Daily Worker
February 24, 1925
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Tit si iene : +f a 2 out in 7) fy 73 aa oI > > with them. It was. — Saar Ae ees See mR Pies “Se ta oe ” HE conference took place in a room at the Lexington Hotel. The walls were appropriately decor- ated with dead leaves..Whenever any- body passed by the leaves, they (the leaves) rattled, In fact the leaves were .the livest things in the gather- ing, unless an exception may be made in the case of a vocal delegate from Idaho, who opposed everfthing that came from the direction of Morris Hillquit, until an S. P. lady delegate ‘ook the platform, made a few Ap- propriate gestures and knocked the Idahoan as dead mentally, as the leaves on the wall. But he voted: for her motion and _ so did his wife. ‘J * * sakes ott of cap- tivity. The inevitable J. A. H. ‘Hop kins was there with his brief case and as Usual he had an organization lection of human packed inside of it. He is head of the “committees of forty-eight.” That committee was represented by Hop- kins ahd three telegrams, which Hop- kins read. “After Hopkins got the floor and floated his organizations, he was satisfied and did not care how soon it would sink. Indeed it seem- ed as if most the delegates came there to make the audience laugh, cry, cheer or go to sleep as it the case might be. After they had per- formed their particular acts, they went around bearing and air of satis- faction as if to say: “I have made a ‘ipple in this little pond.” + * ae HE conference was as cheerful when it reconvened in the after- noon as a condemned man giving his last interview to the press prepara- tory to going to the gallows. For one thing there was a burden of debt around the C. P. P. A’s neck. At first the figure was set at $5,000 but in the afternoon, bills began to emerge from all sides. It was learned that the C. P. P. A. had a skeleton to the tune of $8,000 in its closet for quite some time. This appeared to shock the socialists who expected in inheri* a solvent organization. Various speakers mostly socialists, when delivering orations with the object of impressing the labor leaders with their technique, never failed to men- tion that besides rolling up votes for LaFollette in the last election they also were adepts in the art of rolling up debts. This, was not so good to ears of the “business men.” a 7 HE writer had the pleasure of seeing the great comedian De Wolf Hopper play the leading, tho not. the title role in “The Mikado.” It was an enjoable experience but for rib- tickling merriment the last act of the C. P. P. A. ran Hopper off the boards. Not that the stolid leaders of the brotherhood organizations with one exception, are comedians. No, they are very serious persons and stand on their dignity. They are not comedians, but there is one clown in session in such a central confederation now exists, altho the Cuban labor move- ment is strong and militant. At the December conference 70 la- bor organizations were represented. The yellow Brotherhood of Railway Employes boycotted it, however. The 4etter to the present congress is as follows: To the Cuban National Labor Con- gress, Cienfuegos, Cuba. Dear Comrades: Greetings! _ The eyes of all the workers of Cuba are upon you. And not only in Cuba, but thruout the length and breadth of the western hemisphere—yes, thru- out the world—class conscious work- ers who recognize the essential unity of our struggle are looking to you in you will fulfi]l the important task which history has assigned to you. It has been a source of wonder to the outside world that Cuba, despite its long record of labor struegles and (Continued on page | MILITARISTS TALK PEACE: READY FOR WAR hope and expectancy, confident that | United States a LONGER WORKING DAY STON, Mass., Feb. 22.—Ratific- . ation of the child labor amendment Was defeated by a 33 to 1 vote in the ‘State senate. An advisory referen- dum had already gone against the measure, at the November electidn. “The | house defeated ratific- ation by a vote of 204 to 9. Two bills for the termination of the 48 hour law are being supported by Massachusetts textile interests In hearings before the committee on labor and industries of the state up- per and lower a, One bill would substitute the hour law for the present 48 hour limit. The other would suspend the 48 hour law for a two year period in favor of 54 hours. ” The associated industries of Mas- sachusetts and the Arkwright club, an organizaiton of textile men, are furnishing the long hour arguments at the hearings. Organized labor is fighting for the retention of the pre- —— sent law. a2, 102 aS” meme nday’ by THE DAILY WORKIIR Price 3 Cents Daily. 2888pt’St ron CO.,.11136W. Washington Bivd.,' Chicago, IIL. ite 500 COMRADES ARE WANTED F OR PARIS COMMUNE PAGEANT, MARCH 15}. The workers of New York dightteneei: a wonderful spectacle on Feb. 1, when 15,000 Communists and Communist -sympethizers crowded Madison Square Garden in the name of Leninism. be filled with Communists and their followers. The Communist press has arranged is the date the Paris Commune and the lessons of that historical event are . | ident) NEW YORK, | —The logic of a 20 per cent 4 and shorter ho is appcaliing to ‘the é on chil-, dren’s_ slik and. muslin an extent bers come garment jee trades. § . unorganized _ the Interna. Yorkers’ Un- 120 per cent 4 , mt ..% « 2 THE END OF TREATY GIVING ENGLAND | _ * a ae PALESTINE MANDATE I REPORTED FAVORABLY WASHINGTON, Feb, 19.— The Palestine treaty, between the Unit- ed States and Great Britain for the establishment of a British mandate In Palestine was favorably report- ed today by the senate foreign re- lations committee. The treaty provided for the es- tablishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine and recognized the Zionist organization as an offi- cial agency for the development of the country. CLP. P. A. a. LONDON, Webs Be government is cr imag to ‘eo disarmament conference “ i United States “no matter? the scope,” it was said at the’ Brien foreign office today. ah The British government ° nid not, however, received from the Aiérican government any definite proposals for a disarmament conference, thé foreign office asserted. It said that. Bngland would “welcome” such an invitation from the United States. \ “Barkis Is Willin’” Great Britain is willing, too, that the conference should be held in Wasington. This is in contrast to the policy of the MacDonald government, which insisted that the conference must be held in Europe. The conference should not be called until autumn because of the question of French security still being unset- tled, the foreign office pointed out. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28. Another Communist. Killed by the Fascisti Near Serbian Border SOFIA, Feb. 22.—The struggle be- tween the Bulgarian fascist govern- ment and the workers, led by the Communists, is growing in intensity. A Communist has been killed at Vidin, near .the Serbian border. | WOMEN LOSE FIGHT FOR IMMEDIATE RIGHT TO VOTE IN ENGLAND LONDON, Eng. Feb. 22.—Women lost her battle for immediate equal suffrage in England when the house of commons today passed the + administration amendment to the _elettoral bill, 220 to 153. « This action has the effect of de- laying the electoral reform in behalf of women until possibly 1929. The “immediate suffrage,” amend- ment was submitted by Whitely, laborite. it provided for the enfran- (Continued on page 2.) chisement of all women over 21. & Detroit and Toledo Jobs Disappear DETROIT, Feb. 22.—There are 50,000 fewer jobs in Detroit in February, 1925, than a year ago, according to the employers’ association. presenting about two-thirds of the total employment in the auto city have 207,107 on their payrolis compared with 241,402 a year ago, 16 per cent. * * a reduction of * ® TOLEDO, Feb. 22.—Employment in Toledo is off more than 18 per cetit compared with February, 1924. a The 51 plants reporting to the merchants’ manufacturers’ association show 22,816 employes. A year ago they had TS) 27,919 on the payrolis. For the entife city this means 15,000 fewer jobe, ~ ee . —-— ee in Members re- | ee ia >< + =f GOOD MEETINGS AT DUBUQUE AND CLINTON, IOWA Militants Heard First , Communist Speech By DAVID COUTTS. CLINTON, Ia., Feb. 22.—Our meet- ing at the Labor Temple in- Clinton was one of the best spirited we have had in the lowa organization cam- paign which is now being carried on by J. E. Snyder, district organizer, as- sisted by David Coutts. _At this meeting the trade union members were in the majority and lis- tened attentively to the speakers. Clinton has a trade union member- ship of about two thousand today. They went thru the railroad shop- men’s strike with their locals almost intact. There was, at one time, a good socialist local here and follow- ing that they elected a number of workers to city and county offices on a labor ticket. The experiences fol- (Continued on Page 4.) Whispered in Secret “Hello, will you be there?” “Where?” “Bronx Section affair, New York, 1347 Boston Rd., Saturday, Feb. 28?” “Ne, | won't.” “Hush—lI'll tell you a secret. You're going to miss something great; all New York will be there. Wonderful concert; eats, galore and dancing ‘til ‘)you can dance’ no more. You'll be the sorriest animal this side of Atiatitie if you don’t come along.” *TiHianks for the tip. I'll be there. ifor me. I'm the girl who wears bbed hair.” , the — a COOLIDGE MAY SOON BE EATING SPAGHETTI WITH FINGER NAILS WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Econo- my, like the cat, came back on Pres- iden®Coolidge. Irritated by the extreme duliness of a knife eraser he had been us- ing “for some time, the executive sent into the outer’officer for a new and sharper one. . “Sorry” was the, prompt reply, “but in the effort-to meet the addi- tional economy program, there are no more knife erasers in stock.” SCAB CLOTHING MILL BANKRUPT The federal district court has ap- pointed a receiveri*for the Daniel Boone Woolen Millg'the concern that tried to fight its'#triking garment workers in Rock Island with injunc- tions last summer.. The receiver is Edward Brundage who has been out of a public job since he was defeated in his race for re-election as Illinois attorney general in 1924. Brundage | is the man who tried to hank Illinois | miners after the Herrin mine war of | 1922. The jury acquitted all defend- | ants. / Open Forum. Stee , said. \i the funerals.” On March 15, the Garden will again a pageant, ball and. concert. March 15 to be drawn once more—the lessons of the defeat of the workers of Paris— and the lessons that the Russian revo- lution has taught the workers—the lessons of victory. In order better to portray the action | of the workers of Paris against the bourgeoisie whose assembly was gath- ered at Versailles, the committee in charge has arranged a pageant, that will excel for its magnitude. Hundreds of comrades and sympathizers, if not thousands, will participate in this grandiose pageant, which will be the biggest thing that the Communists of New York have ever undertaken. The pageant will be directed by Dr. Alexander Arkatov, who conducted the magnificent production of “The Dawn” in Moscow. The pageant will require a good- sized band—and above all a large number of comrades to act in the mass scenes. All comrades of the Workers Party, Y. W. L, and Junior groups who are willing to devote themselves to the pageant and to participate in it, should report at once to Comrade Fralkin, at the district office. Little time can be lost, as there are only three weeks left. TAKE 49 MINERS MANGLED BODIES FROM MINE PIT Local Union Plans to Provide Relief (Special to The Diity Worker) SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb. 22.—Forty- nine, smashed and mangled bodie have been taken from the City mine, ' . ~ Union Handles Situation Tons..of slate have fallen from the roof of the mine since the explosion which killed 61 members of the Sul- livan Mine Workers’ Union. “There are about ninety three of us left,” O. C. Thomas, chéckweighman for the union, who is identifying the bodies, “And we'll pay the expenses of The mine is about 320 feet deep and has been in operation for two years. Up until the time of the ex- plosion, the mine produced an aver- age of 1,000 tons of coal per day, most of which was shipped to Chi- cago. The ownership of the mine has nat been made public. Wilt Resume Operation Adjustant General Kershner when NEW YORK SHOP NUCLEI MEETING ON TUESDAY EVE Do You Work Between{ 14th and 42nd? _ ae ae The first shop nuclei EES ae meeting in New York City wil take Place Tuesday evening, Feb. 24, at 6:30 p. m. The meeting will be held in the club rooms of the Armenian Workers Club, 407 Fourth Ave. near 28th street. At this meeting efforts will be made to organize. into shop nuclei all the party members who work in the area that lies between 14th street and 42nd street. asked whether the national guard would be called out said, “The Sulli- van county miners have a strong or- ganization which I believe will be able to cape with the situation.” Survivors of the disaster predicted that the mine would be in operation again within two weeks. Worst Disaster in Years _&. @,. Dally, state mine inspector, said that the disaster was the worst MGine catastrophe in Indiana in many years. Dally has been in charge of the rescue work. The mine is com- paratively small, and had been work- ed intensively, with modern machine- ry. Huge dynamos generate electric- ity to run the conveyor in which the coal is moved to the surface. The mine is located on a tract of land 277 acres in extent. National guard units will be dis- patched from Terre Haute to aid in relief work if Dally requires them (Continued on page 2) Leave Progressives Socialists in Squa The long-heraided convention of the conference of progressive politica tion was broken up by the rail brotherhood chiefs’ refusal to t part in a third party. ' A national provisional conferénce for the formation of an indi political party, which was lowing the adjournment 6f the C. P. P. A., was demoralized by the with- drawal of the railroad union heads and doomed by the lack of any sort of mass character, thus failing to ac- complish its purpose, Shepherd Turns on Cold Water. From the beginning, the third par- ty was doomed. Delegate Shepherd, head of the railway conductors and spokesman for the recalcitrant broth- erhood chiefs, threw the first panful of cold water when he submitred a resolution that would have the dele- gates say: “It is the sense of this hedy that a new party should not be formed.” His proposal was not very well re- ceived and was followed by amend- ments and a substitute asking for the formation of all kinds of new par- ties. But the brotherhood chiefs were firm. Their better business judgment, they said, told them the time was not ripe for a new party and that for the present they were determined to continue the policy of “reward your friends and punish your enemies.” Hiliquit Urges Labor Party. Morris Hillquit, fepresenting the executive committee of the socialist party, brought forward an amendment to provide for the immediate organ- ization of an American labor party. It should be patterned after the Brit- ish labor party and should be based on the principles of “industrial and political democracy.” en charged that these were so- | Gialist principles, it was pointed out ‘tant of-American: documents. ~ When it was seen that the brother- hoods were definitely not to be con- sidered, a fight started between the progressives and the S. P. over the character of the new party. The progressives didn’t want another so- clalist party, they said. They wanted a party to represent the five million citizens who yoted for LaFollette. Hillquit saw the breakers ahead. The wealthy New York lawyer sum- moned his greatest powers of ora- tory. Let us agree at least that we want a new party. Very well, the progressives said, we will agree to that, but we will insist on our own kind of party. Debs Speaks; Hillquit Dickers. The brotherhood chiefs had invited them to go and organize a new party if they wanted one... Hillquit got worried. To give himself time to plead with the brotherhoods to get out and let the party boosters have the hall, he urged Debs to rise and (Continued on page 2) | FORD EMPLOYES WIN STRIKE IN DANISH FACTORY COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 22.—The workers at the Ford com- pany’s motor works won a strike after twenty-four hours, when the Ford company gave in to their de- mands that a painter who had beer discharged be put back to work. The Ford plant is swamped with quick delivery orders, and faced a serious situation. The reason given for discharging the painter was that he “spilled water an a newly paint- ed car.” ) wivery memb:2r of the party in Dis- trict 2 who works in this area must make it his or her duty to attend the meeting. The reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuclei is one of the party's most important tasks right now. Comrades of District 2, don’t forget. Spend Your Sunday Evening at the | 407 Fourth avenue, Room 1. “THE YOUNG WORKER,” SOON TO BE WEEKLY; PROMISES TO BE KEEN WEAPON IN FIGHT ON CAPITALISM By BARN EY MASS If you work between 14th and 42nd Efforts are being made to have the “bible-in-the-schools” bill adopted nation streets, the meeting conc.rns you. ally. This bill provides that ten verses from the bible be read every day Our slogan in the campaign for or- | and become a regular item of the curriculum of the schools. It is now uy \ganization of shop nuclei is “On to/| before the Ohio legislature, New York and other states. It is gradually being ithe shops!” Let us start the march ‘of the organized Communists to the | shops by coming Tuesday evening to the Armenian Workers ..all. Place, ate Feb. 24. Time right after wok, 6:30 p. m. “LOQNEY GAS” VICTIM DIES at Penns Grove, New Jersey, BRIDGETON, M™ J., Feb. 22.—Robert Huntsinger, 34, died as the result of terra-ethy! leadq poisoning, following serious iliness and insanity. industrial disease wetim got him death from employment in the DuPont plant This oatdd ee -- | spread to embrace the entire country. In Cleveland the national commit | toon organization to join up this issue sentatives from working class organ- izations to carry on the struggle. With the Young Worker to come out every week instead of once in two weeks, the fight against child la- bor, bible bill and the like, will gain | a new impetus. | a major degree to rally great au | bers of young and old workers for our fight. To establish conferences with repre-¢#—————— It will contribute in | “ tee of the league has instructed the with the struggle against child labor. working for the building up of the | Young Worker. With a weekly, our message will permeate larger and | larger numbers of young workers. As |a@ means of abolishing child labor. preventing the enactment of the bible bill,” opposition to state con- stabularies. Insure the life of the Young Worker as a weekly organ of To fight effectively against |the militant young workers ip this such arbitrary legislation, means also | country, ‘4 ’ : : that the phrase is a common inhabi-
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PA &, 7 E ae ae ¥ - ¥ : : sm Fs > - i= ~ Ar = aly > - ~ vA 7 > 4 L¢ +A + : - Hel the Spike of the SEVEN SINNERS Seven DAILY readers Hadn't sent their dollar, One met a militant, REDDENED to the collar: He Drove His $pike! $ Six DAILY readers Pledged T. U. E. L., One searched his conscience,— $$ Five DAILY readers Still talking faction, One read the slogan “Less words, more action” He Drove His $pike! $$$ = ——eorrr. as WE sur 17 TSTRIKERS SPURN 1/10 GENTS RAISE By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. |. (Continued from page 1) among them and he stayed, like the boy on the burning deca “when all but he had fled.” The clown of the show was William H. Johnston, or “B. & QO, Bill” as he is now bap- lars. Other seasoned veterans of many such flascos, asked each other: “What's the matter with Viadeck?” brotherhood officials are busy business men. They did not want to waste their time any longer. Sheppard of the conductors was their chief spokesman. He wanted the C. P. P. A. to go along in its established rut and suggested that those who did not like that policy might politely go to pot. It was a short speech and not eloquent but there was some power behind it. Morris Hillquit rose; stepped catlike to the platform, smiled sweetly in all directions, par- ‘ticularly at the bushy hiruste annex in which Sheppard's upper lip is am- bushed. Hillquit made a good speech —for the purpose. That must be ad- mitted. He pictured the fozzilized labor lakers in front of him as potent- ial MacDonalds, Hendersons and Sid- ney Webbs, who had the pleasure of kissing the king of England’s toe. The lips of the labor fakers moisten- ed but they withstood the tempta- tions, S:’* @2 8 BE did not mention endowed auto- mobiles or shares in biscuit fac- tories, but most of the labor leaders in front of Hiliquit owned labor banks and could buy out the British royal family. Hlilquit’s speech won the conference for the immediate forma- tion of a party, at least the applause was heavy. But it was not any heavier than the enthusiasm of the la- bor leaders. One by one they got up and said that they were business men and could not commit their ‘érganiza- tions to Hillquit’s program, mu¢eh tho they sympathized with the*eautiful ideals that Hillquit cherished: They were friendly enemies. °*'° | + JWLOW failure of the gathering to tific” money when the chairman Very ‘patiently allowed plenty of time to lift the burden off the shouders,of the stag- gering C. P. P. A, Visions of the July 3rd conference rose up when, Brock from Detroit, a delegate from the bro- therhood organizations, reminded the socialists and others that.they were the guests of the C. P..P.,A. and should act with becoming decorum. It was John Fitzpatrick’s speech to the Communists now directed at OFFER OF CITY Rubbish -Clutters All City’s Streets the street Sweepers and Cleaners’ Union, Local No. 361 was given sole power to act as the representative of the strikers, and was given power to settle the strike on what terms he thoughts fit. However, they flatly re- jected the offer of Sprague. Strikers Hold Meeting “We are making no attempt to in- stitute any regular picketing,” said Carrozzo. “We won't need to. The city streets are already filled with debris and garbage that the city has been unable to clear away.” Carozz0 told the strikers at the meeting, held in Musicians’ Hall, 175 W. Washing- ton street, that his union demanded that the finance committee of the city council provide funds to give them a decent wage. Carrozzo received a letter from Commissioner Sprague stating, “I will recommend to the finance committee the rate of $5.20 for street repair men, $5.10 a day for street laborers with- out uniform and $5.20 a day for uni- formed laborers, and $8.00 per day for section foreman.” This was an increase of ten cents a day, which the strikers unanimously rejected. A conference will be held between Carrozzo and Sprague on Tuesday afternoon, at which the city will be forced to accede to the strikers de- mands, according to several of the union officials. FASCISTI FEAR REVOLT OF REDS IN BULGARIA koff, who fears that Bulgaria is on the eve of a revolution Ied by the Communists. Clashes have occurred between Bulgariin fascists and Ser- bian workers near Zaribrod, it 4s re ported. Two were killed and several wounded in the fighting. The un$¥ed opposition parties have again appealed to the king to demand the resignation f the fascist premier. Most of these parties declare they want a democratic-pacifist govern- ae oe and the possessing bs can never be pitiful. There he ‘the doctrine he ‘for thirty years, him a convention socialist rene- gades and middleclass politicians. Hew thé’ Trick was Played. In the meantime, Hillquit did his work. ‘Phe rail union heads agreed to withdraw. The C. P. P. A. ad- journed sine dig. A session was called for the evening. — The credentials committee report showed that isbor’ representation to the convention was practically non- existent, A Half dozen local labor bodies, three state federations had sent credentials, but the delegates were not present. The rest were from the socialist party, state com- mittees of the C. P. P. A. and an ar- ray of “progressive” groups of doubt- ful standing with the officialdom of the Amalgamated, I. L. G. W. U., and Furriers’ Union. A-few local and county labor parties were seated with- out a vote. When’ the night session convened to organize the new party, the alignment ‘was clear. There were twb distinct forces at work. The sopialist party fighting for its skin ine Hfiii@uit’s demand for an American labér party, and the pro- gressives trying to launch a liberal movement to pick»mp the loose poli- tical ends of thé “aFPollette campaign. Then the Fun Began. The “progressives” fired the first gun. They submitted a _ resolution favoring a national progressive poli- tical party baself Un’ individual mem- berships. pe yay re-introduced Hillquit’s for a labor party. of capturing the*‘conVention for so- Then a progressive would get up and say that he would have nothing to do with. a party anything like the socialist party. Amd so it went. Hillquit was asked a direct ques- tion by one of the delegates as to the willingness of the socialist party to lose its identity in the new party. Hillquit smiled 7 alee the socialist party lost its political identity three years ago and that it wishes to con- ~ ¥ > a 7 ey o el : . a) .¥ : aor * : + Pg : ' _ - ie atieelntie yo , — ; rc ap eee —— Sr ee Lee ae eee . o t 4 ~ f ." ~ .. , $ - ra . . 1 t - ~4 feet Ba +;% 2 . S655 : | ae wz 4 re Ss it, Pee i Pe 4 » > in 4 vast as ; 7 a : q y xe ied ; rae * ik’ 4 Sh ae ree . J * ¢ : 2 ” y : es s m4 Pet % . 7 oy ae # . ni aya le feaw .-h pe ; #34 ™ 4 ; +1 f “. et > ‘. . e : aS . a. th sree = a4 ., > — ae. a ? f ~ — ee . - : 2 ° - . 2 ads , tee . ; ~ ‘et? 4 oe ost 2a 3 ‘s ? e os Ps ad BM Lo t .B sy ees aa . ae ¢ asieea Gor ea as 5 ae at Te wets Ke A eR 2) Se OT A SAT Sere t \ ott irae 2a -e te fia oe os cba, iat & Mae Bey es a” x é ; Peed x - & ir . wv; - 42% of 7 we © ° ~ P i | ow « 7 f’, ‘ es - ; —- ib. be 7 3 ; 4 3 F . gr i ty . 4 ; ‘ a . ‘ 5 SS Y i | \ ae a ye ‘th B , Re se =* ° - { cy . : 4 ‘ 5 ¢ : 4 : i + - - ‘ . ‘ , + re vig - Even the ‘Democrats of ‘The Soli . Mask of ‘Progressivis et ss . *. -_ ~~. South’ Don terests. | Fess Berger’s socialism is being unmasked on an inter- national scale as a close ally of fascism. Coolidge’s reaction, thru its daily deeds, reveals itself it to the workers and poor farmers in this country, and thru its imperialist ambitions. unfolds its threat to the workers of the world. | It is here that the democrats inject themselves into the situation, claiming to be the only real F phy prveioal They are out of office, on a national scale, and can therefore afford to be i explosive in their contentions, They need to shout loudly to make their victims forget democratic crimes in those states-where the donkey party is in power, especial- ly thruout “The Solid South.” * ¢ 8 @ Several conferences of democrats are promised for the immediate future, in which the labor aristocracy will no doubt seek to play a prominent role, now that it has prac- tically dumped its Conference for Progressive Political Ac- tion. There may be an “eastern conference,” a “western conference” and a “southern-western conference,” repre- senting as many divergent tendencies in the party. And there are different sections of the labor aristocracy tied up with all factions. The McAdoo elements have their stren and denounce Tammany Hall in “the east” as a part of the “money mart of the world.” But Tammany Hall boasts the support of the whole Official labor regime in both New York city and state. In the McAdoo camp, more open from now on, will be found the railroad brotherhood chiefs who have been so conspicuous in the “C. P. P. A.” But even the democrats of the late slave-holding south- ern states claim to be “progressives.” From the most back- ward section of the nation, where labor is unorganized and kept in the deepest misery, they hurl their invective at Tam- many Hall control of the party. {t also boasts its “labor” wing in George L. Berry, the strike-breaking president of the International Printing Pressmen'’s Union. *+ s+ S ® The different brands of democratic “progressivism” may well be judged from the fact that it is in democratic New Jersey, in the East, that strikes are being continually broken, like the silk strikes in Paterson; that it is in demo- cratic Colorado in the West where Rockefeller rules, and to organize and better their conditions, has been met with the “Shoot to Kill!” orders given the state militia called to battle labor on the field of the class war. % 7 It is said that the first democratic conference will be held in St. Louis in April, on the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the slaveholder, typical of the southern democracy of today. It will be well for the workers and poor farmers to watch this conference, especially to become bet- ter acquainted with the brand of “labor faker” that will taal iasialie ' participate therein i ha ed h in “the west” wel aoe = J tised. cieipteatiaiel speech he did, He was told to speak|| . ’ Boe, b. * ie . ap Twenty-five hundred striking street | for a mew party, He did in a way, ui mee ENGDAHL: A}; Special to The Daily Worker) was @ ratner Hively convention 10 | cleaners, garba but he wasn’t on his feet five minutes | = . o> paca “>. | BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 22.—When the sense that a madhouse is live-| wagon cries gpa poh “the where he was and ODAY, the politicians put on their " masks a bill e ahia punishment from 1€ ly, except when the chairman, John-| city of Chicago, voted unanimously to ° and energetically prepare, not only for the congressional | ,..15 to tite imprisonment for “hold- ston, attempted to collect enough | reject the offer of commissioner of Progres-/ elections of 4926, but also for the next national presidential ~ t silaeation before th money to pay the indebtedness of public works Sprague of a raise of 8 the rail chiefs campaign in 1928. : | up came for consideration e the the C. P. P. A. The silence was every-| ten cents per day. ist f “Cal” Coolid h bli lower house of the North Dakota legis- thing but golden, One socialist, who per day Every capitalist from “Ca oolidge, the republican |) 1+. last Saturday afternoon, Feb. hoped against hope that the 8..P.|, om men struck following the ve- one, the chair| %trike-breaker, to “Vic” Berger, the “socialist” red-baiter, {14 4 caused considerable opposition ‘still had a chance of capturing the cana tion pero gee Me, * He tappea| — Prides himself on being a “ rogressive.” His job is to make © |t-om the progressive members of that convention put up ome hundred dol-| aay Michael Carrozzo, sonatas of Debs to| the masses believe that this “progressivism” is in their in+ "| hoay, nut the strongest opposition was voiced by the lone Communist mem- ber of that body, Comrade A, C. Mil- ler of Williams county. He pointed out where bankers in his home county had been charged with embezzlement of about seven hundred thousand dollars of both private and public funds and asked whether there was much difference between the crimes committed. “If you will in- clude embezzlers in that bill, I will support it, but otherwise not,” said Miller. , | At another point Comrade Miller called the attention of the house mem- bers to the fact that altho bills were being offered to make laws more stringent for the punishment of crime, nothing had been offered yet for the prevention of crime. He told them that unemployment and uncertainty of life was the chief cause of crime. “I have a paper in my pocket carrying the news item that alone in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, there are 50,000 men out of employ- ment,” Comrade Miller said. Miller, a gray haired farmer of Wil- liamson county, altho the only niem- ber of the Workers (Communist) Par. ty in the legislature, has distinguished himself on several occasions with sharp remarks on the present-day “shortcomings.” Whenever Miller gets. up to speak on any subject, he is sure to attract the attention of every member of that body, as well as the crowds in the galleries. Many of, the non-partisan league members of the assembly feel that Comrade Miller “always knows what he is talking about,” as one member put it to the writer. Girl Pickets Get Garment Workers Out in New York It hurt like hell: ~ ine ealeth sOnia,Rieactpilltes.Siicsds aint nts og a apd sat iB, mie in “The Solid auth,” (Continued ; last straw that broke the bro- he. SURAT OD. .. mines;. tis in ain “Th lid South,’ | tinued from page 1) Z He Drove His $pike ! therhood camel's took was the - note regres er rsacat gy . Where every effort of the tal miriers and steel workérs | are likely, if they win shops to the union. Girls in oné of the chil dren’s dress shops which came out on strike call were getting only $14 a week, they tell the union organizer. Men with families in the same shop made only $20 and the highest paid workers in the shop got $22. Girls Rally to Picket Lines. Employers who have refused be- fore to deal with the union express their dismay to the pickets at their success in winning non-union workers from the shops. In spite of daily ar- socialists. Both the socialists and|™emt, “as the only means of saving | tinue merely as an educational me- Coolidge, at present the avowed instrument of Wall | rests of 10 to 15 pickets the strikers the ex-socialists who constituted — country from @ Belsheviat revolu- — ‘ecmieaanale isis Sones Street rule, stands in the open. He will be pock-marked with racy a rigged battle line from 7 the great majority of the conference | “°"- capitalist crimes before his next term expires. He will with- (‘2 ‘he morning until 7 at night. Four DAILY readers were glad to get rid of the brother- spoken. McKaig of Idaho, said, “The No trade union card,— One joined the Builders, Felt like an Old Guard: He Drove His $pike! $$3$ Three DAILY readers, Nothing in their jeans,— One caught a liberal, Possessed of means: He Drove His $pike! 83355 Two DAILY readers, Strangers in the city,— One pawned his B. V. D.’s, Now he’s sitting pretty: He Drove His $pike! SHHISD One DAILY reader, Left al! alone, Hired out as hash-slinger,— Earned himself a bone: He Drove His $pike! $$5555$ And You? PEEP LLL LL LL LBL LM PD LBL LM ALM LAP LM hood convention vote if not of the brtherhood support. But when the brotherhoods made themselves scarce and the socialists thought they had the convention by the neck, the real trouble started. It was a case of dog eat dog. . >’ s EFORE the C. P. P. A. took the potion which sent it off into eternal sleep Eugene V. Debs, was put up by the socialists to make a speech. The party was getting rough about now and Hiliquit feared that the brotherhoods would leave hurried- ly or call in the cops and eject the poor..relations. Debs, who rarely if ever attended a socialist party con- vention, was dragged into this gather- ing of fréak-frauds in order to cap- italize the respect that his personality has earned for him. His speech was old and stale but it a typical old- fashioned speech and he even used the word “revolutionary” once. The Milwaukee Leader delegation gasped. _ os > HILE Debs was wasting his W breath on this collection of ad- venturers labor lakers and nondes- cripts, Morris Hillquit was dickering with Robertson, Sheppard, Mannion and the other railroad chiefs. When Debs got thru, Sheppard announced that the C. P. P. A. conference had adjourned sine die and those whe wanted to form a new party could hire the hall if they wanted. Hillquit said this was entirely satisfactory. As these lines are written the third in- staliment of the comedy is taking place. But if “sine die” means any- thing the C. P. P. A. is dead and the S. P. is frantically loking for a ‘shroud in which to envelop its own Here is my dollar to vest mer home THE LA$T $PIKE! corpse. WEEKLY YOUNG WORKER CELEBRATION March 8, 3:30 P. M. at the WORKERS HALL 722 Biue Island Ave. Mass Meeting - Banquet - Dance Sunday, — Admission Free — aa Patronize our advertisers. STATE MEDDLING IN TRADE UNION WORK IS THREAT (Special to The Dally Worker) SPRINGFIELD, IIL, Feb. .22.—As- semblymen in the Illinois legislature today launched an attack on the la- bor unions, and threatened to, enact, legislative control of the unions. James Curran of Chicago, one of the representatives making the at- tack gave as his reason that “a man cannot join a union, no matter how skilled he may be, unless some of his relatives belong to the union.” Rep- resentatives Lee Brown of Ottawa, and John Clark of Decatur, also at- tacked the unions. The reasons given for the attack, trade union members stated, were used as a cloak to hide an attempt to break up the trade unions by means of state regulation. Still Have Hopes. SPRINGFIELY, UL, Feb. 22.— Illi- nois yet may collect the $97,000 in- heritance tax claimed to be due from the estate of the late Delavan Smith, Lake Forest millionaire publisher of the Indianapolis News, it became known at the office of the attorney general today. REPORT TOMORROW AT WORKERS PARTY OFFICE FOR POLL DUTY The local office of the Workers (Communist) Party calis on ail party members available to report at the local office, 166 W. Washing- ton St., Room 303, for duty as pol! watchers. The four Communist candidates are expected to receive an excellent vote, and it is up to us to see that this vote is counted. Watchers are needed thruout the six at night. socialists have to forget their party if they want a progressive party. The moment you stick this class conscious stuff over, you lose Idaho. Delegate Johnstone,,a doctor of divinity from Maryland, charged the convention with organizing a move- ment away from LaFollette and pre- dicted its downfall, The further the debate advanced, the more complicated matters be- came. Jos’ nston was in a quandary As chairman, he very seldom knew what was before the house. As a matter of fact, nothing was. Motions were made, seconded and forgotten only to be succeeded by other mo- tions. No relief was in sight. It was finally proposed that a committée be appointed to bring in a report on the character of the future party. Submit Two Reports. a Two reports wefe brought in, Sun- day morning, after Johnston, presum- ably suffering from the effects of a very bad night, Had thrown ancther pail of cold water in his opening ad- adress. One, the majdiity report, submit- ted by Hayes of New York, reiterated the progressive @emand “Mor a party based on individual memberships and geographical lines, with the compro- mise that the exegutive committee of the new party could use its discretion in admitting labor groups. George Roewer, Jr., for the socialists, sub- mitted Hillquit’s labor party proposal as the minority .zeport. are fxely, if they win their shops te Debate Takes on Blue Tinge. The fight began all over again. The same speakers arose and said the same things they had said the day be- fore, but more briefly and disconso- lately. Both sides seemed to sense that no agreement would be reached. Hillquit arose and made his last stand. “We _ socialists have been charged,” he said, “with moving too fast. It requires @ lot of imagination to think that. We have been pro- crastinating for years.” Praise for mmunists. Mrs. Meserow, socialist delegate from New York, was the only one who made mention of the Workers (Com- munist) Party. he spoke of the great Mass mee the W. P. held in Madison Square Garden on the oo day, from nine in the morning until —<_ 4 —— ia cai cc i A RNAI ENE AENT A out doubt become a thing for loathing in the eyes of in- creasing millions of workers. Then the capitalist politicians, with their “labor lieutenants,” will trot out the donkey party once more, seeking to peddle its assininity to the whole . working class. It is a good time for the workers and poor farmers to awaken to this situation now, as the initial moves to put it over are being made. It is a good thing to remember that Woodrow Wilson, the democrat, was one of the best presidents that Wall Street ever had. it is a good thing to remember that the Workers (Com- munist) Party is the only party that fights against capital- ism, to achieve its abolition, and to usher in the rule of the producing masses. Against the class the revolutionary action “progressivism” of the capitalist ruling of the workers and farmers! casion of Lenin’s death. She said the Communists know how to organ- ize. They are the real party of the left. The socialist party was far to the right and very close to the pro- gressives, for which reason she did not see the necessity of the social- ists and progressives meeting on any but common ground. A motion was finally made to table the minority report, Hillquit’s 1reso- lution. The motion carried by a vote of 93 to 63. The motion of Hayes to organize a progressive party on state lines leaving the afliliation of out- side groups optional on the part of state organizations was adopted. Another. resolution providing for the chair to appoint a committee of five to co-operate with progressive organizations in the several. states looking toward the calling of a na- tional progressive convention at a later date, was presented. Left Out in Cold. The socialists were left out in the cold. They voted for the latter re- commendation and gave up the ship. The convention adjourned, If the sessions of the convention were nothing else, they were amusing. Never was a more motley gathering of political free-lancers brought to- gether. The delegates represented for the most part only theniselves: The predominating atmosphere of the convention was distinctly miiddle- class. Its outstanding features were: the burial of the socialist party off America and the passing of ‘the C.’ PP. d& Our Dead | (Special to The Daily Worker) SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb, 22.—Follow- ing is a revised list of the dead and missing in the Sullivan mine disaster: IDENTIFIED DEAD. Mike Cusack James Eller John Neal W. H. Moberly Robert Freeman Harry Gorby Cecil Carty Ellis Eaton Philip Walters John Row Frank Hawhee John Brown Gilbert Taylor Harry Anderson John A. Word Elile Lecoquoc Arthur C. Sullivan Silas Wagner Claude Saunders John Baird John Collins Dwight McClana- Frank Cottingham han Chas. McCammon Frank Mason Pearl Hawhee MISSING. Earl Robertson P. J. Dunning James Boyle Everett Keller Oliver Keaggy R, L. Jackson Blaine Gibson Russell Dowdy Lex Robertson Dave Smith Claude Treader Earl Laughlin Everett Metcalf Wayne Walters James Burris Ross Boothe Fierence Lecoquoc John Thomas James Milier Clinton Higgin- Charies Sheexy botham Harry Maxweil Frank Smith Dan Purcell Girls come from their homes far in the Bronx or in Brooklyn early in the morning for picket duty. During relief they attend strike meetings in various halls, hold shop meetings to encourage one another and decide strike tactics for their group. I heard one of the Negro girls energetically urging a Jewish girl from her shop to get out on the picket line earlier, saying that she herself had to come from Flatbush, nearly an hour’s ride before 7. Workers Not Bluffed Easily. The union workers are used to the police and the hired private detec- tives and professional strikebreakers brought in by employers and are un- daunted. The more timid unorganiz- ed workers just stay away entirely in some cases. Others attend the strike meetings where musical programs, educational speeches and other diver- sion is offered. There is no association of chil- dren’s dress manufacturers, but there is one among the underwear men. Settlement committees of the union will continue meeting individual em- ployers who are ready to come to terms. Mangled Remains of Dead Miners Are Taken from Coal Pit (Continued from page 1) Troops have not yet been requested. Inquiry To Be Started Fire damp following the explosion was given has the cause of the deaths of the 51 miners. The bodies were so badly burned that identification had to be made thru bits of clothing and trinkets on the bodies. An iquiry into the cause of the explosion will be made after all the bodies have been recovered. The officials of Sullivan county are trying to stave off an official investi- gation, however, declaring the disas- ter was “unavoidable.” Norval K. Harris, Sullivan county prosecutor, said that, “A grand jury investigation is improbable as the disaster was one that may come at any time in coal mining.” The surviving miners de- mand an investigation into safety de vises used at the mine,
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22.—When nt from 10 for “hold- before the akota legis. noon, Feb, Opposition ers of that position was inist mem- A.C. Mil- kers in his irged with nm hundred rivate and ther there ween the u will in- ill, I will not,” said de Miller suse Mem- bills were \wse more , of crime, st for the iployment the chief paper in item that nd, Ohio, f employ- — | sr of Wil- nly niem- nist) Par. inguished ms with esent-day ' Miller ect, he is of every Il as the 1 league feel that ws what member rs York ) shops to he chil- 8 out on y $14 a ganizer. ne shop st paid sed be- express at their workers aily ar- strikers from 7 it. | ' far in / arly in During ings in ings to decide [ heard etically r shop earlier, ) come "s ride ly. to the detec- eakers re un- rganiz- rely in strike crams, diver- chil- there men. union Ll em- ne to “the labor banks. Socialist eave and Labor Bankers Ditto (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Feb. 22-— After a Jengthy negotiation with the organiza- tions affiliated with the conference of progressive political action, many socialist lawyers and labor banks, on the question of unionizing ir office workefs, the Bookkeepers’ and Sten- ographers’ Union has met With but little success. _Mr, J. A. H. Hopkins, the manager of the office of “The committee of 48” affiliated with the conference of political progressive action flatly re- fused to unionize the office. In the fall before election he approached the “same union asking their support in the campaign. e president of the union still hoped the conference of progressive political action would syppport the labor movement and kept on approaching Mr. Hopkins with the same demand of unionizing his office. . After the election was over Mr. Hopkins did not have to hide his face any longer and he flatly declined to deal with the union. S. P. Lawyers Anti-Unior It took just as little time for the president of the union to negotiate with the socialist lawyers, leaders of the socialist movement, Hillqrit, Block and Meyer London, etc. Mey- er London did not have the courage to state that he does not want to deal with the union, but he found an excuse that he had so many cases on his hands that he*has absolutely no time to talk this matter over with his Brother who takes care of the of- fice. The same Meyer London, who, for two periods represented the East Side workers in congress, could not find ten minutes to talk over the matter with his brother to unionize the of- fice. He tried to bribe the business representative Mf. Bohm, by offering him a certain, amount of money for the union as dues for his employes. But Brother Bohm was not after the dollars for the union treasury. He was for unionizing the employes. More Consideration from Private Concerns. The union representative had less trouble: in vnionizing private om and banks than he experienced Within two meet- ings he succeeded in unionizing a bank downtown and a‘ few offices in the same neighborhood, but he could not unionize the Federated Labor Bank of New York in ten months. He had a hard struggle with the Amal- gamated Labor Bank, but finally suc- ceeded. But the Federated Bank is a hard nut to crack. It was much easi- er for the president of the union to talk the matter over with the heads of the national banks and large of- fices, than with the head of the Fed- erated Bank. The head of the Metro- politan Insurance company paid him more respect, than the head of the above mentioned labor bank. In conclusion we might say that the Bookkeepers’ and Stenographers’ Union had less difficulty in dealing with the private capitalist concerns than they had experienced while try- ing to unionize offices and banks of labor organizations. Bus Drivers Recognized. WEEHAWKEN, N. J., Fed. 22.— Weehawken bus drivers are recog- nisaed as union mbers now by the bus owners after a short strike fol- lowing that of Jersey City bus driv- ers, who also won recognition. The union men get one day off every two instead of three weeks. The demand for $2.50 w increase was compro- mised. \ teticamenk” nsions Up. WASHINGTON, b. 22.— Passage of the civil service employes’ retire- ment pension bill by the senate has been forecast by spokesmen .of the unions among these 425,000 workers who have canvassed the situation. The pending measure would raise the pension ‘limit from its present $720 to $1,200 a year. The average pension now is about $550 a year. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28. MINN., TAKES UNIFIED BUI PAINTERS’ UNION Té 186, MINNEAPOLIS, EAD IN DRIVE FOR TRADES CAMPAIGN (Special to The attack made by the citizens’ alliance again raise their wage scale to $1 per the combined power of the employers a call to all other building trade lo- By CARL SKOGLUND.. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 22 —Painters’ Local No. 186, has taken the lead in an effort to unite all the building trades unions behind a unified organization campaign to be launched in Minneapolis this spring. At their meeting held Tuesday evening an organization program was introduced by Dan W. Stevens and Geo. A. Thornton which explained the | posed an energetic campaigh to rebuild the painters’ organization and to It further pointed out that the painters’ locals alone could not defeat Daily Worker) during the past three years and pro-, hour. and proposed the Local No. 186 issue cals asking them to elect a commit- tee of three members to form a joint building trades organization commit- tee. . Begin Drive March 15. The proposed call was to previde for the launching of this campaign not later than March 15, and to con- tinue during the, entire period of building activity, the necessary funds with which to conduct this campaign to be raised proportionately by each local in a manner decided upon by the committee. They proposed that Local No. 186 lower its initiation fee from $40.00 down to $25.00 for a period of ninety days and that this new fee be made payable in five weekly installments of $5.00 each. Local No. 186 in turn to request all other building trades locals to lower their fees a propor- tionate amount during the campaign. Want Blanket Agreement. In order that the unity established between the locals during this cam- paign may be made permanent, the plan further proposed that only a blanket agreemeut covering all build- ing trades crafts and providing for wage scales and working conditions to be approved by the rank and file of eac hlocal, be signed. These agree- ments to expire simultaneously “on May 1, 1926. After Comrade Stevens had read the proposed plan of action many members of the local took the floor in support of it. It plainly met with the approval of the rank and file. It was then unanimously decided to hold a specially called meeting of the entire membership on. next Tuesday evening, at which time the plan will again be fully discussed and action taken that will without doubt result in the starting of the most extensive campaign to organize ‘the .unorgan- ized building trades workers that has ever been conducted in )Minneapolis. No Withdrawals., On account of. the singe, Ph m the reactionaries aga! fre" Union vseog fren mem ang | ers ‘I drawing ror’ th that bod. eeintate Stevens and Thornton | e against that policy explaining that conditions could never be changed if-the militant unions withdrew. After “the matter had been discussed the: loeal decided to continue thelr affiliation and eleoct- ed W. F. Bennett, Joe» Wieser, Carl Erickson, Joe lWLessard; and A. B. Deansras delegates. March Birthdays of Political Prisoners Birthdays in March of political pris- oners, confined in various state insti- tutions of America, are announced as follows: At Moundsville, West Virginia, 818 Jefferson Street March 6, Edgar Combs, Ho. 13382 (serving life). At Box 520/ Walia Walla, Washineton March 2, Britt Smith, No. 9408; March 4, Ray Becker, No. 9413; March 10, Fred Suttle; March 16, O. C. Bland, No. 9409. At Represa, California, Folsom Prison March 6, Leo Stark, No. 12680. At Thomaston, Maine, Box “A” March 27, Danny Fallon; March 27, Peter Dirks. At San Quentin Prison, San Quentin, California. Peter Wukusick, No. March 5, A. C. Drew, No. 37654; March 10, J. B. Childs, No. 38109; March 12, Wm. Baker, No. 35713; March 15, Matthew Schmidt (serving life); March 17, Omar J. Eaton, No. 36627: March 20, D. C. Russell, No. 39458; March 24, Jack lin, No. 37635; March 25, Pierre Jans, No. 37117; March 31, Arthur G. Ross, No. 38361. Friends and sympathizers are invit- ed to send birthday cards and letters (money is advisable for gifts) to these political prisoners. Books and publications to be sent directly from the publishers. Small calendars for March 65, 38795; the year 1925 are also suggested. A. F. OF L. COMMITTEE TO MEET WITH STONE ON NON-UNION MINES WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—A conference will be held here February 27, Detween President Lewis of the United Mine Workers, and Warren S&S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and a committee of the American Federation of Labor consisting of Secretary Frank A. Morrison, Martin F. Ryan, and J. P. Noonan, to adjust the differences between the mine workers’ and engineers’ organizations regarding the employment of non- union mine workers in the engineers’ coal mines in the New River district of West Virginia, at was announced today. Valet AutoStrop Sharpens Its Own Blades Razor COMPLETE OUTFITS $1.00 & $5.00 —Sharpens Itself Fee Sale at All Stores Selling Razors and Blades The Safety Razor that ‘HUNGRY CZARISTS | BESIEGE HERRIOT | posed to administer it, has not beep _|vigorous in protecting the farmers '@gainst the packing trusts. od FOR HANDOUTS Money ‘Bebbuging to Russia Held in France PARIS, France, Feb. 22.—Premier Herriot has informed Russian czarists living in Paris that twenty-five million francs “belonging to czarist Russia” are now held by the French sequest- rator. The premier said that his gov- ernment is also holding “czarist funds” in the Bank of France of which ‘it is impossibie to determine how much belongs to Russia, and how much to contractors.” These sums, he said, were deposited as advances on contarcts. The Russian reffigees, who claim that there are 500,000 in France, are angered at the recognition of Soviet Russia by France. M. Makalov, the Russian socialist and counter-revolu- tionist said that the recognition means that the Russian refugees are now without a country and without a pro- tector, because of France’s action. They do not want to return to Rus- sia because of the ruling that all citi- zens of Soviet Russia must work for their living. “The world is abandoning us by de- grees,’ Mrs. Makalov wailed. “We no longer have any other protector but God.” She intimated that even God has fallen down on the job. = TEXTLE STAKE IN CHINA GROWS epeont be the be Daily Waekeds: = a TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 22—The strike of the ten thousand employes in Chinese cotton mills owned by Jap- anese capitalists is spreading, and al- ready business circles here and in Osaka have sustained severe losses. The strike in the Shanghai district is certain, it is said here, to end the Japanese practice of exploiting Chin- ese labor at lower wages than are paid for the same kind of labor in Japan. The. striking Chinese mil workers charge that the Japanese mill owners have treated them brutally. The overseers beat the workers with ropes, is the charge. The strikers in the Naigai Wata Kaisha cotton mills, numbering six thousand, a few days ago stormed the plant and wrecked the machinery worth thirty thousand dollars. Think Liberty Bonds Were Duplicated on Wide-Spread Scale WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Evidence of wide-spread duplication of liberty bonds in small denominations has been unearthed by the sfecial house committee which for more than a year has been investigating charges of irregularities, it became known today. The report of the committee, ex- pected next week, will charge lax methods of operation in the bureau of printing and engraving, and in some divisions of the treasury depart- ment, it was said. “No Jobs in Chicago,” Warns the U. S. Labor Department in Report Hundreds of men are fiocking to Chicago expecting to find work and, while employment conditions are good in the city, there is at this timé@ only sufficient employment for resident workers, according to the report for the district including Illinois and ad- joining states issued by the United States department of labor. The report states there is a surplus of common labor in the state, attribut- able to outside work being completed and to a large influx of workers from other parts of the country. ——— Would Shift Stockwards Administra- tion. WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Farm or- ganization leaders have testified be- fore the senate committee on agricul- ture that the stockyards aét should be placed under the federal trade com- mission, for administration. The de- | partment of agriculture, is now sup T, LEFT fe EHNO Lincoln “i A Got Reactior DP atenck (Special ‘to The Dally Worker) FARGO, N..D., Feb. 22.—In. order to carry vat diate promise’ of harmony between the progressive non-partisan onary I. V. A.’s, the , non-partisan house Giuding the governor, rsons who were to b honor of the great pin _ the 12th of Feb., PERF i besie ator Olson. This of real health and vYered an oration that was gs which put all ntatives, who can 7$25 to $50 a day in ta in the legislature at isee that the farmers do not put anything togl of the chamber of com- merce began his talk by reciting Lin- coln’s prayer after the battle of Get- tysburg. Many looked for a_ great oration by him, yet they knew if Lin- coln was on arth today, this hench- ; t class would be he had only started, than a turn was made in his speech, which attacked. representative govern- ment and upheld the judictary and government of the minority. He raked his brain to find something reaction- ary that Washington might have sald, he quoted. these to prove his conten- tion. Thusshewontinued for an hour or more aid ground up by quoting the following: + <¢w “Chose yeitoday what hotise ye will serve? Whiétier the house of the Amerites, or the house of our fath- ers? Whether the house of Benedict Arnold, Debs,°: Goldman, or Foster? As for méifand my house, we will choose the house of Jefferson, Wash- ington, and Lincoln.” ae ended his tirade. ed about He receiv- * ae claps from the 500 or more _ had gathered in that great: oe on the 116th an- niversary. of Lincoln’s birthday. His memorial was. concluded by stnging the Star gled Banner. Thruout G. stood abashed, his sa)- , Serning to a greasy All leftr-thes, oh making chamber with a gloomy feeling; many saying “I expectededt: would turn out like that.” Thusevound up the “harmony” meeting, an@°well we may say, that those who play with a civet cat may expect to get perfumed by it. Red Revel Masquerade Bal!, 37 South Ashland Avenue Corner of Mphiroe and Ashland Blvd., ee eS ee ae - Selly AG ne Seite Recent a ——_--_- se = ~~ oe i lia is ae Tr =a - INCREASED LABOR EFFICIENCY ) - AND MECHANICAL PROGRESS AIDS BOSSES BUT HURTS THE WORKERS Federal reserve board figures on factory production for 1924 14 per cent By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press industrial Editor) production and employment shows over 1919 while the number employed was 7 per cent lower than in 1919. Factory production was half again as large as in 1914 while the number of workers was only one-fifth larger. increased Efficiency Helps Bosses Only. This means that the expanding needs of the country due to the increase in population are being met largely without giving employment to the in- creased number of workers who are growing up. In round numbers it means that the increase in per capita production due to the officiency management and improved machinery cost 600,000 1919 basis and 1,600,000 workers their jobs compared with the prewar years. Machine Progress Causes Unemployment Technical progress is crowding workers out of jobs. The federal re- serve figures show production and employment in the major industrial groups in 1924 relative to 1919 by the following percentages based on 1919 as 100 per cent: 1924 pet. of 1919 Product. Empimt. Iron and steel 107 pet. 88 pet. Automobile 183 89 Textile 98 89 Food products 106 100 Lumber products 140 117 Paper and printing 117 104 Leather and products 89 81 Cement and brick 149 110 Tobacco products 116 85 Terrific Increase of Productivity In fron and steel while production in 1924 was 7 per cent above 1919 the industry provided jobs for 17 per cent fewer workers. In automobiles production was 83 per cent larger but jobs 11 per cent fewer. This’ meant an increase of 106 per cent in the output per worker. Here we see why capital is draw- ing good profits even though the de- mand does not call for steady opera- tion of full plant. Capital is using its ownership to cop all the so-called blessings of modern industrial pro- gress. Kenosha, Wis., Attention. The famous movies “Polikushka”, “In Memoriam-Lenin” and “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle” will be shown in Ke- nosha Saturday, Feb. 28, from 4 to 11 P. M., at the German American Home, 665 Grand Ave. All labor or- ganizations are requested not to ar- range any other affairs on that date. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28. | | ST. LOUIS, NOTICE! T. U. E. L. MEETING ON TUESDAY EVENING The Trade Union Edueation League, local group of St. Louis will meet on Tuesday evening, Feb- ruary 24, at 8 o’clock at Workers’ Hall, 2412 North 14th street. Charles Blome, president of Mold- ers’ Union No. 59, will speak on »Eebruary 28. “The Metal Trades.” Zn ovine hs Hof We Live and Work ss Editor’s “Note:—This paper is prin rofit. AILY WORKER. In order to make TO WRITE TO US. make the letters interestin workers in other sections o point. bringing Story from South Bend. To the DAILY WORKER: Youre partment, “How We Work and Live” is very good,. And it may interest some readers.to know we live and work here in; South Bend. The other day the “Beauty and Bol- shevik” was.to be shown and the lo- cal papers were asked to run an ad, which was flatly refused. They ap- peared to beyheorror-stricken at being asked to printosuch high voltage prop- aganda, and we were dismissed with- out farther ceremony. Perhaps they feared the day when every man will be a Bolshevik, every working man, should say. It appears*the South Bend Tribune tries to do the thinking for all its readers. An@ tries to make them think the COMmmunists are a hopeless case. But thé editor’s comment on the June 1? convention proves he himself is not so sure as he said this, or its equvaleht: “Such a program may be adopted some time after’a revolution which may be peaceful and may be bloody.’ So they tell us what the people “want.” Just before election Stude- bakers were working overtime. And it was commonly noised around “Cool- idge and prosperity, It would be too bad to kill it! It sure would!” But the people didh’t kill it, it died a nat- ural death. sob And the but some 8 to know the ple, not only workers, eepers, were anxious use of its death. I'm sorry most of them don’t know yet. In the F ruary 3rd Tribune all front pages — headlines—*Stude- baker Facts Giyen,” in which Dr. Lip- there were 11,924 jfor the week. But he cf ; those who work and sweat under the presént system of society. of the workers, by the workers and for the workers. corner of this country where labor is being exploited for private gains, We want the workers and farmers all over the country to read the to refiect the life of the wide laboring masses, This new department ‘ will appear as often as there wil! be sufficient letters from our readers about the life and working conditions under which our masses struggle. the country. Try to make them short and to the _- ted for the workers, poor farmes and It is’ a paper We want to reach every for it more interesting and be able better WE WANT OUR READERS ‘HOW WE LIVE AND WORK” Try to out facts which may not be known te did not state the amount of money paid in wages. “Funry,” perhaps the ‘Tribune wouldn’t print such propa- ganda. Dr. Lippincott also took occasion to refute the babbling idiots with these curbstone rumors who have been cir- culating propaganda against the cor- poration, and praised the employes’ stock purchasing plan. I believe this plan to be well known. Following the talk on motion of Fred W. Keller—"Strong for the open shop,” the real estate board reaffirm- ed its confidence in the Studebaker corporation. You wilf note that the confidence of the siaves was not necessary. It is expected the real estate men will trim them also, then they will be more obedient at the shop. The Tribune editor praises Dr. Lip- pincott, but in another issue scores those self-styled internationalists, those “Reds.” He sees uo interna- tional capitalists, Oh, no, of course not! To all this the “News-Times” sug- gests we “Smile and Shove.” But of | course to organize would bring down the wrath of the mighty dollar. It is expected the capitalist press will keep on with prosperity and good republicans ahd good democrats while the priests and ministers will send up many prayers. But if the workers want to know what is eating them they must read the DAILY WORKER. We also suggest “Smile and Shove” and regardless of color or nationality organize into the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, the party of Lenin in Am- erica. A South Bend ‘Worker, South Bend Ind. workers their jobs compared with the* | NEW YORK VOTE RECOUNT SHOWS HOW COMMUNIST VOTES WERE STOLEN NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Iin the fight between two capitalist candi- dates for congress in the four- teenth congressional district pesult- ing in a recount which has just ended it was found that Ludwig Lore, Workers (Communist) Party candidate gained 69 votes. The contest was between Nathan D. Perlman, republican, and Dr. William 1. Sirovich, democrat, and Periman was declared elected by 26 votes. The Communist gain of over fifty per cent is indicative of the wholesale steal of votes from the workers’ candidates, not only in this district but all over the country. COMPANY UNION FAILURE, SAYS SAGE REPORT Rockefeller Plan Does Not Stop Strikes NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—"It is foolish to deny a divergence of interest be- -tween employers and employes. Ev- ery dispute over wages illustrates that.” This significant statement occurs in the report, now made public, of the five years’ investigation the Russell Sage Foundation has made of the Rockefeller plan for employes’ repre- sentation—the company union func- tioning in the mines of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. The authors of the Sage report are hopeful of finding a way to adjust the claims of capital and labor without exhausting trials of strength, but they declare that the Rockefeller plan has not been very successful. What they find in the Colorado mines holds pret- ty generally thruout the 800 other companies which are attempting to solve their labor problems by similar systems of company-supervised em- ployes representation, on the _ rail- roads, the packing plants, the textile industry, particularly. Three strikes have taken place in the Colorado Fuel and Iron company mines since the,plan was introduced following the bitter 1913 contest, the report shows, tho the authors make the assertion that relations are not so bad as they used to be. Razed Hall to Ground. During one of these strikes since the new plan went into effect state troops prevented miners from holding union meetings in the buildings of the local Y. M. C. A., a majority of whose board of directors were officials of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company. And in one camp, when the miners at- tempted to rent the only available public hall—a dancing pavillion—for union meetings, the company, to pre- vent its use for this purpose, bought the pavillion and razed it to the ground. Oklahoma Judge Finds Membership a McALESTER, Okla.—-: Membership ig not a criminal offense in Oklahoma the appellate court holds in directing the release of Arthur Berg from the penitentiary. Berg was freed Feb. 1 after the court reversed a 10 year sen- tence imposed in 1923 under the stat« criminal syndicalism. The evidence was Berg’s membership card. card. Homer Wear, and I. W. W., now in ed when his appeal is heard in March to be SPEA KARL REEVE 7 NEW HAVEN CLOCK SHOP RINGS IN NEW WAGE CUT By WILLIAM SIMONS. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW HAVEN, Feb. 22.—The wage cut announced by the New Haven Clock Shop has caused considerable unrest among the workers of that com- pany. About 150 stopped work already, out of the 1,200 in the plant. This is due to the cut being given to only a few departments. A Capitalist Leech in Action. For two weeks the rumor of a 15 per cent wage cut went the rounds of the shop. Then notices were posted of a 5 to 10 per cent cut in two de partments. The workers in those de- partments were assembled by General Manger Whitehead, who told a hard luck story about being unable to com- pete with the Ansonia Clock Co. of Brooklyn which has cut the price of their watches to 75 cents. He an- nounced a ten per cent wage cut for the piece workers, since the company was entitled to profits. He asked the men to turn out more work. This would add 20 watches to-the datly production of 140 watches in the ad- justment room. When the men op- posed a cut, he submitted the proposi- tion of a four weeks’ tryout of the new scheme of prices. He believed that the workers could make up for the cut in price by turning out more work. If a four weeks’ tryout would prove that the workers were getting less than before, then some other arrangement might be entered into. But he did not promise a return to old prices. This made it clear to the men that it was a trick to put over the new plan. At the meeting, an American worker declared defiantly: “You want to suck the life blood out of us. We are skilled workers, and you, Mr. Manager, admit it, we must work hard to exist, many being compelled te work before the whistle and during lunch hour to eke out a miserable existence; yet you are not satisfied; you want to make it worse.” More Profits Is Their Slogan. This is the beginning of a general wage cut in the New Haven Clock Shop. Representatives of another de- partment were told that when there was enough work to keep them busy, the new plan would be put in opera- tion. It is too early to tell just what action the workers will take, who are on what they’ call “a vacation.” There is no doubt that the only satisfactory action is a general strike of the entire plant. But whether this action will be taken is a question. The next few days will tell the tale. Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER. AUEUUUDAAVATATOONONODEETOGENOOUEDEAOOUE Don’t Lay Down Your Hammer in 1.W.W. Not Crime in the Industrial Workers of the World | only | McAlester on a 6-year sentence for the | Same reason is expected te be releas | Big Mass Meeting Till You Finish This Job! 14 | Here ig my dollar to save our paper: . Tiniens ) ) Street: ; | ‘city: ' ) )State: . am & held MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1925, 8 P. M. at 3201 SO. WABASH AVENUE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER. K ERS: E. L. DOTY GORDON OWENS —_ ~
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‘The Mass., yelping report, Call United Front Meet By SIDNEY BLOOMFIELD WORCESTER, Mass., Workers Party of Worcester, is rallying the local labor or- ganizations in a united movement to help save Sacco and Vanzetti from the capitalist executioners of Massa- chusetts despite the opposition of the yellow socialists, who are everywhere hideously against the Com-. munists with whom they fear a united front lest they be exposed as the traitors that they are. At the Workmen’s Circles and the Feb. 22.— Workers Party has sent out the call for a conference of all labor organiza. tions. That the united drive will not be brew Social Club, of Good Templars, Jewish, Lithuanian and Finnish bran- ches of the Workers Party, and sev- eral other organizations. Amalgamated to the call Up to time of this the following organizations have elected two delegates each: Bakers & Confectionery Workers Union, International Ladies’ Garment Workers, Workers, Workmen's Circle branches broken by the scurrilous attacks of these fakirs is plainly seen by the hearty response Workers Party. of the Clothing Co-operative Society, Young Workers League, Italian Workers Society, He- Independent Order English, Swedish, Hold Planters for Peonage. JACKSON, Miss.—Three Mississippi former sheriff. The federal trade commission re- Feb. 15, at which two important = criminal syndicalist law in Idaho and = wnoching ‘at fallacy toc 8 Cui Special X-Ray | commends that the refrigerator care | P&"'Y qestions were discussed, name- Literature, was given 40 all present, Syracuse Party Notes | various other states of hot dogs. aN Prices i practically all of which are controlled ly, the UNITED FRONT and the |* Dumber. promised tagqmenlate -eab- Once a decision can be gotten that You don’t believe it? It will, coat to Gas | by the beef trust, be sold. It asserts | SHOP NUCLEI. ecription, Nieto fae: Sa eee By FANNY GARDNER the criminalisyndicatism law..of the | ¥0" only fifty cents admission to, be Workers Given that Armour and Swift slaughtered Comrade Alfred Wagenknecht made | 224 4/80 assist in the,qrganization of state of Michigan is unconstitutional, convinced, so you may as well do as and company now control the b ° sented by Comrade in his ex-|the DAILY WORKER and the Work-| i2@l syndicalist law in the state of) the editor says all there is worth trust, according to the report, whieh epeiond Communists R ptinatsion: of the sen practicés|ers Monthly will grow rapidly in this|/daho is to such effect that it will! caving in challenge to the skeptics: *” D > ris TT = geo that congress or 18sCUuss Shop Nuclei and achievements of viets, was| new territory, and with them the prohibit all strikes and real men 4 “Revolutionists are supposed. tobe . &l > e courts take the stock yards away and United Front '**e¢4 ! with close ‘attention. The | membership of our party. es ee action jp behalf of the work-) } ara poiled chunks of protoplasm whe: from this trust. Morrie amil:.com- ron structure of the is tional|\ Iowa, which gave our party 4,037 | © go thru life with sour faces and grey pany has sold out to the group of Wall arse . Wavendtie: ap Sid constitutidmality “therefore, of al looking at the dark. Street bankers which tine) semis |, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 222° 41 88 be Ret} vores” last” " Soon | be! the ‘ortminal’ syndicalist law’ in the| "ers, Sways ookng a te MY NEW LOCATION he” Aleaous * tude ae te general membership meeting of local | ternational of Lalae ns and the| come an effective unit in the Com- tate of Shia ‘takes im ‘the ‘ques: side of life and never enjoying them,, Srinidnae af eau Ge ocRer | Cleveland was h eld Sunday afternoon | 4&T@rian International, one peasants | munist movement. ane . selves. The Red Revel has succeed planters are free on bail on a charge of peonage growing out of the alleg- ed holding of a Negro convict. Uv. 8. The department of justice charges that W. C. Taylor with the aid of Wal- ter Prine and James Auding forcibly carried Primus Allis, convict, to work on Taylor’s plantation. Taylor is a Dr S. ZIMMERMAN ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work Is Guaranteed Extracting Specialist {HUGE PROFITS FOR CAPITALISTS DESPITE REDUCED OPERATIONS WHILE UNEMPLOYED GO HUNGRY duced to a point which would once for water and gas in homes, made American Locomotive made a net profit of $6,649,507 equivalent to 19.6 per cent on thé common stock. This 19.6 per cent profit was made on or- ders which required an average of only 45 per cent of capacity opera- tion. American Steel Foundries, another railroad corporation selling to rail- roads, showed a profit of $4,787,039 year. The two big can companies which get their share of every dollar spent for tanned vegetables, fruits, etc., came in for a generous slice. Ameri- can Can with a net profit of $11,341,- 931 gave common stockholders a re- turn of 20.5 per cent while Continental Can with a profit of $4,053,225 in a single year returned its common stockholders over a quarter of their entire investment. Cudahy Packing Co. turned over the largest profits in its history, $3,312,- 229 equivalent to $16.08 per share of mon ahd preferred stock represents no cash investment by the owners the real return in 1924 must have been around 30 per cent. U. S..Gypsum, one of the corpora tions fattening-on the material which goes into building homes, shows a net profit of $7,166,291 equivalent to 75 per cent on the common stock. Beef Trust Is More Powerful Than Ever, Says U. S. Commission WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.— The packing trust has concentrated its forces until now on the big five” of the packers and has resolved itself into the “big two,” the federal trade commission has reported to the sea- ate. Swift and company and Armour 47.7 per cent of the butchered last year. total animals Settle for the Beauty and Bolshe- vik tickets. Bring the money and un- sold tickets either to 19 S. Lincdin St., or Room 307, 166 W. Washing- - ._****? SPST T SST TTT FTTH TTS 444444 44444 O44 44444 OOO OO PHILADELPHIA, NOTICE! The only Revolutionary Working Class Daily Paper in America Friday Evening, Feb. 27th NEW TRAYMORE HALL Franklin St. and Columhia Ave. DANCING TO 1A. M. Arranged by the Workers Party and Young Workers League, Local Philadelphia TICKETS 35 CENTS 43 per cent on the common stock. #—— By LELAND OLDS (Federated Presse Staff Correspondent) Welahty owners of industry don’t worty over the increasing propor- tion of workers regularly out of a job. With operations in many lines re- have been severe depression leading companies in 1924 poured more money into the laps of stock-holders and bondholders than they knew well what to do with. U. S. Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry Co., levying tribute on the demand a profit of $6.020,920 equivalent to EXHIBITION OF WORKERS SPORTS IN CLEVELAND To Celebrate V Wind-up of By J. A. HAMILTON. (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 22.—Sat- urday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p. m., and Sun- day, Feb. 22, at 8 p. m., the conclu- sion of a four-weeks’ gymnasium course will be celebrated in Carpen- tina Hall, 1303 West 58th St., by a gymnastic exhibition, including paral- lel and horizontal bar work; pyra- mids, bar bell drills; and calisthenics by women. The course was participated in by students from Detroit, Buffalo, Con- tion affiliated with the Workers’ Sport Alliance, the Red Sport organization of the United States. ‘The exhibition will be in the nature of a match be- tween men’s and women’s gymnastic clubs from various cities, as well as individual matches between the stu- dents; and will be for the team and individual championship of the terri- tory in the Ohio district of the Fin- nish Federation of the Workers Party. The Workers’ Sport Alliance, with which the Finnish Gymnastic clubs are affiliated, has for its purpose “to work for the physical and mental de- velopment of the working class men and women on class lines.” This exhibition will be well-worth the attention of the workers of Cleve- land who are interested in working class athletics. Admission 50c. a lengthy taJk on the general theory of the united front after which the membership engaged in general dis- cussion on this subject: Comrade Benjamin then made a talk on the general theory of the re- organization of the party on the shop and draw the masses of the workers to us is thru this particular form of ] properly carry on its Communist work 'question. It is hoped however, that another membership meeting will be held in the near future at which this question can be gone into further and at which practical methods can be dis- 'ecussed for the organization of the shop nuclei in this city. The day was climaxed with the ban: quet for which plenty of good things were served and a general good time was had by all who remained. The only regret is that not more of the party members were able tp stay. Help Insure THE DAILY WORKER | for 1925! | HIS offer of splendid pamphlets at a reduced 7 ga sp do sh of fu th th ab er An we ca be bin Se STS SETS STS 6TH 44444444 5646444656446 444%% ** lowing from this, th ruption growing ou® the rank and file w were active in C membership up ‘ti started for a so monument for t war. park. ing leaders in the 4 the money be speféaupon a building that could bring some use. and com- fort. diers’ which is owned the unions, except for. @ small mort- employed. ship in the trade uni¢ unions, inspire and the workers once more to the offens- ive against the opén shoppers. farmers’ government’ cal in Clinton within dhe next months. Y ~bork ( Continued f Labor Unions’ M@tile ticket and sensed their @ower. ae “agitation was Land « ‘sailors’ Who fell in the @rected in the ore far-see- urged that About this time A shaft was’ But a few The result and Sailo ‘present “Sol- r Temple” othe members of ge still unpaid. — Fae irit gradually eadily went wn until the nisdal poached almost zero. The, militants have once more stir- red themselves and the Clinton labor movement is now trend. The rank ‘and responsive and the tion schemes, such “B. and O. plan,” Xx put into effect in the upward | are still un- s collabora- |, the infamous on ops hete where The speakers wea necessity the militants org for leader- and thru the »the mass of “Clinton Will Have ecal Soon. The inspiration of the’ workers’ and Russia, as pre- and farmers. ture meetings for eur speakers. Names and addresses were taken and ere is good prospects for a live lo- few Successful Meeting at’ Dubuque. Practically the same ‘conditions pre- e meeting on the ch bor amend- cards were distributed at Dubuque and five hundred at Clinton. The low b to which the morale of the work- s has fallen is shown by the re- sponse to such wide-spread publicity, here were less than fifty in attend- ce at each meeting. To those who understand the pro- \‘gram of the Workers Party this will use no disappointment. Those who did attend were a part-of the actual leadership of the workers, the mili- tants who inspire, organize and direct the progress of the massé6s. The local situation in Dubuque must understood to appreeiate the sig- nificance of such a gathering. There are a number of large factor- ies, employing from 500°%6 2,000 work. ers, that are completely non-union and which the workers aré in an almost .*e*e* * *~ yrorkers are’ just. before I DATES AND SUBJECTS OF CIRCUIT SCHOOL IN DISTRICT NO. 8 Max Lerner, who ts conducting the Cireult School, will give the following lectures this week. All comrades are urged to attend and if they have not already done so to enrol in the class. SPRINGFIELD, ILL. history” (Marxian method of analys- is). KENOSHA, WISC. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 8 P. M., American. German hall, 655 Grand Ave., review on “Workers and Farmers,”’ the ex- Hirsch Bivd., class. in economics,” chapter Marx, “Elementary X of People’s GARY, IND. Thursday, Feb. 26, 8 P. M., 215 W. 18th street, review on “Workers and Farmers,” the exploited colonial peo- ple. MILWAUKEE, WISC. Friday, Feb. 28, 8 P. M., 802 State rebellion in labor movement. St., “Trade union history and tactics,” an hopeless state of docility. This reacts ing was a healthful and hopeful sign of a rebirth of militancy as yet too weak and young to accomplish much. Here also the workers gladly ac- cepted our literature and promised to assist in arranging meetings for speakers. Dubuque has the spark that will kin- dle a live agitation and result in a good local of*the Workers Party there also. Making Friends for the Daily. At all these meetings the DAILY WORKER is being distributed, most of the workers have heard of our party and seen our press for the first time. They already feel that our pro- gram is practical and inspiring and are interested in the courage , and daring of our party tactics. These meetings will be followed up with literature, and the circulation of Monday, Feb. 23, 8 P, M., 221'% S. ' -| 4th sfreet, “Materialist conception of With the formal forwarding of the court records of the Ruthenberg case ‘to the United States ‘supreme court from Lansing, Mich., as agreed upon by the attorneys in the case, the con- stitutionality of the criminal syndical- ist law of the state of Michigan, and that of 34 other states, is now in the of the’ 32 defendants in the Michigan cases, and of many other defendants indicted under the criminal syndical- ist law of other states. Delay Minor’s Trial. The prosecution has not, as yet, called the case of Robert Minor which it had announced would be the next case tried under the criminal syndical- ist law of the state of Michigan. The calling of the case however, is optional with the prosecution and, the defense in the Michigan cases must be prepared at any minute to supply the necessary defense for Robert Mi- Nothing but the best defense will do, inasmuch as there is involved not only these particular cases, but a much broader principle than seems obvious to many of people who do not study the question closely. It is here not only a question of oye section of the labor movemént, in thid case the Communists, but also. of the labor movement as a whole—a question of whether the time will not come when these laws will be used against the labor unions and workers in any fight they take up against the employers for the bétterment of their conditions, and the relief of their bur- dens. Cite Danger in hiphe. This has been brought sharply to the fore by recent rewording of the criminal syndicalist law in the state of Idaho, which has reported some time ago. ‘The rewording ofthe crim- tion of the copatitutionality of the SYRACUSE, N. Y.—A general meet. ing of all party branches and the Young Workers’ League was called Sunday afternoon, Feb. 15 at Educa- tional Hall, corner Jackson and Or- ange streets. Altho the Italian branch was not represented, consider- ported that the newly reorganized i Jewish branch had voted to pay fifty the defense fund. After a spirited discussion the comrades compromised by voting to recommend to their re- spective branches that the dues be increased to twenty-five cents a week, or one dollar a month. The Young Workers’ Weague were exempted from this increase. A central city committee was cre- ated with Comrade Doreff as 6rgan- izer and Comrade Charlotte Moskow- itz as secretary. Comrade Cohen was instructed to sign a year’s contract for the weekly rental of Educational Hall. Only Jewish Branch, Young Workers’ League, and C. C. C. meet- ings will be held here, as the member ship of the Ukrainian and Italian branches are too far removed from this location. The Young Workers’ League have organized a Sunday afternoon art class under the instruction of Com- rade David Perlmutter, a well.known it will be much easier to defeat the aims of the criminal syndicaliém law of Idaho and other state laws which have teeth in them for the destruc- tion of the labor movement. Must Have Best Defense. cases, the best defense is necessary in order that the masters of this fense of these men in the Michigan cages and other cases coming up un- der these laws, the purposes of these laws will be defeated and the rest of the labor movement will be greatly aided thereby. : The Labor Defense Council, which is handling the criminal syndicalist cases in Michigan and under the oth- er criminal syndicalism or sedition laws, requests co-operation both mor- al and financial in fighting against these laws before the United States supreme court, which is now to decide on the constitutionality of the mat- ter, and before the courts in the vari- ous states. | N. Y. PARTY NOTES West Side English Branch of N. Y. NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—At the last meeting of the- West Side English branch Comrade Ben Gitlow spoke on besa Reader, It’s ll Publicity! . By WALT CARMON The brain child of some noted wit was the only information that inquiry received at the DAILY WORKER on trying to discover the author of the Red Revel—a newsy little news-sheet, that in snappy, humorous fashi promised the radical world a “ie Bolshevik blow-out on Feb. 28, — Must have Had. A Shot . +...» , ‘The little newspaper, The Red Re vel, is hot stuff, and an open letter. ‘to William Z. Foster from William But, unions where these elements are also a ee ae eee agrees : gpa 58 SCGAGS, ILA cater me ae 5 wi al Green is (in the vulgar) a wow, .Jt capital stock. This company also av- : hd the spirit of the’ hers was at its . ’ . ends. up reading: “Your .w : dn or glam er 4 pdm rs eraged far below capacity thruout the Gymnasium Course height. They had 18 ‘elected a labor Wednesday, Feb. 25, 8 P. M. 2613 Tied up with thls is- amo the fate / © unions 10st nee D, conditions the Workers Party meet-| ‘hat will be called in this case. cations the: writer o s review is mens’ Trade Union. League, United mee. ‘lub, @ workers’ sport associa-| some locals éntirely disappeared. The coming in dark colored glasses. The Red Revel is the big yearly event of the raving reds and radicals. This year’s affair promises to surpass the ones of the past years in daring costume, gayety and originality. There are promises of a surprise or two in special features and a cartoon in the little Red Reyel, the newspaper now being mailed, carries this dialogue: “What's the matter, Rosie, have you checked your clothes?” and Rosie an-, swers: “Nix, I am out for that $60.00 prize at the Red Revel.” All Dressed Up The cartoon pictures Rosie wearing a heavy smile. And if that cartoon is a promise for the Red Revel—well, we take back oum statement about coming with dark colored glasses. On such a happy evening we want to see the girls in smiles, In an editorial in this little paper, we will—let’s go and find out on Feb. 28 at West End. Women’s Club Hall, 37 S. Ashland Blvd. 2 Underwood Tries to Put Thru Water Power ing the numerical membership. of} Also, every effort must be put forth t DELAY MEANS DECAY ton St. nuclei basis. He pointed out that the | vailed at the Dubuque meeting. Com-| syracuse, the meeting as a whole was| at the same time to fight for the free- Grab by March First only way the party will bé able to|rade Coutts spoke bef ) the Trades! fairly well attended. dom of the defendants under these . BR and Labor Assembly the filght before,| The chairman, Comrade Doroff, re-| criminal syndicalist laws. In both} WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.— Resistance to acceptance of the con- ference report providing for giving ‘may defeat the whole scheme for the present session. Senator Underwood, in charge of the pending bill, is trying | desperately to find a way to force it thru to final adoptifn before March 4. Ked Revel Masquerade Ball, 37 South Ashland Avenue Corner of Monroe and Ashland Bivd., February 28. Easy tolearn 7 F | R S - A NN U A L sthpitnsene” ment, unemployment and the revival cents a week as dues instead of the| country may be shown that the work-/| Muscle Shoals to some branch of the | Another Meeting of the labor movement, - - |stipulated fifty cents a month. This| ers are prepared on every and all oc-| general electric power trust on a 50 | | ° | The hour being late and eveything | Good publicity was had in the daily he explained would help create a|casions to combat any attack against | years lease is still active in the sen- | Teady for the schdeuled banquet there | papers for these meetings both at| more adequate treasury to meet the| them. If the workers tre strong neat . al y or er a was no further discussion on this | Clinton and Dubuque. A thousand| growing demands of our papers and| enough in their response, the de-| jt is now evident that a filibuster ’ ; ; ; ; ; ; local artist. Modelling, drawing, and| sh lei. The sh l . ’ idee, , ( shop nuclei. The shop nucleus organ price is to enable you to give them away to THE DAILY WORKER 4 | painting will be studied by the young) izer of District No. 2 explained how ‘ your shop-mate, your union brother and your Literature Department , ¢ cael ge Trg Bf oped a shown | our present form of territorial =e @ é' friends. 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, ll. # ee ben tate mh mer ington ; ‘ . ; y : cs 4 | 66 “199 The question and discussion that Portable é PROPAGANDA Tell them to “take it home and think it over.” . smnnmne) Sealine 1 é arta — ere followed, revealed the need for such ; ‘ . v ; eases 500 orkers at) discussion, and also brot out such in- . ? PAMPHLETS Each contains valuable material—and if you ; Mi lis Sh . teresting facts as the effect of such Because it has the one 2 haven't got them all in your library, you should “nclose ; inneapolls owing reorganization on language federa- and only Standard Key- , M ) y, } TT 7 eae for ; buy more than one set. Each set includes: ; Lie tions and intellectuals. A moving ap- board—exactly like the, = ; 4; MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 22.—/ )0a) tor active co-operation in the work big typewriters. ; | Re ee eS athe oo Ps Ce ee sel ae ee oe complete sets of “Six Propaganda The “Beauty and the Bolshevik” and a nedininntihembiee, eens int’ « ainaiains It f . ; “ 5 1—RUSSIAN TRADE UNIONS. Pamphlets”. 4 | “Russia in Overalls” were shown last | ..., sn a - rig? aptly gern : | 2—TWO SPEECHES BY KARL MARX IN ‘1850. . ¢ night at the Finnish Sg p= On March 2 the topic for discussion make writing a pl ; CENTS 3—SHOULD COMMUNISTS PARTICIPATE IN | N° - pampaiet only. j eared tir tate bighly re. will be Leninism and Trotskyism. On| , _—_yre, a : . ) F : REACTIONARY TRADE UNIONS? By Nico- ; | comsenended : by “enany of tb attend! — =~ paige Dye uth cya tarp <x ‘agi . OPPS" lai Lenin. NAME 4 | ants and a great enthusiasm manifest-, Havited. Price, with Case, *60 EACH 4—UNEMPLOYMENT. By Earl R. Brewer. (p | NAMED... cesses epsnteesneennnsenhannas sersanengensess H | ed for the Soviet government. A ~ 4 : : | timely pamphiet') STREET ff Z| lection was taken for defending the) sis: samy snd Y.-W. b..and all} WY Sovnase Whenver , 5WM. F. DUNNE’ Ss SPEECH at the Portland PET. Cree esoegonconqoncobocepensammenns “P ; Michigan cases and enthusiasm arous-/ 2? y 4 o; So 8 e ’ you a ; g A. F. of L. Convention in 1923. : Aled for the support of the Commun-/ friendly organizations are requested Pee, te ; n 8g 7 re I 8 4 |\ists against the attack of capitalism. }'Rot to held nor allow any other af- 2 : CENTS 6—WHITE TERRORISTS ASK FOR MERCY. : fairé or May Day demonstration to be The Daily Worker , By Max Bedacht. (Just off the press!) Ye Ss ey ME 4| Branches—Settle for campaign fund|a d on that date. Participate in | ) berms books March 1; last date for | thi@ affair and make it a huge meme | 1113 W. Washington Bivd., »e7eo9 SSVEVeeesesese ese eeeese ees ® rrr “sss © “Ss * eee ee eee a ee & & « : settlement ‘ “ ——s —— - oe 7 a aA: ~aemm + sot ae Ye? WS : ‘ = i ———— eee niall + ~ he - - - - ~--~ ~ - -——-~ -—-—~ —- -— —~-
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“a PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22—In spite ef the fact that the railroad tele graphers employed by the Pennsyl- vania line have voted nine to one in favor of sticking by their regular un- fon and turning down the fake com- pany union, the Pennsylvania is “call- ing a conference” of the “representa- tives” of the men and the company to meet here today “for the considera tion of grievances, wanes and working conditions.” The dhanshevaent says that there will be 150 of the “representatives of the employes in the telegraph depart- ment” present, and it is undoubted that this marks a beginning of a ‘bit- ter fight by the company upon the working class union of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, to destroy it by favoring the company union and dis- @imination against all who refuse to leave the working class union for the fake company outfit. It must be remembered that the tele- graphers themselves cast the vote for their real union under the auspices of the railroad labor board. The com- pany had protested the. representa. _ tives of the union appearing before the board, saying that the union was not representative of the men. The railroad labor board, thereupon, took a secret ballot among the Pennsy) vania telegraphers, with the result, as stated, of a nine to one vote favoring the regular union as against the com- pany fake. By continuing the war upon the un- ion the Pennsylvania railroad is thus openly violating and defying the rail. road labor board. ® Reports of Minnesota Co-operative Societies LB SUHUR CENTER, Minn., Feb. 88-—Reports of the Le Sueur Center farmers co-operative creamery asso- ciation show that $263,684.40 was re- esived for butter in 1924. The cream- ery purchased 1,545,930 pounds of cream and sold 635,805 pounds of but- ter, An average of $600 a day was paid out to patrons, the reports show- WEBSTER, 8S. D., Fob. 22.—The Webster co-operative creamery during the past year paid $145,875 for milk afd cfeam, or about $12,500 per| cupati month, to farmers of this section. During the year the creamery pur- chased 1,159,424 pounds of butter fat from the farmers. The records of the créamery show that 470,756 pounds of butter was manufactured during the year, most of which was shipped to Boston, Mass. PRC? XL ous eee a » > fo we ey +75 ee oss Sapte eeinee Fe oe = rs hg OH wits: a lh Te CBP eg eee oy be = Mrz hie i 7 . : Ba ~ Zs = (ae) ~~ . ~~ os oo os -e « Greer! é Pee corre oe me ee 5012. This model is most desirable for an afternoon dress. It may’ be finished with or without the sleéves: The tunic and waist poMjons are sep arate from the skirt, \ which ‘fs’ mounted on a bodice. ee The pattern is cut in 6 sizes: “34, 86, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. If made as illustrated inp the large view the dress will require for a 38 inch size 4% yards of 40 inch- material. If made with long sleeves 5% yards will be required. The bod- ‘ice of lining will require 2% yards of 40 inch material. The width of the skirt at the foot is 66 inches. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. : The DAILY WORKER, 1113 ton Ry = Chicago, til. ATTERN BU YERS—The thru the DAILY ORKER pattern department are fur- atned ha %, New York firm of pattern Orders are torwarded .by. "i DAILY “WORKER every Ly as re ceived, and they are mailed by the ufacturer direct to the customer, DAILY WORKER does not +h ~~ Se ily ara hal t t me ters ordinar ¥ ea loon rom the date mailing the the ordef. Ho gt hey Ry ee Concerning Propaganda. Concerning the question of propa- ganda, the agreement declares that it is the intention of the Soviet Union and of Japan to live in peace and friendship with each other; to regu- late their internal affairs according to their own laws, and to restrain. all persons holding public office, as well as organizations receiving financial the peace of any part of the territory of Japan or of the Soviet Union. It is understood that neither party will tolerate on the territory under its control the presence of organizations or groups which claim to be the gov- ernment of any part of the territory of the other country. Japanese exploitation of natural resources in the Russian Far East is covered in a special protocol, granting Japanese concessions for the exploita- tion of 50 per cent of the area of the oil fields of northern Sakhalin now de. veloped by Japan; also, the right to prospect for oil and to exploit oil dis- coveries on an area of 1,000 square versts on the eastern coast of north- ern Sakhalin, within 5 to 10 years, is granted to Japanese companies. A coal concession on the western coast of northern Sakhalin is likewise prom- ised to Japanese citizens. Coal is to pay 5 to 6 per cent gross royalty on gusher oil to bé as high as 46 per cent. Japanese to Evacuate. Evacuation of northern Sakhalin by the Japanese troops is stipulated, and the Soviet government expresses re- gretfor the “occurrences”—the killing of a Japanese garrison population—at | Nikolayevsk in 1920. Each government surrenders to the other the movable and immovable property belonging to the embassie: and conculates of the other country which it holds. Within five months from the final evacuation of northern Sakhalin, a de tailed concession agreement is to be signed. Discussion of debts to Japan and Japanese citizens contracted by the former governments of Russia is to be taken up later, but Japanese claims are to be given treatment as favorable as the Soviet government shall grant in similar circumstances to governments or subjects of any other country. Nowheére in the document are there signs of a secret annex or protocol, such as described by Russian mon- archist refugees in Berlin, whereby the Soviet Union promises to surren- der northern Sakhalin to Japan in the future in return for naval vessels and war materials, and whereby Japan, China and the Soviet government are joined in a military alliance aimed to expel western powers from the Ori- ent. _ When you buy, get an “Ad” —————— PITTSBURGH, PA. To ‘those who work hard for their Lmppney, 1 will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. ts» DR. RASNICK | / DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. Eo ae ats ek wi soiree ie from th ions, etc., aud the question of pro- letarian political prisoners became the order of the day. The discussions that arose in the organizations made it possible for the comrades to raise the question of the class war as sel- dom before. The bazaar was also a success as against the capitalist class. The threats of the United States govern- Aliens without further da that has been . Smith, prosecuting nh, in New York, in York and against the Communists under indict- ment in Mi in; and the probable deportation Workers Party edi- tors, one of is on Ellis Island— all these threats'Were ancwered by the joint bazaar. The huge crowds that attended the four days, and especially Saturday aftermoon and evening, when many hundreda.were turned away, in- dicate that, glass conscious work- we of Xow Yor intend to stand by ®omrades in the trials a ray courts. Show Solidarity with Prisoners. dungeons of Burope and Asia. Ameri- can workers are awakening to the sit- uation in a: the condi- tions now in Europe may soon be transplanted to America. The menace of wage cuts and of strikes makes them aware that they will be forced to fight as the workers of Eu- rope are fighting. Hence they are building up their defense bodies and the bazaar was the frat and foremost opportunity to strengthen the organ- | Aid and the La which fight in The bazaar wai | | also a fine success artistically. singing societies, the athletic clubs, the orchestral societies, and the Wo Drama League— the children, the Junior groups of the Young Workers’ League, and finally the splendid soloists, who co-operat- ed in making the bazaar a success, made the four days of the bazaar a rare treat for music lovers of this city. It was an especial pleasure to listen to the proletarians displaying their art and to have them demon- strate that workers can do what the bourgeoisie only learn after years of training. pol This bazaar “proves quite conclu- sively that the revolutionary workers of the United States have a big fol- lowing and that the word Communism has no terror for-them. The Work- ers (Commumtayy Party is on the march! More Strict Labor Immigration Laws Argued by Davis WASHING TQREsFeb. 22.—The pro- posal that an immigration quota re- striction policy be adopted toward al! countries of the tern hemisphere, was champion Y Secretary of La- bor Davis, today.’ “No change is contemplated in the policy toward persons who live in one“country and work in the other, crossing and recrossing the border as a matter of daily routine,” Davis said. " The spring is too avers . = sie pags oot mera RIL WORKER LARR IN K CITY —— -~— --- —_——-= the present time is best. The lists of local subse scriber. tles and the activities of our party? Dh mci = BUILDERS “AT. Here’s Another Way! NE good way for a Communist branch when it goes out for subscrip- tions for the DAILY WORKER and the Workers Monthly is to begin on itself. This is not SIWEYDEUENG as! If you niéan to try it in your branch, ion#-are being sent to ali DAILY WORKER agents. - On this list you ‘will find every subscriber to the WORKER and the Workers Monthly and it will be no job at all to check them against your branch membership list. It is no trouble for a branch agent to bring to the attention of each member the fact that he or she is not a subscriber to the official party publications; it is no trouble and it is a sure way for results. in Russia it ts a condition of membership that every applicant to the party be a subscriber to the official party publication. not far distant when our party will take a similar stand. There is no ex- cuse for a member of an English branch or shop nucleus not to be a sub- Your branch has members who are not active. these comrades are those who are not well versed in the principles, tac- receive education and information thru the DAILY WORKER. To make your branch functlon—check up your membership list against that of your subscribers. Check them up and send in your check. DAILY And then you “have the And the day -is is it not true that But they will be—if every day they NEGRO WORKERS ASK LABOR’S AID IN MINNEAPOLIS Crimin al Seadicalion Law Is Debated By CARL SKOGLUND MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 22.— Representatives from the coloted workers who work as porters for the Pullman company had the floor at the Central Labor. Union last meeting asking for the organized labor sup- port in an organization drive to or- ganize these colored workers into the American Federation of Labor. The Central Labor Union Wednes- day elected Bertha Ferguson with fifty-four votes and Mike Mogan with sixty-nine votes as trustees of the Central Labor Union of Minneapolis, against the reactionary business agent of the Typographical Union, Sam Ful- lerton, who only spopeves nary three bvetes: ~~» A heaclation came in from the Machinists Union No. 91, requesting a fair trial for Dan W. Stevens. This resolution was referred to the Machin- ists International. The resolutions committee was in- structed to bring in a resolution to the next regular meeting for the repeal of the Minnesota syndicalism law. When this question was brought on the floor, delegate B. Nelson of Car- penters No. 7, stated “This is the question that the Communists have always been bringing to the attention of this assembly and everytime they have done so some of the reaction- aries have shouted ‘Communist pro- paganda.' Now the Communist are out of the Central Labor Union and you are keeping on doing the very thing that you accused the Commun- ists of doing.” Furriers Get Wage Increase. BROOKLYN, N. Y.— Wage increas- es of approximately 10 per cent will be paid to Brooklyn fur dressers in locals 2, 3 and 4, International Fur Workers’ Union, under the new two- year agreement signed with employ- ers. First class floorwalkers are to receive a minimum of $50 a week in- stead of $45; second class, $44, in stead of $40; third class, $35, with provision that all third class men now employed in shops shall receive 10 per cent increase ir wages. About 1,500 workers make the additional wages under the new agreement. Watchmen are to become members and are not to work over eight hours daily nor receive less than the min- imum wage. a — 0 | Year Union Meeting Fourth Monday, Feb. 28, 1925. Name of Local and Piace of Meeting. Bartenders, 123 N. Clark St., 8:30 P. M. 1 Bridge and Structural tron Work. ers, 910 . Monroe St. Br Boot and Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Av tg hg Hebrew, W. Roose- t Rd. aod Cehe Bohemian, 1870 Biuve te- Wwe Cleaners & Dyers ty A S. Ashiand Glove Workers, 1710 N. Winches’r 1307 _ Carpenters, 1850 Sherman Ave. Vv ton 2505 Carpenters, 180 W. won st Cap Makers, 4003 Roosevelt Rd 70 Carpenters, 2705 W. 38th St. Pi arpenters, 4039 W. Madison St. 81 arpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. 199 Carpenters, S. C. 9139 Commercial Ave . 416 Carpenters, . Cc S. State St. 7 505 . C., 1457 Clybourn 222 419 rpenters, 448 eer N. West St., Wau- ie De arpenters, 2040 W. North Ave. ar Makers Executive Board, % Washington St,, 7:30 743 Electricians, 119 S. Throop St 49 ae neers (Locomotive) Ave, 7:30 p. Mm. a. Tsinsere 3 3° ‘Halsted Street ngineers, 311 S. Ashland Av 369. ngineers, 180 W. Washington. St. 6 iremen and Enginemen, 2 " SRoosev ott. Bw 9: a. m. Last , Ase a2 ‘Bhelneinen, 64th and nd Ave G48) Firemen en Enginemen, Madison eh? Glove 0 Ope: peratore, 1710 N. Winches- “eter ‘6 Hod Carriere, 814 Ww. errtenn St. 59 saad Garment, 328 W. Bu St. aft Cothas. 725 S. Western Ave. Longshoréemen, Tug, 355 N. Clark eae inists, 75th St. and‘ Dobson ce Machinists, 1638 N. Halsted St. 376° Maintenance of Way, 1543 W. 103d Street 723 Maintenance of Way, 202 W. 47th Stree Paintaes, 175 W. Washington St. Piumbers, 535 N. Cicero Ave. Painters, 3316: W. North Ave. Painters, 19 W. Adams St. 14 Painters, Madison and 5th Ave. 265. Painters, 205 E. 115th St. 273. Painters 2432 8. Kedzie Ave. 2064 Rhilway Clerks, 159 N. State St. Sheet N. f 1638 Haisted St. Sailors’ Union of Great Lakes, 355 N. Clark Street 180 W. Washington S&t., 11526 Michigan Ave. 220 S$. Ashiand Bivd., 220 S. Ashland Bivd. Metal Workers, 5 Tailors, 7:30 bp. Mm. Teamsters, 758 Teamsters, Dp. Mm. 772 Teameters, Would Reduce Vise Fees on Passports WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Debate in the house on the bill authorizing the president to negotiate with other countries to reduce or waive the pass- port visa fees, developed the fact that while the American government's demand for these fees has resulted in the receipt of only $680,000 a year, it has led foreign governments to collect from American citizens $3,350,000 a year. Moreover, the raising of this barrier against cheap tourist travel has been a hardship to American ISSES APPROVE PHILD SLAVERY N CONNECTICUT By WILLIAM SIMONS. HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 22-—Tha Connecticut house followed the pro- cedure of the senate in: refusing a hearing, limiting discussion, and snowing under the child labor amend. ment by a large vote. The senate had done it by 33 to 1; the house followed suit with 231 to 7. It toow just two hours to do the tfick. The republican Journal. Cour. iér of New Haven on Jan, 5 ‘wrote: “No single duty will confront te y geni- eral assembly which calls for more careful study and intelligent action than the attempted ratification of the proposed (child labor) amendment to the federal constitution.” ‘Yet the house spent only two hours, and in these two hours not only was the amendment disposed of, but aléo a mo. tion to refer to a public hearing was argued and voted down. The motion to refer was rejécted by an overwhelming aye and nay vote, after the question had taken about 45 minutes. The Amendment Defeated. Discussion began on ratification oi the child labor amendment, with Miss Margaret Cheney of Manchester. as the first speaker, making the extended argument in favor of ratification. Ar- guments in favor were the usual ones including the argument that children helping parents on farms were not listed in census as having an occupa- tion. No one however advocated that chib dren of workers and poor farmers at tending school should be maintained out of money obtained by taxing rich incomes. This is the demand of the Workers (Communist) Party. Extra Nall in Coffin. After the defeat of the child labor amendment by 231 to 7, to make sure that the question would not come Alling moved to reconsider: the prev- ious action on the amendment, and “Hoped that his motion would not pre. vail.” It didn’t. At his right hand thruout the debate was Rohrback, the republican boss of Connecticut. Such was the action of the house 7832 s.\ after an eloquent prayer on the part of the chaplain: “Oh, God, pour your spirit in to us, fathers of the state, that things may be done properly for the children, and that we may under- stand the children’s problems and their needs. We ask thy blessing up- on us, and upon the children of the state and nation.” League Urged Ratification. The Young Workers’ Léague of New Haven sent the house @. wire urging ratification, with an ecogomic provis- ion for school children of. workers and poor farmers. The conference for the abolition of child albor, initiated by the Workers Party, sent a similar wire. But mill interests prevailed. The child labor amendment was not rati- fied by the state legislature. Nor will it come up again at this session. Coolidge Senators to Filibuster on Postal Pay Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Ofiicials of the postal workers’ unions are still hopeful of passage by congress before March 4, of the administra- tion substitute for their wage increase measure which was vetoed by Presi- dent Coolidge. The substitute is now in conference committee and will be reported out in time for passage in house and senate. senate is feared, under pretext of the desire of certain administration sen- ators to explain it fully in speeches. as @ Liha Rooms for Rent. 2 House k ping Rooms. Gr nwood, 508 So. Irving Ave. (Seeley 4883) schoolteachers and students in part- icular. Patronize our advertisers. —-=— > — = — have candidates. UNCLE WIGGILY’S TRICKS OT AAEM : S' ite SOS Degeeds tagetine Wanted ount of our Communist vote in the four wards where we) Report at local office, Room 303, 166 W.'?' ashington St., for your watchers’ credentials. | ONE HOUR OF 1 TIME—Election Day, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 4 to’ 5 p. m., to watch the | a {eo BK ELLOGG'S ASTELESS CASTOR OIL A super-refined castor oil made for medicinal use. Not flavored. na again at this session, House Leader’ A filibuster in the ’
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fF hg tye — a ing a * ae WE ae * ot he ky Care - 7 ™ 4 } o & " ‘ E DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING co. 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, OL . (Phone: Munroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $3.50....6 months sea months By mail (in Chicago onty ™ $4.50....6 months $2.60...3 months $6.00 per year $8.00 per year Adress all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 11138 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago, Iilinels j. LOUIS ENGDAHL ; eal WILLIAM F. DUNNE { eS MORITZ J. LOBB........cc-cccsvsesme USINeSS Manager ————— @ntered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. mes ee re A Joint F aa—! ~ Joint funeral services for the o/ P. P. A. and the socialist party began Saturday in the Lexington Hotel. There was some acrimonious dissension among the pallbearers, but the morgue-like at- mosphere was evidence that the only thing in the United States deader than the C. P. P. A. is the socialist party and that the only thing deader than the socialist party is the body of the Unknown Sol- dier. The only difference is that, haying been. dead longer, the corpse of the Unknown Soldier does not smell so bad. Lest anyone thinks that the above remarks are a reflection upon rank and file worker delegates at the conference, we hasten to say that there were few present. The conference in its initial session, before the railway labor officialdom adjourned the =| 2 51 Miners’ Lives—$3,900 Each Fifty-one miners dead in Sullivan, Indiana— killed by a gas explosion. Even the capitalist press, always careful of the interests of the mine owners, is forced to admit that a coal cutting machine broke thru the wall of a gas-filled abandoned shaft and flooded the mine with the death-dealing explosive. The only conclusion that can be drawn, in view Advertising rates op application | Cc. P. P. A. sine die, was composed of these sleek gentlemen, delegates to the national convention of the socialist party and the most motley collec- tion of paranoic preachers, briefless lawyers, with such a generous sprinklingof miscellaneous squirrel food, that our furry friends need not fear a famine. The handful of workers who were present were deprived of a vote by the report of credentials com- mittee. In none of the speeches, not even in that of Debs, was the word revolution mentioned nor was there any basic difference in outlodk between the railway brotherhood officials and the socialists present. All wanted to cater to the middle class—the socialists of the scientific accuracy of mining engineering, is that the owners knew the workings were danger- ously close to this reservoir of gas, but that the coal in that part of the face was good and cheaply | obtained. The owners sent the men to their deaths for quick | by a middle-class party, the brotherhood official- dom by working with this element in the old parties. The speeches were devoid of any bitterness. The |socialists assured the railway chiefs that they had | the highest personal regard for them and the Shepherds, Robertsons and Manions reciprocated. LN HOCK AS SOLONS BOOST. OWN PAY Give cane Raise of $2,500 a Year (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 22.— The senate voted almost unanimously against rescinding its action in voting an increase in salary for senators from $7,500.00 to $10, 000.00 per year. Senator Norris 6f"Nebraska moved to reconsider the” Action, but was howled down, only ‘Senators Borah, and Magnus Johyson of Minnesota supporting him. ion was defeat- ed ip the last e and is not af- fected by the raise, It is argued by. that the sen- ators were in since they did not provide means of. raising money. to pay the increase, as Coolidge in- sisted be done in the case of the ill- paid postal employes, The Ball bill, which was passed by the senate, provided.for salaries of $15,000.00 each for the. vice-president, the speaker of the house, and for all cabinet officers. The raise in pay for Dawes, Longworth and the cabinet members will be $3,000.00 a year a piece. Senator Smoot of Utah, as chair- man of the finance committee, report- ed the Ball bill favorably to the sen- ate, in spite of the fact that he has been a bitter foe of wage increases for the postal workers. ea ae “IG: (Continued from page DD . notwithstanding. the comparatively high degree of organization already prevailing among its workers, should have no unified national labor misve- ment. ' To those who are familiar with. tha | problems confronting the’ workers—the fierce opposition of gov- ernment, sugar kings, tobacco lords and shipping magnates, and the sel- fishness and treachery of so-called “labor leaders”—the reason is clear. Nevertheless, a nation-wide labor’ or- ganization in Cuba must and hat be formed. Hands to the Task. The untiring activity of the Ha- vana Federation of Labor and the re- sponse which the Cuban unions have given to the general congress of last December are guarantees that neither: General Crowder, nor the big Dbiisi- ness interests, nor the traitors with~ in the ranks of labor itself can’ pre- vent the formation of a militant Con- federacion General de Trabajadores in Cuba. You have been delegated by your unions for that purpose. Hands to the task! Cuba is a country without vast dis- tances and without those sectional differences which have sometimes temporarily divided the workers of other lands. As the editor of Justicia points out, the technical problems of confederation in Cuba should be rela- tively easy of solution. Once estab- lished, the Confederacion General de Trabajadores will be a mighty and flexible weapon for the defense of the workers and peasants on all parts of the island. oo “Cuban | eral de ‘world revolutionary Communist International and the | ‘International of Labor Unions. Against Wall Street Imperialism. Cuban workers do not need to be reminded that their struggle is an international one—and above all, a struggle against the imperialist pow- er of Wall Street. These tourthe-of of all the capital invested in Cuba is Wall Street capital. Strikes m the sugar and shipping industries are. strikes against Wall Street. It was Wall Street that stood back of the Cuban government last summer in thé brutal suppression of the strikes in the sugar centrals. It was Street ‘that sent American battle- ‘ships to Havana harbor during the general — of the harbor work-/ ers. “Bo tong as the power of Wall Street left undisturbed;Guba will be a free country only in name and the. emancipation of the Cuban workers from wage slavery will be only an idle dream, Consciously or uncon- sclously, the Confederacion General de Trabajadores will have to fight against Wall Street. We Ask Your Solidarity. ..- The Pan-American Anti-Imperialist | League, consisting of labor untons,. peasant organizations, co-operatives, students’ groups, Communist parties, etc., calls upon the Cuban National Labor Congress to join with the workers of North, Central and South ~ dis chrcaate wil ait cad with thal formation of the Confederasion Gen-|. © Trabajadores. The Cuban. workers must become part of the) Movement led by| _ Article Kop ‘+e r ‘ “tn Tomorrow’s Daily By HARRISON GEORGE In tomorrow’s Trade Union Bdu- cational League Section, the DAILY WORKER will run an article from Jack Gaveel, whom all I. W. W. with a knowledge of their organigation’s istory, will remember as one of its. bést fighters before, during and after ‘the ‘war. Joining the I. W. W. in 1923, ‘he be- came prominent in the in 1916 and 1917, and was indicted with the Chicago group- according to my recollection, but was never ap- prehended. He did not, as many did, ‘however, run away from the strug- gle, or become a “tired” radical; or lose the fine wobbly spirit which ‘prompted him in the days f knew him, ‘to take a ‘real Marxian‘ 'posi- tion, a Leninist position, toward ‘the imperialist war. Imprisoned Three Years and Deported Jack Gaveel was a fighter, and when the organization was in the war crisis stood loyally by it on the firing line. He held many positions in the I. W. W. and discharged re- sponsibility with credit. Finally he was imprisoned by the venomous “We are all travelling the safne road,’ was a Cuban workers are among the most | America in a concerted struggle | ,, 18 : and easy profits. , : Ain eal q Pit wad ones eanin. The bill raising the pay of the| exploited in the western hemishpere,| against American imperialism. We| minal eS ao “a ype We hear continuously of the “risks of capital,” |P!rase that was use Y & postal workers is still rocketing back ask you to make common cause with | /°T@!@ and spent three years a ‘ The h r had h haracter as a The big sugar and tobacco companies, " Quentin, where he led the first strike but it is noticeable that these risks do not extend to 1e gathering had as much mass chara and forth between the house and| enjoying profits of hundreds of mil-| us against the common enemy. © 64 wobblies against diserindiétien y- Th / the capitalists themselves. No coal mine owner is |S€W ing society and if any sort of a new political | senate. lions of dollars each year, wrung from| More important shan.anything else, . forced continuous work tn the jute no} ever killed in a coal mine | party comes out of it will be the personal property uti the toil of the Cuban workers and | however, is the immediate establish- nth ers - 1] th ri te ol teristic of the | ‘of LaFollette, dependent upon his leadership for M U RY J C peons, pay out to their wage slaves| ment of the Confederacion General When he was released rou San ist With a callousness that is charac 11) melee tn the middiesl lector only a mere pittance and force them | de Trabajadores in Cuba. This your lac capitalist press when the lives of workers are | | |any appea it will make é mi €-c1ass hg 8. to live and work under the most convention must not fail to do. Therbd Quentin he was held incommunicado en weighed against dividends, it remarks that the| The socialist party delegates came to the con- Bush Cons v 40 abominable conditions. have been other attempts in the past ve bre 9 re mas aa suddenly ée- th families of the murdered miners will get $200,000 | ference to collect a following, but they have not ry Isolated struggles of the workers,| but all were disrupted or nullified. Stow oy poarbtag deg Hamburg, Ger- pa under the Indiana compensation law—carefully | ‘sueceeded even in differentiating themselves from Orchestra: Offers however - stubborn and’ courageous,| No more delays, comrades! No more ° es trom stam many. giving the total of the blood money paid by the | state and not the miserable amounts allotted to the families deprived of their breadwinner—}3,900 for wives and children. One thing is certain. This disaster will not hold the front pages of the capitalist press like the death | of one lohe cave explorer—Collins—did. Too many workers might begin to ask themselves why it is always the workers that must die in capitalist in- dustry in return for a bare livelihood while the capitalists escape its hazards. There ean be little doubt that the present unem- ployment in the soft coal fields is an important factor in such disasters as that in Indiana. Jobs are few and far between and.the bosses have been able to break down many of the safety rules. The workers themselves, with competition for the jobs So keen are forced to take chances that otherwise | would bring a strike. [t is easily seen that the disaster is part of the} vicious circle of robbery of the workers, unemploy-| ment and capitalist control of industry and gov- ernment. . The ku klux klan is powerful in Indiana. It even has tome followers among the miners themselves, but it serves only to divide the Indiana» workers along national, racial and religious lines; its ac- tivities in this situation will be to pray over the bodies of the American-born miners and to thank its 100 per cent American god that some hated for- eigners were among the victims. What must be the answer of the coal miners to this slayghter of their fellow workers? It must be renewed work within the union for a fighting program that will have as one of its provi- gyjons the inspection of all workings by the miners themselves, the absolute power to decide whether a mine is safe independent of all the boss-owned state and national inspection agencies. It takes a real union to enforce such a provision and that kind of a union will be built only by fol- lowing the program of the Workers (Communist) Party and the Trade Union Educational League. The wage cut in the woolen mills is a sign that the bosses mean business. vince these robber barons that the workers also mean business. Connecticut Enemies of Children indications are that the child labor amendment will be defeated by the Connecticut legislature. The many child slaves in the mills of this state are such choice bits of protit making machimery that are extremely desirous of keeping chains tight. The Connecticut chamber of commerce has been untisvally active in its opposition to this measure. the bosses their it has conducted one of those self-starting reier endums amoung its members, the arguments for and against prepared by persons selected by the chair- man of this organization of exploiters. The argu- ments of the opeu opposition are no more damaging than those of its handpicked defender This hypocritical method of fighting measures for the protection of children, together with open and unashamed attacks by the more powerful yroups, is testimony to the arrogant and brutal nature of capitalist rule in the United States. Only the highest kind of conscious discipline and well-knit militant organization of workers can oppose a solid and effective front to a class that lights so stubbornly for the smallest of its priv- ileges. Every day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER -»4 a member for the Workers Party. ~~ Only a united front of | all the workers in the textile industry will con-| the 57 varieties of nuts who made up the majority of the delegates. The attitude of the railway broth- erhood officialdom toward the socialists was one of polite contempt and not that of hatred and fear with’ which they regard the Communists. The socialist party is dead. Its remnants must attach themselves to the LaFollette kite. As an ‘independent entity it exists today merely upon what publicity and support it obtains by virtue of its 'war on Soviet Russia and the Communist Interna- tional and this is a suicidal method as most of the parties of the Second International have already learned. The C. P. P. A. is dead. The socialist party of America is dead. Long live the Workers (Communist) Party of America! Soviet Recognition The Communists will take the announced iaten- tion of the Coolidge administration to open’ nego- tiations with the Soviet government more calmly than any- other section of the American people. We have had the fullest confidence at all times that the strength of the workers’ and peasants’ govern- ment of Russia combined with the inescapable con- flicts between the capitalist nations would force recognition. The socialists will intensify their op- position to Soviet recognition, alarmists will continue to bray and the offensive against the Communists may become more wide- spread, but Soviet Russia will be recognized. American capitalism will try to save what it can in the Far East after the blow dealt it by the Russo- Japanese treaty. It will not have much success because here too it meets the imperialism of Great Britain as well as that of Japan while over all is the among the masses of Asia. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. Mussolini’s New Nemesis Mussolini mobilizes troops along the Egyptian frontier and another knotty problem presents itself ‘for solution to the imperialist European rulers. Internal Italian affairs will be stirred also to a new heat by this move. The Aventine opposition has returned to the chamber of deputies and with the threat of war facing the Italian masses as a result of the Egyptian imbroglio there is every prospect for renewed outbreaks of popular indig-| nation. Danger of war is perhaps the.one thing at pre- sent that will unite the anti-fascist middle-class elements opposed to Mussolini and rally the masses of the Italian Communist Party. War is the last thing that Mussolini should hold over the heads of the [talian workers and that he does it is a tribute to the power of the economic and political forces that | th I are driving Italian 5 OE: to its death. Musical Classics By ALFRED V. /. PRANKENSTEIN. The Bush conservatory orchestra gave its second program of this sea- son at Orchestra Mali last Tuesday night. Bush conservatory programs are worth hearing When one is not in the mood for the new or the startl- ing, because they are made up of old standbys in the ¢oncert literature. This particular. program opened with the “Ruy Blas” overture, the time honored prelude..written by Men- delssohn for Victor,Hugo’s play of the same name. vigorous music sociated with the and goes to shew _ could on occasion, write more than langorous whisperings from fairyland. This was followed by two move- ments of the Vieuxtemps fourth vio- the German in eaneorto, played hy, Edwin Schultz one of the pupils of ard Czerwon- ky, tae orchestra conductor. Vieux- temps was foo good a violin virtuoso to write a remarkable concerto. Of the two movements,,played, an an- dante and a march, all the interest is centered in the solo, and the orches- tra has no more individuality than an accompanying harmony. But the vio- the professional | constant and growing force of Communism | workers to the fighting program of the lin solo is full of cated , whistleable tunes. Schultz h e tone, but his intonation is freqmently ragged. Followed the great and passionate prelude and love-d -of the Wag- nerian opera “Tristan and Isolde,” the vocal solo of the latter section sung by Julia Rode. There was pol- ished, perfected orchestra playing in the prelude, but in the love-death the orchestra drowned out the voice. This was Czerwonky’s fault, not Miss Rode’s. A suite of dances from a little known opera of Saint-Saens, “Henry VIII,” opened the second section of the program. This music has not that it is again new, Byvidently the Henry VIII that the opera is con- cerned with is the English king of many wives (who, by the way, was a composer of som@_ ability) for the dances are all in Scotch style. Saint- Saens was a composer of peculiar adaptability. He could adopt for a day er a week any style, because he had little that could be called a style of his own. In these dances he uses the Scotch five note scale and “evokes the men- |tal associations of ts and plaids iand a rich brogue. is shrewd or- chestral chemistry gan be heard in the second movem called “Idyll Ecossaise,” vem 8 wherein a melody in the solo is accom- panied by a drone the cellos, pro- ducing as near an imitation of a bag- pipe as can be se from orchestra instruments. | Harold Sanford. Taiayed the first 'thovement of one of the great class- cs of piano literature, the first con- | certo of Chaykovski. This is the “grand style,” to cop a phrase of our Arbitration for the bosses is played out in Nova/|favorite musical essayist: It is a Scotia. The miners welcomed the “arbitrators” | ™asterwork of the first order. It has recently ap ypointed as “tools of the British E mpire | jin it Sia ee the ” name Steel corporation” and then sent them back to the | ae aykovense ae apetan's sweetness of melo@y, his power and headquarters of that company 1D Ottawa. his melancholy. Samford played it a Workers in the United States can learn a whole| bit more slowly than is traditional, lot from these fighting Canadian coal diggers. but with excellent eistanding of ansiaiens - jits meaning. The expulsion of the*sec retary of the Carpenters’ L'nion of the Mexican Federatign of Labor because of his Communist speeches shows that the “Mon- | doctrine of laberyis being applied. is dead, but his anti*working class policy lives. ¢ 9aees. roe Gompers The program w up with the ‘ever popular “Mar yc" the Boyars” | by Halvorsen. | When you bal get an “Ad’ ifor the DAILY A RKER. _ been played here abouts in so long, are of little avail against these giant combines of capital, directed from Wall Street. There must be a single confederation of labor, witn tocal units thruout the island, capable of dealing powerful blows simultaneous- ly at a number of different points. The organization must be determined to fight thru the class struggle to the bitter end, until the overthrow of cap- italism and the establishment of a new society by, for and of the work- ers. postponements, The best elements of the Cuban labor movement are rep- resented in your convention. Forward to the Confederacion General de Tra- bajadores! Viva “el movimiento trabajador de Cuba! Viva 1a" dértaariana obrera ‘paname- ricana! ©“ Viva la sébnihariaad obrera mundial! PAN-AMERICAN ANTI-IMPERIAL- is? LEAGUE, : Manuel Gomez, Secretary. 18 MONTHS BIT Priest Gets Off Easy by Squealing (Special to The Daily Worker) ATLANTA; Ga., Feb. 22.—Albert E. Sartain, formerly warden at the Unit- ed States penitentiary here, and Law- rence Riehl, both of Columbus, Ohio, were found guilty here today by a jury in United States district court of having conspired to solicit and ac- cept bribes from prisoners at the in- stitution in return for “soft berths.” L. J. Fletcher formerly deputy ward- en at the prison, was found not guilty. The catholic chaplain of the prison turned state’s evidence and was not sentenced, altha he admitted his guilt. Sartain was sentenced to a year and six months in the Ufiited States pris- on and Riehl to a year and a day. Riehl was informed by Judge Erwin that his sentence was lightened be- ‘cause he was not an official at the prison. The verdict was announced fifteen hours after the jury had retired from deliberation. The maximum penalty is two years in prison and fine of $10,000. Attorneys for the convicted men announced they would immediately ask for a new trial. Coolidge Plan to Abolish Taxes on .Estates Opposed WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—A. clash in the next congress over tax revision, which will split the republican ‘ma- jority into two distinct groups, was predicted here today as a result of President Coolidge’s flat advocaey. of repealing federal inheritance taxes. Influential republican members of congress expressed disapproval of the president’s proposition. Among them was Rep. Wm. R. Green of Iowa, chairman of the piow- erful ways and means committee, which will have charge of framing tax revision. The proposal to get the federal gov- ernment out of the inheritance tax field, probably will be included in the Coolidge-Mellon plan, which is to be presented early in the 69th congress. It will be opposed by the democrats generally and by quite a few reputl licans. ot" Soldiers Die in Tram Wreck. ~~ MANILA, Feb. 22——Three American | army officers and three soldiers were | killed and 14 persons were injured day when a crowded tram car o } turned at Corregidor. CONGRESS VOTES TO ‘an muss | Ww ON}. D. C., Feb. 22— Congress” Voted today to raise its own salary. By a vote’ of 237 to 93, the house passed the senate bill under which salaries of “members of the house and sefaté are raised from $7,500 a year to $10,000. The measure also’ provided for in- creasing the salaries of cabinet members, the speaker of the house and the” vice president from $12,500 to $15,000 ‘a year. The bill to increase the salary of postal employes is still hanging fire. GOVERNOR DROVE HARD BARGAIN (Special te The Daily Worker) TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 22.— Test- him over the telephone on Dec. 18 after negotiations for the parole of Walter Grundy, convicted Hutchinsen banker: “I. got to the governor, and the best we can do is $4,000,” marked the direct testimony of A. Lewis Os- wald, Hutchinson attorney, in the preliminary hearing of Peterson and former Governor Jonathan M. Dayis on charges of conspiracy and solicit- ing a bribe. Finally Cut Price Later, Oswald testied, the alleged price was Cut to $2,500 but when he cathe here Jan. 9, to complete the negotiations, he found the case ef Fred W. Pollman, Lacygne which resulted in the arrest of Davis, and his son, Russell, was public and he realized the efforts for Grundy were ended. U. S. Gunboat Busy. SHANGHAI, Feb. 20.— A United States gunboat is being sent from Wan Hsien to Kwei Chow Fu in an effort to obtain the release of the American steamer Chi Chuen, which was seized by military there and its crew arrested. MARX GABINET THROWN OUT IN LESS THAN WEEK BERLIN, Feb. 22.—The Prussian ‘diet this evening declined, 221 to | 218 to give the Marx cabinet a vote eat of confidence. The cabinet has been “Office only a few days. a erteees IN PARDON SALE imony that. Carl J. Peterson, former | state banking commissioner, had told | paroled banker of’ Jack Gaveel asks questions of ae I. W. W. that it must answer. That he now realizes the overwhelming necessity of a fight on capitalism based on the tactics of the Red In- ernational of Labor Unions, although when in San Quentin he did, as-I recall, write critically in opposition to it, is proof of the fact that the program of the R. L L. U. in the face of actual conditions, is sound enotgh to win to its banner the best revolu- tionary elements of the I. W. W. The article of JJack Ga (aad other M. T. W. members’ ‘favoring the R. I. L. U. position) evi- dences a rising tide in the revolutionary membership of the | W. W. which will not forever the obstructions of anarchist. oppost- tion and sectarian isolation, Understanding Just Beginning .. In view of the coming conference for unity of the marine workers’ of the western hemisphere, called by the M, T. W. of the L W. W., these signs of life in the M. T. W. are of pro- found importance. Seamen, “on the whole, cannot be the same sort of shortsighted muddlehead as is’ the stump-rancher editor of the Indus- . trial Worker. Although it is manifestly impos sible to send every I. W. W. to Ham- burg or Moscow to let practical ex- perience teach him to quit following anarchist and confusionist leaders and think for himself, still there is no doubt that the I. W. W. and R. I. L. U. are ultimately bound t fight side by side against the on- slaughts of capitalism. HOLD COMMUNIST MASS MEETING AMONG NEGROES What the Workers (Communist) Party, the American section of the Communist International has put forth as its demands for the Negro workers in the present aldermatic elections, will be the chief subject under discus- sion at a mass meeting to be held to- night, Monday, at 8 P. M., at the South Side Community Center, 3201 So. Wabash Ave. For the quarter of a million Negro workers of UCWhicago, the Workers (Communist) Party demands: . Y. Absolute social, economic and political equality for all workers, re- gardiless of race or color: 2 Equal pay for all workers’ for equal work. | »8ec Abolish Jim-Crow neighbor- hoods, .restaurants, theaters, trains and schools. 4. Fight the ku klux klan. 5. Fight police terrorizgtion of friendly association between the races. 6. Absolutely equal admission to and rights in all trade unions. The speakers will be Edward L. Doty, Communist leader among the Negroes of Chicago, at present a plum- ber and formerly railroad and stock- yards worker, Gordon Owens, Negro printing trades worker and well known Communist and Karl Reeve, reparter for the DAILY WORKER, Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, ; February 28. Corner of Monroe and Ashland Bivd. Ashiand Avenue em@eeaaeepHeecgorhn = 0 as — >. —_ at- tre) ee ae ie