Daily Worker
May 8, 1925
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. —.— as r is funny to hear some of the dele- gates ta about the sacred right 1 "ye e ‘The. may sound revo- lutlo aden joker in the ‘gives the big be ga 1 lever against any ‘small AK that will not take their tders.. It, ig a well known fact that dhe United States uses this club in South America. The group that lines up with Wall Street gets the guns and their opponents get the bullets. So much ‘for capitalist peace confer- ences. : 8s „„ @ women of Great Britain are - Kicking against the tax on silk hose, proposed-by Winston Churchill, the chancellor of the exchequer. Their spokesman is Ellen Wilkinson. “The Door working girl’ she declared wears artificial silk stockings at 37 cents a pair, because they are cheaper than wool. "Phe “poor working girl” 3 (Continued on page 3) This Item * ent . 7 Page 7 Hidden by Ad WASHINGTON, D. c. May -In winter . . i - {* — | 7 ee £8 by 1180 ä a . ä , "ry - gat * ö THE CLEVELAND RAILW 0 _. BULLETIN, SUBJECT— CHANGE IN RATE OF TRAINMEN’S WAGES To Motormen and Conductors, All Lines: On June 14, 1924, the company , posted the following bulletin: “To Motermen and Conductors, All Lines: The agreement hereto- fore existing between Division 268 of the Amalgamated Association ef Street and Electric Railway Em- ployes of America and this com- pany has been terminated. The present wage scale and working conditions will remain in force un- til further notice. “A. L. BEHNER, “General Superintendent. “By order of R. W. aumresn, gen- eral manager.” The operation of this bulletin has up to this time been suspended by reason of an injunction issued in the case of William Polk vs. the Cleveland Rallway Co. This injunc- tion has now been dissolved and the bulletin now becomes operative ex- cept as herein modified. Effective May 1, 1925, and until » further notice, the wage scale will be as follows: For the first three months of serv- e, 60 cents per hour. For the next nine months, cents per hour. Thereafter, 65 cents per hour, Working conditions will be un- f changed. No discrimination will be made between union and non-union men. By order of R. W. Emerson, gen- eral manager. A. L. BEHNER, General Superintendent. 1 a ) (Special to The Dally Worker) © CLEVELAND, May 6— The Ohio supreme court delivered on» of the most telling blows ever di $ the trade unions when it handed di a decision declaring the closed egal in the case of the Railway company against ized employes. The case has been in the courts tor almost a year. About that time an ar- bitration committee handed down a wage award which the company re- fused to accept, on the grougd that one of the arbitrators was favorable to the workers. The men inimediate- ly took a strike vote. Then the repub- lican party convention was held and fake labor leaders advised the un- ion to call off the strike on the time being. Offered Five Cents. The company offered the union an increase of five cents an hour and when the men turned this offer down, the company declared ah open shop. The president of the union, secured an injunction preventing the company from declaring an open shop and the company bulletin announcing the scab shop was held in abeyance until a few days ago when the supreme court decision was handed down, No sooner had the open shop de- cision reached President John J. Stan- ley of the street car company than he had ‘couriers on their way to all car barns posting up the open shop an- nouncements and a notice that each man would receive a five-cent an hour, increase in wages. Stanley d that he would no longer re * the union representatives but 5 5 deal with individual employes. Would Not Break Laws. Stanley will not consider BAT, ug: ; ‘ rn e 2 1 As not ask me to do anything Strikebreakers are being assem at all the car barns and guards being posted all around the comp properties. Heavy wire armor for the cars, thousands of wooden any barricades for the barns, mess nap and bunk houses for strikebreakers, have been in readiness for more than one year. The supreme court decision is con- sidered the most drastic ever handed down by a capitalist court in the Unit- ed States. It means that: No public utility enjoying a mon- opoly of its field can make a closed shop union contract with any kind of labor. a Closed shop union contracts are contrary to public policy on the ground that they might bar from em- ployment individuals not wanting to join a union. The Fakers Crawied. Radicals point out that the crawfish- ing of the labor fakers to the capital- ists, did not mollify the latter's bitter hatred against organized labor. A Workers Party leader in Cleveland declared that “had the streetcar em- ployes of Cleveland struck when they threatened to do so last June, when the republican party convention was in session, they would have compelled the company to surrender.” He con- tinued: “The workers have again learned to their cost that the capital ist courts are tools of the employing class. The workers’ only salvation lies in their trade union and politica] class organizations.” International officials of the street aoe ; 1 12 0 ay eg 1 Me 40 22 year. 1 DE! ROUCH GIVEN FC AMERICAN IMPERIA FENSE OF HAWAI ＋ RP SRS eo et ee . eae * eS e n N : . pe 4 oo at — under the Act of March 8, 1879. Sy. ig te 170 * > * 532 0 3 ote q _ NEW YORK ® Ebition ee eee ee 2 2900 Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, III. Price 3 Cents OR HIS munist International. “ * Rouses Ire of Imperialists. It was this letter, which pointed out the oppression of the Japanese sugar trust which roused the ire of the American imperialists who control the United States army. of Crouch, carried on by army officers (Continued on page 5.) (Spectal to The Daily \ HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 6—Paul Ww in a United States federal prison at hard labor 3 with the workers and soldiers of Hawai. The principal “evidence” used against Hawallan Communist soldier, was a letter dritte Dy the executive committee of the Ha- wallan Communist League to the com- and Filipino workers by the American The prosecutor at the court martial 0 1 to forty years ing his solidarity a - a =, 9 <2 7 8 3 martial of the hand signed by ition — | — f MEXICO JOINS MORGAN'S INTERNATIONAL WAR ON LIFE OF SOVIET RUSSIA (Special to the Daily Worker) MEXICO CITY, May 6.—The di- rect subservience of Mexico to Wall Street is seen in the fact that Presi- dent Calles today formally notified Soviet Russia thru the Soviet lega- tion here, that Mexico would not tolerate any Interference in her in- ternal affairs nor permit Russia to “use the Soviet legation as a step- ping stone to Communize the Am- erleas.“ This follows the acceptance by Calles of the Morgan-made La- mont-De la Huerta agreement, which is the signal of Mexican serv- itude to United States imperial- _ ism, carmen's union are expected in Cleve- land. Give. your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to get his subscription. SACCO AND VANZETTI JAILED FOR FIVE YEARS BY WHITE TERROR AND STILL MAY DIE By ART SHIELDS NEW YORK—(FP)—May 6—The internationally famous Sacco and Vanzetti labor defense case begins its sixth year with the passing of the fifth of May, anniversary of the arrest of the two Italian workers on a street car in Brockton, Mass., as they were preparing for a mass meeting of pro- test against the department of justice for the death of their friend Andreas Salsedo. Vanzetti Restored to Health. The anniversary finds Vanzetti in firm mental health again. He has been declared sane by state alienists and returned to Charleston prison from (Continued on pase 2 dW. ; [S AN OLD FRIEND MCCARTHY WILL TELL STORY OF IRISH FAMINE Mass Meeting Will Be ‘Held Tomorrow Evening John P. McCarthy, recently return- ed from Ireland, will be the principal speaker tomorrow evening at an Irish famine relief mass meeting in North Side Turner Hall, at 827 North Clark street. Comrade McCarthy’ spent several months on the west coast of Ireland where the failure of the crops and the constant downpour of rain hit the peasantry most severely. During the course of his visit to Ireland McCarthy interviewed leaders of all factions of the trade union and radical movements in Ireland. He tells a very interesting story of the present. situation in that country which has passed thru years of revo- lution and civil war. William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, T. J. O'Flaherty and Robert Totten will also speak. Pictures of Irish scenes will be shown. The proceeds of the meeting will go towards the relief of the famine stricken workers and peasants of the west of Ireland. Trim Padding on Officials Expense WASHINGTON, Hay =§ 6.—Govern- ment officials submitting expense ac- couts for official trans-oceanic travel will be limited to $5 for tips to cabin and dining room stewards, Comp- troller General J. R. McCarl ruled to- day. | HOLD FULL N. . c. SESSION OF U. W. L. HERE ON SATURDAY A full session of the National Executive Committee of the Young Workers League will be held on Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10, to hear the reports of the delegates to the sessions of the enlarged exe- cutive committee of the Communist international and the Young Com- munist Internationat and to lay out the plans of work forethe American league up until the coming national convention. The session of the N. E. C., it has been announced, Will be open to all league and party members, and the place and time of the two days’ ses- sions will be annownoed in an early issue of the DAILY WORKER. Out- of-town comrades are especially in- vited. The sessions will also be occupied with reports on the work of the league in the past few months, as well as special reports on Negro work, press, and Leninist educa- tion. The first session will be held from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. on Saturday at the Workers Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bivd. (upstairs hall). The second day's session will be held Sunday beginning at 11 a. m. at the same place. Poison Jack Kills 3. WARREN, O., May 6.—Three per- sons, vietims, authorities say, of raisin jack, drapped dead here today. Police are trying to locate the source of supply. Two of the victims were Negroe” CHICAGO CARMEN MAY STRIKE FOR THE 1922 SCALE Ask N tckel Rates on New Contract Chicago streetcar and elevated workers are likely to face a wage war with the traction magnates when their contract expires on May 31. Conferences will be asked by Presi- dent Wir Quinlan of Division 241 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, with President Blair of the Chicago surface lines. The union has instructed its of- ficials to fight for the 1922 scale, call- ing for 80 cents an hour, limitation of night runs to not later than 6 a. m. and insurance to be paid for by the company. The elevated employes are also demanding the 1922 scale. The surface men are now getting only 75 cents an hour. The matter of whether there shall be a strike or not is wholly up to the company, and nds upon whether or not it refuses o consider the de- mands. Firemen Die in Atlanta Blaze ATLANTA, Ga., May 6.—Six firemen are dead and others are missing in a fire that destroyed the cotton ware- house of Schoen Brothers here today. While firemen are fighting the flames, a number of bales of cotton crashed thru the floor of the second story and the walls toppled in, burying a number of firemen in the blazing debris. COMMUNST CANDIDA ANGELES GETS 23,041 VOTES FOR REVOLUTIONARY PLATFORM IN LOS cacy of a Communist society as 29 7. N ; * (Special to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 6—Emanuel Levin, candidate of the Workers (Communist) Party for member of the Board of Education, has polled, even according to the capitalist vote count- ers, 23,041 votes in the city election held yesterday. Limited as were the issues involved in the control of city schools, Comrade Levin raised in connection with every one of them the major issue of the class struggle and declared his advo- the only method of the workers attainmg even the immediate educational needs of their class. The program began with the charge that the present educational system is simply a part of the capitalist dicta- torship, as follows: “The existing school system is one of the institutions used to perpetuate the capitalist system. The working class has no voice or influence in shaping the educational policies. Our school system must be changed to train and fit the child and youth to be citizens in a society based upon pro- duction fer use and not for profit; in which the means of production and distribution and natural resources are in the hands of the workers and farm- ers.“ A complete change was outlined in detail, embracing the policy of the educational system toward the class struggle and definite issues including management of schools by councils of teachers and students, unionization, opposing military training and race segregation. if Elected Would Work for Communism Comrade Levin, however, dispelled any illusions that these demands would be permitted realization under capitalism. He said: The candidate running on the above platform knows that the ruling class will not permit the realization of his demands under the present system of society, and fo to work for the establishment of .a Communist society.” 19 FOR UNION SHOP 2,000 Walk Out on Neu Market Project Two thousand building trades work- ers employed on the immense new market project at 14th St., and So. Racine Ave., being constructed for the Central Cold Storage company by the McLennan Construction Co., went on strike yesterday morning against the open shop. Strikers, which include the brick- layers, sheet metal workers, tile set- ters, the structural iron workers, the electricians, the plumbers and the or- namental iron workers, demanded that the several thousand carpenters, ce- ment mixers and laborers who are working on the market buildings un- der the non-union “Landis award” scale, be unionized. All laborers who belong to the union have come out on strike, and the non-union workers are expected to join the walkout this morning. Unorganized to Join Strike A conference was to be held last night between the McLennan company contractors, who are building the pro- ject to replate the old South Water St., market; did representatives of the Building Trüdes Council, 179 West Washington St., which called the strike, J. J. Conroy, secretary of the council, said: When the DAILY WORKER re porter talked to groups of workers gathered around the cement mixing machines, the non-union workers ex- pressed the desire to be organized. “Everybody will be on strike Thurs- day morning,” was the statement of all workers questioned. The I. W. W. members working on the construction job have joined the walk out and are co-operating to make the strike effective. While the McLennan company was ‘Continued on page 2) therefore’ pledges, himself when elect- CROUCH CASE STIRS ANGER Ex-Soldiers in F ight on “Labor” Editor By JOS. A. WINTERS (Special to The Daily Worker) GIRARD, Ohio, May 6.—The Labor Record, official organ of. the trade unions in Mahoning and Trumbull county, supported by most of the trade unions in the valley, has come out and out, as one of the leading red-baiting sheets in these parts. Edited by an ex-socialist and recent supporter of LaFollette, this sheet turns loose its vomit upon the two sol- dier members of the Hawaiian Com- munist League, privates Crouch and Trumbull, and applauds the efforts. of the enemieg of labor in sentencing these soldiers to long terms in a mil- itary prison for the exercising of their so-called political rights. Ex-Socialist a Public Stool Pigeon. In an editorial dated April 30th and headed “Bolshevist Propaganda In Aimed At Our Democracy” this 4 editor calls epee 7 to go further and jail the directing heads of this vabt:érganization aiming to un- dermine our army and our navy.” Progressive members in the trade unions are preparing to demand that the career of this red-baiting editor be cut short. The combined efforts of the labor faking and capitalist sheets are being used to support the brutal sent- ences handed out to soldiers Crouth and Trumbull, and especially in the steel district where a strong senti- ment amongst the ex-servicemen ex- ists in favor of Crouch and Trumbull. War Veteran Aid Soldier Victims. A clear and honest statement of the cases of Crouch and Trumbull will be sent to every labor organization in the valley and the red-baiting work of the Labor Record exposed as doing the dirty work of the foes of labor. Jos. A, Winters, of Masury. O., a veteran of the Canadian forces during the world war, heads the committee of ex-service men leading the fight in behalf of Crouch and Trumbull and for the public education on the so- called democracy that sentences sol- diers to prison for 40 years for exer- cising their alleged political liberties. SMALL DEALS ANOTHER BLOW AT LABOR, HOUSE KILLS 8-HOUR BILL (Special to The Daily Worker) SPRINGFIELD, Til., May 6—The bill to limit the labor of filinois women to eight hours a day failed by one vote to secure the necessary number of votes to pess the biil. The vote was 76 in favor and 57 against. a Mrs. L. H. O'Neill, who presented the bill, changed her vote in order to move for a new roll call. it 10 admitted that the bill has Wttle chance of passing. Governor Len Smal! is in control of the Illinois house, and the failure of the bill to pass is seen as further evidence that Small is aiding the manufacturers’ lobby against the labor bills. SALE OF “LOONEY STANDARD OIL FORCED TO STOP GAS” DESPITE AID GIVEN TRUST BY THE GOVERNMENT to public health. NEW YORK, May 6.—The sale of ethyl “ porarily suspended by the company, following universal condemnation of the “looney gas” looney” gasoline, has been tem- General Motors corporation and the Standard Oil as a menace The ethyl gasoline corporation, owned by the Morgan-Rockefeller and Du Pent combination, declares that the lead poison gasoline has been removed (Continued on page 5.) * i — OF VETERANS a: - “ a Js ome = r ~ 35 ay, “ , r 4 2 * M 4 * W a r * . — —
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eae * 7 * me, Super-Patriots Shiver at „Plot“ Charges By LAURENCE TODD (Federated Press Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 6-—Moscow has tainted the program of the Inter- national Council of Women, with the purpose of undermining American in- stitutions; or, Moscow has plotted to undermine the International Council ot Women, and thereby the conserva- tive institutions for which it stands. Take your choice. The “red me- nace” is discovered by super-patriots in Washington, operating from both sides of the issue. “Warn” the White House. It was just a few days ago that a protest meeting was held by “patri- otic” women’s organizations in the capital, to warn the white house and state department and citizens at large that Lady Aberdeen and her fellow- delegates from bourgeois women’s or- ganizations in 42 countries were dan- gerous. They were agitating for in- ternationalism, which was much the game as Bolshevism. They were advo- cating the league of nations and the world court, which would mix us up in Buropean affairs and teach our pub- de men to tolerate discussion with radicals who hold office in those for- eign countries. But on the opening day of the quin- quennial sessions of the International Council of Women, when the dele- gates claiming to represent 39,000,000 — women had gathered, the Washington Star, in first column, first page, an- nounced “Red Plot To Wreck Wom- ene Council Meeting Charged,” and followed up the headline with an ac- count of the fact that one Milton Fairchild, president of the Character Education Institute, had visited the convention headquarters with charges that the Communist International was trying to break it up. It appeared that he felt sure that “the world Com- munist organizations had agents in the capital who were using various patri- otic organizations as their tools to discredit the purposes of the conven- tion.” Shades of Sam. Gompers. Inasmuch as the patriotic organiza- tions referred to as tools of the Com- munist International were the ones with which the late Samuel Gompers associated himself, along with army Officers of the rank of Gen. Fries of the chemical warfare in view- ing with alarm Jane Addams and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, this was a severe blow to the women patriots. Lady Aberdeen explained that the governments of 38 of the countries affiliated in the council are members of the league of nations, and that that issue would not be raised as to Amer- ica. There was nothing radical about the organization. This statement was borne out by the program and the character of the speakers. When not discovering red plots, Fairchild is identified in the local pub- lic mind with so-called character edu- cation, and with a sleeping-box in which he induces slumber by the aid of colored lights. Cop Thought Idea a Crime That Classes Have Differences NEW YORK, May 6.— 7 come up for The application ul hearing at Parketsbarg June 6 and if granted, operators said, would end the coal strike in this section which has, they admitted, senlaysly crippled pro- duction. goa United States marshals imme- diately began serving some two hun- dred persons named in the applica- tion. 10 Year Old Children to Work 12 Hours if ‘Reform’: L w Passes SHANGHAI, Chia, May 6—Another attempt to pass k child labor law will be made on Juné 2 at a special meet- ing of the forelj payers in Shang- ha!’s internationd} settlement. The calling of this meeting follows the loud outcry against the failure of the meeting held a fortnight ago to pass this much-desired measure. If passed the measure would free 22,000 children from labor in mills and factories. It would at once prohibit the employment of children under the age of 10 years, and after four years would prohibit the employment of chil- dren under the age of 12. It provides for a twelve-hour day, including an hour of rest, and a full holiday every two weeks. 1 A as 4° + Reactionaty Raids Reduce Paul Trades Assembly ‘s ST. PAUL, out of 43 mis- cellaneous hed trades in St. Paul, 37 are aftlisten with the Trades and Labor Assembly, Of 18 buildings withdrew after the shop strike. (Federated Press How millions of acres of public swollen fortunes of railroad magnates contract with the government, RAILROADS SWELL PROFITS STEALING PUBLIC. By LELAND OLDS D GRANTS industrial Editor). lands granted to the railroads as an investment by the people in a public enterprise have been converted into the is suggested by the testimony of D. F. McGowan, attorney for the U. 8. forest service, before a congressional com- mittee investigating Northern Pacific land grants. The carrier is claiming additional acreage in spite of its failure to carry out the full terms of its The railroad, according to McGow- an, has already received $134,000,000 from the sale of lands granted by the government to cover the cost of con- structing the road. He places the actual cost of building the railroad at 70,000,000. The carriers are now de- manding rates which will produce a net income of at least 5% per cent on their entire value. Profits to Private Investor. The Canadian Pacific railroad shows how public land grants swell the re- turns of private investors. Canadian Pacific got over 31,000,000 acres in land grants from the government of Canada. It sold about 25,000,000 acres for $190,000,000 and has put $108,- 000,000 of this into building up the road, thus avoiding borrowing a like amount. This saving in interest is estimated by the Wall Street Journal at $4,000,- 000 a year. Will this make possible lower transportation rates? No, in- deed. The Wall Street Journal says “The dividend rate of 10 per cent which has been maintained since 1911 could hardly have been paid continu- ously without the lower fixed charges made possible by financing capital ex- penditures from the sale of lands which were a gift to the company.” Stockholders have also received $7,308,600 in cash from the sale of these lands. The company still holds land valued at $97,684,208 exclusive of the value placed on its rights and holdings in mineral, natural gas and petroleum lands. Common stockhold- ers to date have received 260 per cent on their original investment. Land Grant Grafts. These two roads are representative of the many land-grant railroads which which have poured wealth into the laps of the Hills, Goulds, Harrimans and other railroad families. The rec- ords of the general land office at Washington show that congress has road building. This represents an York firms whose business, according to their own statement to the senate Tea as large as all New England with labor commissioner is worth $12,000,000. The employes demand that home work by these 40,000 women and children continue. Senator Pablo Iglesias, the addition of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. In 1914 the Northern American Federation of Labor organizer for the island, has a bil! before the Pacific, Southern Pacific and Santa Fe island senate to compel employers to establish proper work shops. The were reported by the bureau of cor- Porto Rican men average only 40 to 60 cents a day for long hours of labor and | norations as still holding over 33,500,- 7,049 children out of 9,778 in agricultural districts did not attend school for 000 acres in spite of enormous sales lack of clothes and food ‘to favored lumber companies, copper, — SMALL FINALLY GIVES CHILD LABOR BILL T0 ILUNOIS ASSEMBLY „ SPRINGFIELD, H., May 6.— The proposed child labor amendment to the federal constitution was sent to both houses of the Illinois legis- lature today by Governor Len Small. The senate immediately re- ferred It to the executive committee and the house to the committee on industrial affairs. companies and to smaller purchasers. This exceeds the total improved acre- age held by f ers in states trav- ersed by these ‘lines. These three roads have paid divi- dends to common stockholders as fol- lows: Northern Pacific since 1899, 165 per cent; Southern Pacific since 1906, 118 per éent; Santa Fe since 1901, 186 per cet. But the real mil- lions have beer tucked away in the strong boxes of the financiers thru the financial jiggling which marks their early histéry. The public has ben deprived ofthe lower rates which its stupendous investment should have produced. in. GET A SUB’ ANO GVZ ONE! ad. V. W. L. Dance Saturday. Come to the Wance, Saturday, May 9. Admission if only 35 cents in ad vance and 50 cents at the door. Tick ets can be prochred at the league of fice, 19 So. Lincolm St. and from al! the league members. Does your friend subscribe | the DAILY WORKER? Ask him Big Bosses on Job Onl Two Hours Daily, Admits Editor * * 2 1 * 22 J * 2 ’ 9 7 2 ; hey 2 ¥ a * . eS eee SS ASR) ee = > 1. 4 — 1 » U 1 5 7 _ ‘ O 3 0 * 2 Kept Financial By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. 2 72 . * 4 R 5 4 . 1 n * 3 A ats 2 3 2 * „ N * Fre — * ~~ ¥ * * ms r er 8 ~ as * 5 ce bp R A. . vey * era e SET ER ge e. Harden TODAY, some of the truth leaks out about those “excessive- * ly long hours” that great industrial capitalists and finan- ciers, according to all the rules of “success” propaganda, are supposed to toil at their desks. ©. The monotonous tune played is to this effect: the cap- italist toils long hours, therefore the wage worker, in mill, mine and factory should be content chine the day thru. ’ 28 „„ 6 One financial writer, however, in order to relleve the monotony of his dally department, took up the discussion of to remain at his ma- Mr. Jordania’s abusive remarks about the delegation are to be ex- pected , 4 Mr. Purcell, because their report has killed for ever, as the seven-day week, and it has led him into interminable pit- far as the British trade union move- falls. He has been compelled to criticize the long work- week for the wage worker; at the same time revealing some of the short workdays of capitalist executives who hold high - official positions, and have not yet decided to retire as 100 per cent parasites. Here are some of the facts: Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corpora- tion, does not work long hours. Charles M. Schwab, head of the Bethlehem Steel Co., “during more recent years has not worked long hours.“ Except during his eariy years, John D. Rockefeller never was a slave to long hours, Neither was Andrew Carnegie. Glarence Dillon, the investment banker, who sprung into promi- nence thru purchase of the gigantic Dodge automobile enterprises, WORKS ABNORMALLY FEW HOURS, FEWER THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER IMPORTANT MAN OF AFFAIRS. Many days he is at his desk Other days he does not go downtown at all. Then, he always takes several vacations every year, including, always, only two or three hours. a stay in Europe. The leading Kuhn, Loeb & Co. partners (Wall Street bankers) work only short hours. Julius Rosenwald, head of Sears, Roebuck 4 Co., le a short-hour ~ rather than a long-hour man, . It is good for the steel workers to know that when Gary and Schwab were urging the 12-hour day for steel workers, they contented themselv offices an hour or two each day, when they were not enjoy- ing themselves in Europe. it ſeaks out now that “John D.“ di armies of oil workers toil the 12-hour day and the seven-day week in order that the profits of “John D.” may not diminish. It is especially good for the great armies of office work- ers, who toil excessively long hours in the “largest mail order house in the world,” to know’ that their multi-miltionaire boss, Rosenwald, takes things easy. 5 It should be an incentive. to the workers in these cate- ories to unite their unorganized numbers and battle for a ttle leisure for themselves. * 4 58 0 cap to apply equally: day for themselves. The in 50 years ago could do in twelve—not because he is a better or a bigger man, but because he has more and better tools with which to do his work.“ Thus the boss is not adverse to using all the modern appliances invented by mechanical genius to shorten his own workday. His “business” can be so organized that prac- tically all work can be sloughed off onto “white collar slaves,” who are nothing more than wage workers who refuse to admit it. : The employer-who now gloats over his own two-hour day, with plenty of time for the golf links, is the same em- ployer who makes patriotic speeches at the banquets of the Chamber of Commerce and argues that the eight-hour day is too short for his wage slaves. They should work ten and twelve hours per day. The fact that the increased use of machinery has added enormously to the productive power of the wage worker, coupling growing unemployment with the long workday, does not trouble the boss. Unemployment is the employer's best ally in the war on labor. — a * „ The myth of the hard-working boss is thus exploded, Back of the two-hour employer must be revealed, clearer than ever, the great army of parasites, who do no work at all, yet live richly off the fruits of industry. This is also a growing army under capitalism. Riches and poverty; both are bred under capitalism. — the workers can change this condition by ending the rule of capitalism. Only the Communists lead in the struggle for this change. es with dropping around to their not overwork himself in building the oil trust, altho large ment for short hours for the the short work- reat employer says he “can do more and better work in wp hours than his predecessor of ment is concerned, the lying and fan- tastic reports about Soviet rule in Georgia, which he and his friends have been issuing ever since the Georgian people gave them “the or der of the boot.” Jordania’s government had “de- cided to establish a stable currency” and it had “concluded” an agreement with a British firm to advance it “the necessary means.” Wonderful! Soviet Russia has es- tablished a stable currency without aid from any foreign firm. Currency Question. Georgian currency was “100 times better than the Russian” at the time lof Jordania’s somewhat hurried de- parture from Georgia. Marvelous! The Soviet government had been attacked and Soviet Russia blockaded for over three years; and Jordania’s government had been re- ceiving almost continual assistance first from Germany and afterwards from the allies. Jodania’s budget “was appoximately E 4,000,000.” „ Amazing! How did Jordania’s friends get that four million? Very simply; by selling to the peasants the land. The wicked Bolsheviks have an incurable weakness for restoring the land to the peasants free of charge. Socialized Industry. The industries of Russia, including Georgia, are now under central man- agement. Monstrous! The socialist parties of the world advocate precisely the same principle. Does Jodania suggest that each pro- vince should have its own posts and telegraph institutions? The population of Georgia has been “enslaved” by Moscow. | Peers) gsm tag haute Dasa stries of the country have been re- stored to the people without any com- pensation to the former owners; or is it because every effort is being encour- aged to develop the Georgian lan- guage and culture? Hoover Now Co-op, “Authority.” WASHINGTON, May 6.—Herbert Hoover and Secretary of Agriculture Jardine, hard-boiled big business ad- vocates, are among the “authorities” on farm co-operatives who are listed to address the American Institute of Co-operation in Philadelphia, July 20 to Aug. 15. From headquarters in Washington the announcement is made that both cabinet members will discuss the educational aspects of the co-operative movement. Rock [sland Wants to Spread WASHINGTON, May 6.—The Chi- applied to the interstate commerce commission today for authority to ac- quire complete control of the St. Louis Southwestern railroad by purchase of its capital stock. At present the Rock Island system exercises partial con- trol over the southwestern by owner- ship of $14,926,800 of capital stock, consisting of $13,348,000 of preferred and $1,578,800 of common. POLISH COURTS AND |. POLICE CLUBS HIT AT TRADE UNIONS (Special to The Daily Worker) WARSAW, Poland, May 6—(I. R. A.)—The union of the tobacco workers In Warsaw has been die- banded for the third time by the courts in Warsaw. The union has been already twice disbanded last year. Proceedings were started against the executive body of the union represented by Bitner, Un- mann and others who are very popu- Mass A ADB AAA AMAA AA BMA AMAAAAAAASA NORTH SIDE FOR IRISH FAMINE RELIEF FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 8 P. M. 827 North Clark St., Chicago Meeting AT TURNER HALL, lar among the workers of Warsaw. As we are informed, searches and arrests have taken place among the members of the Jewish unions and the Leather Workers’ Union. On the whole 130 persons were arrest- ed of whom 36 persons are held in jail. SPE WILLIAM F. DUN Big Coal Mine Fatality Record | | Committee. last year. last. ‘ * WASHINGTON, May 6.—Accidents in coal mines in the United States during March, 1925, cost the lives of 181 employes. Of these 33 were killed in the explosion in the Bethlehem Steel Co.’s mine at Barrackville, W. Va. in March, 1924, there were two major explosions, in which 172 men and 24 men, respectively, were killed. The report of the bureau of mines does not find it necessary to mention the names and locations of thse horrors of it devotes two hundred words, however, to calculation that the number of deaths per million tons of coal produced was less this year than JOHN P. McCARTHY, who has just returned from a visit to the famine region. Editor of THE DAILY WORKER. T. J. OFLAHERTY, Secretary, Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ Famine Relief ROBERT TOTTEN, Secretary, Irish Workers’ Republican Club. 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. * ‘Uae, ha 4c N aes 5 5 , 5 1 uA N . A 1888 72 8 > 7 st: 8 „brd Ness % e Wty BS oLaW ass VII MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT EXPOSES In neny puaper| i ISTS Ar. TORTURE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS (y= b DENY GHARGE| Boss IN OPEN SHOP DRIVES) JAILED FOE BY ROUMANIAN WHITE , al IT TELLS ! An“ ae . (By The Federated Press) ae ‘ AnG . : oo ! 1 NDON.—C as a N. (Special to The Daily Worker) : | fi "| down, The E — ie ä 7 5 ind, MAY DIE BUCHAREST, May 6—IRA—The member of parliament, Dr. J. Pistiner ide i R 42 25 C (9) 9° | tacts British labor sees emerging from the joint inquiry undertaken by the i wt aed the following interpellation to the Rumanian parliament protest- 8 = to 0 n d e mn miners and their bosses. According to the publicity department of the Trades 1 ee ee eee e ue Union Congress: ee President: I address the following request to the minister of the : can oe “Th a or: Many of those who have been arrested ch | ndon . „ 2 gt hp no’, paying and cannot pay its have made statements that they have +— ee | Ua rmer NEW YORK, —(FP)— May 6.— Co- living wage. ultimate solution lies in a more efficient and been maltreated by officials of the| At ‘clock lumbia University a pee Bite more economical method of producing : _ 0 e seven o'clock they again maltreat- wy * friendly to the Bth * N and using coal. As things stand the the Bridgewater. Hospital where he iguranza. I read the statements of fed me for two hours. — 2 yl Gasoline corpo- miners are being ed | | was being ' 4 some of these prisoners: “5. Bernard Katz, from Czernowitz Rus- ration—which means Standard Of! of : Competes So pay tor Paes. Cnn Tested while) «1 anaret Vi ) : » by New Jersey, General Motors and the XeePimé old, ine ficient, and obseles- SEE IT | |nis nervous system was upset from u home in Tomscvar und was there|amined in Bucharest by Commission. Du Pon 5 1 —ů—ů— Ww r 1 g his brooding on the ‘injustice of his my home in Tomesvar and was there] amined in Bucharest by Commission- regia. 1 3 5 5 about the go out af production if the industry By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. case, 7 5 ö beaten in the presence of the proprie- er Popovici, who instructed an agent hing “re thy treated gasoline 16. „ere organised as a national service Seaco te im . jail, while the — of 83 I was beaten six] to beat me. In the night of December lows N 8 1 mes by Commissar P Tho two Columbia Unt a 96s and the overlapping of managerial (continued from page 1) supreme court of Massachusets ¢on- rr 8 by the] 27 I was beaten on the instruction of ‘ hiss waitin % vers! and administrative expenses elimin-|ing girl” and th siders the ) tor the new trial y others. Commissar Popovici by two agents 4 8 08 28 . Le ated.” n — 9 2 1 that was dme trial judge ae Dr. Julius Gyongiossy, lawyer] with rubber sticks over my face and 3 arks m urse © 0 n of Hermannstadt. I was beaten at my] head; they to ‘ | er- ‘ate investigations of “I6oney gas” 2 * = oy any say in determining the price W polly arrest by the Siguranza of Arad. d my head — 2 vai 7 — 1 ause umbia University officials are An attack on British railwaymen’s silk stockings and celluloid collars. 1 = saldo . “3. Aron Kupermann. In the Sig-] to force me to sign a statement the „ as quick to deny the announcement national agreements similar to that . 2 This case Which has aroused such | uranza at Bucharest an agent attacked] contents of which I did not know. — love- e by the research men that the led by the Pennsylvania raflroad in is interesting to know that the indignant ion in Europe and and struck me with his fists at my] Later I was led to Commisar Gheorge- | a fan- } f uhiversity’s report would brand the | America in 1921-22 appears to have United States army secures its South erica 6 Caused the Amer- head and in my stimach. On the] scu who struck me for two hours with in 8 fuci as “a menace to pub. | been begun by the Great. Western. supply of swords from Germany. It ican leration mx Labor to brand it third day I was led late at night to|a rubber stick and threw me on the ands ¥ ee bet ) „ |The railway has gone direct to the would not be surprising to learn that as , of justice” | Mr. Bancjulescu who struck me im-] floor. the — es to Detense of Standard on.] men instead of negotiating with the the German army buys its bayonets interwoven with a sensation- | mediately when I entered the door. “It is clear that this ‘system of ex- or- he anuoungement of the nature of | three great railway unions. Its alter- from the United States. Should Wall al oce © „ tirrec New Tork “4. Luka Laszlo. I was taken to] amination’ is not only barbarian but ‘ 2 coming report was made in good natives are (1) suspension’ ot the Street have another scrap with the City om a7ears ago. | the Siguranza in Kronstadt where II also criminal. I therefore have the de- en by Dr. Haven Emerson in] guaranteed 8-hour day and 48-hour German ruling class, Johnny Smith Barly | passers on Park | was beaten from 12 to four o’clock by] honor to ask the minister of the in- 10 arge of ths work and ons of his week, (2) reductions in all rallway | from Davenport, Iowa, may be carving | to the pave- the chief of the Siguranza, the son-in-| terior what measures he intends to nent | staff, Dr. Frederick B. Flinn, assist- | W468, or (3) wholesale reduction of|the anatomy of Hans von Groll, from law of the inspector and an agent with| take against the guilty officials and “the ant professor of chysiology who was | force. Baden-Baden,-with a big knife manu- their fists and with pieces of wood. | against this whole system.” 2 1 the two victims ot the experi-| The joint sectional councils, to — by the Krupp workers in the oe - es- . which the proposals were made, de- . And it is quite possible the * . j | nout 3 university statement in behalf] clared they were not empowered to deadly weapon may have been the BERRY TRUS 7 SM ASHES LI VI N G as the corporation was issued thru| deal with such demands but the gen- handiwork of the aforementioned | : the 0 ” Horatio B. Williams, professor of | eral manager threatened that if they Hans von Groll. Talk about men cut- for és ie ) STAN DARDS IN OP EN SH OP TOWN * ad inten ag that some failed to choose one of the proposals ting twigs to beat themselves with! pos 2 b and it pos was foun the excretiot 8 t On or 25 . —— "lp aif ut year ta| W/O would have tht ine Sune, MB Bomb explosions that | yy POT UOT, Wr ncn vad schon etnursceee ieee imoetinn vet e- terized the reports of actual lead company had only * 6S eet cele sin Chek oh ens 2 subsequent evi indicates may the war. Instead of logging and lumber manufacture in the immediate vicini- ent poisoning as imaginative and the re- dividend, being forced to make up the of the United States. wo 1 e have eee provo- | © r ee ae ssia port of the coming condemnation of rest of the 7½ per cent to stockhold-|swords made by the hated “Hun”? ~— + ws «ny tat eget ethyl gasoline as untrue. ers out of surplus and that such a oon The boobe 2 How the Frameup Began War Hit Town Hard. 232858 SS — and | The Victim Has Reason to Think | ditio „Meere. r r The war was the greatest factor f et F teh * ie, eee n could not continue. class conscious babbitry, into the be- and Vanzetti were close er actor in making present conditions here. Out 2 255 2377 * n tik cate 4 . This is a surprise move by the man- lief that no good loyal son of the U. friends of Salse Vanzetti had ot it came a disorganized working class. The rebels here are so scared and 2 3 5 8 32385 — rds he We Wolke ee 2 and] gement. The unions had presented S. A. would ever wrap his teeth zengzut hie eien in New York be- discouraged that they accept the gen- Ire Ct me — ype closer to the! demands for a general increase in rail-]#TOund a hot wiener lest his soul be fore his death @nd immediately after eral rule, “Work and be good.” Many] Movi 483752532 8 * ae than any of the other workers| road wages bro @ began arousing the live in Puyallup, but work in Tacoma] /VIOVIES Used to Speed 24231 ss. F ' — 2 ef, Emerson, regards 13 delicious 2 O clock An-the mornthg dell- Itallane of N it to this lateat |°% the loging camps when they are Up Diggers at Tunis 22 47523 9 = a' n cacy. But the U. S. generals learned, ocltvy of the ent of justice’s lucky enough to get work. 8 1753510 8 2 — and points out that in addition to The Metal Trades Employers’ fed- by heresay, that the Germans mad 8 reign of terror. Handbills for a big Linked with the Berry Growers’ { ae, ** 5 5 we * — other dangers it is common for work. eration followed with an attack on aharp swords, and once the war was aas meeting n Brockton had been | Association was one ex-Senator Paul. The role of the motion picture in|} a Be 9 ers in lead, to suffer from sterility. | British hours and conditions. It pro- over there was no reason wh the drawn up, with a handbill in hamus, who ran for governor on a ku speeding up production in machine in- S225 223 § eh The Columbia investigation was Doses an increase in the regular week jate unpleasantness should be — a their po they were seized klux klan plank last fall. He was dustry, thru motion analysis, is well 2 4 8 22 eee 0 made at the request of the Ethyl Gas- from 47 to 5% and 62% hours and a to interfere with Ned May 5 in buried with bourgeois pomp and glory knonn. and the stimulation of rivalry|| F. 7 21221 e. oline ti reduction in overtime rates. T e nnen * 8 3 2323238 corporation. =, erates. The only ing some other enemy in the future. , oer two dars were grilled as last Sunday. Paulhamus started a °° "°°! REPRE tes, TENS ae Covert ee 21222 jing . . 5 5 er * willmake |} — vie ‘| “reds.” “their friends say as class collaboration scheme with the me by the adroit use of the film is 2 * 4722 22 3 DP lan- Houghton 8 Speech M KN r URING the war, British ammuni- after thought of the authorities, berry growers, the Puyallup and Sum-] 7 sepa cecilia sng a fie $$ E 532 2 8 N f etal Trades Union for an increase of; n A a charge of murdering’ a paymaster mer Fruit Growers’ Association, pro- Franco-American expedition of archae- 7s 7e * * * » the slave * on 8 . ee om- | — Duropean countries in the state- soar ee 3 by * R some Brit- rid ah te ee! ee results have shown themselves. luloid film instead 8 2 ) | ‘You . r is . | talist cou row out his ug * Outside of some of the t a * 0 8 faq The English newspapers declare the The British Trades Union Congress #ehest and say to himself: “That means prin prado ce signed affida-|the building — — 32 pote — 4 ree U Build . speech hits at France and Germany general council has ratified the agree» good addition to my bank roll.” I -vits that they lied under pressure from : us that we should 4 , la the prosecutor: work, the whole of Puyallup labor is} not have to dig down for them today.” the German press sees a slap at ment reached by the Anglo- Russian [it any wonder that these “patriots” r: a third, Goodridge, ) : 5 patriots” | nas heen twi affected. If you do not have acreage Another member of the expedition The | France and England, France inter- a — 8 It calls fog were not anxious to stop the fight- bee dee, eee sy larceny |__mortgaged, rented or inherited—|is quoted: “The role of the — prets the speech as a warning to] joint efforts to obtain an uncondl jing? peor wo larceny in- La ert | Germany, and Belgian papers look tional conference between the Russian ** dictments ag him, both of which Seen on — yi veg ee 3 Abo — — * bor ure on Houghton’s utterances as a slap unjons and the (Amsterdam) Interna TAL T has launched a move to in- were quashed after his services on the |hive, that's all for this part, they h 1 —— | at the other Nuropean countries tional Federation of Trade Unions. crease he l — f a 5 n Movement poy Hes. r naval and military Fourth and Afth Mi Living Standard Lowered for the movie camera a diligence with i es” ; Stripped of its diplomatic cotirtesies, also provides for a joint advisory forces and the news is said to have] Devlin h. Misses Splaine and ; pick and shovel that has 8 ised us.” ad | Houghton’s speech was a warning to council composed of representatives caused uneasiness in Washington vlin, shoe company clerical work- Results—average wages 35 cents an] It is reported that wh urprised us. ee | the Huropean countries that they must of the British and Russian unions, © „ Fverbody is doing it” is — ers, were a good distance away and hour. The women's minimum wage] nan a po “9 when the camera- 20 | use the money loaned them by Mor- alibi. Italy plans to have one of the there is decided @iscrepancy in their in provides $2.20 per day where! the activity — ä 5 in gan and company to put their work- Eight Sailors Drown. largest air navies in the world. Poi- 3 Neither were positive at |Diece work is not possible. Speed uP! also the . aid. sok 5 = 8 is ers into industry to produce wealth, LONDON, May 6.— Eight sallors son gas and aviation are considered po A ads 2 © sys but both | is 4 rule. Women do most ot the There is no lack of supers and no — 1 3 — > ill and that prompt debt payments are] were drowned as a result of the Span- {the two most important war weapons | of the news Ia year later. Most | Work in the canning and jam plants, to hire them. Whenever the workers 8 89 272 2 ot | expected before more money will be ish steamer Pepita colliding with the }nOwadays. What a fuss the allied trial, sal — who covered the also picking berries during the season, spot the cameraman they send bo rik Bee ihe * loaned by Wall Street. : * , , said, in a poll of the press table, and they are employed in the box ys 8 S2 22 228 steamer Navarra, off Gijon Bay. propagandists made when the Ger- that they reg e yay Ele to the village to gather in the family 2 5 8 6 — — et used poison gas in France? anjubt 200 | viction as eg an . and their friends. It would not de 8 8 b 5 8 2 at hypocrites 3 a | IRISH WORKERS’ AND PEASANTS’ bebe 8 * our capitalist In Hand of State Supreme Court strong enuf to maintain a union in at all improbable that the movie masa | 2 3 2 & 4 © . he “ ay 2 happened to the] Sacco and Vanzetti will be sentenced | Puyallup Living expenses are a8 au use an empty camera to 7 = 2 a a nd war’? ‘to death in th ‘ stimulate production—until.the work- e situ „ While the so-called ** ¢ is to spend 3250,00 a year o Sunday, May 24, at the Workers’ E W RIECK ‘ Irish Free State is suppressing th Organizes Speakers’ Bureau. o 7 m three 3 n ‘ i uppress 94 CORRESPONDENT comments on agricultural schools for orphans in| Home, 1902 W. Division St. It will Se ‘ 4 acts by a conspiracy of silence.” ~ The conference was attended by Scrutator’s bunk in the follow! Soviet Armenia and in Palestine and be a Lenin Evening, with Comrade n ‘ Comrade Manley read some let-| delegates from trade unions, frater- N © rollo um | Greece. Th . 62 W. Van Buren ( 42 W. Harrison ö 0 fashion: “Anyone knows the reason . Their program has been made | Nicolai Lenin as the chief speaker. | 169 N. Clark 118 S. CI | ters 8 N. from Ireland, | nal organizations, the Workers (Com- that a mechanic will not give $10.00 public at the capital, with statements | This is no joke, as the talk by Com- | 66 W. Washington | 167 N. eet | | ‘ 14. rom — — numbers of peas- munist) Party and the Young Work- Ito a bunch of swindlers. A mechanic from Henry J. Allen, former governor | rade Lenif will be heard frem a 234 8. Halsted 8 2 , ants who are on the verge of starva-|ers League. The chairman, P. J. Me- would have a better chance of winning of Kansas; Bayard, Dodge, president | Phonograph record, as well as PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 ä 3 > 9 ‘ i tion. One of the letters showed that | Clellan, complained that the hundreds | nis $10.00 as a bet on Kid Murphy's ot the American university at Beirut, speeches by Comrade Lunachar- Speciaitics: K. W. Rieck Boston Baked 8 > some workers w t tho ds of Irish h PAY s and Beans and Brown Bread | 1 = ; j ere given a few days o usan sh in this city did Hold shell game, that was once 80 pop- others. * sky, Trotsky and others. Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee * > — at a — four shillings a day. not see fit to send their representa- Nular on the old lake front, when people | ,, It is clear from their testimony than Comrade Alexander Chramov, na- Commiceary and Bakery: 28 , N s was before the elections, and tives to carry on the work of relief | took the hoosiers to see ‘the explos- industrial court” Allen and Senator | tional organizer of the Russian Sec- 1612 Fulton Ct. Phore West 2549 | os ‘ the politicians that they could buy lot their starving brothers and sisters. ion burn up the lake.” That's about Capper have condoged the nationaliza-| tion W. P., who is touring the Unit- — 8 ‘ some votes in this way. Immediate- | Nevertheless, the conference went to | the size of it. tion of private property in Soviet Ar-| ed States, will bring the records to Eat at the | = 3 ‘ ly after the elections, the men lost | work and outlined the work that must menia, where Allen has been on an Chicago. He will also speak on | * O ‘ their work and are starving today.“ de done in the coming weeks. A e inspection tour. ,.. Lenin as a leader of the masses. A GLOBE | ° 3 ode Sree dn speakers’ bureau was elected; to call Capitalist Court for “America has done nothing finer in] good musical program is also being C AFETERI A >> ‘ p. J. McClellan was elected chair- on trade unions and fraternal organi- Open Shop St r all her history than this constructive | prepared. Tell your friends about 8 9 ö man of the conference, and Pat Mo- Zzations. A publicity committee also work which is going on in Armenia,”; it. Let them listen to the voice of Best Foods at Moderate Prices. | ip 2 2 ‘ ran secretary. Comrade McClellan | was elected to furnish the press with Company of Cleveland says Allen. “Not only is the American] Lenin! 14th STREET, COR. IRVING PLACE | A eo Oo ‘ introduced Sean Conway, who exposed | the latest news of the Irish situation farm school creating a new intelli- Remember the date, Sunday May (Opposite New York | 2 2 ö ® the sham of the Irish Free State gov- and of the activities of the local com- COLUMBUS, O., May 6.—The state gence which will add to the product-] 24, at 1902 W. Division St. | Party Headquarters) | 5 © 2 ‘ ernment, which is nothing but a tool | mittee. It was decided to hold a tag; supreme court held by inference to- tit of these lands, but it is also : 38 , of British imperialism. “That there day on Saturday, June 1, this allowing | day that closed shop agreements are creating intelligent farmers out of the | 3 = 3 is a conspiracy of silence is only too adequate time to organize the work. invalid. The court refused to review orphanage children.” cs ‘ true,” he said. All the foreign news An executive committee of twelve] the decision in a suit brought by the Dr. Frank W. Ober of Stamford, — =. bo ‘ coming to the United States comes | Was elected, and later met and elected | Cleveland Street Car Men's Union to Gen f Secretary et Capper’s commit, | 2 i thra Fleet street, London, and a0 T. J. O'Kelly chairman and J. Gral-|compel the Street Railway company nee l ine “The American turm Here’s th 8 > editor can hold a position in the ton secretary-treasurer. to arbitrate under a contract made in ted on a 16,000 acre ere & x ' United States who does not subscribe] The conference demonstrated that | 1906. ranch, formerly the property of the | | e Place to Go Sunday, May 10 T — — 3 propaganda in the the American workers are filled with The court of appeals held this con- — 4 — Grand * Nicholas, which Fe ee ee mM tract invalid because it contained a eset nll Sy ‘Qs by the Soviet William F. (Bill) Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER ee e, which impe e Turks to] fests itself when their brothers and | Provision for a closed shop. As @ re- m,, | and well known fighter for organized labor, will speak at ‘ send two shiploads of grain and gold sisters are being harassed. The cali sult. 3,000 employes will not receive grand duke 4s advertised a8 the House of the M 2646 St. Aubin at 2 ‘ to Ireland. This aroused the anger ſot the Irish workers and peasants for a 12 cents an hour wage increase. — Sees 2 om lend & general — : Pp a 7 rr nA misery Nn 5 1 i you ever have or have not heard him speak—this'ls the | 8 4 .— fm the ment few ‘weeks. mee — place to go Sunday — that's May 10. : | ' | SS
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ot Sigg N OBEDENT i 3 i — a 2 ‘ > * 2 795 * » 4 ome! — ‘ N * 2 * * 9 2 4 + * 2 4 . ‘ 5 1 en 3 7 4 . 5 4 * - * * * f 2 : . * " 2 1 7 * — „ 8. 000 tn in Red May Day Meet (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK CITY, May 6.—The Metropolitan Opera House, that an- cient and honorable art temple sub- sidiz by American plutecracy, on May Day trembled to the strains of the Internationale and the slogans of the revolutionary proletariat as voiced by 6,000 cloakmakers of Locals 2 and § of the International Ladies’ Gar- ment Workers’ Union at their United Front May Day celebration: Fakers Absent. Even more pronounced was the trembling of the remaining reaction- ary union bureaucracy that the tidal wave of militant cloakmakers did not yet sweep out at the last election. Invited and given tickets to the af- fair, they—Sigman, Feinberg et al.— not only remained away, but tried to intimidate the Communists in charge of the meeting to refuse the floor to Comrade M. J. Olgin to ad- dress the workers in the name of the Workers Party. They failed and could not sabotage the meeting at all. Comrade Olgin challenged world reaction and its ally the socialist party, and called upon the workers to support the banner of the Workers Party and the Commun- ist International. Oigin Speaks for Communism. “What,” he asked, “have these s0- cialists accomplished by their compro- mise? What has the MacDonald gov- ernment done for unemployment in England? What have the French so cialists accomplished? What has the socialist president in Germany with a host of German socialist chiefs of po- lice been able to do there? They have learned that alliances with liberals, that “compromise bring them no- where. Calis for Revolution. “What can we do to solve the prole- tarit's problem, to free him from the chains of capitalist extortion? We have got to fight. We have got to shun com- promise. We have got to force our union leaders to cease dealing across office desks with employers and with governors and with judges. We have got to make them fight for our rights, not to compromise about them. We have got to fight for the recognition of the Soviet republic by this coun- try. And we have got to join the ranks of the only revolutionary party true to its mission of fighting for the proletariat—the Communist Party.” A resolution was presented calling the workers to unity and militant struggle upon all fronts, against wage cuts, the open shop, child labor, the Dawes plan, and for the release of labor prisoners, the amalgamation of craft unions, international labor unity, protection of alien workers, independ- ent working class political attion and immediate recognition of Soviet Rus- sia. This resolution was adopted by a rising vote of the entire audience of 6.000 workers. Now, what do you think of that, you fakers of Sigman- Cahan and company? Wisconsin Runs Two More Movie Shows “Russia and Germany, a Tale of Two Republics,” will be run in Sheboy- gan, Wis., on May 20, thus breaking into new territory with a film that is particularly appropriate in that is shows in practice the difference bet- ween reformist and revolutionary pol- itical philosophy. “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” will go back to Milwaukee for a second time under the auspices of the Slovak comrades on May 30th. The Theory and Practice of LENINISM By l. STALIN. A brilliant exposition of Communist the- ory and practice in the period of Capitalist Imperialism—during which our great teach- er, Lenin, lived and led. No book recently issued can be of more value or importance to the worker who would learn of Communism. This book by the secretary of the Russian Communist Party, who has been a constant and intimate co-worker of Lenin, is not only an extremely timely work, but also one that is destined surely to become one of the classics of Communist literature. 128 Pages—365 cents. THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Washington B 1113 W. _ * i i ot * i 0 A » * K 2 > Vey 0 * l 32 0 > „ 4 - * * 4 in . : * rae . 8 r 1 bt ee 5 * ws 1 — ‘ So May Day in Los Angeles Angeles gave Tom Lewis, district organizer of the Workers Party, a royal welcome when he came down from San Francisco to speak at the May Day mass meeting. The Co-oper- ative Hall was packed, and responded enthusiastically to Comrade Lewis’ rousing address. It was a gala affair, as we compared the growth of the in- fluence of the party since our last May Day affair. The*Young Workers League and the Juniors joined with the party to make May Day a huge success. One hundred and fifty of the Juniors spent the day at Brookside Park, and when they returned for t mass meeting, they entertained the audience with revolutionary s6ngs and with a beautiful dance pageant called the “Spirit of Communism,” under the direction of the Young Workers League. OS ANGELES.—(By Mail.) — Los: Comrade Rose Rubin spoke in be- half of the league and appealed to the youth to celebrate and observe May Day by joining the ranks of the revolutionary young workers in their struggle for working class rule. Mother Bloor was greeted with great enthusiasm, as she told of the demon- stration of the Workers Party in their political campaign and open air meetings in San Pedro. Tom Lewis’ speech was constantly interrupted 55 the prolonged applause of the audience as he told them of the rising power of the Communist International and Soviet Russia. The meeting was preceded by a demonstration over a block long thru the entire district, and the torchlight procession stopped several minutes before the socialist headquarters to express their opinion of them. William Schneiderman. WORKER CORRESPONDENTS ARE ORGANIZING IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK—(By Matl)—After hearing a lecture on “Workers Cor- respondence” by “Bill” Dunne, edi- tor of the DAILY WORKER, at the party headquarters in New York, 24 of those present signed applications for a course in this subjcct which is soon to be organized by the Workers’ School. It was also decided to or- ganize a Workers’ Correspondence Club, which is to hold its first meet- ing at 7:30 Saturday evening, May 16, at the headquarters, 108 East 14th street. Workers desiring to develop their ability to write and report are invited to attend this meeting. Make note of the place and date. The official organ of the Coommun- ist Party of Russia, the Pravda, has gained immensé circulation and tre- mendous influence thru its publica- tion of correspondence from workers. The DAILY WORKER hopes to achieve similar results here by the same methods. The Workers’ Corre- spondence Club New York is the beginning of a movement that should An English ‘has just been or- ganized in sha, Wisconsin. It has already 8 memibers and the com- rades there say that they are endea- voring to get three more comrades to join. The first activity of the branch will be to build up the circulation of the DAILY WORKER in Kenosha. They are planning to cover all the union meetings with the daily as a starter. a 2). The branch has just asked for its charter from the ‘ia purchase a district office. ~ The organizati an English unit in Kenosha is e to bring new life to the movement there. Yowls to bande Saturday. Preparations re | g full blast for the Saturday dance of the Young Workers League ‘wh is to be held on May 9 at the, Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Bly Committees in ely’ the branches are tickets, preparing at this dance. gates, Comrades UHamson, will be chtman and Wil- “4nformally there. Tickets are 35 ts. Doors open at 7:30 p. m. Wor Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd., ho: be decorated and seasoned to fit the occasion. spread thruout the whole country. Ae, YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE , ACTIVITIES. LOCAL CHICAGO, Thursday, May 7. speaking. on “When the Next War Comes.” Working Area Branch No. 4, 3118 W. Roosevelt Road. John Edwards speaking on “When the Next War Comes.” | Area Branch No. 2, at 1919 West Roosevelt Rd. Harrison George speak ing on “When the Next War Comes“ Friday, May 8. 506, 166 W. Washington St. Wm. F. Dunne speaking on The Danger, of New Wars.” 7 Working Area Branch No. 5, 19 8. Lincoln St. Barney Mass speaking on “When the Next War Comes.“ Working Area Branch No. 6, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. Max Shachtman speak- ing on “The Danger of New Wars.” Saturday, May 9. T. W. L. city dance, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. Committee must be at the Work ers’ Lyceum at 6 p. m., to make all final arrangements. . Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! — | THE ROMANCE OF NEW RUSSIA By Magdeleine Marx * A vivid and colorful picture of the life of Russia under the world’s first workers’ government. ~ — — Price, $2.00 The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington UES PO Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Working Area Branch No. 1, Room | : OLGIN TO DEBATE GUTHRIE ON SOVIET RUSSIA, SUNDAY, MAY 17 (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 6—HMoissaye J: Olgin of the Workers Party, and Professor William Guthrie of the Col- lege of the City of New York, will debate at the Central Opera House, 67th St. and 3rd Ave., on Sunday afternoon, May 17. The subject matter of the debate: Resolvet, that the Russian Soviet system is superior to parliamentary democracy, is one that offers unlimited opportunities for a full and complete discussion on the merits of a capital- ist and a proletarian system. Olgin is too wéll Known to need any introduction, Prof. Guthrie is a staunch conservative, but an able debater. pat) ¢ Every class conscious worker will want to attend this debate, which is being arranged under the auspices of the ‘Workers’ School and the Trade Union Bdutational League. Tickets may de obtained at the headquarters of the Workers Party, 108 East 14th street, the Freiheit, 30 Union square; the Jimmie Higgins Book Shop, 127) University place, and WITH THE YO CONDUCTED - BY THE PUT HANDCUFFS ON WRISTS OF TWO COMMUNIST YOUTHS FOR MAY DAY DISTRIBUTION OF. LEAFLETS NEW YORK, May 6.—Two young Comrades, Jerome Brandt and Zoltan Freedman, members of the Young Workers League, who were arrested on April 30, for distributing leaflets of the Young Workers League calling upon the students of the high schools and colleges to celebrate May Day with the workers, have been released on $500 bail each. These two young comrades were eonsidered so dangerous to the Amer- ican government at the time of May Day, were first held in $7,500 bail and sent to prison in handcuffs. These dangerous “Reds,” as they were call- ed, were put in separate cells without bed or clothing and were given the rotten jail food that no prisoner can eat. Brought to court for a hearing, at which the bail was fixed, they were surrounded by detectives intent upon protecting American capitalism from “violent overthrow.” The judge ques- Chicago, IIIInole SSOMULDUNTUUALIGNAEOUEAEAAAHCAEDAEEUUALEUEAEDLSETUADEEUUEL SOLA ET EEE AEP TAO tioned the two comrades, asking their views on religion in the schools, their opinion of the government, ete. Such is American justice toward the workers—leaflets, $7,500 and hand- cuffs. Very much like the entire sys- tem as far as the workers are con- cerned. Children Are Life of May Day Celebration in Waterbury, Conn. WATERBURY, 500 workers attended the May Day celebration of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party of Waterbury. Joseph Bradhy from New York was the prin- cipal speaker in English and there was one speaker in Lithuanian and one in Italian. The chorus of the Li- thuanian children opened the meeting with the singing of the International and other working class songs. A six year old Italian comrade rendered a solo and Bessie Boyns recited a poem in Lithuanian. The meeting was a great success. It closed with the singing of the Inter- national in which the entire audience joined with spirit. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two, will make a better Communis? of you. . — (By Mail) — Over F Picnic at Wade Park, Cleveland, Ki, CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 6.—Sun- day, May 10, will find Wade Park the scene of the first Junior section picnic of the season. The picnic has been ar- ranged by the Junior conference as a starter for the summer activity of the Cleveland Junior section. The Juniors and all of their fellow school mates whether members or not, will meet at the Workers Party headquarters, 5927 Euclid Ave., at 10:30 a. m. and will proceed to Wade Park by auto Games and amusements of a divers- ified nature, as, well as races with prizes for the winners, have been ar- ranged for the occasion. At 1:30 p. m. a lunch provided by the Young Work- ers League will be served. Workers of Eastern Countriés Flock to Support o of Red Aid MOSCOW, mes 6.—(IRA)—While the Russian workers show a great in- terest for the western European work- ing class, the Usbeks, Kirgisians, Tar- tars, Bashkirianss Kadshiki etc. are in- terested in the“ conditions and the struggles of the workers the coloni- al countries. The Mohainmedan dis- tricts of the Us. R. therefore adopt prisons in Turkey, Egypt, Persia and other countries ‘ef the Bast. This is no accidental feature, but the consequence of the historic past of the Mohamedan peoples in the U.S. S. R. The last happenings in Egypt and Persia naturally raises the great- est interest in the Mohamedan mass- of the U.S. S. R. The workers ot the Soviet East who are not yet members of the Commun- ist Party but are inspired by the fundamental ideas of Communism, pass thru in the International Red Aid a school of international revolutionary solidarity. FOR RENT. FURNISHED ROOM with all modern conveniences, Party member pre- | ferred, Very. reasonable. Address Minin ee — — culture in 1923 which had a circula- conditions. Besides these agricultural peasants. For this purpose agri- councils, which are permanent organ- izations, there are also agricultural conferences and short courses for he! Detect In 1923-24 there were 2,150 such courses with an enrollment of e students. Also the department of agriculture issued 203 books on agri- tion of 6,304,000. In 1924 there were 284 books published with a circulation of 15 million. During this year, 1925, with a circulation of 21 million on April ist. Agricultural Machinery. In 1922-23 agricultural machinery and implements to the amount of 6 million gold rubles were sold in the U: S. 8. R. In 1924 machinery to the amount of 20 million gold rubles was sold in the Union: This year it is expected that 65 million gold rubles’ worth of agricultural machinery will be sold, out of which 20 million ru- bles’ worth will be imported. Winter Crops. The forecast for the winter crop is much more favorable in Ukrainia. On the first of Apeil the crop of rye was rated 4 and wheat 2.9 on a basis of 5 grades of crops. Renovation of Agricultural Machinery. The renevation of the famous fac- tory in Cheliabensk has been started. It is expected that the number of plows manufactured will be increased from 10,000 to 150,000. This factory will supply machinery to the regions of the Urals, Siberia, middle Asia and the. Volga, Delivery of Milk IK Moscow. The Society for Technical Aid to Soviet Russia is sending a fourth group of the Commune “Herald” to Rus- sia in May. Commune “Herald,” which received from the Soviet government a tract of land about fifty miles from Moscow six months ago, is now flour- ishing and has established delivery of milk to Moscow. For this purpose they have adopted the American sys- tem of supplying milk in bottles. They have brought from the United States complete dairy equipment and have just ordered a large consignment of the department has issued 400 books > 7 Beuepunka and dance will be given by the Workers’ Home, formerly the So- viet School, this Sunday, May 10, at 1902 W. Division.St. Two new Russian plays, “Birth Control“ and “The Shadow of Liebknecht” will be presented. After the perform- ance there will be dancing till mid- night. Beginning at 7:30 p. m. good time Is promised, as usual. Come! United States for milk distribution in Russia. Soviet-Latvian Agreement. A Conference has just been con- cluded between representatives of the Russian and Latvian governments con- cerning export of flax on the world market. Planes Fighting Agricultural Pests A report has been received from Caucasia which states that aeroplanes. have been used with great success in fighting the agricultural pests. The aeroplanes cover about 100 dessiatins an hour and are successful in exter- minating not only the locusts but also mosquitoes. Agricultural Credits. Peasant credits are provided thru the Central Agricultural Bank to the Republican Agricultural Banks and 7,000 peasant credit organizations. The common balance of this credit system amounts to 292,300,000 gold rubles on January 1, 1925. in the middle of April about 2,000 pieces of agricultural machinery ar- milk bottles and bottle caps from the 8 at the port of Novorosstisk from the United States. joint)" MILWAUKEE WORKERS TO HEAR WM. RICAN NEGRO LABOR BRYANT ON AME CONGRESS SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 9 (Special to The Daily Worker) liam Bryant, business manager of the, Asphalt Workers’ .Union of Milwau- kee, will speak on the American Labor Congress and its relation to American trade union movement Saturday evening, May 9 at 7:30 b. m., at Miller Hall, 802 State street. The meeting is held under the auspices’ of the Trade Union Educational] League. There is no charge for ad mission. earn About This Movement. Every Negro worker in Milwaukee, every enlightened white worker and every member of the Workers (Com- munist) Party. should attend this meeting and learn about a great movement that is under foot for the organization of the American Negro MILWAUKED, Wis. May 6. ” wal cf of the working class. The American Negro Labor Con- fress will work for harmony between, 0 workers of all races. It will de- d and fight for the abolition of 1 dustrial discrimination, against res- ential segregation and its resultant vile, the abolition: of Jim Crowism and for every injustice from which the Negro worker is suffering today. The congress will be held some- ‘time during the summer in Chicago ‘and wifl be composed of delegates ‘from various Negro labor unions, front mixed unions (white and black), from unorganized factory groups of Negro workers, of representatives of Negro agricultural workers and of in- dividual advocates both of Negro and white who will champion the cause of the Negro working class. Steel Mill Workers Aroused by Issues Brought Out by Reds (Special to The Daily Werker) YOUNGSTOWN, —(By Mail).—The May Day mass meeting in Youngstown was attended by hundreds of steel workers who listened to a fine musical program by the Young Workers League and the juniors. William J. White of the A. A. of I. S. & T. W. delivered the May Day address. Reso- lutions for the recognition of Soviet Russia, the release of Crouch and Trumbull, and a resolution calling upon all workers to support the DAILY WORKER passed unanimous- ly. A detail offcops attended but made no attempt to stop the meeting. > + — WARREN, O.— (By Mai). — Warren steel workers attended a large May Day celebration at the Hippodrome Hall. A. V. Severino of Cleveland del- ivered the principal address and Wm. J. White spoke in behalf of soldiers Crouch and Trumbull. The mass meetings in Mahoning val- ley brought the message of interna- tional solidarity to thousands of steel workers. Resolutions for the recognition of Soviet Russia, support of the DAILY WORKER and release of soldiers Crouch and Trumbull, were passed unanimously at all meetings. * Seventh Quake Hits Philippines MANILA, May 6.—An earthquake rocked the southern part of the Philip- pines early today. It was the seventh quake during a 12-hour period, six severe tremors having shook the southern portion of the Islands during the night. No serious damage has been reported. Probe Cause of Fire. SWISSVALE, Pa., May 6.—With six known dead and two other persons missing in the explosion and fire which destroyed four buildings here @arly today, local police and County Fire Marshal Thomas Pfarr started separate investigations to determine I. W. W. Faces United Front of Capitalist State Dictatorships PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 6.— (FP) —As result of the Marine Transport Workers Union strike on the Phila- delphia waterfront, William Petterson, active union delegate on Scandinavian ships, is under arrest on a deportation warrant issued by the department of labor. Petterson is out on bail fur- nished by the American Civil Liberties Union. The union charges that the Danish consul requested his arrest. The strike for union recognition by the Jarka Stevedoring Co. is continuing on the job with the wearing of working buttons. Tax Publicity Still “Lawful.” WASHINGTON, May 6.—Publishing of income tax returns of individuals is not yet unlawful in the United States, despite the squirmings of Coolidge ad- ministration officials under the opera- tion of that Norris provision in the tax law.. The court of appeals for the District of Columbia has upheld a de- cision by the lower federal court, de- nying to Gorham Hubberd, a Boston merchant, an injunction against treas- ury Officials which would forbid them from makjng public the amount of his income tax declaration. Two suits brot against newspapers for publication of income tax returns are now before the federal supreme court, Confesses He Sent Three to Death NEW YORK, May 6.—Nicholas (Cheeks) Luciano was silent today. After repeating over and over again that the testimony with which he helped to send Morris and Joseph Dia- mond and John Farina to the electric chair, was false, Luciano decided he had “said enough,” &nd refused to dis- cuss the case further, He eveg refused the offer of counsel, unless he was in- dicted. He was held without bail on a short affidavit charging perjury, for the cause et the Urra an * — hearing May 12, ~~ SOVIET RUSSIAN PEASANTS APPLY. a} ‘| MODERN METHODS OF AGRICULTURE MOSCOW, May 6 —The Soviet 8 is giving its atch inant to we subject of agricultural education among the peasants. cultural councils are organized on which are representatives of all the village organizations, who meet to make plans for the improvement of agricultural Another Vetcherinka, performance | WN BINGHANTON — BINGHAMTON, N. T., May 6—The representatives of the holy“ Potish ‘white terror failed to prevent the meeting of T. Radwanski to protest against the murder of Polish workers by the fascist regime. en if you have to stone the Bolshe vists.” The Polish Youth Club, organtzed by the Polish fascists of the priest’s by the Workers (Communist) Party But the Lithuanian hall was opened to the Communists, and an enthusi. astic meeting was held. After Com- rade Radwanski's speech, a resolution was unanimously passed which con- demned the Polish white guard gov- ernment and the Polish priest in Bing. hamton.who represented the murder ous white terror. International Red Aid of Greece H Imprisoned Wor! (Special to The Dally Worker.) ATHENS, May 6—The International Red Aid has issued the following ap- peal for relief for the imprisoned rev- olutionists: Workers and peasants! Up to the present everything pos- sible has been done, all forces have been engaged to assist the imprisoned workers and their suffering families. But the number of the victims of re- action is so great that despite the best will and the most devoted activity the support which even now was too small, is endangered for the future. Comrades! Fellow-workers! The material means are completely exhausted. What will you do for those who aré suffering in the jails? We have been unable to grant a regu lar support to the poor families, We received letters which describe the naked and brutal reality—the pregnant wife of a prisoner in Dedea- gatch dies with great pains because ers + another one, who was jailed in con- nection with the events in Larissa, died before the of 50 drachmen reached her. In two serious- ly injured comrades died for lack of medical ‘help. Every day we receive letters which describe the terrible and hopeless situation of the working masses. Brothers and fellow-workers! Hun- ger and starvation threaten the work- ers and peasants who are thrown into the prisons of Larissa. We need a daily support of 1,500 drachmen so that these prisoners will not starve. Furthermore the trial against them will take place in the near future. Money for the legal defense is needed. Will you leave them at the mercy of reactionary justice? Or do you be- lieve the lies about “Moscow money” which thé press writes about all the time? We appeal to you, to join in the campaign of support and collections for the imprisoned workers, for those who have sacrificed themselves for us, too. We know that the united bourgeois- ie will expose us to the most brutal persecutions. In such a serious politi- cal situation every indifference and passivity means to give up the strug- gle for the liberation of all oppressed in town and country. Will you leave them alone? Answer! : International Red Aid of Greece. Forest Fires In Massachusetts PLYMOUTH, Mass., May 6.—Four great forest fires were still burning in this vicinity today but were believed checked by hundreds of fire fighters who spent the entire night in the woods. All night the sky was lighted and today traffic was halted by a pall of dense smoke. DO YOU KNOW— That (until June 15) with every year’s sub to the DAILY WORKER you can get a six: month’s sub to the Workers Monthly? THAT— You can have a choice of elther this offer or a special Loose-Leaf Binder with pocket for receipts and note-paper for your use? THAT— These advantages are yours while at the same time you are doing something that will surely build the Communist movement in this country? IF YOU KNOW— 0 all this and find the sub blank In this issue —especlally if you are a Communist or sympathetic worker— TELL US— Just what are you going te do about it? . stripe, refused to open the hall rented . for the meeting. 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* H SES erk 7s 28111 5 eie nest Low ache 0 by PASQUALE RUSSO: | “Laws grind the poor and rich men rile the lenor Goidemith, — The Traveler. ; se tals clicioua bondi eee indrease in legislatién and law to check the prevalence of theft, bootlegging plaint of the papers is laws, laws.and more and other crimes. The laws. Senator James Reed of Missouri tells us that there*are now more than forty-five thousand useless laws in the United be repealed. Further, said he, many lawyers, citizens violate these laws daily owing to the of their existence. if — El a 41 LONG HOUR, ‘AND. ROTTEN FOODS nited States, all judges and other respectable ey are ignorant Like Shaving a Jackass. : The laws can be compared with the case of the Italian peasant Who took a jackass to the barber to have him shaved. He had hoped that in this manner he would stop the growth of hair on the animal’s body. All went well for a few days and then the peas- ant discovered, owing to a new crop of hair on the jackass, that he was wasting time and money. Laws and crimé are in the same case. The more laws, the more“crime and vice versa. Crime is an evil ot the pres- ent capitalist system and eannot be checked by any system of law mak- Nevertheless the politicians keep at the old business of making new laws. Recently we read in the pa pers that State Representative Theo- dore D. Smith has introduced in the Illinois legislature a bill providing that cooks should have as much knowledge of gastronomy as a plum- ber does about installing a bath tub. We are also told that the leading hotel owners favor the bill, They like the feature requiring that chefs and cooks wash their hands frequently during working hours. From the same source we learn that Greek restaurant owners oppose the bill because it infringes that which they regard as their rights. An Interference With Exploitation. Nick Stamatapolous, 2009 West Roosevelt Road, in speaking of this bill, said: “The foolishest law ever brought up in Illinois. The law should say how we train our cooks, It fs none of the business of the state of Illinois how I run my kitchen. That's my business and if my cus- tomers like my food what business has the politicians otieking ( their. nos- es in my kitchen?” Other Greek restaurant owners use more violent language regarding. the bill. The principle reason why the Greeks oppose the bill is because its enforcement would interfere with the employment of newly arrived immi- grants in their restaurants. All these are quite conscious. of. the, fact it is comparatively easy to exploit ‘a new arrival. Andther: son is because they employ non-skill- ed cooks. They are great believers in the open shop. The hours are 12 each day, seven days a week and very inadequate wages. i Low Wages and Poor Cooks. The Greek restaurant owners find it difficult to secure efficient cooks at the wages they are willing to pay and for this reason are opposed to the proposed legislation. When the Chicago Tribune states that the leading hotel owners favor the bill on account of its sanitary | T SF VOTER EE PV OTE TOO POO TOOT ren. In REED NOR GROUP PLANS BIG. HIGHT ON MAY 23 Tell it to the kids! No, it aln’t about a circus, but the surprise af. fair that is being arranged by John Reed Junior Group. They mise an interesting evening Sat., May 23, at the Workers’ Home, 1902 W. Division St. 2 won't tell what they are going to pull off, but they assure that it Will be a real surprise, dance, and a. good time in general. 80 don't W tell it to the kids! feature, it is evident that the Trübune has been misinformed or lies dell berately. That hotel owners favor sanitation is both false ann ridicu- lous. The hotel owners do not care a continental about sanitation; their object is to cheat the public; nothing less. Their motto is profit and more profit and the public be damned. While the hotel owners are speak- ing of sanitation, let us ask Ernest J. Stevens, president of the Hotel LaSalle some questfons concerning the filthy conditions in that kitchen. Here are some of the facts: Cooks’ and Walters’ Dressing Room. The conditions there are unspeak- able. Poor ventilation, the rooms are dirty and the smell tannot be en- dured. In the dressing room there are no chairs and cooks and wait- resses sit on boxes. There fs no place to rest and it is a daily occurrence to see the tired employes lay on the floor like animals, breathing the s- per abundant impure air. 4 Towels. Stevens may say all that he wiikey regarding sanitation, but in his h tel we are faced with the facts. There the employes are denied the use ‘of clean towels, even to wipe their per- spiring faces. Is that sanitary? sited Food. 2 83 r to, the public is soaked in a filthy sink,|, where the pots and pans are washed. Is this sanitary? Soup meats lay on}, the floor during the day with the. result that they get covered with saw- dust, flies and Other dirt, all of whieh goes merrily into the soup pot. this sanitary? Come backs from parties are used Poxt- over and over again. Everything at? the Hotel La Salle is saved, bread, cheese, cold meats, salad, celery, let- tuce, scraps of meat, steaks. Surely the ownership must know that come- 2 » * reren , | | TICKETS IN ADVANCE 35c——-AT THE DOOR 50c (Get your tickets.at the DAILY WORKER or local Come to the Spring Youth Dance THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SEASON Given by the Y. W. L., Local Chicago, with the co-opera- tion of the Spanish Branch of the W. P. Saturday, May 9, 8 P. M. WORKERS’ LYCEUM, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. | Excellent Dance Musio by |. Letchinger Orchestra. Fine Entertainment—Good Eats. all of which should 18 DEMS ERE ˙²˙¹0 A S b 1 scraps of meat and vege tables are dumped in the stock pot. served to the public as delicious Soy ihbes & dicen misleading French. and English names. It must not be chefs do not receive these wages because they are more efficient than the cooks or because they are intelligent, but on account of the fact that chefs can be handled and are stoolpigedns. Chiefly they spend their time adorning the bill of fare with stupid French names. to fool the public into accepting rot- ten food. All Hotels Alike. Of course, it would be unjust to say that the Hotel La Salle was the only place where such conditions They | have no meaning, but they do serve [FOR tt RESTS. OF TH t . 1 at Schofield objected par- ticularly to a paragraph which said, “The condition of the workers in Ha- wali is much worse than in America and the European countries, and prac- tically all land is in large plantations which employ Japanese and Filipino labor. Strikes are very frequent and there is a good field for propagan The army officers are guarding well | tic mas- sanitary kitchens and the worke are exploited in the same manner. It is our wish that Represéntati Smith investigate the filthy conditio not only at the Hotel LaSalle, b in the others as well. Having such experience he would very likely th introduce a bill demanding clean and sanitary kitchens, providing for the health of the cooks. The law might provide penalties for operating a kitchen in the basement, and compel the hotel owners to provide the help with coats, aprons, towels and soap. Shower baths, clean dressing rooms and rest rooms provided with beds would not come amiss. The employes should be provided with a special din- ing room, and making it a penal of- fense to feed them on sour stew or decayed food: Finally to reduce the working hours instead of ten and twelve as it now 18. Hotel Owners Would Fight Law. But Smith understands quite well that it would be foolish to introduce such a bill. The hotel owners have an .abundance of money and they would use it to kill any such meas- ures. What then is the remedy? Appeal to the board of health? No, many uch appeals have been transmitted o the board of health, pleading with to enforce the law regarding the tion of kitchens, but we have no alt from our efforts. In such cas- 6-168 the board of health is useless. Russell J..Poole, former city high cost of the county building in referenece to Ine Smith bill, charged that the department food — — are He Alse statéd that they into an eating place, car out and the inspection is over.” ' is the substantial truth. Dur- 1 ing 1928-24, not a single food inspec- ‘tor. ever visited the kitchen of the 1 Hotel La Salle. It may be that the inspectors did visit the front office, and arrange the matter for a clean re- Thus we see that the law is a weapon in the hands of the industria! master. The rich men contro the law and for that reason it is non- take action ‘against the restaurant and hotel owners. So we can ask again what is the remedy? Workers Must Organize. Fellow workers, take a lesson from the mule. If the farmer puts a heavy load on him, he refuses to move. If the farmer whips him he shows his revolutionary heels, and in the end the farmer is compelled to remove some of the load. Workingmen, like the mule, have been exploited by the industrial lords. For centuries they have carried a heavy load on their shoulders, and submit to the exploita- tion of the capitalist, but to change all this is not too late. You still have the power to rebel; you have the power to kick like the mule. But to do this most effectively you must or- ganize. When the workers of the world or- ganige en masse, they will then be able to kick to pieces this damnable system of capitalism, and make this a decent place for the working class. Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to N SD bbe b> Je be hb he be tp bbe be be bk bbb The 5th Congress of the Communist International In this abridged historical re- port is the substance of the pro- ceedings— Of the meetings of the leading world Communist body held June 17 to July 8 at Moscow Giving as much as possible of the speeches delivered in their original form. Important material is here contained for those who would learn of the latest world Com- muniest developments. 294 Pages—70 cents. W. P. office) 2 ; eee eee get his subscription. Leninism vs. Trotskyism by G. Zinoviev, I. Stalin and L. Kamenev Three world known figures of the Communist movement con- tribute in this single volume on an important discussion, making it a book of permanent value. A rare and exhaustive treat- ment of a subject that Will lead to a thoro Communist under. standing. A valuable book for the work- er’s library—and a guide to Com- munist action. 76 Pages—20 cents. were maintained. All hotels have un- ‘commissioner, speaking in room 317 sense to ask the board of health to | Vall. is len tor revolution, tus class cons ers and soldiers of the Ha s have organ- ized themselves into the Hawallan Communist League. The Hawaiian Communist League wishes to take its place in the world movement for revolutionary Com- munism and to enable us to co-oper- ate with our comrades in other lands in the fight against capitalism, we de- sire to ne with the Third Inter- national. The ene nt League accepts the principles and regulations of the Communist International with out reservation and) co-operate to the full extent of - ability in the movement to free the workers of the world from the chains of capitalism. The members of the Ha wallan Com- munist League ‘have been very ac- tive in a publicityimvement for the purpose of the facts about Russia to the Hawalian proletariat for bringing all conscious work- ers into a comm movement. Of course this is ig’ with opposition from the cat tore and the and Filipino labor. frequent and there a g propaganda, 2 „The Hawalian proletariat desires to take its place wi ) revolutionary parties of the Communist Interna- ional, 2 All mail for the an Commun- ist League should Sent to the sec- retary, Roderick Nadeau, 21st In- fantry Band, Schofield Barracks, Ha- Hawaiian Comiffinist League. The executive ttee, Walter M. Trumbull, Roderick P. Nadeau and Paul Crouch. * : Spy an ignéramus. Another “charge” against Crouch was that he “Did on or about Feb. 18, 1925, advise counsel] or persuade Corp- oral Bugene Fisher (the government stool pigeon), Co. G., 27th Infantry, to become a member of the secret organ- ization, the Hawaifan Communist League, to the prejudice of good or- der and military discipline.” Crouch, in presenting his defense, proved that the Hawaiian Communist League was not a secrét organization, holding its meetings in the squad room, the league’s letterhedd “attached. He told how Fisher had Aked fof admit- tance, but he was tic a blundering ignoramus, the league bers knew him for a spy and refused to admit him. 6 Forty Years for F Languagé. The other charge inst Crouch was that. Private Crouch did orally and in the presence e other soldiers in the United States use the following disrespectful languag&«"The majority of the common peoplewill be hard to swing into the Red column. I am in favor of the overthrow-of the United States government—bypeaceful means if it can be done, if not by any other method that may present itself, in- cluding revolution.“ Crouch Tells of Gammunism. Crouch declared that he had been misquoted, and went on to explain his Communistic views. part the capitalistic state plays in the for-the working class to gain control of the state in order to exterminate the profit system. When asked whether he “believed m political action,” Crouch replied that political action plays its part in the struggle of the working class to gain power. 17 Crouch’s court martial was com- posed of one lieutenant-colonel, one major, five captains, fiiye first Meuten- ants, and one second tenant. “Are you still interested in Com- munism?” Crouch was asked. “I am very much interésted in every- thing that pertains to ®ommunism,” = = f class struggle, and how it is necessary and sending out letters with) He showed what | C a BUILDERS AT WORK Organization for the Present and Future ah — Qt A | Kansas City, Mo., Does This OMRADE E. HUGO OEHLER, Assistant City DAILY WORKER Agent, and other local comrades of Kansas City are beginning from the ground up. Look closely to this plan of theirs, which is systematic, and if followed will eventually develop in Kansas City a better and bigger center for Communism. Note also that in their plans the DAILY WORKER is used as the means to build up the party thru EVERY phase of party activity—which is exactly what the DAILY WORKER is for. His letter says: At the last business meeting of the English-speaking local they Indoreed the following program that the City Agent and myself have inaugurated: Lesser Kansas City to be divided into six districts with a manager for each district, as many assistants as possible, with the City Agent in charge. Manager to give written report once a week in campaigns; once a month In off seasons. Purpose is to renew subscriptions, take charge of Red Sunday drives, locate compact working-class areas within the district, and racial and religious groups. To have an organized yearly compact mass propaganda for the DAILY WORKER, drives against deportation, strikes, unemployment relief, notices of meetings and for elections. This will enable us to have written reports of the city according to classes so the followers may start where we left off in drives it will eliminate waste and inefficiency, giving us a periodical propaganda all over the working-class districts in the city at once, and is the rudiments of systematic propaganda for a mass party. in detail. ki diate results of 22 new subs, with 11 more on the way. We are handicapped regarding number of workers to handle this However, we must start NOW. Fraternally yours, E. HUGO OEHLER, Asst. Agent, DAILY WORKER, Kansas City, Mo. 9 Detroit Leads Today! OCAL DETROIT, with a distribution of 20,000 copies of the DAILY WORKER on May Day, sends us the imme- In addition, this local is distributing. a mountain of “Dailies” during this week. And to climax the splendid work for the official organ of our party they will cap this tremendous dis- tribution with a mass meeting on Sunday, May 10, at the 1g, and without question This is the total for House of the Masses, 2646 St. Aubin St. Comrade William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, will speak at this Detrott-wilt not only climb up to near the top of the list in the campaign but also the party is sure to feel the results in membership increase. There are real Communist Builders in Detroit and City Agent Comrade 8 Goetz is a BUILDER of first rank, as his direction well testifſes. TUESDAY, MAY 5. DETROIT, MICH.—A. E. Goetz (22). OMAHA, NEB.—David Coutts (6). TOLEDO, ON. Beck (4). MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— Dan W. Stevens (7). NEWARK, N. J.—M. Helgot (3). DECATUR, ILL.—Mrs. Anna Schubert. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Jack Samek. CHICAGO, ILL.—C. Garfinkle. | Your Union Meeting | — | SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES 62 Carpenters, 434 Carpenters, 504 Carpenters, Ogden and Kedzie. 742 754 Teamsters 765 110 First Thursday, May 7, 1925. Pla Allied 2 Trades Councit, 59 6432 Fie Name of Local and ace of Meeting Buren St., “Clothing Workers. 408 8. st Boiler Makers, 2040 W. North Ave. Boot ane Shoe, 1939 Milwaukee Aven Boot aoa Shoe Wkrs., 10258 Michi- * — 4 Brick Carpenters, 1 and Clay, Shermanville, II. and Cla Glenview, II. 12 8 S. Ashland Bivd. 6416 S. Halsted St. 1440 Emma St. South Chicago 110387 Ave. Carpenters, Michigan Carpenters, 7 W. North Ave. Drug Crores, 431 8. Dearborn St., Room 1827. Electricians, 1507 Ogden Ave. 1 7475 Dante Ave. Engineers, 9223 Houston Ave. Assessors, Victoria Hotel. ~ $8th and Campbell Sts., 7:45 p Hod 82 South Chicago, 3101 Firemen and En 82nd Janitors, 59 . Van Buren St. Jon ttresses, City Hall, Hearing Roo Ladies’ ,oarment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren St. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 1214 N. Ashian Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. ure 1 — Workers, 810 W. Harrison Van Street. — — 119 8. Throop St. 1 District Council, 14446 W. Adams St. Painters, Dutt’s Hall, Chicago Hts. Piano and Organ Workers, 180 W. Washington. Plumbers, Monroe and Peoria Sts. Piumbers (Railway), Monroe and Peoria. Railway Carmeu, 1259 Cornel! St. Railway Carmen, 75th and Drexel Avenue. Rallway Carmen, 1900 W. 17th St. — Clerks, 549 W. Washing 8 Clerks, 8138 Commercial Avenue. wy 810 W. Harrison t Signaimen, 6236 Princeton Ave. piace, Tile Roofers, 1224 Milwau- Hangers, © Employes, Masonic Temple, 1 Cutters, 180 W. Washington me... 9206 Houston Ave. (Set) * 8 Ashiand. Teamstere, 30 8th 1 160 w. ~ Washington Stre 17616 Warehouse Emp., 166 W. Washing- on. Gets Unless otherwise stated all m.) meetings are at 8 p. was Crouch’s reply, P & SUB AND GIVE ONEL Frauen-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Vere! Fortschritt “3 Meets every ist & ird Thursday. Wicker Park Ha 2040 W. North Ave ue. Secretary. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street. MAY 10 2 P. M. : FORCED TO TOP. LOONEY GAS SALE: Government Came to Aid of Monopoly (Continued from page 1) from sale, “pending the outcome of the investigation by the United States surgeon general into effects of its use on public health.” "Throws Off Poison. = *: However; Harvard, Yale and even Columbia untversity professors have condenmed ‘the sale of the gasoline, declaring it throws off a lead polson which is slowly absorbed into the sys- tems of those Who come into eontact with it. The poison gasoline made by the ethyl company gives those ex- posed Bright's disease, diphtheria, tu- berculosis, insanity and. other fatal diseases, physicians state. Even the investigation by Columbia University was unfavorable to the sale of the looney gas. Columbia Univer- sity is closely connected with the in- terests backing the sale of the new gasoline, and, the Columbia investi- gation was paid for by the Ethyl cor- poration, whieh made a contract with Columbia to conduct the researches. Two Columbia workers were over- come by lead poisoning during the course of the experiments. Columbia Report Suppreased. The Columbia report has so far ‘bene suppressed, having been sent to Surgeon General Cummings at Wash- ington. It is known to be unfavorable to the sale of the gasoline. This gasoline has been sold in twenty-seven states despite the criti- cism leveled against it and the known deaths of at least a score of persons from the effects of the gas. Government Involved. The sale of the gasoline was in- vestigated” by the United States gov- ernment, Which; thru the bureau of mines, issued & favorable report on the sale of the gasoline. This inves- tigation Was also paid for by the Mor- gan-Rockefeller combination. As soon 4s the criticism of the gov- ernment's' report exposed its bias in favor of ‘the corporation, the bureau of mines issued a statement that thé favorable report: was only a “progress report,“ and that “further investiga- tion now develops that raw tetraethyl gasoline is 80 dangerous to handle that it andy ‘ne a menace to the pub- lic.“ Officials:of the United States public health service now say that the report of the bureau of mines never should | have been issued without more ade quate explanation,” and an independ- ent investigation may be conducted by the health department of the govern- ment. ’ Local Unions Join Utica Workers Party in May Day Meeting UTICA, N. Y. (By Mail.)—The Utica Workers (Communist) Party May Day celebration in Labor Temple was a success, with many local labor uniona participating. J, J. Bouzan, local or- ganizer for the Workers Party and vice-chairman of the local Weavers’ Union, was the chairman of the meet- ing. Comrade Franklin P. Brill from Buffalo was the principal speaker. He showed up the Wall Street Dawes Plan as an instrument of the Ameri- can ruling class to wring out of the exploitation of the German working class the vast reparations that the Versailles treaty imposed on Ger- many. He said that the only victor of the “last international slaughter” was the American banking fraternity. Resolutions were adopted protest- ing against the imprisonment of Com- rades Crouch and Trumbull for 40 and 26 years respectively for Communist activity in the U. S. army. In spite of the Amalgamated Cloth- ing Workers backing out at the last minute, withdrawing their speaker and renting their own hall, we had a IN DETROIT! WM. F. DUNNE well known fighter for organized labor and editor of the DAILY WORKER, (the only English daily Communist newspaper in the world) will speak at the Daily Worker Mass Meeting SUNDAY = House of the Masses very fine and enthusiastic meeting. 2646 St. Aubin St. Detroit, Mich. Other well known speakers. _ sarees srr ee? 2 > | A treat to every worker who gives thought to his problems If you are in Detroit— = _—_*s*« *** *+** + +. + * = + + + + 2 9 OO OO .****.**** * *** 4 * oO 4 OOO Se is is your meeting. estates eo o> & |
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LOBB.........cccmcccm Business Manager — Entered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1933, at the Post- Office at Chicago, III., under the act of March 3, 18798. 290 Advertising rates os app“cation The Dawes Plan Begins to “Work” The much touted Dawes plan is beginning to “work.” The unfilled orders of the United States Steel corporation fell off 421,000 tons during March, the head of the Bethlehem Steel corpora- tion warns its employes that they will have to pre- pare to compete with “foreign low cost labor.“ There are close to 3,000,000 unemployed walking the streets of England while British manufacturers are placing orders for shipbuilding and other com- modities on a vast scale with German firms whose workers are driven to the extreme of exploitation with long hours and starvation wages. The same story comes from France and Czecho- Slovakia. And now the Swedish iron and steel in- dustry reports a falling off of orders as a result of increased German competition. The Dawes plan is beginning to “work.” And to prove that it can only “work” by the enslavement of the German workers and the concurrent unemployment of workers of the other capitalist nations. Every capitalist “solution” of the contradictions of capitalist imperialism’s economy only changes and intensifies the disintegration of capitalist pro- duction. Such “solutions” only alter the super- ficial aspect, changing the scene on the drama. One industry or one nation avoids bankruptcy only at the expense of the bankruptcy of another. Their relation changes. The drama of disintegration goes on. And it is to be noted that—concealed among the blare of trumpets over the “success” of the Dawes plan—the German finance minister, in a gloomy forecast of German economic life, states that Ger- many faces a deficit jn the coming year’s budget and predicts that the reparations payments can- not be met next year. While capitalist “solutions” only drive the sys- tem of wage slavery further toward its historic overthrowal by its victims, the economy of Soviet Russia is improving with great rapidity. The con- ditions and living standards of the workers are now improved above the pre-war standard and still going up. That is one reason that international reaction is anxious to wage war on the Communist movement to stifle the westward sweep of Bol- shevism, if need be, in blood. The Dawes plan is beginning to “work.” Chicago, IMinele Threatening China News dispatches from Pekin advise us that the | forces of international capitalism are again get- teng ready to initiate another civil war in China. General Chang’ Tso-Lin, lord and former foe of Wu Pei Fu, the defeated tuchun of Chihli province, appears to be the lead- ing militarist on the capitalist payroll. When Chang tried conclusions with Wu last year, he was supported by Japan and France, at least morally, if not in a more material way But the result of the civil war was not entirely pleasing to either Japan and France any more than it was to England and the United States, who supported Wu Pei Fu. The fly in the capitalist oihtment was General Feng, who is called the “christian general.” Con- trary to expectations Feng lined up with Soviet Russia and is the military leader around whom the forces seeking Chinese unity are rallying. Feng has now taken the place of Wu as Chang’s foe. Judging by political straws blowing thru news dispatches, Feng has the support of the Koumin tang Party, the nationalist revolutionary party of the Manchurian war | — ————— —Uñ——ßä2— — ee - The Los Angel es Election The Communist candidate for the board of edu- cation in Los Angeles polled 28,000 votes in the recent election. This is a real achievement for the Los Angeles comrades and for the whole party. If there is one outstanding and stinking cess- pool of reaction in all America, it is this city of Jap haters, real estate sharks, retired brewers, moving picture actors, fat-pursed Iowa landlords and the Los Angeles Times. It is in this city that the cult of 100 per cent Americanism flourishes like the green bay tree and the Better American Fed- eration has more than once, so it claims, stamped out anything resembling intelligence in the public schools. / In San Pedro, a suburb of Los Angeles and one of the great naval bases of American imperialism, raids on the I, W. W. and wholesale police ter- ror, have been commonplaces. Every so often the sailors and marines are turned loose on the revo- lutionary workers while the press of California capitalism applauds. In such a center 23,000 votes for a Communist candidate and program means a good deal. It means that the Workers (Communist) Party is active, that it has contact with large numbers of the workers, that its militancy has aroused them’ and that there is in this reactionary stronghold a real protest against the exploiters which will form the foundation of a powerful working class move- ment. It is not necessary that we exaggerate the results of our party’s work in Los Angeles or allow our- selves to think the battle is more than beginning: In such a city at this time a begining is enough and the Los Angeles comrades have shown that in spite of the obstacles they have made a good start. \ The next task is to bring into the party the best elements with which contact has been made and to broaden the movement into a fighting center for the whole working class of Los Angeles and vicinity. . Flaying a Menshevik One of the most brutally effective blows ever received by the stoolpigeons of capitalism, who, in and out of Georgia, have carried on war against the workers and peasants of that country in be- half of the plunderbund, was that section of the report of the British trade union delegation to Soviet Russia which dealt with the Georgian situa- tion. So fatal was the effect of this document on the pretensions of the menshevik panhandlers that a veritable shower of abuse has since then steadily emanated from the sub-cellars of Europe’s cap- itals where these menshevik vermin hang out. In a letter to the London Daily Herald, Noe Jordania, prime minister of the menshevik govern | ment of Georgia during 1921, attacks Purcell, chair- man of the recent British trade union delegation to Russia and charges him with allowing the Soviet government to put blinkers on his eyes. Purcell comes back with a scorching retort that burns the hide off this scalawag. Purcell says: Mr. Jordania’s abusive remarks about the délegation are to be expected, because their report has killed for ever, as far as the British trade union movement is concerned, the lying and ‘fantastic reports about Soviet rule in Georgia which he and his friends have been issuing ever since the Georgian people gave them the order of the boot.” Purcell’s interview to the Daily Herald in reply to Jordania’s attack can be read in another eelumn of this issue. It stings: Every day get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER and a member for the Workers Party. Towards Unity The general council of the Trade Union Congress of Great Britain, meeting recently in London, rati- fied the decision reached by the Anglo-Russian trade union conference- The decision agreed that a joint effort should be made by the British and Russian trade unions for an unconditional conference be- tween the representatives of the Amsterdam In- ternational and those of the Russian trade unions, with a view to forming a united international trade union movement. | China. of which the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen was leader. The forces of world capitalism are looking with | a jaundiced eye on the activities of Soviet diplom acy in China. Only recently Mongolia formed a Soviet republic and big chunks of China are liable to break away at any moment and become affiliated with the Soviet Union. The profit mongers America, England, Japan and France, whatever their private quarrels may be, have a deadly fear of the increase of Soviet power in China. Hence of The decision also called for the formation of a joint advisory council to promote co-operation be tween the Russian and British movements. The capitalist press went into hysterics when this announcement was made public. Tories ‘furiously attacked the Russian trade union dele- gates in the house of commons. it would not surprise anybody to learn inside of a short period, that the capitalist powers will at- tempt a coup de etat in China and establish a pup pet government in Pekin which will make the vast mineral resources of that country available for the international plunderers. Already are rumors that embargo there the against the export of arms to China will be raised. | A capitalist war against the hundreds of millions | of Chinese workers and peasants will be easier started than finished. Behind the exploited Chinese stands the mighty power of Red Russia, and the Communist idea, that is by itself more powerful than armies and navies. We learn from dispatches telling of the execu tions at Sing Sing, that the catholic priest, had the job of holding the crucifix to the lips of the dying but devout victims of the electric chair, ip aptly named Father Cashin, . whe of the ter The right wing leaders in the unions and also the right wing of the labor party denounced Purcell and those who took the initiative from the British side in taking steps to promote the solidarity of the workers of all countries. That the general council of the Trade Union Congress has ratified the agreement reached by the unity committee, is significant. It proves that the right wing leaders in Britain have suf- fered an overwhelming defeat. It is the most en- couraging news that has reached the ears ‘of the working class of the world for many months. The I. W. W. marine Pedro, California, are reported to have the Workers (Ci Party to make party election meetings at the harbor a suc W hile the unofficial action membership, which has learned in the bit the capitalist state that the Communists have the revolutionary goal as they have, and they a more realistic way of waging the struggle and, after all, are not so in tent on getting votes as to rouse the masses of transport workers at San sisted imunist the COCSS. this is, of course, struggle with Sai tue have workers to struggle. | ry homage *lelectors who actively as- * N ; * Se “ a Ay ‘ 8 25 4 ee — 7 5 “> t 1 By — (Bertin). * Lahe belong to the ranks reat Communists from Marx to Lenin? It is true that Lassalle who was by seven years the younger, called himself Marx’ disct- ple, looked up to Marx as the leader of the party and earnestly sought his friendship; nevertheless Lassalle was never a Marxist, either in his funda- mental philosophical attitude or in his political tactics, —— 2 various and only Lassalle's early death pr Marx and En- els from pu wning him dur- ing his lif meting out politi- as to a Proudhon on, Marx, in a down Lassalle in a (1865) and, in to the Gotha pro- tor an alliance bel-Liebknecht group Lassalle's partisans or a Bakunin. between the at Eisenach (1875), he Smashed the essential points of e's theory into smith- ereens. 1 HE leadeve oy ‘social democracy, which pretend,to be Marxist, in- deed concealed hoth condemnations from the mass @f their members for many years. The marginal notes were only published 16 wears later, the let- ter to Kugelmann 17 years after the other letters had been printed. Even in the Marx-Engels corre- spondence certain very harsh expres- sions against Lassalle seem to have been suppressed by the publisher. This is how the socialist party of Ger- many guards against any wrong being done to its party saint Lassalle. As a matter of fact, the socialist party of Germany has much more in common with Lassalle than with Marx, altho now it is far behind Lassalle in “prac- tical politics” and can no longer claim to be heir to his views, for he was at least always a bitter opponent of the bourgeois party. ASSALLE was ‘no doubt an emi- nent perso ty, a man of genius. Possessed of titanic ambition, of an extraordinary passion for work, of quick intellecti grasp, a clever and witty writer, of the greatest ora- tors of history—all qualities which made Lassalle prominent in the bar- ren field of intellectual life of the day in it is easy to un- derstand how ea have struck I around nisl w such extraordim admiration was paid agg 5 A NIT (APRIL 11th, 1825) him. The greater men with whom he might have been compared, Marx and Engels, had been abroad since 1849, and were thus remote from Lassalle. Lassalle had remained in Germany as the last of the Mohicans of the Com- unist revolutionaries. No wonder Ghat the self-consciousness. which terized him even in his youth gradually assumed dimensions which led to painful conflicts and thus modi- ned even his view of life in a way which made it still more difficult for him to accept the materialistic con- ception of history. An idealistic con- ception of history was more in keep- ngly evident on Ang with his mental attitude, one that regards the great personality as the bearer and manifestation of the spirit of his time and, in a certain sense, “makes history.” “You see here the remarkable spectacle of an agitation which has seized hold of the masses, which has roused a whole nation to take a stand passionately on one side or the oth- er—all this emanating from the con- science of a single man.” (Speech at the Dusseldorff trial, 1864.) HUS Lassalle could, on one occa- sion (1860) write to Marx: “Hatred in the masses can accomplish any- thing, if only there are five people in the whole country who possess under- standing also.” This is a Nietzschean- ism which defies all socialism and shows a complete want of understand- ing of the significance and the nature of a revolutionary “party.” Lassalle is possessed by an ideologism“ —as Marx once called it—which constantly limits his so¢ial discernment. This had the most serious consequences in his idealistic worship of the state, and in this connection led to the worst derailments in practical politics. ASSALLE cannot boast of a com- pletely uniform philosophical and political view of life. He was an eclectic in the grand style, who today was under the spell of Marx, tomor- row under that of Rodbertus, but was never free from that of Hegel. In a letter to Marx, Lassalle refers to Hegel’s conception of history, “to which I subscribe in all essentials.” The spirit, the spirit of the people, expresses itself in history, embodies itself in the moral community, the state. On one occasion, Lassalle reé-’ fers to science as “a neutral territory, a sanctuary which must on no ae count be devastated by the storm of political hatred.” It seems that th state is to Lassalle almost anothér such neutral territory.” 7 This does not indeed prevent Las. 1 1 P * —— cay, FEN Ur 5 eee ee * N m representing che “ac- — writings, tual con of power“ in 4 very telling way as the native soil of con- stitutions. Lassalle believes in revo~ lution, but does not want to bring it about, but to “humanize and civilize. it.” Lassalle organizes the working German Labor Association on May 22, 1863, thought of a dictatörship of the pro- letariat. In his speech The Work- er's Reader“ (1863) he protests against the enormity of having called upon the working classes to aim at a class supremacy over the other classes.” liberation of the working class only be effected by the work- class itself. Lassalle repeatedly 2 exen this essential Marxist the later Firgt Internation- above, for the help of the possessing classes, finally even for the help of a “social monarchy,” is constantly crop- ping up. This places Lassalle as a utopian socialist, back into 2 ist socialism. The fetters must be struck off your feet; but only in peace, thru the ini- tiative of the intelligenzia and with the sympathetic help of the possess- ing class,” exclaims Lassalle in his “Speech on the Labor Question” (1863) to the German proletariat. How did Lassalle imagine the real- ization of socialism? Universal suf- frage is to him the great instrument of peace which will make the state accessible to the wishes of the prole- tariat, without any necessity for the undesirable “wild proletarian revolu- tion.” The workers form productive associations, and the democratic state —possibly even the reactionary Prus- sian state will make the start!—con- tributes the capital: In this way, pri- vate capital will gradually be ousted by competition in a perfectly peaceful manner, and there will be no need for a brutal expropriation of the bour- geoisie. On the contrary: “The workep will never forget that all property which has once been ac- quired is inviolable and lawful.” (“La- bor Programme” 1862.) HIS being Lassalle’s fundamental attitude, it is easy to understand his so-called “tactical evolution.” Las- salle wanted action, he wanted most of all to see universal suffrage estab- lished as the political foundation. The ‘General German Labor Association developed too slowly for him. Bis- mark was already coquetting with the wee of udiversal suffrage. At this salle on the other hand, in one of Ais class by the formation of the General) but emphatically declines the 1 Pos es his passionate appeal to orking class, hope for help from | ! ann — — de, * * TEN 1A of the Marquis of tariat with the Philipp II of the ermark.“ (Letter to AT which Las hand wrote in letter to Marx and Engels. ut hi Sickingen drama, came to pass in terrible way on Lassalle himself: “For in the final analysis, Stokin- gen’s diplomatic amalgamation of hia insurrection with his n ary action, and the failure of the for- mer, arose just from the * that 10 was unable in his peed fe 2 a final break with the past, he himself was still pete which he represented.” Lassalle’s political legacy had: road ther disastrous effects on 3 cial demcoracy. It euphemized that attitude towards the bourgeois state which was finally, but in a more cynic- al way, expressed by revisionism, and, since 1914, has been sanctioned be fore the whole world as the supreme political practical policy of the social- ist party of Germany within the peace- ful precincts of the coalition Lassalle’s nationalism and Bernstein's reformism form the theoretical points of support of opportunism Marxism. It is thus no mere ¢ dence that in the present-day si party of Germany a new has been spreading for some — that from that side the slogan is heard: Back to Lassalle! the class conscious. proletariat of t Third International cries: to Marx and Lenin! 19 1 OSCOW, (By Mai). — There is con- siderable Ahimation now in this city in connection with the elections to the Moscow Soviet and to the dis- trict Soviets. . The streets are full of groups of after the conclusion of the election m demonstrate with banners and building in the Viet Square to cheer the representatives of the proletarian power. | The present Fleetions stand out be- cause of the eaeeptionally large num- ber of electors participating in them. The partici rs are not only those who are ocean in trade unions and not only manual and office workers employed in enterprises and institu- tions, but also groups of unorganized workers. OUSEWIVES, persons engaged in home industries, carmen and cab- men, doctors, ete, in fact groups cial life, but which, having realized the importance ofsthe.role of the Soviets in the construetion of the new state and the meaning of the participation of the workers in the construction of the new life; it impelled to take an active part in guch construction, and to neminate their own candidate to the Soviets, « The Moscow Soviets show better than anything else the superiority of stem and the full value ments of the October ‘system has abolished nd any other special qualification has given the right to vote to all * who work. HOSE who, ‘work and gain their means — without ex- ploiting ete ve now the right to elect and to elected to the Soviets, and to participate in the government of the state. is no other quali- fication. } The electiog. figures to hand show that 95 per cént of the workers took part in the Mescow elections. By its large scale election campaign the Moscow Soviet has brought about the participation of a large number of non-party persons in the elections, and it has shown from the beginning how keen non-party workers are to do their duty as citizens. the property | cent of the candidates elected to the Soviets ape non- party. As com- pared with last year, the number of women elected to the Soviets has also very much ingreased. A characteristic feature of the pres- ent elections, which spéaks for the .ctivity of the masses, is the large | number of addenda to the election pro- hitherto outside the political and so- N the Moscaw districts, about 50 per | ditions, municipal economy, national education and health. Another feature which deserves between the non-party and party elec- tors, which has created an atmosphere | imity and has eliminated” all. ntagonism. E non-party masses have had _every opportunity during the years of Soviet government to realize that the Russian Communist. Party is the only true champion of the workers and that it is due to its guidance that the Union of Soviet Republics has grown in strength politically and econ- omically. The rapid development of the re- construction of the municipal economy of Moscow and for the gubernias, which compares favourably with the past, shows to the workers of Moscow better than anything else the efficie of the party as a guide and leader,“ ENCE, the elections show e non- party masses have accepted the leadership of the Russan Commun- ist Party—the vanguard of the work- ing class. The Moscow Soviet which has all these years set the example to the Soviet of other towns, will in its pres- ent composition work no doubt as energetically as before in the interests of the working class population, which, having in the Soviets representatives of all its groups, will be able to take an active part in the work connected with the further development of muni- cipal economy and with the improve- ment of social conditions. Day after day the results of the elec- * mention is the friendly spirit existing || ‘tions demonstrate to the whole world what a workers’ government means and what power and force there is in the Russian Communist Party which has the support of enormous numbers of non-party workers ready at any time to lay down their lives for the Soviet government and for the preser- vation of all the achievements of the | October revolution. R Soviet power is the slogan of - the present elections. Long Live the Russian Communist party. Such is the desire of all hon- ns to thé Moscow ) These addenda touch on social con- 9 A nom party workers — 4 5 ter the elections gent! - ments. ö Then the election excitement will-be replaced by the everyday work of the newly elected Soviet members thé same slogans will guide them in their endeavor to achieve maximum suc- cesses in their work. The present elections are the clever- est and most convincing demonstra- tion of the consolidation and the might of the Soviet power—aA. Prigradov- Kudrin. X ih Plan to Have the Union Scale Slide with Bosses Profits An interesting wrinkle in class col- laboration is reported in a recent issue of the Film Daily, the leading trade journal of the motion picture industry. Very seldom, do trade union affairs get mention, or especially favorable mention, in its columns. Yet here is a-union, a brand new union, that is spoken of in very friendly terms. It is to be an industrial union at that, taking in operators, musicians, door men, janitors, ushers and what not. But its scale is to be very elastic and is to depend upon the amount of profit that the boss makes. If he makes a killing. wages will go up, if there is a slump, they are to slide. It is explained that this will auto- matically grade the workers according to ability, the less able gravitating to- ward the cheaper houses And eventual- ly out of the industry. * There is not so very much ditter- ence from the proposal of the leaders of the miners and other unions to cut wages to enable their employers to “compete” with their own mines in non-union fields. These are union lead- ers after the bosses own heart. Bulgarians Fight Over Legacies DONDON, May 6.—A hearing at- tended by a large number of titled persons was held Thursday at Va- reggio, a dispatch to the Morning Post today related. The former Em- press Zita, King Boris of Bulgaria, Louisa, first wife of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and a number of princes and princesses, gave testimony: ina dispute over legacy payments made to his staff by the will * the late Duke of Parma. r Denied Air Post to poet ROME, May 6.—It was officially denied today by the government the portfolio as minister of air been offered Gabriele . poet. Arrowsmith, by Sinclair Lewis, Har- court, Brace & Co. $2.00. HE fellow who gets a large part of the income of many workers is Ye Old Family Doctor, so a book that tells how the doctor runs his business is of particular interest to the labor movement. Such a a volume is Sin- | clair Lewis's latest, his Arrowsmith. Arrowsmith reveals the doctor in all his varieties even more fully than Babbitt does the real estate man and the salesman. So many of the doctors after all are not so different from real- tors and salesmen. They are first of all businessmen with something to eell, rather than scientists with useful knowledge for a suffering world. RROWSMITH gives close ups of the country practioners chatting; chummily together about collections; the medical student who figurés that this pathology stuff may be all right but his dope on the way to succeed is a smart looking office on the best corner of the main street; of the sur- gical clinic where the business of sel- ling operations is conducted on high power Go Getter principles. Sharpest of all the satires is that of the public health officer in the busi- ness of handling out the kind of public health’ advice that won't offend the business interests. Always ready to compromise was Dr. Piekmbaugh. When the health department's slogan “Eat Pie and Get Pyorrhea” got the bakers’ goat he was quick to can the phrase. OUNG Arrowsmith sees all these things as his professional career expands but his greatest disillusion- ment is to come when he enters the a CETUUTER ATE RIL NING McGurk Institute for scientific re- search and finds that its theoretical purpose of free research into the foun- dations of medical knowledge is trg quently thwarted by the social climb- ing and business aspirations of its heads. There are pure scientists, it is true, but they are continually handicapped and fretted by the Go Getters. Yet real progress comes from what these pure scientists get done in spite of the difficulties thrown in their wan 1 story is told with fine satiric power but it is more than A satire. There is a warm human to young Arrowsmith afd his chum wife who laughs with him at the “Men of Measured Merriment,” the smooth bunko chaps at the top of the * | Slonal ladders.—Art * * * ; - 2 See — — of th fo th a m ne D w w el A P. T th u is tl th li | . li -~ = b e lhl “a gram of the to the Soviets, | 7 . 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