Daily Worker
May 12, 1925
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eT PeomtisR®2 Vr 2 . e-We etn = @-. enwrv nr Vo - - mw oe .- a _——_ — ) ' ee a ae ee a oF he _ F -.s = ——s —- ——— ger under the blackshirt chief’s nasal i ~ climate. Daily. Worker, Sinead 1 sub- | cription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET: IN ON ‘done ps prin world is in the noha, of profes- Arh. tng Vol. a. No. 102. oy Fr mall $800 pet year 7 Leg, ‘by mail, vat 2 Ff an ae F : Office at Chicago, 3 ‘ x ‘ $6.00 per year. Iilinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK EDITION * °° - . ILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN walk- ed into the White House a few days ago and advised the president that this economy program was mak- ing a big hit with the “country.” The perennial political marathon runner got a free lunch in- return for the favorable \diagnosis. “Bill” is reported to be worth now $2,000,000, made on Florida real estate. Like that other hypocrite, Arthur Brisbane, Bryan spends most of his waking moments singing the beauties of the Florida The business elements like the president’s economy program al- (Continued on page 2) CROUCH AND TRUMBULL DISCLOSE f LIES OF KEPT PRESS ABOUT TRIAL— 78 LIES IN “STENOGRAPHIC RECORD” (Special to The Daily Worker) SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 10.—The Associated Press is America’s greatest misinformer. In an A. P. “news” item pub- lished in the New York Times with the date line of Honolulu, April 4, 1925, is a collection of false statements. In part it reads: “Private Paul Crouch, 21st Infantry, has been sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment and dishonor- able discharge from the army, and two other soldiers, Walter Trumbull and Walter Ardeau have been dishonorably discharged. Crouch was accused with being the ringleader of the ‘Hawaiian Communist plot’ as head of the Hawaiian Communist League. In that ‘office’ he issued propaganda un- der the pretext of being a teacher of Esperanto at army schools.” DAILY. WORKER Tells Truth. aa As a‘matter of fact, in addition to To Probe River Drownings. our sentences, three soldiers, Fred WASHINGTON, May 10.—An inves- Creque,. Corp.. Roy F. Ebert and/ tigation of the circumstances sur- Stephen Domagalski, were discharged | rounding the capsizing and sinking from the service. Walter Ardeau must be a creation of the Associated of the steamer Norman in the Missis sippi river, south of Memphis, in Press as we never heard of him. The/| which 23 persons were drowned, will story of Trumbull’s discharge was/| be made immedately by the war de- se by which j not do anything illegal, and the su-} lated. The men then voted on the}. ~ Poe > 290 Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Price 3 Cents ~s \ oe ~ > SNA \ ' AA \e ‘ a* ." ~ ~* AN see BSED So eseve ee’ AN VAS . * *~Seee ot & a% . + . Sei ieene o “ cre Sse hm Communists Opposed to Individual Terror (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, April 23—(By Mail)— The executive of the Communist In- ternational has issued the following statements: “Forgeries and liens are becoming more and more the tool of the enemies of the Comintern. Month for month, and more recently even week for week, ever more clumsy forgeries of alleged letters, instruc- tions, decisions, and other “docu- ments” ascribed to the executive of the Comintern. In this respect, the Tzankoff government has beaten all records. On the occasion of the explosion that has taken place in the cathedral of Sofia; this fascist government has published some hastily manufactured “documents,” which are supposed to furnish proof of the Comintern’s im- plication in this terroristi: act. It is superfluous to point out that in view of the fact that the Comintern is op- posed in principle to individual ter- ror, neither the Comintern nor any of its sections have had, or could have had anything whatever to do with the Sofia explosion. The execu- tive of the Comintern declares cate- gorically that all the documents (Continued on page 4) Court Grants an Injunction Against Indiana Mine Union (Special to The Daily Worker.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. May 10.— Judge Robert C. Baltzell in federal court here overruled a petition of the defendants to dismiss the charges contained in an injunction action brought by W. H. Howe of Chicago, against officials of the United Mine Workers and others, seeking to re- strain them from “interfering with the operation of coal mines in Knox coun- ty on a co-operative basis.” The court granted a temporary in- junction to the complainant and set ‘hearing on permanent injunction for ten o'clock next Wednesday morning. Defendants filed the motion for dis- missal of the action on the ground that Howe was not a proper plaintiff in the case because he was a third party and not connected with the con- tract effected. between the miners’ union and’ union mine operators in the Terre Haute district. Pacific railroad; An anti~hite terror demonstra- tion will be held om Sunday, May 17, at 2:30 p. m. at the Hod Carriers Hall, 814 W. Harrison street. it is arranged under the auspices of the Workers Party, Local Chi- cago with thé: main support coming - frarn the Balkan federation branch- es of the Workers Party. The speakers for this demonstra- tions secured ‘thus far, are Eari R. Browder, in English; K. Mikalachki, in South Slav; C. Koteff, in Bulgar- ian; K. Kostis, in Greek, and other speakers. Admission is free. GREEN HECKLED AT CONVENTION OF R. R. CLERKS (Special to The Daily Worker.) KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 10.— When William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, spoke before the convention of the Brother- hood of Railwey and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Sta- tion Employes’ Union at their conven- tion here in the armory, 3620 Main St., his remarks were challenged by a rank and file delegate from the floor of the convention. The delegate, amid shouts and con- fusion, asked ,Green several embar- rassing questions before he was si- lenced by the union officials. Opposition’ To Fitzgerald. The convention has developed into a struggle of the opposition, headed by George 8. Levi, secretary treasur- er of the organization, and the fol- lowers of E. H. Fitzgerald, present president, who Was come to the end of his second three-year term and is seeking re-election. Employers Address Convention. The conventiom has been addressed by several reactionaries and employ- ers brought in by Fitzgerald. Among those who spoke are Mayor Beach, L. W. Baldwin, president of the Missouri- Frank Farrington, president of the I[linois miners’ un- ion, who has recent arbitrarily ex- pelied from office the elected left wing officials of the miners’ union in the Springfield subdtistrict, and C. B. Schaff, president of the Missouri, Kansas, Texas railroad. A sharp fight’ between the opposi- tion and the Fitzgerald group was ex- pected on the amendment to the brotherhood coastitution, which, if passed, would egrpower the president to appoint the s@itor of the Railway Clerk. The editor is elected under the present constitution. ZANKOV TERROR Tulsa Residents Brand Fascists As Murderers (Special to the Daily Worker) TULSA, Oklahoma, May 10—Bul- garians living in this city have added their protest to the widespread de- |] nunciation by Bulgarian-Americans of the regime of white terror instituted by Premier Zankov against the Com- munists and other workers. “The Zankov government is shoot- ing down all workers who do not agree with it,” said Ivan Petroff Kovacheff, of West. Tulsa. “Conditions in Bul- garia are an outrage to humanity. Under the pretext of hunting down Communists, the Bulgarian fascists are making wholesale killings of po- litical enemies.” Tyranny of Despots. “Despotism and tyranny are the slo- gan of the present Bulgarian govern- ment. The situation is deplorable and the issue which the despotic govern- ment of Bulgaria has raised is a mo- mentus one. Every man and woman in the United States should register his or her protest against the inhu- man and barbarous government that has planned its campaign of terror among the workers like a despot crazed with stolen power.” Bulgarians interviewed at 110 E. First St., including P. G Menkoff, An- (Continued on page 5.) Wheat Crop Below Normal, Farmers Too Poor to Buy Seed (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, May 10 Amer- ica’s winter wheat crop will be ap- proximately 145,00,000 bushels, or nearly 25 per cent short v_ crop, the department of estimated today. Sharply last year's agriculture decreased primarily responsible, adverse conditions among wheat was tne acreage reflecting that farmerrs at of -Snglapd-Antinaten: Dawes’ Siashaiia: ) as “stabilized”. by the Dawes’ DAWES PLAN FALLING DOW U. §. REPARATION AGENT; AND ENGLAND DISCOUNT PA —_ lowing t j‘plan” which was heralded as a ‘capitalist production of Europe president. Reports Dawes and joined with him as a direct unable to pay the full Dawes Savage exploitation of the Germ (Special to The Dally Worker) LONDON, May 10.—That the Dawes plan is a failure is grudgingly and indirectly admitted by capitalist spokesmen fol- 7 report of Seymour Parker Gilbert, the “boss’ of Ger- many and the American reparation agent under the famous Mr. Gilbert, tho a warm friend of “Hell an’ fy ee ath Bae eg ’ * cure-all for the bankruptcy of and which boosted the pipe- smoking open shopper into political limelight as American vice- Plan Failure. Maria” Dawes, representative of the Morgan banking interests, is forced to report to the reparations commis- sion of the allied governments, that he believes Germany will be instalments, and even tho by an workers, Germany may ac- money, it will be unable to transfer it abroad. By forcing such transfer, thru us- ing marks to buy gold in the allied countries, the basis of value will be swept from under the German mark plan reparations bank. Thus the Dawes’ plan will defeat itself. If the allies, on the other hand, should accept the | German paper marks as “payment,” it simply means that they are giving | Germany a loan with the paper marks | as “security” and are really paying | the reparations themselves. Inherent Contradictions. The only other alternative seen by Mr. Gilbert is the export of German made goods being developed. How- ever, if Germany’s exports are devel- oped, it will be only at the expense of cutting down the export trade, and even infringing on the domestic trade, of the allied nations. England is ‘already suffering ex- treme unemployment and marked de- cline of exports as a result of the German competition in this fleld, and thus the “solution” of “making Ger- many pay” will lead to paragzing in- dustrial depression in the allied na- tions. a The collapse of the ‘bombastic ‘claims of General Dawes’ and.his# fame } us plan, is being decidely_ soft- pedalled. The allied governments are foreed to speak softly, and altho Win- ston Churchill, chancellor of the ex- ‘hequer in his budget estimate for running the British government for he coming year, quietly cut out 50 per cent of what is due to be paid by jermany to England in reparations, | little is said about why this discount- ing of reparations should be made if the American reactionary with the funny pipe made a good plan to Col- lect. France Plays Shrewd Trick. In France, also, yesterday's an- nouncement of Joseph Caillaux, after a ministerial conference presided over by President Doumergue, that all re- | parations payment would not be counted in the budget as available assets, and that France would be com- ; pelled to raise the budget only by in- creased and unprecedented taxes laid able commodities. This will at once | increase the already high cost of liv- ing. The crafty statement of Caillaux (Continued on page 2) INDIANAPOLIS POLICE FORCE IN LEAGUE WITH BOOTLEGGERS, CHARGE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May.10.—A wholesale weeding out of members of the Indianapolis police force for their alleged failure to enforce the prohibition laws was promised to- day by William H. Remy, prosecu- ee? tor. Remy said he would canvass the entire force district by district and institute a “real clean up” made possible by the new “bone dry” law empowering any citizen to file | charges of neglect of duty against any officer in circuit court. cumulate a surplus of its own*— upon the farmers and upon consum- |, (in the | which BUILDING TRADE STRIKERS FIGHT LANDIS AWARD’ ‘Strike Asindaet the Open Shop Still Unsettled Efforts of the non-union McLennan construction 1 to end the strike of the building trades workers on the new twenty million dollar mar- ket project being built for the Central Cold Storage company atlith St. and Racine Ave., failed, and the brick- layers, plasterers, plumbers, electric- ians, tile setters, and iron workers are still on strike. Officials of the building trades coun- cil, including Patrick Sullivan, J. J. Conroy, secretary, and “Umbrella” Mike Boyle of the electrical workers and Edward Ryan of the iron workers, ‘were in conference Saturday, with the employers but no * OER: Me, _ company The McLennan company hired nou- ‘union labofers and carpenters to re- place the “Landis award” men who had walked out and joined the non- union strikers. Some ot these non- union workers were set to work on the union workers’ jobs, setting the iron forms for the cement work. The strike was called against the open shop, in order to get the unor- ganized laborers and carpenters into the union. Bootlickers to the League of Natioris Gather at Geneva WASHINGTON , May 10—Leifur Magnusson, American representative of the international labor office con- ;}nected with the league of nations at Geueva, is sailing to attend the annual meeting of the I. L. O. This is the seventh annual conference. |The first was held in Washington in 1919. This international conference, in which all of the 58 member countries are to have delegates, will begin May 19 and will remain in session three or four weeks. No one with sense expects it to do anything but talk. The United States and Russia are nations not organization. the only aoonsiderable members of the Merge Millions in R. R. Deal, WASHINGTON, May 10.—The in- terstate commerce commission placed a tentative valuation of $182,687,175 on the property owned by the Chesa- peake and Ohio Railroad, and a vValu- ation of $189,257,789 on the property used but nOt owned by the road. The valuation was as of June 30; 1916. This of the railroads proposed merger plan of the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland, the interstate commerce com- road is one | mission is now considering. SO THIS IS WHY JUDGE GARY TELLS US THERE IS NO SLUMP? (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 10.—Unfilled tonnage of the U. S. steel corporation ' declined 416,996 tons in the month end prevailed | planting report of the corporation issued today. ed April 30, accroding to the monthly Advance orders on April 30 aggregated 4,446,568 tons against 4,863,564 'on March 31 and 5,284,771 on Feb. 28 of this year. One year ago the cor- | poration reported unfilled orders of 4,208,447 tons. time, because of the low price wheat | unable to buy seed. | The yield also will contribute to | 'the smaller crop, the forecast being 'more than a bushel to the acre off The board reported that the crop | may be larger or smaller than the | ‘forecast given,’as developments dur. | ing the remaitider of the season prove more or less favorabble to the | , crop than usual: ' Three Workers to One Job in Hungary | aa VIENNA, May 10.—Current employment records of Hungary show that ° there are 322 applicants for every hundred jobs. Horthy dictatorship. ® em to dal ~~" . ’ * “ee This is under the fascist of Fs _ ee
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ee ee ee eee REST THREE a IN FREE SPEECH FIGHT i - Test Right t of Workers . Party to Hold Meetings Three members of the Workers (Communist) Party, Thurber Lewis, Karl Reeve, and John Hecker, are to appear for hearing in the Chicagu Ave. police court this morning follow- ing their arrest Saturday night for holding a Communist open alr meet- ing on the corner of North Ave. and Orchard St. The policemen who signed the com- plaint, Deviny and Koch, based their charges on an ordinance which was declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court years ago. The ordi- nance, 3703, prohibited speaking on the street corners without a permit, but has been invalid for many years. Flivver Squad Arrives. The Communist speakers will de- mand a jury trial, and the Workers Party will test whether or not the Chicago police force and Mayor Dever are going to continue to break the law oy preventing tho workers of the city from expressing their opinions. D. E. Barly was arrested on the same cor- ner a week ago, and his trial will be conducted next month. The meeting was opened by John Hecker, member of the Young Work- ers (Communist) League. Immediately Deviney and Koch drove up to the speakers platform and demanded that the meeting disband. The Commun- ists refused to close the meeting, and Comrade Hecker concluded his talk, advertising the Workers Party liter- ature and introducing the next speak- er, Thurber Lewis, circulction man- ager of the DAILY WORKER in Chi- cago. As soon as Comrade Hecker stepped off the platform he was bundled into the police car. Patrol is Called Deviney and Koch, lacking the nerve to stop the meeting, called up a patrol, while Comrade Lewis was talking. Comrade Lewis pointed to the police as the tools of the capit- alist class who are used to beat down workers in strikes when they attempt to organize for a decent stand-rd of living. He showed that it is only workers’ organizations which are mol- ested when they attempt to oxercise their conetituticnal right of free speech. By this time an enormous crowd had gathered. Comrade Lewis then introduced Karl Reeve who declared that the workers must own the industries and have a police force of their’ own working for them and not for the em- ployers. The patrol arrived, and Reeve announced that another meet- ing will be held by the Workers Party on the same corner next Satur- day night. The speakers were then driven in the patrol to the station house. Bail was set at $100 apiece, and the speakers were released at 11 o'clock. William F. Kruse and Norman Tal- lantire secured the bail money, most of which was raised at the dance held by the German Workers’ Educational Home Society, in which the German branch of the Workers Party took part. As the three Communists speakers were lead away from the meeting the workers who packed the _ street cheered lustily and criticised the po- lice. JEWISH BAKERS’ UNION VICTOR AFTER BATTLE Pe lawers and Fake Union Lose Out NEW YORK, May 10.—The Jowish bakers in the International Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ Union, affiliated with the American Feder- ation of Labor, won renewal of their of the employers in their recent con- vention. The Jewish bakery owners at the time had Samuel Untermeyer, atto>- ney, denounce the union but union proved strongest in the end. The $75 weekly minimum wage, 7% hour dey, and division of work among all union bakers so that none are ut- employed are retained. A small group of desultory work- Bakery Workers attempted to enforce an injunction against the Interns tional and win attention for its 8-hour day, 6 day week at $55 minimum. Concert and Dance in Brooklyn Lyceum NEW YORK, May 10. The Boro Park English branch of the Workers Party is giving a concert and dance on Saturday evening, May 23, at the Finnish Labor Lyceum, 764-—40th St. Brooklyn. An interesting musical pr ture the concert. The Finnish band will provide the music for the dancing | ed te come to the entertainment. : ' | ASWE SEEIT © -:- agreement in spite of the fulmination | the | ers in what they called the United | gram and classical dancing will fea- | 1! All South Brooklyn comrades are urg- | Geis n ee — ~ ee — _—— a -> += . - ee ~ - — - °**eenee Se? FAROE) a ombaeae By T. J. O'Flaherty (Continued from Page 1) right, but we hardly think the 6,000 wage slaves who were laid off by the Chicago and Northwestern railroad a few days ago like it so well. What is sauce for the capitalist gander is poison to the proletarian goose. . > e HE Queen of England is a stal- wart supporter of a rigid moral code. Quite recently several delight- ful scandals were aired in the London courts. For a while New. York and Chieago were stepping pretty lively to elbow their British “cousins” off the front page. Even such experienced artists as Stillman and Stokes were working overtime to make the grade. You can’t very well run up against a lord or duchess and expect to win the circulation manager’s affections. s + * HILE several earls, dukes, duchesses, knights and barons were being turned inside out in the court of domestic relations in London, the king and queen were taking the air along the north coast of Africa. On their return, the queen scanned the list of those entitled to visit the loyal palace. She blue-pencilled the names of those who figured in the scandals. It is a sharp deviation from the days of the Plantaganets when “a king’s bastard was a house’s pride.” The British empire was built on the fruits of piracy and no moral scruples were allowed to stand in the way of the fortunes of its reigning heads. But like a reformed roue, the empire is assuming the mask of virtue in its old days. The fact that it is old counts for something. > . > OMMANDER Evangeline Booth of the salvation army told us a few days ago that war was a good -med- icine for the spiritual nerves of the people. But, the mother and sister of George D. Shaw, shell-shocked war veteran, are not so crazy over the advantages of war. In fact, they claim, the war made young Shaw so crazy that he carved up his father with a German sword, one of the trophies he took back with him, perhaps to show his father that he did his share in defeating the Germans. The Shaw case is not unusual. “Shell shock” has become as favorite an excuse with criminal defense lawyers now- adays as impaired pineal] glands. If Evangeline Booth got the dagger of a shell-shocked war vet in her gizzard, she might not be so anxious for an- other carnage. LEGAL HORSE PLAY STAGED IN KLUX CASE Rich Klaver Expected to Buy His Way Out (Special to The Daily Worker) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 10.— A motion to quash the murder indict- ment against D. C. Stephenson, for- mer ku klux klan leader in Indiana, Earl Gentry, and Parl Klinck was filed in criminal court here today by Eph Inman, high priced counsel for the accused. Inman filed the motion after Judge James A. Collins had overruled a pre- vious motion to strike out vital sec- tions of the four counts in the indict- ment returned against Stephenson and his alleged accomplices in con- nection with the death last month of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, 28. Miss Oberholtzer took poison after she had been attacked by Stephenson, she charged. Hearing on the motion to quash was set for 9 o’clock next Friday morn- ing. When court convened, Inman re- quested the presence of the prisoners before Judge Collins ruled on the mo- tion to strike out certain parts of the murder indictment. Stephenson, Klinck and Gentry were brought in the court room hand- cuffed to each other. A brief but sharp clash between opposing counsel featured the pro- ceedings. When court was called to order, Inman arose and stated he de- sired to make no oral argument on his motion since the motion was in such form as to speak for itself. Charles E. Cox, engaged by Miss Oberholtzer’s family to prosecute the defendarts, jumped to his feet and declared he was “delighted at the frankness of defense as there was no merit in the motion.” Further hostilities were abruptly halted by the court who announced the motion was overruled. Inman then filed his motion to quash and both sides agreed to argue it next Friday morning. It was announced that Ira M. Holmes, Indianapolis criminal lawyer- has been engaged as additional de- fense counsel. Mayor’s Candidates Are Non-Commital on School Problems Candidates chosen by Mayor Dever for the new school board refused | make any declaration of position « school questions to the city council schools, fire and civil service commi ;tee. When questioned on their atti |tude toward the teachers’ councils teachers salary increases, junior high | Schools, the double platoon and other ischool administration problems con- ‘fronting the school board they were | non-commital. Five of the six candidates, Edward B. Ellicott, John A. English, Charles Byrne, Theophilus Schmidt and |James Mullenbach appeared before |the co mmittee The aldermen cited | numerous instances of the present board’s refusal to co-operate with the council on school problems. Invita- jtions sent them to appear before the ischools committee were flatly ignored. | Ellicot, Mayor Dever's choice for president of the board of « 'to take Charles M. Moderwell’s place, isaid he must hear “both sides” of the story before he makes his decision. He promised the city council “full and exha made before any decision is reached on any important problem.” qaucation, hat LAL Exhume Baby Farm Victims. NEW YORK, May 10.—Acting on six new complaints by kinsfolk, au- rities moved to exhume the bodies f some of the 22 infants said by re- to Rave died in Mrs, Helena A. volk’s “infantorium” during the last 16 months. + - rig ustive hearings will be | | Dunne Pays Tribute to James Connolly at Irish Meeting The story of the famine situation in Ireland was told to an interested audi- ence in North Side Turner Hall, last Friday evening, by John P. McCarthy, who. recently arrived from a visit to the famine region. Several prominent members of labor unions were present and they promised to co-operate in raising funds for the relief of the starving workers and peasants of the west of Ireland. William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, paid a tribute to the life of Ireland's greatest revolu- tionary leader, James Connolly, who was executed by the British for his part in the Easter week revolution. “James Connolly died in vain nine years ago,” declared Dunne, “unless the Irish workers raise the kind of a monument to his memory that is more lasting than bronze or marble, the erection of a workers’ republic, in the land where he laid down his life in the struggle to free his people from British imperialism and the bondage of wage slavery.” Robert Totten, member of the Plumbers’ Union was chairman. A col- lection was taken up for famine re- lief. Italian King to Free Fascists Who Murdered Matteotti ROME, Italy, May 10.—King Victor Emanuel is expected to declare a gen- eral amnesty in Italy next month, not to free the Communists from the clutches of the fascist terror, but to allow the fascist murderers of the gso- cialist deputy, Matteotti, to escape trial. Mussolini has made every ef- fort to surpress the public proof of what is already definitely known, that Mussolini instigated this and many other fascist crimes. At the same time, on the silver jubi- lee of his reign, King Emanuel is ex- pected to indorse the new fascist con- stitution, which will keep the Musso- lini cabinet in permanent power and make parliament a body of representa- tives of manufacturers and business men’s organizations. The Communists will be immediate- ly re-arrested, and the fascist murder- ers allowed to go free, according to Mussolini’s plan. United Labor Council of New York to Meet at Stuyvesant Casino NEW YORK, May 10.—The United Labor Council of greater New York ‘and vicinity, has secured meeting ooms at the Stuyvesant Casino, 142 cond Ave., N. Y. C., where they will neet regularly the second and fourth uesdays in each month. The office nad headquarters of the council will, however, remain as at present at Hungarian Workers’ Home, 350 East Sist St., N. Y. C., and all communica- ttions should be addressed to Chester W. Bixby, secretary-treasurer to that address. A bureau for speakers, information and publicity has been established and all affiliated unions having news | of interest to the Central Labor move- | me nt and to the independent unions | in particular should send same to Pat- i'rick J. McClellan, organizer, 350 East 8ist St., N. Y. C. or telephone Lenox 0984. Speakers can be secured thru the same bureau. World Powers Tighten Hold. | GENEVA, May 10.—The arms con- general committee with only ithe dissenting vote of Turkey, adopt- ed the resolution of Delegate Bueros of Uruguay which is the basis of the conference’s convention. It provides | that licenses for traffic in arms will ,not be issued to individuals, but only to recognized governments. Thus the world powers tighten their hold on the smaller nations and the colonies by restricting their ammunition supply. erence Talk it up—your ee will | subscribe ' HE DAILY TAX! BOS' Swaker om DRIVE AINST . ’ Union Officials’ Dead to *,? Possibilities (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 10.—Two years ago the taxi drivers of all the Mogul Checker Cabs joined the Brotherhood of Taxi Chauffeurs and demanded a commission of forty per cent in place of the thirty-three ahd one-third that they were getting in the past. The posses refused to give the increase or to recognize the union, and the men four mens ot ‘stfong went on strike. In five days the calling of the strike not a single Checker Cab could be seen on th& streets of this city. On the seventh day of the strike the bosses came together with the men and the iperease» was granted, but there was ne -weeegnition of the union. The men went back to work and four months later the Brotherhood of Taxi Chauffeurs closed itsS-ffice and that was the end of that union. Two years have elapsed and’ no serious at- temps have been made*to reorganize these drivers, altho the bosses have started to cut the commission from forty per ‘cent to thirty-five per cent. Last month circulars were broad- cast in this city calling on the taxi drivers to meet at Beethoven Hall. Many men showed up, but the officials who called the meeting were not to be seen inside or outside the hall. They were not there and there is a lot of speculation as to why the meet- ing was called and as to why the officials did not show themselves to hold the meeting. a0 meeting was held. Two drivers of the open shop Yel- low Taxi corporation who were pres- ent at the meeting were fired by that company, they were seen there by the company spotters and turned in. The sentiment among the drivers now is strong for a union and the men are in a receptive mood and the next thing is for the A. F. L. to do is to send their organizers into the garages and get busy. SOVIET RUSSIA FLAYS ENTENTE FOR TERROR AlD (Special a "The Or Daily Worker) MOSCOW, May 10.—Pravda, official organ of the Soviet government, states in an article on the Bulgarian white terror: — The murderous Bulgarian Zankov clique is trying to hush up its blood- bath after the Sofla’ explosion by shouting over the ‘intervention’ of the Soviet Union in Bulgarian affairs. Al- most the entire bourgeois press is howling against ‘Russian intervention’ although it has absolutely no proof of such intervention, and “although they know that we are opposed to individ- ual terror. We have always pointed out that victory can be achieved only thru a revolutionary mass movement; yet we realize that the Sofia explosion was an act of self-defense on the part of those who literally have to fight for their very lives against the bandits that call themselves a govrenment. It is comprehensible why Zankov is shouting “intervention,” and why he is appealing to all the enemies of the Soviet union. Why does the whole world bourgeoisie shout in chorus with Zankov? Besides the motive of class solidarity, there are important political interests involved, which compel England and Italy to do so. England and Italy supported the Zankov regime in order to prevent an understanding between Stambulinsky and Jugo-Slavia. France reconciled herself with Zankév because the latter undertook no steps against Jugo-Slavia. The capitalist states have supported the Zankov regime and have continuously intervened in Bul- garian affairs. Rumania has done police service against the people’s movement, and the*entente allowed Zankov to increase his army in order to suppress the peéple’s movement. The capitalists always intervene in Bulgarian affairs inthe interests of the counter-revolutiobn. They know that the Soviet Union did not inter- vene; yet they continue to intervene in the interests of the counter-revolu- tion. Cap Makers Biennial Convention Convenes (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, May 10.—The Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers’ In- ternational Union is holding its 15t biennial convention®and has already declared itself for the 40-hour week, to be obtained in the new agreement of July, 1925, if possible. Union work- ers in so-called corporation shops, small manufacturing shops run by partners or with few employes defy- Ing all regulation, gre to be expelled from the union if they do not with- draw from such shgps. The union is Rule, Most Important Question in World ‘oday By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. E bosad the All-Russian Soviet Congress is in session ‘in Moscow. The delegates, from all sections of the far- flung Soviet Union listen first to the report of Commissar of Health Semashko. They hear, from the lips of the people’s commissar, of the growth of health organizations in the villages. That is good for the Soviet power. It.is not so good for world capitalism. Improving the health conditions in the villages means drawing the peasants closer to the proletarian dictatorship. It means strengthening the struggle for Com- munism. It means confronting world capitalism with an un- conquerable working class power, While Soviet rule is therefore going thru a healthy development; acute and deadly maladies strike at capital- ism on every hand, It is very significant that on the same day that the All- Russian Congress assembles, an Italian senator, Albertini, _ raises his voice against Mussolini in Italy saying, “the present state of resignation and acquiescence of the Italian people was deceiving those who cannot see the fire beneath the ashes,” while another cardinal issues a _ pastoral letter declaring that, “the present calm is obtained by intimidation and it isn’t lasting.” The fascist ictatorship must be weak indeed if these timid elements, that remained silent when the Communists alone stood ainst Mussolini’s reign of terror, can come in- to the open, giving feeble voice to their discontent. The car- dinal says, “The Italian sky is filled with tempestuous clouds,” but they bode ill for world as well as for Italian cap- italism. . om x. od “ ‘ - Carmen Lose to Open Shop . in Cleveland (Continued from page 1). tion” altho a strike then could have won. The sentiment in union circles is one of disgust with the vote. The in- ternal situation in the union is doubt- ful. Only 12 Cents More a Day the Issue. Shall the company lose $400,000 or $1,000,000 a year in dividends? This is what the difference between a five cent wage increase and a 12 cent wage increase means to the company. To the Street car men the one million dollars mean only 12 cents more a day, just one extra loaf of bread. Their present wage or about sixty cents an hour, what with short turns which mean only a few hours work per day, has made none of them rich. Old, gray, weary, weak men, who have given 25 years and more to the com- pany, still on runs, on short shifts trying to earn a few dollars a week to keep going. None of these enjoyed last winter in Florida. One thing are must be emphasized. Many of the rank and file we inter- viewed realize the mistake of the leaders last June, when the strike was called off and the courts were resort- ed to for victory. They laugh at the attempt made to win advances for the workers in an arena owned by the enemy and where the enemy lays down all the rules of the game. | _ Dawes Plan Falling Down, Says U. S. Reparation Agent (Continued from page 1) that the reparation payments would “be applied on war debts” is met with ironic smiles by financiers, who, in view of this new generosity of France in setting aside reparations to pay its debts to America and England, are convinced that France sees little hope of getting much real cash out of the plan of Vice-President Dawes. . * * Mellon’s Assistant Also Alarmed. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10—Gar- rard Winston, under secretary of the treasury, who has been on an “unoffi- cial” trip of investigation to Europe to probe the disquieting rumor that the plan of Vice-President Dawes to get reparations from Germany is doomed to be a discredited failure, has arrived in Washington and at once went into confidential conference with Secretary Mellon. While no announcement is made, private advices say that Winston is very much depressed with the future of the Dawes’ plan, and that he shares the gloomy opinion of Reparation Agent Seymour Parker Gilbert. May Defeat Dawes for President. Political circles are endeavoring to avoid publicity of the new turn of events, as it is a crushing biow if its significance is widely understood, to the political prospect of “Hell and Maria” for president in 1928. | 4 F SAFETY DAY' IN. NEW YORK ONLY ANOTHER FAKE Conssdii Capitalist Dis- regard of Life (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, May 10— Ac- cording to an announcement by Super- intendent of Schools Dr. William J. O’Shea safety day in New York will be observed Monday, May 11, and all schools will be closed to allow the school children to participate in the parade, Safety Day, as well as Clean Up Week and Health Week have all de- generated into hollow mockeries. At the same time that the kind-hearted city and school authorities are “wor- rying” so much about the children of this city, thousands of them are run- ning around in the streets, their only playground, because the city is too poor to provide sufficient playgrounds. Hundreds more, who should be attend- ing school, are working as boot- blacks, in’ the busy sections of the city, Madison Square, Union Square and the crowded streets of the Hast Side. There has been a noticeable in- crease in fatal motor accidents in this city despite all the safety days and the warnings issued by the traffic de- partment. Children. will continue to be hurt afid killed on the streets of New York as long as they are forced to play in crowded, narrow streets with automobiles dashing by every minute. Altho there are thousands of young workers employed in the factories and shops in New York who are con- stantly in danger of being injured be- cause’ the bosses do not find it pro- fitable to install safety devices, the superintendent of schools does not find it necessary to conduct a cam- paign to force these factory owners to install these necessary accident preventatives. FREE DETROIT REDS JAILED IN MAY DAY AFFAIR Giving | Daily Worker Not Crime Judge Says By EDGAR OWENS. (Spegial to The Dally Worker) DETROIT, Mich., May 10.—Warrants against Bud. Reynolds, Sam Harman, F. Shusterman and EB. Kimdstrand for distribution of the May Day edition of the DAILY WORKER before the Ford River Rouge plant on May 1, was dismissed. Maurice Sugar, attorney for the de- fendants moved to dismiss the war- rant on the grounds that it was de- fective in that it failed to specify what section of the ordinance had been violated by the distribution of the DAILY WORKER. The ordinance itself is practically a duplicate of the Michigan criminal syndicalism act under which the Com- munists who assembled in the Bridge- man convention in 1922 were indicted in Berrien county. The charges against Frank Dazos and H. Dardariam growing out of the May Day distribution of the DAILY WORKER before the Ford Highland Park plant were dismissed when they were brought before the court in Highland Park. Judge Diehl held that the distri- bution of the DAILY WORKER was no more a breach of the law than was the sale of the Free Press or the De- troit Times. All the arrests growing out of the May Day distribution have now been dismissed. French Socialists. Back Imperialists Drive in Morocco PARIS, France, May 10—Premier Painleve, head of the “democratic” coalition which includes the socialists, announced thet the French army is acting against the native Moroccans for French, British and Spanish im- perialism. - The _ socialists have in- dorsed the French attack. “We are acting in full accord with the British and Spanish governments,” said Pain- leve. From now on, Spanish Morocco’s border will be crossed when the French militarists find it desirable. France is fighting against 50,000 well armed native north Africans, with her power in Africa and the Mediterran- ean countries at stake. Reinforcements are being rushed to Fez by the French to attack the Rif- fian tribes, who have already defeated the Spaniards in Spanish Morocco, and have captured French outposts in their drive on Fez. ) German Commission Quits. ROME.—A large part of the Ger- man commission negotiating an Jtalian commercial treaty leaves for Berlin, threatening negotiations. Does your friend subscribe to ie Aiud WUtinthy Ask him] ——_ 7 >
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7 ~ 7 - ' - — . an ap we ery os ~: be = gu — —_—e os a el, ot ee we hr, x - * yas + 4 24 pipem, ww ; . y cg . —- ee cena 7 7 we wl ™~ secneeneiienl ——a - ~ RADIO, AND ihe 2 | ELECTRIC TRUST MONOPOLIZED THE - Y SPYING ON SM. ING UP ALL RA FIRMS |, MATERIAL 3E BOARD USED) )\ WY ROADS POLISH "FASCISTS TORTURE REDS — OLY CROSS” PRISON WHERE ONLY HOPE FOR RELEASE IS GRAVE 6 | Sa OFFICIALS OF | A. F, OF L. SNUB = ee es (Special ‘to The Daily Werker) WARSAW, May 10.—(I. R. A.)—The prison of the “Holy Cross.” This ‘ . | NEW YORK, May 10.—Industrial spies operate not only against labor 10 10 ER WAGES is the name of the prison situated 36 versts from the town of Kelzy. Built unions, but against one company in the interest of another, the injunction on a high mountain’, surrounded by huge walls and often veiled by mist, % } Ot OF the "De Perey Matic Co. against the Radio Corporation of Asierica this old prison is called with justification a “grave for the living.” eae Poe 4 as Tene . neg aye re ger Electric po po neon SPOS OEE Governm’ t Fo: orces Down To be sent “under the Holy Cross” means slow but certain death. The Request for Commission | : ; < ° orest concern, one of the few “independent” radio firms, is cénditions are 80 unbearable that even the Polish government was com- Capitalists in P lot to fighting the Radio Corporation which is the radio trust branch of the already Workers Standard Merely Acknowledged © © wrt Swes #) ¢ Break Union By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Coal operators believe the final stage In the 2year conspiracy to starve union miners into submission about reached. According to the Chi- cago Journal of Commerce, large coal buyers “have been advised by the operators to hold off buying pending a wage adjustment in the coal in- dustry of Illinois and Indiana.” “A wage adjustment in the coal in- dustry” says the Journal, “has become more than a hope in the minds of the operators. The state of Wisconsin has postponed until June 2 the calling for bids on coal in view of the anticipated reduction in wages. Certain industrial buyers are not in the market for. the Same reason. Operators said consump- tion was ahead of production and that rapid bying can be expected after a settlement of the wage question”, ; Birth of Conspiracy. This shows the operators actually encouraging stagnation in the market. A similar resolution was passed by the National Assn. of Manufacturers June 7, 1923, after an address by ex- Gov. Cornwell of West Virginia. These resolutions meant a boycott of union mined coal. Government Commision and Operators Joint Move ' Occasional evidences of the con- spiracy have come to light since. Ope- rators who signed the Jacksonville pact, Black Diamond has admitted, ex- pected it to force a suspension at union mines. 7: The railroads with the connivance of the interstate commerce commis- sion added to the depression in union fields by new rail construction and rate charges enabling non-union mines in Kentucky and West Virginia to drive out Illinois and Indiana coal in the northwest. Melion Covers Up Tracks. Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mel- lon and his brother don’t want.their positions as political bosses in Penn: sylvania disturbed by the fight their huge coal trust is waging against the miners. So they have withdrawn from active officeholding in the Pittsburgh Coal Co. by placing a dummy (W. ©. Warden) in place of R. B. Mellon as chairman of the board. Says Black Diamond: “The reason given is the fact that the Mellon in- terests have entered local and state politics and are said to be in the as- cendency. Being in politics, it is ar- gued that a fight with organized labor would not be advisable as it would lose considerable votes.” A generation ago Andrew Carnegie pulled the same stunt for a slightly different reason. He was a preacher of peace and conciliation but also a steel baron. So when the bitter Home- stead strike loomed he retired to Eu- rope leaving Henry Frick to do the dirty work. As an advocate of peace he kept his skirts clear of the bloody brutality that marked the suppression of the workers. Long Time Idle. OSWEGO, N. Y.—Carmen in New York Central railroad shops are to return to work May 1 after six months’ idleness. The Theory and Practice of existing trust in which General Elec- tric, Westinghouse Blectric, American Telegraph and Telephone Co. and Western Electric, related thru inter- locking directorates, participate. Monopolized Material. The injunction proceedings in New Jersey chancery court charge Radio Corporation of America and General Electric with buying up the Electron Relay company of Toledo, Ohio, which manufactured filament wire essen- tial to radio manufacturing. The purchase of the filament wire concern cut off De Forest from its necessary supplies. Furthermore, the suit is backed by affidavits from a former employe of General Electric who had previously and is now again working for De Forest. Charles F. Bowlby relates in de- tail how he discovered the secret of- sfice of the Radio Corporation at 25 Beaver St., New York, where special investigators for the corporation re- ported the results of their espionage upon De Forest processes of manu- facturé and volume of business, etc. domination of J. P. Morgan & Co. (Directorates of the banking house and electric manufacturing mae do interlock.) Young is indignant that Untermey- er suggests that the U. 8S. department of justice was influenced not to pros- ecute General Electric for a monopoly on electric light bulbs. “Yellow Peril’ a _Fake, Report Shows WASHINGTON, May 10.—During the past 16 years the net increase of foreign-born Japanese in the conti- nental United States due to immigra-, tion has been 10,959, or an average of 685 a year, according to a statement by the committee on American-Jap- anese relations. The census of 1920 showed a total of 111,010 Japanese, both native and foreign-born, in Cali- fornia and the rest of the United States; in California alone the num- ber was 71,952, or 2 per cent of the population of the state. Japanese own 74,769 acres of land in California, out of a total of 11, 389,894 acres of cultivated lands. The statement sets forth that Japan permits all foreigners to take per- petual leases of land, and that by a law which becomes effective on Dec. 1, 1925, Japan surrenders all claim to the allegiance of Japanese who have become citizens abroad. Cut Political Prisoners’ Mail. SAN QUENTIN, Cal., May 10.—Un- der the new prison regime at San Quentin the right of political prison- ers eonvicted under the California criminal syncicalism law is further restricted by cutting off most of the letters coming from their defense or- ganization. The California branch of the Gen- eral Defense Committee, box 574, San | Francisco, urges that protests be sent to the San Quentin warden so that this and other rights may be restored. Get a sub for the WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. ATTACK DAILY ) Steel Trust Joins Meat Trust Control of Big Universities CHICAGO, May 10.—While the open shop meat packers put the University of Chicago ynder further obligation by creating research scholarships un- der its auspices, the open shop steel trust renews its friendship for North- western university thru chairman El- bert H. Gary of the U. 8. Steel cor- poration. The costly library building on the methodist college’s down town camp- us will be financed by Gary, who will permit his name to be given to the structure. Three years ago, Gary per- mitted the university board of trus- tees, of which he has been a mem- vote him an honorary degree. Another Movie in the Pittsburgh District vin in the title role. On the program also are a two-reel Russian slapstick comedy, “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle,” and fa news reel giving scenes from the life of Nicolai Lenin. In this district this program was received with even greater favor than the latest film from Russia, “The Beauty and the Bolshevik.” ‘The same program will be run at the Eagle Theater, Livingston, I11., May 26. ‘°Any labor organizations which have not yet run all of the films prepared tby the International Workers’ Aid, 19 §&. Lincoln St:, Chicago, Ill., should get in touch with that organization at once. There are features which make up an entire evening’s educational dhé ‘entertainment program, as well rhish a special attraction at meet- ings, picnics, etc. U.S. Fascisti Meet Against Reds. ‘WASHINGTON, May 10.— (FP) — David Jayne Hill, former ambassador to, Germany and now chief rival to Dawes as a reactionary, presided at a luncheon meeting of the “Natl Assn. for Constitutional Government,” in Washington, summoned to consider the “menace of radicalism.” When Hill read to the assembled fascisti a letter from Archibald Hop- kins, an aged local promoter of Red- scare thrills, demanding that anarch- ists and “militant” socialists be de- ported, a row began. It lasted sev- eral hours, and disclosed that many of the members were afraid of the conse- quences to themselves of any drastic measures toward radicals. Hill gave the impression that he supported Hopkins in wanting all rad- ical thinkers shipped out of the cduntry. Union in New Office. NEW YORK. — The International Pocket Book Workers’ Union is now installed in new offices at 11 West 18th street, New York City, occupy- ing three lofts, much more space than the old office afforded. Cal’s Boomlet Dies in Massachusetts BOSTON.—A drop of about one- half per cent in employment in Massa- chusetts factories from February to March shows that Coolidge’s little boom is collapsing in his home state. The state department of labor shows employment more than seven per cent ber for almost a score of years, to ‘from the clerical, ven films that will round out and]. | By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) The futility of workers trusting in a government arbitration board, un- less they can back their plea for just- ice with the economic power of strong independent Organizations, is reveal- ed in the wage statistics of the inter- state commerce commission. These show that in Jauary the rail- roads paid 200,000 unskilled mainte- nance of way workers at the rate of $2.79 for an eight-hour day, represent- ing a cut of about a quarter in the wage rate established by the U. S. rail labor board in 1920. Authorize; Lowest Wages. With 280 werking days in a year these men make a total of about $780, The board is plainly authorizing the railroads to pay the lowest market rate for labor. Wages of 10 occupations selected station and mainte- nance forces show cuts below the board’s 1920 decision ranging from seven to 39.2 per cent. Here are the figures: Such a range of decreases cannot be justified by any statistics compiled to determine wages which are just and reasonable: Cost of living data which appears: to justify a seven per cent cut im the well organized branch- es can hardly serve the board in also authorizing a 39 per cent cut in unor- ganized. The period of surplus common labor on | following the war gave employers an opportunity to reduce workers in this group to their beggarly pre-war stat- us. Lack of organizations outside the railroad ind precluded serious re- sistance. And the labor board simply followed the rates of the labor mar- ket. a4 iy f Exec il of ALE Fie Wiech Anti-Communist Aides WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10.—Ses- sions of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor began May 5, with most of the eleven mem- bers present. James Duncan of the Granite Cutters, first vice-president, the only contemporary of Gompers still in the council, resigned from that body immediately upon its failure to elect him as the successor of the late president, in December. His resigna- tion was not acted upon at the Miami meeting in February, but it appears likely that his successor will be chosen at this meeting. William English Walling, former anti-Communist adviser to Mr. Gomp- ers, and Peter Brady, New York anti- socialist leader, were in attendance on the opening day, with’ Flynn of Boston, representative of the News Writers of that city. Cal Favorable to Rail Merger. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 10.—The combining of the Erie, Pere Mar- quette, Hocking Valley, Nickel Plate and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads into the railroad trust by O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen, was approved by Richard F. Grant, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, who testified before the interstate commerce commission. In view of Coolidge’s recent declara- tion that he would allow the trusts to do as they please without govern- mental interference, the rail merger is expected to be approved. Must Pay to Work. NEW YORK.—Cattle boats used to pelled to decide that everyone who is sent there must be first subjected to a medical examination, because a sick person would live here hardly longer than two months. Makes Cripples. This prison is destined for long term prisoners. Its purpose is to make human beings into cripples in a safe and gradual manner: Sixty per cent of all prisoners are suffering from consumption. How the prison- ers are “nursed” here can be seen from a statement of the prison doctor: “For 30 hopelessly ill prisoners only two jugs of milk are provided in 24 hours. Food is given in such quanti- ties which are just sufficient to die gradually. If these conditions are not changed, I will ask for my dismissal.” Reds Tortured. The death rate in prison is formid- able. Since 1920 to March 1924 over 500 prisoners have died. In 1928 alone 190 prisoners died. But never theless the number of prisoners does not decrease. The cells of the dead prisoners are immediately filled with new revolutionists. The prison ad- cells are not heated. The prisoners receive no soap. Water is given only for drinking, but not for washing. The underwear falls in pieces on the bodies of the prisoners. Continuously hungry, in cold and wet cells, in dirt and stinking air, in eternal darkness—thus live the politi- cal prisoners in the prison of the “Holy Cross.” Their complaints, cries and demands, their groans and shouts are heard by nobody, nobody hears the death rattling of a human being buried alove. Foreign Delegates of Women’s Council Congratulate Negroes By LAURENCE TODD, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, May 10.—Two hun- dred of the best Negro singers among this musically gifted people publicly walket out of the great auditorium in the national capital, just as they were announced to furnish the main part of a program of “American” music for a concret given by the Internation- al Council of Women. They struck be- cause the members of their race who had purchased tickets to the concert given in honor of the foreign visitors had been segregated on one side of the hall. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, of Wilber- force university, Xenia, O., who had been preparing for the negro singers’ part in the program for more than a year, at the request of the Inter- national Council of Women, now in quinquennial session in Washington, explained the walkout as a protest at public humiliation of her race before the whole world. She had had a writ- ten guaranty from Mrs. Philip North Moore, president of the American branch of the Council, that no segre- gation or discrimination would be per- mitted. Mrs. Moore failed to make good her pledge. Miss Brown took the platform and stated the facts. Foreign delegates showed their sympathy, some of them hissing the management and others going to congratulate the negro musi cians on their courage. Hampton Institute choir was one of the units in the chorus which refused to accept humilation. Chief Justice Taft, chiarman of the trustees of Hampton Institute, was asked for ad- vice but refused to give any, saying that he know nothing of the circum- stances. Negro delegates in the Coun- | Our Readers’ Views | | Red Legislator in Action. To the DAILY WORKER:—It may interest the readers of the DAILY WORKER, to know the difference be- tween a Communist legislator and the common “progressives.” From what.I can gather, the following took place in the North Dakota legisla- ture: A bill came before the house, which would disfranchise the non-property owner from voting on any bond issue for schools or otherwise. After the argument on this Dill had gone to some length between the reactionaries and the so-called pro- gressives, Comrade Miller, Commun- ist member of the house, never wish- ing to waste time with long argu- ments, addressed the speaker of the house, and declared: “It is quite natural that after the business interests of this state and nation in general, have fleeced the and stick it in his vest pocket, and then tell the workers to get off the earth? “Yes, it is quite natural, that a bill of this kind should be introduced in this house at this time, and that it should get the support of the hench- men of Wall Street. “The henchmen of the czar put such laws over on the Russian people in the days before the reign of the Bol- sheviki. Now if I was sure that a law of this kind would sweep czarism from this country, I would vote for it. “But, I find that the laws in our statute books have created a condi- tiono where we find that 85 per: cent of the people of these United States do not own a dollar’s worth of wealth, the fact is two per cent own 65 per cent of the wealth, not only that the two per cent have loaned 35 billiono dollars to foreign countries.” Some day this Wall Street gang will ask your Uncle Samuel to get a loan of your sons, to collect this 35 bil- lion from these foreign speculators. In the midst of Comrade Miller’s talk a reactionary asked the speaker of the house to make Miller get on the subject, Miller said, “The subject is too deep for you.” The speaker said, “We all get off the subject so go ahead, Miller.” The bill was killed. Every other day Miller had a tilt like the above. —Andrew Ombholt, Williston, N. Dak. Protest of Workers Forced Lead Poison Gas Off the Market NEW YORK, May 10.— Organized labor can take some credit to itself for the ending of the menace of te- traothyl lead gasoline which the Ethyl Gasoline Co. is withdrawing from the market pending the outcome of the U. 8S. surgeon general’s conference on May 20 in Washington. When five workers engaged in mak- ing the deadly gasoline died of acute lead poisoning, organized labor pro- tested against its manufacture and sale until its safety was estbalished. The bureau of mines report approv- ed of the product but its report has been attacked by noted authorities and with the conclusion of Columbia University’s investigation, anticipated to be unfavorable, the leaded gasoline is now off the market temporarily and no longer menaces the garage and filling station workers as well as (Special to The Dally Worker) ‘NEW YORK, May 10. — “Merely a formal acknowledgement from the American Federation of Labor” {fs re-. ported by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on — its proposal that the A. F. of L., the railway brotherhoods, the N. A. A. C, P. and any other bodies agreed upon form an international labor com- mission. The 15th annual report of the asso- ciation reprints the text of the com- munication to the A. F. of L., sent from the 1924 convention of the na- tional association. The growing ho- stility leading to crisis between the workers of the black and white races in America is outlined. Ask Admitance to Unions. “Intelligent Negroes know full well that a blow at organized labor is a blow at all labor; that black labor to- day profits by the blood and sweat of labor leaders in the past who have fought oppression and monopoly by organization,” the communication to Sent Spieg Into Smaller Firm. Jan. Jan. Pet. iv \ advan the A. F. of L. relates. It says that They are tightening the screws in the} Other aMdavits show how Radio Rail wages for @ hrs. 1921 1925 cut tne gona nes Soeglilg . aa aeolian ppp sche, po faa ‘ala flee pose Negroes are coming into skilled and conspiracy which was first exposed |Corporation investigators worked a8| p;prspBURGH, Pa., May 10.—In ad: | Clerks $5.12 $4.76 7.0|them worse than the common crimin- rot not Metranchine these same |°°™ Skilled jobs mostly as “scabs” by The Federated Press June 12, 1923. | stenographers in De Forest offices to dition to the six showings already Telegraphers ...............5.41 4.99 7.8] als. They are often put into the pun- Pte Sr in as much as they have no because the policy of many unions not The Federated Press then showed that | secure valuable papers of the com-|hojeq in the Pittsburgh district with-| Signalmen .. 6.77 5.92 9.7 /ishment cells and exposed to hunger | property? to admit Negro workers which has leg as far back at April 1923 E. L. Greever, pany. Meanwhile Owen D. Young, in the last ten days there will be an- Baggage ‘handlers .......4.31 3.41 19.8 and maltreatment. Often they must “Why aioe the wealthy be bur- to a cessation of black workers’ efforts general counsel for the nonunion ope- | lately in the public press for his part other show on Saturday, May 16, at| Callers, loaders, etc....461 3.99 13.4] do terribly hard labor and are tor-|qeneq with the expense of educating to get into them when they felt their rator associations of West Virginia, |in the Dawes’ plan administration, is | tho new Croatian Hall, West Browns-| Freight handlers ........ 4.15 3.49 15.8|tured in all possible ways. the poor? strength outside. secured a resolution from the National | busily denying the charges of Samuel | yijje, Pa. The show begins at 7 p, m.| Bldg. mechanics ..... 5.75 4.90 14.7 Not Permitted*to Wash. ie nak tee i government of Ameri- Fight Race Discrimination. Metal Trades Assn. practically indor-|Untermeyer, attorney, who worked | anq tickets are 50 cents. Section foremen ........ 5.33 4.58 14.0] ‘The walls of the prison are wet. In|can ideals, and fine individualism| The N. A. A. C. P. reports that 476 sing the suggestion that member con- | with the Lockwood investigating com-} ‘The program includeg “Polikushka,” | Section & track labor 3.68 2.79 24.0} in. cells there is nothing except the| where the individual has the right | appeals for legal aid were dealt with cerns buy coal only from openshop| mittee which showed up General/, feature film made in Russia by the) Crossing flagmen, etc. 3.22 1.96 39.2) nottresses covered with vermin. The to get the earth on a piece of paper | during 1924 by the application of two mines. Electric, Young’s company, as under | wogcow Art Theater, with Ivan Mosk- Need Organization. teste: “First, does the case involve discrimination and unjustice because of race or color? Second, will entry (of the N. A. A. C. P.) into the case serve to establish a precedent that will favorably affect the rights of col- ored people as a whole?” A review of important decisions is given. Full statements of residential segregation fights in Washington, D. C., and other cities are given. The progress of the Dyer Anti-lynch- ing bill in congress and occounts of the 16 lynchings of 1924 are included and the story of the anti-lynching campaign in England during the meet- ing of the American Bar Association is retold. Considerable interest is re- ported in Britain as a result of the publicity given the association’s sand- wich men on London streets. “For the Sake of Humanity” GENEVA, Switzerland, May 10.—Al- tho American representative to the export of arms conference, Theodore Burton of Ohio; proposed “for the sake of humanity,” to limit the export- ation of poisonous war gases, Burton did not object to the use of these ghastly instruments of death by the home armies. Subscribe for the WORKER! DAILY Dr. S. ZIMMERMAN DEN ris 1 SS "2232. N. CALIFORNIA AVE. Phone ARMITAGE MY NEW LOCATION Special Prices to Workers ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. “j My Examination Is Free “ My Prices Are Reasonable My Work ts Guaranteed Extracting Specialist DELAY MEANS DECAY ee PITTSBURGH, PA, To those who work hard for thels money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK below the 1922 average and three and| pay men to go over the Atlantic tend- ceil kept their seats among the ree we pee Srestnins — See preted one-half per cent below March, 1924.| ing the animals but now an enter- delegates. . 645 Smithfield Street. t LENINISM Average weekly wages remained at| prising labor agent is offering Brit- ae $24.17. Eight establishments report/| ishers, Hollanders end Swedes a ride |= wage cuts. back to their native lands as cattle | By |. STALIN. The boot and shoe industry is par- ticularly dull with 29 per cent fewer valets for a fee of $20, a Scotch work- | er who applied at the 129 Greenwich The 5th Congress Leninism vs. ° eee ee 9 in ~ This marks a a ae York address in answer to | of the Trotskyism reduction of over per cent from | 4m ad relates. : va ves gl March, 1924.. Other industries show- | Commanist by : A brilliant exposition of Communist the- ing a heavy drop from a year ago are Help Actors’ Equity More. | ° ° . ‘ | ory and practice in the period of Capitalist men’s clothing 20 per cent, women’s] NEW YORK.—To help pay Actors’ | International G. Zinoviev, | ° Stalin er, Lenin, lived and value or importance = _ = = = = = = = = E 4118 W. Washington Bivd. ity ehree ee one Ie which our great teach- ed No book recently issued can be of more would learn of Communism. 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Equity is now at 45 W. 47th street, New York city, in its own home. Dispute Over Polish Corridor. BERLIN.—Germahy takes dipo- matic steps to obtain joint control of transit and rail lines thru the Polish corridor. = Commons Rejects Labor Amendment. LONDON.—The louse of commons rejected the labor amendment to can- cel duties on automobiles and motor- agcles which become effective July 1. 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- munist developments. 294 Pages—70 cents. Ww SS and L. 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a Asaf o- 7, 5 TN ee co © >. Ps “ is | =! 3 y A x a ¢ UP FOR REVIEW a Puts he. Burden of Proof on the Defense The Labor Defence Council, nation- al headquarters in Chicago, is just in receipt of certain legal documents per- taining to the deportation case of Emanuel Vajtauer, editor of the Ob- rana, a Czech Communist newspaper, which reveals the manner in which the immigration act of May, 1924, works. Vajtauer was arrested for a depor- tation hearing in Chicago on April 4, 1924, as a result of an “anonymous complaint” from a so-called “union man,” to the effect that editor Vajtau- er was “inciting the people against the government and convincing them that their only hope was in the Gom- munist Workers Party of America. Case Held Up For Review. In August, 1924, he was ordered de ported, and in February, 1925, sent to Bilis Island. The case was appeal- ed and in April, 1925, the writ was dismissed by Judge Hand who re- manded Vajtauer for deportation. However, deportation has been held up for review by the U. S. supreme court, and a few days ago Vajtauer was released from Ellis Island on $2,000.00 bail. Thruout the hearings of the c case be- fore Judge Hand of the United States district court of New York, Vajtauer availed himself of the constitutional provision that allows a defendant not to answer questions that might in- criminate him. Vajtauer’s hearings began before May, 1924, when the act was passed. Defendant Must Prove He Is Innocent. The prosecution, United States at- torney for the commissioner of immi- gration, introduces section 23 of the above act, which says in part: “In any deportation proceeding against any alien the burden of proof shall be upon such alien to show that he entered the United States lawfully.” The burden of proof on all other mat- ters is left to the government. The prosecution completely fell down in proving its case against Vai- tauer. The judge admitted that. But at the same time he was forced to take cognizance of section 23 of the immigration act. Judge Hand said, “A refusal to furnish evidence for whatever reason and a reliance solely on the defendant’s passport does not meet the burden of proof or require the government to go further.” Constitutional Rights infringed. In other words, section 23 is design- ed to give the prosecution in deporta- tion cases full leeway and while it does not prohibit the use of the con- stitutional provision that allows refus- al to answer incriminating questions, it nevertheless makes it dangerous for the defendant to avail himself of it and at the same time takes upon himself the complete burden of proof. The Labor Defense Council is con- tinuing the fight against Vajtauer’s de- portation. The case, which is the usual deportation frame-up of the | United States department of labor. will be carried to the limit. wishing to contribute to the legal fund for the carrying on of this and many other cases can send donations to the Labor Defense Council, 19 South Lincoln St., Chicago, Il. YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. LOCAL CHICAGO, J Monday, May 11. City Executive Committee meeting, 19 S. Lincoln street, 6 p. m. sharp. Tuesday, May 12. Working Area Branch No. 3. S. Wabash avenue. “When War Comes.” Wednesday, May 13. _ City Central Committee meeting, § p. m., 2613 Hirsch Blvd. gates must be present Thursday, May 14. Activity meeting of Working Area Branch No: 4, at 3118 W. Roosevelt Road. Activity meeting of Working Ar@ Branch No. 2, at Road. Friday, May 15. Activity meeting of Working Area Branch No. 1, Room 506, 166 W. Wash- ington St. Activity meeting of Working Area Branch No. 5, 19 S. Lincoln St. Activity meeting of Working Area Branch No. 6, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. Give your shamneite this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be siwe to see him the next day to get his subscription. Anyone | ledge of Marxism and Leninism. ! . . , | branch is organized at the time when $201 | the Next! All dele-| 1910 W. Roosevelt | iy RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS H.AILS ANGLO-RUSSIAN UNITY—SWEDISH KEYMEN‘ APPROVE ing resolution: (Special to The Dally Worker) Moscow, May 10.—After hearing the report of Comrade Melnitchansky on the London conference of the British and Russian trade unions, the ex- ecutive bureau of the Red International of Labor Unions adopted the follow- “The executive bureau expresses its deepest satisfaction with the results of the Loiidon Trade Union Conference. The rapproche- ment between the British and Russian trade unions constitutes an import- ant step forward on the road to international trade union unity, and shows concretely that unity is not a phantasy but a reality that can be attained. “The executive bureau of the R. I. L. U. considers the rapprochement between the British and Soviet trade unions very important, and it calls upon the revolutionary trade unions of all countries to support unreserved- ly and with the greatest energy the joint advisory committee formed by these trade unions, in all its efforts to bring the workers of different tend- encies together, in all its efforts te bring the workers of different tend- encies together, and to restore the unity of the national and international trade union movement, by creating single trade union organizations in each country and a single militant international comprising the trade un- ions of all tendencies and in all parts of the world.” Swedish Union For Unity. The Swecdish trade union delega- tion of postal and telegraph work- ers, which has made an exhaustive study of the conditions of their Rus- sian brothers in Leningrad and Mos- cow, has left for Stockholm. Before their departure, a farewell reception took place in which participated the central committee of the Russian Un- ion of Postal and Telegraph Work- ers, the representatives of the Russ- ian shop councils, and the Swedish delegation. Mattelin, member of the Swedish delegation declared that after taking into cognizance the positive as well as negative aspects of life in the Sov- iet Union, the Swedish delegation has come to the conviction that the prog- ress made by the Russian proletariat in the field of economic reconstruc- tion was very considerable, and that the five members of the Swedish dele- gation were returning to Sweden as friends of the Russian revolutionary proletariat. The Swedish delegation presented the Russian fraternal organization with a memorandum, which, among other things expresses the hope of the Swedish delegation for the consolida- tion of the conquests of the Russian revolution, and the closest co-opefa- tion between the workers of the Sov- iet Union and the workers of all coun- tries,’‘thus enabling the international proletariat to fight successfully ragainst world capitalism. The joint resolution which was adopted unani- mously, declares: “The Russian and Swedish Unions of Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Workérs greet and results of the Lon- don trade union conference, and con- sider them the most important step to international trade union unity tak- en until now. It is necessary to unite the postal and telegraph workers in- to a single international. The efforts of the Russian union to be admitted into the international should be sup- ported.” Bulgarian Party | Branch Organized in Milwaukee, Wis. (Special to The Daily Worker) MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 10.—A Bulgarian branch of the Workers Par- ty has been organized in Milwaukee, | | Wis. The branch is made up of good |virile elements with a thoro know- The white-terror is raging in Bulgaria and is a worthy answer to the internation- | al imperialism. Most of the members of the branch | have been formerly connected with ithe socialist labor party and have been fully disillusioned with the op- portunistic policy of that sectarian group. The Bulgarian federation re- presents the backbone of the socialist labor party and as these elements are learning a great historic lesson from their experiences in America and Bul- garia they are leaving the organiza- | tion and join a real effective revolu- | tionary organization following the |same principles and tactics as the Communist Party of Bulgaria. | The failure of the socialist labor party to establish relations with the | Communist International and also the failure of S. L. P. to recognize the need of proletarian dictatorship as has been clearly demonstrated in the | course of the Bulgarian reaction, are the chief reasons why these members | are leaving the socialist labor party. is expected that the branch will pa secure support of all Bulgar- lian workers. 1 bookkeeper, subscription solicitors. Previous experience helpful, 2 to 6 hours per week. Revolution. Apply: 12 to 2 p. m. or 6 to 8 Help Wanted: Male and Female 1 stenographer, clerks, 3 addressers, 5 clerical workers (general), 7 advertising so- licitors, 29 speakers to visit branches and union meetings, 37 news stand inspectors and collectors, 43 workers’ correspondents and 117 but not essential. Salary plus commission, payable AFTER the New York Office, 108 East 14th street. 1 typist, 1 news editor, 2 filing Time required: p.m. to L. E. K.. DAILY WORKER Telephone Stuyvestant 8100. ) THE VOICE OF LENIN TO BE HEARD IN CHICAGO SUNDAY, MAY 24 Something new and different is being arranged by the Russian branch of the Workers Party for Sunday, May 24, at the -Workers’ Home, 1902 W. Division St. It will be a Lenin Evening, with Comrade Nicolai Lenin as the chief speaker. This is no joke, as the talk by Com- rade Lenin will be heard frem a phonograph record, ‘as well az speeches by Comrade Lunachar- sky, Trotsky and others. Comrade Alexander Chramov, na- tional organizer of the Russian Sec- tion W. P., who is touring the Unit- ed States, will bring the records to Chicago. He will also speak on Lenin as a leader of the masses. A good musical program is also being prepared. Tell your friends about it. Let them listen to the voice of Lenin! Remember the date, Sunday May 24, at 1902 W. Division St. — The national office of the Labor De- fense Council hag just received a check for $60 from the Denver de- fense secretary with the information that it represents the proceeds of two affairs; one, the defense meeting at which Anna Strong spoke, and tion of the séven- the party in Den- ver had been to the birthday celebration of comrade who is one of the old the Workers Party of Denver, ha “been in it since its organization. collection appeal at the birthday cell bration resulted in $25. The New York ‘Labor Defense Coun- cil branch sold about $180 worth of Labor Defense buttons. They have organized systematically for tagging with these buttons’ at all affairs. Fight the tion Menace. The Labor Defense Council calls upon all other branches of the defense and all sympathetic organizations to run affairs for the benefit of the de- fense, and to buy and sell the buttons. Workers everywhere are reminded that the Defense Council is now en- gaged in a wide campaign against the deportation menace, for which ample funds are needed. The new address of the Labor De- fense Council is 19 South Lincoln street, Chicago, II. | Comintern’s Statement on Bulgar Blast (Continued from page 1.) escribed to it in connection with this event, and in connection with the alleged date fixed for the Bulgarian uprising are absolute forgeries. Becoming More Insolent. The sworn enemies of the Comin- tern who are carrying on a holy war against Communism, are becoming daily more and more insolent. The executive of the Comintern calls upon the workers of all countries, to organ- ize an effective defense against the murderous fascist Tzankoff; govern- ment. The bloody Tzankoff govern- ment alone bears all responsibility for events in Bulgaria. No white terror is capable of halting the strug- gle of the workers and peasants for their liberation. The sympathies of the progressive workers of all coun- tries go to the workers and peasants of Bulgaria, and to those of their champions and heroes who in’ their just struggle did not shrink before death, * - > Pravda’s Comment: MOSCOW, April 23—(By Mail)— Pravda writes: “The governmental terror and the blood-reeking dictator- ship of Tzankoff’s hangmen have driven the peasantry to such despair, that conspiratory organizations grew up spontaneously, which executed some of the heads of the Tzankoff re- gime with the sword of terror. As they bravely raised the sword, they themselves met with death. In face of the hangmen and the gallows wait- ing for their victims, it is not our task to reproach the militants for hav- ing chosen the wrong weapons in their struggle. Almost the entire bourgeois press opened up a furious, dishonest, inso- lent and slanderous campaign. The calumnious campaign against the Conrmunists is taking on all forms. Everywhere it is claimed that Moscow had its hand in the Soffian explosion. | The American, French, Italian and German press is shouting about the “strategy of Moscow,” and the “con- spiracies of the Comintern.” The bourgeois hirelings’ know well that the Comintern hag nowhere and never propagated individual terror. The ink- coolies know that the Soviet has had as little to do with the explosion in Sofia as any other government. They know that individual terror is the inevitable conséquence of the mad policy of the Tzahkoff régime, which rested on the bayonet. In Bulgaria it is impossible to rule against the workers and peasants. In Bulgaria it As. impossible to rule solely with hangm en; it is impossible to rule by m ‘of a bloody armed struggle against the people. The Cowardly German Bourgeoisie. Even Zankov should have realized this truth... The hired. press calls the Communists the agents of Moscow. The attitude of the so-called ‘“demo- cratic” press in Germany is nauseat- ing. At the time when the Ruhr was occupied, the whole world was spit- ting Germany in, the face; only the Soviet government protested against the action of the entente imperialists. But now, when forged letters and documents fabricated by the police are being spread against Soviet Rus- sia, the German press is shouting itself hoarse in its effort to imitate the Anglo-American, press. We Com- munists are categéfically opposed to individual terror. ~ We have always said, and still say to the followers of the Comintern: Resist all provocations, and base your policy on the masses! Do not let anyone mislead you! Organize the masses against the infamous ac- tions of the government! Thus the Communists speak openly before the whole world. They are with and for the people against the enemies of the people. It was so, ii is so, and it shall remain so! Bronx Has a Communist Library HE Bronx headquarters Workers Party, at Road, New York City, are ahum with commotion. Bookcases are being made and overhauled; chairs, benches ind tables are being built; everybody s busy; and everybody is talking ibout’ the Bronx Library. Comrades re looking over their personal lib- aries, scratching their heads and vonderinghow many good books they can spare for the Workers’ Library. Subscriptions are being sent in for the Workers Monthly, and some of our periodicals and daily papers, and by and by the Bronx library will be- come one of the finest Communist libraries in the country. The Jewish Branch No. 1 has collected $12.23 for of the 1347 Boston 4 ~ — 'is addressed to you. the library fund: besides numerous books have been promised by in- dividual comrades. One comrade in | the Russian branch has promised to donate over $100 worth of Russian _books; others have also pledged them- | Selves to do likewise. The English |Branch No. 1 has donated a subscrip- /tion to the International News Service, ‘and many of the individual comrades have promised books and money. |Special credit should be given to the | Young Workers League branches who 'are working with might and main to |make the library issue a success. They have already contributed over 200 volumes, and promise to do much | more. Comrades of the Bronx, this appeal If you want the Communist center of the Bronx to contain a real working Communist wm «a library, we call. upon you to come down to the headquarters with all the books and money you can gather to- gether and help us in the work. The library committee meets at head- quarters on Tuesday, May 12. If your branch has not elected a delegate and you are interested in this work, be present yourself and let us have your counsel and help in this matter.— Library Committee, Bronx. Olgin-Guthrie Debate Arouses ‘Great Interest NEW YORK, ’May 10—Wide interest is being shown in the forthcoming debate between Moissaye J. Olgin of the Workers Party and Professor William B. Guthrie, of the College of the City of New York, to be held on Sunday, May 17, 2 p. m., at Central Opera House, 67th street and Third avenue. The subject to be dealt with—Re- solved that the Rusian Soviet system is superior to parliamentary democ- racy—involves the entire question of proletarian dictatorship versus capi- talist democracy. The debate is held under the joint auspices of the Trade Union Educatitnal League and th Workers Schoob Admission is 50c. Tickets may. be obtaimed at the of fice of the Workers Party, 108 Eas l4th street; thie Freiheit, 30 Unio: Square; Jimmie Higgins Book Sho; 127 University Place. | Editor's Note —This ae those who work and sweat und workers, to t the life of the wide TO ; s new ad will n as there will be the life -_" wer king — ons workers in other aeetiens ¢ point. ~ e « From a Rank-and-Fliler URING the slow season in the dressmaking trade, I wanted to go somewhere to meet new friends and to get some new subscribers for our DAILY WORKER.. So I took a posi- tion for five days in a hunting and fishing club for millionaires. I had to wait on table for those vampires who live on the sweat of the workers, and I am quite satistfied with the re- sults, comrades! First of all, I want to picture to you the life of the employes under the system of the capitalistic bloodsuck- ers. The headwaiter has been in this country for five years and in this place for four years, employed as a slave-driver in order to protect. the pocketbook of the capitalist class. There are girls waiting on from 35 to 40 people, one 17 and another 18 years of age. The menu is so long that a girl must carry from 25 to 35 Ibs. of food in and out at one time. There are also six officials and two bosses in the side hall who had to be served at the same time, and every other day one of the girls had to take charge of them. At breakfast, the waitress makes her own orange juice, and she usually has five or six more orders; she has to take a big lump of ice polish the silver and glasses. The people and the side hall have to be swept and dusted by the girls. The sleeping quarters are nice and clean with good beds, but after the girls are thru working, they have to take care of their own rooms. In re- gard to the food, the employes get the left-overs of the guests’ food, and when there is nothing left,.they make a very poor, so-called “lamb stew” whith they serve two or three times a week. Last Sunday, I had the pleas- ure of tasting it. It must have boiled out, as it had no taste nor strength and was very stale. . I spoke to the headwaitress about the condition of the employers’ work and food. L wanted to convince her that the workers will ruin their health under their present system, bit’ she answered: “Nobody has to stay who does not want to, as we can always get help that will be satisfied.” guineient letters under hy on 4 ; bringing out facts w the country. Try to m from the box and crack it, and also to’ dining room which accommodates 200}. LIVE our readers about Try to may not known to e them short and to the e | “Yes,” I replied, “they probably will, but it should be your duty to protect the girls by taking their part, to change the system, and in the four years you have been employed here, you could have improved the cond tions a little.” But she shouted, “If { ever said anything, I might get kicked out. .<. used to work in a nice big place in New York and I had to work much harder than the girls do.” I want to mention that this little slave-driver is a woman of about 28 years of age, small and delicate. She has absolutely no apearance as a headwitress! But the management thot she would make a good slave- driver, and comrades, I can assure you that they were not mistaken. The girls in the dining room get $30 a month, hardly any tips. They have a nine-months’ season with no Sundays or holidays off. There are over 100 people employed, most of whom are from the surrounding country. Therefore, they can’t say discharged and they can’t possibly find work out there, as the next town from Glen Eyre, Pa., is Holley, 20 miles away, and the city workers just come and go. One of the employes Psaid that I was the first one there who spoke up for their rights. I spoke to six people who seemed to be very intelligent and found a good understanding at the end: I told them that what I spoke of were the principles of Communisim that many of the workers misunderstand. We need and must have good food to keep our strength, as we are those who have to do the. work! The six people gave me their ad- dresses and I am’ quite sure that I will get some subscribers for our DAILY WORKER. I have convinced two wo- men of Communist ideas, and the im- portance’of our paper. One I have al- ready introduced to the Downtown English branch and have also sent $2 for a 3-months sub for our paper. As soon as this is published, I will send each one a copy of The DAILY WORKER. Wake up comrades and get busy. | Spread our true friend, THE DAILY WORKER! | Crouch and Trumbiill Expose Kept Press Lick! (Continued from page 1.) premature as he was not discharged until April 7, 1925, when he was sen- tenced. Crouch was not a “teacher in an army school.” Our Esperanto ¢lass had. no connections with army schools or the military authorities; and notwithstanding all official state- ments to the contrary, we were’ ar- rested about 1:30 p. m., February 19, *25. The news of our sentences printed in the DAILY WORKER offers re- freshing contrast to the methods of the Associated Press, despite the wealth and organization of the latter. The reason for official efforts to keep our arrests secret until after the trials, so newspaper men would not be present, is now obvious to all who understand the class rule of the Amer- ican government. We were not great- ly surprised at efforts to frame -us. But when false statements regarding our arrests, etc., were given the pub- ‘ic press and a very inaccurate sum- mary sent to Washington, there was no longer any doubt that army offi- ‘ers intended to keep us “framed.” Records Destroyed by Government. We have just received the so-called ‘records” of our trials, that is the car- bon copies. They are distorted be- yond recognition in many places, docu- mentary evidence of the defense is omitted altho forged documents ob- tainable fromi the state department pertaining to the Third (Communist) International are included. Discover 78 Lies. Altho we have not had sufficient time to make a thoro examination, we discovered 19 errors and omissicns of vital importance in the record of Trumbull’s trial and 59 in that of the Crouch trial with a far larger num- ber of probable errors. Of coupse, we cannot remember the correct an- swers given by other witnesses as well as tho#e given by ourselves, but it appears that all testimony in the Crouch case is badly distorted. It is significant that more than 90 per cent of the “mistakes” are favorable to the prosecution. If we had legal (not military) de- fense we believe the distorted nature of the court records would be suffi- cient grounds for a new trial as there exists no accurate record of our trial (as far as we know) for use by the reviewing authority. Oriental Workers Under Lash. There are few places where Com- munism is feared as much as in Hawaii. Class distinctions are sharp- y defined andthe ruling classes (the jlantation owners) rely upon ignor- nee, the power of religion, Buddhist, ‘ormon, or Catholic, and prejudice sd misunderstanding between races | .o keep the oriental workers under he lash of the “white” dictatorship. The local authorities make no se- sret of their alliance with the ruling class against the proletariat and the army is intended as the last resort— the inner wall—of capitalism. So the thought that Communists are within the “inner wall” sends a spasm of fear and hate down the spines of army officers who think Americanism is identical with capitalism. And be- cause of this fear and hate we can- not and we do not—expect any mercy from the agents of the “white ter- rors.” fot Comrade Apdrade’s Létter. We read the letter of Comrade Juan Andrade in the DAILY WORK- ER. If there were’ more workers like Comrade Andrade, the dawp of the world revolution would be much near- er. It is quite_evident that Merino Gracia, Angel Pumarega and Fran- cisco Vall, who proved traitors to the proletariat, belong to the type of Abramovich. We do not understand principles, even‘in the face of life imprisonment or death. Let them go --we will be better when we are free from all such. U. S. Worse Than Fascist. It is interesting to compare the treatment of political prisoners in Spain a monarchy, where one can continue to edit a Communistic pub- lication, with the United States where we, for example, are not permitted to give news about our own case to a local capitalist newspaper. Despite public addresses by Amer- ican officials in which they speak of Communism as something foreign that could not touch the United States the fact remains that nothing is fear- ed as much by American capitalists and plutocrats as the Red movement. We noticed a letter published in the Honolulu Advertiser by a Harry Wong, in which he denounces the ad- herents of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen. Threaten Sun Yat Sen Followers. His statements are untrue and the Chinese consu! placed his flag at half mast at the request of his govern- ment. But the letter is significant in ri any Communist can recant his were known as supporters of Dr, Sun Yat Sen, received letters with threats services of the liberator. government spy, is seldom equalled. Despite the attacks we made upon an article by Isaac Fisher testified that Crouch advised him to read the article because it ex- pressed his own viewpoint. This testi mony was a base falsehood! much, or otherwise they would get+ view of the fact that a number of Chinese inhabitants of Honolulu, who of death if they attended memorial The audacity of Corp. Fisher, the Marcosson in the | Saturday Evening Post of Jan. 24, °25, | aay ea MONTHLY GUDOK by Wm. Z. Foster — vuhe. THE WORKERS} An article written about a great newspaper in t world’s first workers’ republic. (With Photographs) Revolution in Trade’ Union Terms by Wm. F. Dunne A Communist analysis of th British Trade Union Delegatio Report on Russia. (With Photographs) Communism on the : Streets of America by Earl R. Browder From Communist theory to a tlon in the stronghold of wor capitalism. (With Photographs) May Day in America by Harrison George A great day of the working mere traced thru the progress of Amer can organized labor. Coke Miners in Revolt: by Arne Swabeck The uprising of the “men whay dig in the bowels of the earth’ a picture of the class struggle to~ day. . The Fight for Unity in Minnesota by C. A. Hathaway A history of the struggle of the mid-west farmer and _ industrial worker on the political field—and a proposal for the next step to be taken. The Pan-American Anti-Imperialist League by Manuel Gomez Further tight on American Im- perialsim and the rise of the work- ing class for unified action in Latin America to gombat the rule of Wall Street. The Déath of Sun Yat Sen by G. Zinoviev The president of the Communist International writes of the passing of a great national revolutionary figure. The Lenin School in Chicago by Thurber Lewis An interesting account of a new experiment in American working class education. The Slaughter of the Workers in Halle by Peter Maslovsky The murder of workers in a country where the working class is gathering forces to assume power. CARTOONS including one of two pages by Robert Minor BOOK REVIEWS by Floyd Dell—Moissaye Olgin— , Martin Abern POEMS, INTERNATIONAL REVIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS SINGLE COPY 25 CENTS Subscription $2.00 a Year $1.25 Six Months THE WORKERS MONTHLY 1113 W. Washington Bivd. Chicago Enclosed }.......... for...............months sub to the Workers Monthly. RS SE REIT a RE EE STREET SPEER EE ETRE EERO ORO ORE e ee OE OOO eee eee sa STAT Bicsiscs-..: A streng ‘strivi
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a A or ae a | : |NEGRO WORKERS f not become delayed \\ READY 10 JOIN. LABOR’S FRONT Veaseuvestin Negro Toilers Unite with Unions (Special to The Daily Worker.) VANCOUVER, B. C——May 10—To re- sist the encroachments of the bosses which have grown with the abundance of cheap immigrant labor, a delega- tion of Vancouver Negro workers are ready to join their white comrades to make labor’s front solid. The Vancouver Trades and Labor Council has been conducting an or- ganization campaign for the past six weeks among all trades in the city. |. A new local of automobile mechanics | has been formed and garages in the city are displaying the union shop card. The Bakers’ union has been strengthened and the organization is striving to have union labels placed on the bread sold thruout the city. Since the government opened par- lors for selling beer by the glass the Trades ‘Council organized the bever- age workers 100 per cent. A local union of the Garment Workers has been formed to take the place of the old local which fell during trade de- pression. . Lumber Conditions Worse. VANCOUVER, B. C.—May 10—Condi- tions in the lumber industry of Brit- ish Columbia have steadily grown worse since 1921 in filth and exploita- tion. At Horne Lake, Vancouver Island, where tents serve as bunk- houses, water rose within six inches of the bottom of the beds. It was un- necessary to get out of bed to per- form the morning ablutions: all one had to do was to stick face and arms over the edge of the bed, and wash in. the lake water on the floor. The camp toilet at this place flooded into the lake from which water for cook- ing and drinking is obtained. When a sanitary inspector finally ordered the camp closed down, the company moved camp on Sunday and refused to pay the men for moving it, but charged them board while doing the moving. JOHN REED JUNIOR GROUP PLANS BIG NIGHT ON MAY 23 Tell it to the kids! No, It ain’t about a circus, but the surprise af- fair that is being arranged by the John Reed Junior Group. They pro- mise an interesting evening on Sat., May 23, at the Workers’ Home, 1902 W. Division St. They 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. So don’t forget, tell it to the kids! : | NEW. YO ‘10.—The Miller- | | mus Sat to the jaw; drawn ‘passed by [NEW YORK LEGISLATURE BILL TO PROTECT WORK FEATS S’ HEALTH » has been: ‘killed “bythe govern- or’s veto. The employérs’ pill, would have placed the power within the hands of an employer to discharge any worker suffering from silicosis in any degree, and denying him compen- sation if he reenters any trade ex- posing him to silica dust. Organized labor has beaten the employers’ bill, but the employers havé succeeded in _sidetracking labor’s occupational dis- ease amendments. These are the aniéndménts which labor lost: 1. Compensation for silicOsis, for all workers exposed to silica (quartz) dust, including quarry workers, stone ‘cutters, rock drillers, miners, sand ‘blasters, potters, emery grinders, pol- ishers and buffers. ; 2. Compensation’for poisoning by berizol and other coal tar products, for workers among, the following in- dustries: dyes, drugs, perfumes, ex- plosives, shoe polish, soap, photogra- phy, electro-plating, tanning, printing and lithographing. 3. Compensation for poisoning by tetrachlor-ethane and similar materi- als used in the dye and other indus- tries. 4. Compensation for skin irritations caused by work materials. ’ 5. Poisoning by naptha, benzine and gasoline, affecting . painters, rubber j workers, dry cleaners, dyers, chauf- | feurs, garage workers, workers em- ployed by refineries in cleaning out vats and tank cars. Labor has little to expect from the representatives in the legislature. The sum total of the two years fight to put thru these important amendments is a back-handed victory—the defeat of the employers’ substitute bill. Only four states and the federal gov- ernment have qa law providing com- pensation for any occupational dis- ease. These states are California, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Wis- consin. Illinois, Minnesota, New Jer- sey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Hawaii, Porto Rico, have laws provid- ing compensation only for a limited number of occupational diseases. This leaves workers in 37 states with- out compensation when their health is destroyed by poisons, dusts and fumes. Yet securing compensation for oc- cupational diseases is only one skir- mish in the great struggle going on all over the country for industrial health. It is not a matter of one leg- islature or one state, but an organ- ized drive which must be made by the trade unions against health exploita- tion by the employers. PICNIG MAY 30 TO DRAW CROWD OF MILITANTS T. U. E. i: Gea Gets Altenheim Grove The first workers’ picnic of the cational League of Chicago, will . be Altenheim Grove, to be reached by direct route on the Forest Park elevated line, and by transfer from the West Madison surface cars. Many of the branches of the Work- fers Party are taking part in this pic- nic of the Chicago militant unionists, and contests between the branches are being arranged. Two language federation groups are slated for to put on a “tug-of-war,” and some ot | the labor athletes are volunteering to stage exhibitions. | Every party branch is supposed-to get-in touch with local head tertainment, game or contest. : Vargas Still Secretary WASHINGTON, May 10.—(FP).— Canuto Vargas, labor attache of the Mexican embassy in Washington, ‘re- mains secretary of the PanAmerican Federation of Labor, pending selection of a successor in the later position. A PRACTICAL HOUSE OR MORNING DRESS I A 5108 ~~ « iit. ‘eae il 4 . i = =. > me! 5108. This model is also good for a maid’s or nurse’s uniform. It may be made of rep, cambric, linen, ging- ham or chambrey, or in jersey or flan- nel. The sleeves may be in wrist jength, or short and finished with a shaped cuff. The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size requires 3% yards of 36 inch material with % yard of contrasting material if made as il- lustrated. If made of one material 4% yards are required. The width of the dress at the lower edge is 1% yard. . + - NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—Ths tterns being sold thru the DAILY ORKEK pattern department are fur- nished by a New York firm of pattern manufacturers. Orders are torwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as re- ceived, and they are mailed by the man- uinctures direct to the customer. The DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock ef patterns on hand. Delivery of terns ordinarily will take at least 10 days from the date of mailing the order impatient if pour pattera is OUR DAILY PATTERNS SCHOOL DRESS. 5115. Striped linen, gingham or flannel will be very attractive for this design. . The pattern is cut i n4 sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. An 8 year size requires 2 yards of 36 inch’ material. This style is easy to develop and easy to launder. It is fitted by shoulder | and underarm seams. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. .’ °*® oo FASHION BOOK NOTICB! Send i2Zc in silver or stamps for our up-to-date Spring and Summer 1925 Book of Fashions, showing color plates and containing 500 designs of iladies’, misses’, and childrem’s patterns, a ¢on- cise and comprehensive article on dress- making, also some points for the needle dllutrating of the various simple stitches), all valuable hints to the home @ressmaker Address: The DAILY WORKER. 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, | WANTED A companion to accompany me on a hitch-hike to California and re- turn. SYLVAN A. POLLACK, 956 Kelly St., . New York City Phone Intervale 6141-W ——— oe year, given by the Trade Union Edu-| held on May 30, Decoration Day, in} | Sales Bulgarians in U. S. Denounce Zankov Terror (Continued from page 1) tone Genoff, Evan Koleff, S. D. Pereff, Demo Stefonoff and Allen Stefono, declared that the American workers should make a protest against the free use of machine guns against their former countrymen. Shoot Down Workers. “Conditions are bad,” said John Kriss, another Bulgarian who has made his home in Tulsa, who received many letters from his relatives. “Let- ters. I have received show the terrible conditions which prevail under the Zankovy terror. My brother-in-law wrote me how workers are placed in box cars and then shot down with machine guns. It is terrible to think that the world will stand by and per- mit the things that are done to help- less. Bulgarians.” ‘The Bulgarians here point to the tact that the Zankoff regime was not elected by the workers, having gained power by the use of the gun and bayonet, and murder of agrarian party Piaders. The fascists are enabled to er only by these murderous quarters" bbe fe aids Bulgartine here declare. and to furnish some feature of en-|. “™""Wot Supported by Workers. “There is no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press and no freedom of- action,” Kovacheff said when inter- viewed. “There are newspapers, but there,are no opposition newspapers -because the government won't allow them.” _. JKovacheff, who has been receiving mail from his relatives, declared that the. method of disposing of opposition by the Bulgarian fascists is simple. The Zankov fascist troops, many of whom. are refugees who fought against .the workers of Russia under Wrangel, surround their opponent’s house, burn it, and murder or imprison the occu- pant. One Bulgarian here said he had written his father asking him to describe conditions there, and the father replied that he did not dare doa so, for fear of being murdered by the fascists. Unemployment in France Mounts As Workers Flock In PARIS, France, May 10.—France re- ports a slight increase in unemploy- ment based on figures compiled up to April 1, with public labor agencies finding it impossible to find jobs for the workers. Ten thousand workers are pouring into the country from Italy, Spain and Portugal every month. MALE HELP Wanted. An opportunity for a good sales- man to connect himself with an old established wholesale tailoring firm. Experience not necessary because all details such as measuring a customer and everything is taken care of from the factory. Our new way of selling tailoring in Chicago makes it possible for men to. earn 100 to 125 dollars every week. Apply in person to MARX TAILORING CO. 337 So. Franklin St. Chicago, II! % e a fs > “ rn z SE ' .tor was summoned who attended to =~ + : HEATED BY GOVERNMENT SHIRDING LINE}. Canadian Boats Beat Men Out df Wages By SYDNEY WARREN VANCOUVER, B. C., May 10.—The Canadian government’s merchant mar- ine loses about a million and a half dollars annually due to the fact that the government bits fleet to make the war a “good fhing” for Canadian shipbuilding pro ars. Now the of- ficials of the mment steamship line are trying to ent down this deficit. by reducing the ’ of seamen. Last year $448,000 was cut from the deficit, the major part through elimination of overtime a the vessels, cut- ting down crews where it was haz- ardous and by ch ning the quality of food for the crews. Another source of revenue has been the fining of Can- adian seamen. a The secretary of the Federated Sea- farers’ Union of Canada, W. Donald- son, is trying to Saxe the labor mem- bers in the Ca nh house of com- mons revise the.ghipping act. Sea- men at the present time are fined two days’ wages often. for the slightest effenses. 4¢ A seaman injenell aboard. a Canad-| ian government vessel is at the mercy of the captain, He may or. may not recieve proper. medical attention. The government instead of charging ex- penses to the Sick Mariners’ fund, robs the individual seaman by making him pay all doctor. bills incurred for injuries received while on the ship’s articles. Aboard the S. S. Canadian Inventor, Capt. Roberts, one of the vessel’s fire- men fell and split his lip. The vessel was at a port in the orient and a doc- vu the injury and»imstructed the chief steward how to.éttend to it after the vessel put to sed, On arrival at Van- couver the seaman:had $8 deducted from his wagescfor: the single visit by the doctor ingthe-oriental port. It was simply taken from his wages and he was powerless towo anything more than protest and get:his name on the blacklist for having the temerity to do so. During the recent smallpox scare the Canadian ,Spvernment ‘ships charged every seaman $2.50 for being vaccinated. The union took the port authoriti tion charge was ded. The S. 8. Cal Exporter was wrecked in ve? opt the suit of the insurance’ company ‘Against the government it led that the vessel left Vancotiver with a green crew, recruited to break thé’ strike of the union seamen for livitig wazes and habitable sea’ conditions. Capt. Bradley testified that’ not éme member of the crew, apart from ‘the officers, had discharge paper’: He had refused to sign, them but: thé’'shore officials of the Canadian government merchant marine overruled him despite his pro- test. ie matter up with and the vaccina- Britons May “Never Be Slaves,”’ But They Make Negroes Slaves SYDNEY (Australia). —On many sheep and cattle ranches in Western and Northern Australia, the ranch owners get a big percentage of their work done by Australian Negroes and do not pay them any wages. The ra- tions served to the slaves are gener- ally sodden bread, diluted tea and baked kangaroo meat or mutton three times daily.- There is no variation. In many cases the Negroes are not given clothing exept cheap trousers for the men and singlet and loin cloth for the women. In addition to ra- tions the blacks are: igiven af certain intervals a few pligs of cheap tobac- co in lieu of cash’ payment. The ranchowners claim they work the na- tives solely to prevent them from be- coming indolent... — Wage Contracts Expire. Wage movements. are occupying many Chicago uniong as contracts ex- pire or near the expiration day. The street carmen’s 2-year arbitration award ends June 1 id they are de- manding restoration of the 1922 wage peak of 80c an hour In the building trades the union. tile and marble setters want $1.62% an hour in place of thé current $1.30. Stonecutters have a)bid in for $1.07% an hour, a 5c raise. Derrick men pro- pose $1.10, a 10c raige. Iron workers ratified the $1.37% figure agreed on by the iron league. , The ice cream wagon drivers, after a day’s stopping of work, obtained a 4-year agreement giving them $40 a week for the colder months and $20 for the warmer months, with a 5c a gallon commission on ice cream de- livered. The old wage was $21 a week in winter and $10 in summer with 7c a gallon commission. The 7-day week remains. » oe * BUILDERS | AT WORK THEY JUST CAN'T STOP IN DETROIT! — eee ee SS ee wz : - —, sims Sy Look Over This Record. Communism meets the workers in Detroit on the streets, in the shop, the union hall and at his home. local just insists on growing: And here are the reasons the Detroit They have ordered on at least five different occasions during the last six months, special editions from five to twenty thousand; last week they sold and distributed twenty thousand copies of the May first issue at shops and factories; thousands of copies have been distributed door- to-door during the week of May 4 to 10. And that’s not enough! Not for Detroit where they have fully learned the value of the DAILY WORKER as a means to build the local. Now they will have a DAILY WORKER Month! From May 15 to June 15, there will be a special sub competition between branches for a red banner. banner, but one branch against another. Not between all branches for one The Armenian branch will com- pete with the Greek; the English against the Finnish, Hungarian against the German, etc. Here is a plan the comrades feel is going to get the necessary subs to fill the balance of the quota in the Second Annual Sub Campaign. . Comrade Al E. Goetz, city agent and guiding spirit in this splendid local activity is enthusiastic. “The getting of renewals and long term subs,” he writes, “is going to be especially stressed and ! belleve that by the time the drive is over, Detroit will look better from a DAILY WORKER point of view than it has looked for a long time and you won't ‘have to crawfish on any of the very encouraging things you have said about our work.” Such spirit is the kind that is going to help build our movement. * * IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN These comrades have sent in new subs arriving on Friday, May 8: DETROIT, MICH.—A. E. Goetz, (10). OMAHA, NEB.—David Coutts, (3). LOS ANGELES, CAL.—S. Globerman, (3). CHICAGO, iLL.—Hans Johnson, M. Kratochil, Hammersmark. NEW YORK, N. Y.—Katterfeld, (5); W. E. Elf, (2); J. Konack, (2); Maurice Malkin, Fanny Horovitz. DETROIT, MICH.—N. Stoyaneff, (2). SCHENECTADY, N. Y.—R..J. Verhagen, (2). PORTLAND, ORE.—Harry Scolnick, (2). SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.—James H. Dolsen. PHILADELPHIA, PA.—Lena Rosenberg, (3). MAX, N. D.—John W. Trepp. MT. VERNON, WASH.—Archie J. Young. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Chas. Kral, J. Soininen. North African Wheat Acreage Above 1924 WASHINGTON,’ D. C., May 10+—A preliminary estimate of the Algerian wheat acreage received by the United Statés department of agriculture from the international institute of agricul- ture at Rome, together with estimates of French Morocco and Tunis, brings the total of the three North African countries reported to date up to 7,- 570,000 acres against 6,920,000 acres for the same countries last year, an increase of 650,000 ‘acres. Jobless on Rhine Now Totals 110,000 Mostly Metal Workers BERLIN, Germany, May 10.—At the end of last month there were 110,000 unemployed workers in the Rhineland who were entitled to the beggarly un- unemployment doles. One-fifth of this number belonged to the iron and metal trades, which normally employ about 30 per cent of the total labor in the Rhineland province. Hit Van Sweringen Merger WASHINGTON, May 10.—Minority stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad threw a bomb today in the Van Sweringen merger plans when they asked the interstate com- merce commission to require O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen, Otto Miller, J. J. Bernet, J. R. Nutt, C. L. Bradley and W. A. Colston, to show cause why orders of the commission permitting them to serve as members of the board of directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio, and Hocking Valley rail- roads should not be annulled. Amtorg Co. Moves. NEW YORK, May 10—Amtorg Trad- ing Corporation, buying and selling agent for the Russian government, is moved to temporary quarters at 31 West 27th St., New York and when the Fur Merchants’ Cold Storage ware- house on West 29th street is complet- ed will take a floor there. Textile Mille Close. FALL RIVER, Mass., May 10.—In spite of textile mill owners’ asser- tions that wage cuts might enable them to give textile mill employes more work, the Fall River mills are cutting production still further, altho they are operating at 50 per cent to 70 per cent. Does your friend subscribe to the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! v. SELL YOUR OLD BOOKS — Rh Fee > ee ——~ er Why, sell your old books to a second hand store? Thecreaders of THE DAILY WORKER may pay you more for those books—if you let them know what you have to sell. tate A LINE TELLS YOUR STORY. Amaloumated Food Workers Organize Shops in New York NEW YORK, May 8.—According to the statement of the New York com- missioner of markets, there are in Greater New York 15,000 restaurants and other public eating places, 5,000 bakeries, 7,000 fruit stores, 12,000 retail butchers, 19,000 grocery stores and 4,500 delicatessen stores. Many thousands of unorgan- ized food workers are toiling and slav- ing under miserable conditions and starvation wages in these _ stores, shops and restaurants. They should all be organized; they must be organ- ized if better conditions are to prevail for these workers. So far only a very small percentage of these workers have been organized. The food industry is the poorest or- ganized of all industries. New York City and surrounding territory alone offers such a vast field for organiza- tion that it almost staggers the im- agination. The Amalgamated Food Workers’ is now conducting an organization drive and is meeting with success in many of these shops. PO FF SF SSS SS SSS TSS SSS SS A New Shipment From England! ~°-y- -i¢ Outline of Economics Outline of Modern Imperialism Outline of Economic Geography WHAT TO READ UNITY 4 ; ; é ; ¢ ’ ; ; é ; é ¢ ; ¢ é é ; ; é ¢ ; ; ; ; ? ; ; ; ¢ ; : ; é ; ; ‘ ¢ ; ; ; ra ‘ ; ¢ ; ; ; ; é ; ; ; ¢ é . leaders,—and ; WORK AMONG WOMEN One of the most interesting of the new publication of women's work in Soviet Russia. Orders filled immediately from new stock just arrived. THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. and vegetable | — ar panne ee sccm. iad, >* a + ~ é -o- BIRTH CONTROL UNDER FIRE AT WOMEN’S COUNCIL Soviet Russia 1 Still the Bogey Man WASHINGTON, May 10—Discussion on birth control and divorce took up most of today’s session of the conven- tion of the International Council of Women. Both were hysterically de- nounced as the greatest menaces fac- ing the world. The solution offered by these backward moving foreign women of the. bourgeoisie. was stulti- fying the minds of children with. more religious propaganda. Mile. Josephine Szebeko, Seis of the Polish delegation and a mem- ber of the Polish senate said the sooner birth control and. divorce were wipéd out the, better she wonld like it. Mrs. George -.Morgan , of . Great Britain advocated birth control among “inferior classes and large families in intellectual circles.” Patriotic Women Rule. Yesterday’s session , was . thrown into a flurry when women of the Wo- men’s Peace Union appeared with. pa- cifist pamphlets and literature. The distribution of these was immediately suppressed. So extreme was the fury of the international council women that a bonfire was ordered to destroy the literature. The pamphlets destroyed advocated immediate total disarmament of all nations, the outlawing of war by pro- hibiting appropriation of money for purchase of arms and payment of armed forces, described war as legal- ized murder and urged complete non- resistance. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt in ad- dressing a mass meeting in the Pan- American Union denounced the dis- courtesy shown the foreign delegates by the women of patriotic organiza- tions. Their minds, she said, in speak- ing of the patriotic women, are still suffering from war hysteria and they live in fear of Europe and especially of Soviet Russia. They actually be- lieve that all peace societies in this country are financed from Moscow, she said. Bread Trust Has Grip on Production, Wheat Price Low, Bread Up MONTREAL—(FP)—The American bread trust, which has an authorized capitalization of $600,000,000, has ac- quired control of leading bakeries in Montreal and other Canadian cities. For all Canada the average wholesale price of breadstuffs in February were 106 per cent more than the average for 1913. Bread, tobacco and bever- ages are the only articles, in the group of commodities classified as “consumers goods” by the Dominion bureau of statistics, which show whole- sale price advances of 100 per cent or more above 1913 prices. For the whole group, comprising 98 commodi- ties, the average increase over 1913 prices is 55 per cent. The relatively high price of bread in Canada is not justified by wheat prices. In February the average re- tail price of plain bread in 60 cities of Canada was exactly the same as in February 1919. But while wheat prices in February, 1926, touched $2 a bushel and then swiftly dropped to $1.56, wheat prices in February, 1919, were and (A guide for worker students) And Another Shipment of A pamphiet of the British Minority Movement with many photo- graps and statements by the leading English and world revolutionary $2.24, the average price for 1919 be- ing $2.21. of the well known PLEBS PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING $1.00 Each 25 Cents 35 Cents > a eS eS SS SS ST ore??? eee eee | Chicago, UL “+e eee eeTeeeEEW’ECHE E2288 6S SO eee SSS 8 SSS SHES SESS SS ~ yt ay _>_. i Sex 4 aaa ae Oe ° ’ ’
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a of : eee 5 niga Gf : ; 74 ‘ 1, , © : 4 Vs . e ~ a BS gy ba - s De, aR cs rit 2uete is re ro Ves - ee beans 2 £ ar ‘ *§ - "THE DAILY WORKER. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING . co. 11138 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Mi. (Phone: Monroe 4712) SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall: $6.00 per year $3.50....6 months $2.00...8 months By mail (in Chicago onty): 68.00 per year $4.50....6 months $2.50....3 moaths: Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER 4918 W. Washington Bivd. J. LOUIS ENGDAHL | Editors WILLIAM F. DUNNE { MORITZ J. LOEB. ......ncsscms--Business Manager a Chicago, Iiinele oe Sasaved as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post- Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1879. » these workers for the struggle for their emancipation. ~ & / You can make a real contribution to the revolutionary miovement in this country by a simple deed—by getting a subscription from another worker—or giving him one. 3 That will give him information on the events in the world of labor— on the progress of the Communist movement in every country—and brief, clear, articles daily on the principles of Communism. If you are looking for a way to “Make Another Communist’’—what better and what simpler way is there? You can do this! You know the worker in your shop or in your local union— And Here’s the Brick POOO 2 year § 3.50-6 montis F200 3 months 7 4 CHICAGO —fo.co ayear F450 6 montis § 250, 3 months THE NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD THE DAILY WORKER NAME FAATES » 3 din STREET CoN ee , % ee —— _ 2 eed 7 CITY If You Make the Sub for One Y ear— * You will receive without charge a six month sub to the WORKERS MONTHLY or a loose- leaf leather folder containing a full descriptive catalog of all Lome: yang pepe Be sure to specify your choice, ; = ” ——~ - . - ’ = e 7 ; 7 : mills, where with the aid of union ; te ,