Daily Worker
May 5, 1925
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re . = Sin Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! | Moscow, thruout Soviet: + re nae for Workers and p nts and Day with huge demonstrati aree a Soviet, Russia, May 3.—All work was suspended ee Eg £0: me mail, $8.00 -. - *Chicago, py nail, _Bntaed os second-slam matter September 3, 198, at “st 2 EP Office at Chicago, lilinois under the Act of March ; og a PE re gt. ¢ fF ge & = iS” oe 19g i3 wei barge SU Ny oat 5X S Boke * is bes i ve ry “ : we is te Bi is EDITION 00 ~ anal 00 per year. days, during which millions of en, celebrated International May ons, meetings and parades... All offices stores and factories were closed, while the work- ers flocked to the streets, to march behind red banners in pions that were miles long. Red Array Parades. -In Moscow thousands of Red Army soldiers and sailors of the Red Fleet filed past the tomb of the dead leader of the Russ- lan revolution, Vladimir Levie, In the Red square, facing Lenin’s than4 aS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. NCE upon a time a fox saw 4 ‘bunch of juicy grapes hanging on a tree, Being a foxy fox he took a lik- ing to them and jumped up so often in an effort to get the luscious fruit be- tween his teeth, that he got weak in. the hind legs. So he quit, and quitting madé some uneomplimentary refer- ences to the grapes. This story is re- sponsible for the retort uncourteous “sour grapes.” Primo de Rivera, Mus- solini of Spain, declares that Spain can’ never find economic compensa- tion in Morocco and that the cen- tury old campaign of Spain there, is folly.. * *¢ * oittios T is only a few months since the dictator went to Morrocco with loud boasts about what he would do to the Riffan tribesmen who were making things uncomfortable for the Spanish troops. But while Primo was shooting the “bull” the Riffians were shooting bullets. They shot so effec- tively that Primo de Rivera and his troops are hanging on to the shrub- bery on the shores of the Mediterran- ean Sea.. There is little left of Spain's farmer possessions excepting a bare strip along the coast. This being so era is quite justified in casting Fe ign, ri \ALKING of Spain, our readers will | recollect that tascist dictatorship exists in thet country? th View Of this fact, it is . interesting to note the praise showered on United States Am- bassador, Moore, by Hearst’s papers. Moore represents the capitalists of this country in Madrid. Certain poli- ticians in the great manufacturing state of Pennsylvania, want to recall Moore and put somebody else in his place. This only means a quarrel be- tween rival capitalist politicians. * 7” > S gorwky goes to bat for Moore. He points out, that this man Moore is a very efficient servant of American capitalism in Spain, that he is on good. terms with King Alfonso and was the first ambassodar to congratulate Pri- mo de Rivera on his successful over- throw of the parliamentary govern- ment. Nice democrat, isn’t he? Be- cause.of this foresight, Moore is a close friend of de Rivera, besides be- ing so close to the king that he calls him by his favorite nickname. Why should such a fellow be recalled, ask- ed the “progressive” Hearst. Indeed, why should he? , » ~ - UNDREDS of thousands of work- ers are afflicted with the delusion that Hearst is a radical. There is no doubt, but he is thoroly despised by ‘ue iegitimate burglars of Wall Street, the fellows who draw up the code of ethics that must be observed by the insiders. Hearst does not always play the game with them. He breaks “cau- cus” whenever it suits his pocket. In fact Hearst is a typical] fascist. Lud endorf and Hitler are not the darlings of the German bourgeoisie just now, the they may need them later on. Every one of Hearst’s leading spécial writers is pro-fascist and Brisbane ‘is the leader of the pack. . - + € EARST favored the election of von Hindenburg in Germany. He has not yet claimed credit’ for the (Continued on page 4.) tomb, Red Army recruits took the oath of allegiance to the world’s working class, and to the Russian revolution, em- bodiéd in the workers’ and peas- (Continued on page 2) COMMUNIST MAY DAY MEETINGS STIR WORKERS Estimate 100,000 Audi- ence in 200 Cities It is estimated that at least 100,000 wage workers of America stayed away from their work on International La- bor Day to attend demonstrations con- ducted by the Workers (Communist) Party in every industrial center and in two hundred cities and towns thruout the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. In Chicago, over two thousand work- ers crowded the Temple Hall, Van Buren and Marshfield streets, to over-| flowing to hear James P. Cannon, member of the Central’ Executive Committee of the Workers Party, Sha ates returned trom’ dttenhind the ses- sions of the enlarged executive of the, Communist» International and the Young: Conimunist International, and they: described conditions prevailing in Soviet-Russia and the European countriesy recounting the struggles of the European workers against the white terror, Speak to Jobless. In the afternoon the Chicago section of. the Workers Party held a May Day demonstration at the gates of the Chicago ,and Northwestern railway shops, where six thousand workers had been laid off indefinitely: At the Forty-second street gates, on Kedzie avenue, Arthur Henderson, William F. Kruse and Karl Reeve spoke to the crowds of workers from,a “flivver,” telling of the significance of May Day, and pointing out that at the same time the workers were thrown on the streets without jobs the bosses have piled up a large surplus of supplies (Continued on page 2) “‘Barbarous” Mexico in Protest to ‘“‘Civilized’”’ U.S. on Race Murders SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., rioting took on an pect today when it was learned A. Lubbert, Mexican consul general in San Francisco, has demanded an in- vestigation, asking punishment for the death of two Mexicans in prison yard fights. The Mexican ambassador at Wash- ington has been appealed to, Lubbert said. The riots, starting a month ago, between Mexicans and other prison- ers in the jute mill of the prison, climaxed*this week. Michzel Gomez, 18, and Frank Williams, lifer, were stabbed to death yesterday and Law- rench Mahach, an Indian, was knifed fatally the day before. COMMUNIST PARTY OF PALESTINE CALL FOR UNITED FRONT AGAINST BRITISH BOSSES, ZIONIST TOOLS (Special to The Daily Worker) JERUSALEM, Palestine, May 3.—The central committee of the Com- munist Party of Palestine on the occasion of Lord Balfour's visit, has issued the following appeal to the workers of Palestine. To all workers and Fellahin: English imperialism is becoming continually more insolent and un- ashamed, that of of people. d the history of English rule in the colonies is on a level with sea pirates who have robbed hundreds of countries and thousands During the war English imperialism stirred up the Arabian magsés against the Turks, and now the war has ended with the victory of (Continued on page 4.) | ne bet Has ! pits of ae yee a Sr daily y except St PUBLISHING Co., ay by THE DAILY WORKER . 111° W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill Price 3 Cents THANK GOD! THE REVOLUTION 1S. PREVENTED AGAIN AND WE CAN SLEEP 3° YOUNG , AND SUCH A BOMB SQUAD’ OF NEW YORK SEEKS ‘PLOTS’ Disperses Class and Makes Vain Search (Special to The Daily Worker.) New York sheriocks were not going Peuntdeturers, as was shown on the 108 East 14th St., searched the dis- trict office of the party and dispersed Weinstone’s class in Communism. They threatened violence to the stu- dents who were studiously engaged in their books and class papers, and. or- dered them out of the building. William Z. Foster, with a committee of local Communists, was holding a committee meeting in one of the rooms, Gegan ordered him out. Com- i i ; NEW YORK CITY, May 3.—The GRE to be outdonenby the European plot-| the Workers Party headquarters at rade Foster demanded a search war- | rant. “Where do you get that stuff?” | was the reply of “democracy’s” brass- | bound protector. Foster did not leave, | however. But the meeting was dis- persed, |ing into town to attend. PAUSTRALIA | h Queensians May 3.— | eek for all workers | ration in the tabor nd on July 1, 1925. Mier stated that there duction in wages be- decrease in working BRISBA The 44-hot comes into state of Qu e The labor ¢ would be no cause of hours. Begs fes Their Aid Against Reds (Special to The Daily Worker) KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 3.—The | national convention of the Railway Clerks opens here tomorrow, and the delegates and labor fakers are flock- Among the fakers is Bill Green, the ' president of the American Federation | of Labor. Green made two speeches here on May Day, but they were not | May Day speeches. He fails to men- | Combine to Force War | both the Serbian and Bulgar capitals !upon Communist workers be substi- ALLIED NATIONS INCITE BULGAR WHITE TERROR Upon Workers (Special to The Daily Worker) VIENNA, May 3.—it is revealea that at the instigation of the United States government, acting thru Charlies S, Wilson, American minister to Bulgaria, the leading imperialist powers of the League of Nations joined in coercing both Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria to intensive the white terror against the workers, and sent the whole allied diplomatic body in to the foreign offices to compel obe- dience to their orders that a massacre tuted for war between the two hostile countries. Jugo-Slavia Caused Explosion. Despite the fact now known that Jugo-Slav groups and not the Com- munists were responsible for the ex- plosion at the Sveti Kral cathedral, as proven by the first confession of the | church sexton Peter Zagorsky, | and | ——E a PICKET LINE AT MeKEES ROCKS | (CHEER WORKERS PARTY SPEAKERS By IRWIN, Worker Correspondent. MoKEES ROCKS, Pa., May 3.—Three thousand strikers early Thursday morning went on the picket line to watch if a Hf rats wetée willing to crawl back and accept the nine and a hal hour workday which the Pressed Steel Car company here has been attempting to enforce. After having” performed that duty they marched in a body to the base ball park at which the strike metings are being held. There they cheered the speakers, Arne Swabeck and John Otis representing the Workers Party and McNamara and Gibson representing the machinists’ district council. Communists Urge Class Solidarity. While the speakers urged that the strike be conducted on an effective basis and complete class ss solidarity in the struggle, the militant members from the*—— ranks of the strikers presented a plan of committee organiza- tion based on representation from the various departments. Workers Turn from the Trattorous ‘Democrats’ A representative committee was quickly elected and despite the drizzl- ing rain the workers stuck it out un- til all had been completed, determin- ed to seriously contest the self-as- sumed right of the company to arbit- By EDMONDO PELUSO. (Special to The Daily Worker.) ROME, May 3—Periods of great re- action are at the same time periods of the liquidation of certain parties or certain persons. The unitarian social- rarily set the working hours. ists, as the group of reformists like to Strike Committee on Job. The strike committee immediately call themselves, who for many years led the socialist. party of Italy and settled down to take up its business. Everybody knew precisely what they among whom are Turati, one of the founders of the socialist party, Modi- were out for and it became a question only of formulating the exact terms of their demands and present them on such a basis that every striker would understand the true meaning of the fight. The committee concretely formulat- ed its two outstanding demands, to be reported back for approval at the next strike meeting and upon such approval to be presented to the com- pany. Two Main Demands. gliani, Treves, and the present leader Their first demand is “No length-|of the Confedrazione General del ening of working hours above the/|Lavoro (géneral labor federation) D’Arogna, Buozzi etc., decided at their recent party conference which took place in Rome to consign socialism to crap heap and to take up as a ew banner—Noskeism. It will be remembered that at the existing nine hours a day,” and the second, “No discrimination against any member serving on the commit- tee or against any man or woman Dar ticipating in the, walk-out.” J About shree hundred women were employed in these ear shops, mostly’ as rivet heaters, but generally doing, heavy. manual laborifor smaller pay than the men. However, at the in- stant notices of*the longer workday were posted thes® “women were among the first to walk out. Women Workers Stand by Strike. They recognized as well as the men the truth of the statements brought out by the speakers at ‘the strike meetings that it is not only that half hour additional work is so important to the company, but the fact that it wants to force thru a’ continual down- ward slide. Now it demands the nine and a half hour workday, next the demand will which was ‘also held in Rome, the last Wanner bearers of the “glorious party” split into two groups: the maximilists and the unitarians. The unitarians now claim to have 30,000 members (there has been a cer- tain influx of young intellectuals who have recently gone over from fascism into the camp of reformism), 24 mem- bers of parliament and 423,000 elec. tors. Praises Murderer Noske. Their secretary, Professor Basso, who took Matteotti’s place after the latter has been murdered by the bands of. Mussolini, at least has the advantage that he goes straight to his aim. When he delivered his report om -4n-- Oetober, 1922, - May 3.— | San Quentin prison’s murderous race | international as- | Later these agents of capitalism called at Young Workers League head- quarters at 1347 Boston road. Here | they took the name of the chairman | 2©58 men only. of the Y. W. L. mass meeting anthalso | At the city club, to an audience of visited the Workers Party branch | | capitalists, Green gave his usual talk meeting, but made no arrests at either | inviting class collaboration. One bour- place. 'geois asked, “What do you think of The district office of the Workers | William Z. Foster?” Party is sending a committee com- | posed of Foster, Krumbein and Wein- | (Continued on page 2) | | them.” | “What is the purpose of the trade /unions?” was asked. “We think that the unions exist to help business. We have the same purpose that you business men have. We are against the reds. Yet a few business men fight the unions. But what if the unions were destroyed? Do you think the workers would re- main passive and quiet?” Expert bsinerialiat Sent to China Post WASHINGTON, - May 3.—Frank P. Lockhart, chief of the division of Far Eastern affairs in the state department has been appointed as consul-general at Hankow, and his place in Washing- | ton will be taken by Nelson Johnson, who has been inspector of consulates, with the rank of consul-general, in the | ists to understand that by permitting Far East. ithe unions to exist and by allowing Lockhart goes back to China with | | his sort of leadership to prevail, his former chief, MacMurray, who has /! capitalists would defeat the interests been named as minister to China un- der the Kellogg reorganization of the diplomatic staff. | EAGH MILLION TONS OF COAL IN MARCH KILLED FOUR MINERS WASHINGTON, May 3.— Acci- dents in the coal mines of the coun- try brought death to 181 men in March, as compared with 339 in March, 1924, the .interior depart- ment announced today. On the basis of a production of 44,684 tons in March, the number of fatalities per million tons of coal produced was 4.05, as compared with a fatality rate of 7.19 in March of last year. Reduction in the fatality rate was caused mainly by the fact that in March last year two -najor explo- _Slons occurred, killing 172 and 24 men rernectively, while this year aanly one major explosion occurred, jwith a loss of 33 lives |open war on the unions to destroy them, “Czar,” Broke, Defies Press Agent BERLIN, Germany, May 3.—‘“Czar” Cyril, has beem sued by his publicity man, Snessarev, for services in writ- ing the proclamation of the Russian monarchist which declared him “czar of all the Russians.” The press agent claims no one would have taken the claims seriously, had he not written reams of anti-Soviet propaganda for the “czar.” He declares that his writ- ings roped in American society wo- men to the tune of $40,000 and that he wants a share in the haul. Cyril denies he has any money. No Cabinet For Belgium BRUSSELS, May 3.—Efforts to form a new Belgian cabinet have so far failed, King Albert has been in- formed by Barone Charles de Broque- ville, who has been trying to form a new cabinet for several days. Emile Vandervelde, thessocialist, also failed to form a cabimet, Ee of the workers far better than by | tion that it was International Labor | Day, and confined both talks to busi-| | 'instructions in the Serbian language | as fast in the opposite direction—one _still adhering to the discovered frag- | wage cut after Green replied, “Foster is opposed to | the purpose of the trade unions as I | and other union officials understand | Bulgarian Fascists |} numerable losses which the aeitoetan | ———E Evidently Green wished the capital- | the | ee | teacher he was persecuted on account| the fact that the bomb itself was a be the ten, the eleven, and the twelve- Serbian army bomb, with the original) hour day while the pay will travel another while the ments, and the wholesale smuggling | company continues to pile up its mil- of Serbian arms into Bulgaria by | lions of profit. That is, if the com- Jugo-Slav patriots, together with the| pany has its way; and a change in open preparation of Jugo-Slavia, in-| favor of the workers can only be ob- volving the mobilization of several! tained thru their own united active army corps and the concentration of; struggle. (Continued on page 2) A lesson in the class struggle is being taught these strikers, many of |whom thru their poor clothing, show the unmistakable signs of the effects of the heavy wage cuts and the miser- "hanes werNs conditions. ee - Murder Dorossiev Communist Leade SOFIA, Bulgaria. May 3.—To the in- Brazil Revolt Grows BUENOS AIRES, May 3.—Border advices say that the Brazilian rebels proletariat has to undergo daily, there | in the state of Sao Paulo, who retired is added yet another: Comrade Janko | : Dorossievy has been shot down in| nag ate lle gh ws sore of broad daylight in the streets of Sofia | Pay hats 2 Dries bi seligghl by agents of the government’s murder | newed activity, and wy Byapering ‘0 | attack the port of La Guayra, on the organization. | Parana River A teacher by profession, Comrade | The soverainent forces at-La Guay- Dorossievy had already as a student, | % devoted himself with the greatest en-| "*" ¥24< ‘8 fortified, are said.to num, | = = «| ber about 2,000, while more than 1,200 thusiasm and _ self-sacrifice to the' datas <adh.. dieer aeniiede. alten i a| rebels are already gathered at various ' | points up the river: The advices indicate that if the-re- | bels are successful they intend to in- vade Matto Grosse state and also to effect a junction with other rebel for- ces in Rio Grande de Soul. of his opinions and his propagandist | activity, and finally discharged. Since | 1922 he was secretary of one of the district organizations of Sofia. After | the dissolution of the Communist (Continued on page 4) Wagon Drivers’ Union Officials Give in to Manufacturers The 350 striking ice cream wagon drivers and chauffeurs were ordered back to work, after the officials of the Ice Cream Wagon Drivers’ Union accepted a compromise wage offer from the manufacturers. It was declared that the agreement was prac‘ically the same as the old contract, and the one day rest in sev: en clause was refused by the manu- facturers. | JAPAN’S UNEMPLOYED ARMY GROWS TO THREE AND ONE-HALF MILLION TOKIO, Japan, May 3.— Japan now has the largest number of un- emplcyed workers of any nation in the world, it is announced hnere., Three million, four hundred thou- sand adult workers ars. now jobless, reports state. England is a close second with three million unemployed. Party of Bulgaria by the fascist gov- ernment he worked in the illegal C. P. of Bulgaria. The party has suf fered a severe loss by his death. Labor Defense Meets ‘ESTONIAN WHITE TERROR MURDERS WORKER AND PEASANT LEADERS ON “EVIDENCE” GIVEN BY LYING SPIES in New York Confab | on Tuesday, May 5 | abated. and usually pass death sentences. NEW YORK, May 3.—The next con- | ference of the Labor Defense Council, | New York section, will take place on | Tuesday, May 5, 8 p. m., at 108 East | l4th street, Room 23. All delegates should be present as there are some urgent matters to be taken up. Branches should settle for tho bazaar tickets still outstanding. (Special Cable to the Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, May 3—iIn Esthonia the terror of white justice is raging un- In Reval and Dorpat the court martials are permanently in session A few days ago the court martial in Reval condemned the worker. Welt and the peasant Uigekutt to death, solely on the basis of. testimony. given by spies to the effect that Welt and Uigekutt had been seen in the street fighting on December ist of last year. . Last year Welt was a member of parliament, representing the league of “The United Front of Workers and Peasants.” beloved peasant leader on the isiand Oecsel. —— Uigekutt is a known and . a — . eee — ey Ee er ee =
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«\ — DISTRIBUTION STARTS TODAY Will Pass Out 100,000 Copies in Week’s Drive Again the DAILY WORKER ie to be shown as a most effective means for the promition of Communiem in this country. Hundreds of thousands of workers In ali the principal cities and In many small towns thruout the country will be going door-to-door on a nation-wide free sample distribution of the DAILY WORKER In the week of May 4 to 10. This new innovation of a DAILY WORKER week is another move of our party to reach the workers in their homes and to supplement the work already done of reaching them in the shop and trade union. A Ready Responee. The plan, in accordance with the instructions of the executive commit- tee of the Workers (Communist) Par- ty, has met with a ready response. Hardly a unit of the party has failed to rush in their order for sample copies to come daily for one week and many locals have joined this cam- paign despite the fact that they have already engaged in this kind of work for weeks previous. Orders already on hand will total over a hundred thousand copy distribution. Expect Many Subscriptions. The plan is a simple one. Squads of workers will cover systematically the same homes for one week. At the end of that time the same squads will visit the homes to secure sub- scriptions. The week’s acquaintance with the DAILY WORKER is sure to bring immediate results in subscrip- tions secured besides the obvious ad- vertising and propaganda advantages. In addition to DAILY WORKER sub- scriptions here are also membership prospects for our party and real train- ing for the participants in direct and personal Communist propaganda work. Many Bundles Ordered. The DAILY WORKER week was born of the success already achieved by some locals in this kind of work. Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit and other cities have ordered enormous bundles for the purpose. In this week of May 4 t 010 hardly a single local, no mat- ter how smalk will be without its daily bundle with which “to paint the town red.” Other cities are already planning additional weeks of distribution to se- cure subs in the Second Annual Sub Campaign. New York is planning @ giant distribution for the end of May, while other cities are arranging to fol- low the week door-to-door distribu- tion with factory campaigns. To Be Repeated. The most gratifying response of our party and sympathetic workers to the DAILY WORKER week of May 4 to 10 has forced the laying of plans for further work of this kind to be held a few times a year in which the whole strength of the party will be mobil- ized. Enthusiastic May Celebration and Russ Farewell Held An enthusiastic May day celebra- tion and farewell party for the fifth group of the agricultural commune Red Ray was held Saturday night at the Workers’ Home, 1902 W. Division St. A short talk was made by Com- rade N. Andreychik, secretary of the commune. Another speaker explained the significance of May Day and the work of the American communes in Soviet Russia. About ten o'clock, when the comrades were ready to leave for the station, they all lined up on the stage to say good-bye to the Chicago comrades. The enthu- siasm was so great that the audience stood up and joined in the singing of the International. Some of the comrades who left for Soviet Russia made brief talks calling upon the non-party workers to take their places in the Workers Party of America, to help the workers of the world to free the earth form capital- ism. After the comrades left for the sta- tion with a group of their closest friends the program continued dancing followed until midnight. About ten dollars worth of litera- ture was sold at the affair, which was held under the auspices of the Rus- sian branch of the Workers Party and the Red Ray Commune. Dien Woslcove Toil in I ron Foundries for $4 Per Week MELBOURNE, Australiia, May 3— —(FP)—The Iron Trades Council has protested against the introduction of women into iron foundries to do work previously done by men. Women are forced to work under the usual foundry conditions amid dust and grime. They start as apprentices at $4 a week. When entitled to higher wages they are dismissed and raw hands put on in their place. and Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two, will make a better Communist a you. “+e. SS | Millions March in May: Day Celebrations (Continued from page 1) government of Soviet Russia. Regiments of the well-trained Red Army filed past the new minister of war, Frunte, who ws one of the speakers following the parade. The civifian parade, following the Red soldiers took six hovwrs to file past the reviewing stand. Depict Torture of Bulgarian Workers. Floats representing the workers {m- prisoned by the Bulgarian fascist gov- ernment, being tortured by the white guard Premier Zankov, who had the blood of the militant Bulgarian work- ers on his hands, were a feature of the parade. All public buildings were decorated with portraits of Karl Marx, Viadimir Lenin, and the present leaders of the Soviet Union. Im the evening myriad red electric Lights blazed in the streets, giving a red glow to the city. * o . Traffic Ceases In Paris. PARIS, France, May 3.—Traffic was suspended in all industrial sections of France in the May Day strike. Many meéctings were held in the in- dustrial suburbs of Paris, despite at- tempted intimidation of the police. Military airplanes circled overhead, spying om all assemisiies. Two regi- ments of troops and 12,000 police were called out in Paris. Meetings in the downtown sections were forbidden by police. Three workers were arrested charg- ed with dropping Mterature in the Vincennes fortress. The usual fake May Day “plot” was announced by police, who declared that the Communists “planned to seize the government offices.” While the government prevented May Day parades, cabinet members headed by Foreign Minister Briand favored al- lowing the royalista, who would over- throw the government by violence, to parade on May 10, Joan of Arc Day. The cabinet thus catered to the fas- cist monarchists, but prohibited labor parades. 7” * . Fifty Thousand March in Toklo. TOKIO, Japan, May 3.—Fifty thou- sand working men, women and chil- dren marched here in May Day dem- onstrations, carrying Red flags and singing revolutionary songs. The po- lice arrested one hundred marchers in an effort to confiscate the ban- ners and put a stop to the singing. The police made no effort to pro- hibit the parade, but red banners were officially barred. Five thousand po- lice watched the parade. Women for the first time took part in the demon- stration. This May Day was the first to be celebrated since the recognition of Soviet Russia by . Japan, and the granting of limited suffrage to the men. Parades were algo held in Osaka and Nagoya. The trade union mem- bers took part in a one-day strike. . 7 > Jews and Arabs Unite. JERUSALEM, Palestine, May 3.— Jewish and Arab workers united in a May Day demonstration which includ- ed a protest against the treachery of the Zionist leaders who have attempt- ed to divide the Jewish and Arab workers and have acted as an agent of British imperialism. * . * All Factories Close in Spain. MADRID, Spain, May 3.—All work was suspended in all industries in a one-day general strike of the work- ers, who observed May Day. o . a Mexican Workers Strike. MEXICO CITY, May 3.— Mexico City observed May Day with a mon- ster parade of fifty thousand work- ers. All business, traffic anad indus- try was stopped. Automobile drivers took part in the strike. Part of the ceremonies consisted of laying «a wreath on the monument to the American anarchists hanged follow- ing the Haymarket Square bombing in Chicago. The American ambassador BShef- field was perturbed because the la bor unions would not permit his chauffeur to drive the envoy’s car on May Day. Sheffield said he consi- dered it an insult to his automobile, pointing out that the car bore the coat of arms of the United States. Sheffield decided not to ride In his auto, how- ever, declaring he did not “wish to endanger my chauffeur’s life.” No newspapers were published on May Day. All government offices were closed. It was the biggest May Day demonstration in Mexico’s history and the celebration was sanctioned by the Mexican Federation of Labor, . * °s Many Arrests in italy. ROME, Italy, May 3-— The jails were filled with workers, numbering many Communists, and the fascisti crowded the streets on May Day, with clubs and rifles in their hands. The fascisti attempted to gain sup- port from the reformist elements by “discovering” half a dozen “Red plots.” : Much literature was distributed here denouncing the fascisti and ex- posing their crimes. Hundreds were arrested in the industrial centers, All May Day demonstrations by the Com- munists, socialists, and other work- ers were declared illegal by the Mus- solini dictatorship. + oJ - Rain Falis to Dim London Parade LONDON, England, May 3.—Huge crowds listened to Communist May Day speakers in Hyde Park, follow- ing a parade of several thousanad workers. A march was then started to the Bulgarian legation to protest against the atrocities of the Zankov government against the workers, but squads of police interfered. The de- monstration took place in a pouring rain. . t s Demand Better Conditions tn Denmark COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 3.— A parade thru the streets of the capl- tal was followed by a meeting in the public park. Speakers demanded better working conditions. - id ~ National Holiday in Argentine. BUENOS AIRES, May 3—Argentine for the first time officially observed May 1 as labor day. It was made a national holiday by presidential de- cree. Trade union workers held a parade. 7 o 7 Urge Solidarity of German Workers. BERLIN, Germany, May 3.— The Communist newspaper, Rote Fahne, in its May Day declaration, urged a pro- test against the Hindenburg dictator- ship and the oppressive Dawes’ plan, and urged solidarity of all the work- ers against these menaces. a . 7 Bloody Street Battle. HALLE, Germany, May 3.—BHleven were wounded in a clash between monarchist troops and the workers’ united front organization the “Front Fighters,” in a bloody street battle here. . * . Workers Denounce Cal's Program. MEXICO CITY, May 8.— Crowds gathered before the American con- sulates in Mazatlan, Sinoloa, and oth- er Mexican cities, and heard orators denounce the imprisonment by the Coolidge government ef class war prisoners in the United States. The speakers protested especially against the discrimination against foreign born workers, including many Mexi- Mexican cans. -" Bomb Squad of New York Seeks Plot | (Coatinued from page 1) stone to Police Commisisoner Enright to protest the “bomb squad’s” intimi- dation and unlawful and unwarranted interference. 7 * s $7,500 Bail For May Day Propaganda! Jerome Brandt and Zoltan Freed- man, members of the Young Workers | League were arrested for distribution lof a leaflet calling upon the pupils of the public schools participate and colleges to In May Day demonstra- | tions and pointing out that they, as isons and | daughters of the working class, are having their minds poison- ed by the capitalist propaganda of the present school system. These two comrades are held under §7,500 bail each. Herman Kruger, Sarah Lehrer and Lilly Sarnoff, members of the Work- ers (Communist) Party were also ar- rested. Comrade Kruger was fined $5. The other comrades are held on bail. 7” . > Buffalobulls Arrest Sullivan and Dworkin BUFFALO, N. Y., May 3.—Thomas R. Sullivan, organizer of the Workers Party, and Jacob Dworkin, member of the Buffalo Jewish branch of the W. P., were arrested here at the May Day meeting held by the Workers PartyParty, in conjunction with the Workmens’ Circle, local unions, and the I. W. W. at which several hundred workers were present. The arrest followed speeches by Earl R. Browder, and John William- soa, when Sullivan announced that the ? Police present had ordered that no speeches be made in Jewish and Fin- nish as advertised, but that the order would not be obeyed. Sullivan intro- duced Jacob Dworking, who immediat- ely began to speak in Jewish. The arrests followed. Meeting Goes On Amid boos for the police and cheers for Sullivan and Dworkin, the meeting continued while the police took those arrested to the police station, closing with enthusiastic singing of the Inter- nationale, and three cheers for the proletarian revolution. Sullivan and Dworkin were booked on a churge of “disobeying a police Officer,” and held on $400.00 bond. In the police court this morning the charge was dismissed after Attorney Eustace Reynolds denounced the arbi- trary action of Police Lieutenant Bren ner and his five aids, who invaded the meeting and attemped to dictate its procedure. To Rally Workers In Protest Workers in Buffalo are aroused over the continual interference of the police in their meetings, and the de- flance given such actions by the Work- ers Party is widely supported. The Workers Party is preparing to launch a local campaign against such police actions, placing local labor bodies on record against it, and organising pu- blic demands upon the police heads that those responsible shall be re- moved from the force. : Does your friend subscribe t the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! ; , nT 4 ; P , Fs ‘ é { Sw = - A's “ ee ng mide AY ¥ : ea Hs i 4 “ ‘ aT DAY MEETINGS STIR WORKERS (Continued from page 1.) which the impoverished workers are too poor to buy. At the Forty-first street gates Jack McCarthy, recently returned from Ire- land, addressed the workers, and an- other meeting was held in front of the Forty-third street gates, at which Sam Hammersmark and Kari Reeve spoke. Several hundred léafiéts were dis- tributed which demanded a etrike against wage cuts, and copies of the May Day issue of thé DAILY WORK- ER were sold. Bk The Chicago Celebration. The May Day celebration held im Chicago at Temple Hall was a trem- endous success, Great crowds of workers packed the’ hall to overfiow- ing long before the hour for starting. The meeting was opened with the singing of the International by the Fretheit Singing Society and the en- tire audience. Then into the hall and down the aisles and up to the plat- form marehed the Juniors of Chicago. Red handkerchiefs tied around little necks, red banners waving from little hands, revolutionary songs sent up in the voices of children brought the audience to their feet and the young pioneers of the revolution were given an ovation of cheers and applause which shook the hall. Youth Heard First. Comrade Albert Galatsky, 12 years old, made a splendid speech. “We are more than children of the working class,” he said. “We are the Commun- ist children of the working class. We know how workers are oppressed in all countries of the world, we know what the Dawes plan is doing to the German working class and we join with them in the struggle for the overthrow of capitalism. “Don't let them tell you there is no child labor in Mlinois. ‘Right here in this group of Communist children you see many child workers of Illinois. We sell papers, we work in stores ‘land we clean boots. But we are go- ing to work for a government in Amer- ica like the one im Soviet Russia where the workers rule and such con- ditions do not exist. We want you to help us. If you help us build up our movement, we will all be members fo the American Soviet republic.” And this once more brought the audience to its feet and amidst great applause the Juniors marched off the platform around the hall, waving their banners and singing songs amid great cheering. Pioneers the Hops of the Future. The next speaker | Max Shacht, man, editor of the Young Worker. Comrade Shachtman is a member of the Young Workera (Communist) League and has just returned from Russia where he attended the ses- sions of the Young Communist Interna- tional as one of the American dele- gates. He began by drawing a com- parison between our Juniors and the pioneers of Soviet Russia. He said the Juniors brought to his mind the huge demonstrations on the streets of Mos- cow. “In the front line of every procession one sees the thousands of children thru which Russia says to the world, ‘This is our safety, this is our security.’ : “In America the children are mere- ly a symbol of the working class in its most oppressed state. In Soviet Rus- sia the youth are the ones who are looked after, they are the ones on whom the future hopes are bulit.” Depicts European White Terror. Comrade James P. Cannon, assist- ant secretary of the Workers Party of America, who also has just return- ed from Russia where he was a dele- gate to the sessions of the enlarged executive committee of the Commun- ist International, was the next speaker. He drew a picture of the white terror that exists today all over Europe. Germany, he said, has been reduced to a colony o. American and Mnglish capitalism. The effects of the victory of American capitalists over serman workers by means of the Dawes plan has enslaved the workers all over the world. The echo for as is the wage cuts that we see on al! sides. “This stabilization of capitalism is responsible for the tortures that are being inflicted upon rebellious work- ers,” said Comrade Cannon. “In Esthonia hundreds of thousands of workers have been slaughtered. In Italy, in Hungary, in every country it has brought with it misery to work- ers. We are now in the midst of inter- national reaction. Soviets Hope of World. “But central BEurepe is not the whole of Burope. We can see other parts of the world where the flag of the hope of the workers flies—that is Soviet Russia. In spite of reaction, in spite of the treachery of the social- ists, the Soviet flag, the flag of revo- lution still stands stronger than ever before. Lenin is not there any more but Lenin's party is there.” May Day Gives Renewed Hope. C. E. Ruthemberg, executive secre- tary of the Workers (Communist) Party, who was also a delegate from America to the C. I. jons, was the last speaker. Comfade Ruthenberg said that the struggle which this May Day demonstration expresses should sive us confidence mot only in the place where it has been a success, in Soviet Russia, but ty every country. ‘Never before has been such | movement as in this meet- upg and im the of meetings ° Toe-Kissing Moore Good Dollar Diplomat, Says Hearst, Budding Fascist By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. : r PE eh Te ee ee Pee aati, is roe bee Ci eae Wht (eh ae 2S. 4: ne. an * ; 2° : ae el EPP ak the Gt, Be SET ee eo THe LS: a 5 CRM Vent ee ee ee eee, oe eA - pe %4 } 2 . pas ye + a, as A ae 3 ms ee es a i ‘ Page > ¢ - " bs a EA epial 7 5S .. rt FA pe a : ee 5 oer he i ot ie Fees ? io ya? gers f + ei - ¥53 bs a ur he 7% v3 “ . TE sad oe 5 RE ONS rl a My 3. * et Eo ~~ ; At . ~- } - renee [are SD oo Spain. thousands of revolution class. . e because: depravit toady, “Mr. great industrial struggle. “business.” American imperialism. °° ses ] working class. labor lackeys. with this condition. do. That is, “Hit It!” It was only recently that the Hearst press on the rumor that its Bulgarian correspondent m to Washington as the spokesman of the militarist: rule by assassination, of Zankov, in Bulgaria. : On every hand Hearst promotes his alliance, more and more, with the enemies of the workers, in this country and abroad. Hearst's press, with his super-jingoism, with its ap- peal to the anti-Communist elements in the organized labor movement, with its frequent yellow socialist tin some of the most advanced symptoms of fascism to be found anywhere in this country. TORN: William Randolph Hearst again flies the fascist standards from his yellow press battery, frantically pro- claiming that Alexander P. Moore, the Pittsburgh millionaire, must not be permitted to resign as American ambassador to Spain, at the present time, is under fascist rule. !t has a comedy-burlesque king, Alfonso, who time at fashionable gamblin nds most of his resorts in France, while workers lie rotting in the prisons of the 20th century Spanish inquisition. Spain is ruled by the fascist dictator, General Primo de Rivera. The dissolute Spanish court drips with the blood of its agonizing working - Yet Hearst tries to tell the millions of readers of his newspapers that Moore, from Pittsburgh, should remain as the American representative at the royal court in Madrid, He is a prime favorite with King Alfonso. He Is a prime favorite with the dictator, Gen. de Rivera. He was the firet foreign representative to greet Gen. de Rivera when he took charge of the government. He was presented to the dictator a few hours after he assumed control and while the rest ef the foreign service were still attending a royal garden party at San Sebastian. He had become the friend of the dictator by the time the other ambassadors had found out that the dictater had assumed control of the government, and his friendship has steadily grown until today the United States has a most enviable standing at Madrid. The above reasons why Moore should remain in Madrid are taken almost word for word from Hearst’s Chicago Herald and Examiner. They not only reveal again the total of the Hearst press, but expose the toe-kissing oore, that the Coolidge regime maintains in Spain to look after the interests o Hearst reveals Moore’s only mission in Spain in these words: Moore has done much to improve American business in Spain, one of his accomplishments in this direction being the six months’ extension of a commercial treaty WHICH MEANT MANY MILLIONS TO AMERICAN TRADE.” | American dollar diplomacy. The coal miners and steel workers of the Pittsburgh czardom of the United States Steel Corporation, in which Moore edited and owned the Pittsburgh Moore is their enemy. He makes no protest ers, in Spain, imprisoned and murdered by the ror, no more than he protested against the killing of workers in the Pittsburgh district during every In Pittsburgh, Moore was for He is for “business” in Spain, and Hearst. is one of his claquers, trying to boost him into some mors ‘im- protant position, where he can better show his ability to “advance the interests of his country,” which means, of course, the interests of Wall Street, eader, know that age'nit, work- panish ter- jailing , and ne guiding genius of °° °¢@ ptiged itself ght be sent , exhibits Hearst and his press, with all that this dangerous com- bination stands for, must be bitterly fought by the whole Every Hearst publication, no matter where it is published over the nation, will be found in alliance with some corrupt capitalist political machine, and exploiting its orkers must better acquaint themselves They must realize that wherever fasc- _ism, in any form, raises its head, there is only one thing to of workers all over the world today. That one common bond that binds as }manifests itself in the spirit of May Day. French Reds Make Galns. “On May Day we should count our cains, as well as take stock itn our 'osses. While we have had losses we nust not forget we also have made rreat gains. The English trade anions re making friendship with the Rus- | rade unions. In France we have also nade big gains. The Communist Par- | ty is now stronger than ever since its reorganization into shop nuclei. And the greatest gain chat we have made the delegates which moved them to their feet with great cheering. “Zinovievy said the Russian prole- tdrian government has achieved what no capitalist country has achieved. The standard of living has been raised not only to pre-war level, but beyond pre-war level. In every other country it is still below the pre-war level. When the workers of other countries see the gains made by the Russian workers’ government, theré is real hope for Soviet govrenments thruout the world and for the establishment of the United States of Soviet Amer- ica.” Pullman Workers Enthusiastic. In Pullman the most enthusiastic May Day meeting in years was held. tra chairs of moving picture slides accompanied by a speech by their pictures flashed on the screen. Stancik’s Hall was crowded, and ex- had to be secured. The meetings was featured by the showing William F. Kruse. The slides showed some of the strug- gles of the American workers against their employers. Great applause was given Viadimir Lenin and the other leaders of the Russian revolution as Barney Mass, acting secretary of the Young Workers League, made the principal speech im Baglish Me apolte mm mm mmm on the significance of May Day to the working class youth, and urged the workers to unite to protest against the imprisonment of Crouch and Trumbull, young Communist soldiers who have been given long sentences for revolutionary activity in Hawaii. Comrade Mass denounced the doping of school children with compulsory religious teaching, and urged im mediate recognition of Soviet Russia by the United States. a . - Stee! Workers Cheer Soviet Power. GARY, I[nd., May 8.—Steel workers of the Gary mills attended about 800 is expressed in Zinoviev’s statement to strong the May Day meeting held at Croatian Hall. The music of the In- ternational introduced the speakers. Spirited applause was given every reference to the great power of Soviet Russia by the speakers, who inclided Harrison George, Comrade Chrisos in Greek, Comrade Maravich in South Slavic, and a comrade from Chicago who spoke in Russian. The speeches dwelt upon the significance of May Day to labor. In Australia fourteen per cent of the population, or 750,000 are organ- ized in trade unions. The labor party controls 29 seats out of 75 and is still the strongest party in parliament, tho no longer in power. The Australian Communist Party is steadily gaining in strength. ICHIGAGO UNIONS FIND CAPITALIST POLITICS ROTTEN tak Snail Pulled t Deliver G. O. P. Indignation was expressed by some Chicago Federation of Labor delegates at their meeting yesterday when it re- ported that the Soderstrom anti-labor - injunction bill was defeated in Spring- field. One delegate said: “We just got what was coming to us for sup porting Len Small and the repub- licans. We depend too much on lob- bying,” he said, “Lobbying, we see, does fot do us any good.” This was echoed by most of those present. Altho Len Small promised the labor leaders who supported him that the republicans would vote for the Sodér strom bill, only 28 republicans voted for the bill, in spite of the promise of the G. O. P. in its state platform. The bill will be brought before the house again in the form of a resolu- tion. There is a bill before the senate at present, the Webster bill which is a sort of substitute injunction bill which limits injunctions. The bill is really against labor, for it allows only one picket in case of a strike. The report- er for the legislative committee stated that the labor lobby as he understood, had met and decided to support the Webster bill. Secretary Nockels made a motion that the report of the com- mittee be accepted but that the com- mittee be informed that the Chicago federation is against the Webster bill because it allows only one picket, It was carried unanimously. This Webster bill is up for the third reading and has been favorably acted upon twice in the senate but this is the first reference made to it by the federation officials. The debate on the three injuno- tion bills, which many of the dele- gates had trouble in distinguishing from each other, brought out the fact that Len Small had slipped the Chi. cago and Illinois Federations of La- bor a lemon when he seoured their support for re-election last year. Small swept in on the labor votes, and in return the state ptatform of the republicans went on record as against the use of the injunction in labor die. putes, the pet issue of the federation officials. Allied Nations Incite Bulgar White Terror (Continued from page 1.) 15,000 troops on the frontier, . great imperialist powers compelled the Bulgarian government to turn the blame falsely upon the Communists and begin an intensive campaign of assassination of radical workers and peasants. The ministers of the United States, England, France and Italy were suc: cessful in this conspiracy as Bulgaria fears the more powerful army of Jugo- Slavia and could not hope to wage war without the aid of allied money power. Moreover, the Zankov govern- ment has seized and held power by indiscriminate slaughter of Bulgarian workers and peasants, and could con- veniently fall in with the program calling for more assassinations, which it hopes will bolster its power. The Farce of Court Martial. The “trial” by court martial now sitting is a farce. The sexton Zagor- sky has been promised immunity if he would change his confession to Im- plicate Communist instead of Jugo Slavians, and the indicted persons have all escaped except the cathedral sacristan Freedman and one Petrini. Also “indicted” is the Communist Deputy Grantcharoff, who was shot down on the street and whose assas- sination is thus to be covered with supposed justification, Bomb Not Laid by Communist. But even the indictment admits that the bomb was not placed, as first charged, by the radical leader Nin- koff, who was shot to death by the white guards. It was brought into flie cathedral by an engineer named Abad- jieff, who is not even charged with being a Communist. The misery of the Bulgarian work. ers and peasants is so intense, how- ever, that no white terror can be ex- pected long to hold them down, and the allied imperialists are still fearfull that the Zankov government may yé& be overthrown by popular uprising. 7 . . . CONSTANTINOPLE, May 8.—Bul- garian Communists believed to have been implicated in the cathedral bomb explosion at Sofia were being sought in Turkey today, the government hav- nig issued an order for their appre- hension. This is the latest develop- ment of the united front of capitalist governments to aid the Bulgarian white terror. Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER! TWO THOUSAND COAL MINERS IN —_— ' —7 PITTSBURGH DISTRICT OUT OF WORK AS FIVE PITS CLOSE UP (Special to The Daily ‘Worker) PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 3.—Five burgh district, throwing a total of 1,822 men out of work. owned by the Pittsburgh Coal company. chewed by the seme company. more mines closed down in the Pitta The mines are Six other mines were recently
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F e * THIRD WORLD CONKERENCE OF - ‘Aper Wal : TT ) WORLD CONRERENCE OF a, |LARUL.RUDIENUL || HELP SPREAD IT OVER THE LAND FOR MULITANT MINORITIES| HEARS ‘REDS AT — 7 : a | By ANDREW OVERGAARD DUBLIN MEETING ye 3 wel Ly JO 9 o =~ The third conference of revolutionary metal workers was called by the metal workers’ international propaganda committee of the Red International | Many Promise to Join Workers Party > a ~_FASCIST UNIONS FAIL IN ITALY, SAYS HOOVER AID Condition of eae Is of Labor Unions in Leipzig on March 11, 1925. Delegates were present from Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, England and America. Reports and greetings were received from Czecho-Slovakia and the Balkan states. The following agenda was presented to this conference: In the Mansion House at night every point was occupied. Saklatavala made a very telling which enthused the crowd, Bob Stewart followed and were reported, was that of Soviet Russia, where the situation is quite different from that of the other the confidence of the workers, and 5. Organization questions their Influence Is of no importance, 6. Question of propaganda. says H. C. MacLean, American com- 7. Growi 1. Report of the |. P. C. secre (Special to The Daily Worker) fais ing Worse ser Ae 9 oh ae ; | wee British finance capital is invest-| DUBLIN, (By oe ).—Dublin tarned e Dawes pian a e met- ling heavily in the German steel in-| out en masse to hear Saklatavala the — (By The Federated Press) al workers. dustry. Communist Mj Py with bands playing | ee WASHINGTON, May 3. — Fascist; 3. Report of the situation in Soviet Russia Different: and banners flying, in O’Connell St. ‘ie et ute icine y Penge ve the various countries. i i The only country where improve all traffic had«to stop for two hours P a e legitimate e union 4. Trade union unity a the 4 until the mid-day mee finished. just movement in Italy, have failed to gain| Metal Workers’ International. ment of the metal workers’ conditions ting sup. Du b- lob- Election of presidium. see, mercial attache at the embassy . in The fepart of the 1. P.O. secre countries. In Soviet Russia the work- sketched the path of the Irish work- — a special report on “Labor, Wages anditary, Comrade Vacksov, was well |°°® Dold nyroog ie sad rea aoe ye ing class since 1916, paying tribute to hee Unemployment in Italy,” published by| prepared and covered extensively hye wane 3 _ nit ties ames tg the heroes of “Easter Week” but urg- the federal department of commerce,|the situation confronting the metal eroism the This is the first official admission | workers in the various pode et i ee ee on softiolent to i. panto Naga dér. by Secretary Hoover's organization | pointed out the necessity of strength- -_ ee yr cashtegsa Spiny his aan rime His appeal for a Workers Party ited that fascist terror has been success-|ening the connections between the | °° ~ogr sg tg ergy a and 80! struck the minds of his heavers. With- > of fully met by the Italian workers. various sections, which have been far ration ae we —— oo ay ie out any emotional appeal Stewart put ' MacLean says that the Confedera-jfrom satisfactory. He dealt extens- prey iti ad th pote pee r © | the case to the audience. the stone Generalé del Lavoro, organized|ively with the stiuation in Germany |°°"@'tons of the metal workers, and) (1) tow many of you deliberately olu- fn 1912, “is by far the most influ-jand the need of further work within =. omnes beg "y “y a nats and calmly will be prepared to break ential” of the three national labor/ the reformist unions. one aps setts a ace your present political alignments and » at federations. Second in importance isj| He also dealt with the effects of ore allegiance to join a Workers Party of 5 a the catholic federation, whose strength | the Dawes plan and the struggle to Real International Needed. Ireland? ich is almost wholly among the farm/ maintain the eight-hour day, the need| I shall in another article deal with (2) This party will be rooted or- | ally laborers. of carrying on the struggle against the | the general condition of the Russian/| ganically in the masses, based upon a 9 Can't Win Labor’s Confidence. reformists and to establish one inter-| metal workers. The conference dé-|the place of employment, and every ted “tm the fascist labor scheme,” he| national of metal workers which shall|clared that the struggle against the/ man and woman member must be per- } or weports, “a elaborate organization of}be able to fight on an international | Dawes plan can only be carried out/ sonally active and obedient to the in- ms ® syndicalist character was formed| scale on the basis of the class strug- | effectively by a united international of | structions of the chosen leadership. oie which represents seven separate|gle. Considerable time was given to| metal workers, which /be-an in-| (3) Loyalty must be to the work- zi ina groups representing industry and/|the discussion on the Dawes’ plan. [ternational in reality, based on the|ing class, the party must and will oa commerce, agriculture, and the mer- The Result of the Dawes Plan. class struggle. frame demands in accordance with the chant marine. The liberal professions,| The delegates from England, Ger-| The resolution presented on the/ needs of our class. o4 clerical workers, thé theatre and the| many, France and Sweden in particu-| Dawes plan was oarried unanimously; (4) The party will stand for the by the conference. Comrade Koselov of the Russian lar pointed out the effects of the sys- It porst united themselves in a central tematic plan of international capital federation, Confederazione della Co- republic, but it will be definite and clear as to the nature of that republic oz ird operazioni Sindicali. to enslave the metal workers of all| metal workers reported on the An-| which must be a workers’ republic, ted “A large membership is claimed for| countries in the destruction of the/glo-Russian negotiations for interna-|based upon the organizations of the| . : is the Cooperazini Sindicali, but it is|eight-hour day and the initiation of} tional unity. After his report areso-| working class and resting upon the 9 lh half ago, the New York American Po generally admitted that their success |further,wage cuts. The German dele-| lution was unanimously adopted which | might of that class. Our Readers’ Views | |*#4 = tte news already. But every AN ARTICLE has been decidedly limited and that|gate from the Rhur district showed/ Pledges the revolutionary minorities Promise To Join Party ed tins ADM Mo wll rs FROM RUSSIA they have not succeeded in gaining the |that the German workers in the|to carry on a ceaseless struggle ponse , ; nearest policeman would say, “Get the “ni confidence of the workers. heavy industry are now working from against all the reactionary trade un- eanunen a eee eee . Story of Brown’s Meeting. hell away from here.” ing “Thus, while the Confederazinone | 60 to 72 hours per week and that the|ion bureaucrats who stand in the| ..norete nature of that appeal 'o taken To the DAILY WORKER:— The/| But that did not keep the newsy : act Gel Lavoro has undoubtedly lost| wages have been cut down to 50 per| way of unity. into account,camd at least two thous- following is my impression of Bishopaway; he always came back after UDOK Fo whi. ground, it may reasonably be consider-|cent of pre-war wages. Will ‘Translate in All Languages. |and of the udience pledged them-|“Uliam M. Brown’s meeting at the }making a few short steps towards ed as the leading representative of| The French delegates showed that} Extensive plans were made for the Community Church, New York City: [the curb. About the same time some By Wm. 2. FOSTER La- D p selves to help im the formation of a | eir organized labor. Its-\leaders still|the French capitalists controlling the| strengthening of all connections with| Workers Party on the lines indicated.| 72® cTowds were in the church|were allowed to” enter gt The author has written this | os. claim approximately two-thirds of all| heavy industry in Alsace-Lorraine are/ the I. P. C. for the future, as well as| he meetings have aroused Dublin, |e" 1 arrived. About a dozen po- | quick enough to get past. Some peo- fascinating story in Russia from nd the trade union members in Italy.” |now inffiating wage cuts and their| the strengthening of the press and| and the politieal atmosphere amongst |!icemen were around the entrance | ple jumped out of the line and brush-|§ where he has just returned. | the Noting the fact that the war acted | arguments are that the German work-| other propaganda material. The I. P.| the working class in labor and repub- | t° the church and about as many de-|ed past a policeman who was talking An interesting and colorful ac- | nst as a strong stimulus to trade union|ing Class:are willing to work 11 and|C. presidium were elected from the | lican circles is electric. tectives were participating in various|to a beauty who had just left the count of proletarian journalism | ie. growth in Italy, and that this gain|12 hours a day, and therefore the/| delegation of the following countries: | The Irish Independent goes in at the | discussions that were taking place in | place of worship. and outstanding journals in the | ion has since been lost, MacLean observes | French ‘workers should be willing to| Russia, Germany, France, England, | deep end after the “red invasion” and | the crowd. I tried the same trick, but was nas dong: first workers’ govern- | that the unions are still in a strong| follow thefrexample. Otherwise the) Italy, and the United States. Theen-|is very much-perturbed. Its tone is| Many ways were devised to attract |caught, and went back to my old You can get this most inter- position. y Freawh capitalists will not be able to| tire proceedings of the conference will | of course scurpilous and its news dis-|the attention of the policemen so|place. The crowd was coming out esting account together with | “The practical elimination of strikes | compete. be available for all revolutionary |torted but iti gees the writing on the |that they may look sideways to en faster now, 9:50 p. m. and nobody al- other splendid articles ‘in the fer the last two years,” he con- German Slave Labor. metal workers in various languages. /wall. Hard work, patience, and some | able the people to sneak in. Some |lowed to enter anymore. special | or fesses, “is the result of several fac-| The British delegates showed that| Work Thru Revolutionary Minorities.| degree of | n, will. enable | did, some did not—others were caught| Bishop Brown’s book, Christianity MAY ISSUE | tors, and Important among these was/in the shipbuilding industry in Great} The conference ended March 14,| Ireland to pdefinitely into the line | moving out of the line in order to | and Communism, was for sale out side WORKERS MONTHLY the unqualified announcement of the| Britain the manufacturers are placing; with the result that stronger con-|of organizatién that will fit the work-| make just a few steps towards the |on the side walk. oo 7 = ecg he government that it would not per-|orders for ship building in Germany, | nections have been established by the| ing class for the battles that lie im-|head of the line, but the policemen] 10:20 p. m.» The crowd was com-|§ CVN.¥ int mucemale tats ro ) ied mit any interference with the normal] | due to’the fact that the German work-| various national sections with the I.| mediately ahead. pushed them towards the last end |ing out faster. Rushes were made for of he processes of production.” ing class are forced to work formuch/|P. C. which will enable the revolu- — of the line and told them to “stay|the door, wanting to get in when $2.00 A Year——$1.25 Six Mos. a fl sts Do Not Have &Hour Day. lower rates than the British working|tionary metal workers to carry on B ] ~ . Oil there.” some of the last ones had not yet Single Copy 25 Cents of While Mussolini’s regime has of-| class. The British capitalists con-|their work in a more systematic way viet : Between 9 p. m. and 9:30 p. m, a|come out, all eager to see the “here- THE nd ficially ratified the eight-hour day as/| trolling the metal indusfry are usingjand also on the basis of a unified Industry Builds few curiosity seekers were leaving. j tic.” WORKERS MONTHLY | a rule for Italian industry, this report; the same,arguments as the French,| program which have not been the case N R . The New York American made its ap- No disturbances were noticed save 1113 W. W Bivd es, shows that there is wholesale viola-| Stating that the workers must take/|till now. ‘This conference was prac- ew Refineries pearance also with the newsboy yell-|for a few words among the partici- Chicago, 1! al tion of its meaning. Overtime is per-| Wage cuts otherwise they shall be/tically the first conference of a real ing “Dr. Brown challenged Dr. Mann-| pants of the sidewalk debate. Pr ria mitted in so many classes of work, | forced to place their orders with Ger-jrepresentative nature and approi-| RIGA, May 3. — M. Cereborfsky,|ing; Read all about it in the New Fraternally yours, pe FO and the rate of pay for overtime is ae he He 29 where the production} mately one million metal workers| head of the Soviet Naptha Works at | York American.” Altho the meeting Arved Osol, 3 ni so little above the regular rate, that} Will cheaper. were represented. Baku, announces the signing of aj|had been opened only an hour and 555 Couldwell Ave., Bronx, N. Y. Minnea lis ey labor is generally dissatisfied with its} The same arguments hold good inj By united efforts of these revolu-|oontract with. the Vickers company ™ wf administration. the Scandinavian countries. Thrujtionary minorities in the variouscoun-|ynder which the latter. undertakes . 1 ts within its ranks Pale by That the condition of the working| the-whole discussion it was clearly|tries it will be possible to establish the construction of a factory at Baku Debs’ Fading Glory ripen sencipe 4 eae Dail Worker A ency4 a1 class in Italy is getting worse, instead| @emomstrated that the need for anjone united international of metal for converting mazut into benzin Shi F . t] t That the audience was not repre- \ g “4 of better, is shown by a comparison| international struggle against the| workers and help prepare the way |anq another eileey for refiain — nes Frain y a sentative of the proletarians, and that DAN W. STEVENS, Agt. | a of the rise in cost of living, since 1918, | Dawes’ plan has become more evident.|for the complete overthrow of capi-| ine os . Philadelphia, Pa,|the socialist party is far removed O17 Ah. Aye. . South ch with the rise in wages. In the last| It was pointed out that American talism. Th Vick in from the working class was proven by Will take care half of 1922, when the fascisti took - © Vesey Gerares as S988 oe (Special to The Daily Worker) the fact that the toast master of the of all your orders tor subsorigmens, ? gineers and expert workmen to Baku. bundle orders and news stand sales power, the cost of living was 498 and F hm H ] O Di . ° The government rantees pay-| PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 3.—The | evening started the collection by an for Ww wages were 005 a5 ageinat 100 and — _ . 9g ° pon scussion m ment ot the cost of se aabeetakingn slowly dying socialist party of Phila- | appeal for $1,000 bills. THE DAILY WORKER or ~ While these figures seem to dis-] pany founded in France which hasj|al commerce, Scheinman, stated that Cal Calls a Doctor feller for not knowing the grasp of hopes of bringing the workers into GLOBE prove the fact that the Italian work-|sreat possibilities and unlimited capi-| tho the economic situatior of the a comrade’s hand and repeated the the SOGHAEES PATTY, eotemes the Com: CAFETERIA ers have a higher standard of living} tal for erecting and fitting works with | country was not such as to compel} wasgHINGTON. D.C May 3.—Presi- | same old speech that thrilled his audi- munists ed se oe S. P. and than before the war, MacLean ex-|the requisite machinery for the con-| the state to seek assistance from priv- ‘oolid we Se i , assured his well-fed audience that the Best Foods at Moderate Prices ’ : t - ences years ago. : : ta plains that their improvement is due}struction of the necessary instru-| ate capital, however, in the interests peat «F505 a ga The great “success” of the Debs | day is coming when the bad Commun-| |. eEET, COR. IRVING PLA ‘st to working more days per week than] ments and apparatus in the U. S. S.j of further expansion of the commer- the prevelance of the disease in Wasb- ‘banquet was characterized by the ists will see the error of their ways Ps ce n- ’ in 1923. He declares finally that “It| t.,.stated, in conversation with rep-| cial turnover, the government was Me k of the audience which sadly |#2d return into the gentle folds of (Opposite New York he is evident that a considerable portion|resentatives of the press, that the| willing to meet balf-way the solid ge which pee cost pasa a nen: proletarian element that | the socialist party. Party Headquarters) . he of the advantage which had been|activities of this company in the U.| elements of private capital, with the rors — a a oe looked upon this old man as a leader The slowly dying socialist party of |-— ———. 4 gained in 1921 and 1922 has now been/S. S. R. will undoubtedly play an im- priser mye ate that tne later should White House officials were silent |during the days when the socialist | Philadelphia has failed to revive it- Talk it up—your shopmate will ss from merel fiteeri - j ; wage sales are neceanry and reason |presebment between rence and the| sons to normal trading aad be cont Fors ha lisecrediens Se machen en MOcancecs ks able.” U. S. S. R. M. Jules de Courville is} tented with norma! profits. cay We well. acquainted with Russia, having| Under such conditions the govern-| Studebaker Co, Gets Huge Profits : previous to the war paid many visits | ment would be wiling to grant ereait,| | NEW YORK. May 8. — The Stude OMANCE OF % id . . fiscal and legal facilities. Th de- | baker corporation made $1.84 a share » to European Russia as well as Siberia. 4 es us, de po ? ill Dr S. ZIMMERMAN His. collections relating to various | ¢lared the speaker, the banks would | profit in the first three months of 1925, Magdeleine Marx ét am | branches of Russian ethnography are | discount private bills. Further, the |it was announced today. The corpo- NEW RUSSIA pan e “Women ; > a taxes on private commerce were being | ration sold 29,987 cars in the first utner © omer <5 in one of the Paris museums. zg EN rie 2 ; revised, with an ultimate view to | quarter of 1925: i. 1232 N. CALIFORNIA AVE Phone ARMITS 16 lowering the rate, and so fofth. After paying common and preferred = — land. TI ra Japan Not to anions England A number of representatives of | dividends, the corporation realized : , In the Preface the author says? TOKIO, May 3.—Japan will not - ib private firms and mutual credit so- | $1,583,780 surplus profits bringing the A book aglow with the color light and You arrive in Russia. Though | MY NEW LOCATION follow Great Britain in restoring a|*...- , : ht ia standard, Finance Minister Na- cieties voiced their satisfaction at the | total surplus as of March 31 to : you know that what has been writ- ve gold 6 ee tind statements made by the people’s com- | $31,796,383. life of Russia. ten about it is pure invention, that | e- Special X-Ray ee aber, gO of tin missary of internal commerce, and the truth rom roe gpm gl been . € , declared that th ivat i . : falsified, besmirc , an espat- rt ot : Gas comniyy, Que te ts carthquake 8 at ae and solid oak ti ee. eR te “eae 3.—The A — of the ta poopie ne on coe eB ag Ben Rng oF ist nd adverse trade balances wwe ‘ ae - sort of shock of surprise. 0 Workers Given |. yc ace cmmitbienetial Ce tug Reba sank today off Gray’s Har- has met—working men and women, ofh- You find a totally new relation resent,” he caid bor, Washington, with a crew of four , ] f 1] ] ship between man and things, with POISE, : Florida Rejects Child Labor Bill |men who are believed to be drowned, cials—peop e OF ali Ciasses. the majority of people benefiting Y ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 3.—The | according to advices here to the Mer- ; ee by the new order. Everywhere mw, Examination is Free Czrech-Polish Treaty Signed proposed amendment to the federal |chants Exchange. We have received but a limited new not only the signs of resurrection, # My Prices Are Reasonable VIENNA, Austria, May 3.—The) constitution, empowering congress t . but resurrection itself. Yet the My Work Is Guaranteed * itrati 1 liquida- “ eress 20: k f th ubli hers. rest of the world still believes the oh te Czech-Polish arbitration and liquida-| apolish child labor was rejected b stoc rom ep Ss Extracting Speoialist tion treaty has been signed and will| +. riorida general assembly = y PITTSBURGH, PA, eo absurd legends of oppression and DELAY MEANS DECAY go into effect within thirty days. PEAT in thine wes ees “Ose then sisorder that are told about Rus- Argentina Province Seks U. S. Loan | money, | will save 50 per cent on all iu BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 3. their dental work, —The legislat ; i : Br kom ng me at eo. oes of DR. RASNICK From any authorized Agent or by mail direct from Price $2.00 attempt to secure a loan of 19 mililon iTIST the Daily Worker ‘ ° ’ on ; ee ¥ ‘ | = 5 ~ y
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’ yeoe ae ae Workers Turn from the ; = ine SS beet : oo ae . . ENERAL HERTZOG, premier of the Union of South Africa, was a bitter anti-Briton before his elevation to office. In the early days of the war he led an armed rising against the British forces. He was the lead- er of the republicans and swore on his lifted sword that he would sup- port the secession of the union from the British empire when his party secured power. But today, Hertzog thinks it would be a fatal mistake for the union to secede from the empire How those bourgeois republicans can see the other side of the case when the coin of the realm hoves in sight in sufficient quantities o « = HE Federation News, official organ | of the Chicago Federation of La-| bor, declares that the Communists elected Hindenburg and are in gener- al a bunch of reactionaries. Except for the fact that they favor the over- throw of capitalism and the establish- | ment of the rule of the workers and peasants, they would be as reaction- ory as Charley Dawes or perhaps Len Small, the financial exvert of the state of Illinois. The German Com- rad [munists did not take a lesson from the supporters of the Federation News, who went back to their vomit in the last elections. The fake labor partyites turned themselves inside out for the faker Small. Of course. there is a suspicion that Small had to turn his pockets inside out during the negotiations. 4 . > HE German Communists. should have supported Marx, the favorite of Charley Dawes and the American bankers, says the Federction News. Because the Communists _— raised the working class standard and fought both Marx and Hindenburg, the Federation News throws a catfit. Unfortunately for the prestige of the Federation News and the reaction- aries who back it up, the tirade against the Communists in a recent is- sue is so silly.that nobody will take it seriously. Why can’t the editor put his head under some generous hyd- rant and let the water run? He must have a lot of superfluous gudgeon grease between his ears. Subseribe for the DAILY WORKER! —— EE Unemployment and Wage Cuts Ignored LONDON, England, May 3—Win- ston Churchill's budget is “the worst ‘rich man’s budget ever released,” la- |} bor members of parliament charged beforé the house of commons. Altho the country’s two grave prob- ‘lems are unemployment and | trial depression, it was pointed out, the workers. By Baldwin Cabinet indus- the chancellor of the exchequer en- tirglg\ignores the deplorable misery of|sure to see him the next day to 1913 1S DUG UP AGAINST STRIKE Lewis Lawhers’ Make a Plea of 1914 Change WHEELING, W. Va., May 3— The West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal cdm- pany was charged here with fraudu- lently imposing on the United States district court in bringing contempt proceedings against. seventeen mem- bers of the United Mine Workers of America for alleged violation of an in- junction against unionization of the company’s mines in Northern West Virginia. bits Claim 1913 Injunction. Modified in 1914 In a responsive plea entered by Van A. Bittner, internat organizer for the union, it was charged that the or- der prepared by the coal company’s counsel and submitted to Judge Will- iam Baker on July 10, making perma- nently effective the restraining order signed by the late Jud ge Alston Day- ton on Dec, 2, 1913, failed to take any account of the modification of the or- iginal injunction made by the United States circuit court of appeals for the fourth district. ) Judge Baker, before whom the con- tempt proceedings are being tried, was asked to set aside his own injunction decree, which is the basis of the charges ‘against the defendants. Same Plea for All. This defensive counter-attack brot an early close to the proceedings, which were adjourned until argu- ments of the coal company’s counsel will be heard in rebuttal of the un- ion’s charges. It was announced by the union at- torneys that the pleas of all the defen- dants would be similar to that made for Mr. Bittner. “Lawful Union and Non-Violent Pick- eting” Approved. The modification order granted by the appellate court. qtioted by the de- fendants, is said to have been issued on May 28, 1914. As read by the union attorneys it provided that Judge Day- ton’s injunction of Dec. 1, 1913, was not to be understood’ as preventing the employes of the West Virginia- Pittsburgh Coal compahy from joining any lawful union or from receiving non-employment benefits, and further, that it prevents no member of a labor union from endeavoring to persuade, without violence any worker to dis- continue work in the mines of the company. Lewis Ordered to Appear May 4. Of the seventeen defendants cited for contempt in case all. but five ap- peared in court. These were John L. Lewis, international president of the Miners’ Union; Lee Hall, president of District No. 6; G. W. Savage and Phillip Murray, national organizers, and Angelo Nude. On motion of John A. Howard, attor- ney for the company, Judge Baker di- rected that each of these defendants should be served with notices to ap- pear here for trial on May 4. Does your friend -subseribe to the DAILY WORKBR? Ask him! T steel during the emergency. By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) How the cost of the war was inflated by the excessive war profits of the steel companies is revealed in a report submitted to congress by the federal trade commission. The report is based on information gathered for the war industries board and serving as a basis for determining the price paid for The war profits of the entire steel industry ran at a rate ‘more than three times as high as those of 1915. According to the commission's figures the rate rose from 7.5 per cent in 1915 to 21.7 per cent in 1916, to 28.9 per cent in 1917 and 20.2 per cent in 1918. The average for 1917 and 1918 when the United States was at war was 24.5 per cent. And this return is reckoned on the whole investment account including stocks, bonds and undivided profits. Almost 100 Per Cent in Five Years. Average annual profits of various types of steel corporation for the four- year period are shown as follows: (1) companies controlling production from raw materials to finished prod- ducts, 21.8 per cent; (2) companies beginning with the making of pig iron, 24.5 per cent; (3) companies begin- ning with the making of steel, 36.2 per cent; and (4) companies simply rolling steel products, 36.8 per cent. The U. S. Steel corporation is shown separately with an average return of 18.2 per cent on its total investment including capital stock, ~bonds and surplus. These figures give the false impres- sion that the big corporations like U. S. Steel were less notorious profiteers than the small hangers-on of the in- dustry. The real nature of their pro- fits is concealed by their overcapitali- zation. Half Billlon of Water. A true estimate of rate of return on U. 8. Steel investment would elimin- ate the $508,000,000 common stock al- together. For it was originally all water and has value today only be- cause of the surplus profits which have been invested in physical plant. This means that the commission’s re- port really counts this half a billion dollars twice in reckoning the invest- ment. Making this correction increas- es the corporation’s rate of return to 23.6 per cent. It would be further increased if allowance could be made for all the investment in resources for future production not actually neces- sary to current activity. _ Tbs. commission found cost of pro- duction much lower in the big in- clusive corporations. In 1918 the cost of producing shear plates in these larger concerns was $52.01 while in the others it ranged around $70 a ton. The cost of all rolled steel products averaged about 25 per cent lower in corporations controlling production from raw material to finished product. Juggling Figures On Profit To find why these lew cost combines showed a lower rate of profit the com- mission investigated the investment per ton of steel produced. It found the investment per. ton comparatively high in the big trusts. It says: “High average investment per unit appears to explain in large part the lower profits of Class 1 (the integrated) companies.” This shows how, by overcapitaling big monopolies the exorbitant rate of return on real investment in conceal- ed, because the profit is spread over an excessive number of stocks and bonds. SOVIET RUSSIA INCREASES OUTPUT OF ASBESTOS AND GRAPHITE MINES further evidence of the tremendous Soviet Union’s mineral resources. to be at least 2,500,000 tons. other countries. Native Graphite Cheaper. The deposits lie very favorably for iready exploitation and cheap water transportation can be used for a good part of the year, so that this high grade graphite could be sold in Len- ingrad or Moscow at about $32.50 per 100 pounds, whereas imported gra- phite of equal quality sells in these cities at about $14.00 per 100 pounds. The other article discusses the as- bestos industry of the Soviet Union. A number of deposits are known, but the Ural mines are the only ones be- ing exploited on any considerable scale. The total reserves in this re- gion are definitely known to aggre- | gate at least 25 million poods of as- | bestos and may run up to 300 million poods (1 pood equa!s 36 pounds). Import Asbestos. | With the excepion' of one deposit ‘in the Alapayevska region, operated ‘under a concession agreement by the American Allied company, all the Ural ‘asbestos mines are im control of the Uralasbest Trust, a state enterprise which was founded in November, 1921. In 1923, this trust turned out 300,000 |poods of asbestos, over two-thirds of which were exported. Production for 1924-25 approximat- ed 500,000 poods, which brought. the output up to 35 per cent of the pre- war volume. There ig a ready sale for Soviet asbestos in Burdpe and the markets lost by Rugsia during the war are rapidly being, reconquered. - = 7 _ Give your shopniate this copy of the DAILY WORKER —but be —~ get his subscription. In the May 1 number of the Russian Review there are two items giving magnitude and great variety of the One of these articles describes the rich graphite deposits in northwest- ern Siberia near Turukhansk at the junction of the Kureika and Yenissei rivers. Recent surveys by a special expedition prove the available reserves The graphite is of remarkably high quality, containing only 2 to 15 per cent of impurities as against 40 to 60 per cent in graphite mineral from Des Moines Unions to Feel Lash of Open Shop Drive ‘Special to The Dally Worker) DES MOINES, Iowa, May 3.—The streetcarmen of this city, altho pro- tected by a long-term agrement, may have the one-man car forced upon them by the local traction company, whose officials claim that such meas- revenues. offered to discuss before an open meeting of the train- men. Instead the company called the men together in small groups, hoping to win them over to the proposed change. The union points out that the -one- man car would mean the elimination of practically all the conductors. as very few would be retained as motor- men. Each side is now “watchfully waiting.” Even Des Moines feels the lash of Capitalism and the impending open shop drive. Negro Elected President. NEW YORK, May 3.—A 17-year-old Negro boy, Arthur Waller. of Jamaica, L. |, was elected president of the gen- eral organization of the Newtown high school, Elmhurst, L. L, by the stu- dents today after a bitter fight. Waller received 1,406 votes from a student body of 2,300, and defeated two white candidates. There dre only twelve Negro students in the school. "30; | | | | | | | | ’ ures are necessary to offset falling | The union, which is strongly en- | trenched and has a large auditorium. | the one-man Car | ' ’ Rich Teapot Dome Crooks Will Escape Senator Declares (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3—Thé prosecution of those involved in the Teapot Dome oi] scandals will come to nothing it was predicted in the sen- ate. “A year has pas with no very aggressive effort being to. vin- dicate the law in the case of the oil scandals,” one senator told his col- leagues. “Now because of legal technicali- ties, both the criminal and civil suits seem in a fair way to come to noth- ing and the rich will escape.” No Tim 6é-Limit for Ratification of Bill (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3— Hope that the amendment to the con- stitution prohibiting child labor will be ratified by enough states to put the amendment into the constitution burned brighter today when it was decided that congress has no power to withdraw or appeal the amend- ment. The legislative reference commit tee of congress, which conducted the investigation, at the instance of one of the senators, found that states which have ratified the amendment cannot reverse their position. The states which have rejected the pro- posal, however, can at any time vote to ratify it. The United States supreme cour( decisions are that the amendment must be ratified “within a reasonable time,” and this is presumed by the congressional committee to extend over a period of years. GET A SUB AND GIVE ONEI +4444 4444 4 a i i i i TOA The_ theoretical ments. With every yearly offer—or the special The enclosed §................ is for a sub to the DAILY WORKER for: Name Street . er . State ee eee eee eee ae SS ee eee ee ee ee ee. tt eh **i sis > &: > & LIKE TWO ARMS The Daily Worker is the powerful right arm. In it, for the busy worker, the world of labor is reflected briefly, clearly and, in addition to.a world view of Commu- hist activity, With articles that add fur- ther light to each step of labor. Like the left arm to a fighting body is the Workers Monthly. 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oe — SE ———————— ee Or lr Or Or Or mm ee —E £ STARVATION CURE| BEING GIVEN TO 10,000 MINERS Pittsburgh O Operators Try to Force Cut By Stephen, Worker Correspondent. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 3.—One mine after another is being closed down by the Pittsburgh Coal Co. in an effort to bring down the wages of the miners. A total of 22 out of 54 mines owned and operated by this company in the Pittsburgh district have closed and the men thrown into the unem- ployed army within a periad of one month. A few weeks ago the company an- nounced the dismantling of 16 mines and removal of equipment. Many . of, these mines are to remain closed for a year. On April 23 mines were closed. At first the com- pany would try to have the men ac- cept a reduction in wages with the promise of steady work. The Ancient Lie of More Work... It circularized numerous letters among the men telling them what a great benefactor it was, but also how poor it was, and that in their own interests the men should accept a wage cut. The trick did not work; the miners refused to fall for this line of bunk. Knowing that the company was lying when it promised steady employment, they refused to go to work in the mines at a reduced wage. The closing of these mines has thrown 10,000 men out of work forcing them to seek employment either in other fields or other industries. Many miners just drift from state to state without any sign of getting a job and finally return to find that their credit in the stores meanwhile has been cut off. Others go to the steel mills look- ing for jobs. There they hire skilled workers for 560 cents an hour and com- mon labor for 40 cents, and even at this cheap wage not very many suc- ceed in getting work. In fact the steel mills are now blowing out their furnaces. Wide Unemployment. The balance of the 54 mines are now only working part time, one, two, at the most three days a week. Miners coming to the Pittsburgh district look- ing for work are either turned away or given work for a few days and later fired. The mines owned by other com- panies in this district do not work very much better. Many of them are closed altogether or working part time. Union Officials Indifferent: This entire problem does not seem to concern the miners’ union officials, who are too busy at the present time expelling reds and progressives from the organization. To the rank and file miners, however, and the work- ing class as a whole it is becoming a real problem demanding a solution. Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! George E. Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall ee CHICAGO Madison Pharmacy INC. 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EMPLOY ERS INE KLAN TO k BIBLE seit ij than at any time in American history. of radical or pacifist teachers. of this sum shall be available for the tional director “who permits the i cncmneenenmenienmneenied (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 3,—A survey of the restrictions on teaching in schools and colleges just. completed by the American Civil Liberties Union shows that more restrictive laws have been passed during the last six months evolution, require compulsory reading of the bible and forbid the employment The survey shows that congress passed one such law as a rider to the 1925 appropriation bill for the District of Columbia, providing “that no part E, BACKED BY E SCIENCE WITH V NATION’S SCHOOLS These laws prohibit the teaching of payment of the sored of any educa- teaching of partisan politics, disre- spect of the holy bible, or that ours is an inferior form of government.” This law is now in force in the Dis- trict of Columbis. Expel Students. _Pennsylyania, Ohio, Delaware, West nia and Kentucky have laws re- quiring the daily reading of the bible in public schools “without comment,” and providing for the discharge and revocation of the -certificate of. a teacher who does not conform to the 1 dates Similar bills have been intro- duced in the legislatures of Virginia, Texas, New'Jersey and Washington. : | A test of this typeof statute was ‘Smale «in South Dakota in March, : where Judge McNenny ‘ruled that a school. board has the authority to ex- ; pel. high school students who leave the, class room during bible reading. Thirteen students were expelled in this controversy. The decision will be appealed to a higher court.’ Afraid of Truth. The first state law prohibiting the teaching of the doctrine of evolution in public schools and collefes was passed in Tennessee in March. Reso- lutions of state boards forbidding the teaching of evolution were previously adopted in North Carolina and Flor- ida. Missouri state colleges and schools are forbidden by a rider to the ap- propriation bill recently passed to em- ploy any person “who teaches, or ad- vocates in public or private that the citizens of this state should not pro- tect the government of the United States from aggression by other na- tions.” In the recent Ohio legislature a res- olution was introduced authorizing an investigation of members of the fac- ulties of three state universities, with the object of ousting “radicals and atheists.” This resolution was killed by the senate committee to which it was referred. Klan Backs Gag Laws. “Efforts to get court action on all these restrictive laws will be made thru our attorneys,” the Civil Liber- ties Union announces. “The constitu- tional guarantee of separation of pecrecor and state, it is believed, offers a ground for contesting the laws re- quiring bible reading. The U. 8S. su- preme court already has befora it one restrictive school law passed in Ore gon and aimed at abolishing the parochial schools. The chief sources of inspiration for this new and unpre- cedented crop of gag laws on teach- ing are the ku klux klan, the funda- mentalists, and the professional pa- triotic societies. The klan is back of the compulsory bible reading and anti- parochial school laws, the fundamen- talists back of the antt-evolution bills and the professional patriots back cf the anti-radical and anft-pacifist British W. wd Unioni Br P elegation of wo- organisers of Brit- is visiting Russia f making a special investigation into questions affecting women and children. The delegation intends to make a stay of about two months and to publish an independent report upon its return. The delegation consists of Miss Mary Quaile, organizer of Transport and General Workers’ Union, and member of the General Council of the Trades Unioi Congress; Miss An- nie Loughlin, organiser, Tailors’ and Garment ‘Workérs* Union; Mrs. A. Bridges, Natiofal’ Union of Printing Bookbinding, @md Paper Workers; Mrs. L. A. Aspinall, Weavers’, Wind- ers’, and Reelers’ Association; Mrs. K. Coates, interpreter; and Miss May Purcell, stenographer. The dele; “will be away for about six to eight weeks, and will make a 5 investigation into questions women and chil- dren. It will make an independent report on ‘tts at Erection of. ower Plant Lags. | WASHINGTON—(FP)—Annual pro duction of elect icity by public utility power plants. . the United States has increased about 40 per cent in five years, @ecording to a report made by the U. 8S. geological survey. Total production in 1919 was 38,921,000,000 kilowatt hours, while in 1924 it had reached 69,014,000,000 kilowatt hours. Water power plants produced 37.5 per cent of the total in 1919, and 33.8 per cent of the total in 1924—showing that construction of hydro-electric plants had not “kept pace with the growth in démand fc® electricity. Coal used as fuel for the production of electricity. amounted to 35,100,000 short tons in 1919, and to 37,556,000 short tons in 1924, while fuel oil was used to the extent of 11,060,000 bar- rels in 1919 and 16,630,000 barrels in measures.” 1924, THE “ART. ‘OF THE NEW WORLD— By JOHN LASSEN. Modern Russian Art, by Louis Lo- zowick,. of Modern Art, So- clete ides ie, ity hae $1.00. tore As oo American hid market has been euirfched by a book which has filled up a waid,. The task accomplish- ed by Lou) Lozowick is that he has given a picture ‘of Russian art today. He does not assume the pompous air ofan, official arbiter but in the. most 0) ahiestixe way. possible he un- dertakes to maké us comprehend the tendeficiés whieh have stirred up the calm -watera+ot-pre-revolutionary art into a veritable storm. Lozowick, who himself is one of the best American artists looks at the art movement as a painter. With the eyes of a paint- er he~anatyzes what the new art has achieved. Of first importance for him are thé gaihting problems. We must state that the has illuminated the problem int such a way that every A ga f | understand. Tn. vg “imple and clear language he pt before us the problems of the 1 us schools of painting. Up- on-territer¥ absolutely strange to the American public ne leads us with sure hand. From Bubnovy Valet, across the Russian cubists, constructivists, su- premists to the expressionists Lozo- wick shows us the different schools of painting. With a cold objectivity he tries to show us the various charac- teristics of all these schools. He shows the merit of the Soviets which encouraged the untrammeled development of all these tendencies, to the most audacious. He does not criticise. He only determines. He does this in such a way that every- one can judge for himself. In this objectivity he goes too far, in our opinion, and does not point out the mist&kes of the various schools, such as suprematism for instance. In our opinion it was not wise to give an | accqunt of expressionism in the last paragraph because expressionism is evidefitly a further: development of Bubnovy Valet. The determining fac- tor.in all these schools is the steady trend toward constructivism. The writer of the book looks with tod much pessimism at the effects of Nep upon art. The Nep liberated the structure of the whole economic life. And together with that it assures the final victory of the proletarian revo- lution. A strong proletarian state will be a greater help than before towards the further development of art. We ‘are very sure that in Paris, Berlin or London artists cannot find a Maece- nas for their paintings of black on black or white on white. For Lozowick himself who is a wonderful, most intelligent and most capable painter who does not resem- ble these various schools, we have nothing but praise on account of his remarkable objectivity. The book as it is, is a splendid guide for all who are interested, in the labyrinth of the new Russian art. The rich illustrations make the book complete. What was impossible for Lozowick to tell in words the pic tures show in a most interesting man- ner. We recommend the book to. everyone who wants to get a look into | the melting pot in which is , ae __. «| Philadelphia, Pa. | the new art of » new world. ADAMSON LETER ALERE. . 5 tw ~~ Sas >, BTN Te eer Ce PE ERIN a eG SH FS alt F-ck. Keser “The Green Hat,” a dramatization by Michael Arlen of the author’s novel of the same name. Playing at the Selwyn Theater. The Green Hat is the story of a misunderstood woman, Iris Fenwick, nee March, who battles for ten years against English prudery to attain the man she loves, Napier Harpenden,— and happiness. . Iris and Napier were pelymates to- gether, and in spite of the fact: that Napier’s father, Sir Maurice Harpen- love of the childhood sweethearts does not grow cold. Iris marries, her husband jumps out of the window on her wedding night when he finds her somewhat disgusted upon learning that a prostitute has given hubby a venereal disease. Napier fares somewhat better, ten years later marrying Venus Pollen, a pure sweet angel, who, however, ad- mits that it is somewhat boring to be a virgin. Iris has not revealed the true reason for her husband’s suicide, and in order to shield her brother, Gerard March, who worshipped her husband as an idealist, takes the blame for her hus- band’s fatal leap and allows English society to cast her out as a hariot. Iris does not care much for English society anyhow. “There is no one so lonesome as an English woman in England,” she says. Iris is True to First Love And so for ten years, “wearing a green hat, Iris haunts the capitals of Europe. But she cannot forget Napier, and returns a few days before his marriage to ask him to aid her dying brother. Napier sends someone else to console Gerald and spends the nite with Iris. Their son dies at birth. Later, when Napier’s wife is told all, she agrees togive up Napier to Iris. But Napier shatters Iris’ ideal, by tell- ing his father that her dishonor was self imposed. Iris does not like this. “You’ve destroyed the only gracious thing I ever did,” she says, and sends Napier back to his wife, gracefully eliminating herself by driving her auto into a tree. Exposes Hypocrisy of Rich. The Green Hat makes you hate up-| per class hypocrisy, the false morals and untrue standards of the self styled aristocracy. It makes you hate the smugness of the well bred English “gentleman.” A horde of “beastly” plutocrats march across the stage. Napier is a victim of the class from which he springs. His love for Iris is to him a weakness which he would like to overcome. Napier deserts Iris after her husband's suicide, and again, allows her to slip thru his fingers in order to marry the well brought up Venice Pollen. Napier is bound by his position “in the foreign office,” by his rigid ideas of what is right and grong in matters of sex. “I long for decency,” Iris tells Napier and his crowd. “Not the de- cency men show when someone is looking at them, but real decency, when they are not being watched.” But so smug in Napier that the shaft does not even sting him—he does not know it is meant for him. % Perhaps the play ends logically ugh. Iris has put up a splendid fight against the indecent, bourgeois dards. In the end, her ideal is ftered, her long search for her ver beaten, and she has nothing ore to live for. | \den, forbids their marriage, the. first} But there ia, the suspicion that the author. of The, Green Hat, Michael Ailen, had an eye on the box office in constructing his ending. At least, two interpretations may be put upon it. We would. prefer to think ‘hit Napier was 4a, fool; that he lost a real woman. @nd was shunted back to his empty headed, though sweet, angel, to stewfor the rest of his life in his own upper-class pride. We pre- fer to think {WAY the ending Aemon- strated the’ inisery, the sad frony, the hateful ‘rottenéas® t accompanies the bourgéoii’s ds. Part of duf"present day Standards are to let a ‘seller exhibit what the bourgeols Considér the rankest filth, the most Hérverted fulminations, as long as conventionality is served in the end and thé evil one who has been amusing us for-200 pages is killed and the sweet heroifie marries the stal- wart hero. A deviation from the bourgeois stan- dards in the movies, for example, is permitted only on condition that the black sheep iis killed in a rail- road wreck and hubby and wifey make up. And-yet it is these human and true to Hfe “deviations” which the people payrtheir money to see. The Green Hat; of course, does not do this. Iris is the heroine to the end, and she triumphs over the con- ventions even in death. But the play sets one to wondering if Arlen did not make a concession to the conven- tions in keping the home of the weak husband and the sweet wife intact at the end. Piay Worth Seeing. The ending leaves a way out for the conventional playgoer. He can say, “Well, the sacred marriage institution is the strongest, after all. That just goes to show, if the woman WOULD go dashing about in a green hat, she was bound to smash up against a tree sooner or later.” — At any rate the ironies are there for the keen eyed to see, the bourgeoisie are dragged thru the mire of their contempt for the “improper” and unconventional, and they suffer the consequences of the system which has built up an aristocraty of the rich. The acting, with Katherine Cornell, Leslie Howard, Ann Harding, Eugene Powers, Paul Guilfoyle and Gordon Ash supplying an all star cast, is un- usually good. Thé play is well worth seeing. KARL REEVE. Scab Railroad Has Big Per Cent of Engines Ticketed as Unsafe WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—In the first nine months of the fiscal year ending July, 1924, 21.5 per cent of the Pennsylvania railroad locomotives were rodered out of service by fed- eral inspectors, while the percentage on the Baltimore and Ohio was 5.8, that on the New York Central was 9.3, and the average for all railroads was 9.5 per cent. In view of this devay of the proper- ty, one finds nothiAg surprising in the report that the stockholders failed to adopt any apprééiative resolutions when President Rea recently retired from the presidepey of the company, even tho the ling @oasts of its com- pany yoion “efficiency” in its shops. Get A sub A “Give One! J, BULL HAPEY AS REACTION 18 ON TOP OF HEAP But the Higher It Goes ‘| the Harder the Fall (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, May 3-—The foreign of fice stated today it considered the general European situation greatly improved, assigning three reasons for the optimistic view. 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The employers are more artful than in the last century, when the sheriff of Cook county, Illinois, for example, told a group of strikers in reyes “You must go back to work for $1.50 a day, « I’ll call the troops to compel you to do #0.” Those! were the days when the employers openly waged unrelenting and brutal warfare on the slightest sign of unionism. Those were the days when the labor movement grew amazingly, and was inspired by militant leaders for tremendous battles. It was the back- ground upon which labor organized its ranks and marched to victory in the magnificent conflict for the eight-hour day in 1886. It was the foundation upon which was erected the American Federation of Labor and the Knights of Labor in their best days. But the employers found that frontal attack on labor organization is not always effective. The policy of corrupting the labor union officialdom and turning the whole stream of unionist ideology into class collaboration was begun and has blos- somed and blown like the deadly upas tree. Everywhere today the union buréaucracy is spreading the idea that the boss really wants to raise wages, really wants to give more employment and better conditions—and is only prevented by lack of efficiency on the part of the workers. The current and most poisonous of all is the intensive propaganda being carried on to convince the work- ers that the remedy for unemployment is to accept a cut in wages. This is an international campaign begun simul- taneously in Europe and America, and it would be interesting to learn what part the union bureau- crats agreed to play in the conspiracy, the exist- ence of which cannot be questioned. The Dawes plan competition with German slave labor fur- nished an excellent excuse. But capitalism is responsible for the Dawes plan and the workers must not accept the burden. In Nova Scotia, Besco gives the unemployment “starvation cure” to 12,000 miners, then demands a wage cut. In Alberta the coal operators haye fairly succeeded in not only cutting wages, but declaring the open shop. The New England textile barons, after a dose of starvation, put over a wage eut. In the Pittsburgh district the coal operators are saying: “If you will take a wage cut, then we will open the mines.” Ten thousand miners are get- ting the preparatory starvation cure. Other in- | stances are numerous, in lumber production, for example. The answer of American labor ought to be sharp and decisive. If it is not, and if the American workers are losing right and left, the fault is that ithe unions are corrupted with class collaboration and union officers teach that “industrial peace” and helping the boss is the first function of the workers’ organization. Against this black be trayal all progressive forces must wage a vigorous war. A Suitable Memorial The committee appointed by the executive coun- cil of the American Federation of Labor to erect a suitable memorial in honor of Samuel Gompers, has invited suggestions as to the form this memo rial should take. Many suitable suggestions occur to a person, suggestions that would portray the attitude of Gompers towards the struggle that always exists between the workers, on one side, and the capital- ists on the other. Here is one: A worker on his knees with fore. head touching the ground. The foot of a capitalist | on his neck. Gompers with a needle, representing class collaboration shooting the dope into the work- er’s arm. Or another: The workers representing a flock of sheep, with Gompers, like the trained ram in the Chicago stockyards, leading them to the knife. But remembering that Gompers did make a real serious fight for beer and wine, the dead labor leader the statute of liberty, bearing in his uplifted hand ~ foaming mug instead of the lighted torch. Gentlemen of the memorial committee, take your choice. The Soviet in ambassador Paris called on Aristide Briand to deny the rumors spread by| Russia’s enemies about the envoy’s participation | in revolutionary activities in France. About the | same time the French ambassador in Moscow was calling on Litvinov to deny that two French officers participated ip a Baltic anti-Soviet conference. Tit for tat cams > “== i remarks that the situation is “satisfactory.” ee £5 he PP ieee ’ eRe? =, : ay aS » F Bf s f- > r ' a - aw right ay OF ot A =) Se ec. 7 tga regs ig ea =e % “eo : x ‘es , = ae eS ay. : - 7 ai: ‘4 = oN a an 7 ‘. 2 Mane et Wink. * : a -. - * * 2 > ! cf The. 4 An Interview with the Deputy Peo ple’s Commissar fdr Justice and Chief Public Prosecutof® fér the Republic, Comrade Krylenko. . ? 7 N the capitalist countries the terror- ist justice is raging more furiously than ever. And the social democrats are more eager than ever to support this system of bourgeois terrorist jus- tice. ey are conducting a system- atic campaign in order to drown the cry of the revolutionary fighters for an amnesty which ‘again is arising from the masses. One of their most favorite means is to point to the “terror” in the Soviet Union. Apart from the fact that the proteges of the social democrats are counter-revolutionaries and adventur- ers, who objectively and in almost all cases subjectively further the inter- ests of international imperialism, and against whom thé sharpest counter- measures are necessary and justified in the interest of the Soviet Union and of its working ‘class, the campaign of the social deméecracy is absolutely mendacious. HEIR outcry over Georgia is still fresh in every one’s memory. All the old anti-Bolshevist stories were served up in order to preise and I RS “J Satisfactory Situation” The secretary of: labor in Coolidge’s cabinet, Mr. James J. Davis; says that “May Day presents no industrial disputes” and that “industrial relations are very satisfactory as a whole.” While the textile workers of New England are first given the starvation cure of unemployment and then handed a wage cut, while hundreds of thousands of miners and their families are on ra- tions below the coolie standard and face wide- spread unemployment, wage cuts and the assault of the operators to break up their union, while President Grace of Bethlehem Steel frankly tells the steel trust employes that they must compete with labor enslaved by the Dawes plan, and all along the line the American workers confront a terrific attack on wages, hours and unions, the secretary of the deportation department blandly In one way, that is to say from the capitalist viewpoint, the situation is, certainly, satisfactory. Capitalism has installed its most reactionary pup- pet in the White House, it has defeated even the most ineffective constitutional limitation to child labor, the wage cuts are for the most part meeting with only sporad? resistance, the enforcement of longer working hours is being pressed, the open shop drive is making headway—and in all these r| things the capitalists are enlisting the active sup- port of the labor union officialdom. Such a situation, from the viewpoint of Wall Street and the capitalist government of which Mr. | glorify the Georgian mensheviki, who, by means of money supplied by the entente, attempted a counter-revolu- tionary putsch, The central executive committee of the Soviet Union however, at its last session, which was held in Tiflis and which was enthusiastically re- ceived by the Georgian population, decided, among other important ques- tion, upon an amnesty for Georgia. The deputy people’s commissar for justice and chief public prosecutor, Comrade Krylenko, explained to us regarding the ddcision of the central executive committee of the Soviet Union as to the amnesty question as follows: HE 3rd session of the central ex- ecutive committee of the Soviet Un- ion was held in Tiflis. The main reason for this was in order to fur- nish palpable proof of the close con- nection which exists between the cen- tral government and those sections of the union which formerly, as border states, were subjected to a regime of national oppression by the czarist bu- reaucracy. This proof has been fur- nished by the welcome accorded to the government in the capital city of the country where the national ques- tion is particularly complicated (Geor- gia is inhabited by about 10 different nationalities.) The reception of the government in Tiflis was a unique eats | in Soviet een R triumph, especially the reception ac- cotta by the working population. It has shown that the position of the Soviet power -n Georgia is so firmly} consolidated, that there cannot be | any talk of any hostile attitude, in. spite of the which took place as recently as Au. gust last. “The demonstrative reception has shown that the government acted rightly in deciding. to grant an am- nesty, after it had become evident that the working population of Georgia are unanimously behind the © So- viet. power. The evidence against those who participated in the putsch is to be once’ more examined. This will mainly affect the members ae we; menshevist organizations. “The amnesty extends still furti e to sentences which were imposed. year in ‘consequence of failure to pay taxes. This item of the amnesty will particularly contribute to link up still more closely the connections be tween town and country, as besides craftsmen it is the peasants who are mainly affected in this connection. “Finally, it has been. decided. to grant an amnesty for criminal mis- demeanors. Here, of course, it is im- possible to,examine. the evidence. Therefore, the sentences of t who have been already condemned will be counter-revolutionary | putsch attempt of the mensheviki) b eel tenee the workers’ reduced by a half. It woald have en possible to dispense a pretext for an oneatabina ‘1 paign against the Soviet Union.” THE facts expose the social: dome 4 cratic campaigns of caluminy. * During the last elections, in “@ ér many and France the social «4 m crats.gave promises of an am 1 order to capture workers’ ‘vot | the. elections they sabotaged’ 1 amnesty. nany finds staunch ; in the social democrats.’ In Fra ‘the case of Sadoul shows how’t nuch the promises of an amnesty by’ the social democrats and the - left. Bibe were worth. They continually attempt to Seite vince the workers that it is impossible to grant an amnesty to revolutionaty workers in Europe so long as’ the counter-revolutionaries in the Soviet Union are not given an amnesty. The amnesty in Georgia destroys this ar- gument of the social democrats. ,_ | Davis is spokesman, undoubtedly is a source of satisfaction. To the working class, however, such a situation is a living menace to life and happi- ness. While Bill Green and John L. Lewis and the whole tribe of labor fakers may agree that every- thing is lovely, few ordinary workers can look}, ; upon the following words of Mr. Davis as any- A RUSSIAN FACTORY (The things about Russia which seem “different,” as | look back from America.) By ANISE. thing but pure bunk. He adds: “The American workman is entirely in accord with the policies and principles upon which the nation is established. He realizes that his welfare is depend- ent upon profitable and productive enterprise and he is sincerely co-operating with the employer in the endeavor.” 4 N my lectures across the United States, I find that the hardest thing of all to explain to American workers is just what a factory means in Rusia. To an American, a factory is merely a place to work; a rather unpleasant spot where you labor eight hours or more per day, and then go home to live. To a Russian; the factory is the center of life. Those very words Sound drab and repellent to the Ameritah worker. He can’t get rid of the grim unpleasant- ness around that word factory. Sup- pose you think, inStéad, of the words “social center.” A sdért of combined university, dance-hall, polling place, musical club, day nursery and sewing circle combined. Is that “jazzy” enough to sound interesting? Well, that is what a Russian factory is, out side of working hours. F course, they also work in a Russ” ian factory. Not so fast as they do in America, fot the Russian have never leagned our spéed. At the pres- ent moment, in fact, they are putting in the piece work ayvetem, in the hope of learning to produte a little more. The workers in America object to the piece-work system, bécause it is used to exploit them and’ wear them out. But extra speed in a Russian plant comes back to benefit all the workers. Besides, it will take & lot of speeding up before the Russians go fast enough to affect their nervés. And there are safeguards established, in the shape of forms fixed, not ‘by the swiftest, but by the moderately slow worker. In any event the Russian workers We venture to say that the average worker is bamboozled into co-operating with the boss only by the extremest measures of trickery and fraud of the combined forces of capitalist dopesters and union bureaucracy. And further we venture that when the bulk of workers have tasted the gall and wormwood of class collaboration such as the machinists have done under the “B. & O.” plan at the Glenwood shops, they will be quite ready to listen to the Communists, who are, we imagine, the “societies advocating discontent, dissatisfaction and opposi- tion to our form of government,” which Mr. Davis condemned as disturbers in this little paradise of American capitalism. The Annual F right On every May Day since the workers of the world began to demonstrate against the capitalist system the bourgeois press has indulged in a regular campaign of hysterical anti-radical propa- ganda, designed to frighten away the workers from these demonstrations. And yet those demon- strations grow larger year by year. The onward march of the revolutionary proletariat cannot be stopped by any force on earth. A few days prior to last May Day, the capitalist ies; last year the output of state in- 4 might be represented as a male edition of press spread itself on plots and conspiracies in ‘every capital city in Europe. Even in New York the police raided headquarters of the Workers Party without warrant, drove those present out into the streets, rifled desks and carried away Communist literature. Plots to assassinate government officials were discovered in England and after the headlines had accomplished their purpose those who floated the ‘rumors repudiated them. Mussoliniefilled the jails 'with radicals. The Paris police raided the homes of Communists and confiscated literature. | re wghoeh ~~ oe mamagement io by knowing all the inside secrets. But There were no attacks made on the socialists by | in Russia it is not considered “put- the capitalist governments on this May Day in any| ting anything over”; it is considered country with the possible exception of Italy where| the most natural thing in the world the fascist gangsters tolerate no opposition. The| ‘®t the increased profits of a state ‘ ‘ 4 asin factory should go, in part, to increas- capitalists no longer recognize the socialists as ing wages, and that the workers in their enemies. the factory should Kttiow all about the | It is not hard to get the capitalists excited on| balance sheets in order to encourage, May Day. They fear the idea of the workers of the| “®®™ t© Produce more and better by world showing their solidarity by demonstrating sootns bow fast tia yaeery % getting their common interests against capitalism. The class struggle is no mere figure of speech. It is a ahead. UT the Russia factory is more living reality, as is proven not only on May Day, but on every day of the year. than a place to work. If you go | “Hindy” Fills the Bill dustry increased thirty-three and a third per cent. er can see quite plafttly that, as the output of his factory increases, so also his wages go up. His ‘shop committee has access to the books of the fac- tory, and knows just what the profits are. They can easily tell how much to demand in wages at the time of the next collective agreement. When I tell American wérkers about this arrangement, they usually grin with pleasure at the thought of “putting in the evening to any large factory in Russia, and even to some of the small one, you find from’ four to a dozen rooms going full Blast. Clubs and classes and lecturés and concerts— these make up the evening life. In one room you find the group fighting illiteracy—a dozen ‘or more old men and women who are painfully learn- ing their A B C’s from the young Communist who is ‘teaching them. Down the hall coffe the strains of a stringed instrument; it is the factory orchestra. Beyond is | A-capacious gullet appears to be a prime qualifi- cation for the office of president of the imperial republic of Germany. When von Hindenburg celebrated his victory with his friends, he is alleged to have “drank far more cognac than, Admiral von Tirpitz and the other politicians.” It was a touching seene. Politicians who frothed the 'women’s club, and learn that the faetory has assumed get-together was that of Count Westarp, national-| responsibility for helping in the cul- ist, and Paul Loebe, socialist. No doubt they drank | tural life of some near-by peasant to the health of the Dawes plan, the kaiser and the |Community. On Sundays a group of speedy demolition of the Communist Party of Ger- workers 5008 dowp to take books and man ‘ journals from the city, or to conduct ‘en ~~" eae i ‘ classes and give lectures. They are All the misgivings as to the ability of von Hin /meeting now to mike their plans for denburg to properly fill the office of the presidency repairing the fortier manor-house ot were dissipated when the old field marsha] sent | that district and; turning it into a his competitors under the table. There were a m-th inany hochs as there were hiccoughs. It was a OU would sta a icles torread- bappy occasion. _ ' | ing and wri every night after es : =e / are really producing in their factor- Every Russian work-. at the mouth in anger against each other only a|farther down is a chess club or a week ago, blew the foam off generous steins of | meeting of Young Pione Then | beer as the guests of the new monarchist president | Pe™2@Ps you come to a session of the | of the reich. One of the prettiest pictures at the Guardianship Committee—and you. work. When you finish this class, you would enter your factory night school and take all kinds of subjects, history, civics, trade courses, litera- ture—anything you want. The factory night school is a strenuous proposi- tion, three hours after work five nights a week. I don’t know of any- one but a Russian who could stand it! But tens of thousands gf Russian workers are doing it in order to get ahead. But “getting ahead” in Russia doesn’t mean ceasing to be a worker and becoming a small business man, as it usually does in America. It means getting more and more knowl- edge to use in helping other workers, and consequently gaining a higher place in union or factory activities or in general government service. When you finish your factory night school, if you have shown ability, you may be sent by you fellow workers on a scholarship to the workers’ college. This is a 1 time preparatory courge of three years. -You get you full sup- port from your trade union during your years of study. It is not very elaborate support. I have spent many nights in student dormitories. Six or eight wooden bunks along the walls of the room, a long wooden table | flanked by two long benches—this was all the furniture. What more does a student need than a place to sleep and a place to study, anyway? The meals also, are-of the plainest variety. These students from the working class eat little and work hard; they spend their days in study and their nights often in teaching other workers in factory night schools. When they are sent to the university their outside work for their fellow workers increases. They are not getting an educ ation for themselves alone, they have been sent to acquire knowledge for the benefit | of all their fellow workers. The Russian factory is not only a center for work and education and entertainment; it is the center of political life and social life and home life. When I reach the United States, I pick up the newspapers and see on the social page all the dances given by wealthy society women for their daughters. The only dances in Russia today are those in the work- men’s clubs. No private person has a house big enough to give a dance in. But there are over three hundred workmen’s clubs in the Moscow dis- trict alone, where dances alternate with lectures and concerts and the other forms of social life. the Russian factory is also the center*of political life. It is here that the elections are held for the city Soviet, held on factory working time some afternoon early in December. The men and women who are sent as delegates to the Moscow Soviet, for instance, do not lose touch with the factory from which they come. Usu- ally they keep right on working there; their political activities come after working hours. Only if they are chos- ‘|-en on committees for important full time city work do they leave their factory jobs. And even then they come back to report to the woikers choosing them. There is an obvious and striking difference between a Russian govern- ing assembly and any parliamentary assembly anywhere else in the world. I am not speaking now of. the fact that Russia is governed by Commun- ists, while the rest of the world is under the control of capitalists. I am speaking merely of the actual types of people seen in the governing body and the way they act. If you have visited any parliaments anywhere— our senate, the German reichstag, the British house of commons-~you will notice that they are.all composed of people from one very small class in society—the educated middle class of public speakers. Lawyers mostly, but in any case their chief method of get- ting elected’was by making speeches. They are as a class, a sleek, smooth group, who can talk very long on any subject whatever. But they have no vital contact with any: process of con- struction—with transport, or mining or farming. N a Russian election, the candidate never makes a speech: He is nom- inated for the office just as a man is nominated in America for the job of secretary or president of a local un- ion. Somebody else makes the speech and mentions the qualities for which they want to choose him. In every legislative assembly in Russia, from the city Soviets to the central execu- _tive committee, you will motice the | effect which this fact produces. The | men sitting in government waste very little time in debates; their govern- ment is not a “parliament” or a talk- ing body; it is an “executive commit- tee” for doing business. The mem- bers are workers from farms and fac- tories and mines and railroads, chosen because of their knowledge of this basic life of the republic, and not for any talking ability. The Russian factory is also the cen- ter of home life. This sounds, doesn’t it, terribly destructive of the “home.” But it isn’t. For the first time, the Russian worker has reasonably com- fortable living quarters. Nothing to brag of yet, but better than he ever had before. He gets them thru his g =e oe VERYONE knows, of course, that [factory committee, which leases large apartment houses for a term of: ‘years from the city, and thus secures ‘cheap, comfortable quarters where a workér lodges near his fellow workers. T thus becomes possible for him te start co-operative kitchens, and dining rooms and day nurseries. And schools for the smaller children, right in the big house where they © live. There is no compulsion about these things; each group of workers does as it sees fit about “he matter. Some groups are far advatced and others are more backward. But, in general, I have never seen such well run:day nurseries anywhere as I have have seen in connection with Russian fac- tories. There is a reason for this: in most countries day nurseries are charities and the mothers who patron- ize them do not dare make demands. But in Russia they are under the gen- eral care of a committee of the mothers themselves, employing, .of course, nursés and play teachers from the department of health or of ed@uéa- tion to do the actual work, but none the less taking a continuous interest themselves in the conduct of the place. The factory thus becomes the Stes where the Russian worker expresses himself fully, not only in, the act of production, but politically, socially, and in all the many phases of: life. Even the arts are beginning to center around the factory. Not only do the workers’ clubs invite artists from the grand opera and state theater to-give them concerts. Not only are the un- ions the channels thru which cheap theater tickets are secured. Butithe really vital developments of art life now going on in Russia are to be found in the amateur dramatic work of Russian workers. In the “living newspaper” with its vivid protrayal of daily events, in satire and laughter. In the new paintings and statuary that are beginning to be ordered by some of the more prosperous central laber unions and workmen’s clubs. . ... FTER all, what is a factory? It is the basic cell of modern indus- trial civilization. Soft-souled folk have cried out that modern industrial- isnr is ugly and debasing. . But there is nothing ugly about the fact that men come together to work in com- mon, knit by a common ownership of great machinery, instead of standing, each in his peasant hut, at the toill- some effort of hand labor. It is only when men are the slaves of the ma- chines that modern industrialism be- comes ugly. When they own. the ma- chines, together, as in Russia, then the factory is seen in its true light, as the center of socialized production, which is higher and more co-operative than individual production, and which forms the natural basis for a. socia! and co-operating life. , | FASCISM JAILS WORKERS IN GREECE Members of the Tobacco o Moga ° * Federation and members of Jallied at Kavalla, Greece, ee to— the Young Communist