Daily Worker
March 13, 1925
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8 € ' Le 3 ’ wen, t ‘ et . y= B47 ¢ “ ee * _— —— 2 hare a Ee Cee: 2 We Ae a * - a pens age ‘2 ae ’ > ee 2S is SE Aa ae ts “ ¢ x ; i. . ie Ae . >. v - ne ” 5 ce ¥ - c-a , 7 NEW YORK | EDITION - 3, 1925 FAKERS, ~ ee — - Published daily excépt Sunday by THE DAILY WOAKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ti. meray) RANK AND FILE WORKING GLASS, EBERT! REPUDIATED BY 4 LEWIS FAKERS ~ Price 3 Cents a ; 2 : —— : © = ge €-5 ! By T. J, O)FLAHERTY a ey age G we __ | |CAPITALIST. PARTY £001 ~~ | SHYSTERS, BOSSES, LA. “RAPE FARMER-LABOR FEDERATION By C. A. HATHAWAY. (Special to The Daily Wor . oe _., MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Mar, 11.—Last Satiit@ay the reactionary politi- cians within the farmer-labor party made their @@st effort to destroy the farmer-labor federation and to steal the farmeér- party away from the —*. Es ¢’ .T . y a sn aed > ; Pa [‘. Ee i ag Wig oa « a a. ‘ -— J “ —_— won B Boece is considerable consterna-| tion among movie fandom in the United States over the rumor that Gloria Swanson, instead of hitching on to a bonafide marquis in her latest hymenial adventure, only succeeded in ~~ we nn 4 +e # BERLIN, March 11.— The Prus- sian diet was thrown into an uproar today when a deputy asserted that the funeral of President Ebert cost wile Pik ’ a ‘ — - rank and file workers and farmers’and turn it ove Pgroup of middle-cla PES ae Woe Faron Maenieee phatne of STOO Rey een ee drawing an unsoused bantender from ' - BM eee OUP Of middle-class | ¢¢ J) , which he called “an irresponsibte ae | the matrimonial gra6 bag. Some peo-| Bosses Cat Wages and ofice seckere, 3 i ae Labor” Officials Drop) waste. Refuse Seat to Daly ~ ple ate uncharitable enough to believe. > ounty conventions were held in each county. but the state to elect) / e Socialist deputies shouted: . . Cia ae ey ee ehiieta govauenspecavot] - AIACTOOSE FIGHTS > | taiedates 10 0 state convention to M6 bet GEE Temple ut st. Poul ‘ee Soft Place “Scoundrel!” Elected Unionist the time Ebert of Germany Branting ey on March 20. | es The resultant tumult forced an ae ‘ | of Sweden, King George of Englarid By LELAND OLDS, 4 In the farmer-labor conventions*in the’ past, del have been elected The \mayoralty campaign in Chica-| wjournment. BELLAIRE, Ohio, March 11-—Thé re and Mussolini of Italy either, passed : y se » 3 > To Sani : SCT AGS — cpetontens eee Seuey Sane’. at ume le of Buffalo, N. Y.. h for th Illinois Women Ask houses, every: Gag. ter one week. At Michigan and to the United States to eer Jew LoCeen ae Se yorernanen New German President. employers fleece the working class; - peopie oO ulaio, . * ave for t 8 . the e d of the week those houses are eject Coolid e’s choice ” of the Teapot Dome oil leases which BERLIN Germany March 11 Dr let their government deport radicals; | past week been in the throes of an Eight Hour Day to be solicited for subs by the branch | (, lid _ 4 Ww he tele. |°x Secretary of the Treasury Albert Walter aieesinn naa Ae inate 3 let them suppress meetings, as they| excited discussion over the threaten- ——— members. YOOUGES Cane arren on the tele | oy wee bribed to Simons, eign min- SPRINGFIELD, IIL, turn over to the: r é ist ar, will t sW s acti si- are doing right now, let them send‘ °d abandonment by the International March 11.—| The plan wasad@opted by the meet- eons orn ona reap the oma | Sinclair oil interests. la me i C ~ alent Par ae = es . [Railway Co. of ear service on five , , Z » | nad slappe im in the face, and ar- | | ae of Germany tomorrow e will finks into the unions and working x There are 536,990 women working in| ig. But that wasn’t enough for the ranged for one of his famous break-; This was revealed by Owen D. Rob-| serve only until the election of a new class organizations as they are doing ‘rolley lines, patronized chiefly by |industry in Ulinois and nearly 100,00\ | propaganda committee.’ The commit- cont abvtines eith ae ” ata, Levies ben Ot thd “EES appointed by president. made necessary by the now, but let them do it in a “ladylike workers. Meetings by civic and busi-|of them are mafried women, argu-| tee décided to begin with a territory on a course of action. Coolidge oo President Coolidge ts tare ad in the |; sail of we. morale de saieateite ! Presi- manner” and the ferocious powder puff | "©5S organizations have been held, |ments fdr the eight-hour day for wo-| of its own next Monday, distribute ; : ? LPO APSR 5 Diss cae | ‘e heart : - . testing against discontinuance of oo. b to re-submit Warren’s name, but the |! ai DoW g0ing on here, dent Ebert. anarchists of Greenwich village wil! | °™° & men before the joint senate and house; the papers for a week and go for subs bli h h service. Even the chamber of com-|; , k f Sunday. Th nA cee senators ‘neve had enough :» to sleep with their heads resting industrial affairs committees revealed.| a week from next Sunday. e co e th ueer trust lawyer snd A ‘+,).| merce, the trusted guardian of vested it. tant Ss =e oe ~ ere Se j snugly in the fatty wrinkles of capital The joint house and senate commit (Continued on page 6) ‘oolid ater i ism’s belly interests, ostentatiously “protested” |tees on industrial affairs, will hold an- ae er" =~ A ve ta re ' ; ‘ poration lawyer whose adherence to Be and surprised the gullible ones by 8P-lotner public hearing on the Dill on gato ; PARIS COMMUNE PAGEANT MARCH I is 3 big business is not quite so well nee the HE leopard has changed his. spots enw | ole.” to espouse the cause !warch is. STEEL ORDERS SHOW mena 3 ded. He and the polecat no longer stinks. o - Op: B. F. Johnstone, of the Belden Man.’ : “gre | h Irish (Continued on Page 6) New York state, like many of the | yracturing company of Chicago, in op- INCREASE FROM BOTH Sie: havea malian ropa Migs es NE workers of New Vork caw a wonderful spectacic on Feb. 1, when | other “sovereign” states, has a public , the bill. stated that “My 600 OFWy, Biver COnsi | d pupit service commission whoes function posing ‘tne y | AST MONTH AND 1924 ering the Isle of Pines treaty ceding 15,000 Communists and Communist sympathizers crowded Madison © women employees do not favor an me’ teleta we Cal ea teins “te | 5 ostensibly is to regulate ut#lity cor-|.. i © i518 0 ubda. 1@ treaty is Square Garden in the name of Leninism. On March 15, in celebration of ests de J AN 4 ; + 4 Pre apn erie Bp eight hour day. It was noticeable, twenty years old rations an rote , bu . ; : ) thout a NEMPL YED 40 p R + nat <atie tere to stabilize the however, that none of the 600 employ- NEW YORK, March 11.—Forward Coolidge’s hobby, the “world court.” the Paris Commune, the Garden will again be filled with Communists and } well as U 0 E securities and, legalize the piracy of|".- te in to corroborate the) Gaders of the United States Stes! | another method of chaining the work-| their followers. il issues TE CTUALS all utilities in the state. Im this ca- statement. corporation increased 247,448 tons || ers of Europe to the gold of American ' better t ‘ th ti f th : ing bill” CENT IN LLE pacity it has admirably succeeded for Harry P. Hill, secretary of the Ill-| ij, the month ended Februaty 28, | financiers, has been buried in the for- n sit. 1 etter to portray the action of the wertvare of Paris against ment is . the past 15 years. inois chamber of rape Sa has ar- according to the: monthly statement |ecign relations committee for three the bourgeoisie whose assembly was gathered at Versailles, the committee TOKIO, Japan, March 11.—Unem- Mayor Schwab swore by the beard pe ag. « hes cago “ag ro SUD] of the corporatian published today. | years, and will probably not be brot in charge has arranged a pageant, that will excel anything attempted by rt to the e . . ployed in Japan now total 3,400,000, | of the prophets that he would see to Saath ~ ao ac te, agree Unfilled ae February 28 was jon the senate floor until the next| ¢h. Communists. Hundreds of comrades and sympathizers will participate murch ? according to figures compiled by the | jit that the “people got service if he 5,284,771 tons, against 5,037,321 tons | Session. in one of the finest spectacles that New York has ever witnessed. —Catch- t union chambers of commerce. The |had to declare an emergency,” and | 2° °™Ployers break strikes. on Jariuary 31; and 4,816,676 on De- | ‘ - 0 eo eency, Sen's F Tak The pageant will require a good-seized band and above all a large sh in a report sdys that 40 per cent of the | would permit jitneys to operate. Com- _| cember 31, 1924, One year ago the n’s Forces Take Town. EF SRE IGE SV OLED SIGS ET 3 ” ait ) christ- out of work are of intellectual or | missioner Perkins, whose obsession is Get adil sub for the DAILY} corporation reposted unfilled orders CANTON, China, Mareh 1t—Sun . 5 - . Pp Seance. comrades of the of char- non-manual labor class, and these | municipal ownership as a panacea,| WORKER. from your shopmate! of 4,912,901 tons. This was 371,870 | Yat Sen's headquarters here announce Workers (Communist) Party, the Y. W. L. and the sumer groups, who are work of find it virtually impossible to get |lampooned the railway officials in a and you -will make another mem | less than the ‘euderg reported at | he peaceful occupation;@f Swatow, willing to devote themselves to the pageant and to participate in it, should ille,, Sta even part-time work, j (Continued on page &) ber for your branch. pree ~~ | Kwantung province ciate. report AT ONCE to Comrade Fraikin, at the district office of the party, ¥ | nas F 3 } . = —— | Ae -
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- \ - 4 > a 4 they carried on the battle to keep +. these men from prison. When the com- mittee went to the officials and asked Yor help they were usually met with @xcuses’ or vague explanations ot the statement that “that’s imprac tieal.”’ Would Have Won Case, The defense committee wanted the sub-district offiicials to get the sheriff to testify for the defense in both the cases of Dan Agosta and Venturatto. This plan—which lawyers declared at the time would have won the cases— did not meet with the approval of the Ledvinka machine, The sheriff was called as a state’s witness and both Venturatto and Agosta were sentenced to life But when Bob Farmer, organizer of the sub-district, who was arrested at the same time as the other defendants and for participation in the same al- leged crime came on trial, he was de- fended adequately. He was aquitted. The officialdom of this sub-district nearly broke their necks in their ef- forts to help get him off. Bob Farmer was a man with enough influence in the sub-district to raise hell with the officials. He knew enough to compel Ledvinka and the other officials to “eome thru.” They came and Farmer was acquitted. Every sort of political pressure at the command of the of- ficials was marshalled to help get Tiey were foreigners. They had } little influence. They “had to take the : rap ” . Farmer out. Refused to Testify. The sheriff who had testified for the state as the state had wanted him to testify in the cases of Agosta and Venturatto, testified for Farmer when Parmer’s case was tried. The defense committee of the militants had said that the cases of Venturatto and Agosta would be won if the sheriff testified for them. That they were right was proven when the sheriff came to the rescue of Farmer and he got off, Now Ledvinka comes out with an invitation to the progressive miners to help, but says, “so far none of these master minds have offered any con- structive ideas.” That the local capitalist sheet which howled for the blood of Ven- turatto and Agosta, runs the reply of the Ledv¥inka machine to the progres- sives in full does not add to the popularity of that reply. McAndrew’s Plan of | - . a 1. . S \ 7 ~— ears oP 7 a ee ‘ ceteaiad eet Ss : * J es : oe , rr t- io ae” ee T-S TAR @ rs ee AS, 2 ‘ : : Ae. 3 a Ly 4 ee 6.38% He eee ¢ aes “i c ‘ if - ; iy oe IN teh cS ’ Sal A - } i “* "— S, : - : uns . e f > ES~ aw ie ° THE DAILY WORKER = | ECE ES gD, Sey + , . , = . RI E BY AL STRIKE AND FREE SPEECH ARE UNLAWFUL (Special to The Dally Worker) OLYMPIA, Wash., March 6—Elmer Smith, known as “the I. W. W. lawyer,” who was the legal advisor of the lL. W. W. in their defense of their union hall against an American Legionnaire mob in 1919 and later their co- defendant and attorney in a farcial trial which victimized eight loggers into the penitentiary where they still remain, is now disbarred by a verdict of the Washington state supreme court. The Usual Fale Trial. The case was carried up from the proceeding against Smith by the Wash- ington Bar Association. The supereme court decision sustains the disbarment and does so in words that leave no¢— room for doubt as to what class the supreme court thinks its duty to up hold. There was, as usual, the ap- pearance of a “fair and impartial” hearing, with the usual dissenting opinion being given by Judge Tol- man, but as usual the -result is against the cause of the workers. Being a lawyer and not a worker, Smith was not eligible to I. W. W. membership, but the court stmply tg- nores that as well as the real reason for his disbarment, his speeches and activities in behalf of the I. W. W. prisoners who were railroaded into the Walla Walla prison for defend- ing their hall as they had a legal right to do against attack by agents of the lumber trust in the guise of “patriotic American legionnaires.” A General Strike is Uniawful. That the “right to strike,” cherish- ed by all believers in democracy in the I. W. W. as “legal,” is also view- ed quite differently by the court, is shown in the following excerpt of the court’s decision: “There are also others, members of the organization, in confinement for more heinous crimes. These the de- fendant has been pleased to denomin- nate ‘political prisoners,’ and persons punished because of their opinions, and has in his public addresses advocated a general strike, a strike ‘that will paralyze all the industries of the state,’ as a means of coercing their liberation.” This the court holds to be in viola- tion of his oath as an attorney. The court then recites other state ments of defendant made in addresses which it construes as “incitement to crime.” Free Speech Legal—If You Say Nothing. In addition to interpreting a strike as a crime, the court goes on to say that, as a logical consequence, even advocating such “unlawful” means is not “permissible” under capitalist “‘de- mocracy.” This neatly expressed, means that workers have a “legal right” to “free speech” and to advo- cate “a change of government”—yet are forbidden by capitalist law from saying anything which really points out the way to change it. The court SAYS: “The defendant,” says the court, “is freely conceded the right to advocate, either publicly or privately, changes, in the present form of government, however great or however fundamen- tal such changes may be, so long as his advocacy is confindii to means sanctioned by law. “But he oversteps permissible bounds when he advocates changes by criminal or other unlawful means,t and this the evidence demonstrated he has done, both directly and indir- ectly.” Reds Capture Wrange! Ship. SHANGHAI, China, March 11.—A battle between Russian Soviet sup- porters, who boarded the warship Oskotsk and remnants of Wrangel’s counter-revolutionary white guard fleet quartered on the warship Mongugay, : FORWARD GANG PREPARES OMAHA TO MEET RAPHAEL Begins by Mopping Up Labor Lyceum OMAHA, Nebr., March 11.—This cl ty experienced its first taste of right: wing “socialist” tactics last Sunday evening when these enemies of the working class and Soviet Russia or- ganized themselves into a mob to get control of the Labor Lyceum. The Usual Stuff. When the left wing group, repre senting the bonafide stockholder: came into the meeting, which had been illegally called for the election of a board of directors, they immedi- ately realized that the meeting had ben deliberately packed by non-stock- holders, acting at the behest of the paid agent of the Daily Forward. Comrade Jonisch, secretary of the Labor Lyceum association, requested a roll call so that the rights of the bonafide stockholders would be pro tected and outsiders eliminated. This, of course, was howled down. A stock- holder then moved to adjourn the meeting because of its illegality. This’ too, was voted down by the non- stockholders. Social Pacifists Get Violent. Secretary Jonisch then stated that the meeting was illegal and, as secre tary of the Labor Lyceum association could not be a participant. Several of the outsiders attempted to strong arm Jonisch, but were prevented from doing so thru the interference of a broad-shouldered stockholder, altho they succeeded in taking away his roll- call sheet and minutes. The left wing group of bonafide stockholders, fully forty of the hun dred present, then arose and left the meeting in a body. On leaving the building they were surprised to see three policement stationed at the door It was afterwards learned that they had been called by a non-union paint- ing contractor’ who argues that he “cannot afford to hire union men.” How’s This For a “Labor” Lyceum? The right wing then proceeded to name a board of directors consisting of a scab plasterer, the “insurance and Forward agent,” a contracting plasterer, a non-union painting con- tractor, a grocer who has just built a $25,000 home, a boss tailor, and @ shoe store proprietor with a bank- ruptey record. The right wing elements hope to iso late the friends of Soviet Russia and discredit the working class elements among the Jewish population of the city. Their only real achievement so far has been to bring about a much- needed spirit of solidarity among these very elements. | 4 ax Rigs ¥: , | LAWYER OLA DESPOT'S POWER FOR HU f x! . & ar 7 o ~~ Injunction Ruling pected ° y onan © DETROIT, Mich., March 11-—The Communists ‘ll git ye if ye don’t watch out!” Thus warnell Attorney Gilmore ip his closing argument.in Judge Hunt’s court Monday morning as he closed the case of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners against Wm. (Bud) Reynolds for violation of the injunction that had been issued in answer to the “prayer” of the India- napolis bureaucracy. , Carpenters Fill Court Room. The court room, as on the other days that this case has ‘been up, was crowded to capacity with interested carpenters. Day day they have been filing into court. Day by day that have had im upon them that Hutcheson, Sharrock and com-. pany are far more eéncerned in pre- serving the sacredness of injunction law than in taking care of the inter- ests of the carpenters here in Detroit. The business of the district council can go hang if only the fight to land Reynolds in jail for contempt shall succeed, Gilmore argued lustily that the court has no right to look into the merits of Reynold’s expulsion. The court, says Gilmore, can only take cognizance of the fact that Reynolds had maliciously and defiantly seen fit to break the injunction. And in sup- port of this position Gilmore made many damaging admigsions that will rise up in the future to haunt the dreams of the Hutcheson machine. Well, Well! Listen To This! “This injunction does not take any rights from Reynolds,” declared Gil- more. The general executive board had taken from Reynolds his “politic- al, economic, property, and personal rights” when they ordered him expel- led. And when Reynolds refused to ack- nowledge the jurisdiction of the G. E. B. in its illegal expulsion act, but insisted on attending the meetings of the carpenters, to preside in his own local union, and to serve as delegate from his local to the district council, when he refused to relinquish his rights of membership, the G. HE. B. had gone to court praying for an in- junction “to keep him expelled.” . A Mere Difference of Opinion The fact that eve union in this district had sd resolutions condemning the junetion, and the further fact that practically the entire rank and file in Detroit have availed themselves of every opportunity to voice their dis- gust at the action of the officialdom, was dismissed by Gilmore as a “mere difference of opinion.” And then in an attempt to frighten the court he “touched like a summer breeze” on what he characterized as the real issue involved in this whole case. His Honor Up Against It “These Communists’ declared this legal light, “are in the union to break it up, while the plaintiffs are primar- ily concerned in holding the organ- ization together. This court is faced with the decision of punishing Rey- nolds or admitting that he is bigger than the court. Shall he be permit- ted to attack this court with impun- ity? His whole attitude is one of malicious defiance.” Judge Hunt announced that he ESON Ex Po ers —_* rast ae in U.S. A. and: By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Dawes--Morgan System Making Revolutionists Ly j ‘ * - : Py, 7: ra ; - . : . tii = t * = 3 .. . ae 2 a : TaEe | POLL lrish Labor “Denounce ‘ (Special to The Daily Worker) ODAY, the unrest among the worst treated transportation workers must be great indeed ju ' pressed by the neo interests a ew York T pieces. This from the imes: ing by the fears ex- their chosen mouth- “One railway executive ventured the opinion yesterday that the situation.” s* &« * ®& the Hearst publications, in opening the subject of the seven-day week, declares: Sn and the in. seven-day week among transportation employes would eventually be- come a serious labor problem if something was not done to remedy the One of the pen prostitutes on the financial. pages of one of several efforts on “If.1 had to work every week-day, all day Saturday, every Sunday, every holiday, from January 1 to December 31, and then continue the sure | would.” That’s the way the Hearst writer tries to stir ~ the agers, the railroad directors and the railr railroad man security holders, according to his own claims. le ee a same treadmill for the next year and the next and the next in order to ‘earn a bare living, | think 1 would become a revolutionist, In fact, I’m \ ‘ oad But the whole Hearst regime from “Willie, Himself” to Krazy Kat, will join in mutual resentment against any claim that there is a basis for a revolutionary movement in the United States. When labor really moves, thru efforts to organize, and thru the declaration of strikes, to wipe out the seven-day week, then the whole Hearst pack of newspapers is on the scent yelling for the blood of the working class, just_as the Hearst sheet in San Francisco demanded the life of Tom Mooney, to satiate the blood lust of California’s ruling class. . . * Evidently Hearst is persuded that the seven-day week issue is one worth while playing with since, “enough protests are coming from seven-day workers, not only on the rail- roads, but in certain other industries, to fill every column and every page of this newspaper .... Worker after worker describes himself as nothing better than a slave.” . Here is just a little word-picture from the wife of a seven-day slave: “My husband has been Working for railroads ever since he was 20 years old, and has worked seven days per week and all holidays, with no time off. He worked as station agent and operator. $45 per month, when he commenced, and continued the same for ten years.” * * His wages were Charles M. Schwab, head of’ the Bethlehem Steel cor- poration, upon returning from his annual holiday in Europe, declares that the way to get rich is to decide on a definite business and then “put your heart and soul into it.” Hearst publishes that dope, too. it was resentment Hundreds of thousands of railroad workers, many of them victims of the seven-day week, have found that the more they put their “hearts and souls” into the transporta- ‘tion’ business, under the “B.& O.”. plan for instance, the only result is more money for the railroad owners, against the brutalizi the railroads that developed the militant spir . conditions o in the Main- tenance of Way Men’s Union, that was betrayed by officials that the kept press loves to these conditions that the le raise, It is under the lash of wing movement on the rail- roads is again stirring, more class conscious, better prepared to deal with those who commit treason against them. Hearst, The New York Times, the railroad owners can truly be assured that intelligent. revolutionists are growing in numbers on the railroads of the country. * * » « Schwab also lauds the Dawes plan; thus voicing the spirit of American capitalism. The Dawes plan has forced Germany’s biggest railroad strike. The Dawes plan, with its wage cuts, longer workday, inhuman conditions, is the ideal of American capitalism. The Dawes plan is solidifying the German working class in support of the German Communist Party. The Morgan-Dawes system, of which the seven-day work week is only one of many evils, creates revolutionists under the leadership of the American Workers (Communist) Party. Thus does capitalism drive toward its own inevitable downfall. DUBLIN, March 11—The Free State a general election if republican party for constituencies, a new mandate will be demanded from the voters. Republicans May Win. ‘The republicans never had a bet- ter opportunity for success in an elec- tion than now. The Free State has added to its unpopularity by spon- soring a so-called treason bill which is the most drastic ever introduced in Ireland, even in the darkest days ' of Dublin Castle rule. The Irish la- bor party has declared that its real J object is an attack on labor. There is no question about this, ag the bour- ) geois republicans are not out to over throw the system on which the Free State government rests. They only want to replace the Free Saters. Tho there are a few labor candi dates in the field the struggle resolv es itself into a contest between the Free State party and the republicans. The unionists who are not entirely satisfied. with the periodical anti- British whining of the Free State cat, which is a concession to Irish anti- British sentiment, are supporting the government slate. The government in return has announced its intention to strive for a modification of the in. come tax and other concessions. If You Want to Be Buried to Music, ‘See That It’s Union Because the Italian society insisted jon hiring a scab band, the funeral of Lepardo Melone, a wealthy Italian grocer, was stopped Monday morning before it got two blocks from the house on the road to the church... Officials of the Chicago Federation of Musicians and the business agent of the Chauffeurs’ and Liverymen’s Union, barred the way and blocked the cortege. There was an argument for about fifteen minutes, then the scab band was fired and the deceased business ;™man proceeded to his last re place with flowers, but iaaiie teoaie Los Angeles, Calif. Plans Paris Commune Celebration, Mar. 18 LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 11.— The Labor Defense Council and the committee for International Workers’ Aid of this city, both supported by many labor unions as well as unor- ganized workers, have arranged a splendid program for the celebration of the Paris Commune on Wednes- day, March 18, at 8 o’clock p. m., at the Symphony Hall, 232 §. Hil St. The well-trained chorus of the Juniors and the Young .Workers' League under the direction of Minnie Karassik will render the songs of the | working class. The greatly admired Russian violinist, Miss Zubrinsky will play. Regina Karissik, the talented | government may go to the country in | - a ee oe . 2 Ey ” Cc tl the Abramovict ld try to h his decision ready | ~~ cramatio star, will recite. Bmanuet oe ° ) " onsequentiy, wou y to have His ce Levine will speak on “Why Criminal Abolishing Councils at abrentscdy ning mhig- Bs al ng meeting of the 23rd may mark the de jon Thursday, March 12. New Rugso-Chinese-American Industry Murderer Morton Syndicalism Laws?” : Criticized by Board | return a Pg verses Scone by a feat of the enemies of Soviet Russis HARBIN, March 11.—A new branch Bul “a The lessons of the Paris Commune, y Chinese government. and their complete unmasking before The Poor Starving of industry has been started in Man- u l Moose Special the significance of that historic event eae the Jewish population of the city. 4 churia in the shape of local jute grow Com d Ki ks Off and its relations to the present strug- Superintendent of Schools McAn- Su ar Trust Cleans ; mander, A.1Ck Te a cee le deca Make Bosses Respect Agreement. 4 poe ing and jute bags production. gle of the working class will be pre seein sesh oR ee Rin Pogo y : Family Quarrel Orphans Three. U Few Millions This product is badly wanted here sented by Sid Bush. ers’ councils was criticized in the NEW YORK, N. Y. March 9.—] gppALIA, Mo., March 11.— Clyde pa esha hich CHARLESTON, W. Va. March 11.— board of education yesterday after-| Charging their employers with viola-| porter 45, and his wife,Siebe, 32, a a as new spanegere, wae 6 Quin Morton, first president of the S : : : . noon, “Only by the widest stretch of | tion of union agreements, 175 button | were both shot and killed today ewi.| N#W YORK, March 11—The Amer.|ports a big amount of agricultural) yanawha Coal Operators’ association, pringfield, Illinois the imagination could the superin- | workers employed by four firms went | pinati family quarrel of long | !¢42 Sugar Refining Co. has net income | products and consequently needs bagi |. gircctor of the National Coal asso- y Ww k 's pli ‘alle , ike ¢ j Hire Ope 7S 421.39 aft ing operat-|to transport the produce, had to pro|...,, oung orkKers League tendent’s plan be called teachers’jout on strike and did not return to| standing according to John Zinn, the of $8,169,421.09 after paying Op : 6 Bes clation, and the commander of the - councils,” said Mrs. W. S. Hefferan, | work until the companies promised to|siain man’s father-¢m-1aw, who sur-|i28 expenses, interest on bonds and/vide them from abroad, mostly from| wurderous “Bull Moose Special,” att’ Puts on Celebration chairman of the committee on admin-|observe all the terms of the agree- horiti preferred dividend in the year ended | India. armored train of co i, : rendered to authorities. h Th , ieteed mpany gunmen Gg istration at their meeting yester- | ment. Porter first shot and killed his wife. December 31, 1924, according to the rhe new concern is a-mixe ussO-| which, in 1913, ran thru the miners’ | SPRINGFIELD, Ml., March 11—The day. Mrs. Hefferan was speaking of| The strike lasted only a few days. |zinn in turn killing Porter. Tne| 222ual report of Carl Babst, presi- | Chinese-American COMPAR —. a +e | Greek province of the same name, ac- ASHINGTON, March 11.—Alan- M whe Meketrew ples was again re meeting at the Hotel Sherman. Hej valued at $500,000, but no loss of life yt cos =e . in : son B. Haughton, the newly appoint- otorman Near Death ly ee pd See ntendent vester. |2e°l@red that bread will advance again | or serious injuries were reported to- |“ cag, So report) seer ee | | este Grats. Carine? HMO. od ambansider to Gikal = ta om WAUKEGAN, Ill., March 11.—Chas. rn tk TR et ae vat ; by .in Chicago soon. day from the storm-swept district. day. An American hamed Logan was MOSCOW, March 11.--The _presi- bh _ ne Ww ze : - Simpson, 28, motorman, Highiand Pk., | wit sediner BapeeeaSizn. injured seriously. dium of the central executive commit- re beagllers: scape: - Suape ma ee was reported dying in Highland Park th iministration committee. t } Ini of Socialist Soviet! ©°'422, “eid a Conterence today w It ia now likely that McAndrew will Kraesin and Herriot Talk Trade HINESE BOYCOTT aS aM NS aE a Pg cg 9 Bae guna ey Preaident Goclidas and tiaedie of hospital today from a fractured skull, temporarily balked in his plan| LYONS, France, Mar. 10.—Premier Se ee ee clan. Rae ade t which conditions in |-°/0WiMs_a wreck. early today on che apa: Se 7 pall ope INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 11. —| stitution of Russian emigrants in| >*#*©, “cioss at which conditions 22! chicago North Sh f choking off teacher representation | Herriot visited the Soviet Russian ex- , Europe, and particularly in German ore and Milwaukee o Oy aap ian ¢ Chi- |hibit at the Lyons fair here, and con. sO The ku klux klan delegation in the/their rights of Soviet citizenship: y ¥ | Electric railroads A four car merch- ein the public schools system o i1- aa Be pod: Sagat sedated legislature was able to pass the relig-| should be interpreted as being also am} ¥&Te discussed. andise express, going north had slow: Gago. oe onteounder on aguas on omens GODS IN FOOCHOW ious garb bill and the bill to compel/act of amnesty, by which those re- ed down for a crossing and Simpson ERY ALOR Trust aatemonieh ene Sietnatotad - weheie : parochial and private school teachers| stored in such rights are cischarged “Park” Price Associations who was following with a baggage car 3 Say aan tg de , 11.— ij with Soviet Russia. Herriot was ar (Special to The DAILY WORKER.) | to use the same textbooks and courses/of their responsibilty for any ctimes} WASHINGTON, D, C., March 11.—| crashed into the rear end I ~ oon peer ti ati ae ‘oe Chi ticularly interested in Russian eo PEKIN, March 11.— The native |*° 2 the public schools, but these acts/ or offenses committed previously, €X-| The federal trade commission would at. 7 egisiative investigatio le ° ari) ’ ; ‘ ; ho . es al’ > cago police department was asked in| bacco, woods and foodstuffs. boycott against American mer- | *°T® = eee ae abr gs oer rt oa a ne dirécted to investigate “open| Japan Celebrates Women’s Day. a resolution presented to the house to- —E - chants and missionaries in Foochow iad he’ Guns: tins biiatine mone copay an r 7 : Bm te we ¥ price” association, trade organiza-} TOKIO, March 11. — Galleries were day. It is charged that a “crime trust” A . lt ] Ww k a city of 700,000 population at the ans to a the Argen . applying for soviet citizenship. tions exchanging or distributing price | jammed in the Japanese diet here, as ie operating in Chicago, with the ac ericu ura orxer northern entrance to the Straight of WASHINGTON, D. C., March 11.— : RE Ne -a information, under a resolution intro-| the women demonstrated and demand- quiescence and even the support of} 18 Charman of LW.W. Formosa, is assuming serious pro- | Resignation of John W. Riddle, Unit- Soviet Suppies Chinese Railroad. duced in the senate today by Senator | ed equal rights with men. The women the Chicago police department of- E. ti B d portions, according to advices to the ed States ambassador to the Argen- MOSCOW, March 11.—The Russo-| McKeller, democrat of Tennessee. carried flags and distributed handbilis ficials. xecutive oar American legation here. tine, will take plage within the next | Oriental chanfber of commerce has un- in front of the parliament building. ear Se : The trouble began when Chinese | ‘Wo months, it was announced at the | dertaken to arrange for the participa- Trust Gets Another Railroad Three bills were introduced which Mussolini Becomes Worse. Carl Kellar, an agricultural worker | families were warned against send- | State department today. tion of the Soviet industry in the sup- NEW YORK, March 11.—-Acquisi-| Provided for woman's suffrage, repeal ROME. Italy, March 11.—Premierj{!s the new chairman of the genera!| ing their children to American mis- ——— plying of materials for the Chinese; tion of the control of the St. Louis of the law prohibiting women from Mussolini has suddenly taken a turn|executive board, I W. W. He has] sionary schools. PEKIN, March 11-—Dr. Sun Yat / Eastern railway. and Southwestern railway by inter-jjoiming political associations, and for the worse, it is rumored here. He| been a member for almost 10 year: First Secretary Mayer of the |Sen’s pulse shot up to one hundred It is learned that this idea has met] ests identified with the Rock Island|sranting women ‘equal opportunities is said to be suffering from intestinal, 1s branch secretary i) | American legation here is in Foo- | and sixty today ag the distinguished | with willing response, a number of| and Southern Pacific railroad was an-j With men to secure higher education. ulcerations, which may require ap|Minneapolis of Industrial Union 110 | chow attempting to settle the agita- | patient continued to refuse nourish-|trusts having promptly sent in cor-| nounced today by Charles Hayden, operation. lwe ugiicuitural unit of the wobalies. tion. ment. é responding offers. chairman of the Rock Island lines. Patronize our advertisers. i : ; ' j | : é : a 7
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tt I i ll eel sawTr rd Fart “—@ f£ § @ wme* GQwews @ yy * ee i ae & vee ve 7. ie a pn ! ‘ x “ X, ‘dod PS 4 4 xe ‘as 2 , > Ws hat 4 Keds rf ane 2 awe ake te a te ; ip Pe ie cr ery aan ioe é , (* os Sc + ‘4 athe te Wp ae & “« re 1Ly Ad adh » = e . = % 2 IN WE FOR APRIL FIRST en FAIRMONT, West Va., March 10.— The United Mine Workers of America is planning to call a general strike of all coal miners in the northern dis- trict of West Virginia beginning April 1, according to a statement issued by Van Bitter, representative of John L. Lewis in the West Virginia territory. The statement reads: “The United Mine Workers of Am- erica will issue a general strike call requesting every man working in the non-union mines of Northern West Virginia to join the United Mine Workers, of America and strike on April. 1. “The miners’ organization has care- fully .prepared plans to make this strike effective and* it is the launch. ing of the real offensive to organize every coal mine in Northern West Virginia. There that the men in the non-union mines will respond to the call.” Open Shoppers Boast. George S. Brackett, executive vice- president of the Northern West Vir- ginia Coal Operators’ Association, de clared that the open shoppers were not afraid of a strike. This coal baron’s statement confirms stories al- ready published in the DAILY WORKER that the so-called union or- ganized recently in West Virginia was formed with the connivance and sup- port of the operators. Brackett said: “It is the general understanding of those who are famil- jar with the situation that the United Mine Workers of America fs attempt- ing to anticipate the movement among the miners in this field for an inde pendent union, the purpose of which would be an organization of West Vir- ginia miners, working for the benefit of this state and governed by West Virginian conditions alone.” Other ‘open shop operators also boast’ that the profits from the dig- ging of ‘toa#l have increased consider- ably ‘sin¢e the union miners were locked out and the pits run on a non ‘union’ basis. ef ’ . s * Injunction lesued : PHILIPPI; West Va., March 10.— Circuit Judge Warren B. Kittle has granted a temporary restraining injunction to the Bar-Jay Coal com- pany of this place against the United Mine Workers of America and several specific locals in this district. In substance the strains those mentioned in the bill of compaint.as follows: From interferring in any unlawful way with 'the Bar-Jay Coal company, or its officers, agents or employes. From making threats or sugestion of danger or from creating the appear- ance of danger by suggestion of other- wise or by show of force or assembly. From gathering in crowds, groups, single file formation or accord in or about the mine and property of the plaintiff. From marching in crowds and from making demonstrations in numbers 0} or about the mine. From the use of vile and approbri- ous names of insulting words, especi- ally the word “scab.” Threats Forbidden. From promulgating, represénting or circulating any propaganda to the ef- fect that plaintiff will be.forced to re sume the operation of its mine by the employment of members of the United Mine Workers of America, against their will and that then such persons are now working for plaintiff will lose their jobs and thereafter be compelled to take anything except just what the union sees fit to give them, or any similar propaganda. From {interfering in any way with the plaintiff in carrying any contract with its employes. From blocking impeding or ob structing, either singly or in combina tion, persons approaching the mines of the pldintiff for the purpose of em- ployment. From ali threats and the circula tion of threats of destruction of prop erty belonging to the plaintiff or to the employes of the plaintiff. For making any threats toward the plaintiff or its officers, agents or em- ployes for the purpose of preventing the operation of its mines or hinder- ing or delaying the operation thereof. Trespassing Banned. From trespassing or entering upon the lands owned or controlled by plaintiff for the purpose of intimidat- ing or doing anything calculated to or that may by its effect intimidate or cause fear in any of the agents or employes of the plaintiff. From following or dogging any of the plaintiffs, agents or employes on their way to and from work either singly or in .groups. From doing any act or acts what- soever in the furtherance of any con- piracy or combination or in further ce of any unlawful acts to preven! tiffs from operating its mine as : union mine, injunction re | Back | to” an Old Love can be no doubt; AF. L. ~ faa OFFICIAL DOM w.cuer me “WE ARE NOT THE SLAVES OF FORMER DAYS,” OF COMPANY TOWN, “WE FIGHT!” SAY WORKERS Near one of the great cities of the eastern United States, there is a smaller town, typical of the age of industrial feudalism. great corporation. the postoffice, belongs to the corporation. Mail of those suspected of union or radical tendencies is opened and read in flagrant violation of the supposed laws of this great “democracy.” Spies are everywhere, factories and even in church circles. It is a regular 100 per cent company town. But the message of Communism penetrates to the darkest recesses of It is owned by a Everything, churches, schools, stores, movies, and even ILLINOIS i LOGAL DEMANDS WORLD UNITY Voices Shave Attack on Amsterdamers By ALEX REID. CHRISTOPHER, Ill.—At the last regular meeting vf Local Union 2376, U. M. W. of A.,‘of this city, the fol- lowing resolution was adopted: to accept the British workers’ resolu- the contemptible tion; and, Grassman and the bourgeois represen- tatives, and Sassenbach, arch-traitors, lied about the proceodings of the con- ‘cntion itself ty stating that tre Brit- ish delegates, Purcell and sSramley, had repudiated the idea of a world “WHEREAS, the American capitalist oppression, and from this town there has come a let- ter, accompanied by ‘three lists of the Labor Defense Council, signed with seventy names for $103. This letter breathes that profound spirit of class feeling which will some day be the moving force of the proletarian revo- lution. Here is the letter: “Dear Comrades: We want to ex- press our deep feeling of sympathy for these comrades and the cause which they now are to defend in the ex- ploiter’s courts, The funds are not big, but you can be assured that our sympathy is honest and much greater than we might express in words or in money. “We have no ofganization here. It is not allowed, as this is one man’s town. But if we should accomplish such in the future, we shall see that the Third International. shall be our guide. “We also wish to tell you that among the deep masses. there is a feel- ing here and there in our favor among those who understand among the the others who are not enlightened, there is a feeling of unrest. They feel the want of something, that something we will give them. We need more teachers who can ° systematically handle the people in the way of en- lightment that shall lead us to a human and a new social] order. “Comrades! We know you cannot give up the struggle against the tyrants who uphold the system. We are determined to carry on the strug- gle together with our leaders and if necessary without them. “We know that America in the near future must recognize Soviet Russia, but before they do so they are trying desperately to crush the Communist movement in this country. They shall not succeed! “We are not the workers and slaves of former days. We have learned from their experiences. Altho only a little over four years old, the capitalists fear and respect us more than any other party. We are getting our nourishment out of their system. They cannot stop us from growing stronger day by day. We are fighting for a new society and we must fight to free our leaders. “Workers thruout the land, in the factories, mines and the flelds! We need these men among us and plenty more like them. This the capitalists understand, therefore they try to take them away from us. “Let us save them! Money will help to do it. Sympathy without money will not keep our comrades out of jail. They are speaking and fighting for us, for a new society. “Now they are in trouble for this. It is our duty to help them. In doing this we are helping ourselves toward a better social life.” Why Not Amalgamate? The local jurisdictional strike on the Hotel Sherman annex, in which 500 workers of crafts affiliated to the Chicago Building Trades Council have been on strike for more than a week because 15 carpenters, under the di- rection of Jensen of the Carpenters’ District Council, are setting metal trim, again illustrates the necessity of amalgamation of all buifling crafts into. one industrial union, as advo- sated by ‘the progressives and left wing workers in these trades who dhere to the program of the Trade Jnion Educational League. [BUILDING TRADE WORKERS DEMAND WAGE INCREASE WashinetonHaliders and Unions at War .—_——-_— WASHINGTON, Columbia have organized against any wage increase. The operative builders’ association, association | of has named itself, passed a resolution as the new employers’ pledging that no member would grant an increase in wages. The buildérs have further refused to give work to any sub-contractor who meets the union demands, and have enlisted the financial interests, who have promised to make no loans to any contractor who raises wages. Painters and paperhangers have asked for a raise from $9 to $10 per day, and have set the date of April 15 for this scale to go into effect. Plumb- ers ask a raise from $10 to $11 per day, to take effect May 7. Rough stone masons are asking the same raise as the plumbers, to take effect April 1. The builders and contractors threat- en a-general look out in an attempt to starve the building workers into submission. — Tramway Workers of | Mexico City Strike Against Toronto Boss MEXICO CITY, March 11. Mexican Federation of Labor held a big parade Monday in behalf of the striking tramway employes. Ten thou- sand marchers from all the unions connected with the federation passed \@: orderly procession through the main streets carrying red and black ban- ners. A thousand striking street car employes led the parade. Several large banners in the parade referred to the heads of the tramway company, and one declared the Govern- ment would not permit “magnates” of Toronto to dominate Mexican work- men. It is reported that the company is determined not to yield and will turn over its keys to the property to Bri- tish Consul King unless the strike is called off. The strike entered upon its second week last night with the situation un- changed. The company has reiterated its intention to refuse to recognize the labor union. The Alliance of Tramway Workers, having failed in its efforts to make the government take over the company, now is seeking to have the govern- ment annul the tramwav concession. RED REVEL of the FOSTER JUNIOR GROUP of Brooklyn, N. Y.—March 28, 8 P. M at COLUMBIA HALL [Stone & Blake Aves. Brooklyn, N. ¥. D. C., March 10.— Four of .the leading building trade} of the a unions here have demanded an in- crease in wages, and the 34 leading building concerns of the District of to fight ions; and do further affiliate™ the R. I. L. dam International to affiliate, provid. ing they declare their desire to do 80; and, be it further hood by our British comrades, Smith, Pres., A. C. Cook, Sec., power on behalf of world unity; be it further this resolution to the WORKER of Chicago, the “WHEREAS, the Amsterdam Inter- national in session early in the year 1925, has once again portrayed to the world its traltoraus attitude to the class conscious ‘workers BY its refusal tion calling for an unconditonal con- ference between the Amsterdam and Russian unions, and its acceptance of ‘substitute resolu- “WHEREAS, Oudegeest and Jou- haux attempted to betray the toilers of the world by shelving the proposals and plans for world unity, and with misrepresented the Russian labor unions’ position; and Mertens even congress, Which was proven to be a lie out of whole cloth and worthy of the men who gave it utterance; and, rank and file of American workmen demand. world unity of the workers to meet and pro- tect ourselves against the world unity delegates’ position for unconditional conferences with the Russian labor un- “RESOLVE, that the actions of the opposition makes it necessary that the workers,of the world unconditionally U. in behalf of world unity, and invite the Amster- “RESOLVED, that we hereby felici- tate the manly, position and honor- able stand for international brother- and likewise extend to Comrade Herbert on of Great Britain, our Coligtatutations for their noble stand and pledge ourselves to support them in every way in our and “RESOLVED, that we send a copy DAILY London } Ammunition far the Workers’ Arsenal By MANUEL GOMEZ. Women in American T rade Unions. IVE times as many women as in 1910 were members of trade ag ions in 1920. Women in industry ate not such docile slaves aS many have supposed. They have shown a stubborn and cour- ageous loyalty to the working class as a whole which the history of the Am- erican trade union movement amply testifies. They have been the back- bone of great strikes, notably in the clothing industry and the textile in- dustry. Women are getting into the trade unions in greater and greater numbers. If the union officials would devote more attention to the question of organizing women than they do at present it can be predicted with cer- tainty that extraordinary results would be obtained. Women Being Drawn Into Industry. Some interesting facts for Women’s Day are revealed by taking some trade union figures recently issued by the national bureau of economic re search and comparing them with the latest census of women in industry compiled by the U. 8S. department of commerce. Both in 1910 and in 1920 women constituted about one-fifth of the total] number of “gainfully employed” per- sons. From 1880 on the increase of women “gainfully employed” has pro- ceeded at a much more rapid rate than the increase of the total working population—which means that women are being drawn directly into the class struggle as reflected in industry, com merce and trade. of international bankers; therefore, It should be understood that the we hereby term “gainfully employed,” as used by RESOLVE, to uphold the British|the department of commerce, is far from being the same as usefully em. ployed; it is not limited to Workers but includes wage-earners and bosses alike. Nevertheless, 70 per cent of the 8,549,511 women listed as “gain- fully employed” are wage-earners. A Big Job Ahead. Relatively and positively—any way ing women who are also members of trade unions is small. There is a big job ahead. Only one-fifteenth of the working women are organized. This is a much smaller proportion than is the case with men—taking the Amer. ican working class as a whole, it is about one-fifth organized. But with regard to the apparently poor showing of the women, there’s a reason. The reason is that large numbers of wo- men are employed as clerks, domestic servants, etc., occupations which have |/never been really organized, neither | by women nor by men. —_— you look at it—the number of work-. only the women employed in manufac ture we find that they are nearly one fifth organized—-despite the fact that women are not engaged in mining o1 in the building trafes or in other im portant industries from which a con siderable proportion of the male trade union membership comes. All organizations but two hada larger female membership in 1920 than in 1910, and as stated in the op- ening paragraph the total increase for all organizations was 506 per ceut. In both 1910 and 1920 the clothing unions were the dominating item. By 1920, however, the shoe, textile, rail. way clerks and electrical workers had added a very large number of women trade unionists. There has been a large drop in un- ion membership since 1920, in the case of both men and women. Between 1920 and 1923, some 100,000 women unionists dropped out of the files. This was due t6 the big unemployment cri- sis, the post-war “readjustment” and the unprecedented “open shop” of- fensive of the bosses. It was also due to the spineless and treacherous atti- tude of the bureaucratic labor fakers —and there are labor fakers among the women as well as among the mer —who refused to conduct a militant struggle when the unions were at- tacked. Study the Table. Following is the table of the na tional bureau of economic research |showing the per cent of organization among women wage earners in manu- facturing industries for the years 1920 and 1910. Note particularty the huge increases in the case of the clothing, textile, leather, printing and tobacco industries. All Manufacturing ................183 65.2 Chemical and Allied .......... ———= 0.6 Clay, Glass and Stone.......... 85 08 Clothing 46.0 11.2 Food ‘ -» 56 — Iron and Steel Ft Leather ..... 42.6 8.0 Liquor and Beverage ........21.5 24.4 STITT sccitn ite segulinccnstnsccccecsodied ——e = 2.4 Metal (except iron & stee|)— -—_. Paper and Pulp ...........00..13 08 Printing and Publishing 250 1146 NO atertseee 115 26 Cigars and Tobacco .......... 13.56 8.0 Of recent years considerable prog- ress has been made in the organiza. tion of women “professional workers,” such as teachers, musicians, actors, If we consider etc. Daily Herald of London, and the For- ward of Glasgow, Scotland. State Federation of against the use of inj said, in part: “There has not been nois in 35 years them. ployer. American, so foreign t that Will the Detroit Carpenters Invite Victor to Lecture? CHICAGO.—At the recent biennial session of the Illinois Women’s Joint Legislative Forum, Victor A. Olander, labor faker secretary of the Illinois spoke unctions. He Labor, a case in Iili- injunctions have been used for working people. They have always been used against In every case labor has been the defendant and the complainant’s place has been reserved for the em- “It is a system so vicious, so un- o our institu- tions that many employers will not | EASTERN DISTRICT TYPE SLINGERS ON N. Y; DAILIES Little Wiser By M. O’B. NEW YORK them being regular subscribers. So it is in SHOW GOOD TASTE Every Day They’re a CITY—The DAILY WORKER is eagerly read by many members of the printing trades. In the World composing room alone, over thirty members are readers, many of all the great dailies: -— The resort to it.” These ancient homilies are called to the attention of the Detroit *arpen. and articles from the WORKER are posted on the various bulletin boards of the chapels (shop committees of ters, in order that they may be relay- comps.) for the members to read; der’s fellow faker, Bill ed thru the proper channels, to Olan- Hutcheson. less than found. 4,609 Crippled Children Here In a canvass of the city by the visit. ing nurses association, 4,609 cripples 21 years old have that Dividenile of a R. A. I. C. Donated to Soviet Industry Comrades who have been informed dividends given to those who hold stock in the Russian-American Industrial corporation are being col- lected by the needle trades T. U. E. been able comment. growing rapidly. Failure of the So-.Calls. = The a small margin. out” account of the Reds. Tweediedum and Tweedledee. Becoming ‘as ' they are educational and excite favor- The left wingers in “Big Six” are so-called Progressive Party of the International Typographical Union lost the last international election by The Progressives (who were really | president in progressive until they captured the |&ifts. International offices) began to “freeze | the radicals from their party af- ter they took control; as the left wing- ers were their most militant members, | the Progressive Party lost much on | freezing out of the far: George Fiakus, Boston, Mass., 80 In one New York chapel alone there cents; H. Epstein, Chieago, Ill., $1.00; | was over fifty blanks for the head o Aubrey C. Bailey, New York City, 50|the ticket; these were radical votes | cents: W. J. Patterson, Zanesville, O.| who saw no reason to vote for either $2.50. ; reactionary candidate. Others who wish to’help are asked Other radicals voted for the “Wah” to send their dividends and any ad-| (old reactionary) candidates on the ditional contributions they want to; basis of punishing fake progres- make towards the pugwhase of mach-j|sives for their treachery to the left inery, to the Needles::Trades Com.| wing. mittee, T. U. B..L., 19 South Lincoln Need Some Team Work. street, Chicago, Ll. | ually graduating from the “talking Stage,” and when they have a little more team work will have their own ticket; as the last two elections have taught them that they can expect nothing from the “Wah” or “Prog” parties, but must put before the mem- bership a clear-cut Communist plat- form with militant candidates. When it Gets Too Bad for the Fakers, it Surely is Rotten NEW YORK—-Acting in compliance with the American Federation of La- bor’s executive council decision, Or. the Cloth Examiners and Shrinkers | Union, Federal Local No. 11680. The A. F. of L. revoked the charter of the large assessments levied on members to pay union offi- cers’ special rewards contrary to the laws of the American Federation. During the last six years members of the union have been forced to pay five to six weeks’ wages, $250 to $350 per man, for the benefit of President Joseph Mezzacapo and other officials. 'A salary of $200 a week was paid the addition to the extra local because of In the reorganization of the union \steps are being taken to exclude | present officers from executive posi- tions. There are about 300 members of the union, earning an average of 1350 weekly. | Union Fights { Sweat Shop Work. f reactionary as the NEW YORK, N. Y., March 11 The L. group in Chicago in order to pur-|old Lynch crowd, they were defeated | U. S. Raincoat company of New York, chase small parts for machinery Olja little over a year ago. a company operating under agreement clothing factories in Soviet Russia Out of a membership of 70,000 in|with the Raincoat Workers’ Union, are already beginning to send in their)the I. T. U. there are over 8,000 “real | was charged by the union with send- checks. progressives.” They were the bal-|'ng work to open shop contractors. The following have responded thus} ance of power. |The company withdrew tne work from ’ ithe swegt shop contractors and the | me n returned to work. —_~_- = POR th Workers Win Strike. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 11.—The | Bonnaz Embroidery Workers won a victory after a short strike here Agreements covering wages and work- ing conditions have been made be- tween the union and thirty-seven members of the manufacturers’ associ- The L. T. U. left wingers are grad-iation and 130 diferent firma, DIVISION OF Per Cent: INDUSTRY Organized 1920 1910 THE FUNCTION if OF THE LEFT A Revolt ha Of ficial Censorship — San By J. W. JOHNSTONE. “ae In the struggles of the ! against exploitation, the role by the labor press and es t of the trade unions, cannot be | estimated. However, there are types of trade union press, the 61 organs and those papers that sent the Communists and the” ion movement. The official trade union jouriad,. the workers on the basis of the class struggle, to that of advocating | iation, arbitration, and class oration. official trade union journals that gave birth to the left-wing papers within the trade union movement. The Censored Official Press. If the official organs were open t free discussion upon all the problems that confront the workers, there would be no need for paralleling these jour- nals with those that express the hopes and aspirations of the ever-growing progressive minorities. The Trade Union Educatioka) League was organized because the Ie bor bureaucrats have long sings ceased to express the will of the rank and file, and the natural sequence was the launching of a left-wing press te advocate their program as against that of the reactionary officialdom. Do You Get T ese Papers? The Metal Trades Amalgamatior Bulletin, the Printing Trades’ Amal- gamationist, the Progressive Bullding Trades Worker, and the Ratlroad Amalgamation Advocate are the left. wing expressions within their partien- lar industry, and show the great ad- vancement made since the organizing of the Trade Union Educational League in 1920, in crystallizing the militants in these industries upon a national scale. The work done by this militant left wing press to counteract the demoral izing effect upon the movement of the advocates of class collaboration, is shown by the vicious attacks made by the reactionaries upon the Commun- ists, adherents of the T. U. those who follow their lead. This young and ever-growing, pow erful enemy of reaction should have the fullest support of all workers who call themselves militants. Not Mere Belief—But Action Needed. To understand the revolutionary struggle is not sufficient. Action is what is needed. And a good way to begin, if you work in any of these im dustries, is to subscribe for and order a bundle of these papers and distrib ute them among the workers in the shops and factories of their respec tive industries. K. KK, POSTS LOW WAGES AND NO STRIKE SIGN Night Shirts F Enforce Class Terror — ganizer Hugh Frayne is reorganizing | JACKSONVILLE, Fta., March 11.— The methods of the ku klux klan and |its plainly anti-labor character is well ‘illustrated by these chamber of com- ‘merce guys in night shirts, in their | terrorization of all labor, white and black, in the tobacco packing towns of the south. There can be no ques- tion as to which class the kluxers are iregalia, ride thru the tobacco towns in parades, ostentatiously putting up warning: notices to workers on tele- phone poles. These read as follows: “Notice—! Contractors’ Prices: “Packers, Nailers and Cutters $3.00 per day. “Strippers $1.50 per day. “Sorters $1.75 per day. “Packers $.09 per crate. “Contractors not to bother one an other’s crew. “No loafing or strikes will be tol- erated. “Ku klux klan.” The low wages paid, are to be low, by the threat, kept “No Strikes Tolerated” over the name of the klan. A DAILY - WORKE R sub means another Communist. | NOTICE The T. U. E. L. is short on copies of the following Labor March, April, May, and October, 1923. We ask the readers of this page to send in these copies so as to complete our files. Mail to the Trade Union Educational League, 1113 Washingtoa banks, Blyd.. Chicago. WING PAPERS. anaes cas Ph f oer 7 a teegs i a, ener eee 2 ta AED IE ite iy Sete ARTE ag PSI = oe = . 4 q . wing minorities within the trade in almost without exception, have beer diverted from fighting the battles ‘ot It is this corrupting of the E. L., and fighting for, when one sees which class they fight against. Here in Florida, the kluxers, in full Heralds: ° oe eta ee OE Se hy ce Pils + wei Nhe “+>
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as “eS oy Om cst), ‘age i on ayeren also among tie leaders in the rad- i . “Al 3 is: >) * ws if ie ts - eountry. workers who came to this country to ® improve their living standard find con- ditions that | vf OR mn ee Ce a — RTATION LAW WHICH SED THE HOUSE IS A REAT AGAINST WORKING CLASS ~ - .. (Special to The Dally Worker) , March 11.—The house of representatives has adopted a bill 5 the whole labor movement of this country. The new deporta- a assed on Feb. 9, by the house provides that all aliens who on e or more, be deported. is takén up under rules prevent-+ criminality or physical or mental incapacity are considered un- if convicted of offenses for which they are given sentences | bill was sponsord by Representative Holaday, of Illinois, the @t has carried on such bitter attacks against the workers. The am endment and iimiting the de- © to 40 minutes. It passed the Se by a vote of 213 to 39. Aimed at Militants. This bill, which has gone to the sen- )is @ direct menace to every work- arouses the antagonism of Sses of this country thru their every foreign-born worker doe: not please the United States ment, may be convicted of | criminal act,” including viola- a of the criminal syndicalist laws, [ if sentenced to one year may at ‘be deported. government thought that by faites actir ye the selective immigration w, it would be abte xo cripple the fons of the labor movement. , the government forgot that the — workers in this country, —. among the most oppressed, ~ ical and left wing movement of the It forgot that these alien in many respects are worse than in Europe. Hence there is no alternative for them but to link Up with the radical and revolutionary _ movement of the United States—and fight. Now the governmenr rakes the sec- ond step, which is a threat that if the workers are considered undesirable they will’ be deported without any further preliminaries. They are charged with a “crime,” sentenced and - deported. _This puts their fate in the hands of the immigration commission- er and the case is closed, Also Menaces Unions. This step menaces not the revolu- tionary movement alone. The trade union movement of this country is made up, to a great degree, of for- eign-born workers. The most militant sections of the American Federation of Labor, those sections agatnst which the reactionary officials have proceed- ed with such measures as suspensions and expulsions, are composed primar- ily .of. foreign-born workers. The workers’ in these unions today are conducting a fight on a double front —against the bosses and against the reactionary officialdom. It will be a very simple matter for the govern- ment to take advantage of this situa- tionat the behest of the bosses and at times of the reactionary leaders of the trade unions, to persecute these | —" i foreign-born workers and get rid of | them by deportation methods. This is one of the most serious | threats that have been made against | the revolutionary and militant trade | union movement in recent years. It} stands as a challenge to the whole working class, which dare not allow itself to be divided on the question of native and foreign-born. The labor movement must not allow the reac- tionary house of representatives and | later the senate of “Silent Cal,” the “best of dents,” to push this measure congress without the workers of this country learning something about it. Workers Protest. The revolutionists presi- to follow the behest | thru | ——— aysl the trade unions and atl the working class or- | ganizations must raise their voice in protest. They must start a powerful | BOSSES FIGHT EIGHT HOUR DAY FOR WOMEN AT ASSEMBLY HEARING SPRINGFIELD, ilfMarch 11— Manufacturers, merchants, laun- dry owners, and other employers of women and girls flocked to Springfield and opposed the bill limiting the labor of women in Il- linois to eight hours a day. The bill came up for public hearing before the house industrial affairs committee yesterday. A debate was staged in Chicago between Mrs. Lottie O’Neil, mem- ber of the state assembly who supported the bill and Mrs. B. B. Benson, paid employe of the Iili- nois Manufacturers’ Association, which is leading the fight to con- tinue unlimited working hours for women. movement that will let the men in Washington know that the workers of this country refuse to be divided, in order that the bosses may control all the more easily. The Labor) Defense Council, which is in charge of the defense of the Communists indicted in Michigan, will soon call a conference of all labor or- ganizations to lauch a campaign against the new law. Every militant worker must take up the matter in his union. He must get the union and all fraternal organizations on rec- ord against the law. The working class of the United States must raise such a voice of challenge that the senate will not dare to make the bill a law. No time can be lost. “Silent Cal” has his lieutenants in the senate as well as in the house. The capitalists of this country are trying to cripple the labor movement. Nothing would help them more at the present time than this new law. Every worker must get on the job. Send copies of the resolutions of your organization to the Labor Defense Council, 166 W. Washington street, Chicago, Il. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE OF CLEVELAND HOLDS A MEMBERSHIP MEETING CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 11,.— A general membership: meeting of the Young Workers’. League of Cleveland, will be held Saturday, March 14, 7:30 p. m., at the party headquarters, 5927 Euclid Ave., room 13. Comrade Max Salzman, member of the national executive committee, will speak on the important. prob- lems confronting the league; shop nuclei reorganization, the Young Worker, factory campaigns, mem- bership recruiting, etc. Comrade Papcun, local organizer will also speak on these questions in relation to the situation in local Cleveland. Remington Portable Take any user’s advice Anyone who uses a Remington Portable will tell you how indispensable it is. It makes writing swifter—likewise easier. And— without any reflection on your penmanship—it makes reading easier. Compact—fits in a case only four inches high. Easy to pick up and carry around, or tuck away in a desk drawer. Convenient—can be used anywhere—on your lap, if you wish. —with four-row keyboard, like the big ma- chines, and other “‘big machine’’ conveniences. Order from THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. mp4 PARTY | ING SCHOOL SON MONDAY List of Subjects and the Teachers | All preparations have been made for the successful opening of the Chi- cago Intensive Training School, the inauguration of which was announced several weeks ago. On Monday, Mar. 16, 8:30 p. gn., the formal opening of the school will take place and class- es will start promptly at 9 a. m. that morning. It is planned to have classes run from 9 o’clock every morning of the two-week period, till one or two o’clock but the comrades in the school will be taken to observe meetings of various sort to acquaint them with the functioning of the party in every department. These trips are plan- ned for various evenings of this two- week period. The number of sessions of several of the courses have been lengthened in order to allow for the inclusion of more material. It is expected that out of some of these courses will subjects dealt with. In going over the field of the various swbjects to be taught, the comrades who are to teach, found that there was a scarcity of good material available in this country for use as textbooks and it was tentatively decided to so arrange the material given in the courses as to lay the basis for future éextbooks. As far as possible it will be arrang- ed to have comrades who are steno- graphers in the school take down notes of the lectures given to provide a base for the textbooks. will also be made to publish at least one or more courses as given, in the DAILY WORKER. Courses Lenin School, 1925. Elementary Economics—Max Lern- er, 12 sessions. Trade Union History and Tactics— Wm, F. Dunne, 12 sessions. International ment—Max March 16-30, Workingclass Move- Bedacht, 8 sessions. Party Organization and Function- ing—6 sessions, M. Abern. History of American Communist Movement—8 sessions, A. Bittelman. Public Speaking—Thurber Lewis, 6 sessions. Each session to last one hour, dur ing which there will be a lecture and answers to questions on the lectures. In tomorrow’s issue a short sur- vey of some of the courses will be given. Students must register at the dis- trict office, 19 South Lincoln street. United Council of Workingclass Women ~ Holds Big Meeting A big NEW YORK, March 11.— holiday in Ha¥lem, Councils 1 and 7 of Harlem of the United Council of Workingclass Women wili celebrate the International Women’s Day Sat- urday, Maich 14 at 64 East 104th St., et 8:30 p. m. in the evening. Rose Pastor Stokes will speak on the Significance of the International Women’s Day. Uncle Sam, the prole- tarian humorist, will read from his own writings. Rose Baron, secretary of the Labor Defense Council will read short stories from workingclass women in Soviet Russia. Other mem. bers of the central body will be pres- ent. Israel Amter will talk on Krup- skaya, Lenin’s wife. Children will take part in the program. All workingclass women and mem- bers of the councils are invited to come. Tea and refreshments will be served. Women’s Eight Hour Day Law Ignored by Washington Employers WASHINGTON, D. C., March 11.— The eight-hour law for women is not being enforced, an a special welfare organization dis- gloses. In addition to violations of the law which prohibits women from working more than eight, hours a day, and six days a week, Many young children are émployed at _ street trades. Preliminary surveys have shown that the eight-hour law for women is generally ignored by most employers, especially in hotels, hospitals, and of- fices. District of Columbia officials admit that they have made no effort to enforce the law. Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. WORKERS CO-OP OF GARY HOLDS MASS MEETING MARCH 19 GARY, Ind., March 11.—The Gary Workers’ Co-operative Society is holditig a mass meeting on Sunday, March 15, at 2 p. m., at 215 West 18th” avenue. Spéakers in both Russian and English will.tell of the history and — i - grow text books for the party on the, Endeavors |" investigation by’ cr FREE OF WOR IS ‘A: P TO NEXT IKERS (COMMUNIST ) PARTY 2OUSING GREAT ENTHUSIASM | CONVENTION ° NEW YORK CITY, March 5.—The contest for a free trip to the next. Workers (Communist) Party convention to the one selling the greatest num- ber of subscription tickets for the press pageant, Sunday, March 165, at Madison Square Gardena, has aroused more enthusiasm than even the most optimistic ones on the “committee have anticipated. The fact that the Young Workers League and the Trade Union Educa- tional League will have their conventions about the same time has given additional impetus to many comrades who want to avail themselves of the opportunity to take in the three conventions without any cost to themselves The arrangements committee has de- cided that no paid party official is eligible. This gives an opportunity to a rank and file member who per- haps might not have any other chance to go to Chicago. m Another and even more important point is that a comrade earning the trip will know that he has accomp- lished more towards the getting o! DAILY WORKER subs than any other comrade in the district. With the pageant just about two weeks off many comrades have already sold over twenty subscriptions each... Comrade Razler a member of the Hungarian Yorkville branch has already sold 29 subs and is out to make it one hun dred. This is u.what a comrade ha: done once he has made up his minc to sell subs. Another comrade work- ing in an engineering office reports that subscriptions are going like “hot cakes,” all one has to do is go out and sell them. Besides the-prizes for individua comrades there are also a number of prizes that will be given to branches. \ $100 radio set of the latest ‘-im.- proved patent will be presented to the branch selling the greatest num ber of subscriptions for the press pag- eant. In order to give the smaller branches a chance for the prize, how. ever, another radio set-is being of fered to the branch selling the high. est number in proportion to its mem- bership. It is needless to point out the valuable use to which a radio set can be put in a headquarters. A prev ious story pointed out how the Ger man comrades put to use _ radios which they have in every headquar ters. There are many Other reasons why this affair should be boosted so that we have 15,000,at the Garden. Firstly the DAILY WORKER will thus gain 15,000 subscribers to the paper wit! one swoop. The entire party press will receive profits from the pageant in proportion té the amount of sub- scriptions sold by their respectiv« language comrades. The Y. W. L. wil receive its portion for the Young Worker and the district office. A one-act dramatic spectacle depict- ing the Paris Commune’ has been ar- ranged for. In this play the entire audience will have a chance to par. ticipate. This play is arranged on the basis that all modern \plays are nov produced in Russia. We have se cured the services of a comrade whc | has just arrived from Russia where he | directed similar productions. Com rade Alexander Arkatoy. He is bein; ably assisted by Comrade Sadie Am ter, Beatrice Carlin, O’Hanlen, nut to mention the Drama League, the Hun- garian Dramatic Society and the hun- dreds of comrades who are spending their evenings attending all rehear- sals. There will be many other numbers too to make this affair a unique event in the history of the party. The Freiheit Singing Society will be there 400 strong. The Ukrainian Chorus, consisting of 60 voices has prepared a special program of songs and dances. The Hungarian Dancers will be there. They too have promised to produce several novel features. The Hungarian and Freitheit Orchestras will furnish the music for the concert. In the eve- ning there will be a grand ball to wind up the day of festivities. M. J. Olgin and W. W. Weinstone wilt speak. Subscription tickets entitling the purchaser to one month’s ‘issue of the DAILY WORKER are only 75 cents and can be gotten at all party head quarters or at the W. P. office, 108 E. 204th St. eee COMMUNARDS ARE ALSO WANTED FOR CHICAGO PAGEANT ON MAR. 29 To give proper mass effect to the big dance pageant that is being ar- ranged for the international unity demonstration and benefit entertainmen‘, ‘for defense and relief, at Ashland Auditorium, March 29, the help of a hun- \ dred comrades is needed. Communards and soldiers, workers and peasants pageant, or members who would be volunteer, cludes, the dance of the “Goddess of Rea- son,” then the smashing of the Young Commune by the Versailles, the mar- tyrdom of the Communards, and the rise of the spirit of revolution from the ashes of her temporary defeat to go on to the final victory. This is only one of the excellent numbers on this gala program. . There will be profesional singers and danc- ers as well as the best ensemble num- bers that our labor movement can of- fer. Among these are gymnasts, choruses, bands, and dancers. There will be an Irish play and a motion pic- ture, and three very short speeches. This program will be given for the benefit of the Labor Defense Council and the Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief Fund, at Ashland Audi- torium Sunday afternoon, March 29. No other affairs are permitted to con- flict. Tickets are 50c e@ach and ad- mission for children at the door, 10c. The exact summary of the pageant is, of course, however, the fraternization of workers and soldiers in Paris, the are needed and all who are willing to help out in this wonderful pageant should get in touch with Emma Blechschmidt, at the National Office, Workers Party, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., phone Monroe 4712. Any organzation or in- | dividuals that have any costumes they would be willing to loan for the willing to help sew, should likewise kept secret. It in- dethronement of church and king and First Exhibit of . Communist Documents in New York May 1 NEW YORK, March 11.—An ex- position of International Communist literature, the first in America, will open in New York on the first day of May. All workers and union organ- izations are invited to take part. Com. rade H. Winogradoff, organizer for the exposition, announces. Books, paniphiets, newspapers, magazines and other documents will be exhibited. The greatest labor pub- lishing department, the literature de- partment of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, has joined the New York comrades in the exposition. The Russian State Publishing departments and other national Communist Parties will actively participate. It will soon be ammounced where the exhibition is to be held. rades arranged a fine program, with enjoyed himself. to the International Workers’ Aid. . b a. For International Workers’ Aid HE Hungarian branch of the Workers Party arranged a ball in Washington Hall, Perth Amboy, recently and made a thoro success of it. The com- singers and speeches, and everybody: The net proceeds of the affair, amounting to $33.04, went This young branch, which contains only 30 members, is now planning a ball in April for the benefit of the Elore, the Hungarian paper of the Work- ers (Communist) Party. The comrades are also going to give a dance in Cataret, N. J., part of the proceeds of which also will go to the Elore. The success of these affairs is due to the enthusiastic work of a few beers who have been unfailing in their duties. aa ‘AT 4 MEETINGS ganizer for Minnesota, will be in Du- luth the week of March 15 to 21, and is to speak first at the Finnish branch 10th anniversary celebration at Camels’ Hall, 12 East Superior St., 7:30. p. m., Sunday, March 15, on the subject. “The Growth of a Commun- ist Party in the United States.” Ad- mission, 25 cents. “The Decline of Capitalism.” Tuesday, March Workers’ Hall, 1831 W. First St., on “The American Labor Movement To- day.” Friday, March 20, 8 p. m., at Work- efs’ Hall, 1831 W. First St., on “Farm- er-Laborism in Minnesota.” The three last named eee, are free. Harlem Open iam Weekly Discussion Draws Big Crowds ‘NEW YORK, March 11.—Israel Am. \ ‘ March 8, at the open forum of the Harlem section of the Workers Party, local New York, on the subject “Is a Revolution Possible in the United States?” This subject brought out a great 'deal of interesting discussion from the audience, and as a result, the meeting proved to be one of the most interesting of the series being held at the Harlam open forum every Sun- day evening, at 64 E. 104th street at the Harlem headquarters. Carison Next Speaks. Next Sunday evening, March 15, there will be no forum on account of the Paris Commune celebration and huge press pageant at Madison Square Garden But the forum will continue every Sunday evening thereafter at the same place, with Oliver Carlson leading the; discussion on Sunday evening, Mareh 22, on the’ subject, “Working Class Education.” Comrade .Carlson’s specialty is working class education, and there- fore an interesting evening is as- sured. Comrade Carlson spent quite a bong time in England and in Soviet Russia where he observed proletarian education as it is conducted under a capitalist regime and under a work- ers’ regime. A large crowd fs ex- pected. Max Salzman Tours Ohio. CLEVELAND, Ohio.—The national executive committee of the Young Workers’ League, following out its policy of sending a national organizer to those states. which need such help, has assigned Max Salzman, a mem- ber of the national executive commit- tee to spend.,the next several weeks in Ohio. This additional help and or- ganizational work in Ohio should prove very beneficial to the Young Workers’ Léague in this district. the conclusion of Comrade Salzman’s work in this district, we feel confi- dent that many new nuclei of the league will have been organized and the league work in general have been advanced. ight now Comrade Salz- man is attending a convention of min- ers in Ohio and will assist our com- rades there in their work. Comrade Salzman’s dates in Ohio are listed be- low. All sympathizers are invited and urged to attend Comrade Salzman’s meetings in the cities named. Work- ers Party branches are expected to give their utmost assistance in mak- ing these meetings successful. Cleveland, March 12-20. Akron, March 21-22. Canton, March 23-24. Youngstown, March 25-26. Warren March 27-28. Cleveland; March 29. Erie, Pa., March 30-31. Conneaut, April 1-2. Ashtabula, April 3-4. Cleveland, April 5-0. Philadelphia Membership Meet. General membership meeting of all branches of the Workers Party and the Young Workers’ League of Phila- delphia is called for Friday, Mar. 13, at 8 p. m., at 521 York Ave. Shop nuclei, work among women and the special subscription drive for the DAILY WORKER will be on the order of business. All party and Y. W. L. members are instructed to attend. || Party Activities Of Local Chicago THURSDAY, MARCH 12. Ave. Blvd. Scandinavian Lake View, 3206 N. Wilton St. aims of the co-operative. atte Russian, 1994 W, Division Sf, = " . Sokole Oak Park, Roosevelt and Scoville Ave. Lithuanian No, 2, 1900 8. Union Ave. Mid-City a 722 Blue’ Island | llth Ward Matian. 2439 S. Oakley | ) ' For Communist Clarity— | Leninism or Trotskyism | By Gregory Zinoviev, I. Stalin and L. Kamenev. (20: CENTS A COPY. Scandinavi West Side, Zeich’s | Hall, Cicero Superior St. | Scandinavi Karl Marx, 2733 | Hirsch Blvd.2- | = Order from the Daily Worker Literature Dept. Ciatenee A. Hathaway, district or- Monday, March 16, 8 Dp. m., at Camels Hall, 12 E. Superior St., on- 17, 8 p. m, at} ter gave a talk on Sunday evening, | At = >, + > » o wien 2 - %* In the The March Issue of the MONTHLY 1—The British Confer- ence on World Trade Union Unity By Wm. Z. Foster Some explanations of the ¢reat headway of the Minority Move- ment in England and a- picture of this body by tie author who attended this confure ree, ” (With photographs) .. 2—Class and Klan in Her- rin, By Thurber Lewis Pertinent facts oh some rea- sons. for~“Bloody Williamson.” e . 3—Kellogg in Paris--John- son in the Senate By A. Bittelman “The vat of America’s ‘en- taglements’ in the affairs of Europe was in the bag of Dawes Plan all the time” says the author--and explains it. 4—-Ten Years of the Amal- gamated By P. Yuditch Reviewing past and present currents in a great union. 5—Negroes in American Industry By Wm. F. Dunne Facts and keen views on one- twelvth of our population with some especially fine writing— and striking photographs. 6—The Prison Story of the Wobblies By Harrison George About jail and Wobblies; some statistical reference to. other jail inhabitants and a look~into the present leadership of the I. W. W. (With drawings by Maurice Becker) 7—The Communists Take the Lead in Minnesota By C. A. Hathway The struggle against reaction- ary -leadership, political decep- tion, expulsions and btreau- cratic method—a picture of a Left Wing battleground. 8—Industrial Depression or Prosperity By Eair R. Browder Facts and counclusions in a keen analysis of the present economic situation. 9—Lenin and the. "New Wave of Marxism - By Manuel Gomez A study of what Lenin has contributed to Marxism. ~10—The Carpenters Face Their Leaders By J. W. Johnstons The Left Wing struggle ag- ainst reactionary leadership— and expulsions. 11—The History of the Russian Communist Party By Gregory Zinoviev Another installment of this Communist classic by the pre- sident of the C. I. 12—Canada and thé British Empire By Tim Buck A great deal of light on British and American Imperialism. Poems By Lang ton Hughes, Robert L. Wolf and Jacqueline Perreault An Administration Delegate Reports By Jim Waters and a Striking Three-Color Cover By Giarolamo Piccoll Recent winner of a thousand dollar prize in sculpture. These and Other Features in THE MARCH ISSUE —_—— ——— SINGLE COPY 25 CENTS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 a Year $1.25 Six Mos. OP DBP PPP PPP THE WORKERS MONTHLY 1113 W. Washington Boul vard Chicago, Ill. For the enclosed $............ send me the WORKERS MONTHLY PRESS SS months. | NAME STREET CITY STATE ........ mr WORKERS amd : | ——————— Bn OE A ARNT mre mae
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mittee has issued the following state J ment relative to the meetings held thruout the country on March 1 de- manding the liberation of the two la- bor leaders who have been sentenced to die because they dared to help or- ganize the workers of New. England into unions. 1 The statement declares: “To Whom it May Concern: “The Sacco-Vanzetti Central De- fense Committee of Boston, Massa- chusetts, “Composed of elements belonging to many different organizations, “For truth’s sake, and in order to avoid, prevent and stop any particular speculation of the Sacco-Vanzetti case, on the part ofa certain political party “Publicly and emphatically wish to state: “(a) That this committe is not a subordinate to any particular po- litical or economic organization, “(b) That the International dem- onstration of March ist on behalf of Sacco and Vanzetti was moved and carried at the meeting held by this committee in the evening of Dec, 23, 1924. Subsequently all the political and economic or- ganizations interested in the cage, were instructed and informed to act in accordance with such resolution. . “The Sacco-Vanzettil Defense Committee.” BUFFALO, NOTICE! International SOCIAL AND DANCE given by the Workers Party, Local Buffalo Saturday, March 14, at Labor Lyceum, 376 William Street. Fine Program — Music — Dancing Refreshments. All radicals in Buffalo will be there. —— } ADMISSION 560 CENTS. Chicago, Notice! The loc DAILY WORKER AGENCY (Thurber Lewis, Agent) ° has moved to | 19 SO. LINCOLN ST. Phone Seeley 3662 Call or write for all Communist Books and Pamphlets The Little Red ulbrary The Workers Monthly The Daily Worker PITTSBURGH, PA. To ‘those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. | fiver, “The Floridan,” who ‘said they were aS ae» NEGRO PULLMAN WAl IN CHICAGO FROM FLORIDA vet VERY FARM| > «5 pede SBACK x F RESCUE t ‘ ‘ Poe ee. Henry Elligan, the Negro dining car waited da Whe crack Illinois Central who was kidnapped on Jan..26 as he stepped off the | train at Jacksonville, Fla., is back in his Chicago home. Elligan was spiri away to a peonage farm, where his clothes, containing $100.00 were. taken ted from him and he was put to work cutting vegetables and building roads. Elligan was found only after a stubborn search conducted by three private detective agencies and the railroad. Two years ago the United States convicted officials of these Florida prison camps for killing Martin Taber, a white boy who was “hoboing” hee the south. The Negroes charge that many of their race are murdered in these camps, their bodies being hid- den in the swanips. Elligan’s story of his capture, when interviewed at his home here, follows: “On Jan. 26, two men drove up in an auto near the Union station at Jacksonville and tol@ me I was want- ed on a charge of vagrancy. I pro- tested, but they put me in’ the car and drove off. Thé next m gl was sent with about eight other men to the prison farm about six "satin. from the city. We had no trial, but were spirited away and put in over- alls to do work on the roads and cut vegetables in a big ; ld. There were about 35 men already at work there. I talked with several of them and none had any offense, and ust pirked up on the streets and sent. out there.’ We all slept on a céni floor and in the clothes we w in during the day. The meals were horrible. “I asked the guard to let me get some money out of my clothes that I had worn there, but he told me they had taken it for themselves and that it wouldn’t do me any good any- way. When kidnaped I had over $100. After I had served about six days I asked one of the guards why they had brought me out there. He said, ‘When we fall short of help we pick up all the stray niggers we see.’ “On Feb. 6, I was called into the quarters and told to ‘Get the hell out of the camp.’ I later learned that this sudden decisiom was prompted by the rigid investigation friends were making to find me. I ‘was denied the privilege of changing clothes, and had to walk six miles to town in shabby dress. I was again threatened with arrest because of my’ ‘untidy condi- tion when I reached town,;: but luckily evaded it. There aré men on the farm who told me they Had been there for four years. They have never been tried in court. When help fgllis short on the farm the guards wire to Jack- sonville that they need ‘some more niggers’ and the authorities imme- diately begin a round-up. “In Florida this is the modern and legal method of slavery. * Nothing is thought of this procedure by the citi- zens of Jacksonville, and they ‘take little interest in protecung strangers from such vicious tactics.” Auto Kills Girt’ WEST FRANKFORT; -Ifl,-March 11 —Laura Vivian, six-year# old, daugh- ter of James Flyn, was Yun down and killed by an automobile’ driven by Clarence M. Rice, Carmi, here today. An inquest will be held. , FOR RENT. FURNISHED ROOM -with ail modern conveniences. Party. member pre- ferred. Very reason nable. Address Daily Worker, Box 1 FOR RENT. A BEAUTIFUL ROOM.» All modern conveniences. 27365 Evergreen Ave. Mrs. Rodinovic. Tels Armitage 7879. }. OUR DAILY PATTERNS : A DAINTY AFTERNOON OR EVENING FROCK, 5838 Chiffon, crepe or crepe de ehine embroidered or beaded would be attractive for this model. It is also nice in satin or taffeta. The de-|: sign may be developed with or with- out the sleeves. The pattern is cut in three sizes: 16, 18 and 20 years. An 18-year sige requires 4% yards of 32-inch material if made with sleeves. The width of the dress at the foot is 1% yard. Without sleeves it will require 4% yards. Pattern mailed to any address op receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Get « sub in your shop! © A DAINTY DRESS FOR THE “LITTLE MISS.” 5049. Voilé,, dimity,, batiste, crepe de chine and China-silk are good ma- terials for this style. The yoke and sleeve portions are made in one piece. The pattern is cut in four sizes: 2, 4, 6 and 8 Yéars. “A 6-year size re- quires 2% yards of 36-inch material. Pattern mailed to any. address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The DAILY WORKER, w. bah eo Bivd., Chicago, ill. NOTICE TO PATTERN BUY patterns being sold thru the DAILY WORKER pattern department are fur- nished by a New York firm of pattern a tg Orders are forwarded by 1113 of patterns on hand. Delivery of - terr.s ordinarily will take at least 10 dtys from the date of mailing the order “ot become impatien delayed. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send i2Zc in silver or stamps dor our -to-date Spring and Summer 1925 k of Fashions, showing color plates d containing 500 designs of lafiiag’. , and children’s patterns, . se and comprehensive article on y* Tatetratinn also some points for the needle 30 the titehes) maul t if your pettera is the home ‘dressmaker, Again Threatened. | various simple-| te | Your Union Meeting | Second Thursday, March 12, 1925. No. Name - Local — W. Hall, hiand Bivd. 1440 Emma 8t. — Chicago, 11037 Michigan A 604 ters, Ogden and Kedzie. 115 Engineers 9223 Houston Ave. Federal Labor Union, 2110 N. Robey North Aves. Hod ~ finn ng Harrison and Green 18 les" Garment Workers. 328 W. an 3 ee yt ‘op Ww. Harrison iP n painter t Council, 1446 W. Adams &t. ‘Helgbis. Dutt’s Hall, 26 Faust Rulers, 59 E. Van Buren 8St., Park Employes, 10 W. Harrison Railway Glerks, 66th ‘and Blacks 1269 Fel Clerks, 3124 S. Halsted St. — ae Clerks, Harrison and Trainmen, 64th & Univer- sity, 8:15 p. m. 130 Signalmen, 130 W. Washington St. 742 Teamsters, 9206 Houston Ave. Wood Turners’ ' Union. Hall, 3420 W. Roosevelt Rd. (Note—Unless otherwose all meetings 8 one ES stated all Chicago m. (Note— nless otherwise meetings are at 8 p. m.) Many Organizations Donate Money to the Labor Defense Council Donations from unions, workers’ or- ganizations, and Workers’ Party branches continue to come in to the national office of the Labor Defense Council, but there are still very many branches and age ear ares yet to be heard from. The Defense calls upon all workers and workers’ organizations to send in their donations or moneys collected on contribution lists without delay. The following. organizations con- tributed during the first week of March: Buska Defense committee, Bel- Finnish Branch, Duluth, Minn. Lithuanian Br., W. B. South Bend, | Indiana 29.00 Jewish Br., W. P., Pittsburgh, Pa. 19.00 Finnish Branch, W. P., W. Frank- fort, Ill. Workers Party Branch, Haver- 17.79 hill, Mass. 15.85 Turnverein-Fritz Weigel, Lawr- ence, Mass. 15.00 Workers Party Br., N. Cohoes, N. Y. 14.79 Finnish Br., Commonwealth, Wis. 12.25 U. M. W. No. 685, Collinsville Ill, 10.00 Finnish Reading Circle, Mass, Michigan Granite Cutters Ass’n., Buffalo, N.Y. American Lith. Liberty Ass’n, St. Englewood, Colo. Swedish Study Circle, Superior, Wisconsin Hod Carriers’ Union, Rochester, Minn. WwW. &. & DO. B. F.,, 249, Forest Park, Illinois. Finnish Br., Telluride, Colo. 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 8.00 W. C., Na. 94, Stamford, Conn. 8.0C c. c. C., W. P., Duluth, Minn. 6.85 Finnish Branch, Frederick, S. D. 6.2( Ukrainian Branch, Hickville, L. 1. N. Y. 5.40 Arbeiter Liedertafel, Hartford, Cenn. 5.00 W. C. No. 228, Binghampton, N. Y 5.0( Newton Branch, W. P., Boston, Mass. 4.20 | W. C. Br., 261, New York City 3.00 | . Br. 131, Chicago 3.00 | Cc Cc. Br. 496 Kansas City, Mo. C. No. 704, Revere, Mass. 1.00 C. No. 14, Providence, R. I. 50 . 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 Speciaities: E. W. Rieck Boston Baked Beans ang Brown Bread Fine Soup and Fresh Made Coffee Commiceary and Bakery: 1612 Fulton &t. Phone West 2549 fee ge and Enginemen, Spring-" ERVICE AOFIT AID pare rr pm page 1) fiery .resolutior for political ef- fect, however, for the city council has not a vestige of diction over the operation of any ties, having been robbed of all home rule by the crea- tion of the P. S. C. and other commis- sions. Appeal was’ made to this P. S. 0. which “ordered” the'lI. R. C. not to discontinue serviee on the advertised lines and the L R.sC. reversed its previous order, “for the present.” Apparently the». “people had triumphed” over the arrogant officials of the I. R. C. Mayor Schwab was “elated”; Commissioner Perkins smil- ed; the chamber of.commerce modest- ly shared in the credit for the “vic- tory.” But disillusionment followed when intimation came from the P. 8. C. that possibly the I. R. C. would be authorized or_ itted to raise the fare, service Ry ‘the five lines in question cquld | indefinitely con- tinued. Gossip ‘speculation held the stage for’ about 48 hours when suddenly a decision from the P. 8. C. was handed down authorizing an eight-cent fare—and the plot was out. It was seen that. the whole play, from the first anno ent by the L R. C. of intention of discontinuance of service, the protests of “representa- tives of the people” and of the ©. of| C. was a conspiracy for the purpose of providing a club with which to force higher fare from the patrons of the road, > ss ® The International Railway company of Buffalo, is a scab road, and with- out question, is the most poorly equip ped and most inefficiently managed of.any road in a first or second class city in the country. The present head, Herbert Tully, is a highly paid strikebreaker imported from Philadel- phia, Pa., where about eight years ago with the aid of.the Pennsylvania state troops ,he.. broke the strike of |the employes of, the Philadelphia | Rapid Transit company. His reward was the presidency of the Buffalo system. In this capacity he proded the employes into a strike which proved to be one. of the most stub- bornly fought conflicts in recent la- bor battles. State, troopers were Call- ed out, and, upholding the record of brutalities of e¢ American cos- sacks,.-they te the people by laire,’ Ohio $171.16 clubbing them ront of their busi- fe pteseammen a Atha tye £4 ness places and i some cases fol- Finnish Bureau, Workers Party, lowing the fleeing Citizens into their basen Ne ee eS te Pavnle Fotuesd to Finnish Branch, New York Cy. 26.65] or months the people retus ride the street c¢ but patronized privately run taxis “until the courts drove these off the streets by fining the drivers and owners by the hun- dreds. Every municipal institution and bureau of autherity were mobil- ized to break the strike. The officials of the road boasted.that they had a fund of $4,000,000 with which to break the endurance of the strikers. They finally succeeded; they smash- ed the union but the finances of the road went down in‘the crash, and to- day approaching bankruptcy is writ- ten across every ear and along most of routes traversed by the cars. The rails curl an@°twist alomg the streets because of sunken roadbed and frequently jump the tracks and crash into store fronts or telegraph poles. From the greatest number of the cars the paint is pealing and they present a most drab appearance. Cracks in the floors let in the icy blasts; the roofs leak like sieves, and the motors work in jerks so that only the most rugged of the patrons can remain on their feet while the cars are in motion. In many of the cars seats lack backs and are broken so that one end of the seat rests on the floor and the other end clings »recariously to its rotten support. For a quarter of a century the sys- em has been in a semi-bankrupt state nd bankers have, by crafty “reor- | ganization” schemes endeavored to ‘inject new life into the dying enter- prise. But the public service com- | mission has been obliged to come to 2.00 | the rescue by twice permitting a raise in fares. In due time, another crisis will follow and the pliant commission will again throw out the life line. 2. @ «There is the usual lesson for the workers in this experience. It is one of many experiences that should con- vince them that their solution will be found, not in regulation, not in col- laboration with the ruling class rep- resentatives, but by the seizure of po- litical power by the orkers and de- termination to administer municipal! state, and federal affairs wholly in the interest of the workers. WORKER a UST | BUILDERS AT. WOR A DAILY WORKER AGENT REPORTS And We Add a Word or Two. work” of a BUILDER. He says: OMRADE Alfred E. Goetz, city agent for Detroit, who with his com- mittee has placed his local among the best in the country for the DAILY WORKER, writes us of what he considers is “all in the day’s “So far we have no great plans. We are going to concentrate on renewals as that seems to me to be of the greatest importance. if we can stop the leaks in our mailing list we will always be able to make gains and | think it is more important to retain an old subscriber than to gain a new one. Secondly | am going to get some kind of a registration list out and try to ascertain what per- centage of the membership subscribes to the paper. going to try and arrange some kind of a mass meeting for the DAILY WORKER with an outside speaker, someone quite promi- nent nationally in order to get more spirit for the subscription campaign. worker.” We are also going to run anothér special edition of the DAILY WORKER. The distribution of the last special was a real success as almost every copy went into the hands of a factory These, he says, “are no great plans.” But they are among the things that can “bulld the DAILY WORKER” and we offer them to other locals meeting; (4) a weg edition. No “great pla for action. As comrade Goetz has listed them they are: (1) get renewals; (2) check up the party membership; (3) arrange a DAILY WORKER ns” among these, but measures that require slow, hard (and heart-breaking) work that will help so much to build up the Com- munist movement. LOCKED OUT WORKERS AND RUHR AND RHINELAND CHILDREN ARE HELPED BY RED AID IN GERMANY BERLIN, Germany, March 11.—At the meeting of the enlarged German central committee of the International Workers’ Aid recently held here, the work of the organization ‘was gone into in détail. The chairman, George Ledebour, prominent left independent social demo- crat, reported that special help had been extended to 36,000 locked-out work- ers and their children over the Christmas holidays. He commented enthusiastically on the constant growth of membership of the International Workers’ Aid, the only non-party organization in Ger- many, where members of differing political views are working together for that such an organization is not only a necessity, but that it is a possibility. German Children’s Homes. One of the first tasks to which the committee devoted itself was the rais- ing of funds for the establishment of a children’s home in Grossenhayn, Saxony. The district committees of Berlin-Brandenburg,- Saxony, Thurin- gia, and Laustiz, were obliged to col- lect money needed in their districts. The committees for the Rhineland and Ruhr were put in charge of the home to be opened at Remscheid. A motion to name this new home the Klara Zetkin Home was carried unanimously. Work within the faetories and trade unions, whence most of the German I. W. A. membership is drawn was a common end. This proves, he said,+ taken up in detail. A resolution greet ing the efforts of the Anglo-Russian Unity Committee was carried. The agitation for the realization of rights conferred by the social-welfare legis- lation was supported and efforts will be made to get direct representation of the I, W. A. on these committees of action. During the month of March every I. W. A. member in Germany is expted to emit a new fellow-member. The meeting closed with three cheers for internatfonal solidarity of the working class. Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem. ber for your. branch. $e eS -SSSs-essstississstssesennnegeashenet NEW FLARE-UP WRECKS HERRIN GROCERY STORE Klan Gunman’s F amily Severely Injured HERRIN, Ill, March 11, — H. D Fowler and Gleen Fowler, klansmer who accompanied 8. Glenn Young on thany of his raids into unfon miners’ homes, were severely injured and Mrs H. D. Fowler painfully hurt in a dyna mite explosion which wrecked their grocery store here early today. ~ The explosion demolished the twe story brick structure, hurling the Fowlers from their sleeping quarters on the second floor into the street. The blast was heard for miles around, and brough a rush of men to Herrin from the surrounding mining 8. Huge crowds gathered in the &treets The elder Fowler, who is now is the hospital, has been active in klaz circles. He belongs to the body of! business men who have no sympathy for the miners’ union, and who are the backbone of the klan murders and raids here. The cause of the explo sion has not been ascertained. Two men, Escoe Landford and Pauw Riddle, both of Marion, in an alleged stolen car were arrested shortly afte the explosion and spirited away t« Marion, it was learned. The klan au thorities believe the two might have some knowledge to the bombing. Herrin was again seething with ex citement as word of the explosior penetrated the surrounding country. Talk is up—your shopmate wil. subscribe! Miners Like Movies _ of Workingclass in Bentleyville, Pa. BENTLEYVIRE, Pa., March 11— Bentleyville is going to celebrate May Day with a working class movie show. These militant miners have ran every film but one that has been offered by the International Workers’ Aid, and now they want that one. Bentleyville is not a very big. place and“it is just as hard-boiled as any mining town or manufacturing town in America. But the workers know from exper- ience that nothing draws as solid a working class support as a movie show with a working class viewpoint. Recently “The Beauty and the Bolshe- vik” was shown to packed houses and with many turned away, to the intense envy of the regular showmen. who were offering the best of the movie trust pictures, at low er ertaee, in com- petition. The May Day picture program con. sists of “Polikushka,” “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle” and “Life of Lenin.” Any local wanting to book movie films to liven up May Day or other programs should get in touch with the International Workers’ Aid, 19 8. Lin. coln St., Chicago, IIL — | , ~~ . 7rTrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrerererererererrerrrerregefeewwerrvy??TwTTT TT? eh he i ek ’ WHITE TERRORISTS ASK FOR MERCY— ! By Max Bedacht. WHEN— AAA + +» +» + bp hte te te in i th i hi he i i i hn i i i i nn nr nr a nn nan na ne pan npn pan i i ie he ed | For: your party branches and International Work- ers’ Aid groups—and in your shop and union— ORDER A BUNDLE! Now at 3 Cents a Copy Single Copy 5 Cents Each This splendid pamphlet should be in your hands and widely distributed. It is not oniy an exposure of counter-revolutionary forces, but a splendid argument for the recognition of Soviet Russia. A timely propaganda pamphlet contrasting the treatment of Soviet Russia and the treatment of working Class prisoners under the White Terror. FOR RUSSIA— Against Its Enemies! the counter-revolutionists are cam- paigning against the world’s first workers’ government, and Abramovich, arch- traitor, is today poisoning the minds of American workers— — a —- political prisoners in i++ + + + + + +» i pn ph a AAA» SAAAADAAARDADEAADAAAARAABARBABAAABAARDRRRRRRRRRRRRR DERE DAS —— supdineeuaneeaees THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., copies of “White Terrorists” eee ihe LLL EE LTE. 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The onion is a well known vegetable that sometimes brings tears. The French govern- ment handed it to Poland yesterday. It represents the new French attitude towards one of hitherto most pampered clients. Diplomats are running around like members of an audience suddenly thrown into panic by the bursting of stink bombs. Confidence is conspicious | by its absence except insofar as everybody’ is a confidence man. But too much of a good thing is, almost worse than a famine. | What is taking place in Geneva is a new staging | of the old comedy which was originally put on the’ boards at Versailles. It was a boxoffice fizzle but beggars can’t be chosers. The producers are trying | to jazz it up but the actors don’t pull together. | They insist on hanging separately. | The marauding powers of Europe need peace but! they don’t want it. The big and little bandits are atempting to accomplish the impossible in the open | flying was an aristocratic sport in medieval days. Exhibiting the fluttering dove has taken its place in the open spaces, but behind the screens the rasp of daggers licking grindstones falls on the listening ear. The first thing a diplomat does on awakening these days in Geneva is to rub his hand cautiously over his windpipe to learn if the representative of some “friendly” nation has succeeded in carving that delicate portion of his anatomy during the night. This.is the mental attitude of:the states- men who are gathered in Geneva to outlaw war. The Poles are worrying about the Danzig cor- ridor. So are the Germans. England admits she doesn’t care a hang for any other country but England. France thinks this is a bright idea and warns Poland that she expects too much from her wet nurse. This is the way the situation stands to- day. Tomorrow it may be different. And while the bankrupt capitalist diplomats babble like the guests in a nut house, Soviet Russia looks on with a business smile. The Red Army is not growing perceptibly | | smaller. — eee Three News Stories Three stories on our front page yesterday furnish | food for much thought. One tells of the menace} of fascism in Germany; the second of the protest. against the recent lynching of two Negroes sent to the governor of Georgia and the president of the: tion debts, might ponder for a few moments on the | United States. | The third tells of forty per cent reduction in the. agricultural tax in Soviet Russia, of the amnesty declared for the counter-revolutionists who took part in the menshevik rebellion in Transcaucasia hat-he was a Communist was Debs himself when ne said in Canton that “Iam a Bolshevik from the top of my head to the soles of my feet.” We Com- munists never took sefidusly this declaration as it requires something more than oratory to make a Communist. Debs is not a revolutionist, he is a-pacifist. He is not a Communist—he is a member of the counter- revolutionary socialist party, a part of the Second International with its Abramovich, Scheidemanns and MacDonalds. His role at present is that of furnishing a semi- respectable front for the Hillquits, Bergers, Oneals and the Jewish Daily Forward. It would have been far better for Debs na he died in Atlanta before he fell into hands of the slimy crew that uses him to further their attacks on Soviet Russia and the world revolution. His name then would have been a sdurce of inspiration to thousands of workers who knew him only in the old days when his sympathy for the workers’ sufferings made him their champion. He will pass away soon now and be remembered only as one of the many leaders who could not recognize the revolution when it came clothed ia the tattered garments of the workers and peasants, stained with blood and hewing its path to power thru blood and fire. ° ; No, Eugene Victor Debs, you are not a Com- munist. You are just a confused old fighter who could not use the new weapons of the workers and because of this you believed when the cunning yel- low liars told you the Communist International was not the leader of the world revolution. The Coolidge Star Sets If you ask us about what happened in the senate yesterday we will say very frankly that “the strong silent man” in the White House has been the victim of a frame-up. The redoubtable Dawes, the administration’s commissar. in the senate, was asleep—or says he was—when the appointment of Charles Warren to the attorney generalship was turned down. He ar- rived in the chamber just in time to give first aid ‘to some of the wounded Warrenites who cluttered but in secret they are doing thé inevitable. Falcon-| up the floor, but too late to be of any assistance inf the fray. We, as our readers are aware, are partial to the theory that Calvin Coolidge is slated for the scrap heap by the big capitalists who elected him. We know that the defeat of Warren, the sugar trust lawyer, will be hailed as a mighty victory for the forces of democracy by all the “progres- sives” and liberals, but it is nothing of the sort. His defeat is the result of Calvin Coolidge, presi- dent by virtue of the ptomaine poison concealed in a dead crab, biting off more than he could chew. Nobody wanted Warren except Coolidge. The Michigan state republican organization was solidly against him. His record consisted of a large num- ber of spongy spots from which oozed a sickening slime that even most republican politicians could not see and smell without nausea. But he had been one of the original Coolidge men, was active at the republican convention and Cal had to have him. He did not get him, but to say that democracy has triumphed is to believe that men like Senator Bruce are champions of the masses. Coolidge is going to be obliterated in the most scientific manner. He is a nuisance to his sup- porters because it takes too much publicity and vigilance to make him a popular hero. Dawes is ‘the type Wall Street wants and after yesterday Coolidge probably knows that his star is setting. * + * Ty ee aes ; — - ~ cee Cy Se a pas a! acs oe vi ~ A, * .ir Fists +3 nae Loe ~% gEX ter Siv sy y oh SRS Caer ARERR eg Be ee sey ae Pe eo A par. * RNS == grid —~ ep tae ne {° ‘ *s » er RP SUR Te, Not ee © ee * [orn rr “7 ee 5 7 ‘ ? 7 ’ be . R _ ~ . *. om rN + Be Ae et ay Aa Je . 2 4 pe Pe SB in Minnesota u 7 cial nominees of _the party, This the growing power of the left wing in the movement. The result was an effort by all of these elements to unite their forces and tear down the progressive steps: that had been tak- én. They even convinced Mahoney, Cramer, Harmon and other centrist elements that®the farmer-labor party was becoming a Communist Party and that steps must be taken to block this development. Right Wing Gets Busy.. A few weeks ago this right wing sentiment crystallized itself into a conference in St. Paul. This confer- ence was made up of a hand picked group. composed of members of the state legislature, Mahoney, Harmon, Buckler, the state chairman of the, farmer-labor party, and other similar elements. They decided-that the far- mer-labor federation wus too radical, that certain petty bourgeoilste ele- not continue to support the party if the federation continued to control. Mahoney Lies. This group, therefore, decided to call a “unity” convention to be held on the 20th in St. Paul. In order to appease the opposition sentiment that developed as a result of this confer- ence, Mahoney in a speech before the Hennepin county committee of the farmer-labor federation deliberately lied to get an endorsement for his convention, He told them that in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth where the unions were strongly sup- porting the farmer-labor federation, that these organizations would elect the delegation to the state conven- tion. As usual, his words meant. nothing when he saw that by permitting that procedure to be followed, it would re- sult in the election of a left wing dele- gation so he, together with Buckler, issued a call for the Hennepin coun- ty convention ignoring the. county farmer-labor federation entirely. Workers Framed On. Furthermore, this convention was called at 2:00 o’clock on Saturday. af- ternoon when it wae utterly impos- sible for rank and file workers to be present. The convention was attend- ed by 38 delegates, all of whom were either office holders, business agents, or middle class politicians. The only Comrades Youngdahl, and Stevens, both of whom were unseated because of their membership in the Workers Party. another actual worker, was roughly set in his place when he took exceép- tion to the procedure followed by the conference. Hennepin county was en- titled to 64 delegates to the state again made the reattionaries realize ments in the farmer-labor party could | The rank and. nesota shdiht tbe on rank and file workers in the hall were Watkins of the switchmen, convention, only 38 attended the Hen- nepin county two of whom were unseated and several others left the hall in disgust, leaving little bet- ‘ter than 30 to elect the delegation, Of the delegation of that were chosen, only three could in any sense be construed as members of the rank and file or of having any progressive ideas. Unseat Emme and Votaw. In St. Paul they*took a chance on a convention in the evening. This was attended by 68 delegates. The first official act of the convention was the unseating of Comrades Emme and Votaw.. There it took some _ clever ‘maneuvering to put this over as their majority was shaky. The credentials committee in making ifs re [ up the credentials of about ten dele- gates as being! questionablé, but re- commended that neither Emme or Votaw be seated. The ten delegites held up were all Jéft wing votes and after they had unseated’ Emme and »Votaw, they then moved to seat the ten. A delegation of 33 was elected to. the state convention made up en- tirely of reactionaries with the ex- ception of three 6r four who may fur- nish some little opposition. A nominating committee proposed the list to the! ¢éhverition and in the nominating co ge the reaction- ary group stated that they would not recommend any/ohe asa delegate to the state convention who voted to seat Emme and™ Votaw on the first vote. This élimtmated’ 25 delegates from any chancé of going to the state convention. The Acid Test. In other words, they figured that any one that would fight to seat a Communist in the county convention was not the kind of timber that would help them destroy the farmer-labor federation and turn the farmer-labor movement over to a bunch of middle class fakers. The reports coming in from the various. county conventions thruout the state show that similar tactics were’ employed. The March | 20th convention will not be a farmer- labor convention. It will be made up of the elentents that in the past have been-the henchmen of the corrupt democratic ‘machine in Minnesota. These elemerits are the same ones that have pulled the chestnuts out of the fire:for the democratic party in the labor movement in the past. Will $all Out Workers. file workers in Min- their guard against the! 20 convention. The March 20 convention is going to sell out the farmerlabor movement. All local unions would do well to notify this convetition’ in no uncertain lan- guage that they do not recognize it as being representative of the movement that they built and insist on the call- ing of a state convention of the farm- er-lmber’ federation that can give -ex- pression to‘ the desires of the rank and file of the’ Minnesota movement. Shure: AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) What is left for the Civil Liberties Union to do? Liquidate! Perish the thought. There are a few assassins, who tried to murder the leaders of the Russian revolution in Soviet jails. They were ready to throw the bomb or push the knife in return for foreign gold. Now, that Coolidge has returned this country to the ideals of “the fathers” and has transformed the de- partment of justice into a respect- able research bureau for getting in- formation that will enable the “people” to punish “malefactors of great wealth” Roger Baldwin and his army of knight errants, will measure swords with the Soviet government. . - © ADICALS may take comfort from the thought that the next time they find a witness on the stand against them, he or she will not be a horny-handed fink who. graduated bene a sewer or a mine but a law school graduate. It Will be much more satisfactory to the ego to take a “rap” under such conditions than to be railroaded on the testimony of a stool-pigeon who uses. the language of a Bowery bum. Roger Baldwin is becoming militant. When pacifist get that way, they usually take it out on the revolutionists. Two Workers Party Branches in Contest for Subscriptions At last Tuesday night’s meeting of the North West Side branch, a chal- lenge was issued to the Mid City branch in the subscription campaign which the DAILY WORKER opens on March 15. Several of the members preferred to take on the North Sige branch, it being the largest Exzlish branch in the city, and only the assurance that what the Mid City. lacked in numbers, was made up for in militancy, con vinced the members that they were entering into a battle with foes worthy of their steel. The North West Side branch has nvited all and sundry té an entertain- ment and dance which will be held next Sunday evening from 8 p. m. to l a. m. at the Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Tickets cost only 35 from American ports. | cents. Refreshments, will be served. —t See sy —_ | ‘. OP AGL Sig Claim New Deal ° , Sn @ . in Relations of VU. S. with Japan WASHING@PFON, March 11.—Diplo- matic reélatiéli#® between Japan and the United States will enter into a new’ and interestitig° phase tomorrow with the arrival ‘im’*Washington of Tuneo Matsudaira; Japan’s new ambassador to the United States. Ambassador Matsuaira comes direct from the foreign office, where he has been vice-minister, to find Secretary of State Kellogg officiating where Charles Evans Hughes officiated dur- ing the interchange of notes regarding the immigration question. ; Insull Spreads Some More FORT WAYNE, Ind., March 11.— The $20,000,000 Indiana Service cor- poration today passed into control of Samuel Insull, of Chicago, and his associates with the election of a new board of directors on which eastern interests have no place. oe as See dar ae aah a aed AE SIRE PITT POR > + N ikee HD fg ‘feport, held be sent to the branches according to — the rest of the party. 4 sag ae ee ae o boet Se ee : xi ie et o) te tonne . eee aoe : of , & "4 . a a ts | . = ; . : a % +. : x . | ay t2 3 : & ' : a / m™ is + se F 4 | ‘eo ; “ ae. cos 70 i, > Sige ps a ae ‘ B P Pree . Re a ; 4a J , + . = —— «i > . : Lay s . ia? : L' ; . 4 > & 3 . 2 ) : , JS Fe ea ae i A - % : y i | j bs : Sila * i oes + a. > or “Every Party Member at Least One Sub” | ed 7 y he . (Continued from page 1) | mittee wants to set an example fo. Branches Responsible, °. Comrade Thurber Lewis, ‘the.. ejt; DAILY WORKER agent, was instruct | ed to send to the branches every two weeks the expiration lists of the DAILY WORKER subs. These will | mailing stations and the branches will — assume the responsibility for re- | newals. AIRS tae I The meeting recommended that all branches instead of having two — agents; one for literature and one for DAILY WORKER—should have but _ one to care for both. In branches — of considerable size a committee, should be elected to assist thé agent. Thé matter of getting to union meetings with the DAILY WORKER and other party publications was dis- cussed at length. This wok is fall- ing off in the branches. Comrade Lewis was instructed to reassign to every branch in the city a certain number of union meetings to be cov- ered regularly by branch committees, Shipment of Books. The matter of new literature was taken up. The comrades were in- formed t a large shipment of new English oks had arrived—booka that are of first interest to all party members and sympathizers and books that can be readily sold.. Also, the DAILY WORKER is getting out pam. phlets regularly now that must be circulated thru the branches. The pro paganda committee assumed the job of getting this new literature before the membership by visiting the branches assigned to, them. . The DAILY WORKER agents were informed of what members of the propaganda committee are assigned to their particular branches. The committee has divided up the brancb- es in the city so that each member will have a few branches to care for. They are to see that e¢ompeteni DAILY WORKER YIrerature agents are elected and that the brances carry on their propaganda functions. The division has been made as fol- - 4 ylows: Bob Garver:—S. S. Englishy Engle- wood English, S. S. Scandinavian, 8. S. Polish, South Slavish. ),9.: Charles Erickson:—Branches in Ci- cero, Clara Gabin:—Douglas Park, Eng- lish; Douglas Park, Jewish; North- west Jewish, Russian No. 1. Nick Dozenberg:—Lettish,* Polish, N. S.; Hungarian, Italian Terra Cotta. Gertrude Welsh:—North Side Eng- lish, German, Italian SIst': Ward, Ar- menian. Hans Johnson:— Finnish: branch, Scandinavian Lakeview, Ukrainian, N. 8. : a Kitty Harris:— Mid-City . English, Czecho-Slovak No. 1, Lithuanian. No, 772 Paul Simonson:—lIrving Park, Eng- lish, Greek, West Side Italian, Scan- dinavian Karl Marx. my . Morris Chilofsky:—Northweat. Eng: lish, Lithuanian No. 3, Ukrainian No. — Thurber Lewis:—Bulgarian, Czech. Brookfield, Italian 11th ward, Lithu- anian No. 2, Lithuanian No. 5, Lithu- anian No. 41, Roumanian, Ukrainian No. 5. : Because many branches have chang. ed theif meeting times lately or their addresses, branch agents and secre- taries are requested to notify Thur- ber Lewis of the time and place of their branch meetings. The new li- terature department and bookstore is at 19 S. Lincoln St. Patronize our advertisers. Big Open Shop Drive Gets Under Way in the British Isles (Contjnued from-page 1) sale cut.to affect nearly 650,000 em- ployes. Th the .majority of cases the cut would amount to 6 shillings (1 shilling, (24c) a week. ~ The unitn demands, presented in December, include a flat rate of 16 shillings a day for engineers, a mini- mum of 60 shillings a week for shop laborers, a guaranteed day and week for all employes, Pensions at 60 years and a shortening of the service re- quired of clerks beforé they receive muximum pay. Longer Hours Means Revolt. “The government will start a revo- lution if they attempt to touch min- ers’ hours” says Secretary Cook of the British Miners’ Federation. Cook is traveling thru the mining districts attempting. to clarify the miners’ ideas on the agreement which ter- minates this year. According to Cook, “Whatever may be the condifion of industry on the 7-hour day there will be no compromise.” This means a fight sooner. or later, for the operators insist on a longer working day to meet foreign compe- tition. Cook does not want a strike until be can count on the other un- ions. Addressing a meeting at Ard- wick he said» “Because I sounded ; ; )a note of warning the press says I have been advocating a strike. I am | going-to do all I can before sury next to avoid a stoppage tmen. I want to test the solidarity of the trade unions before there is notice given.” Metal Trades Bosses Want Battle Metal trades employers have told the Amalgamated Engineering Union they will not consider an increase of 34.75 a week unless the union- will consent to changes in rules to lower - cost of production. ~They claim this is necessary to meet foreign com- petition. The longstanding conditions these big employers insist on altering. in- volve output, hours, the day and night shift agreement, and payments for overtime, night shiff.and double day shift work. Whole Labor Movement Involved The way the entire labor movement may be involved is shown by a New- castle labor man not immediately con- nected with the negotiations: “We are not in this affair directly but we are all in indirectly whether we Hke it or not. It looks to me as if the employers are going to show us the way by driving us all to the wall again where we will have to fight to- gether.” j Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch.