Daily Worker
March 27, 1925

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e his tem- ainst the t nor affi. ny of the eague it h because ig illegal. thé fact state su- 1in of the Erectors irts were the’ unfon le argted ion work- ble to do tivities. n League and the . Judge cases had sent one, rainst the on of one s on all sublet .to in force. ed union sh ices arture rch 24.— » of the has pass- ommend- as secret- y central has left . business . system, ave com- secretary , to leave olved by ngton lo- America, , that we lation of ich Com- the busi- iring his Powell's arty’ has our com- | him our _ the cer- > emanci- he world rdless of further ‘etary be . this re- | and to ‘ORKDR. . special iterature > by the ‘ork pub- . Ernest- slavery, gro writ- lure and re to be hich will ARE Me Ae \ Vol. Il. No. 64. of the Unitec ra | Worker Afni | | soription ‘Drive Now 7 in Full Blast! Fe GET IN ON IT! ’ BY WANUEL GOMEZ. (Article IV.) “Organized upon a stricly military basis, it (the state constabulary) appears to have assumed in case of strikes that the strikers are its enemies and the enemies of the state, and a campaign should be waged against peere as such.” So concludes the report of the United States Industrial Relations Com- mission regarding state police. This report was published in 1916. Since then strikes have been broken, ihion men clubbed and jailed, and radical meetings assulted, more than ever before. “It is not strange, I ranensse ‘there are more state policemen now. ? - Se a hae rete in domes ; : 2 F NEW YORK | dig 0's pee Saad | EDITION d-as second ciass matter September ses at Chicago, Ilinois under the Act of March 3, 1876. ~~ ‘ eve FRIDAY, 1925 Pumctiming @8, tia W. Wonincios Bnd, ucage i Price 3 Cents = eed — AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY a ees HE mine operators of the northern part of West Virginia are up to their necks in frame-ups against the union miners of that region. In Grant Town, a mining camp afew miles from Fairmont, a mine guard was killed outside the union hall. A union min- er also was shot dead. The aftermath of the shooting affray is, the indict- ment of several union miners for the mine guard’s death, while nothing has been done by the state about the dead union man. Indeed, the news- papers circulated the report that the members of the miners’ union wiio al- so lost his life wags hiding in the mountains.

, » 1 onkl — “ACKINST H § }doubled her relative esta in this Sih 7 market. -turities that territory,” according to BETWEEN RIVALS Workers Suffer As Big Plutes Compete ' (Special to The Dally Worker.) - WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.— A great trade “conflict” is impending between the ‘chief exporting nations of the world, but American business men can look forward to it-with con- fidence. This prediction was made by the department of commerce today simul- taneously with the publication of an analysis of foreign trade, which show- ed that the exporters of the United States are rapidly forging ahead in the great competitive markets of]. South America and the far east. Julius Klein, director of foreign trade, called attention to an.increase of $430,000,000 in America’s foreign |. trade last year, as compared to 1923, and gains in the early months of 1925. “These gains have.been offset to a | certain extent by increasing doubts as to the dangers of competition from our European rivals,” Klein said. “So much misinformation, however, has been circulated on the subject, inspir- od in some cases by our rivals them- selyes, that a calm, dispassionate view of the actual factg should be takén,” Plutes Will Gain. Klein believes that manufacturer? of the country will reap a ripe bene- fit from increasing purchasing power of the competitive markets of Latin- | America, Asia, Oceania and Africa, which took imports last year of $6,- 000,000,000 or more than double the 1913 figure. “The significant feature of this stim- ulated purchasing power is the fact that requirements are in a large meas- ure for the newer products of Ameri- can ingenuity,” Klein declared. He enumerated automobiles, ‘electrical specialties, motion picture films, labor saving machinery, ready made clothes. and office equipment. Dbayzing the South American trade: eign trade, with Garmeky 13 per cont, since 1913, the United Statés has Increased Investments. Among the factors contributing to the greater volume of Latin-American trade with this country is “our in- | creased investment in commercial se- Klein. Private investors of the Unit- ed States hold over $3,000,000,000 in Latin-American industrials compared to $1,000,000,000 in 1913. ' “In the far east a similar trans«form- ation has taken place,” Klein tontin- ued. “United States now holds 26 per cent of the Japanese trade; Great Britain 12 per cent and Germany six per cent. Our share of the Chinese trade is 16 per cent; Britain’s 13 per cent and Germany 3 per cent.” Klein believes that American ex- porters have little to fear from further price cutting in Europe which he said is on the wane because of high inter- est rates, accumulation of heavy taxes with no relief in sight for years, and removal of monetary advantages en- joyed by competitors thru currency stabilization. Japanese Peers, Sore at Workers’ Visits, Spurn Voting Bill TOKIO, March 25.—Because of fail ure to reach ag agreement with the house of peers for the passage of the suffrage bill, the government today de. cided to prolong the diet two days ending the session Saturday. Refusal of the peers to take up the suffrage bill followed visits by crowds of workers to the homes of former Viscount Wanabe and Kusuziki, both members of the house of peers, which held the government responsible for the raiding parties. An explanation of the raids was de- manded by the peers from the govern- ment. . Get a sub—make another Com- munist! DAILY WORKER BUILDERS MEET AT NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS, MAR. 29 NEW YORK CITY, March 25.—Sunday, March 29, DAILY WORKER in New York City will meet at the headquarters, 108 E 14th street, at 7:30 p. m. to hear. a report on the results of the recent sub- scription contest in connection with the. press pageant, plans for the future. After the meeting there will be music, dancing and refreshments. Ouring the evening the winners in the recent contest will be announced,. be tweny-five cents. Ail New Yerk DAILY WORKER buliders should bring their’friends. all builders of the and to consider an * eld fashioned “Vecherinka” with the prizes awarded. Admission will ‘MOBILE (Special te. ity Worker) . | MOBILE, . 25.— The Soviet Rust Watsiav Vorovaky, the: viet ship to enter a. “United States since 1917, ing a part of its cargo of. here. _ The ! leave for St. A ‘ when the kain- ite is will there load a cargo of “The ship came ‘Mobite fr nnah, © me immigration authorities “r allow any of the crew of fand, confining them to. ing that “im- forbade a 7 ’ . : 3”? m | . » , . “4 z a Z * 7 we howe .. rs “ : lothing Foreman Is Sats : e. Artist David F re Party mem. ber, who \ last Tuesday morning at r of Green and Jackson, ng literature was released day afternoon af. ter ball was sand réduced in see-saw fash Judges and police Rw en “remean in the Na- Tail mpany who claims |that Foster a ‘him with a dan- erous 0! _Teported to be one of That Foster }did not ® or any other weapon mate. ifference to Novak and to his s awyer wlio framed the case _ the young Com- | Foster was yesterday af was @ new man in charge of the sta- tion .who insisted on holding him ir $1,000: bail. .A night court judge, how- ever reduced it 4) $600, and Foster inte turned loose. *: Up Again; Down Again. Yesterday morning when the de fendant appeared ore. police court Judge McCarthy aud demanded a jur) trial, which was granted, Novak's law- yer “asked that thé! bail be increase: to $1,500. -Attormey Bentail kad left for the federal building. The judge granted the request, and Foster war again trottei dewh to the “can.” When Bentall heard of the latest de velopment, te returned auu after he explained the situation to Judge Mc- Carthy, his honorm:reversed himself and Foster again» was at large. The case will come up for trial within a week or two. Valeria Meltz who was arrested with Foster als demanded a jury trial. She was re- leased yesterday afternoon. Novak is reported to be a member of the Levin gang. The case against Foster is a bald frameup. Seven Killed, Four Missing in. Hamburg Harber Explosion HAMBURG, Germany, March 25.— Seven persons -were killed and five injured today when an oil explosion {n the Hamburg harbor hurled a smal! freight vessel into’ the air. Another fréighter':was sunk by the »xplosion and fouwreof its crew are nissing. Texas Lynching Expected. SWEETWATER, ‘Texas, March 25. —One of the biggest man hunts in the history of west Texas was being carried on in Tayltér and Nolan coun- ties today for Juam Morales, wanted in connection withthe slaying late yesterday of Sherif? W. W. Satter- white of Howardocdunty and Deputy Sheriff Reeves of Taylor county. A lynching is expected. White Succeeds Harding’s Kin. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Luther C. White of Massachusetts, today was appointed superintendent of federal prisons under the department of justice. He succeeds H. H. Votaw, brother-in-law of the late President | Harding. ‘ Argue Over ®fcking Merger. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Oral arguments on theiegality of the pro- posed merger of thé: Armour and Mor- ris Packing companies will open be- fore Secretary of Agriculture. Jardine = ' on April 6, it was amnounced today. TO FORESTALL MASS REVOLT Prepares to Expel Mili- tant Members (Special to The Daily Worker.) The Hiliman-Levin machine in the Chicago Amalgamated Clothing Work- ere’ Union moves on to fresh crimes against the membership, deliberately depriving the members not only of their jobs, but also of their rights within the union. vin is making to forestall the mass protest against his outrageous auto- cracy in taking the bread and butter from the mouths of union members, was seen Tuesday night, when at a meeting of Local 144, Levin sent in charges against Brothers Savanovsky and Rudman, asking that the local send in these two members to the next executive board meeting to ap- pear and hear the charges against them> No Written Changes Furnished. This strange notice said not a word of what the charges are that are to be heard, where Levin himself in all hig despotism will prosecute the two brothers. When these two members demand- ed that. the local machine use its good offices. to request Levin that he should first put them back to work and then hear the charges against them, they were denied this elemen- tary right. Sam to Take God’s Job, Too. Birds of a feather flock together, and against this proposal to restore the members to their jobs before trial. Morris Spitzer, business agent, took the lead in opposition. His line of argument was not that Levin had a right to do as he did, but that simply because he has done anyththg, the lo- _j}cal and the members have no right to “dictate” to him—because Levin is omnipotent, all wise, all just—in fact, “ is thinking of taking Johovah’s This sort of an offensive to stop a revolt against his autocracy is thoroly understood by the workers in the shops and will meet its deserved fate in dye time, just as, the conspiracy between Levin and the bosses to drive the militant workers out of the trade , will be opposed by the rank and file. Conspiracy With Bosses. Another instance of this secret agreement with the bosses is the de- priving of Brother Max Dorfman of his job at Hart Schaffner and Marx, who was taken off his job Monday. The “charge” against him is that he spoke to somebody uwout the leaf- let of Local 5 of New York. Brother Dorfman has worked for Hart Schaff- ner and Marx for nine years and is in good standing in the union with a clear record. The Kind of Members’ Levin Wants. When Dorfman told Levin that he could bring the whole shop to testify for him, only the workers are ‘afraid to come before Levin for fear of los- ing their jobs also, Levin answered, “That's just the kind of feeling we Want our members to have!” In preparation for further crimes against the membership, the Levin machine, with its paid standing army of sluggers to* terrorize the member- ship, has had the bright idea and the peculiar good fortune to have a united front with the Chicago Tribune leading open shop newspaper. Did it Cost a Lot? Whether or not there is a financial arrangement between the Tribune and the Levin machine, Levin himself may xplain to the workers who are amus- ed at the standing propaganda against (Continued on page 2) Operation Kills Copper Magnate. NEW YORK, March 25.—Newman Erb, millionaire railroad president and copper magnate, died here today fol- lowing an operation. A sample of this attack, which Le | b from him if the Solty denies Le B authority ew : | ~ Fe Se DUR thrned wiih til bbadadeoyionath there f oe. ‘SEAT SHORTAGE NOW SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO There was a shortage of 76,619 seats for Chicago’s public school chitdren on Jan. 1, and this number will be increased to 80,160 next year, an efigineering company employed by the department of education of- ficlally reports. ‘The above figures are exclusive of the shortage brought about by increases in population. When the growth of the city is taken into consideration, 94,752 school children cannot find seets in Chicago’s pub- Ile schools. The finance committee of the board of education has postponed indefinitely consideration of salary increases for public school teachers. DAWES PLAN 10 END IN REVOLT, SAYS THAELMANN German Workers Will Seize Power BERLIN, Germany, March 24.—The German workers must walt for friend- ly relations with America until the class conscious workers of the United States have gained power, Ernest Tha- elmann, Communist Party candidate for president of Germany, said here. “The United States is the strong- hold of world capitalism,” Comrade Thaelmann said. “America is the chief defender of the capitalistic net which has been thrown over the German workers..by the Wall Street devised Dowes . plan.” Friends of German Workers. “Russia has the friendliest sympa- thy of the German workers,” Thael- mann said. “When Communists con- trol the German state we shall form the cl t union with Soviet Russia,” he added, “For the exchange of cult- ural products in an ef- coming of the world | ~ revolu , | Col » Widetllann ddclared the league“of mations to be “merely the larger re two capitalistic gangs de- termined .to exploit the workers of the world. The Comminists oppose Germai ‘entrance into the league of nations, and oppose the security pact, | which is an artifice for guarding the Versailles treaty, and would rob the weaker nations of some of their ter- ritory,” he said. Comrade’ Thaelmann declared that the “experts’ reparation plan” could not be carried out because the money invested in Germany by Americans cannot bé recovered from the impover- ished German workers. End the Reparation Plan “To pay reparations we must ex- port and produce more cheaply. That means longer hours and even lower wages. The German workers have had their patience exhausted and will not tolerate such conditions. The repara- tion plan will be ended when the German workers revolt and sieze power for their own interests.” Unemployed Men Seize Freight Train to Ride to Capital for Aid EDMONTON, Alta., March 25.—The vanguard of Calgary’s unemployed ‘army,” which started to walk to Ed- monton, the capital of Alberta, on Sat- urday, arrived 120 strong traveling on a freight train. A reception commit- tee of city, provincial, and railway po. lice met the men and arrested one on a charge of trespassing on railway property. The advance guard of the “army” of 400 started to walk here from Cal- gary, a distance of 196 miles, but after a trek of twenty miles invaded the freight train, the crew of five being powerless to resist. MAKE SETTLEMENTS THIS WEEK FOR “SUB” CARDS SOLD IN NEW YORK CITY trict office. day's affair. branch must be represented there, NEW YORK CITY, March 25.—Every DAILY WORKER reader that sold subscription tickets for the press pageant is once more urged to make complete settiement for all cards sold THIS week, complete when the prizes are awarded at the “Vetcherinka” at headquarters, 108 E. 14th street, Sunday evening, March 29. Settlement may be made either with the branch agents, or at the dis- so that the record may be All branch agents are instructed to make complete collections Uonal as quickly as possible, and to bring in a tist showing how many subscription lincoln tickets each member of the branch’ sold. This list will be compiled for the “ 4 Means of counteracting “attempts whole city and published in the DAILY WORKER immediately after Sun- ' Before the entertainment and dance Sunday evening at 7:30 there will | be a meeting of all DAILY WORKER agents at 108 E. a report on the press pageant and! tonsider plans for the future. 14th street to hear Every LEWIS MEN’S BIG. FORTUNES EXCITE INVESTIGATION Millions of Relief Fund Mishandled (Special to The Daily Worker.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., March 25—How the personal bank account of John O”- Leary, International board member and personal representative of John L. Lewis in the Fayette county coal field, and Bill Feeney, organizer from District 5 in the Fayette field, sud- denly swelled, is being investigated. Their trusteeship of the relief fund of the 40,000 miners in the Fayette field. is now being brought out by the investigation conducted by the inter- nal revenue department. This depart- ment seems convinced that the income tax of these gentlemen does not cor respond with their heavy bank hold ing. Where did they get) the money? This coal field is the source of sup ply of the best grade of coke for al) of the mills around Pittsburgh, which stretches for miles on both banks of the Ohio, Monogahela, and Alleghany rivers. When the call for the 1922 coal strike was issued by the miners organization with the appeal to the unm organized miners for support of the strike, it was the coke region miners that responded by the thousands. Coke Region Struck to Aid Other Fields. The rallied to the support of the on ganized miners by immediately going on strike and coming into the union The officialdom promised in return not to make any agreement with the op erators unless it would include the coke field. This promise was broken at the first available opportunity. The signing of the Cleveland agree ment on Aug. 17, 1922 leaving out the coke field meant the first step in the long chain of betrayals by the official- dom. However, they promised relief to these miners in order to enable them to continue the strike in that region. - The Huge Relief Fund. An assessment was levied on each mifér of the organization of $2 per ‘month for two months, which is a to- .tal of between $1,500,000 and $2,000,- 600. Besides this international assess- ment, the members of Sub-District 4 of District 5 assessed themselves 5 per cent of their wages for at least five pays, a total of about $96,000. Also an appeal for funds was issued by O’Leary and Feeney from which the (Continued on page 6) UNIONS GIVE TO STORM STRICKEN MINING TOWNS Red Aid Plea Brings Big Response Class lines are showing in the nae tion-wide response to the needs of the tornado victims of southern Illinois and adjoining states. The United Brotherhood of Carpen- ters and Joiners announces from its Indianapolis headquarters that $500.- 000 will be raised fram its subordinate unions so that no union carpenter in the storm area need depend on stranger charity to rebuild his home The brotherhood takes pride in caring for its own. The Chicago carpenters’ council has appropriated $1,000 from the district treasury and is calling upon its af- \filiated local unions in Cook and Lake jcounties for the remaining $49,000 fixed by the international as the local ‘quota. The Chicago district is éxpected topraise 10 per cent of the entire half million. Class Conscious Relief. More outspoken in its class-con- scious plans for storm relief is the Chicago Council for Labor Defense and Relief which is furthering a working Class relief fund thru the International Workers’ Aid to be used particularly in relieving the militant miners. | “The storm that has just visited in- expressible suffering on a large sec- tion of the union coal miners and other workers in southern Illinois and the adjacent fields,” the Labor Defense ap- peal reads, “is likely to be seized upon by the capitalist class to further beat down the workers’ resistance and de stroy The their union organization.” appeal therefore asks that labor relief funds be sent to the Interna- Workers’ Aid. 19 South street, Chicago, Illinois, to use the capitalist charitable agencies to discriminate against the more mili- tant workers.’ Piutes Lose Interest. Although the Illinois house of rep esentatives at Springfield passed the (Continued on page 2) Pa Lia a ee el RRS SINR

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ie Rake o, ——— “MAYOR REFUSES moe |i) Ball | TOSEE BARRE » Too Busy Talking of Traction to Bankers The motion picture, “Prisoners for Progress,” submitted to Mayor Wm. E. Dever, of Chicago, in accordance with the terms of the city ordinance, has been passed back to the superintend- ent of police by his honor. There is an election coming on, and the mayor is a candidate to succeed himself. So he does not intend to be mixed up in any “freedom of the films” case, This film is to be shown at the In ternational Unity Demonstration at Ashland Auditorium, next Sunday af- ternoon, March 29, a benefit show for the Irish Famine Relief and for the Labor Defense Council. It takes the form of a Paris Commune celebration and very aptly comes at ae time which gives Chicago’s masses of working class supporters of Soviet Russia a chance to answer the poorly attended anti-Soviet meetings ad- dressed by Abramovich and Macken- rie. Film Shows Repression. The film appropriately -shows the struggles of the workers in several countries, and efforts at repression by the state power. It demonstrates the need for international solidarity in support of the victims of this bloody repression. When the film was first submitted the censors were shocked at the mili- tancy of the workers’ who marched across the screen. Not the pictures but the events themselves were what drew the disapproval of the _ gentle ladies. The film was held over night for another review by the fede@al de- partment of justice and after the local chief spy catcher, Max Burgher, was also properly shocked, the film was rejected because “it might tend to in- cite to disorder and riot.” Appeal was immediately made to the chief of police. But the chief neatly passed the buck back to the censors and Mr. W. A. Foust, as “act- ing censor in charge,” stuck to his role of lord high executioner and re plied, “The board has expressed its intention to stand by the decision reached upon review of the picture of March 3.” Mayor Dodges. But the ordinance states that the word of the mayor shall be final. So application for a review was immedi- ately filed. But it was too close to election to be committed on anything so fundamental as a free speech issue. He was too busy talking subway trac- tion to automobile owners’ clubs, and wrote: “I regret that I have not the time to personally view moving pictures as I am frequently asked to do. Of ne cessity 1 am compelled to refer your letter to the chief of police.” So the matter stands. Censors ‘are shocked, vote to reject. Appeal from the censor to the chief of police, re- ferred back to censor. Appeal from Spi Va lg RES Ls ARES. Sansa chief to mayor, referred back to chief. Next? It is expected that action on | the appeal will permit the pictures | to be shown on March 29th, but one way or another the pictured informa- tion which the censors seek to keep from the weorkers of Chicago will be shown. Varied Program. The picture is only one item of a very rich program which included short speeches by Lovett Fort-White- man, Wm. Dunne and Robert Minor. Art Comiacoff, formerly of the Petro- grad Opera Ballet will dance with two of his pupils. F. George noted Lettish baritone wil sing. There | will be an Irish play, “The Tinker’s | Wedding,” and a gorgeous pageant showing the Paris Commune. | The affair begins at 2 o’clock at/| Ashland Auditorium, Ashland Buren streets, Sunday, March 29. Legion Head May Lose Job. INDIANAPOLIS, March - The American Legion may without a' > ped awd, be | mongers CS ‘“ j oo + GN AS WE SEE IT |) CAL TO PROMOTE or. 4 OPLANERTY.| TRUST 10 OL (Continued from page 1) secretary of labor, Calvin Coolidge and the memorandum of the worker’s lawyer, We can s66 no reason why a capitalist government should deport the S. L. P. man unless it be for feeble mindedness. A man with any kind of mental vigor would not be- long to a party that has such a shame- less lickspittle for secretary. > ” . NE of the exhibits sent out by the “unknown” secretary of the 8S. L. P. is a summary of the socialist labor party defense made by the Fed- erated Press. This is the way the “F. P.” puts it: “The party (meaning the socialist labor party) emphazises in its argument that no one is allow- ed to be a member who believes in violence or in any anarchistic tend- encies of the labor movement and that it is an enemy of the Commun- ists.” If this does not convince Cal- vin Coolidge, Senator William But- ler and Judge Gary that the S. L. P. man is as harmless as a eunuch in a harem, they are unduly suspicious. + * *s HE secretary of the socialist la- bor party in his letter to the press, protests against the “alleged gagging (note the alleged) of a distinguished visitor to this country, Count Karolyi” and places the deportation proceed- ings against’ Vojnovic, the worker, on the same level as the. gagging of the aristocratic Hungarian. Furthermore, the deportation proceedings “consti- tute an outrage against common jus- tice and against all those traditions and ideals that the world has come to associate with the American re- public.” That’s that. The world is almost as blind to the bloody rule of American capitalism as the S. L. P. But to go on with the story. ° > e HE correspondence betweén the 8. L. P. secretary and Secretary of Labor Davis and Calvin Coolidge, might have been written by the sec- retary of the American Defense So- ciety in the event of one of that or- ganization’s finks getting arrested by some moron in the employ of the de- partment of justice by mistake. The headlines read: “Deporting Alien for Upholding United States Constitu- tion.” “Victim not a Communist and Opposed to Violence.” ‘The text sug- rests that the foreign-born members »f the Workers Party are fit subjects ‘or deportation, as Vojnovic is an “‘ac- tive opponent of those groups and in- dividuals (including the Workers (Communist) Party of America) which advocates physical force, etc.” ‘ Ld ~ © HESE are excerpts taken at ran- dom from the mass of . garbage sent out by the S. L. P. in order to convince one hundred per cent Ameri- cans that Vojnovic is as loyal to the United States government of. Wall Street as the imperial wizard of the ku klux klan. There is no more use- ful servant of the department of jus- tice than the shrinking violet who is adding to the infamous record that the socialist labor party has built for itself since its founder, Daniel De Leon passed away. The collection of pseudo-radicals who now eke out an existence keeping the collection of petty shopkeepers and artful phrase- together, have neither the intelligence to camouflage their treachery or the courage to affiliate openly with the National Civic Feder- ation. Vojnovic should not be deport- ed. If he is the kind of a soupbone that the secretary of the S. L. P. pic- tures him, he should be given a job tickling general Dawes’ nose with a tickling General Dawes’ nose with a over the senate sessions. He might thus support the constitution more effectively than he ig now, by keeping Hell an’ Maria awake. Laubert, | Labor Unions Give to Stricken Workers in Mining Towns (Continued from page 1) and Van | senate bill appropriating $500,000 for relief work, relief workers announced from Murphysboro that contribution |from businessmen and philanthropists have already slumped. “More help is needed,” is the cry national commander temporarily as a'from Murphysboro, Carbondale and result of the national press club post,| West Frankfort, now that the first of Washington, D. ‘ issing Out of exxcitement is dying down, the ‘work- existence. ers must come to the support of their District of Columbia, legion heads ‘stricken brothers in the storm . area. contend that Commander Drain. a 7 towns of Griffin and Princeton, member of the defunct post, cannot Indiana, are in greater danger from tontinue in office. flood than ever, following heavy rains nr ® a ; | which caused the Wabash and Ohio Give your shopmate this copy /"vers to rise to a new high level. of the DAILY WORKER—but be | F0od is being conveyed to the storm , i sure to see him the next day to get his subscription | OLGIN SPEAKS HERE FRIDAY, APRIL 17, ON RUSSIAN VICTORY Comrade Moissaye Olgin, co-editor of the Russian Communist daily Novy Mir, is coming to Chicago. He will epeak Friday night, April 17, in the Russian language on “What Did the Revolution Give to the Workers and Peasants of Russia?” Ali friend- ly organizations are requested not to grrange other affairs on that | injured brought to St. Louis last Satur- and vicims in these towns by means of rowboats. More Deaths. The group of 55 Murphysboro storm day, had dwindled to 52 today with the death of Herbert Crisler, 25, whose wife is also being treated here. One member of the party died enroute and a second death came at the hospital shortly after the patients had arrived. Mother Kills Self and Son. Despondency over illness today 1 a mother to asphyxiate herself her seven-year-old son. The bodies of Mrs. Katherine Voll- Cc Llulské ' 'mer, 42, and her son, were found in | their home by the husband and father OF TEAPOT FAME Admiral Testifies He Is for Sinclair CHEYENNE, Wyo., March -25.— Rear Admiral Robison, one of the principals in the Teapot Dome oil scandals, who is here aiding the Sin- clair Oll company to retain its leases secured from corrupt government of- ficials thru bribery, is soon to be pro- moted by President Coolidge it is learned here, Robinson is at present holding tem- porary rank as chief of the naval en- gineering bureau of the United. States government, As soon as he has com- pleted his services to the oil interests, Coolidge will promote him. Meanwhile, at the trial here, Owen D. Roberts, appointed by Coolidge to “prosecute” the ofl interests, is en- deavoring to protect Cal’s admiral as much as possible. Roberts declared Robinson was “only a pliant tool in Fail’s hands.” Atlee Pomerene, how- ever, the other lawyer appointed by Coolidge to represent the “govern- ment,” contradicted Robert’s- state- ment of Robinson’s innocence. “Robinson gave misleading infor- mation about the Teapot lease to mem- bers of congress,” Pomerene said, “Was a prime factor in carrying out the secrecy phase of the transaction, and deliberately set out to evade the laws of the United States.” “Who are the guardians of the United States?” asked Pomerene. “Are Messrs. Fall, Robison and Sin- clair those guardians? It is true Ro- bison says he submitted every detail to Denby, but when it came to the actual transaction Denby only O. K.ed hg * * *® Sinclair Loses Concession CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 26.— Representatives of Harry Sinclair said here that Sinclair would fight to regain his concession of Saghalin oil fields from Soviet Russia. The Soviet government district court has ruled that Sinclair violated has contract with Russia and forfeited his conces- sion. -The case will now go to the Soviet supreme court. The court ruled that Sinclair had not begun work on the concession within a year as he had agreed to do. Albert Fall negotiated the Russian concession ‘for Sinclair, and the oil trust later made Fall secretary of the interior. Fall then turned over fifty million dollars worth of government property to Sinclair and other large oil interests, To Sidetrack Waste Charge. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, March 25.—A battle royal was precipitated in the state senate today when the executive committee reported back a recom- mendation that the resolution, asking for an investigation of the Chicago sanitary district, be tabled. Waste, extravagance and illegal expenditure and presence of members of the gen- eral assembly on the payroll, is charged. : Hoboes Will Meet in June CINCINNATI, March 25—The Inter- national Brotherhood Welfare Ass’n. will hold an eastern conference to consider unemployment in New York City, June 24. J. Eads How, the “mil- lionaire hobo,” and others issued the call from the national office in Cincin- nati. Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! Did You Get Your Two New Subs to “Build The DAILY WORKER?” ) a ! ae , , had t ta Te ie 1e* a ry “ae af at * = Le ws ’ Fisk ee ‘ a8 Ee ot Mares. * $ (Special to e Daily Worker) Albert ow f the Workers (Communist) ty of Boston was arrested by the Lawrencec poicie yesterday noon when he spoke at the gate of the American Woolen company for the United Front Tex- tile Committee of Lawrence. The charge against Comrade Weisbord was “speaking without a permit.” But as the commissioner had refused a permit upon applica- tion, the workers are aroused at the display of policé power against the rights of the workérs. __ A mass meeting at Ideal Hall was held last night, Where Welsbord, re leased on bail,’‘addressed the au- dience of workérs. Friday in the same hall a meeting will be held at which Weisbord and others will address the textile workers against the wage cuts. Sam Levin Moves to Forestall Mass Revolt (Continued from Page 1) Phil Aronberg running day after day in the Tribune. Tuesday morning’s Tribune carried a distorted and totally idiotic report of the meeting called by the mem- bers taken off the job, and prevented by Levin and his army. The only true thing in the story was that some- thing happened in that neighborhood. The story, recognized by all as propa- ganda preparatory to expelling Phil Aronberg, attacked Aronberg vicious- ly with all the crimes in the Trt bune’s category of offenses. Preparing to Expel Aronberg. On Wednesday morning, the same story came out again in the Tribune, with only a chasge in date, looking suspiciously like a paid advertise- ment, with the purpose of preparing the ground for thé unjustified expul- sion of Phil Aronberg. The workers are wondering how long it will be un- til Aronberg is expelled or when Le- vin’s press agent. will be sober enough to write a different story. Chicago Parasites Pay Rent of Czarist Chicago capitalists and their wives are supporting the;czarist White Rus- sian “Captain” Ivanenko, brother of in a costly flat at'\230 Bast Superior street. Included-among the Chicago parasites who are peying the rent and who furned the apartment are Potter Palmer, William .Prescott Hunts, Marie Rozet and B, W. Cramers. “Captain” Ivanenko was thrown out of Russia with Wrangel, who attacked the workers’ and péasants’ Soviet gov- ernment. Franco-Polish Pact Continues. VIEENNA, a i a ge B pa Er Ay cs * . s 7 XTI 10 TEXTILE STRIKE [Workers |Party | Local mm Collects $171.0! By WILLIAM SIMONS, (Special to The Dally Worker) District Organizer, Workers Party WILLIMANTIC, Conn., March 25.— That the Communists prove by deeds that they support the working class of which they are a part is borne out by. the speed with which they have come to the relief of the courageous Willimantic textile strikers. Sunday, March 22, twenty-four mem- bers and sympathizers of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, local Hart- ford, went from house to house col- lecting funds for the Willimantic ‘Textile Strikers, and obtaining in all $171.05. Largest Individual Contribution te Date. The amount announced by the strike committee, us coming from} sources other than collectiony by strikers, amounted to $1,155.00. The largest sum given was $100 from the Willimantic Carpenters’ Union. This means that the Workers Party, local Hartford, has collected more than any ther group of non-strikers. This is splendid achievement for the party and the Hartford comrades. Further Efforts A week ago, a letter was sent out by the district executive committees of District 15, calling upon all units to collect funds for the strikers. It is expected that other locals will follow the lead of local Hartford. The district executive committee of the New Hngland and New York dis- tricts have been ‘instructed by the national central executive committee to do similar work. The work will, then be extended to other places, The Workers Party is more determined to do all in its power to help win the strike against the Thread trust. The Collectors’ Story A member of the Young Workers League who collected on Zion St., a workingmen’s district, was informed in every other house that they were unemployed, but still they helped with the little that they could. Such dis- play of solidarity with the Williman- tic strikers will serve to encourage them in their wonderful fight. | Workers Rally to Los Angeles Paris Commune Celebraion (Special to The Dally Worker.) LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 25.— In our city hundreds of workers gath- ered to commemorate the Paris Com- mune. This anniversary celebration was conducted under the auspices of the International Workers’ Aid and the Labor Defense Council. Comrade William Schneidermann, secretary of the Labor Defense Coun- cil, was chairman and the speakers were Comrades Emanuel Levin and Sydney Bush. Comrade Levin spoke on Criminal Syndicalism Laws of which he happened to be one of the first victims. He gave a brief his- torical sketch of these laws in Cali- fornia and 31 more states in the Unit- ed States and showed ‘that in reality these laws are enacted everywhere where the class struggle is in prog- ress.. Comrade Bush outlined the sig- nificance of the Paris Commune and its lessons. Comrade Regina Kara- sick’s proletarian recitation was re- ceived with applause and enthusiasm. Indiana Railroad | Squirms at Being Absorbed by Trust INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 25.— Officials of the Chicago, Attica and Southern railroad visited Governor Jackson and Attorney General Gillion at the state house today and requested that action be taken through the, In- diana rublic service commission and the interstate commerce commission against the intended merger of the Nickel Plate lines; which would vir- tually choke off all the business of the Indiana road. . Yonkers, N. Y. Notes | YONKERS, N, Y., March 25.—The Young Workers League, Branch No. 3 f Yonkers will give a social and _anee at the Labor Lyceum, 23 Pali- sade Ave., on Sunday evening, March: . '29th at 8 o'clock. Tickets including refreshments 50 cents. The proceeds of the entertainment will go to th Young Worker. : French Communist Breaks Precedent : PARIS, France, March 25.— The Communist deputy Hueber, from Al- sace, broke precedent in the French chamber by making a speech in his native dialect—German—in which he demanded that Germany be recogniz- ed as an official language with French in the recovered provinces. i, British Troops Still in Iraq. LONDON, England, March 25.—The British troops are still concentrated in Iraq (Mesopotamia) and the colonial secretary's office refused to state whether or not they would leave. Does your friend subscribe to LO ; ; date. | when he returned from work. marines from Haitl, GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE!) !74.00. the DAILY WORKER? 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oe aye. i y ! , . ; f fo aa ee ‘Le Try ee " } _ if > . : : ~ fled rHe “omy WORKER THE TRADE Sipeeiieeeietiaestiiiieesss ye ny *: we § , La 7 ace’ 4? : vo ted : . ¢. - - : . . : .? 7 | aw - ‘ - 4 pe ," * . . . : A ~. : * - fe) « a + EAGAN AND a CHINESE SEAMEN IN APPEAL FOR c UNITED FRONT AGAINST BRITISH LITTLE PARTNER IMPERIALISM, ASK. OUR SUPPORT are | Left Wing of Local 140 A.C. W. Defeats Reactionary Officers Building Trades Firms © in National Ca pital Begin Open Shop War "NO DUAL UNION’, O'FALLON MINE | T.UE.Ls WARNS CLOSES AS OPEN 4 PHILADELPHIA, March 25.—The WASHINGTON.—Speculative build- 7 a By SAN CHEN GING red flag flee over Local 40, A. C ee ee ch 25.~ ; gS (Secretary Chinese Seamen’s Union) WwW.” With this attempt at irony, Pg the wage increases demanded by i Sa Ie xy deeds : HONG KONG, China.—There is a growing discontent and indignation |the manager of the Philadelphia joint - : : ° building trades unions and to impose " li Attache 106 COmIGIIIES fo scan ax thadsande of Chinees secinen. at the shipownate’ noe-cbeer®linand of Th imez ce Union Officials Side with | ine ‘rates untons and to impose | Tells Detroit Members ! e gamated Clothing a secondary y ’ & . . 8 borne But Find Miners Cool ance of the agreement concluded between the Chinese Seamen’s Union and | Workers annomnged the victory of the Operators banks and building loan concerns, on to Stick by Union ley have the shipowners’ committee as a result of the seamen’s victorious strike in left wing administration of the local. all builders who refuse to obey their irageous By A COAL DIGGER. 1922. The fight is.of,long standing. Many By A. W. YOUNG. dictation. Already the discharge of| A great fight to restore and protect - VESTABURG, Pa.—The officials of The agreement, containing three clauses, was signed by R. Sutherland, attempts had -been made by the yel- The conditions in O’Fallon, Ill,,/umion bricklayers, plasterers, etc., | the constitutional rights of members, — ; District 5, U. M. W. of A., travel from chairman of the shipowners’ committee, A. Jamiesen, British consul-general | !0W8 to umdermine the influence of | which were bad to begin with, are|and their replacement by nonunion | which have been trampled underfoot - Work- local to local spreading bunk and lies. | at Canton, Luk King Fo, secretary to the commissioner for foreign affairs at | ‘he left wing,and to unseat the pro-|gradually getting worse and worse.| men is well advanced. by the reactionary officials has been al Hart- They visited us at Vestaburg Local | Canton, and Chak ‘Hon Ke, delegate of the Chinese Seamen’s Union. It was gressive left wing administration. The | Another mine closed down here 6n| There are 40,000 huilding mechan-| made and is being carried on in De me col- 762, both President Patrick Fagan.and eudtiior aranteed by Sir Robert Hotung membership refused to budge and con- | March 11, throwing 225 more miners |ics and building laborers in the local/troit. During this fight which arose_ tic Secretary-Treasurer Hargest. _ ~ : tinued its support of the left wing. [out of work and adding 225 more|field. A large majority are employed | out of the illegal and autocratic expul g in all ars : Be that as it may, the shipowners and the British colonial government Th eae : on housing construction, which is con-| sion of rts nage ry After the local business, the local H K have vidlated ots thies Gamees. while the Chi es culminated in a deci-| miners to make up the total of John ; sion of a member, the fakers acting president introduced Fagan. He ex- in Hong Kong have every One 6 : , o ue nese | sion of the joint, board (by a major-|L. Lewis’ 200,000 which must be| trolled by the new organization of as your spokesmen and representa- i Hon te .» pected to be welcomed and he was seamen in the person of the Chinese Seamen's Union have kept strictly to | ity of one) to call a new election by | “eliminated” from the industry. Thig| builders. If these builders refuse to | tives have resorted to the useef thugs, . sure the miners would meet him with | ‘B® 28Teement ever since its ees: . secret ballot: The membership of the |means not only» miners but their| P4y $11 a day to plumbers and paint-/ police, injunctions, «threats, bribery by the applause, but he and bis partner » wore conclusion. ing arms in the colony. Further proof| local accepted the challenge since it | wives and children left to starve. ers and others who have asked for and fraud in their efforts to maintain lony by om. wan. tho there were a few mem- “}ment, the agreement is reproduced superfluous. voice their “WiConditional confidence | Jacksonville agreement, perpetratea|/ime om the smaller contractors by | organization. a bm bers of! his machine. eye Pe rigp sin Te. tems ee Lest it should seem that the first| #4 trust im, left wing admini-| by the Sub-Scale Committees and our ye orl oo gar by This fight hag been signally success : berate milar This Otis Worrles Mr. Fagan. yl el a ‘seamonienne in coal-|224 second clauses are much too lib- | *tation. dh ere: Fee One mee Sulasidobe: Sor auatly tour year rales eS: SS Se, On eee , BR peor : ial eral on the part of the shipowners, it| 72@ election was held, and with a/tioned above is the one where the . r Hutcheson = and his dunkeys » Bes an any mum.” First saying that the Work-/| ernment: the seid pay for @ period not exceed. | Secretary and’ treasurer were elected. |248 men that had been idle for 11 In San Francisco, the secondary | posed the treachery of those would-be This is ers Party ‘is a “dual organization,” A ment. pe Si { seven b ‘ boycott was worked through the build- gree x out of se members of the lo-| months on account of their mine clos- czars. e party that F d hi ead ing five and a half months is no ing material concerns, but it had also — veer Se «igri Bh gdh 0 j “It is hereby agreed between the cal executive board and six out of ing down. However, we failed to get g , B f Dual Unioni ing propaganda all over the district ave: ® atEbarty cee eneRten ' its banking features. Yet the build- cware of Dual Unioniem. & propag undersigned parties that the following! ¢.. nundreds of the victorious strik- | 8°Ve™ delegates to the joint board are|a decision handed down according to a ‘ t destroyed.| Now that the rank and file are « during election and some persons|.+. the terms of settlement of the . left wingers. contract. The operator said he| 2% trades unions were not destroyed, : out by were traveling from local to local ers whose positions had been taken -|and the anti-union contractors lost a| Unit and the fakers stand exposed and ‘ S matters in dispute between them. by the Philippi d oth trike.| hus ends one of the crudest at-! wouldn’t let the men share the work, ttes of “noisonine” members. Then he said y tne ppine and other strike vast sum of money during the strug- | defeated, your enemies and some mis pila te aly tn Sain sana hers to| “I The scale of wages paid at| breakers, called to Hongkong by the| ‘™pts of the local politicians in the/ and our executive board helped the| _,, led friends are hoping that you will It is ihc “tude sede as ak Wa ‘wore Hongkong and in force on the 12th | shipowners. Amalgamated to override the will and | operator in making his word good. be so stupid as to fall for the dual follow having correspondence with James|4@y of January, 1922 shall be increas: Understand Capitalist Society. eg 8 of the membership of Local| @ Contrast of Action and Inaction. ‘union trap which has been laid for Otis. ed as follows; a shall ph ma 8S! Be it understood, that the Chinese : , < Local Union 705 had to wait 11 BOSSES PROFIT you and abandon your fight against ittee of He talked about Nova Scotia, say- rom the host ye regan A Sere 20 , | Seamen have no grudge against the months to get a decision on the di- Hutcheson and his clique when you irk dis- ing that the Canadian miners “took 1. Chinese river stea pe strike-breakers, for they know that DETROIT D STRICT vision of work. But when we appeal- are on the very brink of victory. by the orders from Russia from Leon Trot-| cent "eee wae teamers up to| "employment is an inevitable char- ed to the rank and file to force Far- Hutcheson has made the lying imittee sky. We don’t want any Communism 2. Other ed ws 5 - Og in acteristic of the capitalist society and rington and his executive board to charge of dual unionism against many | k will, in America,” he said. Then he prais- 1,000 tons deadweig pe x unemployment is the mother of strike- hand down a decision as per contract, staunch Po age Of the dual union s. The ed himself and Lewis. He told the} crease. breakers. | it only took this same board two organized by the building trades de- ned to ridiculous Me that Foster and Ruth-| “3. Hongkong Canton & nee Seiiiaite Meee eusen, eel woe : weeks to hand down a decision that it partment of the A. F. of L. he has , boats Co., Ltd. 20 per cent in- : —— been silent. The reasons for this sil- xt Hi mpl Paper cp Soy ions wien thats meson po Macwnayes cused igh Pergtcnse A Mie PEA FUL AGAIN caaentered. And. they "reularized Automatic Looms Make |" re several. First he is #0 cor on a Hes es we people e “4 Other British companies’ steam-|toTious life and death struggle for ha -— this district and advised the members Ww J b] rupt and his corruption and autocracy ‘orkers Senan’e Fairy Teles. era taking the scale of the Canton| fifty-six odd days. Settlement was Rank id File St of the U. M. W. of A. to stay away eavers JODICss is so well-known that many thought. Zs ; ai ened te tell shout how | Macao Steamboats Co., Ltd. as a basis | ‘delayed just because of the shipown. mae. =| BO OOP OM um the unemployed meetings be- less members would join a dual union agan c " , , formed Lewis had got “thousands of letters” |20 per cent increase. ers’ reluctance to accede to these very Disturbers cause it was illegal. MANCHESTER, N. H.—Amoskeag/|to escape his domination and he would y were asking him to call off the 1922 strike,| “5. Coasting steamers 20 per cent “omega eciin’ hee cleniatie a Fellow workers! How long are we| Manufacturing company, largest cot-|lose per capita. Secondly his stand d with : : increase. TT itt and he tried to excuse himself for the treachery against the Moundsville prisoners, saying that he had “talked with the prosecutor and interviewed the governor, who pardoned some men, but who passed the buck to his successor, Governor Gore, who took office on March 4. Then he wound up, “Dig clean coal and co-operate with the coal compan. ies and don’t listen to the Reds,” That's Fagan’s program. “Ww the. Reds” Only Program. * Bil gest got up and said, “I am not a good speaker, because I am not a Red.” He is right. He igs both yellow and a rotten speaker. ll he could say was that the Crotian mem- bers “make trouble” and that the members must “watch the Reds.” This is the whole and only program of these fakers who live from the blisters on the miners’ hand. Butthe Progressive Miners’ Committee, ‘with their program of nationalization under mnion management and a short work day, this is the hope of the miners in District 5 as elsewhere. Scab Feels Sore All Over After Strikers’ Interview on Street UTICA, N. Y.—John Brykla was discharged by Judge Buckley of .the municipal court from the assault charge preferred by Harry Macaly, a scab in the Utica Steam Cotton mill. Macaly said that when he wag going home with two girls, four men jumped on him. Brykla asked him where he was working and when he told them he was working at the mills, Stan- ley Potter, along with Brykla, threw him down on the sidewalk and the whole four men kicked him. Potter is a striker as is Brykla. When Brykla’s attorney asked where the men had kicked him, Mac- aly said: “I don’t know. I feel the same soreness all over.” The strike in the Utica cotton mills is still going strong. Want Amalgamation in Australia. MELBOURNE, Australia— (FP)— A single industrial transport union taking in railway, streetcar, motor- bus, trucking and teaming employes is urged by the annual conference of railway labor unions held at Mel- bourne. Negotiations.will be opened with the other unions and meanwhile amalgamation of craft unions on the. railways is to be attempted. “g Java lines 15 per cent increase. “7 Pacific Lines 15 per cent in- crease. “g Buropean Lines 15 per cent in. crease. “9 Australian Lines 15 per cent increase. “9 A date will be fixed for the general return to work.—From the time of leaving until such date, men will receive half pay according to the new scale. Men may be reinstated on any ‘of their own company’s vessels, or such other vessels as may be mu- tually agreed upon. If positions are not available for men ready to return to work as above, it is agreed that half pay shall continue for such period as the men are not employed, but not exceeding five anda half’ (54%) months from the date of the general return to work. This half pay will be ad- ministered from a fund under the con- trol of a duly appointed commission. 3. The owners agree to assist in inaugurating a system of engaging crews which will minimize as far as possible any irregularities which may exist in connection with the pay of seamen. “Signed at Hongkong, this fifth day of March, 1922. “R, Sutherland, chairman, Shipown- ers’ committee. “A. Jamiesen, H. B. M. Consul-Gen eral at Canton. “Luk King Fo, Seamen’s Union.” In gross violation of clause 1, the Blue Funnel Line of the Butterfield & Squires Co. in April, 1923, decreased the wages of the men in its ships tc the former scale. The British colon- ial government, a signatory to the agreement in the person of the N. B. M. consul-general, ignored the protest lodged by the Chinese Seamen’s Un- ion. Moreover, in violation of clause 3, stipulating a minimizing as far as possible of irregularities connected with the engaging of crews, the colon- lal government abetted the labor con- tractors of the “B House Union,” thus enabling the replacement of the original crews of the Blue Funnel Line by strike-breakers from this scab organization. Again, abusing its mili- tary authority and extending its iron rule to the water surface the colonia’ government authorized the strike breakers in the ships to carry arms. The colonial government does not even refrain from openly supporting the labor exploiters by allowing them Delegate, Chinese the extraordinary privilege of carry- 56-Page Pamphlet Just Off the Press. “WHAT’S WRONG IN THE CARPENTER’S UNION?” THE STORY OF ADMINISTRATION CORRUPTION and EXPULSION OF MILITANTS IN THE CARPENTERS’ UNION. Single Copies 10c 100 Copies $7.00 Order from Progressive Building Trades Worker 19 S. Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill. -_— * al fered by the seamen and the common masses of Hongkong. However, up till now, not a cent has been paid by the shipowners, in spite of the agreement in black and white. Where is “fairness” in the hands of the capitalists? Where is the “sacredness” of agreement with the capitalists? And where is the “law” in a colony? British Colonial Government Ignores Seamen. ‘The Chinese Seamen’s Union in 1923 referred the matter to the British colonial government in Hong Kong, but the latter washed its hands of the matter, despite the fact that his maj- esty’s consul-general was a signatory to the agreement. Chinese seamen demand the British colonial government, signatory to the agreement, besides protecting the shipowners, to heed the seamen’s de- mands. They demand his excellency, Robert Hotung, a British knight who has prolclaimed a so-called peace con- ference professedly in the interests of the Chinese people, to fulfill his duty as guarantor ere he speaks again. They demand the coming British prince investigate into the scandalous deeds of the colonial government and the shipowners and to mete out due punishment, lest he should reveal a princely imperialism. Several thousand Chinese seamen are entitled to five and a half months’ pay, the total sum exceeding $200,000. They are clamoring for their right. ful compensation. The Chinese Sea- men’s Union, representing their in- terests, will never neglect its duty and will realize at any cost the con- ditions won by the victorious strug- gle and heroic sacrifices. These can- ditions were by no means gifts from the shipowners. The Great Battle With Imperialism. Those who will recall the fifty-six odd days ofa life and death struggle in 1922 of more than sixty thousand sea- men and eight combatant unions, the sacrifices of the workers and. the panic caused by the blockade of Hong Kong as a result of the interrup- tion of communication, will that whatever was acquired was ac- quired by the united gigantic power of the workers themselves. There is no need to recall already the machine gun patrols of the colonial govern- ment ready to massacre the workers at the time. For a United Front. The whole body of Chinese seamen, 100,000 strong, are prepared! They appeal to their brother workers in China and in all countries, particu- larly the seamen, and their organ- izations to help their Chinese booth-'| ers in their present just demands! Hand in hand in a glorious united front, they have every reason to ex- pect the day in the immediate future when the British colonial government and the shipowners must redeem what they have hitherto atrociously violated. agree | PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on al! their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. DETROIT, Mich., Match 22.— (By Mail)—Injunetion Sharrock ruled for about 20 minutes as president of the Carpenters’ istrict Council here Thursday, ar, 19, and was then placed by the horny hand of a husky carpenter just as the hand of fate is inexorably pushing him aside as a fac- tor in the Carpenters’ Union. When Sharrock tried: his old trick of refus- ing a motion,she found that he had gone “just a fittle bit too far.” The meeting wasupresided over by Vice- } President Reynolds from that time on, and the accumdtlated business of some six weeks, during which the officials have been on their injunction jag, was taken care of. Remove Administration Tool. It was reported to the council that a rat by name of Albert Pollack, who has been spying on the Workers’ Party and Local Union 1191 for “Fos. sil” Botterill, has been employed by the latter as an “assistant” general or. ganizer. The constitution provides for no such office, but what's that among highbinders? The council re- pudiated this fink, and ordered his re- moval from the local field. A motion was made to hold a referendum within thirty days to recall the present offi- cers. The delegates seem about fed up with Sharrock’s wise-guy stuff and show very little sympathy for the pa- thetic figure he cuts nowadays. When removed from the chair, he whined. “You're expelled” at his remover, and the crowd laughed uproariously. Ex- pulsions by Hutcheson and his “little tyrants of the field” are a huge joke since recent proceeding put the ex in expulsions. Delegate Pat Coil, one of Sharrock’s supporters from Local Union 1805. who hadn't quite sobered up from St. Pat’s day, was noisy with Dutch cour- age and Irish bull, but aside from this the meeting was orderly. Decatur Isa Nice Town for Mr. Mueller and Scab Plumbing DECATOR, BL, March *24.—The H. ings to scare the workers. The main speaker was Adolph Mueller himself. He said: “Men, I am’ glad to see so many familiar faces again. (Some of these faces have been with Mueller for 35 years because they could never save mdney enough t6 go elsewhere.) Then he went on: “Men, I will tot allow any unions in this factory. If you begin to organ- | eyts ize, beware, I will shut the plant down, | striking against wage cuts. But I know you won't give me any trouble and so I won’t shut the place.” I believe he is right, as any man who would try to organize there would not last long, for every other worker there is a stool pigeon and a hand- shaker. However, .a few DAILY WORKERS get passed around. Mueller has about 2,000 employes, mostly boys and girls, some boys un- der sixteen. The average pay in the production department is 35 cents an hour. b Give your grammete this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to going to stand for officials at the head of our organization who hand down decisions whereby we are branded as dual and illegal if we congregate to- gether to devise ways and means to find relief for our unemployed and their starving wives and _ children? The time has come when we should defy the enemies of our class, the tools of the operators. Class Difference in the Union. There is something most damnably wrong, when the officials of our or- ganization eat at banquets and live in the best hotels, ride in Pullman cars, and hob-nob with the operators, while the rank and file have to ride in box cars on the road and sleep out in the cold while looking for a master to give them a job—and their little children at home with hot a bite of bread in their rented shacks. John. L. Lewis didn’t say half what could have been said, when he men- tioned that Brother Frank Farrington had: received a round sum of money from W. J. Lester for a permit to re move dirt off his strip mine. And Frank Farrington made a very mild assertion when he said that his Broth- er, John L.- Lewis, had descended to the level of a louse. They both con- tended they were telling the truth, and we have’ good reasons to believe them both when they get to telling of each other’s misdoings. Open Shop Drive Starting. The Pary Coal company and the Business Men’s association, on Feb. 23, held a meeting in the city hall. They said the purpose of the meeting was for the coal company to get the business men of O'Fallon to donate $3,000 to the Pary Coal company to fight the high freight rates that pre- vailed within 20 miles of St. Louis. But the coal miners in O’Fallon know that the “open shop” drive is on and it is a good time for the coal op erators and the business men to get together and help John L, Lewis and his gang of blood suckers to destroy the U. M. W. of A. The coal companies are calling on the chambers of commedce.in all cit ies within 20 miles of St. Louis to 'raise large sums of money to fight the Mueller company, makers of plumbing ihigh freight rates—so they say. goods, have started a series of meet- | 1922 In the chambers of commerce raised $50,000 for the prosecution of the Herrin coal miners because they had the guts to defend themselves against thugs and a bunch of scab herders. At that time also a number of union coal miners fell in the battle at Herrin, Il. Must Prepare for Struggle. With or without our officials we must prepare to fight against wage The Connelville miners are unorganized and were basely betrayed by Lewis during the last strike. It is a crime that they are not members of our union. Nova Scotia is striking against wage cuts, their enemy, the British Empire Steel corporation, one of thé most powerful corporations in Amer.- ica. Everywhere we see the coal aperat- tell us that nothing can be done, ex- cept to produce more and cheaper coal. The rank and file must act. Come to the support of the miners on strike by demanding that the strike front be broadened to cover the en- tire industryg Sete ae “4 ‘you claimed previously They are | tn A imental to labor organization. ors closing in on us, yet our officials | ton and worsted mills in the country, is installing the latest automatic looms to profit from the reduction in the staff of workers. The facts came out in Superintendent Arthur P. Rob- erts’ speech before the legislative la- bor committes)in Concord. Roberts argued. against wo bill relating to fines for imperfect weaving. Workers in textile mills are always complaining of the methods employ- ers use in fining them for imperfec- tions in weaving. The company’s in- spector too often deducts many more yards of the material than the imper- fections justify in order to make the pay to workers that much less. Roberts explained that at Amos- keag with automatic looms the deduc. tions for fines have amounted to only one-tenth of one per cent of the $9,300 average wages for a two-month period. Under the old system of one worker to 12 looms the wages totalled $14,000 for the two-month period and deductions for fines amounted to three-tenths of one pér cent, he claimed. Under the new weaving system Am- oskeag saves about $6,000 in wages every two months. Weavers now man age 24 looms apiece. Meanwhile the excess textile workers wonder when business will boom enough to give them jobs again and few of them real- ize that the machines have perma nently crowded them out of their old jobs. Turncoat Wills Has His Say, But Members Remind Him of Past At the meeting of the Distriet Coun- cil of Machinists, Charley Wills, under “good and welfare,” attacked the Com- munists, saying that, “Since the Com- munists made a united front with the Anderson slate—it meant sure defeat to that slate. “The super-radicals,” he said, a detriment to our organization,” and he cited the left wing fights against | the labor fakers’ schemes of class col. | laboration in the miners,’ carpenters’ and clothing workers’ unions. Wills evidently thinks that the “organiza- tion” means the traitorous officials. To this palavar, the members made vigorous remonstrance, One speaker saying, “You, Brother Wills, were one | of those ‘super-radicals’ a couple of | years ago in order to get along with the Chicago Federation of Labor. But | since the Chicago Federation changed | its policy and went back to the camp) of Gompers you have seen the butter- ed side of your bread and have be- trayed your principles, the principles were funda- You did it to hold your job in the federation.” At this sally the delegates and visi- tors applauded uproariously Wills tried in vain to answer, but the dele- gates would not listen. The Johnston machine has poor apologists. “are | | By their actions the carpenters of De- against dual unionism is a fraud, it is a sham fight to rid ‘himself of all elements opposed to him. Most im- portant of all he wishes all those in- telligent and militant members and groups who oppose him within the Brotherhood to join dual unions or form little unions of their own. Then he and his corrupt gang can rule un- challenged over the Brotherhood. It should be readily seen that this building trades dual union is a club used by the building trades to drive the Carpenters’ Union to accept the . jurisdictional award on metal trim. These officials are exactly like Hutcheson. They are warring now and they wish to use the rank and file to fight their battles. Once peace is declared with Hutcheson they will turn on the rank and file, and those who have been their dupes will be- come their victims. You should and must co-operate with the building trades but not to knife your own or- ganization. Stand by Your Supporters. We point out that hundreds of lo cal unions thruout the country are backing the Detroit carpenters in this fight. They too have grievances to settle with Hutcheson and his gang. To turn aside from the struggle now or to abandon the fundamental consti- tutional basis of our fight on which basis we have enlisted their support would be open treachery to them. De- troit’s carpenters are fighters. They have the courage to stay in a fight even when the strategy of battle ne- cessitates some painful patience. The forces of corruption against which you struggle have been gathering and entrenching themselves for years, they will not be dislodged with a skirmish. A bunch of robbers have taken pos- session of your organization. It is the part of weakness to say “Let them have it, we will build another.” We call upon the carpenters to rally to the defense of their organization against all enemfes both without and within. troit must brand as a lie the charge of Hutcheson, that those whose con- stitutional rights he violates are dual unionists. Carpenters! stand staunch for your Brotherhood! Keep up the fight within your un- ion! Patience, courage and will right every wrong! Make your union worthy of your best efforts and most sacred devotion! TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE, Detroit; Mich. HELP! HELP!! | We need volunteer help in mail- ing out 10,000 invitations for the March celebration and anti-Abra- movich demonstration. if you can spare an hour or a day come and help ! LABOR DEFENSE COUNCIL 19 S. Lincoln St. intelligence Contest for a $400 Radice GRAND BAZAAR given by the Czecho-Slovak Section of the Workers Party for the benefit of “DELNIK” BOHEMIAN-AMERICAN HALL, 1438 W. 18th Street MARCH 26, 27 & 28, 1925 Admission on. Thursday and Friday 15c¢ Good Musico—Doors Open at 7:30 P. M. Saturday Afternoon Children’s Day , at the Saturday Night 500 —

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I - St Se OO A Ee OR oa ae ENTS ASK waNY QUESTIONS er Sey C Classes Are ~ Very Interesting ' By Alex Reld and Arley Staples. ne ig “The Workers Party school, histort- >) @al in the sense that it is the first " school of its kind in America, has started into its second and final week with the students and teachers in high enthusiasm. The courses so far have been atten- tively received and attended by the students and their interest is mani- fésted in the divers questions shot to the teachers on the particular subject at the close of each lecture, and their answers toe the questions of the vari- é6us teachers. *’fhe fraternization of the comrades is...remarkable, and to us seems a splendid testimény to a keen under- standing of the reason they are at school, that is, to fit themselves for more responsible work in the party. "As part of the agertia we attended the North Side English branch on Wonday the 16th, and enjoyed the discussion immensely. The comrades there treated us to a fine example of how a branch should be run and no doubt, the students will take advan- tage of the lesson received. A notable instance was the ab- sence of technical parliamentary rul- ings and interferences generally re- sulting therefrom. The hospitality of the Chicago com- rades to the out of town comrades is worthy of mention, it would be impossible to surpass it any way, and place, and we are sure is only one more instance to be pleasantly remembered by the students at this school. Other invitations to the comrades ' to attend meetings have been receiv- ed and appreciated. We have only one fault to find, and that is we can- not have two years at it instead of two weeks. We sincerely hope this is the first of many courses of its kind and we take this opportunity in closing to extend to the party and to our teach- ers, our sincere appreciation for their splendid efforts and to our comrades at the school likewise, for their con- sideration of each other, and to our many comrades and friends in Chi- cago our sincere appreciation for their many entertainments. 7 * . By GERMINAL ALLARD. 4 HE party intensive training school is in full bloom. It has proven to be successful in carrying out its work among the students of Marxian philosophy. Its purpose as we know is to edu- cate the active ones, to acquaint them with the principles and tactics of the subject in order to properly, under- stand the real function and mission of the Communist internationa] move- ment. The school is successful due to the fact that the qualified instructors have Inid down the program very briefiy so as not to let any important gaps to isolate the students. The lectures are very well linked togeth- er so as to teach us the significance of different subjects. We wish to extend our gratitude to the C. E. C. and the wonderful hos- pitality rendered us by the comrades of Chicago is great appreciated. It is their hospitality that has enabled us to attend the school. It is neces- sary to give the comrades credit for accomodating us into their homes. In order to repay our debts to the party we will return to our respec- tive communities and agitate our propaganda with more deterinination, earry our duties with more accuracy and activity with the weapon of the Cc. lL. and the DAILY WORKER: the only weapons for the working class under the parare penises — RED REVEL of the FOSTER JUNIOR GROUP of Brooklyn, N. Y.—March 28, 8 P. M. at COLUMBIA HALL Stone & Blake Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y. The Latest Issue No. 8 | No. 8 is now being mailed. This number of the “Communist International’’ in addition to: “Seven Years: The First Annl- versary of the Revolution Without Lenin” by GREGORY ZINOVIEV , contains articles on: United States, England, Georgia, China, France and Jugo-Slavia. Single Copy 25 Cents. $2.50 a Year—$1.25 Six Months “Order from the Dally Worker Agent in your city or THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill, y (phone Stuyvesant 8100) and ask tor Suffering on the neg We forkers,” Says Inte Kel ers’ Aid| | s " A relief worker cares for a The big and other railroad equipment. great railroad corporations are huge funds for new equip- Se ee ee Sie: a eee _ ‘Stor rm in southern Illinois janived leuainotbees But in the treasuries of the i ed ' CO lag ARNE ae tw ee ite” se ph alll eto hy Tee ers’ School, Room $4, Comrade Grecht, secretary of the school, or Comrade Carlson, the direc- tor. | Principles of C Thursday evenings; instructor. Marxism—Meets Friday evenings; J. Mindel, instructor. International Communist Movement ¥—Meetg Tuesday evenings; W. Wein- stone, instructor, American Economic and Social His- tory—Meets Monday evenings; A. Trachtenberg, instructor . Current Events—Meets Friday eve- nings; Ludwig Lore, instructor. Trade Union Classes. History of the American Labor Movement—Meets Wednesday eve- nings; Solon DeLeon, instructor. Fundamentals of Communism — Meets Friday evenings; Oliver Carl- son, instructor. N. Y. Friday Night Class by Lore on “Current Events” NEW YORK, March. 25.—For those who want to get a better understand- ing of the happenings of the day thruout the world; for those who de- sire to be in a position to understand the social and economic forces at work in this and all other countries, there is offered the opportunity to re- gister for the class on current events with Comrade Ludwig Lore as in- structor. The class will hold its first meet- ing this Friday evening, 8 p. m. at the Workers Party headquarters, 108 BE. 14th street. Everyone who can do should take the opportunity ef registering for and attending this class, which will be held regularly every Friday evening. Meets W... Weinstone, Cleveland League | Membership Meets on Shop Nuclei CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 25.— A general membership meeting of the Young Workers League will. be held Sunday, April 19, at 2 p. m Max Salzman, member of the national ex- ecutive committee will report and wil | also talk on shop nuclei. | George Papcun will bring in a re-| port for the industrial committe for | the re-organization of the league on | a working area basis. - cuss in full the problems before the | that date must be postponed. All members must be present to dis- pr int Ly your shop. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE OF NEWARK HAS CLASS IN ABC OF COMMUNISM NEWARK, N. J., March 25.—The Young Workers’ League is conduct- ing a class here in the A. B: C. of Communism every Thursday eve ning at the Labor Lyceum, 704 §. 14th street. Newark is one of the largest in- dustrial cities in the country, a large percentage of the population being workers. , Olgin to Speak at “Jewish Colonization in Russia” Meeting NEW YORK, March 25.—Comrade M, J. Olgin. will. speak at the “Icor” concert and mass meeting at -the Brownsville Labor Lyceum, 219 Sack- man St., Brooklyn, on Sunday even- ing, March 29. “Icor” is the abbrev. iated name for the Committee for Jewish Colonization in Soviet Russia As its name implies, its aim is tc help the Soviet government by mean: of colonization, remove those section of the Jewish population in Russi: who were formerly engaged in un- productive activity, such as trade, into productive agricultural work. The speakers, in addition to Com- rade Olgin, will be Dr. Glassman, D. Abrahams and Jacob Levene. The musical members will include Pola Carter, the well known singer of Rus- sian and Jewish folk songs; and Greg- ory Matusevitch, the concertina play- er. Workers Invited to Attend Lecture on Imperialism: Tonight Imperialism is a subject upon which many workers are not fully informed. Many think it concerns only far-away peoples, and has nothing to do with themselves. To enlighten them upon this subject, the Mid-City English branch of the Workers Party is hold- ing a meeting Thursday night, to which all workers are invited, espe- cially those not yet members of the party. . Manuel Gomez will lecture upon “Imperialism” the meeting to begin at 8 p. m., Thursday evening at 722 Blue Island avenue, in the Greek Workers’ Hall. All“workers invited, no admission charged. Communist Couple Married at Red Wedding in St. Paul ST. PAUL, Minn., March 24.—-The first Communist marfiage in the Northwest took place here with Max Allen and Anna Quarterniaster, mem- bers of the Young Workers League, as the principals. Comrade C. A. Hathaway, Minnea- polis district organizer of the Work- ers (Communist) Party, told how rel- _igion dopes the workers and is used to the Red Sport Club Has Sunday Hike. NEW YORK, March 25.—The Red | this hike. athletic club of New York is arrang- ing a hike for next Sunday, March 29, mi ea All comrades and sympathizers are —N. GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE! invited to attend A wonderful time, all sorts | of sports and games everybody that; The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, will join us next Sunday will not be | 424 St. Louis railroad asked the in-| purposes. Palisades, N. J. We start! nor feel sorry. promptly at 9 *o’clock in the morn-| Al. Furman, Director. ing from the district office, 108 Easty 14th street, Strauss, Secretary. | Railroads Would Issue Bonds. \caleooda for expenditures made dur- | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25.—! ing the period of federal control and Chicago | the remainder is to be used for other The bonds are to be guar- terstate commerce commission today anteed by the Pennsylvania railtoad. for authority to issue $26,000,000 of’ general mortgage 6 per cent ‘gold (bonds. Of this amount $10,250,000 is Get a sub—make another Com- ‘to be paid to the director general of munist! / a yi 9 by the capitalists to make the workers | forget their small wages and long | hours of labor. The marriage register was signed | before a commissar, as is the pract- ice in Soviet Russia. Capital and the clergy, in effigy, were swept out of the hall, and the audience of 300 sang the Internation- al. Anna Quartermaster came from Moscow nine months ago. Write us a letter—tell us how you work, what are your wages shop conditions—and then ) \ CAN BE DONE BY COMMUNISTS! | IN The Second Annual Sub Campaign ‘ GET A SUB— From another worker. 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re way gra day » te #tes ne WORCESTER, Mass., "Marche 25.— “The United States may withhold recognition of Russia for a number of years, but eventually she must rec ognize the Soviet government,” was the prediction made by Prof, Jerome Davis of Yale nein! re = ¥ ly charged. poet most antift reports had their origin in rae min¢ of propagandists. “Whatever trial and misery the Russian people have experienced during the past aide have not been due to the activities of the Reds, but to the heritage of injustice and inequality left by i Romanoff dynasty.” ' Country Recovering. Prof. Davis, who served in Russia during the world war, told of the sufferings of the Russian people, 82 per cent of whom were totally il- literate and for whom the czar did nothing but levy taxes. Hven the win- dows of the homes of the peasants were taxed he said which led the peasants to board up the windows and give tuberculosis a chance to deci- mate the poor people. Speaking. of Russia today, Prof. Davis said that the country has been rapidly recovering, the currency has been stabilized on a gold basis and altho antagonists of Communism and Bolshevism have predicted the col- lapse of the Russian state it has actually grown stronger and contin- ues to grow. Chicago, Notice! On Sunday afternoon, March 29, at Ashland Auditorium, there will be an international unity demon- stration and benefit entertainment. No branch is permitted to arrange any conflicting dates of any kind whatsoever. Affairs already fixed Must be changed. The complete strength of the party must be mobilized at this affair as a fitting anewer to the Abramovich attack. : + a, 4 if q wre het, Rel Pe MEE 2 Bei ys Pete age a a Ee ae ¢ ‘LOW WAGES ANDHIGH PROFITS IN WILLI DESPITE MILLS SHOWN COMPANY’S BOASTS| By Sani taka SIMONS. (Special to The Daily Worker) WILLIMANTIC, Conn., March 25.—As the strikers marched to the hall |; ‘from the mill yesterday morning some well dressed freak remarked: “Why, what are they striking for? It looks like a Fifth Avenue parade.” Evidently, strikers must appear on the march in rags to satisfy some capitalist apo- What are the wages in the mills? When the workers have any griev- ance, the company always trots out the figures of a few well paid girls, as pfroof that wages are high. Just as capitalist colleges when charged with suppression of freedom of speech ens the instructors and professors would point to one individual. profes- sor who is given some latitude of. ex- lj pression as proof’ that anyone could: express himself. The Bell Ewe. = They point to a girl making $35 in a certain week, forgetting that. the highest wage for a girl for the year was an average of $28 a week; and ‘|that in the same départment,. many of the women were making $12 a week before the cut, and $10.80 now, jand that some women who have been working in the mill all their lives get in some departments only $9 a week. In the shuttle bobbin department, the maximum wage of the women in- spectors is $13,50 a week. The company omits the fact that women making these so-called high} wages work at top speed, and do odds and ends even at noon, so that their hours are more than 48 a week. They come to work early in the morning, too. When the low wages are pointed out to the company, they reply: “Those who can’t make more, should not be working in the mill.” Nothing re- mains than for the company to throw ‘I out those who do not yield sufficient surplus value for the shareholders. But this they will not do, unless they can replace them with others. The American (!) Thread Co. finds it to their advantage to have a few girls speed up and make higher wag- es than the rest, and to give them more work than to others. The work is not fairly divided among the’ work- ers. This favoritism tends to keep the workers divided. How Many Workers Are There? The American Thread Co. plant in Willimantic employs about 6,000 workers, divided in three depart- ments. Finishing, 1,500; works, 200; manufacturing, 800. Im the finishing department there are @bout 1,275 wo- men and 225 men; anufacturing, 450 women am ; in works, OUR DAILY PAITER ——— “ENSEMBLE” COSTUME 5003-4839. The most popular style of the season is here pictured. It combines in this instance ladies’ coat 5008 and one piece dress 4839. Broad- cloth, and a wool mixture in black and gray are used together. One could have satin or faille in two shades or in contrasting colors. The smartness of the “ensemble” depends on the combination that expresses harmony with just the right contrast. The coat may be nished in the shorter length that is illustrated in the small view. The fronts may be buttoned to the neck, or rolled open as in the large view. The dress is a simple one piece “slip on” model, with the fulness caught in rows of upright plaits or tucks. The coat pattern is cut in 6 sizes: 34, 86, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. The dress is cut in 7 sizes; 16, 18 and 20 years for misses and 38, 4D, 42 and 44 inches bust meas- ure for ladies. for a 38 inch size as illustrated in the large view, will require 2% yards of the wool mixture and 2% yards of the broadcloth, 54 inches wide with % yard of contrasting silk for facings on the coat, or the coat may be lined entirely; the lining to serve as a fac- ing. This will require 4% yards. TWO separate patterns mailed to any address on receipt of 12c FOR EACH pattern in silver or stamps. To make the costume | paILY WO 200 men and ho we e the average mill‘ to town, The dye room ig n only, Ab ge. Si The aristog the mill, the dresser te ‘a, 82 before the ae GTQ) et peseaen« LiL. ee L gesseces' [amas et =eeseceseas eee me ; 4740. Gingham, the season’s pop- ular material, was chosen for this garment. In green and white or brown and white gingham, this would be very pleasing with trimming of linene and rick rack braid in self color or white. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas- use. A Medium size requires 4% yds. of 32 inch material. The width at the foot is 2 yards. For band on pocket, and at the opening, and for belt % yard of contrasting material 36 inches wide is required, Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. Address: The DAILY WORKER, W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, lil. * es NOTICE TO PATTERN apt ta oe tterns being sold thru ‘the LY wo RKER pattern department ane — sished by a New York firm of pattern manufacturers. Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as re- 1113 ‘fcelved, and they are mailed by the man- ufacturer direct to the customer. The RKER does not keep a stock of vatterns on hand. Delivery of terns ordinarily will take at least 10 days from the date of mailing the order. not become impatient if your pattern is delayed. FASHION BOOK NOTICB! Send i2c in silver or stamps for our up-to-date Spring and Summer Book of Fashions, showing color plates and containing 500 designs of ladies’, misses’, and childrem’s patterns, a aon cise and comprehensive article on dress making, also some points for the needie dillutrating 30 of the various si be stitches), all valuable hints to the hon dress r : ) out, which brought it down to $28,85. One worker has been in the mill for twenty years, and at the end of that period gets the wage of $28.85 as a dresser tender. In the printing department, a be- ginner gets $18 a week on a job press. If he gets to work on a cylinder (and it takes about ten years to attain that dizzy height) he gets $24, and after ten years of that, gets $33 (B. C.) before the cut. After working seventeen years in the mill a printer gets $29.70 a week. In the finishing densisthiene. men running assembling machines for shell bobbins get $18 at the start, and not over $23; after the cut, $20.70. Men running the embossing machine start at $18, with a maximum of $24 (now $21.60.) The “Die” House. In the dye and bleach house, the 100 men were getting $24.90 for 48 hours a week, that is, if they worked there six months or more. Here the company pulled one of its skin games. am assured by several workers of that department that after one week, & man can do the work. It is heavy work, but can be picked up quickly. Having seen a dyeing machine in mo- tion, I can bear this out. Still, for the first three months, a man gets only $17.25, and for the next three months, only $19.25 a week. The high- est paid wage after the cut is only $22.40 a week, for strong men, put- ting in a hard day’s work. Before the war, wages in this dye house were $11, which was forced upward by workers taking advantage of war orders to a maximum of $28. But the company shut down the mill on Saturdays, and so the real wage was $26. Then came the wage cut of 22% per cent, bringing it down to about $22. Again an increase was forced, in 1923, of 12% per cent, bring- ing it up to $24.90, the recent cut lowering it to its present level of $22.40. The Contrast. Wages low. Dividends high. Work- ers exploited . An the mill. Parasites at Bermuda ‘and other summer re- sorts, basking in the sun. Workers : erage cut, Dividends up,... Workers. a ting ‘for themselves and children. Capitalists crushing the mill slaves. This conflict cannot be bridged ‘despite’ the preaching of harmony be- tween labor and capital by dgo- called “labor leaders.” Many of the exploited mill slaves know from bit- ter experience that there is class war between them and the American Thread Co. And those who do not know it will yet learn the lesson, when this industrial conflict which now raging assumes a.jore determin- ed character. GET A SUB AND GIVE ONE! Pycckaa Beyepuuka Yes, that’s what we mean: Rus sian Vecherinka, which will be giv- en this Saturday night, March 28, at the House of the Worker (form- erly Soviet School), 1902 W. Divis- ion St. A short play in Russian and dancing will follow. A good time is promised to those who will attend. Wars. before with: more news, an THE YOUNG WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Name fete as gts fogs ean Mats - This organ of the revolutionary yourg workers of America is the only paper of the American ries on a persistent fight against capitalist wallitartem and NOW A WEEKLY PAPER The YOUNG WORKER is more interesting than ever service, and interesting articles by the leaders of the Com- munist movement in America. Every worker young and old will want to subscribe for himself or for a friend. 7 Enclosed find ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF teé#cover one year’s ‘subscription to the (weekly) YOUNG WORKER. ein ee ee os 4 ese ae pa J ly we i An DAILY Saher NEGROES: BARRED FROM BUILDING NEW ORLEANS, La., March 25.— An ordinance passed by this city de- finitely forbidding a Negro to build or occupy a home in any section of the city where @ majority of the peo- ple are white, has been upheld as con- stitutional bygéie supreme court of Louisiana. PIGi@are being made to carry it to th@@gited States supreme court, °° aan The state me court decision construes the as coming within the “police powaam” of that state. This ruling gives th@@Gities of Louisiana the we right defini @ Outline and restrict certain sectiogg ®f a city for whites and others f s. In no instance must the two mingle. The chief justice, in d@Mvéring the opinion of the court, s frequent reference to “social equality,” “amalgamation,” and their attemaant “terrors.” In an effortiae.: the law hold yd ss even: its coming under he (tesaw must single out a particular group for discrimination, the New Orleans ordinance also speci- fies that white people must not live in a neighboorhodd in which the major- ity of the people are colored. Cloak of Impartiality This portion of the ordinance is making the judges of the Louisiana courts chuckle audibly. It performs for the andience two needed functions ~—tt gives it an air of impartiality, thus preventing the ordinance from being set aside by the courts, and it lutely nothing. No white person, even one free of all prejudice, will deliberately choose to put up with the extortionate rents wrung from Negroes, mot to’ mention the many petty injustices attendant upon resi- dence in the Negro district. Whites Exploit Negroes r+, ..7.t While the law. prevents a Negro from buyifig @ house in the white district,. when he proposes to rent it te,"Wilite tenants, it does not in practice’préevent whites from buy- ing houses fh theNegro district. There are hundreds, #f apartments, restau- rants, theatersy almost every city, owned to all @ppearances by Negroes and catering #@-Negroes. They are % by a white capital- me Negro, willing to Zor the sake of a few a foil. from any angle you ve favorable to the to a few Negro Het the law was Clothing Goncern Tries to Smash the Granville Unions GRANVILLE, IIL, March 26. — In thie mining town, which is also sur- rounded by mines a new factory building (clothing factory) is being erected. For the privilege of putting up this factory in the, town, the manufac- turers want the citizens to pay for the factory, and if possible after six years the manufacturers will try to pay the money back. The workers are to be exploited no doubt, when the factory is finished. Granville has a main street, bank, postoffice, a depot, and about four blocks of stores, and several church- es, but as soon as the young people leave school it is necessary to go to other localities to seek work. An eastern’ clothing concern is transferring their factory to this place, and will likely see that this place is not molested by unions. ee ee ee The Young Worker Fights Militarism ann i ns hi pa hn hAhA Ahhh hhh hhh hh bh HA AA AA AAA MAAAAAAAAAA . uth that car- improved international news ~ a ie ’ Address ; ; . Se City State Sn = “ ! nit = BUILDERS © AT DETROIT WANTS 20,000 How Many Will You Get? The present DAILY WORKER committee of Detroit, headed by Com- rade Goetz, have not only retained an exceptionally high number of ex- piring subs by visiting them for renewal, but they have also added enough new subs in the past two months to reach the highest mark ever held in Detroit, The reasons are simple: they are always ALIVE. The committee is daily getting more co-operation from branches thru persistent work; and ‘on every occasion they have ordered either a special edition for free distribution (pald by advertising secured) or a large number of a regular The DAILY WORKER committee has already laid plans for May Day. In writing us of its decisions, Comrade Goetz says: “The matter of the special issue has been taken under considera- tion and we have decided that the mass distribution of the DAILY R WORKER Is the most important thing, regardiess whether it wae a special issue or not. For this reason we are just going to order a large number of DAILY WORKERS for May Day as we think that the distribution on that day ought to be especially successful both from the view of distribution as well as from the propaganda value as- sociated with May Day. Their order for 20,000 copies of this issue was without solicitation and without having seen a word about it in the DAILY WORKER, it is simply a case of being energetic ‘and far-sighted Communists ever looking for methods to build our movement. On May. 10 they are having a mass meeting for the DAILY WORKER at which Comrade Dunne, editor of “our daily,” will speak, These are the methods of Detroit: no fancy program, just plain, hard “plugging.” How many copies of the May Day number (it will be a especial of 12 pages!) is your local going to order? Get your Communists busy now on this question of the May Day issue of the DAILY WORKER! oe 6. SS On THURSDAY, MARCH 24, these BUILDERS sent in NEW subs in the Second Annual Sub Campaign: CHICAGO, ILL.—E. Sarapu (3), Benjamin Maller, 0. E. Early, Nels Kjar, A. Valentine, PITTSBURGH, PA.—Fred Merrick (2). DETROIT, MICH.—Alfred Goetz (9). MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—A, Butler. MILWAUKEE, WI8.—G, Piccoli, G. Shklar. BALTIMORE, MD.—S. Cohen. SUPERIOR, WIS.—Ellen Lemponen (2). WOODLAWN, PA.—M. Resetar. BROOKLYN, N. Y.—J. Weiss. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Chas., Dirba. ; JAMESTOWN, N. Y.—W. A, Little. “°°"*" You will see by this list that the new subs afe rolling in faster as the campaign progresses, You will notice alsa (by the numbers with the names) that some comrades have turned in more than one sub. Will your name be listed in this column soon?—How soon? - . > hbhbrhbhb$hbphb$hbhbhahahb hhh ppp papi pint hn rap abn had ana hi haha inrbaA ; a Page Five [Your Union Meeting Fourth Thursday, March 26, 1925. ‘ Name of local, and Place of Mee } ‘Amalgamated Sisthing Workers, ) Ba Bers, 180 W. Washington &t., Barbers, 3010 E. 92nd St. Brewery Workers, 180 W, Wash- Boh etkees: Wr, ats HN Boiler soe Woek Brewery ° — st, a x m 113 8. ———, Bivd. 4+ 6 S. — St. Carpenters, 1 Em < euch Chicage, Avenue Kedzie, vashington mmiss re See W. Randolph St. Cooks, 166 nate on ras 7ist and Cottage Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. Engineers, Morrison Hotel. Firemen and Enginemen, Commercial Avenue. Firemen and €n inemen, Wentworth Ave., Pp. Firemen and Enginemen, y Teylor. Ay 17010 Gee House Workers, 180 W. Washe 33 Garment ae 311 S&S. Ashiand m. AV Hod Soreiceh, 214. W. Harri . Ladies’ Garment Workers, po Van Buren St. ar Maintenance of Way, 318 W,. 63rd Street. Machinists, Roseland,, 11408 Miehi- gan. | Machinists, R. R., 118 ©. Ashland ve. . } 18786 Office Employes the ay Ww. Washington &t., melt, 144 District Pn 1446 W. ‘Dutt’e Hall, Chicage eights. Plasterers, 2045 W. North Ave. Piumbers, 20 W. Randoiph . Plumper, 417 8S. Hatleted - 8:30 a. oe "Presemen aper pene 2), 180 W. Waeh ningter Clerks, 448 W. ashing- ton Raliway Clerks, s7 &. Van Buren Railway Carmen, 8445 8. Ashtand ve Railway Clerks, ° 4 yy g* Railwa ene 4 8t. P . R. Neren; Ave. Railroad “Trainmen, 127 WN. Fran- Sheet Metal, Ogden and Ta Switchmen, ‘Ogden and Ta 17 SwiteSmen, 8. Chica Team. eters, Ashland and Van Buren oa meters, 8206 Heuston fv holsterers eg Ra vier. | 1 18783 ¥ atchmen (Mun. : oyes, 11087 Electrical, Gro 9118 5058 “Soden Painters’ Adams Painters, Raliway, 17616 Warehouse Em Wood Turners’ inion. Ciberty Mail, 3420 W. Roosevelt Rd. . Washington St. (Note—Unless otherwise stated all meetings are at 8 p. m.) SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT | SOCIETIES Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortschirtt Meets every ist & 8rd Thursday, Wicker Park Hall, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. E. W. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS So ee ae ’ PHILADELPHIA, ATTENTION! Given by the — , ITALIAN BRANCH.No, 2 OF THE WORKERS PARTY OF AMERICA for the Benefit of “I! Lavoratore”’ Tickets 50 Cents, including Wardrobe First Annual Dance Saturday, March 28, 1925, 7:30 to 12 p. m. CASTLE HALL, 21st and TORONTO STREETS. Ladies Free | —_——— aaa aaaAfe . Seven Places 62 W. Van Buren 42 W. Harrieon 160 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 8. 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oven SS ee a MA Ceo 4 ~ es b 4 ‘ >. $8.00 per year - Adress all mail and make out checks to , 1198 w. Washington Bivd. > :- Monroe 4712) a SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall; $2.50..6 months $2.00..3 months Ht (in Chicago only): “2 "$4. 50. ..6 months $2.50...3 montha THE DAILY WORKER \ Chicago, Iinele 3. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. D NNEt mehere MORITZ J. LOBB.........s0000--Business Manager ee ®ntered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post: Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1878. Advertising rates os applicatica Europe Bickers—Soviet Russia Builds The speech of Austen Chamberlain, British for- eign minister, delivered Tuesday in the house of commons is the most friendly expression of official British feeling towards Germany made public since the outbreak of the war. It is probable that the speech marks the definite alignment of Britain and Germany against France —an alignment having as much organizational character as is possible under circumstances that make each new German regime a temporary and ineffective instrument for treaty purposes. Great Britain is just as much interested in the German frontier questions as Germany is. The power of France in Europe is based on a system of alliances with small nations like Poland that have received territory and natural resources for- merly German. Great Britain may be willing to perpetuate the present Rhineland frontier, but she is not willing to have Germany, whose industrial and military revival is necessary as a weapon against France, stripped forever of the coal and iron of Silesia that would form the basis of her heavy industry. Neither is Great Britain willing to give France guarantees of security enabling her to make Ger- many a French colony. The British dominions have put their collective foot on this proposal as the British ee oe office probably expected they would. France now dirts again with Turkey as a means of bringing pressure upon Great Britain so that in the Balkans and in Asia Minor the threat of war continues. Turkey and Great Britain are at swords’ points over the Mosul oil fields and France is thus able to make considerable inroads on British diplomacy at Angora. It is now more than seven years since the armistice was signed and there is no sign that the allied governments are any closer to a settlement of the national rivalries than they were at that time. The Versailles treaty has increased the an- tagonisms rather than eliminated them. To the east of the European war pot Soviet Rus- sia goes calmly along strengthening herself in- ternally—winning the confidence and support of the great masses of the orient as well as the fraternal sympathy and aid of the oppressed work- ers of the western nations. Class and Racial Unity in the Coal Fields ! It is no light matter to decide to fight the steel trust in the coal fields of Pennsylvania. It is a still more serious matter in the Fayette coal fields where the Frick Coal company carries out the policy of shooting and clubbing workers that the} man for whom it is named began in the great steel strike in Homestead. A strike in this district and under these condi- tions is no Maytifhe gambol. It is something that involves the very lives of thousands of miners and their families. to the treachery of the Lewis officialdom of the miners’ union, but they have been in more than one struggle and have a great fund of fighting ex- perience to guide them. In this situation it is heartening to read our news of yesterday which tells of the Negro miners on strike with the white workers. Some time ago we wrote that given the same industrial experience as the white work the Negro toiler would show just as much militancy and loyalty to his class. In the Fayette coal fields there is now living proof of the correctness of this statement. Upon the militants in Pennsylvania organized in the Workers (Communist) Party of America and the T. U. FE. L. is the responsibility for providing speakers, organizers and relief just as they did in the strike of 1922. That they are on the job is shown by the news we receive every day of the struggle as it devélops. “Call a Cop!” The close connection between the police depart- ment and the low wage mercantile establishments | is shown by the arrest of three members of the Chi- cago local of the Workers (Communist) Party. These comrades were distributing a leaflet de-| tailing the grievances of the workers in the Boston | Store. They were arrested.on the complaint of the munagement altho no law had been violated. The| usual investigation to determine the existence of “foreign influence,” if any, was conducted by the police and the comrades were*then released after spending many hours in the _noisome city jail. This country is ruled by the club of the police. | Every labor skinner, when lis misdeeds are made public by militant workers, calls a cop ahd wants | the offenders locked up for life or deported. The bosses have every reason to be loyal to their government. The miners are unorganized, due’ The Baltimore gnembers of the Amalgamated |Clothing Workerg’seem to have recovered from the poison injected into them by the Hillman machine two years ago, |" They are now out on strike for a new schedule of wages and working.conditions. From all reports the spirit of the workers is splendid and their fight of the most militant character. Members of the Workers (Communist) Party are taking an active part in the strike. This should be brought to the attention of Sam Levin, manager of the Chicago joint board, who is blacklisting all members of the party he can induce the bosses to fire. He might be able to make the basis for an- other story in the labor-hating Chicago Tribune centering around a new Communist plot in Balti- more. The news of the Amalgamated strike is carried by us just as we carry the news of the coal miners’ strike in Pennsylvania and oe other news of work- ers’ struggles. The attitude of the officialdom does not influence us in matters of this kind. The Com- munists are slugged and arrested on the picket line by the thugs of the bosses; in the unions they are persecuted and beaten by the thugs of the bureau- crats and the bosses. We know that our enemies are enemies of. the working class and one of these days the working class will also know it. The activity of our comrades in Baltimore is much more damaging to the poisonous influence of. the Hillmans and Levins than a_ thousand speeches and articles. _ Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. The Communist. Press The Communist press is something more than an organ of the advance guard of the’working class, the Communist parties of the countries in which it is published. It is, in addition to portraying the struggles of the workers at home, the medium thru which the workers of all countries talk to one another and unify their forces in the international battle line. We have published this week the news that the Red International of Labor Unions has sent $5,000 to assist the striking Nova Scotia miners, that a still larger. sum® has been sent to the striking Chinese workers; we have published the appeal for aid from. the Japanese workers who groan un- der the pitiless provisions of the new anti- sedition law of the Japanese exploiters; we carry the story of the persecution of the Polish Communist work- ers and,..of.the drive against the revolutionary workers in,Palestine. No grieyance of the workers is too small to find expression in its columns nor does the tremendous power-of -world imperialism cow it to silence when the shrieks of tortured workers in other nations reach our, ears. The struggle against world ‘capitalism is world- wide. The Communist press is neither. American, German, French, English, Italian or Chinese—it is working class and it forms the chain which will one day link the world’s workers to the World Soviet Republic. Chicago Carpenter Militants Win The. militant carpenters of Local 181 are back in the union. The expulsions were never ratified by the union and with the retreat of International | President Hutcheson to a petulant demand for an apology for vigorous language in the resolution which caused the trouble, the local union, which had stood by the expelled men all the way thru, decided that the militants should come back. They go back to resume the work of exposing the anti- working class character of the Hutcheson adminis- tration and building the unign into an efficient weapon in the daily struggle and the combat against capitalism. The sturdy fight and victory of the Detroit car- penters on a more clear cut issne unquestionably had much to do with the lifting of the ban on the Chicago militants. This goes to show that broaden- ing the struggle, bringing as mamy workers into is as can be reached, is the best way to fight trade union bureaucrats just as it is the best way to fight .the capitalists and their government. French Lose Interest in Haiti The French government, as we predicted, has backed down on the protest to the league of nations on the occupation of Haiti by American marines since 1915. We do not_know, of course, just what has been said and done, but very likely a short cable message or a call from the representative of the Hotse of Morgan was enough to cause several cases of cold ‘feet among the sudden converts to self-determina- tion in the French foreign office. The French imperialists would undoubtedly like to embarrass their Yankee creditors, but the vision ‘of the franc falling below zero was enough to cool their enthusiasm. “If you don’t like the way we initiate the back- \ward nations of the western hemisphere into the ‘sacred mysteries of American democracy, pay what you owe,” is the verbal club with which the House of Morgan is today cracking the head of more than one spokesman of the European nations. “It Can Be Done by Communists!” For partic- ‘ulars see page four. The ¢ Comsauntand alone are fighting for working class interests im the election campaign that goes It certainly is on the job—for them. | to polls on Sunday in Germany. . \ ogee " us | Cancer of ‘Si Sescenach Is (Special to The Daily Worker) ROME, Italy, March 25.— Benito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy, is in a critical condition, following his public appearance for a brief speech from the Palazzo Chigi balcony. Mus- solini is afflicted with cancer of the duodenum, the u “part of the small intestine, from which he will never recover, his leutgnapts say. ' Mussolini, who kept his power by his violent terror ‘of all opposi- tion will pass from the scene a brok- en, beaten man, just as Woodrow Wil- son, servant of American imperialism, was obliterated fom the political arena. OA The workers of’ Sidty are - -hearten- ed by the divisions® existing within the fascist party, &hd are uniting sol- idly behind Commiinfst leadership. Too Weak for Operation. The doctors refuse to operate on Mussolini, declaring that a venereal disease contracted by Mussolini inthis youth has so weakened his constitu- tion that an operation would be too dangerous. | Mussolini’s condition was first made known to the public when he was forced to take to his bed after a series of fainting spells, followed by a slight stroke which impeded his speech and paralyzed his face. Mussolini is admittedly. not respon- sible for his acts, as his brain is not clear, fascist leaders close to Musso- lini admit. Mussolini gives orders and thep attempts to revoke them af- ter they have already been executed. He has grown morose, and laments that he is drifting into such a miser- able end. Ordered Murders. Mussolini’s illness came at a time when he was growing increasingly unpopular with the.masses of the Ital- ian workers, because of the shocking disclosures that Mussolini had order- ed the murder of the ‘socialist deputy, Matteotti, and was responsible for killing many other opponents. The dissension in the fascisti is now more acute than it has ever been. With the elimination of Mussolini, the general secretary of the fascist party, Farinacci, who ig the extremist, is at- tempting to inaugmarate a_ reign of open murder and violence. Federzoni, minister of the interior, is the leader of the more conservative element within the fascisti, who would rély on the industrialistg-and. on. secret in- trigue rather than open violence to keep the fascisti in power. Split AmohesPasdet. While these two wings of the fas- cisti are fighting for power, many rank and file members of the fascist party are enlisting behind the Com- munist slogan of “all power to the workers,” and are aiding in the cam- paign to get control of the industries thru factory committees and strikes. Teachers’ W q es Do Not Meet ds of Mere Living Costs NEW YORK, March 25.—Backing up its arguments for.the passage of the teachers’ salary increase bill at Teachers’ Associations are publishing a series of graphs showing how the cost of living has risen at twice the speed of teachers’ salaries so that the city’s educators are worse off than in 1920. For instance: Men kindergarten teachers in the 6-B group got $2,160 in 1900. To purchase ag much as they could purchase then the wage should now be $3,920. It is actually $2,875. A graduating class teacher (now as a 7-A to 8-B man) got $2,400 in 1900. To prevent a reduction in his living standard his wage should be $4,365. It is actually $3,250. An elementary school principal in 1900>got $3,500. His wage, prepor- tionate to living costs-ghould be $6,350 now. It is actually, $4,750. A high school assistant in 1900 who got $2,- 400 should now get $4,365 but actual- ly gets $3,700. A High school: princi- pal in 1900 got $6,000; should get $9,090, but actually “gets \$6,500. The graphs do not @ive comparative salaries for the lower classifications of teachers; when these are compiled the comparisons — prove far more striking. + French Seek Pact with Turks Against England'and Russia CONSTANTINOPLE, March 25.— Henri Franklin-Boyillon, has been sent to Turkey by the Herriot govern- ment to attempt to influence the Turk- ish government to break with Russia | and form an alliance with France. The French representatitve wants the support of - Turkey in North Africa, the middfe* east and Syria against England, w Russian infiu- ence excluded. The Turks have been peteres use of the™ Bagdad railway, munitions and credits and support against English masapes in Mosul, it is geet | 15,000 NEW sales JUNE 151 Albany the joint salary committee of State Police Fight Workers (Continued from Page 1). 62 the efforts of workers demanding . creased wages and improved ‘oll tions of labor. The form of organization and the | numbers of the state constabulartes, | vary from state to state. Some are called “departments of public safety,” some inp some “state detect- ive bureaus.” Some sort of state police laws are found in the following states, passed in-the years indicated: Arizona (1913), Connecticut (1921), Delaware (1915), Idaho (1921), Kentucky (1921), Maine (1916), Massachusetts (1922), Michi- gan (1919), Nebraska (1913), Nevada (1919), New Jersey (1921), New York (1917), Pennsylvania (1919—revised), South Carolina (1912), Tennessee (1919), Texas (1920), West Virginia (1923). Cossacks Not An Exception It is impossible to go into detail here, but instances can be cited show- ing that the Pennsylvania cossacks are the type and not the exception. The state constabulary in New York has only a short history thus far but that history is black with crimes against the workefs who move the wheels of industry in the great empire state. Stories printed in the capital- ist press itself show that the state troopers sent to Buffalo “to head off expected violence” in the street rail way strike of 1922, behaved so out- rageously that they were opposed even be Mayor Schwab and all the city councilmen. A petition signed by 265,- 000 names called upon the governor to withdraw the troops and stated that the troopers committed “unmanly and brutal actions,” that they “malicious- ly attacked” peaceful citizens and that they “have irratjonally ridden on side- walks, dispersing innocent pe- destrians. Those “Rural” Communities Buffalo is not exactly a rural com- munity—nor is Utica, nor Rochester, nor Schenectady; but these are the places where the New York state pol- ice appear to be most needed. West Virginia is another state in which a state constabulary has been just recently set up. The West Vir- ginia force is only a few years old and every class conscious worker in the state looks upon it as a deadly enemy. It is in fact a mere auxiliary of the private gunmen and Baldwin-Felts de- tectives employed by the business in- terests. Constabulary Protects Company Killers Bloody indeed is the anti-labor re- cord of the West Virginia troopers. Five of these state troopers were on the scene when C. E. Lively, company stool pigeon, shot Sid Hatfield and Ed; Chambers on the steps of the Welsh court house in the summer of 1921, because Hatfield and Chambers had shown themselves to be acon 2 OM eens eo of the mine workers. None troopers. ‘moved to arrest the erérs who walked calmly away {rei noses of the representatives | t law and order. e playing the role of mindy | amused Spectators when company gun- ‘men committed outrages, the state |- troops regularly arrested and clubbed . workérs. Even as I write, dispatches show that the West Virginia state police are “framing up” miners sus- pected of union sympathy at Fair- mount, endeavoring to use the fact that the known disregard of safety laws rules in the open shop Bethlehem mines ‘caused an explosion, to accuse unfoh miners of. destroying the mine and killing their fellow ‘workers. ’ ‘Phe chief work of the state troops insWest Virginia for the year ended June: 1922, was to prevent the organ- ization of the miners. An indication of this is seen in the fact that the over- whelming majority of the 4,804 ar- rests made were in Logan and Mingo counties, the seat of the most vicious anti-union efforts. State Police Enforcing “Law and Order” | On June 2, 1922, the state troops raided. the strikers’ tent colony at Lick Creek, wrecking property, cut- ting the tents, destroying the miners’ stock of. food, pouring kerosene in the milk, etc. Hundreds of affidavits show that during strikes in states having state constabularies; the troopers ‘broke up strike meetings and conducted a sys- tematic warfare against the strikers. Free speech, freedom of assembly and other “rights” guaranteed by the con- stitution were ignored in the districts ‘under their control. Rockefeller’s Little Army The’ experience with the “rangers” in Colorado during the great coal strike of 1922 is worth calling to mind. The rangers were ordered out by Gov- ernor Shoup in November, 1921, even before the miners had declared a strike and when there was not the Slightest indication that violence might ensue. “The man in charge of the troops Was note other than Pat. J. Hamrock, the same who led the Rockefeller-bought militia In the no- torious massacre of the miners and mifers’ families in Ludlow tent col- ‘ony, in 1914. The results resemble those described in Pennsylvania, West Virginia ‘and other ‘states. So brutal were they in their conduct, and so great waa the ‘pressure of working class protests, ° that “the succeeding governor, “ William’ EB. Sweet, was obliged to @isbanf “the rangers soon after hé took office. - Why _ pretense that the “law and order’ ‘gang of Illinois want a state police” here for any different motive?::Phey,workers do not want more police of any-kind. They have had too much experience of police- men’s site calrany.: —" or Big Fortunes "Stir Investigation —— sew zr (Continued from page 1) returns are not known. These miners are the victims of the worst kind of treachery. Outrager were committed against them by the private gunmen and state police cos- saks. Suffering and starvation was lrampant in every camp. Got Little Relief, But Much Treachery. On August 17, 1922, they were de- serted by Lewis and company. But in order to pacify any rebelious spirit among the miners, he promised the Fayette miners’ relief. The following February the betrayal was completed by Lewis’ tools Feeney and O'Leary. They ordered the men to go back to 6 work without making any provision to go back organized. The miners were simply thrown to the “mercy” of the coal operators and steel barons. The miners never have been able to find out what became of the greater part of the money raised by ‘their or- ganization for the Fayette relief. Now, two years after, it appears that the personal bank accounts of the Lewis henchmen have become swelled to the extent that the internal revenue offi- cers found it necessary to conduct an investigation. Fakers’ Bank Accounts Investigated. O'Leary did everything: possible to evade and investigation but was finally apprehended. He was brought tothe First National Bank of Charleroi be- tween_.two internal revenue officers. An hour later Bill Feeney apears at the bank and both remained there for several hours. From the bank they went to the Charleroi post office accompanied by the two revenue officers. Other banks were also visited by this same group in Brownsville and other nearby towns. Both Feeney and ‘O'Leary | were a mighty sick looking bunch. Even by their own figures these fakers were drawing big salaries and equally large expenses while the min- ers and their famalies were starving. The amounts claimed to have been paid for relief by these officials is far above what the printed reports show. it is these fakers and their methods that are wrecking the miners’ ofgan- ization. They are weakening it at every turn and in every district. They are making it an easy ‘prey. for the operators either to destroy or ren- der harmless. If any miner raises a protest he is immediately branded as’ a “disrupter” and becomes the target. # the officials. The Hope Ahead—The Progressives. The coal diggers are slowly being or- — ganized on the basis 6f a constructive program and torid themselves = of these le@ches that: suck their life’s blood. Only” the ‘minérs themselves are able ‘to’ clean’ house and place leaders at’ the héad’ of their district and inftérnational that will fight in the interest of the miners in the pits. The program is that of the Progres- sive Miners’ Committee, under the di- rection of the Trade Union Education- al League. It is a rank and file pro- gram calling for rank and file strug- gle, and thru the program which must He fought out by the miners them. selves in militant mine committees, fs coke region miners have a chance victory in spite of both the Lewis machine and‘the vicious operators and their capitalist state power. 450 Tractors ors Off to First Workers’ Republic — NEW YORK, March 25.—New lite shipments of agricultural machinery ‘for Russia, amounting in value. to $2,000,000 have been effected by the Amtorg Trading corporation, agents in this country for the Gostorgs, or state export and import bureaus of the several Soviet republics. The Dutch steamer Aalsum, just loaded, will sail from’ New York - to- day with a cargo of 6,000 tong of plows, mowers, reapers, binders and other machinery and agricultural ‘im. plements destined for the Russian Black Sea ports of Odessa and No’ vorossisk, 7 Two more cargoes, totalling 9,006, tons of agricultural machinery, in- cluding 450 tractors, destined for the same ports, are now under way on the steamer Alcor, which sailed from Algenib, which sailed March 1. Bill Bars Teaching of Evolution: in Tennessee Schools NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 25--A bill prohibiting teaching the theory .ot evolution in the public schools, nor- mals and colleges of the state was signed by Gov. Austin Peay and pass- ed in each house of the assembly ‘by a heavy vote. The governor gave as his reason for backing the bill that evolution was “at variance with the teachings of man’s creation as related in the bible.” The new act makes it unlawful for any teacher in the universities, nor- mals, or other schools of the state which obtain state funds “to teach any theory that denies the story of the divine creation of man as taught in the bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals. Federal Judge Is Harsh and Corrupt Tyrant, Is Charge ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 25.—Further testimony tending to substantiate claims of government counsel that Federal Judge George W. English, ruled from his bench in a tyrannical and arbitrary fashion was expected to be extracted from half a dozen wit- nesses today in resumption of the con- gressional sub-committee hearing here, looking toward possible impeachment of the jurist. Testimony bearing on charges of financial irregularities in the handling of bankruptcy cases was expected to be reached in several days. Testimony thus far offered has painted Judge English as a fiery, tyrannical judge who disbarred at- torneys without just provocation, jailed newspaper reporters and car- ried a revolver which on one occasion he drew and pointed at a reporter de- claring: “I’ve been shot at three times and hit. It hurts like hell and ]’m not going to be shot at again. If there’s any shooting I’m going to do it first.” This testimony was offered by Frank L. Munie, publisher'of an Edwards- ville, Illinois, newspaper. Charles Karch and Thomas Webb, two disbarred attorneys, testified the judge was a “tearing, swearing man, who used vile languages on all occa- sions and was unreasonably harsh.” Get A Sub And Give One! LOW WAGES BUT HIGH PROFITS By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press industrial Editor) ASH dividends totalling 647 per cent in 10 years is the record achieved by Utah Copper Co. with its 1924 report. How. did it do it? Ask the mine, mill and smelter workers who are sweating for wages less than 650 per cent above 1914 in the face of a cost of living which has increased more than 70 per cent. At times during the 10 years their wages represented only about one-fifth of the price paid by consumers while the Owners were taking one-half in rents, royalties and profits. For 1924 Utah reports a profit of $9,090,109 giving common stockhold- ers a return of 64.4 per cent on their investment. This is just one of the generous profits for the owners of in.- dustry reported recently in the finan- cial news. Among them: National Tea Co., known to most housewives, turns in the highest profit in its history. A net profit of $1,472,- 993 after all deductions means $27.66 a share on the no-par common stock. But as each no-par share stands for an investment of about $20 this profit is really a return of 138 per cent for a single year’s business. After gen- erous dividends this company retains undivided profits more than 5% times the ‘cOmmon stock. American Radiator Co., which takes its toll on a large part of the coun. try’s building, reports a 1924 profit | of $11, 153,728 after all taxes and in- charges have been paid. This or-!means more than 34 per cent on the Lisye present par value of the common stock. But within less than 10 years there have been three 50. per cent stock dividends increasing the stock- holders’ investment by nearly 240 per cent without their risking an addition. al-cent in the business. So the 1924 earnings mean a return of about 115 per cent. One reason why the’ cost of building is still high! Otis Elevator Co. is another con cern which has helped jack up the cost of building. Its 1924 profit ot $4,161,510 means over 23 per cent on the common stock and if recent stock dividends are taken into account ‘it apears that stockholders have a profit of over 38 per cent. Fleischmann Co., with its toll on-a large part of the country’s b Stuffs, shows net income after taxes and interest charges amounting to $9,843,233. This is a return of about 29 per cent for the owners of com- mon stock. North American Co., a holding com- pany owing public utilities serving over 700,000 customers, reported a profit of $10,582,764 equivalent to 31% per cent on the stockholders’ invest- ment. But for return on investment the Orpheum Circuit Corp. is in a class by itself, The 1924 net income of $2,987,- 314 means a return of $4.29 on each k2 invested by common stockholders or 429 per cent. Cash dividends are running at the annual rate of 150 per cent. Evidently amusement is one of the aspects of life which communi- ties could provide much” more reason- “oe a capgeative nadie. 3 oes sen ite OFF FOR RUSSIA New York on February 20, and the. . i ' j Lane serid Cc. —-Y bal ( Py Tl ov