Daily Worker
February 27, 1925

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4 hicage Ave, . pe leer Vek th No. 40 = oo ad ATES: . St tee ae be at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 8, 1879. -* NEW YORK , EDITION — oe ‘ag 7, 1925 ‘ oJ ’ ‘2 oe f- sree oh By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. HE latest addition to the red- i“ ing crew of American hack writ is the Rogers. Rogers satirized the | ruling classes he made a reputation tor himself as a wit. But now that he), has heard the whistle of his masters,’ and has turned his nimble mind over. to the capitalists, his stuff would not 2 justice to even a respectable half- wit. . + 7 JN his syndicated monologue dated ‘Feb. 21; Rogers begins by discuss- ing Americanism and finds that there is no sich animal. He finds that the great, great majority of the American people aré normal. Only a few reds are abnormal. Rogers does not’ pos- sess the virtue of novelty in wading in ‘to attack the enemies of his paymas- ters.. He uses all the hairy and hoary sneefs that the reactionaries of this country have been hurling at the “reds” for generations. Soap: boxes Without soap. Faces with re of whiskers. * * ® Rovens did, not like the Communist meeting in Madison Square Gar- den.. Practically every. capitalist hack in. the coyntry took.a slam at that demonstration. He did not like the idea of denouncing the eapitalist sys- tem, under \which clowns like Rogers, get along so,well. Not, that the former movie man does, not know bet- ter. He does, On many occasions his: articles were clever tho ‘veiled attacks ‘on the capitalist system. But he heard ‘his master’s voice. He is now com- peting with that other ‘pen prostitute, Arthur Brisbane, in howling for pre- eee Money is eloquent. * * JJALMAR BRANTING, former -Swedish socialist premier is dead. His, passing will be no loss te. the working class such as the death of Lenin was, ,Branting was a socialist and one of the most useful allies of the allied capitalist during the war and’ after. .In his early days in the so- slalist movement, like - pon gaowly meee}? | for his ideals. But he was: not of. stu of he succumbed to the flesh pots of cap-, italism. ‘Branting. like MacDonald in England was one of the most faithful supporters of the Swedish royal fam- ily. Let the bourgeoisie mourn his loss; the workers should not. ~ * ~ . A. MACKENZIE until recently the Chicago’ Daily News correspond- ent in Soviet Russia, has been doing excellent work for his masters since he shook the dust of Russia off his feet. Hig work is all the more dan- géerous since his articles, during most of his sojourn in the workers’ repub- lie were rather fair, or at least as fair as could be expected from one who saw the drama of the building up of a new order thru capitalist spectacles. While the correspondents of the Chi- cago Tribune were spinning yarns of imminent Bolshevik disaster Macken- zie warned his readers that Soviet rule was strong and in no danger of overthrow. ae ~ * UT he is now in America ahd no doubt is acting under the instruc- tions of the most bitterly reactionary section of the American capitalist class, who are now unlimbering their ink brigade for a last-desperate at- tempt to block Soviet recognition by rok ¥a » . ws 4 “> — 300 Volunteers H elp Organization Drive NEW YORK, Feb. 25--More sig- nificant than most strikee is that the strike of ladies’ clothing workers is being carried on by over 300 volun- teer organizers. The present struggle of the International Ladies’ Garment directed from above, nd the volun- teers are proving thenfselves entirely loyal and thoroly capable. Workers Are Determined In the third week of the organiza- tion campaign launched in the dress industry against the open shop, with a strike called in over. 150 establish- ments, the workers are more determ- ined than ever to continue till all their demands are granted, being en- couraged to.a firm stand Hy the act- ion of more than 70 of the struck hotises that have already signed up. When this volunteer committee got the permission of the Joint Board of Cloak, Skirt and Dress Makers’ Un- ions it at once set out to formulate demands and line up the open shops. Meeting resistance it called upon the joint board to pull down the shops | that refused to sign up. Over 30,000 | workers went out and are sticking tight in all the shops that fail to make the agreement with the union. The rank and file have proven that they can take charge and carry on work in a most effective manner,| flouting the interference of the. boss es aided by the police and hired sluggers. Without pay this committee of 300 is working day and night and getting results that haye astonished the whole working class in New York. p ee : ~ BPR adhe Rar Workers’ Union, is one of the rank] and file without the official organizers | Published > | PUBLISHING CO. _Ettor, iw ‘YORK—Sunday, Olgin, Juliet Stuart Poyntz and others. Speakers: Jack Chaplin. | PITTSBURGH, PA.—Sunday, Speakers: Arturo Giov BOSTON, aachi-~dundes March later. CHICAGO—Sunday, March 1—Emmet Memorial HalaPay!e Sts., at 2:30 p. m. DETROIT. MICH Speaker, Joseph Ettor, Matta t2 p.m. Speak- G. Flynn, M. J. r and Ogden Johnstone, An * m- 35 Miller St. abba announced . “tater. WASHINGTON, D. C., Peo. 25.— The February Monthly Labor Re view of the bureau of labor statie tics includes among ite special fea- tures the quarterly report on chang- es in the cost of living in the Unit- ed States, covering 32 of the princl- pal cities of the country and a study of the purchasing power of farmers’ incomes. An article on the purchasing pow- er of farmers’ incomes in the state of New York shows that the average labor income was $453 in 1914 and $205 in 1924. By labor income Is meant the amount the. farmer re- ceives for his year’s work above all farm expenses, inciuding interest on the capital invested, and in addi- — ee farm products. The difference between the earn- ings in 1914 and 1923 amounted to a duction of 55 per cent in actual money and of approximately 70 per cent in the purchasing power of the » income. A period of high earnings had pre- vailed from 1916 to 1919, which co- incided with the period of price-fix- ing by the government, while the later low-income period coincides wth the so-called “period of defla-— tion.” Their organization campaign is a he \ Mere a Pons end ‘women that are so successful the present struggle. They carry $0} all picket duty and look after meet: f ings and hall attendance with “keen insight and definite orderliness. Committee is Attacked 5 | Recently a committee vyisiting ‘a shop was trapped by the bosses and assaulted with knives and scissors and bludgeons. One women. was. the victim of a slugger who split her head 5 making several stitches necessary. One man was cut with scissors under} his arm and badly injured. All in} the committee were brutally beaten” by the bosses aided by scabs. Medill McCormick, Parasite, Summoned to the Graveyard WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. .25.— Medill McCormick, republican United States senator from Illinois, was found dead in his apartment at the Hamilton Hotel here this morning. ‘The door to the apartment had to be broken down. But death, it is claimed, was not the result of .suicide as rumors gave it, but of gastric hemorrhage. McCormick was a multi-millionaire stockholder of the International Harvester company, (Continued: on page 2). Chicago Tribune and other concerns. GERMAN COMMUNISTS USE RADIO TO LISTEN IN ON WORLD, SO AMERICA GETS THE IDEA, TOO News has just reached“this country of the great progress in propaganda methods made by the German Communist “Party. The party used not only the time worn machinery Of*the past such as leaflets, speakers, the press, etc. but is right up to the minute’ih its use of the most modern Scientific methods of spreading its propaganda: A great many of the party headquarters are already equipped with powerful radio outfits for receiving néws of By this means the comrades listen in to speeches broadcasted from nature. a national and international the important gatherings in various parts of the world. Thieves Leave No Finger Prints in Salary Grab Vote WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Duplicat- ing the performance of the senators who slipped their salary-boost bill thru at a night session and without a roll call, the house membership passed that measure without a record vote. It is a rider on one of the big cor- poration bills, and will probably es- cape the veto which has searched out sdlary raises for ordinary government employes. House and senate mem- bers will get $10,000 a year instead of the present $7,500, and cabinet mem-. bers, the speaker and the vice-presi- dent, will bet $15,000 imstead of $12,- 000. The house vote was taken by a count of members standing, and Te- sulted 237 to 93. — -~* In addition to this use of the radio, the Communist. headquarters are used for educational purposes for the work. ers of the various. districts. Concerts are broadcasted and upon festive oc- casions the radio is used for dances, entertainments etc. Not to be far behind the German party, the American party is offering the workers of New York City two modern $100.00 radio sets of the finest and most, improved pattern to the branch selling the greatest number of subscription tickets to the Paris Com- mune Pageant Concert and Ball at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Mareh 15. The possibilities of winning the radio sets has aroused such great en- thusiasm thruout the city that |branches have selected various cap- tains and teams to go out and sell the tickets. The concert promises to be a very hard fought battle between | various branclies "that are out to win at all costs. spreading to all Thee ae and the] -T0 DEMO 4 centers of the country. Y ABAINST BOSSES , Comes on March 8 NNEW YORK, Feb. 25.—The militant rkers of America are preparing to ebrate International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, with mass meetings in the principal cities and industrial International Women’s Day, has been designed by the Communist International as the day on which the working class wo- men of the world celebrate as a sign of their common struggle for work- ing class freedom. The mass meeting in New York will be held on March 6, at 8 p. m., at the Labor Temple, 243 East 84th St., near 3rd Ave. The speakers will be Juliet Stuart Poyntz, M. J. Olgin, Rose Pastor Stokes, Fanny Warshafsky and Anna Thompson. On this day the working class wo- men of the world will be marching, demonstrating, holding huge meet- ings, and pledging themselves to car- ry on the fight of the whole work- ing class, which comprises both men -and women, to free themselves from .drudgery and degradation imposed by the employers, by aiding in the es- tablishment of the rule of the work- rs. @ Invitation to Dance. (Overheard on the Telephone) . “Let’s all meet!” “Where?” “At the vetcherinka and dance of the Bronx section, U. P.” “Why, what’s doin there?” “Oh> plenty of eats; plenty of drinks; good music; good danciug. “Invite all your friends to come along, and we'll have a jolly good time.” “Where is it going to be?” “Bronx Workers Hall, 1347 Boad; Saturday, Feb. 28th. “Good-bye, see you there.” Boston Dniure he ast; Worker yor fees tion to the use of his house and jing x | italist * aga |of the working ‘elasa who want to do . “Teer 7% nal demand for a Sacco and Bar- oned for the chusetts for their al working class, takes place or Hh. The Workers (Com | phacked by numer- ous local t d by the Sacco- bears od ; imittee, is hold- ng the conviction rs on framed up jony. Sacco and @ondemned to die organizing the textile England. New e Meeting. A mass will be held in New Yor Central Opera House, Mart 2p, m. The Italian needle tr mated Cloth- ng We m other New York local » fighting side by (Communist) Sacco and away with the exploiters of labor and put the power fmto the hands of the workers. Good Speakars in Chicago. The Chicago anéeting, in Emmet Memorial Hall, O@den Ave. and Tay- lor St., will, be, addressed by Ralph Chaplin, representing the Industrial Workers of the Wérld, Jack Johnstone, secretary of the [Trade Union Educa- tional League,.jgand Antonio Presi, editor of the Ialidn Communist news- paper Il Lavoratere. Miners’ Union Gives $50. The Harpersville, Ohio, local union of the United Mime: Workers of Amer- ira has passefl the following resolu- tion demanding a retrial for Sacco and VangetU,; at the same meeting which donated $50.00 ‘for the Sacco- Vanzetti defense. The resolution stated: “We, the coal miners of Local Union No. 2059, United Mine Workers of America, with 286 members assembled in our regular business meeting, held in Harpereville, Ohio, Jan. 23, 1925, unanimously adopted the following resolution of protest: “Whereas, Nicola Sacco and Bar- tolomeo Vanzetth are doomed to the electric chair by “whe ferocious cap- italism of the United States-——‘the land of the free and theshome of the brave’ —and “Whereas, we elaim that Sacco and Vanzetti were upgustly convicted of the crime they never committed, and furthermore the evidence introduced against them did not warrant the ver- (Continued ton page 6.) i and soutin O Pe ee the champions | CZAR HUTCHESON RULING BACKS HIS SATELLITES Confirms Expulsion. of Chicago Carpenters William L. (Czar) Hutcheson, gen- eral president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters has finally delivered his decision in the case of the five members of Local No. 181, who were iNegally expelled by the officials of the local without a trial and without the sanction of the members of the Jocal. The members were originally char- ged with having signed a resolution | protesting against a scab Landis award agreement signed by Harry Jensen with five contractors in Chi- j cago. The report of the trial commit- te was “doctored” which means falsi- fled, and despite a signed affidavit from three members of that commit- tee of five, to the effect that the se- cretary of the cémmittee falsified the report, the president of the local de- clared the members expelled tho more than 95 per cent of the membership of the local are in a state of revolt against, this railroading process. Finally The Decision / As was expected Hutcheson after a long wait, during which he was en- joying himself in Florida, decided that the officials of Local 181 were justi- fled in their action. - The DAILY WORKER secured a copy of Hutcheson's letter which is as follows in its most important part: The report of the trial committee does not show that the eppeliants were reported as admitting they were guilty as charged but does show that they admitted being gullty of viola- tion of Paragraph A. B. and C: of Section 54 of the General Constitu- tion by admitting that they signed the resolution, referred to in the || charges and inasmuch as said Tesolu- sungebhs ete 08h aD and fe ry ment } and of a meee | against the Seacous and intérdst ot ‘the Brotherhood they com act for which they should rightfully (Continued on page 6. mS A. C. W. LOCALS | WITHDRAW FROM JOINT BOARD New York Membership Protests Expulsion Bs i (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 25.—Un- der the protection and with the cols laboration of the capitalist police force, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ joint board machine held its last meeting. The largest New York Local No. 63, notified the board of its withdrawal from all participation so long as Local 5 is excluded, and dele- gates from Locals 24 and 80 also with- drew as a protest against the officials calling in the police department. The storm caused by the action of the Amalgamated leaders is bécom- ing greater every day in the New York organization. Every day shows some new development of the strug- gle to prevent the officials from de- stroying the union. Four Locals Now Out. At the last meeting of the joint board, the delegates of three locals stated that their locals were with- (Continued on page 2) COMMUNIST ALDERMANIC CANDIDATES INCREASE PARTY VOTE CAST IN THE | NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS wards counted foryCommunists in the Nicholas Dozenberg polled 167 in the Comrade Harry Brooker made almost The Communist candidates running in four wards in Chicago’s Tuesday's aldermanic election’ made an excellent showing. A total of"387 votes in the four wards show @ decided improvement over a total of 967 votes in 50 presidential campaign. Louis Cejka, candidate in the 22nd ward led the Communist field with 192 votes in his ward, almost three per cent of the total vote cast. Comrade 28th ward, two per cent of thé vote. two per cent of the votes in his ward in getting 126 and Comrade Hyman Epstein made the same percentage in TRY TO PATCH UP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MINERS AND ENGINEERS WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The American Federatiom of Labor today un- dertook to mediate the differences between the UnitedbMine Workers of America and ,the Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers inmvelving the employ- ment of non-union miners in the New River coal field beimg worked by the brotherhood in West Virginia... Three members of the efederation headed by Secretary Frank A. Morrison, began a series of conferences with John L. Lewis, president of the miners’ union and Warren $2 Stone, president of the engineers’ organization, under resolutions adopted at the. Ei Paso con- vention of*twe federation, \ a vote of 106. All of which, considering every- thing, may be looked upon as a wid-| ening of the sphere af CommuniSt prestige and an indication that the Workers (Communist) Party is at- tracting ever greater circles of work- ers. Popular Interest Small. The popular interest in the muni- cipal campaign was, thruout, half- hearted. Sharp contests were few. Sentiment at large was Rot aroused (Continued on mene. 6.) Price 3 Cents * oo. tha w. We NEW YORK, Feb. 24--A strike of 1,500 dessomajeors ja getting re- sults already © Five hundred work- - back in esttied shops. This is the eliand garment strike of the week, and Is aimed at dress- making bogses who are evading the union. terma . It ¢ apart from the strike of 20,000 @hildrens’ dress, house dreas, kimono and underwear workers. Non union Sdvdemhakers get in some cases only half the wages paid in union Shops, say union men| The union minimum week wages are: $50 for cutters; $44 for oper- ators; $50 for pressers; $31 for drapers; $26 for finishers. IRISH FAMINE SITUATION IS GROWING WORSE Free State Government Suppressing Facts The famine situation in the west of Ireland is growing in seriousness despite denials on the part of the Free State government, declares an official statement issued by the Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief Committee from its headquarters at 19 South Lincoln street, Chicago, Ill. This committee was organized on receipt of a cable from the secretary of the British section of the Interna- tional Workers’ Aid, who is now mak- ng a tour of the famine regions. It is affiliated to the International Work- ers’ Aid and was organized on the initiative of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party of America. Condition Growing Worse. The statement of the Irish Wosk-|. ers’ and Peasants’ ranite Relief Com-}8 oh tis étafving wert! an j|ers and peasants on the west of Ire- land grows more. desperate daily. Help trom outside of Ireland has been scant owing to the efforts of the Free State government, to suppress news of the famine. “The Manchester: Guardian in its issue of January 80.says: ‘In the west, in those parts known as the con- gested districts, famine is raging ow- ing to the complete failure of the crops of oats and potatoes. The des- perate plight of the area is increased by the shortage of turf fuel and there is no available substitute in green timber and brushwood..... Bourgeoisie Not Hungry. “The Irish bourgeois supporters of the Free State in America who dread the loss of dignity thru poverty in the land of their ancestors, minimize the famine and say that the Irish can take care of themselves. The Irish bour- geoisie are not cold or hungry, but unless the workers of the rest of the world who can spare something from their savings send relief, thousands of workers and peasants will die from hunger or disease brought on thru malnutrition. “The Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Relief Committee appeals to the work- ers and farmers of this country to demonstrate their class solidarity by sending money to their stricken broth- ers and sisters in Ireland. Besides ac- complishing the immediate task of re- lieving distress it will also strengthen the. bond of solidarity. that is being forged between the workers of all lands who are caught in the heartless vice of capitalist. exploitation. “The Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief Committee is preparing subseription lists for the collection of funds for relief. Those who wish to assist in the task of raising money for this work should communicate with Thomas J. O'Flaherty, secretary of the above committee, at 16 South Lincoln street, Chicago, Illinois.” Farmer Sultide, Aged 85. HARRISBURG, IL, Feb. 25.—Wiill- iam Tuttle, 85, pioneer farmer of Sa- line county, committed suicide today at his home twelve miles northwest of Harrisburg, by hanging himself to a rafter in the barn. Ashland Avenue Corner of Monroe and Ashland Bivd., | February 28. | Red Revel Masquerade Ball, 37 South | WR BETWEEN BRITAIN AND U. 5. INEVITABLE Admiral Phelps Tarns the Cat Loose to one 3 her < “as | WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.— War between wee pa the United States was the prospect held out to the women who are attending the “National Defense as Peace insur~ ance” four-day convention in the cap- itol, by Réar Admiral W. W. Phelps, in a leotulre that created a sensation in political and diplomatic circies here. It is more than likely that the British ambassador will bring the Phelps speech to the attention of the state department and perhaps call for a disavowal. Coming at a time when it is generally beliéved that the United States and Great Britain are free from clashing interests that might result in war, the admiral’s speech is bound to focus opinion on the inevitability of armed conflict be- tween the two foremost capitalist powers in the world and the logical rival for commercial supremacy, The Oll Supply The admiral stated that England was getting a stranglehold on the world’s oil supply and that the bulk of it was in England's control today, He said the object of the American open door policy was to help Amer- ican capitalists secure oil concessions. But England has combatted this prin- ciple everywhere, he went on, and successfully. The admiral continued: “One of the primary objectives of the league of nations, under the leadership of Eng- land, is to devise some policy to des- troy the American favorable balance of trade. “Berious differences are brewing with England over shipping policies. These differences can be prevented {gm developing into a conflit only by a strong! navy. That America determ- i}ines.t0- Jpuild, up a great. merchant marine fleét has created against us the. bitter animosity of the English shippitig interests.” The Inevitable Scrap Here we have the seed of a war be- tween England and America. An ad- miral is not expected to be a diplomat. The state department may tell the British government, that the “old salt” is only blowing off a little steam, but just as sure as England fought Germany over commercial supremacy and the exploitation of the near Bast so will the two great im- perialist giants America and British fight for world hegemony. The trouble between the United States and Japan and between England and France are mere skirmishes compared to this coming battle between the two might- jest military and naval powers that the world has ever known. America is out to dominate the world and te grind the workers of all lands under her iron heel. Hatters, Poisoned by Mercurial Steam, Are Permanently Injured DANBURY, Conn. — “Hatters” Shakes,” the disease arising from mer- curial poisoning in the hatters’ trade, has aroused the Hatters’ Union to the appointment of a committee to. con- fer with the manufacturers for the purpese of. eliminating this hazard. The compensation board has decided that this disease is an occupational, disease, coming within the scope of the compensation law. The mercurial poisoning comed from the steam arising from the tubs over which the workers in one branch of the industry toil. In the carroting process, thru which the fur passes before reaching the hat factory, large quantities of mercury are used, with consequent poisoning in the factory. In European factories there is little such poisoning, because of the care used in ventilation and moving the employes from one department to an- other. Another Warship Likes the Land. LONDON, Feb. 25.—The U. 8. 8. Huron, flagship of the Asiatic fleet, is aground off the Island of Palawan, of the Philippine archipelago, said an agency dispatch received here to- night. The dispatch indicated the vessel was in no immediate peril. Ce JAPAN RATIFIES TREATY THAT GIVES RECOGNITION TO RUSSIA TOKIO, Feb. 25.—The privy council today ratified the agreement recently arrived at between the Soviet and Japanese ambassadors at Peking establish- ing diplomatic relations between the ratifications will take place at Peking two governments. tomorrow. The exchange of The treaty was ratified several days ago by the Soviet government af Moscew.

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_ \ Y al Sh, Page Two soe ~ — TO END STRIKE OF WHITE WINGS Chicago ls Threatened with Epidemic The 2,500 striking street cleaners and garbage collectors employed by the city of Chicago began the second week of their strike yesterday. While garbage and ashes continued to pile up on the sidewalks and the streets were littered with rubbish, commis- sioner of public works, A. A, Sprague broke off relations with the Street Cleaners’ Union. The city officials held a conference with representa- tives of the city council, according to a report in the commissioner's office, and were to definitely decide whether strike breakers would be hired. The garbage littered streets are menacing~the working class sec- tions with disease. A widespread epi- demic may break out at any moment. The street cleaners and garbage col- lectors, represented by the president of the Street Cleaners’ Union, Michael Carrozzo, cut thelr demands for an Mmerease in pay 50 per cent. Sprague who-had previously offered the strik- ers ten cents a day more pay, with-| drew the offer and refused to confer further with the union representa- tives. The union officials offered to settle thé strike if the laborers were given $5.25 per day, section foremen $6.50 per day, repair foremen $8.00 per day and dump foremen $180.00 per month. Sprague refused to consider this of- fer. The dump, repair and section fore- men will hold a meeting at 4 o’clock this afternoon at 180 West Washing- ton street, it was announced at their offices, to discuss the strike situation. Foor Workers Burned in Searing _Blast of Flaming ‘Oil in Pa. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 25.—Four men ‘were burned probably fatally several others injured and damage estimated at more than $85,000 caused when a searing blast of flaming oil scattered the burning liquid over a “test crew” working in a room of the Duquesne Light company plant, at Colfax, near here today. The workmen were making final tests on new power equipment when a crossed circuit from the wires carry- ing 66,000 volts of electricity fired the ofl. The entire plant was shaken by the blast which ruined huge generat- ing units and giant turbines, Anti-Alien Land Bill Defeated by Idaho Legislature BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 25.—-By the nar- row margin of one vote the Idaho house of representatives today failed to pass the anti-alien land bill, de signed, according to ite framers} to prohibit the leasing of land to Japa- nese farmers to Dec. 31, 1928. The vote was 29 for passage and 30 against. There was much debate on the | measure, particularly as to what pos- gible effect passage would have on Japanese-American relations. Socialists and State Progressives Adjourn Altho the socialist national and state sonventions declared that the socialist | party had severed all connections with the LaFollette “progressive” move- ment, several socialists attended the state convention of the “provisional progressive party of llinois” and were told that their seats as delegates were open to them. Both conventions have adjourned. The progressives are marking time, hoping that the scattered LaFollette = ee - “ad &y ot —— 3 “. ; at. : . Fa caer ~ aT a Oe is en + 14 - ea —_. - : tee? * Pk rete - awh " — * ey EE eth Sele ae . . AS WE SEE IT | By T. J, O'FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) the United States government. Mac- kenzie’s’ latest assignment is to write a series of pen portraits of the fore- most Communist leaders in Russia. He began with Trotsky and gave him a clean bill of health. His next vic- tim was Zinoviev who is not so unfor- tunate as Trotsky. For every word of praise showered on the ex-minister of war by this capitalist hack, Zinoviev gets ten) words of abuse. The work- ers will understand. It is not likely that Trotsky will appreciate the unso- licited praise of this journalistic men- ial. * 2 8 HAT a collection of servile lick- spittles those capitalist journal. ists are? Not even the stage produces so Many men and women willing to do anything in return for the approval of those in power. One of this tribe is James O’Donnell Bennett. He has licked the boots of almost every wealthy man in the United States dur- ing his career and his tongue is still in working condition. He is now working on Calvin Coolidge. “Cal” was talking to a bunch of female hypo. crites on the question of preparedness. They represented organizations whose members “either bred men for war or are the descendants of women who did” writes Bennett. The world would be something better off if these brain. less chunks of protoplasm were never born or bred. . > . HIS is the kind of putty that the hedge schoolmaster Coolidge ped- died his platitudes to. “Rational re- duction of armaments” was one of his themes. After Coolidge got thru with them, Secretary of War Weeks, came on, then Major General John L. Hines, chief of staff. “As a result of our wo- men’s work in thé world war, the war department has now established a womans’ relations section of the gen- eral staff, with a woman in charge.” Convincing proof that the last war would not be the last! a 3 a NOTHER militarist gave a lecture on “Undermining the youth of the nation.” This general’found nuclei in colleges and universities and in the public schools. The female battalion of death promised aid of course. And as if in reply to the challenge of this war monger, the Young Workers’ League, which is the only revolution- ary youth organization in the United States, comes out with a weekly news- paper instead of the bi-weekly which succeeded’ the monthly. The young revolutionists are yet small in num: ber and their funds are low. But evo. lution is on their side, and some day a red general will be talking to a group of women workers in Washing- ton, not on how to protect capitalism from the workers but on how to de- fend the workers’ republic against the capitalists if any exist by that time. IRISH RELIEF AND DEFENSE TO BE MEET TOPIC Dunne and Totten Will Be Speakers The first general meeting of the Chicago Labor Defense conference will take place this Thursday night, Fe@p. 26, at 180 W. Washington St., 8 o'clock sharp. Delegates will be in attendance from many unions, includ- ing Machinists, Painters, Wood Turn- ers, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Food Workers and others. In addi- tion to Workers Party and Young Workers’ League units, many other working class organizations will be represented, including the Slovak So cilalist Federation, Workmen’s Cir cles, Lithuanian, Bohemian, forces may yet be collected into some sort of a petty bourgeois party. party together. Relieve Coughs, Colds, Headache, Rheumatism and All Aches and Pains All druggists — %Se and 65c jars and tubes. Children's Musterole (milder form) Se, Better than a Mustard Plaster The | gram socialists are in such state of disor- | tary of’the Irish Workers’ Republican ganization that they are frantically| ~,), trying to keep the skeleton of their | U and Russian fraternal organizations. Two short speeches are on the pro- one by Richard Totten, secre. and member of the Plumbers’ nion on the famine crisis that threat- | ens the very life of large sections of | workers and farmers in Ireland. The other will deal with the Michigan | cases, and will be by one of the most | prominent of the defendants, prob- »}ably William F, Dunne. | Ways and means of bringing de- ifense and relief Work to the atten- tion of Chicago’s working masses will be the principal order of business and money raising projects will come in for their full share of discussion. William F. Kruse, local secretary of the conference, has sent out a call to all delegates to come on time so that a good precedent can be set for fu- ture meetings. Sloval | =MBERSHIP OF DRESSMAKERS IS Local Executive Had Defied Fakers (Special te The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, Feb. 26.—The executive board of Dressmakers’ Lo- cal 22, has again committed a “crime” against the saintly fakers at the head of the international. As penalty, the joint board decided to take away the right of the membership of the local to elect its own business agent. The fakers now insist on appointing the business agent, also they preferred charges against the executive board of the local. The “crime” is as follows: The ex- ecutive board refused to sign a state- ment, written by Manager Feinberg. Feinberg wanted the executive to sign and circulate a statement that it con- }demns those who, prior to the elect- ion of business agefts, issued leaflets attacking certain candidates. The executive was willing to send out a statement that it was not res- ponsible for the call, but Feinberg insisted on his order. The bureaucrats could not let. this “crime” of refusal pass, so brought charges before the joint board which decided as above. Notice, Delegates to Local Labor Defense Council Conference All delegates from unions, co-oper- atives, workers benefit societies and branches of the Workers Party to the Chicago Labor Defense Council Con- ference, are requested to attend the general conference tonight at 8 o’clock, in Room 301, 188 West Wash- ington street. Postal Salary Bill Again Passes House WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — The postal salary increase bill passed the house today by a vote of 370 to 8. The bill makes a re-arrangement of postal rates on various classes of mat- ter carried by thé postal service to in- crease revenues in order to meet the additional charges for increased sal- aries to employes. It is estimated that the boost in pay will aggregate $68,000,000 a year. The additional revenues from increased charges on matter handled by the postal service ig estimated at $61,- 000,000, | Holiday For Unemployed—Yes LONDON, BEng., Feb. 25.—‘I have never seen so many exponents of elegant leisure as in America,” said John Buchan, English author who has just returned from a visit to the United States. “America is a place of a superb holiday,” Buchan said. He was entertained by the wealthy society people in America, and had no contact with the masses of poorly paid and unemployed workers. Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, February 28. a, “DISFRANCHISED - Pend eee ey x ig 4 3 7 « as Sy as ; ait Ee SS 3 a: = hh ee se ee Sk % + Ait I i cei as oe SES 3 $ a ee F oa Si $= o> a ‘' eee a: Baler: ce ae 5 Ver = hee THE DAIL *, of the ino ant said today that the casino au had not yet de- cided. whether to- extradition proceedings the return of Lieut. Osborne @ 'W to France, “We have p nothing further about the warrant for Wood,” he said. “It is still in the hands of the police. I am going to Paris tomorrow and hope to see some of Wood's friends there.” ome The proprietor of the Champs Elys- ses travel agency’ teday filed a claim of 3,005 francs against Lieut. Osborne C. Wood. mM oy “My bill is for automobile hire,” he said. “I’ve takes preliminary steps to attach Wood's trunks in self pro- tection.” ; ‘Amalgamated’ Locals Withdraw from Their Joint Board in N. Y. (Continued from page 1) drawing from participation in the board, and wo not be responsibl: for the tactics used by the officials of the board. Four ‘locals are now out, including Local 6, which was expell- ed. Those withdrawing are Italian Local 63, the New York Local 24, and Pantsmakers’ Loéal 80. At the joint board meeting, Wolf, the leader of the official machine, de- clared that the reason he called for the police and had stationed them at the door, was that he was afraid the tailors would attack him and beat him. He, therefore, expects to have the police take part in the future joint board meeting, instead of the delegates. He hag earned the title of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. More Collaboration With Police. The Amalgamated bureaucracy, in addition to calling in the police against the membership and the dele- gates, has also asked the capitalist government, and succeeded in the re- quest, to raise bail of Comrade Jenkaitis, who was beaten up by the sluggers of the officials at a meeting of the Lithuanian, local. He is now held in $1,000 bail—for being beaten up. Jenkaitis is one of the most active and responsible leaders of the Lithuanian member- ship of the Amalgamated. ) Klan Supports Bill Aimed at Galligan: ” Feb. 25 ~The SPRINGFIELD, bill introluced in to allow the cotin visors' to remove !sheriffs or other county officers from Office, is receiv- ing the support of the ku klux klan, it is rumored here. | The bill fe almedat Sheriff George Galligan, an anti-kiansman, who re- fused to resign his post as sheriff despite the insistence of the klan. Galligan is now outside the county, having agreed to take an indefinite leave of absence from office in order to promote peace in Williamson coun- ty, if possible. e assembly he Demands Reguced Rents. SPRINGFIELD, DL, Feb. 25.—Un- less room rent in,private homes to students at the wy A ed of Illinois is materially reduéed at once, Repre- sentative Harry M.’McCaskin will de- mand that two dormitories be sup- plied by the state, he said today. CLEVELAND Y. W. L. IS FIGHTING USE OF SCHOOLS TO REGISTER AND PERSECUTE ALL MILITANTS (Special to The Daily Worker) By Cc. WEISSBERG, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 25.—-Students in the publie schools here are being catalogued according to their race and social standing, by order of the board of education. Every pupil is obliged to fill out a detailed informa- ‘ion card which he is not permitted to take home. parents are to be regarded as the most significant,” according to the page ot instructions issued to the teachers. ecurt a national bill for the registration of workers, the bosses are trying to worm the desired information out of the children thru the capitalist schools. Register Workers. This registration is of great signi- ficance to the worker. Children who are Jewish or colored must designate that fact on the information card. ’The children are asked in what countries their parents were born, what lan- guage is spoken in their home, and whether or not their parents had any education. Each pupil is asked wheth- er he intends to finish school or not. Those who intend to quit are asked to state their reasons for ont continuing their education. Each child is asked if he earns money outside of school, how much he earns, and where he works. Bosses Behind Move ih ih hh hh hhh hh hh ih i i ih i i i i i i i i i in i i in i in in in i i i i i i i i ih i hb hi hh pnb bb AA BDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA A A DDD DS, “The items relating to It appears that, havihg failed to the family” is another question asked the Cleveland school children: Other questions are: “What is your father’s occupation? Where does he work, and for whom? I he part owner of the place where he works?” The instructiong to the teachers state, “In answeripg questions rela- ting to occupation of father it is par- ticularly important that answers be as definite as pdssible in order that the father may at least be accurately placed in one of the larger occupa- tional groups, such as unskilled la- ber, semi-skilled labor, clerical occu- pation, personal sérvice, professional, manegerial, and employing occupa- tions.” What Does Parent Read? On the backs of these cards the “Does your mother help support gazines, children must mark the names of ma- journals and newspapers 2 a ag ; : #5 mM, wy va WORKER scotia >» Ss 7 as we = N ] art Ve eR ee 3 ¢ eee ne = alld Tee aee _ wea = = i a bs 1 ea ™ aoe ae us . > * * ie wy - r. te OO ee, , f aS ae Pt oy -T Ve | ~- ey A “Od . vee Se ¢ + = tf ys ad * 4° hal Bs Pg ae ih a 7 os SEAS 508 : : e ‘te - oy " ¥? $e57%. “Soviet Rule” vs. Empire” Discussion Is Rousing British Lab or By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL - .- thé grand’ ‘board of super- ps the British bd ODAY, a storm of controversy s Party, bringing to the front, in various tendencies within this very much blunted political weapon of the British workers. | Ped LB J. Ramsay MacDonald, the late “labor” premier, one of the best premiers that British capitalism has ever had, re- turns from his vacation trip in the West Indies just in time to help J. H. Thomas, and other labor lackeys of British royalty, defend the huge expenditure of funds planned for the ot of the Prince of Wales to South Africa, Argentina and other spots on the globe, where he is ry wits to repair = of the broken down political fences of British imperial- sm. | ) David Kirkwood, the Scotch labor member of parlia- ment, declares he was picked by the executives of the Parlia- mentary Labor Party to launch the attack on the prince. MacDonald comes back with, “It's a lie!” And the fight is on. The position of the MacDonalds and the Thomases is considerably undermined by the debate aroused over the forthcoming report of the British Trade Union Delegation that sppeerey spent six weeks investigating conditions in Soviet Russia. Considerable has already been published re- garding the views of these delegates, but the official report as not yet been made. It is expected to be finished very soon and thus place the organized British labor movement pr much on record in its sympathetic attitude towards the First Workers’ Republic. The capitalist sheet, the London Daily Telegraph, claims to have had a peep at the prelimina rafts of the report and, from its viewpoint, charges it to be “an amazing docu- ment.” * = Fs & While MacDonald and Thomas lean more and more, if this is possible, toward “their king” and “the empire,” the Purcells, Tilletts and Bromieys, who went to Soviet Russia, are more than ever outspoken in their praise of the achieve- ments of Soviet Rule, startling the British capitalists espe- cially when they declared they were much impressed by the maneuvers of the Red Army, “the first disciplined, armed and trained force created and utilized for the defense of working class institutions.” * * @ @ There will be little comfort for the renegades who have joined the ranks of counter-revolution, and weep over the so-called “political prisoners” in the Workers’ Republic. The British delegation tells these renegade campfollowers of cap- italist anti-Soviet propaganda and intervention that, “we can only express the hope prisoners in our own country in- terned for similar offenses are permitted to enjoy the same standard of comfort and treated with the same kind of humanity and have something like the same opportunities,” Outside of a few Abramoviches, Goldmans, and of course uk and all their retinue, Seviet Russia recog- Still feel that the Workers’ Republic their mistake. nizes that the few who isn’t just what they want, will in time reali In the meantime Soviet Rule must be protected against them. On'this Russian policy the British trade unionists place their “O. K."” much to MacDonald's chagrin; the Mac- Donald who still has hopes of overthrowing workers’ rule in Soviet Georgia, if not in Russia itself. > «*& f Abramovich, sitting in the office of the “socialist,” Mor- ris Hillquit, in New York City, gives the Times an interview reiterating his attack on the so-called “terror” in Russia. To this the British trade unionists record their conviction that this charge cannot honestly be believed by any unprejudiced person ravening within the Union of Soviet Republics and talking to its citizens. Pig All of which indicates that MacDonald and Thomas and their kind are going to have some hard sledding in the Brit- ish Labor Party and in the British trade union movement. Red baiters in the British trade unions will face difficult going; an echo of which, it is hoped, will be heard in the American labor movement. This present discussion in Great Britain within the Labor Party must accelerate the drift of new working mas- ses to Communism. The workers will ask, “If Soviet Rule is so good for the Russians, why shouldn't it be good for the workers of Great Britain?” To which American workers might add, “And how about the United States?” ‘étce. It was the old stuff. which are read in their homes. The school authorities are having a ‘the students have torn up the cards, 1ard time in convincing the pupils hat this information is “strictly con- fidential and will not be used in any personal connection whatsoever.” The principal of the Glenville high school declared that the information is need- ed by a certain “class in city admin- istration, which is studying the socio- logical background of the pupils at- tending the Cleveland high schools.” Teachers in other high schools give contradictory excuses for the registra- tion of the workers thru their chil] dren. The teachers of the Central high school, for example, have stated that the information “is needed for the Jewish council alliance,” a local charity settlement institution. Some teachers in the same school gave still other explanations. The Young Workers’ League is fighting the registration on class grounds. Its members are explaining to the other students that the schools are gathering this help the capitalist state discover and persecute the more militant members of the working class. In many schools information tg ‘efusing to return them, and protest- ng against the registration of the workers as if they were so many animals owned by the capitalist class. “The registration will continue,” declared Charles H. Lake, assistant superintendent of public schools. But the members of the Young Workers’ League reply, “The registration must not succeed. The children of the workers must be taught not to be- tray the interests of the. working class.” x x oP hee Pe a F . bs e ee oe bs 4 tae ati s FP seg ae AUP bee I ae an ae ae Aye « ee °? ti Fe Toy 2 oe Tae ne) >. + F547 PO eee CMe metas a : A Cee Sef ; Di satin : te, ee Me ” Ye “™ ) ee 4 < a ¥ + Ae vi y ’ < i Ae . was 5. am INCREASE VOTE (Continued from pagé 1) ver the issues. The issues made the capitalist candidates were of usual election type:,. “City Beau- ” “clean-up,” street car The popn- , least of all, the working class, little room for interest. The ward machines worked as they al- ways do. Most of the present job holders were re-elected. Despite the fact that most of the Communist nominees were denied a place on the ballot by the usual poll- tical petition tricks, those who re- mained carried on a stiff fight on a Communist program. Their was made to the workers of on a program that, so far, stands as the best application of Comman- ism to municipal questions that has been put forward. Communist Program Covered lesues. On every phase of municipal life the Communist candidates had a pre- gram that put the issues fairly and squarely on a working class basis. Concerning the fake municipal own- — ership talk that was made a feature of the campaign the Communist ean- didates said, “Take the ownership of public utilities from the hands of prt- vate capitalists and confiscate ali franchises.” They demanded work or compensation for all unemployed at full wages; no evictions for non-pay ment of rent; abolition of the use ef Police to break strikes; union wages, eight-hour day and a fiveday week for all workers. Bvery one of the demands of the Communist candi dates were such that they could re- ceive the whole-hearted support of every class conscious worker, 75,000 Leaflets Distributed, Seventy-five thousand leaflets cap. rying the program of the candidates and issued by the Workers (Com munist) Party were distributed over the city in connection with thousands of leaflets protesting against wagé cuts and asking the workers to re sist them with strikes, Meetings were held in many wards. On the whole, the campaign showed that the Workers (Communist) Party ean go out in elections and get a hearing ~ and real working class support on the basis of Communist demands. Martin Abern, secretary of the Workers (Communist) Party, loeal Chicago, made the following state. ment on the aldermanic elections held yesterday: “The aldermanie elections brought victory again to the forces of reao- tion and capitalist stupidity. Men representing the interests of one group or another of the exploiters of the workers of Chicago with the aid of the capitalist press, thugs and gunmen, spouting church men and plenty of money from the capitalist war chests, were elected as alder- men. “Not a single candidate apart from the candidates endorsed by and mem- bers of the Workers (Communist) Party had a single word to say on fundamental working class issues such as the race question, the thon- sands of unemployed in Chicago, the use of thugs and police to break strikes, the traction system as a poli- for a few exploiters and many other tical foot ball and profit institution problems of comcern to the workers. Only our candidates presented these issues in the distribution of thousands of pieces of literature giving the pro- gram of the Workers (Communist) Party thru meetings, etc. “Our candidates presented the only final solution to all ills and difficulties of the workers, that is, abolition of the capitalist system and political power and control of industries by the workers themselves. “Our candidates, Comrades Cejka, Brooker, Dozenberg and Epstein in polling am average 2 per cent of the vote cast in their wards, made a good showing indicative of future gains for Communism in coming parliamentary skirmishes as one of the means to- wards rous the workers against capitalism. As for the fashion in which working class candidates are thrown off the ballot, this is probably as good a way as any to show the futility of pure parliamentarism as a really effective weapon of the work- ers.” read after you have enjoyed it. 100%. big business. A propaganda novel you can hand to your shop-mate to THE DAILY WORKER, Literature Department 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, THE STORY OF A PATRIOT By Upton Sinclair. A most interesting story by a master-propagandist, built a- round a red-blooded “he-man,” a hundred-per cent American who turns out to be a spy of Paper, 25 Cents ( ..: EXCELLENT . DANCE MUSIC , —o— 7 ENTERTAINMENT q aa SURPRISES 4 | THIRD | ANNUA WEST END WOMEN’S CLUB i i, _-. se ee ee Le De De eS i i i i i i i i i i i i Saturda F cae ML Auspices, Workers Pi — — ese ee ee ae ee Sli 37 $0. :ASHLAND — er February, , Local Chicago. _ WORKERS 4 PEPE IT CIT CTO EET OES POE PIED FOF FSS CSS OE COO POPE OPN SOV PCE DP DFP EF ESO FOO PO OFC CCE . RED REVE PARTY MASQUERADE BALL 28, 1924 AVENUE (CORNER ae = - = ee - — MONROE ST.) ADMISSION CENTS —_Oo-——_ At the Door, 75 i... s,s, ee ee eee ee De eee | | ) pa gent Gann Fa

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toma ii B g isl TH EH E m F Eife’stacedsdbibin sal FiE rT rrrrFrFrTrTyrrryTyeefeew#F +7 inn if _ oe gt ewe tee FS vy weege ty . YELLOW DOG CONTRACT OF YELLOW CAB Not Seen. an an. “Open” Shop Pretense _. The following is an exact copy of a “yellow dog” contract of the Yellow '. Taxi company which it forces on all ‘its employes. It is sufficient proof that this union-Hating concern is not entitled to a red cent of patronage from any unionist or union sympa- thizer. The Yellow’ Cab outfit is one of the most hostile upholders of the union wrecking, open shop movement. The contract follows: “Non-Union Agreement—Yellow Cab Company “(No,.) (Date) “The undersigned, whose craft is that of a............ in accepting employ- ment from Yellow Cab company in ite as , does so upon the understanding and agreement with said employer: “(1) That as to gaid ‘eat said shop, garage and taxicab business has been operated and will continue to be operated, upon the non-union basis and non-union. “(2) That said employer will not recognize, nor have any dealings with, any labor union composed of persons engaged in or representing sald craft. “(3) That said employee is not a member of any labor union. While employed by said employer, said em- ployee will not become a member of any labor union and will have no dealings, communications or inter- views with the officers, agents or members of.any labor union in rela- tion to membership by said employee in such labor union, or in relation to said employe’s said employment. “(4) That it is the intention and desire of the said employer and em- ployee that the employment relation between them be kept entirely free from interfernce or intervention in any respect by any labor union, its officers or agents. “Employe’s Name “Employe’s Address et __ League of Nations Labor Office Would Chain Crews to Ships WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Interna- tional Seamen’s Union of América, has issued to the seamen’s organizations thruout the world a memorandum pro- testing against the terms of a proposal made by thé conference on the status of seamen, held under the auspices of the Intl. Labor Office at Geneva, in June, 1920, that an international code for seamen be drafted and adopted by the nations. The report of this Geneva confer- ence urged that “violations of provis- ions in contracts of engagement be- tween seamen and employers should not be dealt with as criminal offenses, unless they be violations of clauses of a public character maintaining pub- lic policy as distinguished from priv- ate interest, and even then only at the instance of public authorities.” The I. S. U. points out that the quit- ting of jobs by sailors on ships tied up at the dock in a safe harbor may be made a violation of “public” in- terest by hostile public authorities, and the freedom of seamen to quit their vessels be thereby destroyed. Loom Fixers Object to Short Time Work FULTON, N. Y., Feb. 25.—Loom- fixers are on strike in the American Woolen company plant here. Their demand is for work every day that the local plant is operating. EASTERN DISTRICT - SPLITTING HEADS JONLY ARGUMENT OF A.C. W. FAKERS Members Beaten by Thugs and Cops BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 25.—High handed reactionaries were at their best at the regular union meeting of Local 54, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, in Brooklyn on Thursday, when they used thugs and police to beat the members, splitting their heads and throwing them out of the building via the fire escape, and causing their arrest. The trouble started when the pro- gressives asked that the alleged scab record of J. Glaveckas, who had usurped the presidency of the local, be investigated. Also under handed methods of the reactionaries, which recalls a bit of history of the local. Everybody Satisfied But Reactionary Yellows Three years ago the local voted to have the election of officers take place in December in order that the new ofticers might take hold with the be- ginning of the year. For two years this rule has been followed and the local had been forging ahead effect- ively in its struggle against the boss- es, Do one questioning the right of the local to elect in December instead of in January as had been the custom before. The fly in the ointment, however, was the constant rise of the progress- ive element Which always elected its officers to the chagrin of the reaction- aries and their friends among the bosses. These reactionaries trumped up an excuse for a pile of dirty work in secretly urging upon the members that the December elections were not legal, and that the January meeting packed the house with page vc élements and by a slender vote’ car ried the motion to declare the Decem ber election Void. hy Yellow Socialist Scab. ” J. Glaveckas, yellow socialist and companion of the. bosses, who ' is said to have scabbed in the 8S. Acker- man shop when the union struck “a shop, wiggled himself in as presi dent. The odious record of the new presi- dent could not be. forgotten by the progressives and at the February meeting on Thursday they made a mo- tion for an “investigation. had apparently been expected, for no sooner was the motion made for a clearing up of Glavecka’s record, than thugs stationed in the different partr of the hall began to use black jacks on the progressives and throw them out of the building down the fire es- cape. Sluggers and Police with Socialists. In this assault K. Jankaitis sus- tained a blow that split his scalp several inches, @ number of women were seriously injured and thrown out with the men and the police call- ed to make arrests. Jankaitis was taken to jail and his bail fixed at $500, and in the morning it was raised to $1,000. After the raid on the progressives, Glaveckas and his followers suspend- ed nine of the most active members of the union for five years, threaten- ing them with expulsion if they of- fered objections and put up a fight against this highhanded procedure. The progressives have called a mass meeting of all the members for 7:30 Friday evening, Feb. 27, at 127 Have- ~ meyer St., corner of Grant, Brooklyn. CAPITALISM AS A WHOLE AIDS | COAL OPERATORS TO BREAK UP UNION BY ORDERING SCAB COAL Total production of coal in the three major nonunion states rose from 116,944,165 tons in 1921 to 178,124,907 tons in 1923 and to 174,290,000 tons in 1924 while production in the three leading unionized states rose from 121,865,048 tons in 1921 to 146,085,617 tons in 1923 and then fell back to 119,420,000 tons in 1924 or lower than 1921. —— + UNEMPLOYMENT GROWS IN GREAT BRITAIN: NOW 11.5 PER CENT LONDON, Feb. 25.—A slight im- provement in employment in Eng- land occurred in the latter part of January, but at the end of the month the total unemployed remained higher than in the early part of December. | Among 11,500,000 people who are insured against unemployment, the percentage of unemployed at the of January was 11.5, against a at the end of December, and last year’s lowest percentage of 9.4 at the end of June. + The production of these states in 1923 and 1924 was: Tons of Coal 1923 1924 Nonunion Kentucky .. 44,777,317 45,000,000 West Va. ....107,889,941 110,000,000 Union Illinois ...... . 79,310,075 67,880,000 Indiana ........ 26,229,099 22,340,000 Ohio 40,546,443 29,200,000 Business interests have shifted the demand for coal to the ponunion states to make union miners bear the burden of deflating an industry over- expanded by coal profiteers. Tho scab coal costs more than union coal, capitalist business as a whole is will- ing to bear the temporary increased cost, in order to destroy- the miners’ Pe eee eeetee union. Then all miners will be forced to work at starvation wages. The move. WAITERS HUNGER AS THEY SERVE HOTEL GUESTS From $5 Weekly Salary, Worker Sends Dollar Imagine working in a place where you serve all kinds of food and yet you are starving! This is the situa- tion of one worker who is a waiter in a New York hotel and who writes the DAILY WORKER Wednesday to send his dollar for the insurance pol- icy fund. His name is James Vassilavas and his letter reads as follows: “I am working in one of the New York hotels as a waiter and I would like to have the other workers know the life that we live. “Every day we have to get up at 6 o’clock in the morning (or at 5:30 if we live far away up town) in orfler to be on the dining room floor at 6:45. From then until 10 o’clock, we can hardly make 50 cents. After 10 o’clock we go out till 11:30 and then must be on the floor again until 3. We have to stand in the dining room like statues. “We go out again at 3, with 50 or 75 cents, and then we have to come back to work again at 6:30, for the third time. From 5:30 to 9 o'clock, we work—and make at the most $1.00. “So every day is passing, and we can’t make in tips more than $2.50. And even if we do make it, we have to go out and spend half of it every day for food. The meals they give us are fit only for dogs. Nobody can eat that food. Imagine working in a place where you serve all kinds of food and yet you starve to death. We are staying for everything. “As for wages, we receive $5.00 ev- ery week, which we have to turn over to the boss for a decent room to sleep CLEAN HOUSE IN CENTRAL UNION Beattie, Lal abor Spy, Hangs to Fakers PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 25.—To the average trade unionist in Pitts- burgh, a revolution occurred in the Central Labor Union by the result of the election which was held last meet. ing, but in reality it is only a change of the personnel of the officers. During the Beattie trial here, (who was finally expelled as a labor spy), the old officialdom was so dis- credited that they did not even stand nomination and for this reason it was easier to displace them. But anyone that showed any opposition to the re- actionary officialdom and who had an opponent, the officials saw to it that he was defeated. Such men as Jerry McMunn from the Moulders, who at the previous meeting attacked the editor of the fake labor sheet, the La bor Free Press, and Jos. Duty, who lead the fight on Beattie in the exe cutive board, were defeated for the new board. The Miners’ officials with their large delegation were absent from the meeting. It was they who did every- thing in their power to save Beattie from expulsion, and by this action they completely discredited themselves. Some of the newly elected officers of the council are: President William Crissman, steamfitter; Vice Presi- dent, Chas. Miller, stationary engi- neer; Recording Secretary, P. J. Me- Grath, street car man; Executive Board, Abott, teamster; Dorsey, Free- man, Lawrence, A. T. McNamara, Ros- koph, Sampson, Storm and Weitzel. Pressmen at Work on Scab Seattle Hearst Sheet Give Cash Aid SEATTLE, Feb. 25.—Rumors of an early settlement of the strike and lockout that has made Hearst’s Seat- tle Post-Intelligencer a nonunion daily since last June are premature. The defense committee of the printers, mailers and stereotypers is still pub- lishing largé advertisements stating that the P.-l. is unfair to the Washing- ton State Federation of Labor, the Central Labor Council of Seattle and vicinity, all central labor councils in Washington state. The three printing trades unions have been out since May 30, 1924, be- cause the local Hearst management refused to pay the same wages and maintain the same conditions as all other daflies published in Seattle. The pressmen, while remaining at work, OF PITTSBURGH} | are contributing to the defense fund of Fe unions ey WORKER _ : ._* TO EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE Page Three Th ORIDA, S HAVE A 0 rT0 LEARN Don’t Keaw Yet What Unions as Are For : M. ZE ZEVIN The Carpenters’ Union, like the Central Labor Council, of Tampa, is a “law abiding,” small and helpless class collaboration trade union. They are affiliated th the Tampa Board of Trade ( here known as the chamber of epmmerce). In their 8 with employers they appeal _ the name of “fair play,” and “square deal,” which they (by the way). Aways fail to receive. A few y ago, A. Geiger, with the aid of a few more who possessed plain, ordinary, common sense, pro- posed that the Carpenters’ Union call a conference of all building trades unions.in Tampa and work out a program whereby all unions would refuse to work on any job where there wag a strike. This proposal was not even given thought let alone action, and feceived little support either from the officials or the rank and file. As a result of this, the unions are in a helpless position when it comes to a fight with the employers. Our wage scale ig the lowest, 80 cents per hour, and working conditions,the worst in the Country. Jobs are quite often as far as 20 to 30 miles from Tampa, to Which we must carry our heavy boxes Of tools daily. There are no street cars in those country towns should oné want to spend three or four hours ‘Hiding to and from work. There is Quite a “building boom” going on around Tampa. But none of it is controlléd@ by any of the building trades unions, and but few are being worked on by union labor, not to speak of iaying union conditions. Workmen must find their work in the open market, competing with one another for the job, instead of, as in. If you get a room for $3.00 or $4.00, you will not be able to sleep aye. iis rn tsice gee c y in. it.” 4a Hag argaining, particu- { larly ae oe nee season when hundreds ters are coming from tne § states, even the Wage of 80 cents an hour is being cut to as low as 50 cents and sometimes to even 25 cents an hour. It is quite usual here to find “good union carpenters” from up north, working for $2 and $3 a day, ‘and the union’is too weak to do any- thing. A state of chaos exists, the union scale of 80 cents per hour is a paper scale. “When we came to Tampa we came into the union and applied for a job. We've done that for weeks long, un- till all of our funds were gone, and what were we to do? We had to get what we could in order to keep from starving,” is the excuse offered for working below the scale. The local carpenters are suffering too, their wages are being cut daily. Afraid of not getting work, the major- ity of them do not report the cut to the union offices, thus the vicious circle is completed. The situation has reached a stage where we must fight or starve. The workers are now in a fighting mood. A lively campaign to strengthen their ranks, and to organizing the unorgan- ized, has been started, with the pur- pose in view of presenting demands to the bosses and striking if neces- sary, to enforee. them. A large group of carpenters are urg- ing that two main demands, namely, “the union shop,” and “free transport- ation” shall mot be compromised. Many are in favor of amalgamation, and point out, that if the bricklayers, plumbers, painters, electricians, etc. fought as a unit, like the chamber of commerce, the daily papers, the courts, and police departments sup- port the bosses, we would win our demands in short order. Fifty copies of the DAILY WORK- ER were distributed by our 74 years young sympathizer, at a joint meeting of both carpenters’ locals, and they all acclaimed the DAILY WORKER as the best amd only true working class daily paper. Those who wanted to read rea! working class mews from a truly working class paper, should give their subscriptions to W. D. Landis, 701 Lafayette St‘, Tampa, Fla. | THIRTY THOUSAND WELSH MINERS ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED LONDO England, Feb. 25.— Thirty thousamd miners in Wales are unemployed, a news dispatch states. The South Wales Miners’ Federation hag taken steps to rend- er financial distress to the unem- ployed miners and their families. Some time ago the Swansea an- thracite min passed a resolution against colliers working overtime, and doing the work of the day wage men on Su demanding that the. put on this work, » CENTRAL DISTRICT “FREEDOM” I$ PHILOSOPHY OF OPEN SHOPPERS Cite Vanderbilt Pro- fessor As Guide KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 25.—The Employers’ Association is getting out upon a campaign to break up the building trades unions. Breaking up any union is always the function of an employers’ association, but the building trades unions are especially getting the attention because of their refusal to accept a wage cut of 12 cents, and in addition have voted by rank and file ballot, not to admit any “arbitration” bunk to cheat them out of what their organized power can get. An architect, F. McElwaney was to have been the “impartial” umpire. But that’s off. There is much call for building trades workers as build- ing is booming and much of it is rush jobs. So the unions do not feel like surrendering. The Captain Enters The Plot The employers’ association, head- ed by an animal with a moniker of “captain”"—probably a ralic of the world war—is broadcasting sheaves of open shop literary efforts to con- vince the employing contractors of the necessity of fighting the unions. Captain Anderson, his surname libels the whole of Sweden, sent out a letter to employers last week be- ginning with a philosophical dissert- ation from a two-by-four professor of economics in Vanderbilt’s university at Nashville. The “prof” talks about “freedom,” beautiful, ineffable free- dom. In this he, a Vanderbilt hack- saw, sounds almost like an anarchist who pretends he is an I. W. W. Here is his contribution to the open shop: Capitalist Philosophy Called “The chief cornerstone of the American theory of industrial life is the freedom of the individual, Free- dom of the individual includes the right of a person to work. anywhere he pleases under the American flag. Freedom of the individual to sell his labor to anybody, anywhere, at any time. Freedom to buy the labor and products of others without let or hindrance or restriction. from any source.” Isn't this a nice philosophy? Per- fectly splendid! But for the some- where near 2,000,000 unemployed the “freedom of the individual to sell his labor to anybody, anywhere, at any time” seems like a horse with a bro- ken back. Nobody can ride the darn- ed critter, nor “sell his labor’’-—be- cause the capitalists own the jobs and don’t make any offers for the free but starving workers to pick up. The same way with the freedom to buy “the products of others” without restriction from any source. Products are piling up in the warehouses, or factories are running short time on the excuse that “there is no market”; yet millions of people want such pro- ducts and are certainly restricted from buying them by the miserable scab wages paid by open shop em- ployers. The professor’s “freedoms” seem to be all balled up. “Arise tn Your Might!” Captain H. H. Anderson, the initials probably being for Harfsome Harry, lays down the law in three closely typed pages, explaining why building contractors should fight the unions. The “captain” becomes militant, even violent. He says, and he says it twice: “Cannot our citizenry arise in their might and folléw the examples that are laid down by our sister cities?” The “captain” arises in his might and points out that scab towns are beating Kansas City in drawing “new business concerns.” This might not be so attractive to the concerns al- ready located there. And then the “captain” finishes up by quoting the citizens’ alliance of St. Paul to prove that he is an excellent instructor in the fine art of scab herding and union baiting. 4 Says Unions Keep Up Wage Scale While the Unorganized Lose Out ILLINOIS MINERS SUFFER SAVAGE FIGHT FOR LIFE Companies Attack As Union Weakens In and around Christopher, Ill, the Old Ben Coal corporation owns sev- eral large mines. No. 10, closed down last December, after having worked only two and one-half months during the year 1924. No. 12 and No. 14 are working only two or three days a week. Mine No. 11 has been closed down for about two weeks. The whistle hasn’t.even blown since the men run- ning the motors refused to continue work under their present conditions. It has been the custom in all the mines that when & man gets a job on one territory, he was to remain there as long as the territory lasted. But; this company has put into effect the practice of shifting their men all over the field so that they never know from one day to the next where they will be working. This is the reason for the motor men refusing to con- tinue work. A Fine Scheme. However, the company was not sat- isfied with making the conditions worse only in this way. But in an attempt to prepare the ground for a wage reduction, the company has of- fered to start up the mine again if the men will agree to go down at 6:00 a. m., and if they will go down thru the air shaft, which has a. smaller cage and would take more time to let the men down. It would require two hours to either let down or bring out the 700 men working there. The men would have to get up at about 4:00 o'clock in the morning in order to be ready to go down by 5:00, and it would be 6:00 o’clock before they could go home in the evening. As to the conditions in the mine, it is so filled with men that two men can get only three or four cars a day, many times less. A 13-Hour Day. It ig such conditions as these that the company is trying to force upon the men, 18 hours per day, from five in the morning till six at night, and this is being attempted in best organ- ized districts in the industry. No. 11 mine is a test case. If they can put this over in one mine, it will be put into effect in the others as well as eventually forcing down the wages. For altho the men may be working 13 hours, the company will protest that they cannot afford to pay for more than eight hours work. Once accepting the lowering of these conditions, which the men at- tained thru long years of struggle, there is no end to the concessions in wages and conditions that the com- pany will force from the miners. Unemployment Growing. Conditions in the other parts of the district are not improving, as shown by the fact that within the past week the following mines have closed down: In Eldorado, five mines are colsed down and one working; Coal- ton, closed down, leaving 900 men out of work; Kincaid Mine No. 8 closed down, letting out 700 men; Nokomis No. 9 closed, 800 men out; on Feb. 18, Klondike mine closed, letting out 650 men. In Sub-District No. 4 of District 12, 17 mines out of a total of 35 have closed down, and the remain- der are only working part time. This only touches the edges of the story, but is sufficient to give one-a bird’s eye view of the situation in the coal fields of Illinois. Farringtgn. and the remainder of the yellow bellied crew are helpless and hopeless. “Dig more and cleaner coal” is Far- rington’s answer to the men who have not dug a ton of coal in six months. “Six hours work, four days per week.” “nationalization of mines,” “unem- ployment insurance taken out of the profits of the boss”; such is the solu- tion offered by the progressive miners And according to the Lewis method of counting 66,000 (7) miners voted for this policy. In reality it received a majority vote. We are reaching the cross-roads, a little more effort and we will replace the Lewis-Farrington administration with one that will fight in the interest of the miners instead of for the coal operators. Engineering News Record reports in analyzing its annual survey, er that at least one-third of the coun- try expects record breaking building | booms this year. The survey divides labor into two groups. One of these described as the more powerful, takes im the highly organized trades ehgaged in trans- portation, mining and construction. For this group the wage tendency has been upward, owing to strength of the unions involved, the urgent de- mand for the services ef the mechan- ics and the scarcity gf apprentices. The second group takes in shop and factory workers, common laborers and unorganized workers. With this group | casinicicadeatabaabarsecntms : a a When you buy, get an “Ad’ Get your tickets for Red Revel Ball, Spend Your Sunday Evening at the Open Forum. E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark | 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington 167 N. State 234 8. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Specialities: E. W. Rieck Boston Bakec Beans and Grown Gre Fine Soups and Fresh Made. Coffee Commiceary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton £t. Phone West 2549 ~~ — — | LEFT TURNS In the miners’ election the left wing official vote of 66,000 made Wm. Green look that way. And the way the miners dig into the labor fakers makes Lewis admit that some of them are sure “hard” coal miners. NOW YOU TELL ONE! I know you won't believe this, bei it’s on the level. My boss is a big-hearted guy. The gang on the job were all bragging how easy their jobs were. The steamfit- ter said his was mostly “a pipe”; the plumber said his was usually a cinch and the electrician said his was 80 easy it would shock them. The boss overheard the whole story and raised their pay. DUSTIN’ OFF AN OLD ONE. MO—“They say there are 526,000, 000 Christians in the world.” BO—"For Christ’s sake!” MO—*That’s what they say!” Every janitor is really half a boss He can’t hire but he’s got the job of firing—and he gets fired if he doesn’t. THEREBY HANGS A TALE. A bill was proposed in [Illinois t have pedestrians carry tail lights. That would be quite useful. It throw a light on what the politicians make of the voters between elections. Lefty says: The papers are giving a lot of pub licity to a prohibition agent who earns only $2,400 a year and saved $38,000. The A. F. of L. bureaucrats must have been jealous to see a piker like that get so much publicity. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. The discpntent among the machin- ists with their leaders proves the boys in the metal trades are getting good at their trade. They are begin- ning to note the difference between good steel and bad steal. AND IN THE CARPENTERS— The militant left wingers claim they saw to a platform with planks that Hutcheson can’t stand on. Cheer up—if you get board reading these cutups, you can always nail. WALT CARMON. Portland, Oregon, Wobblies in Need of Action Committee PORTLAND, Ore—On February ll the Rowanite (injunction) faction of the I. W. W. dispossessed the Lumber Workers’ Industrial Union of their hall located at 109 Second St. True Tuttle, an organizer for Rowan and delinquent delegate of I. U. 120, has taken charge of the hall, charter, records and two cents of said organ. ization. A representative of the G. BE. B arrived here and since the Rowanites have taken such action, has rented another hall at 121 Burnside street. The Rowanites, who are showing much more spunk than those who de. pend upon the general office, time. God or somebody else to fight the in- junctionite crew, are picketing the new hall, calling all who enter finks and other unsavory names. So far it has gotten no further than calling names. That’s because the I. W. W. is a rip-raring revolutionary union. If a “conservative” A. F. of L. union had Rowan on its hands, the scenery would be littered up with dead and dying. If anyone needs to see the effect of pacifism on the I. W. W., come to Portiand. One cannot imagine the old Il. W. W., officered by St. John or Haywood, using comardice under the guise of “moral suasion” on Injune- tion Jimmie and his splitters. But, alas, Petrus Jesus Welinder, who believes revolutionists should be upholstered gentlemen who can “teach” Rowan that injunctions aren't right, and “explain” to True Tuttle that it isn’t fair to split the lL. W. W. —this impossible idiot is the best the wobblies can afford. William Ford, port delegate of M. T. W. 510, refuses to turn over funds to the representative of the general office. He is in charge of all proper- ties and is using his position and in. fluence in behalf of the Rowanites. Some of the wobblies have the queer notion that the way to “fight” Rowan is to give him the organiza- tion to play with, that he will ruin it, then the ones who are “right” say—See! We told you he was no good!” This might prove that their point was well taken, but, great Scott. what about saving the organization? Cowards always find a “reason” for being cowards. Portland needs a lit- “rank and file committee of ac tion.” (ANULLLDCDEEOTOOROO U4 UE 00UON0 TNT PTRSNnEe OOOO UCTS MONON PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST Fro tle can “i “a

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A ae — S F _" seat a 4, er SL ee eres ee ete. ies E tisbennian P Paper Passes Resolution BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 25.— The Lithuanian Communist daily newspa- per “Laisve,” at its annugl meeting held recently, passed a resolution de- claring the DAILY WORKER a much more important factor in the class struggle in America than the foreign latiguage workers’ newspapers. The resolution declared: “Greetings to The DAILY WORKER” “Dear Comrades: “The Lithuanian daily Laisve, at its Lithuanian Co-operative Publishing Society, shareholders’ meeting held Feb. 15, 1925, in Brooklyn, N. Y., ac- knowledge, that The DAILY WORK- ER, the only English Communist daily in this country, is a much more im- portant factor in the class struggle, than any other foreign workers’ pa- per. “Therefore Laisve shareholders send their heartiest greetings to The DAILY WORKER and extend their hopes for a complete success to our chief organ. (Signed) J. Nallivaika, Laisve Co-op. Pub. Soc. Sec’y.” Ever since the shooting at the Les- ter strip mine in Williamson county, southern Lllinois, in 1922, the city of Herrin has been much in the public eye. It was the scene of the great trial in which the capitalists of this state tried to hang the miners who defended their homes and their union against the dregs of the underworld in the role of scabs. The Trouble Started. Shortly after the mine riot the ku klux klan came into Williamson coun- ty and under the leadership of Glenn Young left death and destruction in its wake. Several shootings occurred with considerable loss to both sides, klan and anti-klan. The latest shooting aia resulted in the death of the klan leader Young and his foremost opponent, Ora Thomas, deputy sheriff. What was réally behind the klan fight in Williamson county? Who were supporting it? What was it trying to accomplish? In order to get the facts. the DAILY WORKER sent a correspondent, Thurber Lewis into “bloody Williamson,” in order to get at the facts. Lewis interviewed most of the im- portant leaders on oth s:des. He talked to Sheriff Galligan and to the klan cyclops who inherited Young’s mantle. It was no easy assignment, but Lewis is young and hardboiled. He has an interesting story to tell. The Leading Gunman. It was not so pleasant to interview a baker’s dozen of loaded revolvers to which were attached as many sour looking thugs, presided over by a Kentucky feudist, whose favorite mu- sic is the barking of gats and his fav- orite target a human body. This lead- ing gentleman is Young's successor. He did not say much, but you will like to hear Comrade Lewis tell his story. The story will be told at the Work- ers Party open forum on next Sunday evening at 8:00 o'clock, in the Ladge Room of the Ashland Auditorium, cor- ner of Ashland and Van Buren Sts. Mid-City English Branch Holds Open Meeting; All Welcome The Mid-City English Branch - of Chicago will hold its open meeting to- night at 8 o’clock at the Greek Hall, 722 Blue Island avenue. The speaker} will be Thurber Lewis, lecturing on | the subject of “The Tactics of the Communist International.” All. work- ers are welcome, especially those not yet members of the Workers Party. There is no admission charged. NOTICE! Comrades and Branches holding Lenin Memorial meeting tickets, please settle for them at once at the local office. We want to close the ac- counts. Come any day or evening to | Room 303, 166 W. Washington St. and settle fer the tickets. Ss, 0 5 8 8 5 8 8 8 4444444444444 44 Ot PROPAGANDA PAMPHLETS 2 5 CENTS EACH S a + +S S SS SSS 5455444545544 4445444645 54646664644% 464444 CENTS _ & & i i i i i 2 LY WORKER | et is STRUGGLE STAGE SET FOR BALA TIME AT RED REVEL BALL Brilliant Costumes to Make Judges Wary The stage is all set for the grand- est affair yet held by the Workers Party, Local Chicago, the Red Revel Masquerade Ball. All the branches are participating. The Young Work- ers League will be out in full force as well as the juniors who have con- trived the most cunning and express- ive costumes in their efforts to win the big prize offered for the best group costume. From the reports received from our branches it seems as tho every branch will have a chance at the big prize. The judges at the midnight parade of the masqueraders will no doubt find it difficult to choose from among the many varicolored groups, the twenty to win the prizes.“ None of the great men whom we have so far approached for the arduous task of judging the best costume have ac- cepted. We will have to resort to challenges, it is supposed. Get Tickets Early. All Workers Party comrades and branches and all our friends are asked to provide themselves with tickets in advance because they aré only 5 cents in advance (75 cents at the door), to get their “costumes and to be out in full force at the masquer- ade. Workers Party branches should also not forget to send their representa- tive to the meeting of the RED REV- EL Committee this Wednesday and to send in to the local office of the Workers Party the names of those comrades who have volunteered to work at the RED REVEL on various committees. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 8.00 P. M., AT WEST END WOMEN'S CLUB HALL, 37 S. ASHLAND BOU- LEVARD is the time and place. Harlem Branch Challenges.-all in Daily Drive NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—The Harlem Jewish branch announces thru the DAILY WORKER and Freiheit agent, Comrade Ed Schwartz, that the branch bas raised a total of $2,500.00 for the Jewish daily Communist news- paper. Comrade Schwartz, who was the branch campaign manager in the drive, announces that the branch has so far raised $78.00 for the DAILY WORKER. Comrade Schwartz Issues the following challenge to the other New York branches: A Challenge. “We are going to fill Madison Square Garden to the roof on Sunday, March 15, 1925. And we are going to keep our reputation as a prize winning branch. comrades that the winning of the DAILY WORKER banner by the Har- lem Jewish branch is no mere acci- dent. It is a result of hard work. The members of the Harlem Jewish branch are in the new circulation drive for the DAILY WORKER with both feet.. All our shoulders are to the wheel. “And we challenge all other New York branches.of the Workers Party to wrench the prize from us. Don't let us get away with it. To work, ‘comrades, and we will make this af- ‘fair a success that will overshadow all our previous affairs and entitle ‘us to a New York DAILY WORKER. Yours for 15,000 new subscribers in the city of New York, Ed Schwartz, DAILY WORKER agent, Harlem Jew- ish braneh.”’ SALZMAN TOUR IN DIST. 9 Feb. 27 Bellaire, Ohio. Feb. 28—Powhatan Point, March 1—Neffs, Ohio. March 2—Yorkville, Ohio. Ohio. a ——— March 3——Martin’s Ferry, Ohio. March 4-5—Dillonvale. | March 8—Pittsburgh. District or- ganizational conference. friends. lai Lenin. timely pamphlet!) We intend to show to the HIS offer of splendid pamphlets at a reduced price is to enable you to give them away to your shop-mate, your union brother and your Tell them to “take it home and think it over.” Each contains valuable material—and haven’t got them all in your library, you should buy more than.one set. Each set includes: 1—RUSSIAN TRADE UNIONS. 2—TWO SPEECHES BY KARL MARX IN 1850. 3—SHOULD COMMUNISTS PARTICIPATE. IN REACTIONARY TRADE UNIONS? Oy: Nico- 4—UNEMPLOYMENT. By Earl R. Browder., (A 5—WM. F. DUNNE’S SPEECH at the Portland A. F. of L. Convention in 1923. : 6—WHITE TERRORISTS ASK FOR mak et MERC Y. By Max Bedacht. (Just, off the press$}smu. see RPL Pat tag amano venuighie oe ee a J ee a ee is that it is primarily apitalism. justifies the means. One of Marx’s favorite money for the local office Get your tickets early will cost 7 The Red Revel ~— The =e legitimate excuse the Red Revel 1 8- querade ball has for breaking into the munitions of war for the local and district offices ® of the Workers Party. Which means it is organized for the purpose of raising funds with whigl carry on propaganda against the capitalist is sana to organize the workers for the ”~ a) This is a legitimate excuse. It is an en Besides, Communists to make merry once in a while. It is goed for ther Even Karl Marx and Engels used to make metry phrenological examination of. visitors. heads are interesting, at leagt-on the outside, was more interested in the inside. By Communists and sympathizérs will use the as well as their heads on next Saturday Their heads. will be used as background for This means a little more mystery and a lit Don’t forget the date, time and plate. They are: Date—Saturday evening, February 28. Time—From 8 p. m. until 1 a. m. Place—West End Women’s Club Ashland Blvd., corner of Monroe St. 5 cents at the door. elight intended to provide the pastimes was of the Workers Pa ti 1, 37 South — and save 25 cents. ey March 15th Demands Y our Best, New York ARCH 15 is the date of the great- est task ever undertaken by the Communist movement in New York City. It is proposed to secure fifteen thousand subscribers for the DAILY WORKER, and to assemble them in Madison Square Garden on that date for press pageant, Paris Commune celebration concert and ball. To fill Madison Square for an enter- tainment is a real man-sized job in it- self. To fill it with subscribers for the DAILY WORKER is a task truly herculean. It will require the active co-operation of every Workers Party paper, every party institution, every party and Young Workers’ League wnit, every member to measure up to the possibilities of this occasion. Judging from the response to the early announcements this co-operation will be forthcoming one hundred per cent. As a cénception of what this affair will mean to New York in the way of Communist propaganda and organization spreads among the mem- bership of the branches they are strat- ing to work with an unprecedented enthusiasm. ‘They realize that the securing of fifteen thousand subscribers for the DAILY WORKER means a _ tremen- dous propaganda in itself. A goad percentage of them can be made per- manent, and will thus become a mighty factor in the ultimate estab- lishment of a DAILY WORKER right here in New York. They also realize that a Madison Square Garden meeting is worth more for propaganda than a hundred ordi- nary meetings. In a hall holding only three or four thousand the bulk of the audience always consists of Workers Party members and their immediate friends. Never more than a few hun- dred non-Communists attend such meetings. But in a Madison Square Garden audience of fifteen thousand | DATES AND SUBJECTS OF CIRCUIT SCHOOL IN DISTRICT NO. 8 Max Lerner, who | is is conducting the Circuit School, will give the following lectures this week. All comrades are urged to attend and if they have not already done so to enroll in the class. GARY, IND. Thursday, Feb. 26, 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 St., “Trade union history and tactics.’ THE if you i i i i i = i we now for a certainty that besides the party members and their families there are at least témuthousand out- siders. Such a meetifig is therefore a real achievement. reaching the mass. 7 6. To make it a suc powers of the New But making it a-su velop the powers of. organization as no or would. See that your branc ' buts its shoul- der to the wheel and Rielps push. Sub- scription tickets for @me affair have been sent to all branehg of the party and Young Workers’ e. If you have not received , come to the District Office, 108 2 Ban street, and get a supply and g@pbusy at once. Incidentally worth Wiik offered to the-individ) making the best reco The contest ends M | ‘Begin now and make use of this ¢ unity dur- ing the next three Wepks to make Communist propagand@iend build the Communist organization j Young Workers League C. C. C. Meets Tonight The first mectinn . of the city cen- tral committee Y. W. LL, of Chicago, since the city conventién will meet to-night 8 p. m. at 722 Blue Island avenue. ‘ The most important matter before the C. C. C.. will be the question of the Weekly Young Worker. A thoro discussion will take plage.on the dis- tribution of the Weekly Young Work- er and the organization of the city committee of agents. Delegates are urged to come pre- pared to report on the activities of their branches and the plans made by the branches in regard to the Weekly Young Worker. Literature Department 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Enclosed $ complete sets of “Six Propaganda Pamphlets”’. . pamphlet only. | Other matters of importance will be taken up and all delegates are urged | to be present on time. Party members | are welcome. | tranches—Settle for campaign fund stamp books March 1; last date for settlement. Rudquist Speaks in Minneapolis | MINNEAPOLIS, Mish., Feb. 25.— | Gust Rudquist a well known Swedish Communist speaker will.speak Thurs- day Feb. 26, at I. 0. Gi T. Hall, 1416 | 2nd St. So., 8 P. M. am@ im the T. U. E. L. meotinn to be held at Jupiter Hall 2514 Lincoln St.°N. E. Friday Feb. 27th 8. P. M. Admission to both meetings free. ' ——EEE7E SS eee SSS TTT 4444444444444 OOH O44 SS —earerer oe DAILY WORKER See Cee eee ee eee ee FRC ERROR Re Cee eee eee eee eeeeeee "see & © 7 Workers Must’ Organize ' Regardless of Color Twenty-three persons applied for membership in the Workers (Com- munist) Party at the most success- ful mass meeting held among the Ne- groes of the south side in many months. The speakers told the work- ers present of the demands of the Workers (Communist) Party in the aldermanic campaign. Gordon Owens, prominent Negro Communist, told of the program of the Workers Party on the Negro prob- lem. He made an appeal to all work- ers of all races to unite to overthrow their exploiters and join the Workers Party. E. L. F. Doty, Communist candidate for alderman who was ruled off the ballot by the election commissioners, declared that the Negroes of the whole world must unite as a class and work shoulder ‘to shoulder with the white workers, in the unions and the Work- ers Party to secure control of the gov- ernment and industries for their class. Comrade Doty told of the pogroms against the Jews in Russia before the revolution, and told how in Russia to. day the Soviet government is a work: | ers’ and peasants’ government run for the \benefit of the entire working class. Karl Reeve, reporter for the DAILY WORKER, told of the international! struggle of all the colonial peoples for power, and told of the growing revolt of the dark races in India, Africa, Asia and the entire world, under the Communist banner. Comrade Reeve told how the subject races are ex- ploited by the capitalists at less wag- es than are paid the whites. He told how in America the textile barons exploit the southern Negroes at cheap- er wages than are paid the whites, consequently reducing wages for the same work in the north. The only solution, he declared, was the uniting of the workers under the Workers Party banner as a class. The ku klux klan and similar organ- izations, are used in an attempt to divide the workers into different races and creeds, and any divisiom@ of the workers is detrimental to their own interests. Reeve told of the housing conditions among the Negroes on the south side, and quoted from the Work- ers Party resolution on the Negro question. Comrade Mahler, who acted as Tman, spoke on the DAILY ‘and its relation to the Ne- groes’ problems. WILKES BARRE MEMBERSHIP MEETING _ Special membership meeting of all members of the Workers Party in the vicinity of Wilkes Barre is called for Sunday March Ist at 2 P. M. in the Party Headquarters 718 N. Wash- ington St. Wilkes Barre, Pa. Com- rades Joseph Manley, A. Jakira and R. Baker will be present at this meet- ing to outline a plan of action for an important campaign that will be con- ducted in the Anthracite Coal Region. EVERY PARTY MEMBER MUST BE PRESENT WITHOUT FAIL. Best Recreation at Harlem Dance NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Next to the press pageant the biggest party event this month in New York is the Spring Festival and Dance to be given by the Harlem English branch on Satur- day evening March 21 at the Harlem Casino, 116 St. and Lenox Ave. ~***** eee * 4 eee *% Oe Oe ee Se eS eH 4 OOO Hee Te = capitol, is sending out the word that hée will not be mg co any evi- dence of bribery of Fall, for- mer secretary of the interior upon him. It is suggested that the discovery that Fall deposited in his own bank account a lot of coupons from liberty bonds that are traced back to a dum- my corporation in ate founded by Sinclair and a entative of Standard Oil of Indiana, will not prove Sinclair to be implicated. Os- ler, the head of the dummy concern, who fied to Africa to hunt big game when the court got after him, is de- cleared to be ready: to say he never met Sinclair. Harlem Opas F< orum Gives Interesting Lecture on Sunday NEW YORK, Feb. 26.~A symposi- um) on literature and art, and =the revolution will take place at the Har- lem forum of the Harlem section of the Workers Party, Local New York, next Sunday evening, March 1 at the Harlem headquarters, 64 East 104th street. Three speakers will lead the liscussion, Simon Felshin, Louis Loz- ywick and Joseph Freeman. The topic is a very interesting one. The speakers will treat the subject from avery angle, as one of them, Felshin, is a poet, Lozowick is a painter, and Freeman a literary critic. Open Forum Popular. The Sunday evening open forum in Harlem will continue for two months, as so far it has proven a success. A tentative list of topics and speakers is the following: “Is a Revolution Possible in the United States?” by Israel Amter; “Working Class Educa- tion” by Oliver Carlson; “Can there be Proseprity for the American Work- ers?” by H. M. Wicks; “Religion as an Instrument of Capitalism” by Bour- gin; “The Family—Past, Present and Future” by Rose Pastor Stokes; “The Capitalist, Labor and Communist Press” by Ludwig Lore; “Cultural As. pects of the Russian Revolution” by Moissaye Olgin; “Proletcult” by Hy- man Jacobson together with a “cultur- al and literary evening. RUSSIAN MOVIES AT - GERMAN-AMERIGAN HOME “KENOSHA, WIS,, FEB, 28 The famous movies, “Polikushka,” a six-reel story made by the Moscow Art Theater, “In Memoriam—Lenin,” showing the life and funeral of Lenin, and a Russian comedy, “Sol- dier tvan’s Miracle,” will be shown SATURDAY, FEB. 28, from 4 to 11 Pp. m. at the German-American Home, 665 Grand Ave., Kenosha, Wis. These pictures have been drawing the biggest crowds in Chicago, New York and other big cities. They will be shown in Kenosha ONLY ONE EVENING, FEB. 28. There wil! be three showings on that evening. The first will start at 4 p. m. sharp. Make sure to attend. Tell your friends about it. Don’t miss the greatest treat In your life. Patronize our advertisers. Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER — —~ -— - —+—- ——_—— LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25.—The bar- bers of Los Angeles have realized for some time past the necessity of doing something to better their condition. At the present time, legislation is pending in the state legislature that if passed will prohibit barbers from performing barber work upon fe- males, and further prohibit barbers” from massaging, shampooing, etc.,, any person regardless of sex. If this pending legislation should vorces as it would also givé the bar- bers a chance to realize that without a strong organization unemployment would grow in proportion to the en- forcement of this law. Mark Down the Date. 8 at the Philharmonic Auditorinm at 8 p.m, under the auspices of the In- ternational Workers’ Aid and the La- bor Defense Council. Other sympath. etic organizations are requested not to arrange ‘any - entertainment or meetings of importance at that date, and individuals are requested not to make any other appointments on that evening. On April 8 the readers of the DAILY WORKER as well as their friends should pack the Philharmonic Auditorium. March 2, United Front Date. On Monday night, 6:30 p. m., March 2, another united front conference of the Labor, Defense Council will be held, of delegates from all local un: ions, workers’ fraternal organizations, and workers’ political organizations to continue the fight for the defense of workers prosecuted under the criminal syndicalism law. Y. W. L. Meeting Nights. The Young Workers’ League in Los Angeles now has three branches. The main branch meets every Friday night at 224 South Spring street, Room 200. Branch No. 2 meets every Monday night in the Co-operative Building, Brooklyn and Mott, at 7:00 Pp. 'm., and Branch No. 3 (Jewish- speaking), meets évery Tuesday night, also in the Co-operative Building. Will Enter Election. The political committee of the Workers’ Party, Local Los Angeles, is planning! to endorse working-class candidates of their own and _ sup- ported by other workers’ organiza- tions, in the coming municipal elec. tions in May. SCRANTON MEMBERSHIP MEETING Special membership meeting of all Workers Party members in the vici- nity of Scranton will be held Sunday, March 1, at 2 P. M. at 2727 N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa. Comrades, Joseph Manley, A. Jakira and R. Baker will be present at this meeting to outline a plan of action for an important campaign that will be conducted in the Anthracite Coal Region. EVERY PARTY MEMBER MUST BE PRES- ENT WITHOUT FAIL. Settle for the Beauty and Bolshe- vik tickets. Bring the money and un- sold tickets either to 19 S. Lincoln St., or Room 307, 166 W. Washing- ton St. JUST ONE HALF! OF THE JOB IS DONE when you send in your remittance for a subscription with one half of this ad. The other half we will do when we see to it that you receive each month + ¢ <s ?. the best working class magazine ever turned out in this country— THE : WORKERS MONTHLY $2.00 a year $1.25 six months pass, it would no doubt improve the conditions ‘of the workers in China, ° and would also eliminate a lot of di-_ “The Beauty and the Bolshevik". will be shown in Los Angeles.on April . eS Ss a?

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Page Five. Letters From Our Readers COR aT SPONDE NT = , - | . | Stays ow Our Let. of the states to vote against it to de 3 ps cir | antey To the DAILY WORKER: Gentle | feat it. “BER: } i ‘ One-third is the dictatorship of The DAILY. WORKER tess aa men, hell, no, I mean men and women. ba Dp of the “a rag It ig 11 @, m. Shady morning. Your | ™™°Fty with @ vengeance. Much ved a letter from .-Comrade has been said by the fakers against Franklin P. Brill, of Buffalo, that agent has just left:my house and I feel! the ‘workers’ minority’ in Russia, as he has been designated by the-Buf- so ashamed of not telling you how 1| they term it, working afd fighting fn falo local of the Workers (Com- prise the DAILY WORKER and how} pehailf of the workers, but very little munist) Party to send in news items the Workers Monthly is so incompar-| against the Wall Street government on Labor Assembly Gets of party activities in Buffalo. This ably better than what I expected to! minority fighting and econo ts ~ for T. U. E. L. P rogram is a good precedent to follow, and e..F. | get for my sub to the old Liberator! slave the children of the nation, grind- and gr every local of the Workers Party in a -* 7 fe) that I wish to make amends some-| ing their bodies and souls into profits on. the country which.has not yet done af what. For the $5 enclosed send mé/to be worn on the perverted bodies of is By FRANKLIN BRILL. so should follow Buffalo’s example. one of those insurance policies. titled degenerate daughters of idle hat (Buffalo Correspondent of the The first steny sent in by Com- I am a member of the Common-| Moneyed parasites. om .. DAILY WORKER, ..... . tn ioe theta ~ wealth Land Party (Single Tax) since| Where are the boasted friends of fo. | BUFFALO, N, Y., Feb, 25—-At.the a . ~ > awe a several years before the Workers| labor now? The pet law of Sammy ers” last. meeting of the Central. Labor ve vi " ee pros the atte Party was organized and therefore;the simp for the time. being is set tz Council the program of go vl ws a s doing in feel it my duty to clean up my posi-j aside, because of Sam’s and his. bu- “1080S March 5. That ch eo gingham, linen and rep are attractive! ,.. »,7; orth Ave. leaves not more than one . oo) er r sontienadon ah tie tind. a road. 7 Trainmen, 127 N. Fran- a : inches hig Pattern mailed to any address on 3420 W. Rovsevelt Rd. Branches must make their 5 me Th 4 receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. a a aro ay St. final collections, secretaries . = . mit wae good reasons why the Remington h i > — etiteiaiin is tedinie eommeaiath conn mm. Juleea, poem stated all bmit their ] des So : oftable is the recognized leader—in sales and W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ili. ——— submit their ast reports, in a popularity. NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The | Smuggle Wine Into VU. 8. dividuals give THELR LAST 3 > They are: WoRichn pattern x » Ca are tu Pte schon Va., Feb. 25.—A dozen} DOLLARS TO HAMMER > 1D Durability and Reliabilie by a New York firm of pat officers and several members of the) HOME THE LAST SPIKE. a= Compactness and Portability man Nie onnan ase Seswesees by crew of the government transport —F, Poar-Row Standard Keyboard ceived, and they ere mailed by the man- es are expected to be court P . - oe 2 Bart tit alee, San wean Ae . ere “tale by — — _ a : . es ss AtR. oO e = Order from THE DAILY WORKER, 1443 Ww. Washington Bivd., Chicage - i = — — , ben 2 —— " : ~ a a o*N\

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EE —— — Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING co. 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, ML (Phone: Monroe 4712) pixinenia StS RATES By $6.00 per year $3.50....6 aii $2.00...3 months By mail (in Chicago only): $8.00 per year $4.50....6 months $2.50....3 months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL | meters WILLIAM F. DUNNE({ MORITZ J. LOEB.......c..00n--Business Manager Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. > ” Chicago, iinele Ee Advertising rates op applicatioa Effective Strike Action The news of the garment workers’ strike sent by our New York correspondent, which we publish in another column, is good news for workers every- where. Not only are the garment workers forcing the bosses to toe the mark, but the strike is being con- ducted by a huge rank and file committee which has assumed responsibility for the conduct of the conflict. , When large numbers of workers are drawn into the important task of directing strike activity as in this case, it is a good sign—a sign that there is a real basis for the development of the left wing. The theory of the officialdom is that the mem- bership cannot be trusted to make decisions, that the election of officials by machine methods auto- matically classifies them as the only ones in the union posessink brains. It never occurs to them seemingly that the way to build a fighting union is to bring as many members as possible into the work of directing and carrying out the tasks of the union. Our story of the garments workers’ strike refutes the official theory. When the union membership understands the issues confronting them, when they have a chance to carry out a militant program, they rise to the occasion as in this instance. Thefeft wing program: has nothing in common with the anarcho-syndicalist idea of undisciplined activity with its emphasis on the freedom of the individual. Its program is based on the solid ground of the permeation of the unions with class pride and understanding of the class struggle—on the activity of the most conscious and courageous elements of the union. Insofar as the rank and file committee handling the garment workers’ strike is a result of the application of this policy in the union, it marks an important development in the needle trades and the whole labor movement. The manner in which the membership of the unions affected has thrown itself into the struggle indicates that the rank and file committee has suc- ceeded in gaining its confidence. This is no minor achievement in a labor organization where the of- ficial leadership by its attacks on Communists and the left wing which they lead had created a wide- spread distrust of the union itself. An Admiral Speaks The brutally frank. statements of Admiral Phelps, relative to the rivalry of British and Amer- ican imperialist interests in the world’s oil fields and markets, has shaken official Washington as nothing has succeeded in doing since certain sen- ators took the lid off the famous Teapot. The admiral read a paper before the representa- tives of women’s patriotic can and British capitalism is set forth clearly. Militarists are proverbially more outspoken than their slimier colleagues in the diplomatic service and the deliberate statements of the admiral are without doubt of an official or semi-official nature. He pointed out the control of the major portion of the world’s oil supply by British capitalists and | LO fps THE DAILY WORKER. The Daves Plan at The Dawes plan already has effected one of the highest skilled and best paid unions in the United States—the electrical workers. A New York dispatch tells of the bitter fight now being waged by the manufacturers of electrical ap- paratus against the efforts of the union to or- ganize and enforce its working conditions and wage scale in the manufacture of electric fixtures. We quote a portion of the statement made by Charles Eidlitz, chairman of the elctrical’ board of trade of New York City. It contains the stereo- typed arguments of employers with which the work- ers are familiar and which they will hear with in creasing vehemence as the Dawes plan is extended Eidlitz says: ent ‘ “Tn certain lines, particularly small items, the competition from Germany and Japan is already serious. “The small manufacturer particularly, can- not compete favorably with certain of these small deviees, due to the cost of labor and the result of this is that they attempt to compete simply by selling these products at prices that bring no real return in the hope of keeping the demand for the foreign-made product down as low as possible. “If organized labor were successful in estab- lishing union conditions in electrical manufac- turing it would, of course, mean thé elimina- tion of piece work and the general increasing of wages, with a corresponding reduction™in efficiency. The American manufacturer would soon find himself unable to compete with many of the materials made abroad which cannot be brought to this country today on any competi- tive basis. societies in which the| basis of the irreconcilable conflict between Ameri-| “Assuming, therefore, for argument’s sake, | that the efforts now hging made by labor to unionize electrical products were 100 per cent successful it would mean that American pro- | ducts would disappear and foreign non-union products would take their place and the unions would,’ for lack of any other material, be com- pelled to handle and install these or go with- out it. ‘“Generally speaking, building material is not exclusively union made. An attempt, there- fore, to start in on: the electrical indystry can- not and will not be tolerated.” It is the officialdom of unions like the electrical workers with its craft form of organization and agreements with the bosses, a comparatively high scale of wages and good working conditions that are the most hostile‘to the Communists and their program and disdainfut of any suggestion that the class struggle is international or that it exists at all. American fnauceenpital, as it extends its rule over the world will; however, against its own in- terests but inevitably stieceed in convincing even large sections of thé'labor aristocracy that no worker is guarantéed immunity under capitalism in this its final stage. The Communist program is going to get a hear- ing in many quarters fwithin the next few years where only hostility exists today. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. The Chicago Dailies and Negroes Next to the press of the southern states the cap- italist dailies of Chicago are perhaps the worst inciters of prejudice against the Negroes. | Chieago has a large Negro population, one of the largest of any American city, and the capitalist press, if all those who read it believe it, must of had some success in creating the impression that 90 per cent of the Negro population is of a criminal and degenerate character. Not a day passes that some headline does not emphasize the color of some alleged offender, gen- erally in connection with an attack on the proper- 'ty or person of a woman. The statistics on police openly accused Great Britain of trying to ruin| court cases, the testimony of judges and police of- American shipping. ing,” he said, “differences which can be prevented from developing into a conflict only by a strong navy.” “Strong navies” occasionally postpone but never yet have prevented war and in this particular case the inference is so obvious that it might as well have been stated openly; it is that war with Great Britain is inevitable and that the processs of pre- paring the minds of the masses for it should begin. It is especially significant that just at this time, when the air is filled with rumors of disarmament! conferences, for which Coolidge stands sponsor, a to disclose the real attitude of the administration and its capitalist owners. The speech of Admiral Phelps is an event of in- ternational importance and no one will be more interested in it than the Communist International which long ago called the attention of the world’s “Serious differences are brew-| ficers is in direct contradiction to the capitalist press. The proportion of Negro offenders is far smaller in proportion to the Negro population than that of whites. This is in spite of the well-known fact that an , ‘of fomenting race hatred. high officer of the navy should have been permitted |. arrested Negro is presumed to be guilty until he can prove himself innocent. Even then it quite often makes little difference if a scapegoat is needed. In defiance of all these established facts the Chi- cago capitalist press continues a deliberate policy Some day there weil be a race war in Chicago and then the capitalist press will shed buckets of typographical tears over the | ee situation. Perhaps the best way of putting at least a tem- | porary stop to this sinister campaign would be for the Negroes to institute a boycott of these foul "| sheets among their own race and ‘white sympahiz- | | working class to the danger of just such a world|er, 4 substantial decrease in circulation would | conflict as that mentioned deliberately in a pre- probably bring some of these papers to their aeenen | pared speech by the militarist spokesman of Amer- for a time. ican imperialism. . The Communist Party will certainly give such a ea TTT move all the support in its power. e The C..P. P. A. 18s now a scrambled egg. It was — a rotten egg. Its component parts are trying to] The socialist party is now in the wilderness. unscramble it. But without political gasmasks the} Whether “Moses” Hillquit will be able to lead them | job cannot be done. into the promised land is questionable. Like Lew When the yolk, represented by the railroad broth-| Stone *u the movies, the socialist party deserted erhoods, decided to withdraw from the conglomera-|a faithful wife for the tempting but uncertain joys tion that constituted the C. P. P. A another yellow nucleus. yellow enough, but lacked virility. ton offered to fill in during the transition period. ? o? . there was! of more elastic virtue. nohing for the rest of the egg to do but to look for! scorched, The socfalist brand was |: again. The wayward spouse, badly would fain return and begin all over But unfortunately;the happy ending so William John- | typic al of screen reel life, does not always hold good in real life. The once fappy home is no more. | LaFollette and his famous collection of freaks will | become the new yolk. i Every day get a “sub’”*forthe DAILY WORKER | PLUTES T 0 PARIS IEP rairie in It (Special te The Daily Worker) PARIS, Feb. 25.— Despite reports that his stay in Paris would be ex- tended and that he would appear in defense of H, M. aon and James E. O'Neill, Am toil magnates, should they,be into French courts to ete on ormation they may have in onnection with the Unit- y Aarti naval ofl Scandal, George don Battle, Néwi York lawyer, de- parted today, —, for the Unit- ed States. Battle’s departure;geom the United States was almosy coi pegincidental with that of U. G. M counsel for the United ble said to be the bearer of Téetters rogatory is- sued by an Americ&m judge in Chey- enne, Wyo., and “@émanding that Blackmer and O'Neill testify in French court coneaeers their alleged part in the cases. Blackmer forme was head of the Midwest Refining , in the United States. O’Neill untfl recently was president of the Prairie Oil and Gas Co. There is a rumored matter of a $2,000,000 bribe by O’Neill to Wash- ington politicians, which account for this gentleman’s sojourn in France. Anger of Workers Against Frame-up of Sacco-Vanzetti Grows (Continued from Page 1.) dict, therefore be it “Resolved, that we protest with full energy against the Wmfair verdict and demand a square deal for Sacco and Vanzetti, namely a ‘retrial, we make the plea for principles of justice that should not be sacrificed, “Most respectfully yours, “Emil Kara, dent, “Andy Pleha ec. Secy. “Joe Kobyla Fin. Secy.” alo announ rousing mass ng to be held Friday evening, Feb. 27, at the Labor Lyceum, 376 William street. The principal speech will Se nade by Joseph Etior. James Battestoni, of the amti-fascist society of Buffalo, Ray Raymond, of the Buf- falo Central Labor @onfeil and others will also speak, » 4071; The Buffalo gatheritg was arranged by a conference 6f fepresentatives from working ‘olas#® organizations which fhelude the Workers Party, the Central Labor Counell, the Molders’ Union, and the Workmen’s circle. The call for the conferenge was initiated by the Workers (Communist ) Party of Buffalo. 6 bi CHICAGO MEMBERSHIP MEETING ‘ VOTES FOUR TO ONE TO EN E .. £85 UNITED FRONT. CAMPAIGNS | Byea vote of 169 to a the membership meeting of the: Steen (Com- munist) Party Local Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Northwest ‘Hall, endorsed the United Front campaigns initiated by the C.-E. C. of the party_which are now being carried on in their many forms by the membership. The following resolution proposed by the City Executive Commit passed by the above vote after the membership rot Local Chicago was to'a splendid report on the party campaigns by Comradé Browder, acting secretary of the Work- ers (Communist) Party: “RESOLVED: That the member-: ship meeting of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, Local Chicago, ‘takes note of the yecent victories of our party which show especially. ip the magnificent showing in the Miner’s Carpenter’s and Machinist’s Unions, and. that the party faces a period’ when the most fruitful work is pos- sible. This favorable sentiment must be used to build our.party ever more solidly as the leader of the working- class in America. “To this end we endorse the cam- paign now heing carried on the pledge our full co-operation to the leading || committees of the party.” The Chicago membership meeting, was one of a series of meetings called by the C. E. C.. of the party in the maia citicns thruout the country: to mobflize the party membership for wie united front campaigns ‘of. the: party. Browder’s Speech In a brilliant review, Comrade -Browder discussed the present pol- itical and economic situation con- fronting the workers in the United States. The following points were ‘|} made by Comrade Browder: The campaigns against child labor are being conducted on the basis of de- mands for ratification of the national child labor amendment but pointing out at the same time that the child labor amendment is meaningless without government maintenance of all the school children of the workers and poor farmers and hence calling upon the state and federal legislatur- es to pass a law calling for govern- ment maintenance of those children, the funds for this purpose to come from special taxes on high incomes, With the revival of the Michig Communist cases the party has r ponded nobly in coming whole-heart- edly, on short notice to the defense of our comrades. Comrade Browder reported that this work was going forward on the basis, not only of d& fending our own comrades but as’& national and international unitéd front in defense of all political prison- ers and that this work gives a splend- id opportunity to get a hearing befare all labor bodies’ on class sapere: issues. eng: Cc. P. P. A. Blows Up on- The demoralization and collapsé of the C. P. P. A. which occurred" iff Chicago at their convention within the last week, was due in a larg af A eh Make History on Mareh er ~ « March is a’ Month of revolution. IN MARCH, ».1871 came the establishment of the Paris Commune, following the first revolution in history in which the working class-was°openly acknowledged as the only class cap- able of social initiative. IN MARCH, 1917 came the great revolution overthrowing ‘the Russian czarist government and bringing power the werld’s first working IN MARCH, International, into complete class government. 19219 came the founding of the Communist forming a world- wide organization of workers preparing themselves for the eventual world revolution. March is a month of revolution. BUT REVOLUTIONS ARE NOT A MATTER OF MONTHS. History is not made in a month, nor a year, nor a decade. It is a gradual growth, extending thru the minutes, hours and days of all time. And small happenings, as well as. stupendous events, have their significance in the historical process. If the campaign to INSURE. THE DAILY WORKER is proved to be a success on March 5th, its last day,—then Amer- ican CommunistS can well be played in MAKING HISTORY. proud of the part they have HAMMERING at a task,—day in and day out; never laying down the TOOLS,—driving in the SPIKES, doggedly,—remem- bering that the goal, no matter how far off it seems,—is REVO- LUTION; this isto MAKE HISTORY. On march th, 1925, one page in American Communist his- tory will be turn The DAILY WORKER will issue its .spe- cial Comintern edition. This will be over-flowing with news of the triumph of the past March revolution it will be a chronicle of proletarian. progress since the establishment of the Communist International six years ago. In its pages will be a special section devoted to a record of the achievement of the WORKERS PARTY in the past four months struggle {6 make the DAILY WORKER financially stable ‘for the coming year. THERE AR®-SEVEN MORE DAYS IN WHICH TO COM- PLETE THE TASK. When history turns the page on the 1925 drive to INSURE THE DAILY WORKER, the record of each branch and of each’ DAILY WORKER reader will be placed on life publicly in the ‘COMMUNIST ROLL-CALL. UP WITH THE HAMMER! DOWN WITH THE SPIKE! LET THE SPARKS FLY WHERE THEY WILL! ——_ — Street oe A (AS ERO CARY. cncsedpestaieinl IIR ninthsenneesecscess > os State icin A Here is mpidollar to help MAKE HISTORY by insuring the DAILY 5) 2m for 1925, tL: Name ........4 ES SSR ae, eer ye Ee measure ‘to the dinhten ‘conducted against the C..P. P.-A. by our party memibers’ thrndut “the ‘labor move- meat: The rank and file of labor not’ representéd® there; and this was’ to a-great extent’ Wie’to the slo- gen Of the patty Whiten "sata, “Don’t participate in the“béurgeois Cc. P, P. A. conference. Unité for independent working clas® poltfed’ action under the leadership of tte’ Workers (Com- munist) Party.” ThE OPP. A. was madé up of' t renegades and capitalist hi ‘was’ not a con- ventioh—it ' was & ‘post mortem. The- cimpaign against wage-cuts is @ real’ basis a a titited front with thie tank = ““*Wage-cutting has rot ‘yet feac the wide-spread na- tional menace “that it “is certain to within’ tlie next few months. But it is already showing its head in the ‘textile: industry ‘ih particular where our party units « ate active. Resist wage-cuts ‘by ‘strikes ‘is the slogan of the party dnd is finding response in the rank and file of those parts of the working ‘class affected. The wage-cut leaflet issued by the party is getting splendid distribution hationally and local Chitago leads with an order of fifty thousand to be distributed in the shops and factories. The DAILY WORKER The central instrument around which united fronts rally, Confrade Browder said, is the DAILY WORK- ER. Local’Chicago must move as one man ‘in furthering the scope of our labor daily. Local Chicago has ndt | given ‘the attention of the daily up to date that it deserves and it must re- main one of the chief tasks for Com- munists to negage in. The victory of our party in the Miners’ Union of gathering sixty-six theusand votes for avowedly Com- munist candidates came as a pleas- ant surprise and indicates that our étideavors'in the unions must be in- téndifiéd “to take advantage of the févorable senti t that is showing itselfi* Party work in the Machinists’ and Carpente Unions is meeting With’ Hike ‘suc The T. U. EB. L., thé’ party ins ent in carrying on 6ul Work im the unions; the main orgars®-of ‘working class struggle, fits} feceive the fullest co-operation froth party’ ménibers. 52° GtCampaign Against Spy i-report. was enthusiastic and many © comrades -participated. The tiembership showed itself ready and Willing to Garry out the campaign of the party. With few exceptions every- ote who spoke mate special reference to the importahce of pushing the DAILY WORKER. to a position of prominance’ in the local struggle. The membership showed that it was pre- pared to go forward with renewed efforts in making the coming sub- scription, campaign a success. Amendment Snowed Under The following amendment to the motion of the city executive com- mittee was made by Comrade Nat Kaplan: “Membership meeting points out that recent developments expose a tremendous unorganized sentiment that must be‘ crystalized into Com- munist organization. We call for the concentration of dll party energy on One united front campaign at a time. We point out especially the need for such catipafgns off the fleld of de- ‘fense, unemploymetit, protection of foteign born and recognition of So- viet Russia.” . This amendment’ received only for- ty-one votes as ‘dgainst the motion of the city executive committee of which received 167. The membership show- ed itself ‘in an enthusiastic mood for prosecuting these campaigns present- ed for work by the C: B. C. of the party on the basis’ “of its observations ‘of the political afd economic condi- tions of the country and our progress in the working class movement. —_e ee Wants Goose Step to Remain. CINCINNATI, Ohfo, Feb. 25.—An attack was “made on the modern schools.and.modern methods of teach- ing. by superintendent of the board of education of Toledo, Charles Meek, at the convention of the national edu- cation association here. “The dear children who attend these schools are free and happy, but their heads are empty,” said Meek. ‘The mational edu- cation ‘association:ig, controlled by the manufacturers’ and business men’s apsociation. * Eight Killed in 3. P. Blast. LANGTRY, Texas, Feb. 25.—Light workers were killed.in‘a dynamite explosion here at a rock quarry own- ed by the Southern Pacific railroad. The bodies were blown to bits. It is said by workers that the railroad sup- | plied a poor grade of dynamite, order to create doubt in the mind. of (Continued from page 1) be punished as per Section 54, Para- graph B. of the General Constitution and inasmuch as it is the duty of the presiding officer of a Local Union to announce or impose penalty | said penalty is prescribed in the Con- stjtution for the offense committed, the President. of Local Union 181 was justified and within his ‘Tights and acted im accordance with the provisions of the Constitution tm’ de claring’ the appellants expelled and & shall therefore concur in his action and dismiss the appeal. a Fraternally “yours; ots fm > 4 on WM. L. HUTCHERSON e * . General President “Another Liarl” oh Ripe When the members of stot 7s were shown copies of letter, they simply said: “Just another liar.” The last sentence in the second paragraph is purposely obscured: in the reader as to what the —— bers of the trial committee wrote. The report of ‘the r read at the meeting of the local union stated that the defendants admitted they were guilty, What the affidavit said was that the members dia. pes plead guilty as charged. So the only count on which Huteh- eson could justify the expulsion. was that they signed a resolution proteast- ing against the signing of a Landis award contract and condemning the officials who signed it. To protect the union and the rights of the members against official scabbery is a high crime and misdemeanour in the eyes of Hutcheson and his satellites. The Thugs Falled Last Monday evening the offietals of Local 181 and Harry Jensen the president of the digtrict council, were early at the hall with a gang of thugs. They had the Hutcheson letter and thot foolishly enought that would have a hyponotic effect on the mem- bers and force them to surrender. When the “expelled” members showed up as usual, the thugs at- tempted to prevent them from enter- ing the hall, The following members of Jensen’s strong arm squad wefe particularly active: John Steffen, slugger-in-chief; Herman Htnzile; Ed. Anderson; Martin Plaw; Jim Jensen and Inar Peterson. These worthies grabbed the “expelled” members and tried to shove them out but despite Harry Jensen’s exhortations the et- fort was fruitless. When the mem- bers inside the hall heard what was going_on, they rallied to the door and sent the thugs flying in all direction. Jensen’s army retreated in disorder and. “General” Jensen the Landis award hero retreated ahead of his “flying” column. Almost Unanimouely As told yesterday in the DAILY WORKER, the membership voted unanimously, with the exception of the sluggers, to seat the “expelled” members. (According to the consti- tution it requires a two thirds vote of the members present at a local union meeting to expel members after having had a trial in conformi- ty with the constitution. The unani- mity with whjch the members of Lo- cal 181 are backing up their fellow workers shows plainly that they were illegally expelled.) Infuriated by their faliure to crnsh the opposition of the rank and file and feeling that the time to do it was now or never one of the hangers-on, of the faker Jensen, a foss pie card artist and political licksptttle by the name of K. G. Torkelson, who has spent his life chasing the pork wagon, sent for the police. Torkelson was formerly an enemy ' of Jensen, but the latter had some experience in winning the affections of members of the. canine species by hurling meat bones in their direction: He threw a sop at Torkel- son in the form of a superintendeney. From then on Jensen had a Joyal friend which will hold just so long as he holds the cover of the soup pet. An Amusing Scene The police had no other effect on the membership except to irritate them. They booed the blue — gentry. An amusing feature of the mashtiion were the antics of “Jim” Jensen, fin- ancial secretary of the local.. This worthy came up to one of the. “ex- pelled” members and grabbed him by the coat removing a button from that garment. But not alone was Jensen not able to move the solid piece of rebel carpenter that he had his mitts on, but it may interest Jensen to know that the butjon was recovered and is occupying its old place again, just as that carpenter is in the local union despite the efforts of Jensen and his namesake Harry and all the other payrollers and sluggers. The five “expelled” members have issued a leaflet giving a brief sum- mary of the history of the expulsion and also announcing a mass meeting for Sunday afternoon, February 8, at 2.30 at Imperial Hall, 2409 North Hal- sted street. The principal speaker will be William A. Reynolds, vice- president of Detroit District Council of the Carpenters’ Union, = ct