Daily Worker
April 1, 1925

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ike ei ' AS WE SEE IT By T. 1 eibe ads - a = Prince of Wales is off om & 25,000 mile jaunt to boost the. queen in the Meditearranean 8 lucky) to-have a ane oe about dance craze, At is safe to ritation;*and how to speak in South Anierica | gon the British pound is | engaged in a losing -fight. with the | dollars of Wall Street. ‘The prince must) do what he is told or his head will come off. Not in a physical sense, but economically. The royal family is very useful to the BritisH ruling class. iy [t makes good cement. : * * *& he A’ the London correspondent of the DAILY WORKER cabled a few days ago, the public appearance of Mussolini was 99 per cent bluff. The latest reports confirm the skepticism . that prevailed in England regarding Bi the dictator’s health. The enemtes of i fascism are mobilizing and Mussolini | is in no physical condition to stand the gaff. As the Communists so often ‘ predicted, on the first indication of a | weakening of fascisti leadership the storm will break. The clouds have al- ae ee re > = . T is reported ete even big business ‘is about to drop the black shirts. The capitalist press now openly ad- mits that it was heavy industry that. | originally paid the fascist bills. The recent strike in Milan convinced the f big -.plutes thaf the class-collaboration schemes of the fascisti, backed by the | workers in leash. So big business be- gins to look around for new servants. | its eyes rest on the liberals. They will be the next agents of Capit ye be cna St will Swe as iene ast ous~ brand we have in the cab ag States, — eencntemepiy * % ee HE long hight of terror thru which the Italian workers have passed is got yet over. To use a commor pDhrase: “The worst is yet to come.” There will be neither democracy nor peace in Italy until the workers over- hrow the capitalist system: which ises fascisti or liberals, according to f ts needs. The worker will establish ‘heir own democracy, thru the rule of ‘the majority, even tho it is called a lictatorship. There are stormy days ahead for Italy, hut out of this storm ; vill come the calm of peace, when cap- italist rule gives way to the rule of abor. | 7. * 8 F the bible does not conform to the -prohibition amendment to the con- stitution of the United States, so much the worse for the bible, says the anti- saloon league biblical experts who nave decided to make the alleged word of god to conform to the very ‘eal word of Andrew Volstead. Lovy- ers of the “flowing bowl” have taken | ‘heir liquor with the consoling thought that, while a jag might come under the heading of “disorderly conduct,” in Chicago or Atlanta, Georgia, in 1eaven it would be considered only is “proof that the wine bibbler was walking, no matter how unsteadily in the ways of the lord. For did not Jesus, at the marriage feast at Cana of Galilee turn water into wine? > . > HERE “flagons of wine” appears in the old bible, “raistn cake” is substituted in the new edition. This is censuring Jesus with a vengeance. Here is a chance for some ambitious -heologian to found a new religion and make a lot of money in the bar- gain, by laying the foundations of his ‘hurch on the spiritual foundation of fermented grape juice. A modern ootlegger with Jesus’ recipes for get- ‘Continued on page 4) wares of the British empire. He. dagger, are no longer adte to hold the]. | jand sympathizers are calléd upon to the ‘collar of empire is worn with,ir-, \New York k Conterence|** i Sunday, April 12 _ 48 (Special to 7he-Da Daily Worker.) munist) Party has sent out a call to jall Wnion and fraternal jabor organ-|. izations, calling for a united ‘front | May Day conference. All members of the Workers Party make arrangements for the confer- ence, and to get favorable action on ‘the May Day unitd front in their of- ganizations. The call for the May Day confer- ence, issued by Charles Krumbein on ‘behalf of the New York, district 2, of the Workers Partyideclares: : Call for United: Front. To all labor unions and workers’ fraternal organizations: Fellow work: ers: May Day, the greatest holiday of the workers is fast approaching. On. this day the workers of the entire’ world will review their experiences and demonstrate their solidarity. On, ‘this day they will show their deter-, mination to fight for a better world for workers. The last year has seen the growth | NEW, YORK, March 29—The’ sil |York district of the Workers (Com |: ee . 4 > « ev - * : » - Le m, . © e > - on ww oe 4 J av 4 ’ SS _» « ‘ r nw sede ~ , ee hi tbh ae abana oer yy = gs .Y. bY 3 . tf ' " y co : te ‘—. “as Pe le a —_ re 4* «ys > ~ A ‘ A fa ne q > * ee ee » restore them to duty, al See oer Sees ke ly 6. To) te Mathew Waoll’s BOSTON Mass., ha 30.—Cheers for Soviet Russia from the audience statement of Mathew Woll, vice presi- dent of the American Federation of. Labor, that the A. F. of L. “defied’ i the Soviet government. _“The American Federation of Labor pposed to recognition of the Rus Communist regime,” Woll, said, and cries of “Liar” rang thru the hall Woll was “crown prince” in the fe- deration of labor council during the rule of “kaiser” Samuel Gompers, and his speech demonstrated that the A. FP, of L. leadership has not changed its reactionary, anti-workingclass po- - (Continued on page 4.) licy since the death of Gompers. : IN PIT BY BIG BRITISH COAL MINERS ENTOMBED INRUSH OF WATER . ‘ f (Special te The NEWCASTLE ON TYNE, England, March 30.—Ten men were entombed. in the nore colliery today ns an inrush of water. Daily Worker) ——__- ’ Leg TW LO Lewis UUoees es the “Help Wanted’ ’ Columns Camano: W. Va., March 30. —Page ativertisements in West Vir- ginja newspapers are the substitute used bythe officials of the United Mine Workers of America in place of strike orders issued thru local unions, to call out'on April 1 all the coal] min- ers of ten counties of northern West Virginia. To this pitiable subterfuge the Lew- is machine’ is reduced by its own un- ion wreckitig betrayals of the West Virginia miners into the hands of the coal companies and their mutiderous armies. The machinery of the dis trict union organization and thé local unions, the natural channel of strike orders, have been destroyed by Lewis in combine with the operators and their gunmen. “Help Wanted” for the U. M. W. 6f A. ; The once mighty U. M. W. of A., which marshalled its forces in thou- yp! of armed men determined to re- sist the operators in battle if need be, and which whipped the Baldwin-Feltz gunmah army in open armed strug- gie in 1921, is now reduced to-the ridiculous necessity of using the “Help Wanted” columns of capitalist papers to advertise for a strike, on April 1. Weakened by the repeated betrayals of Lewis, and held down by the most ruthless array of armed force, the tminers who long for the rebirth ‘of the union in West Virginia cynically call the method of asking them to strike an “April fool joke.” In @very coal camp of West Vir- ginia‘the company gunman is the ab- solute despot. No “stranger” can set foot in any camp of any of the coun- ties in the coal fields, or even ride the trains, unless he is met by a couple (Continued on Page 4.) STATE POLICE IN FACT ARE «~ FAR FROM ROMANTIC FICTION OF “PROTECTORS” OF PEOPLE (Article VI.) By MANUEL GOMEZ. Several thousand bankers and manufacturers have made their yway to the, | There is steady pilgrimage of fat bellies to Springfleld these days. capitol thus far, for the exclusive purpose of jamming the Dunlap bill thru the state legislature and setting up a state constabulary in the face of the workers and poor farmers. Five hundred capitalists from all sections of Illinois descended upon ° Springfield in a single day, the Chicago delegation of 150 being led by no Jess a personage than W. R. Dawes, president of the Chicago Association of Com- merece and a members of the famous Hell an’ ‘Maria family. Among the’ (Continued on Page — ? | boys playing “forest fire,” Moslems and Arabs he test English Rule (Special to The Daily Worker.) JERUSALEM, March 30.—xcited crowds are walking the streets of this city, the Arabs and Moslems taking objection to the visit of Lord Balfour as a representative of British impe- rialism. Balfour, who is scheduled to open the Hebrew university on April 1, has received hundreds of telegrams protesting against his visit. British police have arrested every Jewish Communist here they could lay their hands on. The Arab schools in Jaffa, Tul Ke- 'ram, Gaza, and Hebron are completely closed don following the strike of teachers and pupils as a __ protest against Balfour's visit. Zionists Betray Workers. The le#ders of the zionist movement which igi being used by the British capitalists as a tool to enslave the workers of Palestine, offered prayers {n the synagogues for Balfour, King George and Sir Herbert Samuel, high commissioner of Palestine. In a manifesto signed by Omar Bit- tar, president of the Moslem-Christian committee, Sir Samuel's administra- tion in Palestine is condemned. “We renew our protests against the Brit- ish government,” says the statement, “and raise our voices to the British public and world opinion against the great calamity that has befallen our country.” | Weeks to Award Juicy Contract to Electric Trust WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30.— Secretary of War Weeks shortly will ask for bids for the disposal of ap- proximately 100,000 horse power to ve fieveloped at Muscle Shoals, it was learned at the war department today. It is rumored Weeks will award the contract to a power company in New York, connected’ with the power trust, in which Weeks is personally interest- ed. When the Wilson dam is completed about July 1, that amount of power will become available and the secre- tary has authority to make temporary contracts for its disposal. Burned to Death in Play. CENTRALIA, IIL, March 30.—Trap. ped by a roaring grass fire sthrted by three year old Sophia Wyrostek was burned to death at Glen Ridge, four miles south Attack on Russia); of an open forum here, greeted the| :2 shia] * oe mae ic methods at theigells. eit Ger file ee ~~ , : "sae ‘ ‘ ass. ee ri H Ghee 2 Re eh. pew 4 q 7 ? My ; dt } nes Site Ee ees - . an — Xx eae. ae gs ; Ht ge \ ei “ wi fa 4 : a Rohe ay. 8 A + jae var + : ot : . ; . oe Oe y os a> % ¥ fot bs > = |, , . , f > 4. ‘ h pee. = Oy oe . ) - = * q —— ~ which -the fe perdicy ‘eovernnést has tself concluded with Japan. -_— “1. Being mindful, to a degree which is well known to the Chines« people, of the sovereign rights and interests of Chinajthe government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub lics, in its negotiations with Japan. did nét agree to recognize the valid- ity of the treaty of Portsmouth until, after a thorough and most careful study of the eventual consequences of such recognitioh, it was satisfied beyond any possible doubt that the recognition in 1925 formally of the validity of the treaty of Portsmouth, (Continued ‘on Page 6) IREDS POLL BIG VOTE IN GERMANY DESPITE CLUBS Halle, Murder Scene, | Shows 30 Pct. Gain (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, Germany, March 30.—The early returns in the presidential elec- tions gave the ‘Communist Party, which ran Comrade Ernst Thaelmann as candidate, 1,869,553 votes. The Communists polle@* more votes than the democratic party candidate, Pre- mier Hellpach of Baden; Dr. Held, Bavarian people’¢ party candidate and Yen. Ludendorff, the fascist candidate, who received a measly 284,471 votes. In Halle, where the capitalist police murdered several Communists at an election mass meeting, the Commun- ists gained 30 per cent over last De- cember’s vote. Hold Another Election. No candidate received a majority in the elections, amd another election must be held on April 26, when the candidate receiving tae highest num- ber of votes will be declared elected. The total vote was only 69 per cent of the qualified electorate, as it was generally felt no one could secure a majority in this election. Karl Jarres, candidate of the com- bined nationalists and conservative parties, polled the highest vote, re- ceiving 10,387,323 votes. The heavy vote for Jarres, who took many fas- cist votes from Ludendorff, demon- strates that the: reactionarie making ready to concent forces in a coalition to take Otto Braun, socialist candidate, re- ‘elved 7,735,678 wates. Many Com- munist votes wer@mlost thru terrorist- oye a “4s “ae By 0 | aie England, v rm yrudte -¢ ton a Me Bese nabs a P» Subject. Peoples : ae | ye - WASHINGTON, D. C., March 30.— Coolidge’s diplomats and state offi- clals, represeriting | Wall Street im- studying to see how much they can get out of the smaller nations and the ‘to divide between them. British capitalists, thru their repre- aentative, Minister of Foreign Affairs ve liaT ose Kt Aga ’ ; 16 © x & a ise nesta _ os pie =e ‘3 iad 7 aed the Ruhr by the reach and the “readjustment” of Germany’s eastern border, the Polish foreign minister, Skrzynsky, announces that Chamber- lain has promised him that England will not consider such a readjustment. Poland is endeavoring to secure com- plete control of Danzig, which the yermans also claim. The Polish white (Continued on page 5) ‘OUR INDUSTRIAL MIGHT THE ONLY HOPE’, SAYS COOK British Miners Face New Battle LONDON, March 30.—The Miners’ Minimum Wage Bill was defeated in the house of commons by a vote ot 208 to 143. Nearly all the tory members united against the measure, which would have given adult coal miners a mini- mum wage of from ten to twelve shilling a day, or about $15 a week. This bill had been declared by the miners’ executives necessary to pre- vent.a general coal strike. | “It is now clear that our only hope as miners is in our industrial might,’ said A. J. Cook, militant secretary of the Miners’ Federation. Meanwhile, Frank Hodges and other traitors of the “Black Friday” split of the triple alliance, known as being more concerned with the interests of the mine owners than those of the miners, are opposing a strike because they say “the mine owners are losing money.” The miners, of course, have nothing to lose but their jobs, and their miserable existence which a pit- tance of wages affords. And despite their “losses,” the mine owners strangely live in luxury. Farrington Machine Predicts Defeat of Old Miners’ Pension SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 30.— A defeat of the Illinoig miners’ old age pension act was seen here today by sources close to Frank Farrington, re- actionary president of the Illinois Miners’ Union, as preparation was made to natify locals of the returns from the recent referendum vote. While no official statement was is: ed by at least 30,000 votes, ste age Bie tga Br : s i 6 aereeaese foo remy RW ha Cap roy miter F alektne Colueee 7 i 4 ae tr (or ee ; b ‘ ob hi rs i. - ‘rete ing POW TS ae? . “i w ; ¢ 4g - . , March 30.—Stanisiav Lanzutsky, Potten Communist deputy oe aharges of attempting to overthrow the — was indicted ‘because of a speech delivered by him d workers in Ag. 4) on November 13, 1923, during a 5 and in Washington a dem- =? in — of the The following resolution was passed ‘at .the international unity demonstration held at the Ashland atasatis / ., eee W° workers in mass meeting as- semblied, take this occasion to voice our views on certain potitical events of the past few months: We our unequivocal con- aensndtian of the activities of the po a ee menshevik agent, R aphael Abramovich. We hiya m as a conscious and will- ing tool wired enemies*of the work- ers’ and and jpondiint republic of Rus- sia. And. those elements, chief- ig which were the effete d bankrupt sovialist we and le petit-bourge rte ae J ve | ) ‘Into © their popnc at poracee of betrayal: of the working class. «,! | We demand the immediate and complete recognitién ‘by the United States government of the Union of Soviet Republics of Russia. Prac- tically every other, power, save the United States has granted recogni- tlon to the Union of Soviet Repub- lics. There Is no good reason for the United States to withhold recogni- tion and we demand that negotia- tions be immediately undertaken to- ward that end. FREE LANZUTSKY. We voice our most vehement pro- test against the intended execution by the Polish white guard govern- ment of the Communist Deputy Lan- zutsky. Comrade Lanzutsky is a Working-class leader, accepted by thousands of Polish workers. His activities against the bloody bour- geois Polish regime have rallied be- hind him and the Communist Party of Poland large sections of the work- ing masses. The menace of this growing power the Polish terrorists seek to ward off by murdering the leader, Lanzutsky. We call upon all workers to join with the Interna- tional Red Aid, in echoing the slogan of the Polish proletariat, “Lanzutsky must not, shall not die.” .” We reaffirm our unalterable de- mand that all political and industrial prisoners still rotting in the cap- italist jails of the world be given unconditional amnesty, and ask the workers to rally behind the Labor Defense Council in its fight for the release of the Michigan defendants and other class-war prisoners. We appeal to all workers. to come to the support of the International Workers’ Relief in its campaign to Save thousands of workingmen, women and children, who are facing starvation in the west of Ireland. Long live the International Work- ers’ Aid! Long live Lanzutsky! Amnesty for all class-war prison- ers! . Relieve the Irish proletariat! Down with Abramovich. Long live the Workers munist) Party of America! (Com- “= QUIET POLICE = Sean SLAVIAN TERROR Deports Commanist from City (Special to The Daily Worker.) JOLIET, Ill., March 30.—Police o1 this town faithfully serve not only the interest of the steel trust of this coun- try, but also the bloody government of reactionary Juglosiavia. Workers of this town arranged a protest meeting against the white ter- ror government of Jugoslavia, which is using every means to subject the working and peasant masses to the most horrible social conditions. The South Slavic branch of the Workers Party of America, together with other. organizations, called a meeting for last Sunday afternoon. But before the meeting was opened the chief of police, with six or seven of his lackeys came to the hall and dragged four workers to the police station and dispersed the rest of the workers. Police Chief.a Propagandist. The arrested workers were held ai {ES police station and all the books and me |in Mi iebtle he were taken from were held there . i ae at heat Die chtet af police a to convince them that the old tic and czaristic government of pees was better than the presen‘ workers’ and peasants’ government. Of course, he convinced nobody, ex- cept himself. Among the arrested was C. Mikal achky, from Chicago, one of the edi- tors of the Radnik. In his possession he had a few Inprekors, which the chief of police took’from him and re- fused to give back. The chief of po- lice will have an opportunity to read about the horrible white terror which is raging all over Jugoslavia, and to find out why the workers are protest- ing against the unbearable conditions. Like the U. S. Syndicalist Laws. For the last five years, since the bloody Jugoslavia came into existence, the terroristic government of Pash- itch rules with an iron fist. Under the infamous “Obznana,” which is equal to criminal syndicalist laws of this country, the Pashitch govern- ment has been and is crushing the workers’ and peasants: movement. This law is today directed not only against the toiling masses but against the national minorities as well. The so-called holy trinity of Jugoslavia, that is Serbs-Croatian-Slovens is only a mask for the Serbian bourgeoisie, which is trying to strengthen its hegemony over the other nationalities. Since the last election, held on Feb- ruary 8, 1925, the white terror is more fierce than before. Deport a Communist. The chief of police ordered detec- tives to take Comrade Mikalachy and chase him from the town, which wag done. Mikalachky was taken to the city limits and told not to come back to Joliet, Il. This reactionary act of the Joliet police, in supporting the vassal state of the French bourgeoisie in the Bal- kans, fully reveals the international reactionary character of the armed forces of the ruling class, which is solely used against the labor move- ment, and against the working class as a whole. The American “democracy” of Cool- idge and Dawes is nothing else but the naked and crude dictatorship of the steel trust! Long live the Union of Soviet Re- publics! Hail the Communist International! indiana Bank Fails. bank examiners today closed the Ho bart bank, which was to have been consolidated with the American Trust and Savings bank within a few days. The Hobart bank, examiners say, has $45,000 worth of bad paper. The bank }formerly was called the Farmery’ sued, the pension system was said by} bank and as such was a branch of the Farrington men to have been defeats; J ears aga, ; HOBART, Ind., March 30.— State | | mes of Valparaiso, which failed 4 France ‘“‘Recommends”’ '8-Hour Day—‘“If Dawes | Plan Quits Germany” | PARIS, March 30.—The foreign af. fairs commission of the French cham- ber of deputies today voted to recom- mend ratification of the Washington eight-hour labor agreepient, subject only to Germany's ratification. Adop- tion of the agreement by Germany, Great Britain and Belgium heretofore has been a condition of French rati- fication, a — — __