other period. Of the bank failures 79 per cent were not members of the federal re- serve system; of member banks 129 were national and 34 state banks or trust companies. The greatest pro- portional of bank failures occurred in the Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City districts. Cappellini Is Now Charged by Miners With Grave Offense (Continued from Page 1.) to appear. It is freely stated that Cappellini would risk his life by ap- pearing before any body of miners in this district at the present time, so bitter is the feeling against him. The renegade radical who was showered with honors and money by the honest workers of District 1, only a short time ago, is now the most hated man in Pennsylvania. Is Lewis Against Brennan. William J. Brennan, former district president, who was defeated by Cap- pellini for that office in the last elec- tion is a candidate for his old job. fy | It is reported that Bréhnan was fired .| by Lewis for refusing to accept a po- sition in Pittsburgh and for persist- ing in running against Cappellini. It is a fact that Brennan was notified by Lewis that his connections in an official capacity with the international organiation were terminated. When Brennan first announced his candi- dacy, Lewis let it be known that this action did not meet with his approv- al, so he arranged a sinecure for him in District 9. Brennan refused to leave, saying that this was a plot te disqualify him as candidate for presi- dent of District 1. He is said to have informed Lewis that the only way he could be removed from District 1 would be for the international chief to fire him. This has been done, at least ostensibly. But the miners are skeptical. Some believe this is a ruse of Brennan’s party to line up the anti-Lewis vote, hoping to grab the anti-Cappellini vote anyway. Militants here believe that Lewis is secretly behind Bren- nan who is much closer to the areh- faker than Cappellini. Should Bren- 1an be elected there is no doubt but another telegram will be received congratulating him on his victory. Progressives Preparing. The progressives are preparing to put their own candidates forward as they have no more confidence in Bren- nan than they have in Cappellini. They know that the only candidates who can be trusted are those who take the position of Trade Union Hdu- cational League and the Workers (Communist) Party without reserva- tion. The tremendous vote counted munist candidates. They want hon- est, constructive and fighting leader- ship and the Communists alone can proved that. STANDARD OIL AGAIN BOOSTS PRICE OF GAS An advance of 2 cents a gallon In the price of gasoline was announced today by the Standard Oil company of Indiana, effective in the ten states of the middle western district. Kero- sene was advanced 1 cent a gallon at the same time. This makes the prise of gasoline 19 cents a gallon from tank wagons and 21 cents at filling stations. big business. A propaganda novel read after you have enjoyed it. 100% THE DAILY WORKER, Literature Department Le 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. THE STORY OF A PATRIOT By Upton Sinclair. 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ed rill or Pes 23, er- ars ore 8 seas" siae Fal soos S3hr8s esis Eee bes. 7-8 Sa -dn.order that a large unemployed mar- ‘ get work. But the trick develops that +hile, then turned out of the job ‘whieh is given to a new arrival who ~ pelling them to work as apprentices -the apprentice quits his job or the trade before the six years are up, he But Later-Fired The most flourishing open shop bus- iness in Chicago is the printing indus- try. Its secretary, J. M. ‘ee with headquarters in rooms 1202 to 1207 Monadnock building, forms. the rallying point for all scab printers rmomehginte the city. A great many are being brought in to flood the city with surplus printers pack be always available to fight the union shops. Vollmer advertises widely for print- ers to come to his place in Chicago ‘and get work. They come and they ¥ they are given work only for a little answered the same ad that the first sone did, and so on—until the city is epowded with printers out of work. Vollmer. does not stop at this point, .<daowever, but keeps on bringing in printers to add to the jobless of Chi- | Another trick of the open shoppers is to control apprentices first by com- for six years, and secondly, by holding out $2 every week from their pay. If loses the whole accumulated sum held out of his wages. This often amounts to hundreds of dollars. \ Davenport Comrade Warns Party Members Against H. E. Keas DAVENPORT, Iowa, Feb. 13. — Comrade W. G. Daniels writes the DAILY WORKER that H. EB. Keas, fermerly of Cleveland, O., unloaded a worthless check on him to the amount of $125.50, when Keas passed thru Davenport, Iowa, in December. Keas came to Davenport about Dec. 16, declares Comrade Daniels, and in- duced him to indorse a check for $125.60 signed by H. F. Peters, drawn on the First National Bank of Billings, Montana, to the order of R. V. Olson. It was already indorsed by “Olson.” Keas left the city and the check turn- ed out to be worthless. “Keas returned the Saturday after ward any mail for Keas; Henry or Ol- son to 429 W. 50th St., New York. The banks could not trace him at this address.” Six Are Injured A speeding automobile, pilotted by an allegedly moonshine crazed driver early today crashed into a group of street car track repairers, killing one and injuring six others, one seriously. The driver, who gave the name of James Hickey, was arrested only after he had battled a squad of detectives who caught him as he was leaving his machine wrecked by its wild dash. Milovan Zernok, the worker killed, was found fatally injured, jammed into an eight-inch crevice between the car rail and the pavement, he died enroute to a hospital. The other injured are expected to recover. DAILY WORKER too Good to Miss. To the DAILY WORKER: I want to congratulate you all for the won- derful labor paper the DAILY WORK- ER has become. I, myself, would not be without it, as it is too good to miss. It is the sort of fighting paper work- ers need and should read. All my copies I hand out to a lot of people here.and they relish them like a good meal. Fraternally, . Leonard. Auberger, East Liverpool, = “ be Bag SEO aS Oa aa Aa J = ' ‘ anes Tae “ir ** oe id ’ } MUCH INT EREST IN ELECTION OF . BUSINESS AGENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL LADIES’ GARMENT WORKERS’ UNION —_—____-—- (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 18.—The election of business agents in the In- Union is now going on and much / interest is shown by all the members of the organization. The National Committee of the Needle Trades Section of the Trade ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union Educational League has issued a an active and intelligent part in these ne te oS ~ ua ft Oat aoe OE ED ig tte en Oe 5 hd rr & (wes me ie & oT ae oh, aes git ot Rees ed So i iste aill E a gt Mid Bie ee. - statement urging the workers to take elections and to vote down the stand- pat officials that have held back the development of the union which we print in part: Fellow Workers: Viateatenately, the present system of organization in our union leaves the entire fate of the workers rest in the hands of the business agents. It is the busi-. ness agent who conducts the shop meetings, they attend to the com- plaints in the shops, and in many instances are the deciding factor in settling prices. | The past year activities of our of fice staff are still fresh in your mind. The business agents were mainly concerned with personal ambitions and with playing politics in the in- terest of the machine at the ex- pense of the great mass of workers in our industry. It was with the assistance of the present office staff that many of our active union member have been sus- pended and our union demoralized. The office staff of the past year not only failed to defend the interests of the workers in their daily strug- gles, but have, in many instances, been an obstacle in the way of a real struggle .of the part of the workers to maintain our union stand- ards. Dressmakers—in the present elec- tions you must again show your de- yotion to the union by participating in mass in the coming elections. You must vote down thos: candi- dates who have by their record of their past activities shown them- selves unfit to defend your inter- ests, and act as your representat- ives. If our union is to meet the prob- lems facing us today we must in- fuse new life into our office staff, and it is high time for us to defeat those who have come to regard the union as their private property. «i a — There are two candidates manager and twenty-three candf,, dates for business agents. Do not vote for I. Horowitz as man, ager. Do not vote for the following list of candidates for business agent: Abram Bernstein ade Harry Miller b. a A . 8. Goldstein H. Greenberg S. Tauber Vote for all the other candidates on the ballot.. Dressmakers—come to the polls, Remember, that the politicians.of the election committee have inten- tionally chosen Thursday, Feb. 12— Lincoln’s birthday—for election day, with the hope that the workers who are not in the shops on that day, will come to the polls to cast their votes, Make use of this holiday in the interest of our union—come to vote against the above listed candidates and elect such who will truly serve your interests, National Committee of the Needle Trades Section of the Trade Union Educational League. No Duty on Products For Miners. MOSCOW, Feb. 13.—The inter-de- partment committee, formed to inves- tigate the conditions of the Russian far eastern gold mining industry, has found that the chief obstacle to its development are the high prices of foodstuffs and articles of broad con- sumption in the mining areas. The committee, therefore, recommends the import free of duty of products, which are not produced in the U. 8S. 8. R., for the foreign Chinese and Korean workers and the sale free of excise in the mining districts of tea, sugar, to- bacco and manufactures. Next Sunday Night and Every Sun- Ohio. Amalgamated GENERAL HEADQUARTERS 81 East 10th Street, New York, N. Y. THIS IS OUR Ay, CTS EMBLEM An Industrial Organization For ’ All Workers in the Food Industry day Night, the Open Forum. Food Workers a ‘ ——— TENANT WAR LEADER URGES ‘TOMBS’ BE TORN DOWN STONE BY STONE NEW YORK, Feb. 13,—Captain Harry Allen Ely, aged victim of the criminal libel law, sentenced to the penitentiary for calling Judge Caf- frey a “nincompoop” because of his decisions against tenante and in favor of landlords stirred a tenants’, association mass meeting on Wash- | ington Helghts, following his re- lease on a writ of reasonable doubt, by some more plain speaking: : Describing the Tombs prison where he had been confined, the edi- tor of the New York Tenant de- clared: “Let me say that If the people of New York comprehended the real conditions in that inferno, they would rise and tear it down, stone by stone. in the 15 days |! was there, two of my fellow prisoners attempted suicide. “1 cannot say how | lived thru it. . But | came out stronger than when | went in,” continued the organized tenants’ spokesmen, “and [| am ready again to do all in my power to help in our fight for justice.” OFFICIAL OF N. Y, TENANTS STEPS OUT OF PRISON Ely Granted Release by High Court NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Judge Man- cuso gets a panning in the decision issued by state supreme court Justice Wagner, releasing Captain Harry Ely, Ti-year-old editor of the New York Tenants, on a certificate of reasonable doubt from the Dosa, pending appeal to the appellate division from his con- victim on the charge of criminal libel. . Ely was convicted before Judge Mancuso for an editorial broadside court, in, ‘‘nincompoop” and other belittling names for his constant decisions in favor of landlords and against ten- ants. In the trial of the case both Judge Mancuso and the prosecuting attorney seemed to ‘forget that. Ely was charged with libeling the man Caffrey and attacked him for his -re- marks on Caffrey, the judge. Ely’s sentence by Mancuso to a year in the penitentiary is protested by six of the jurors. They had asked for clemency, a request ignored by Mancuso. The Washington Heights Tenants’ Association is getting up demonstra- tions to welcome their champion. Compensation for Industrial Disease, Silicosis, Sought NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Efforts to ae- feat the Miller silicosis bill amending the compensation law were started to- day by the State Federation of Labor, the building ‘trades compensation bu- reau, and the workers’ health bu- reau, in a joint statement issued to organized labor thruout the state branding the amendment as “a men- ace to the entire compensation law.” The Miller amendment, dealing with compensation for silicosis, is de- scribed as having so many restrictions that it would prove a hardship rather than a benefit to workers. The danger of the Miller amend- ment, the statement declares, lies in the provisions for compulsory physi- cal examination of workers, confining compensation to a limited number of trades and making employment in a particular trade “continuous for five years.” “None of these restrictions appear in any other section of the compensa- tion law,” the statement declares, “and they should not apply to silico- sis, which is a definitely recognizable industrial disease entitled to compen- sation on the same basis as other oc- cupational hazards. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 13.—After reaching the 21.9 stage, the Allegheny River here remained stationary until midnight, and started to fall today, according to local weather bureau. Furnishings LADIES’ MEN’S INFANTS’ Trade Where Your Money Buys the Most Martin’s 651 West North Avenue East of Halsted St. against Judge Caffrey of the municipal | he called the latter a | good _WORKE Te MALTS SEAT unists Te (Continued from page 1) the rescinding of the council’s action. Ex-Socialist Like Russian Counter Revolutionists the welfare of ‘0: no concern hh Communists. — cheap brass trinkets of ER con the story you see, if you Communists, fakers!” they call you Dictatorship others were the replies. led one delegate. selves, Expelling Semmuniste Not Easy abolishing capitalism, he said. council @ sh&meless one. ‘2 : resolution, Communists Defended of the government. “Ie This Disruption?” no union until @ year ago when is disruption. Yes, And Will Keep You Going! naturedly remarked “The Communis got us going,”’ they have a large backing in trade union movement. New “Investigations”’ Of Capitalism’s Sins WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—After tion. ago has been directed toward preten bread and the -railroads. pected. bring back the old-time that once was a political slogan. When you buy, get an “Ad for the DAILY WORKER. WR REACTION Council Delegates to Aid a oO Bailey, business agent of pattern makers and e#@oialist was one of the two opposifig delegates to whom ized labor is of as usual worked himself into terics against the The other Satiionar delegate, David Levine, @ petty shopkeeper of ury-ware and other hotorious pawnshop type, holding Up the DAILY WORK- ns about the Seattle situation, shouted, “You see, don’t agree with the labor Shop-Keeper Worries Over Worker's Grinning faces and some smiles of He went on abusing the Communists and shouted, “Thousands are imprisoned in Rus- sia!” “They’re yellow socialists,” yel- The delegate from the laundry trades “es lay urged the council to rescind its action, since delegates were representing in the council their locals and not them- Delegate Gorlick from the garment workers cited the New York example when one Communist was expelled. thirty-two Communist delegates were elected at the next election in his stead. The solution of Communism is The delegate from the metal polish- ers characteFiged the action of the A woman delegate from the printing trades stated she had no objection to Com. munists or Communism but wanted the ideas kept out of the council Delegate ‘Belanger, steamfitters, said he had already'spoken against the Communists and urged not to rescind Hansen, delegate from painters, said he has been the labor movement for many , also in the council and never ‘any disruption carried ts nor any danger oi contrary they are 3 machinists stated that he had as much right to be a Communist as others who are ku klux klan, republicans, democrats, etc. Replying to Levine he said those imprisoned in Russia are yellow so- cialists who are counter revolutionary and caught conspiring against Soviet Pearl, delegate from barbers, stated that “We are not against Communist pe aie and Communism,” said there was in- tolerance on both sides and urged harmony for the sake of the council. Delegate Belsky of the leather work- ers said that the leather workers had Communist arived and organized the thriving local he-now represents. Then because of this, the Communist lost his job. He wanted to know if this Havel, the last speaker, character- ized the statements of Levine as those of a shop keeper and closed by urging the rescinding of the council’s action When the meeting adjourned on delegate of the opposing side good | the Communists are on the alert and determined to carry-ory? the fight should any attempt be made to expell any Communist delegates and the By Capitalism Begun vacation, the senate today was in the throes of a new epidemic of investiga- The senatorial curiosity that delved into governmental activities a year ing to take the lid off “big business,” such as electricity, tobacco, gasoline, But little more than wordy exposes can be ex- The trend of the new epidemic has been to make some show of ghting the present high cost of living and discover who is responsible for the high prices and what can be done to “normalcy” ae TELLS HOW C worker. Every day he toils in one of well and be merry. polished way he has a very important MUNIST WORK IS CARRIED FORWARD ON THE 408; 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 18—A rank and filer takes the floor. He is a food- New York’s most fashionable restau- rants taking care of the caprices and desires of patrons who come to eat His face is intelligent, steeled and determined. In a very simple un- message for the active party workers who have come together in order to get started on the work of organizing AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) the prince on a junketing trip, in or- der to popularize the products of the British empire in other lands. e * . GENTLEMAN by the name of Walter Guiness, is financial sec- retary to the treasury. Many of you have seen that person's name on the outside of black bottles, that come from Dublin. He is the owner of the vusiness that manufacturers the fam- ous XX porter. He is the prince of vorter. Guiness was quite frank in replying to Kirkwood. Perhaps he had some liquid (Guiness) on the in- side. He stated that the prince was not being sent on a trip to educate himself but in order to give the em- pire a chance to see the prince. Ar- gentine trade was very important to England, said Guiness. That’s enuf! E might digress here for a mo- ment and recall the recent visit of General Pershing to South Ameri- ca. He had his picture taken kiss- ing some Argentinian babies and he even danced the Argentinian tango with the daughter of some Argentin- ian politician. In a tango contest the ) district 2 on the basis of shop nuclei. He is introduced as the organizer of shop nucleus No. 1 the first shop nu- cleus organized in New York. Gets An Attentive Hearing. The comrades listen very attentive- ly to his story. He is giving them a message of great importance. He tells them how the shop nucleus was organized with only four members. They held a meeting, elected a sec- retary, a financial secretary and an organizer. Then they went to work. The made the shop the field for their activities. Every day they pasted up clippings from the DAILY WORKER so that the workers in the establishment would daily receive a Communist mes- age. Affairs that interested the orkers in the shops they wrote up themselves and pasted up prominent- ly. When the boss wanted to impose more work upon the workers they ral- lied the workers together and prevent- ed the bosses’ nefarious scheme. At the tables when the workers sat down to eat they discussed Communism and the affairs of the shop. They never lost an opportunity to talk to the workers about their interests and to fight for them. Show Communist Solution. Every subject raised by the workers during a conversation they turned in- to a political discussion involving Communism and the party. The work- prince will make the general take the count, but the general was over the ground first which is very important. Of course, the prince is young but the British empire is getting old and even tho Pershing has seen his best days, and would not be a serious con- tender against the prince on the floor of a cabaret, the American empire is young. You can see that the British and American capitalists who are con- tending for commercial mastery in South America use their heads and their feet. Later on they will use bullets—by proxy. But to return to | the house of commons, a . . HE prince was not thru with his troubles when Kirkwood and Bu- chanan got thru speaking. Another member of the left wing of the Brit- ish labor party was on his feet. He noted that the prince was not yet married and compared that worthy’s financial prospects with those of a member of the working class. Be- sides, the annual income of over $165,- 000 which the prince receives. from his duchy of Cornwall, when he mar- ries a grateful nation will give him about $50,000 a year. The poor tories were suffering agony by this time. They kept on howling but the labor spokesmen have good lungs. HEN the lone Communist member arose. He is a Hindo, Saklatva- la by name. “ I object to this misuse of public funds. If we have a British empire and if we must have a royal knob to it, then we must pay for it I suppose,” declared the Hindo rebel. The motion to increase the prince's travel fund was finally passed by a vote of 304 to 90, Ramsay MacDon- ald, J. H. Thomas, Sidney Webb and William Adamson voted with the tory government. Stephen Walsh, Noel F. Buxton and Arthur Henderson refrain- ed from voting. This is interesting. a Opium Conference Ends Without Stopping the .| Use or Sale of Drugs GENEVA, Feb. 13.—The interna- ers soon became aware that the Com- munists were their best friends. Openly they began to say that the Communists are the only ones the workers can trust. When the nucleus held its next meeting they enrolled two new members into the party. At the coming meeting the membership of the nucleus will be increased by four more. He pointed out how they met together in the shop when neces- sary. He gave an interesting story of how the shop committee was changed, the reactionaries thrown off and the Communists and those that follow and sympathize with the Communists put in control. He pointed out how this shop gives the Communists on ac- count of the activity of the shop nu- cleus a strong influence in the union. The comrades received this report of a rank and file leader of the work- ers with enthusiasm. They then went down to work to consider the plan presented by B. Gitlow, the shop nn- clei organizer. Present at the meeting were the section organizers, branch industrial organizers, Trade Union Educ. League representatives and such active comrades who were will- ing and able to participate in the im- portant task of reorganizing the dis- trict on the basis of shop nuclei. Work is Systematized. The work in New York is to pro ceed in a systematic manner. The or- ‘anization campaign will proceed with one factory area after another, starting of course with the most fay- orable area. When one area is com- pletely organized into shop nuclei then another area will be tackled. It is hoped .that by energetically engaging the part membership in this work to have the work completed as quickly as possible. The success of this work will put the New York district closely in contact with the workers in the shop ang will make the Workers’ (Communist) Party district 2 a real Communist district organization fight- ing in the largest city in the coun- try daily in the struggles of the work- ers and in their interests. When you buy, get an “Ad” for the DAILY WORKER. Pee a, Page Three RANK AND FILE F OD WORKER P TAL CLERKS G CONGRESS FOR PAY RAISE Express “Faith” in Final Action The Chicago Post Office Clerks’ Un- ion, Local No. 1, has passed a resolu- tion expressing “keen disappointment with the slow progress of the postal salary bill over a period of nine months,” and “requesting congress in the name of justice” to pass the bill. The resolution points out that there are only a few more days left for ac- tion by congress, and declares its “faith” in the ultimate passage of a bill giving the poorly paid postal workers a living wage. The resolution tn full follows: WHEREAS, Congress is engaged in the proces of passing a salary bili for the relief of the poorly paid postal employes who are devoting their time, energy, and mentality to the facilita- tion of the efforts of the post office department to render efficient and satisfactory service to the business interests of the country and the gen- eral public, and WHEREAS, The great volume of business served by this department is expedited by the retention of em- ployes of experience and qualification, and WHEREAS, Notwithstanding the abiding faith and sincere confidence we have in the ultimate action of con- gress to mete out justice to the 360,- 000 postal employes whose wives and children are daily asking what has congress done? we are forced to con- fess our keen disappointment with the slow progress of the bill over a period of more than nine months, with only a few days left for action, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That Local No. 1, in regular meeting assembled, February 8, 1925, hereby request you in the name of justice and humanity to ald the passage of the salary increase bill at this session of congress. CHICAGO POST OFFICE CLERKS’ UNION, LOCAL No. 1, N. F. P. O. C., David W. Johnson, Carl G. H. Tofte, P. 8S. McHugh, Resolution Committee. Kansas Gets Cabinet Post. WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 12.—Wil- liam Jardine has been decided upon for the berth of secretary of agricul- ture, Coolidge officials declared here today. Build the DAILY WORKERI Dr. A. Moskalik DENTIST 8. W. Corner 7th and Mifflin Ste. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 7 Dr S. ZIMMERMAN DENTIST 2232. N. CALIFORNIA Avt MY NEW LOCATION Special X-Ray Prices _ to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work ts Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY |, tional opium conference col and convention which regulates the importation and exportation and the domestic sale of opium and co caine, but in no way prohibits the trade in or use of opium. A phrase was inserted in the agree ment before adjourment that “opium smoking is only temporarily permit ted.” a Belgium Gambles With Its Borrowed d- (Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, Gelgium, Feb. 13.-—-The Belgian government is using 25 per cent of the recent $50,000,000 loan from America, to protect the Belgian franc*® in the international money market. WHDVAPROLLANLENLOCDELOEROTOASEONELUODUELEDOOOROAANAUEAAAEUEOUONUAOAE CHANGIN Where Food Is Good And the service is fine. ” Meet your friends at the Zlotins & Plotkins REPAIR SHOP 3224 W. North Avenue | JULIN’S SHOE STORE AND | Restaurant 100 Per Cent Union 29 South Halsted St. The best of food at a moderate price Phone Belmon@ 2713 Chicago —— adjourned | here tonight, after adopting the proto-| Money to Aid Franc | | THE WORLD'S | | | | ' | BITTERS health In a few days. GREATEST TONIC for lowered vitality makes your blood tingle with joy the minute | you taste it. 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~@ene3 4 DATE IN 22nd WARD members, a yea tn whlch every form of abuse and te ‘ persecution -has been heaped upon the party and fae by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. its members, a year in which the prosecution of ed 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, UL members of ‘the. Workers (Communist) Party has eR ANP | ) ea (Phone: Monroe 4712) —. [been renewed py. the government of Michigan Louis A. Cejka, candidate for aldérman endorsed by the Workers Party | aes da SUBSCRIPTION RATES backed by the strikebreaking Coolidge government, of Chicago in the 22nd ward, works as a machinist every day and con- \ rice and Ruthenberg, the executive of the sequently is thoroly familiar with the needs of the workers. | - i cs By mall: Bs secretary He is in | nes $6.00 per "year $3.50....6 months $2.00...8 months | party, sentenced to three years in prison, with e is not involved in high politics in Chicago and therefore does not \ 4 see: | By mail (In Chicago enly): Foster and 30 other comrades slated for trial, the} Entrusts ee ne ee ee eet ee vane Bs Cerca : Le $8.00 per year $4.50...6 months $2.50..3 months | * ster an at? al, a politician. To Comrade Cejka, the +—— —_—__—— \ [ aS = arena rerperegg Ses ap oy in I is the only one which our enemies to question is very cimate, oo = BP tb , Penal crear Cejka ‘ 5 ae dress e rove incorrect, ect nothing good office erman— be: THE DAILY WORKER “Considérin the fact that the DAILY WORKER| The municipal railway ordinance robe. \ 5 Gb oe this is his fifth experience. Not hav- . 9113 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Iilinels ara: | | ing the backing of a powerful ety ; Pmoetien. ———«|has the smallest staff of any English an reaned POS peer anlelibomy FAY, ethane ethan grader tegen’ P aah the Sear eel » “ | c council by transportation . He has been a mem achine ; ' bs WILLIAM F DUNNE osuem daily in the world, this is a record of which we have)... mittee, provides for expenditure| Machinists’ Local 84 since 1903. For | uch @ machine, Cojka’s merits have +5 MORITZ J. LOEB... iness Manager =| 2 Tight to be proud. of $70,000,000 of the city's money,| five years he held the office of chair] HOt him to the point of sit- . ——/| “As our sole object is to mobilize: the whole} under complete of a board of| man of his local, was secretary for | 8 im the aldermanic council. How- oF Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. Godimuntet’ Paternetiona) for the conquest of the able to the city Gor tito anyone else,| years. He is now a delegate to the eae tad ar ale Gen walle of the nation. The Lions’ | ad al, for the battle against | work in the prosecution of laber | Piddaen tak te walecianl to one extent derstand the dear little capitalists who are kicking] and the city will them have a fourth 1—Abolition of child labor ex- | all the enemies of the working class. | jaw violations thruout th tat | tor “a f his it j 1] ae ‘talists their ribs with spurred heels. member to three for the bankers. The , | Only thru struggle can victory be | miss Swain wo cara sri aa fect | |] this Aside from t 1s it 18 a collection 0 capita ists This, miasmatic formula may sound good ip | bankers thus have a chance to control ‘ won. Unite for the struggle! prige dl. te pit ‘° ppt de a. (|| pes who are engaged in making profit by taking as much | 7; imi, but the 66,000 left wing votes in Green’s the traction ines wane @very dollar of M ovules for Workers Central Executive Committee the Brooklyn chamber ef commeree | = of the revenue produced by their workers as the|” — Riggs: : a “| the debt is paid them by the city. 4 Workers (Communist) Party the Daughte f th | or ; : ,;own organization—the United Mine Workers—in-| This will be for at least forty years. ’ of America. RUORIOPS OF |. BNO. NON EEEM ots workers will stand for and therefore to be treated] .. ' : “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” r and other organizations favored by «Ae uy ws exactly as we treat all other exploiting en- dicates that a considerable portion of the organized|in other words, Dever's .ordinance|..4 «pussia in Overalls” will be WILLIAM Z, FOSTER, teaseuisieieee | ger, “sy tegesalaral tn cacdinels dee workers are tired of having their ribs lacerated and | 2!ves the bankers a franchise of forty |.) own: . Chairman. | od “The state t th “ee t cs oe 5 eon understand capitalism and capitalists to an ex-|’°** St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 20, 444 Rice St.} Cc. E. RUTHENBERG, Red Revel Masquerade Ball, 37 Seuth . = = ww = ° ” meaty tent that is going to ke it i ingl iffi St. Louis, Mo. Feb. 22, Unity Hall, Executive Secretary February 28. rig a going make it increasingly difficult ° that demands complete retraction and explanation, aye C Grand and Page. : ’ ommunist rges and and Pag ' ; a # ' for Green to put over fis gawdsaking brand of | is that which states that ‘the union’ does nothing RGAE AN GI é French Socialist Binghamton, N. Y. Feb. 27, Hider ob for its members. j Theatre, 193 Clinton St. ; Stat “This statement is entirely wrong and has no E a CaN tor the DAIL. WORKER With Wilful Lying * seg 28, Happy Theatre, 38 Clinton onin ivery day get a “sn or the , | place in a Communist paper. It is entirely out of ip atom he. echt y Bet” co MOSCOW. Feb. 13--In a letter, ad-| East Pittsburgh, Pa. Feb. 28th. sea harmony with Communist theory, policy and. tac- ¥* dressed to M. Renaudél, and published | Gary, Ind., Marh 3rd. raed ) tics which regard the unions as the basic organs in the Humanite, the president of the| Milwaukee, Wis. March 7th, Pabst Stat lass ; w ‘ritte ‘ ' ° . council of people’s commissars of So-| Theatre. of the Y struggle. It was-not written by’ a! The Irish Famine viet Armenia, M. Hrnekian, makes | ~ San Francisco, Calif. F | 0.8 responsible member of the staff and the error was : 3 charges against the French socialist| “Polikushka”, “Life of Lenin”, and ; | eee overlooked at a time when two of the staff were ill} The population of the entire west coast of Ire-|jesder, accusing him of deliberately | “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle”, will be shown | 8¥ THURBER LEWIS No. 3 | foe and the careful reading of all copy physically im-fland, fishermen ' and farmers, is in the grip of the| concealing trom the .French people | at: | vis possible. {worst famine in seventy-five years. many facts which came to his knowl-| Chicago, Ill., C. S. P. S. Hall, 1126 , " tens | “The Communist Party and the Communist press| Crops and fuel supply have failed and dispatches swe Raga 4 parse 8 oye Rear cr nelly tog Fe orgy 4 aes The Reformers, No. 3 Josiah Warren and | ing , ; . 24s , ; e sole at suc , . ; | + oes do not fight unions or endeavor to discredit them. a of ee hates fishing enterprise] ;,.ts disproved his janti-Soviet ide-|11 P. M. William Weitling. } the - On the contrary, the Communists aim to be the} as ruine e Irish industry. ology. i. = “Russia and Germany” will be most active in organizing and in the work of the The International ‘Workers’ Aid and the Work-| In this letter the author cites numer-|shown at: OSIAH nang os ebm —s Ps “> be Fee ined pat) ‘ “I see in ; . ° ° ‘ . . e ei. good en- : unions. We believe that only by building powerful jers (Communist) Party are on the job. In response} )"" “ees P a pe owed a Fin. omaay ny, W. Va. Feb. 28th, Union! iissg the Gwealte ‘movement and) Gyelbedia, bat no genie. Bich peo- | made fighting industrial unions thru a policy of amal-|to a cablegram from the I. W. A. requesting co-| ent to the Aree Eieadiidn’ the r lived in New Harmony during his | ple made him an editor.” then. gamation can a real labor movement be created as|operation from the party in relieving the distress} robbing of the G ium State Bank CG Work d earlier years. His experiences in the; In 1847, he came to America. The sants 7 g e Georgian State Bank, /\serman VY OFKers an colony and his studies led hi lutions of 1848 a solid foundation for the struggle for the over-|of our Irish comrades, a committee has already|etc. On the other hand, M. Ernskian . . y s studies led him finally | revolutions © sent him back to the f ithe , s Picad premer t th ‘ Their Children Get to reject the so-called socialism of the | Europe. He returned to America in ish | throw of capitalism and the establishment of the| been formed to enlist the support of the American | Points out he prosper ty enjoyed by 5 : wig Georgia under Soviet rule. Packages from [. W A day. His philosophy became g crude | 1850 and began publishing his “Re- best dictatorship of the working class which will in turn | workers and farmers. In conclusion the @uther ehallencce 4 ° ° *!| sort of anarchism. He devised a sys-| publik der Arbeiter,” a newspaper for killec lay the basis for a Communist society. The appeal of the Irish Workers’ and Peasants’! y Renaudel to refuge the charges pre-|. News has just arrived of the Christ tem of economic exchange that was | spreading propaganda among the Ger- ed th “In the daily struggles of the workers the Com-| Famine Relief Committee should meet with a gen-|ferred against him, warning the lat-|mas distribution of parcels a tood yon Oc Seat atkins aca i Aweriee x beteis thes seca ma munist Party and press looks upon the unions as|¢erous response from the American working class oo _— new revelations are in store|and clothing to locked out workers fo si oto pte hy Orage ere wn som valde tema somone to os Liew. the most efficient weapon of the workers. - which so large a section is of Irish birth and|*°* ™™ _t nd ey families in various parts Of] what he called “time stores,” on the | conciliatory. In the end he became even “We do not fight unions. We do fight the con-| escent. italian Li formula, “labor for labor.” more anarchistic than Communistic The | berale'in Gesture. ’ servative, reactionary and corrupt officials where- The Free State government, that creature of MILAN. The Bdlimeal executive Bice ll ag we gers Abe edi The business of these stores was de- | 2nd like all early anarchists played a@ spu ever we find them. We fight them because we know| British imperialism, has shown its true character | committee of the lib¢ral party was on | Workers’ Aid distributed 10,000 pack- = Ahern oe beige th re oe aye et dh eae the workers. h wn hy that they obstruct the progress of the unions and|in this emergency. It first tried to conceal the ex- record today as declaring the policy/ages to those who had lost their ss hie aaa though i ‘a anc ~ of the fascist administration in oppo- was paid for by the customers in the} thonght, consisted in set the wei of the class struggle and therefore delay the victory | tent of the famine and does not now acknowledge} sition to liberal ndiditeles and invit- means of livelihood in the shutdown! form of “labor notes.” These notes} Problem of money. His soltion he of the wirkers. the actual desperation of the starving masses. me Mherel followers gtr dete of eet —— In addition special| promised to pay the store keeper, on|Summed up as _ follows: ' “The N és r Ww 2 irec its. eri Its reli hav ; eal | packages were given to 3,779 children| demand, “labor-time,” hour for hour, | }@MK of exchange is the sou! ‘of all . Had the DAILY WORKER directed its crit ts relief measures have been wholly inadequate. | of their ideals. of imprisoffed and exiled in the 17] ag compensation to the store k reforms, the foundations forall ’ icism at the officials and not at the union, we would| ‘The pitiable conditions of the Irish workers and - cities. Warren founded poor eat Evegen operative attempts. Just aaths thot ars still have been subject to censure if the facts were| peasants in the famine district is the answer given FINDS CAPITALISM Police Forbids Workers’ Gifts Long Island in which this principle |®@t money system in its various rami- State incorrect, but we would not have committed a grave| by history to the church hierarchy and Free State This action will be continued. In| was to be applied. fications, creates, organizes and forti- under political error. ministers who proclaimed loudly two years ago REWARDS TAL S WITH ake th 300 fa yp A neng 1 ay ag Ridley ee Rae Br, 2 ne wore ho aces ay public “The DAILY WORKER nev ciously prints| that the Russian workers and easants were fami workers in Berlin, 300 in Stuttgart. and) pounding his theory tMat price ‘should | Suffering, so the bank of exchange people e D: LR never consciously prints ad Ss i I Amn HUNGER SUICIDE 200 in Greitz will receive similar par- be determined by labor cost. His will represent the new money system, ignore manufactured news of the labor movement. Those| stricken because’ they had rejected god along with cels. In several towns the distribu-} favorite method, however, of spread- | Which will be a strong weapon against clothi; who are opposed to our policies do not like the| the czar. —— uate pete aig 4 Yuletide gifts was/ ing propaganda was in what he called | t#¢ old money system of swindle,” He have manner in which we handle the news, but so far The Free State government and the Irish clergy Worn out ey thelaliae to ieee cloth oe are _— ee ee Pprtepanes tea en con pines . Sa “it peak ot eaten, . wren a oe : as cE a ES ‘ source of our modern “parlor anarch- r ouse of exc as untruths are concerned it is.our object to print|are providing plenty of prayers for the hungry] ative while he preduged his art. |volunteer workers could not get it ists.” Tho his ideas didn't mest with products of trade sestele ad E aa the truth of all labor controversies even when we | populace, but the Workers (Communist) Party} Maurice Moch, a painter of unusu- all made up into clothing by Christ-| a very popular response in the labor | Workers, into operation. led in |} Let th get the worst of it. and. the Irish Péasants’ and Workers’ Famine Re- - talent, ey suicide by | mas time. movement, they added to the swell- | ess than two years. are -¥ ‘o be “Quite aside fr anv ethic; -al eonsider-| lief Committee will provide y r turning on the gas im his bare room I. W. A. Grows in Germany ing number of social formulas for| “! 1850-51, Weitling stood , Quite antec ae — thical or moral conside! ‘lothi ms and fuel aie de sy vo bu) food, in a poor section of San Francisco. The German workers are on the job saving mankind that were confusing leader of the Slesman? masiinaaean HE ation, it is only by establishing a reputation for|C/oUlIng and rues, With his last strength he wrote | helping their less fortunate comrades| the minds of what American workers | the country. His paper was a leading accuracy and detailed knowledge of all the prob- a letter, adorned with sketohes, stat- | through their own German section of| were interested in such things during | Organ of the German labor movement . lems and struggles of the unions, the unorganized} One hundred and thirtyeight German miners die rein: yey was “all rent and bills” | the I. W. A. There are at present 483/ that period. and his influence was widespread. His ws workers and the working class as a whole, that the|in the deathtraps of industry while the jelly-bellied | ton aoe o pices or - eons jlocal groups with 38,600 individual) William ‘Weitling began his career | Wilful individuality, however, soon was tl : raj ir confidenee ; or Seas) Be: ‘PRE Ke 8 and canvas. e night be- |members. Fees paid monthly range| as a German revolutionist. He was | Made him enemies. The failure of his Communist press can gain their confidence and|coal mine owners sell those who live into double] fore, Moch had fainted on the street {from 5 to 300 gold marks, depending| born in Magdeburg, Germany, which | Plan of exchange soured him. He pee support. |Slavery—slavery to them and to the allied imperial-| from hunger, and an unknown physi- | upon the size of the membership in| was known at that time as a hot-bed grew conservative, In 1854, he gatb- Arty “We call your attention to the fact that in the/ists. This is the history of Germany as it is being ae —_ given him food and taken | the shop or factory. Very few groups| of German liberalism. His early life | ered enough political influence to get 4 eatin year since the DAILY WORKER began publica-| written today. Tomorrow re 2 the ra , pay less than 5 or more than 100} was spent in poverty. In 1837 he went | Nimpelf appointed ae registrar of Ger- _ doctor ee ae hich Ce ee ea ee pe. 3a ¢ y the reafizat on that he | marks monthly. to Paris. There he undertook active | Mam immigration im New York. ) rem, : 8 FO Sa Sips, 408 pri % ' ' ae det could not succeed min his chosen revolutionary work. He flitted from Many years later, in 1871, he attend- | ce slandered, vilified and denounced in all the official | The dome of, the capitol is collapsing, say Wash-| work, and unwill lagete live without Gas Claims Many Victims. one doctrine to another but always | ed a sort of-reunion of revolutionar- | wes union press, their policies, tactics and objects lied | ington dispatchés.» ~ Mook wrote: eae, round hell. NEW YORK, Feb. 13.—Five per-| managed to be looked upon as a sevo-| les held in New York just after the ed about, a year in which they have been éxpelled by| We are ngt gredt-believers in omens, but could aon Cr ongaee ae oo ne in ws gress eer © oe y= rr aia Paris St ater He spoke and ex | 1iz: , , —— y, two in the Bronx an¢ ree ¢ met Marx Brusse 846, | Dressed sympathy for the work of the ; the trade union bureaucrats from labor organiza- anything be more symbolical of the unstable con Open Forum, $ y Night, Lodge| in Manhattan, all the victims of fuel} and disagreed with Marx's theories | First International He died three | tions of which they are generally the most active dition of capitalism? Room, Ashland A um. gas fumes. because he thought them too conserv- days later, ——— —— >