Daily Worker
March 6, 1925

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Washington Bivd., Chicago, lil i “ °# “35 e855 _ ehar «* aEenEeaea THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1925 5 ok ye - (Special to The Daily Worker) | - PITTSBURGH, Kansas, March 4.—Several bheetal operators in this district broke with the United Mine Workers of America when they ditched the Jacksonville agreement, come gy ge vg mines, at the same time posting notices that they open them whenever the miners are willing’ to dig terms of the 1917 wage scale, which is 25 per Mont belaw’ th e present one. The Kansas group of operators is the most important in. the south-western field and the section under their control produces Ld uriderthe the. EBERT, TRAITOR TO WORKERS, IS BURIED IN POMP Troops and d Police Lead Cortege (Special to The DAILY WORKER:) BERLIN, March 4.—‘Fritz’ Ebert, expelled from the saddiemakers’ un- ion while president of Germany for treachery~“to the working class, was buried today with monarchiat cere- mony. From the palace on the Withelm- strasse a regal cortege took the Te- mains of Ebert thru the Brandenburg gate to the reichstag. Troops and Police for Company. At the head of the cortege was the. famous Potsdam mounted trumpet | m corps, . and a Battery of artillery: Planked by troops, the hearse was followéd by the family,-state officials, and dele- gations fromthe diplomatic corps. A company of Germany’s infamous green police brought up at the rear. The green police are one of the worst hated white guard forces of Europe, having crushed at Ebert's or- ders and those of the other leaders of the capitalist social democracy, every effort the German proletariat nas made to free itself in .the last few years. It is cynically observed by the workers, that the official col- ors for ‘the funeral, black ana green, is a symbol of the green police and the black reactionary rule of Ebert's social democratic’ regime. Elections March 29. _At six-thirty in the evening a spe- cial train will convey the official mourners to Heidelburg, where inter- ment will take place Thursday morn- ing. Meanwhile, there is great pollt- tical excitement over the coming elec- ‘ion, to be held March 29. *over 7,000,000 tons followed. hy. six coteaa nine: of: infantry and a squadron of’ cavalry’ ee of - steam coal annually. The union in this district nals been wrecked by John L. Lewis and.is. now so’ demoralized by. that. faker’s. split- ting _ tactics that the » operators .no longer feared it, Alexander). Howat, the man-who organized the miners: in- to what was one of. the .most .mili- tant sections,.of the - United. Mine Workers of America was expelled by Lewis. . Practically all the south western coal territory is now working open shop. Most of the mines in Okla- homa are non-union. The Pittsburgh operators signed the Jacksonville pact one month after it was made at the Florida watering ‘place. . Evidently contracts are not considered binding on the operators. The break with the United Mine Workers of America fs the first con- certed move on the part of the op- erators in this regidn ‘to return to a non-union basis. Tey are now in the same boat with the Kéntucky and Yest a a barowy. — Conference Postponed. CLEVELAND, March .4.—The. coal operators’ conferente scheduled to meet nh next i age has Deen, post- the thin operators raat os the purpose of seeking a modification of the Ja¢kson- ville agreement. The western Penn- sylvania operators have signified their intention of attending. but the coal barons of Indiana and Illinois have not yet reached a decision as ‘to their attitude. Bosses Have United Front. It is believed heré that’ the main reason for the postponement of the conference is the necessity for fuar- ther understandings with the ‘Tindte and Indiana coal barons so that a united front can be presented against the miners’ union. Some operators favor the shutting down of all mines having an agree- ment with the union and offering to open them under the 1917 wage scate. The coal barons now are of the opin- ion that they have enough scab coal mines in operation to enabte them to supply the market, until they have starved the miners into subméssfon. The Ohio and western Pennsylvania (Continued on pagé 8) Some Ups and Downs Up Goes Big Capitalist NEW YORK, March 4.—~Acquisl- tion of the plants of the Nafziger Baking company, of Kansas City, by the Purity Baking corporation of St. Paul, Minn., was announced to- day "by °Davies, Auerbach and Cor- nell, attorneys for the company. By the purchase the Purity cor- poration will take over the Nafziger plants in St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield and Sedalia, Mo., Deca- tur, ill.; Burlington, lowa; Mus- kogee, Okla., and Wichita Falls, Tex... The combined interests will “nave plants in ten states, Down Goes Little Capitalist Four bandits brought -financial ruin to Joseph Williamovsky and wrecked the business which he, had been building for 23 years when they robbed his south side jewelry store of its $10,000 stock or dia- monds today, and escaped. it. was the second robbery: Will iamovsky had suffered in a. year. In December bandits: carried away. $7,000. He carried no insurance. Today, the bandits herded Will- lamovsky and four others into a rear room of the store, bound them; ate 4 ‘ “— a ee ‘ ¥ ten A ; P ' - 4 ~~ “-« — ; . ~ . sa! § °F , ee 1] Be P ‘ : a ef * . ’ ® i. t and.’ carried out the ur J in leisure. fie Pw . ee A. LOSOVSKY. Recent sketch of the Secretary of the Red International of Labor Unions, AUSTRIA TURNS TO GERMANY IN SEVERE CRISIS Bosses Woula: Sell Work- ers Out PARIS, France, HB aco. 4.— Austria is facing a desperate economic crisis, Baron LEichoft, Austrian minister to Paris who has resigned his post, said here today. Eichoft stated,..im) effect, that the: Austrian capitalists . mere willing to their factories’ going, and bring in profits. “Whatever country gives us capital and directivd@ ability will have Austria, I am cénvfiticed,” Bichoff de- clared. “Austria is facing a desperate econ- omic crisis of dimensions far beyond the idea the world has so far form- ed,” Eichoff said. “We have seven million poptlation, and 200,000 work- ers are unemployed, a larger percent- age than England.” “Our factories “eannot work and vroduce, and wescannot export. If Austria does’ not: recover from this terrible economic crisis now facing her, she will be dorced into the arms of those who aré willing to help.” Hichoff resigned because Austria is about to form»*an alliance with Ger- many, it was inttmated. The Austrian workers are increasing the demand for a Soviet form of government. MARINE WORKERS’ MEET, CALLED BY |, W. W., WILL BE COVERED BY THE ‘DAILY’ The DAILY WORKER announces that in tomorrow’s issue will begin comprehensive and accurate reports of the important conference being held at New Orleans of various marine workers’ unions of the west- ern hemisphere, called at the in- stance of the Marine Transport Workers of the I. W. W. By .special arrangement, the DAILY WORKER will obtain full reports of.the conference as it pro- gresses, and will be the only paper giving this service. Read the DAILY WORKER for news of this signi- ificant conference. —_ aig’ @ ds Trade Unions | Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, iil., March 4.—Lo- cal Union 448, knownas the “Klon- dike Local Union,” has taken the inl- tlative in protesting against the decl- sion handed down by, Farrington and his district executive. jboard, which In- clude the renegade. adical Gus Fritz, branding the org tion of unem- ployed councils among the workliess miners are “dual organizations.” The following resolution was pass- ed by. 448 forwarded to President L. # of the inter- national union for consideration: Springfield, Ml., March 3, 1925. Mr. John L. Lewis, President, United Mine Workers of America, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dear Sir and Brother:— I was instructed by Local Union No. 448, U..M. W. of A., located in Springfield, lIlfmois,.to inform you that Local Union No. 448, United Mine Workers of America, takes an ap- peal from the fuling handed down by the executive board of District No. 12, in a meeting held by that body some: time during the week ending Febru- ary 21, 1925. ‘The’ ruling in question was printed in letter form on Febru- ary 28, 1925, and sent to the local unions by Secretary Walter Nesbit and reads as follows: “The district executive board adopt- ed a motion instructing the district secretary-treasurer to notify the au- thors of the resolution that a state Peonvehtion of ‘miners cannot modify the joint contrans ty, more than can gt the. countey.| ibalty ath: the formation of any aeguntzation of unemployed would. be considered as a dual organization and the advocates of same'must abandon their attempts to form such organizations within the United Mine Workers of America. This is the action of the district exe- cutive board and | am hereby noti- fying all members accordingly.” We are of the opinién that a state convention of mine workers couid not modify the agreement, ‘but do believe that a_ state convention could demand and insist that the operators live up to an agreement already made, and to condemn their officers in any laxity if that has not been ‘done. We fur- ther contend that it is not within the power of a district union, to rule what movements are “dual” or not, that we maintain is a function of the inter- national union. Kindly give our 4ap- peal your most earnest consideration. I am, very truly yours, Wm. McAuley, Rec.-Secy., L. U. 448, U. M. W. of A., 1637 S. 19th St., Springfield, Ill. This local is the one to.which Dun- can MacDonald belonged, before he was expelled by order of Frank Far- rington on pain of lifting the charter. There are 700 members of this local now out of work. Living Up to Agreement. The circular against which Farrtng- tqm made the decision did not declare that a state convention could modify the agreement with the operators but it insisted on the operators living up to the terms of that agreement as per section 12, of the Joint Contract, which reads as follows: Division of Work. |. “After a mine has been idle except thru strike, for a period of thirty days, the miners employed at mines | in the same locality may.at thelr op- tion share work with these thrown idle, either by doubling up in work- (Continued on page 8) A. V. SMIRNOV People’s Commissar of Agriculture in Soviet Russia. THE POOR FISK KEEPS COOL AT CAL'S INAUGURAL Noted Reporter Says Dawes Is President By THE POOR FISH (Special to The Dally Worker) TEAPOT DOME, March 4—As I had the honor to predict the nomina- tion of Coolidge and Dawes by Wall Street, while other more or less known reporters had pig¢ked ‘various other team mates for “Cal,” so also have I the honor to announce that |General | idge States today. If this be treason make the most of it. The Moonstone Dress First let me give you a line on Mrs. Coolidge’s dress. It was made of “joseena” which is a new name specially invented for the occasion. The designer has a lot of originality. He got his ingredients. together and produced’a color known: as. “moon- stone.” The first part of the word is what counts, he said, since moonshine is now the favorite Ameriéah drink. There is also something ‘romantic | about the moon, which harmonizes with dresses which ladies wear when they are gazing at the moon or other- wise happily engaged. It is going to be a business administration. The fact that Frank Stearns, one ‘of Cool- ige’s owners is in the department store business and sells ladies dresses, should not be overlooked. The man is entitled to something for his trouble, The Happy Fat Man One of the happiest men at the inaugural was William H. Taft. “Bill” came into the White House at the head of a blizzard. He went out at the tip of a boot. But even an ex- president can smile on a pension of ten thousand dollars a year, besides other emoluments. There are lots of people- here but apparently they did not come here to hear or to think, but to drink. Nobody listened to Cal’s speech but the micro- phone. It was about peace and reli- gion, He was after signing a bill ap propriating millions of dollars for new | battleships, and thot. he needed relax- | ation. The pacifists will forget all about the battleships and praise the speech, General Dawes was the ob- ject of much interest. The crowd followed him, leaving Cal accomp- anied only by his wife and his dog. | 4 —— Wes. aad, Dot Calvin, Cool-, president of the “United. ‘Bolvea;” FARMERS COMMEMORATE FIRST “ANNIVERSARY OF LENIN’S DEATH ¥ : (By Rosta News) , CANTON, China, Jan. 24-—-(By Mail)—The first anniversary of Lenin's death, Jan. 21, was solemnly observed by all of revolutionary and proletarian Canton, Meetings in farmers’ college, the military schools and amekg workert began on the evening of the 20th. A huge meéting was held on im: the big -hall of the university, in the the aad presence of several people, including all the students and numérous repfeéentatives of milk tary schools, labor organizations, the villages and others. All the assembly unanimously hon- ored the Soviet leader’s memory by standing up to the impressive strains of the International and Chinese revolutionary songs. The gist of all the speeches delivered by the repre sentatives of public and labor organ- izations was that Lenin was the leader of all oppressed peoples, that “under Lenin’s banner we shall ach- feve emancipation from the yoke of imperialism and bring China out om the path of genuine freedom,” that “by joining efforts, the western pro letariat and the oppressed people of the East will attain victory.” Besides the numerous speakers rep resenting peasant and labor organ- izations, there spoke the vice-presi- dent and nearly all the members of the central committee of the Kuom- ingtang party; the civil governor, Mr. Hu Han-ming, Generals Hsu Chung- chih, and Liu Chang-huaa. Hall Decorated with Banners. The hall was richly decorated with banners, portraits and slogans such as: “Long Live the Third (Commun- ist) International—the Leader of the Proletariat and the Oppressed Masses -of all Countries!” “Oppressed Nations ' Unite Under the Banner of the Maine 1” “Only Through Lenin- of Leninis woe Be RR Ah ape tne: China _ Be. “Long « Live the © | Conference;” “Long Live Live the Kuomingtang—the Leader of the Chi- nese National Revelution!” The meeting lasted for about four hours and was immediately followed by a concert and was permeated by an atmosphere of genuine and unabat- ed enthusiasm. Attorney for Wood Charged with Theft _of $75,000 in Manila MANILA, P. L, March 4.—Sidney Schwartzkopt,. who was Osborne Wood's attorney when the son of gen- eral Leonard Wood, dictator ef the Philippines, was making a fortune in stock gambling, has been arrested here charged with embezzlement. Schwartzkopf is charged with steal- ing $75.000 from the Fulton Iron Workers, American manufacturers of ‘sugar machinery here, for which he was attorney. Schwartzkopt came into Wood's ifavor when he displayed a capacity for imbiding enormous quantities of booze at Wood’s gay Manila parties, LOCALS: IN PROTEST AT EXPULSIONS Seattle Machinists Op- pose C LI U. Rale (Special to The Oalty Worker? SEATTLE; Wash, March 4—N0b mens’ Union No. 8388 of United Bre therhoed ef Carpenters and Jolnere last night passed resolutions against expulsion of Communists from Central Local Union and against expulsion of Reynolds in Detroit, also endorsed the Michigan defense and donated five dollars to defense fund. Machinist Hope Lodge No, 19 pass- ed the following resolution: “There has arisen in the Central Labor Council a great deal of anta- gonism and misunderstanding be- tween certain groups wh are sup- posed to represent the amiiand tons a8 delegates to that body to out the mandates and principles of the organizations which have sent | them as their representatives. Alding Class Enemies “Labor has arrived at a crisis wherein a certain clique dominates the functions of the council, who are consciously or unconsciously playing into the hands of our enemies, the chamber ef commerce and the open shop advocates of the American plan. Also they are assisting its Wall Street government to destroy the militancy of the members of the labor move- ment. We see in this move of certain reactionary labor leaders an actual betrayal:of the very principles for which we and many of our members have dedicated our lives and liberty. “At the present time the Central Labor Council bas gone on record for expelling any delegate belonging to the Workers (Communist) Party, or any organization whose tenets are against the present government. Denled Rights of Affiliated Body “In that case the delegates of Hopé Lodge No. 79 are denied the right as an affiliated union to the Central La bor Council to voice and express the (Continued on page 8) INDIANA COAL OPERATORS TO ATTEND OPEN SHOP CONFERENCE TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 4.—The scale committee of the Indiana bituminous coal operators’ association will attend a meeting of the operatore’ | scale committees of the central competitive field, to be held in Cleveland on March 17. The object of the conference is to take steps looking towards the revision of the Jacksonville agreement with the United Mine Workers of America. The decision of the Indiana operators to join the Ohlo and Western Penn- sylvania operators has added significance tn view of the fact that Phil H. Penna, secretary of the Indiana association , Is looked upon as the leader of the operators in the central ‘competitive fields, and is one of the most bitter foes of the miners’ union. By MORITZ J. LOEB, LA/® had a special edition of the DAILY WORKER last year which commemorated the annivers- ary of the founding of the Commun- ist International. Tho it was called’ a special edition, it was a paper of the usual size and was special only in that it devoted same space to ar- ticles about the Comintern and the international Communist movement. What has happened during the twelve months since then? What is the difference between the DAILY - WORKER of today and a year ago? | Our Greeting -@ revolutionary endeéavor.of the ut- Last year at this time the DAILY WORKER was a botd experiment. : We had a little money (very little), a tiny circulation, ho-experieace and no home. We were starting out. on most importance . with practically nothing but our revolutionary spirit and willingness to perform unremit- ting toil for the movement to offer any hopes of success. Since March 6, 1924 the DAILY Workers Publishing Co. has been: solidly established as the. most .cher- ished possession of the class consch | if ‘ous “Wotkers in America. “~ DAILY WORKER has been pushed terward te greater and greater oir oo to the culatjon and influence. The Workers Nog has taken its place as the complement to “OUR DAILY” and now has widened its influence and increased its circulation far beyond the sphere reached by any other Workers Party monthly. A pro- gram for the publication in book and. pamphlet form of the Communist literature has been completed and already new publications are ap- pearing. The Little Red Library, filling a deep and long felt want in our movement has been established and the first two volumes are now ‘on the press and will be available for distribution within a few days. A year ago we had made a start and now the propaganda equipment | + Comintern---1924---And Now of our party has grown to compara- tively tremendous proportions. Guaranteeing the continued exist- ence of our growing and central- ized press, is our printing plant and our building. Here at 1113 West Washington Blvd. is a veritable fortress of Communism. How has it been possible to build this stronghold within the short spaf of a year? Much has contrib- uted to our advance. But one thing more than anything elSé set us on the high road to rapid progress. On March 15, 1924 @ first an- nual subscription campaign of ™~ DAILY WORKER w va, wat ge, lasted three months time the circulation ef the DAILY WORKER was almost doubled. On June 15, 1924 the DAILY WORKER was no 4tonger an experiment: it was an established power in the American labor movement. The ba- sis for the future growth of our pa- per was laid. Moreover the mach- inery was established which is to build not only the DAILY WORK- ER, but also the Workers Monthly and the Communist literature, the entire Communist press in Amer- ica. Of course the job is not finished, hardly begun in fact, But last year the start was made. We have just concluded a cam- paign “to Insure the DAILY WORK- | BR for 1925.” It has been a good ? Campaign, but unfortunately it did- n't fulfill its task. The DAILY WORKER has been given a boost but its existence for 1925 has not ben definitely assured. Now wWe are approaching the be- ginningy.of a campaign which must complete what the insurance policy campaign left undone and which must‘in addition take the DAILY WORKER a step further forward. The second annual DAILY WORKER Subscription campaign is to begin on March 15, 1925. We are much mightier and a much big- ger paper than we were a year ago. It will take greater efforts than were put forth a year ago te double the circulation of the DAILY WORKER during the next three months. Perhaps so much cannot be expected. But what is expected and what must be accomplished is the strengthening of the DAILY WORK- ER as it wa s strengthened in last year's ign. The second annu- al DAILY Lalas “eg Subscription Camp mh mus e made to push the DAILY WOR KE R the next step forward Last year in three months the DAILY WORKER, was transformed from an experiment into a powerful journal. This year the DAILY WORKER travels far along the road to a mass circulation, a mass infiu- ence and the builder of a mass Communist Party. ~ a