Daily Worker
May 19, 1925
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~~ | | = . | + Val. No. 108. ET IN ON IT! v2 ; By T. J. O'FLAHERTY. » lated long ago by the yen like Sfaney ing Workers declaring that the strike is out of date. *- * * Ww Lee has done does not dif- fer in principle from the policy followed by other labor leaders during recent yéars. Stone, who is Lee’s rival, has blossomed out as a banker, investment broker and ‘scab coal operator. Every one of the other railroad union chiefs is equally willing to join with the capitalists in running industry, the benefits going. to the capitalists and to the labor lead- ers. Company unionism, in its origin- ly becoming company unions, in real- ity with the consent and assistance of the labor leaders. o 0 O doubt “Bill” Lee had a hunch that Warren S. Stone was plan- ning to call a united front conference of rail workers and employers in the near future and beat him to it. By doing this, Lee gets the jump on Stone, but it is very doubtf4l if a conference will be held. Lee knows what he is about and so does Stone. They are both equally obnoxious to honest trade unionists, but Lee does not even try to maintain the camou- flage of being a trade unionist. ~ + . T the president of a large labor organization should be able to plan such a scabby conference and get away with it shows what a mountain of obstacles the militants in the unions have to overcome. With la- bor leaders drawing es of from $10,000 to $25,000 a investors in industry, it is for the intérests of the poor slaves who work eight, nine and ten hours a day for a wage of four or five dollars. * + ” OHN BULL is looking at the French operations in Morocco with an anxious 6ye. France already con- trols a tremendous stretch of terri- tory in northern Africa. With the Spanish forces practically eliminated if France succeeds in defeating the Rifians there is nothing to stop her pushing into the interior as far as she pleases. Britain does not like this in the least. It would not be sur- prising to see a group of British paci- fists organize a publicity campaign in the near future against French atroci- ties in Morocco, 7 > - HE hypocrisy of the professional pacifists is shown to good advan- tage in colonial wars of independence. Not a yelp is raised by them when the British are ravaging Egypt, In- dia and other countries with fire and sword or when France, or Spain are committing their barbarities on the natives of Morocco. The pacifists do not like to see the big capitalist pow- ers slaughter each other. Neither do the international bankers. Cutting the throats of natives seems to be good sport. Destroying the wealth of the capitalist powers is another and entirely different matter. © >’ * OCIALIST writers and other sap- headed scribblers tried to poison minds of the American workers >the canst the Communists during the re- @ent election in Germany by attempt- a (Continued on page. 2) “as we seem |W 5 1 ms * bb: ter Sept ta a a. ee NEW. YORK EDITION we” _ fSpeciat to The Dally Worker) hundred and twenty-five coal miners are missing, with elght known dead, in the second terrific mine disaster which has occurred in the Ruhr in the last four months. The explosion imprisoned 235 miners in a shaft at Dortefeld, near Dortmund. Following a dynamite ex- plosion in a dummy shaft on the lower level, numerous cave-ins occurred In the rly repaired workings, trap- ping the men. Poisonous gases quick- ly spread thru the workings. The Ruhr miners have felt the brunt of the Dawes plan for enslaving the German workers. The allies, under the leadership of the Morgan-Wall Street banking syndicate, have de- manded plunder from the German gov- ernment aand the government, con- trolled by the industrialists, and with the co-operation of the socialists, has transferred this overwhelming bur- den to the German workers. Miners Pay The Price. The Ruhr miners were severely tax- ed by the occupation of the Ruhr by the allies. In the boycott which fol- lowed the occupation, the miners were unemployed for many weeks. The. government later compensated the | mine owners, by donating to them the profits which they declared they would have made by keeping the mines run- ning, but the miners never received compensation. The industrialists made this. occupa- tion, and the Dawes plan the excuse for increasing the hours and reducing the pay of the Ruhr miners. They were forced to work an extra hour a day, with no pay, and were told this was in the interest of “patriotism.” On February 12, an explosion in the Stein mine, killed 138 miners, The Rubr miners knew that this explosion | mal miners pay the price. Fear Many Dead. A Wave of resentment has swept over the Ruhr following this second disaster. The miners declare they have been betrayed by the _ social- democrats and the monarchists alike, both of whom have raised their taxes, increased living costs, and approved the move of the industrialists lower- ing their living standard and increas- ing their hours of pay. The miners declare they have become the colonial slaves of the international bankers, and their government has become merely an appendage to the rule of foreign bankers. More than 500 miners were in the shaft at the time of the explosion. At last reports, less than 300 had been brought to the surface, eight bodies were found, and it is feared 225 more have perished. The French troops are still in the Cologne territory, maintained at Ger- man expense, which also is paid for by the German workers. Military Dictatorship in Spain Engenders a - Guerilla War Reprisal LONDON, May 17.—Col. Ferreira Amaril, chief of the military dictator- ship state police at Lisbon, was wounded by four bullets fired by members of a supposed “red legion,” according to Central News dispatch- es from Lisbon yesterday afternoon. A squad of police rescuers were em- bushed by the same group and one wounded. The assailants escaped. RUSSIAN WORKERS STAGE MONSTER DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCES GIVEN BULGARIAN REDS (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, Russia, May 17.—The workers’ and peasants’ thruout Soviet Russia have staged great public demonstrations in which hundreds of thous- ands took part, against the carrying out of the death sentences against Bulgarian Communists who have been framed-up by the fascist Zankov government. King Boris has commuted the death sentence of 24 Communists who were arrested by the fascists after the bombing of the Sveti Kral cathedral, to life imprisonment. 69 other Communists and militant workers who have been sentenced to be executed. The Zankoy government made the cathedral bombing the. pretext for murdering hundreds of anti-fascist workers. Many Communists have been shot down in the streets. For Bulgarian Communists, a pris- on term is equivalent to a death sen- tence, as Communists are tortured (Continued on page 2) But there are4— PUBLISHING CO., Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicage, Ill. Price 3 } Cents EXPEL KAPLAN, COMMUNIST, IN GL. UAT ‘LOS? Kens War on the Militants Is Renewed (Special "to The Daily Worker) LOS ANGELES, Calif., (By Matl)— The Central Labor Council of Los Angeles at {ts meeting again de- monstrated f(s/reactionary colors. It renewed the war against Communists by expelling: Fred W. Kaplan, delegate from the Offiée Employes’ Union No. 15,251. ' Kaplan had forjsome months, along ' with other “members of the council been condueting ‘a campaign in his union and in the Central Labor Coun- cil, for the.unionization of the so- called “labor bank” employees. The bank, which had been opened on Apr. 26, 1924, has thru its vice-president and manager, threatened to discharge the employees if they joined the Of- fice Employes’. Union. Various efforts of the union to have the officials of the Central Labor Council, who act- ually control the bank, to assist the | union in getting these employees in, have been unsuccessful. The excuse has always been given by these offi- cials that circumstances and the time were not opportune. The last fight on this question occurred about six weeks ago, and occupied the entire evening: The officials of the council were compelled to force it into exe- cutive session, lest facts detrimental to the drawing of their dividends might be divulged in the Council. Ag these officials control almost one hun- dred per cent. the delegates of the council, the administration had no difficulty, at the end of the discus- sion, to secure a sufficient vote for the postponement of action on this question for another 120 days. Talk on Recent Election Kaplan had also been active on the floor of the council in urging the dele- gates to stop the time-worn practice of indorsing politicians for political office, and to work for the election of labor men only, thru a labor or work- ers’ party. At the last meeting, Kap- lan rose during the “Good and Wel- fare” order of business, and delivered the following remarks: “Brother Chairman, Sisters, and Brothers:—We have spoken tonight somewhat on the question of the civic \ (Continued on page 2) WIN STRIKE AT BRIDGEPORT OF 700 A. C. W. AGAINST OPEN SHOP hundred workers were involved. (Special to The Daily Worker) BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 17.—Strikebreakers are discharged and the union shop is recognized in the settlement of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union strike against Wolf & Abrams at Bridgeport, Conn. Seven : NIONISTS RALLY TO | OF MEMBERS ILLEGALLY EATED FROM LABOR COUNCIL ‘ . Lae oral A - % bth a - o , (Special to The Daily Worker’ 1%7-—That organized labor in Seattle will resist Byoacees in the Central Labor Council to = by. the fact that ‘scores of petitiéns pro di testing equi diagiansigllstons, circulated by union membera,.are being rapidly ‘filled with signatures of thousands of bona fide union nien, In the first uniommeeting where members were asked to sign the petition every member presemt signed except two and in the second union only five 7 (Continued on page 3)" NEW YORK GOOKS AND WAITERS OPEN WAR ON THE EVILS OF TIPPING NEW YORK, Mayr17.—Cooks and waiters who are employed in the leading restaurantsa, hotels and ca- barets are opposed to the tipping evil and have started a campaign against it. At a general meeting held at Bryant Hall, they went on record as being in favor of abolish- ing that system. Jules Chastonay, secretary of the Hote! and Restaurant Workers’ Union, said, “We have opened the campaign to take in all cooks and walters who want to join a move- ment to abolish the tipping system. The tipping systemris the greatest evil of the culinary industry and can be abolished when 100 per cent unlom conditions prevail.” Exodus of Carpenters from Canada. WASHINGTON, May 17—Aeccording | ment of labor, cargenters from the Sydney district of “Nova Scotia are leaving in great numibers for the Unit- ed States with resiltant embarrass- ment to iocal construction. Urge Japanese Women-to Travel. JAPAN, May 17— It is reported from Tokio that annassociation has been founded in Japan with the ob- ject of encouraging emigration of Jap- afiese women to Brasil. to the secretary's offfe of the depart- | Does your friemd subscribe to’! the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! LABOR HATING SOUTH ON TRIAL IN SCOPES CASE Contest awaits of Anti- Evolution Law KNOXVILLE, Tenn., labor hating traditions of the reac- lynchings, beggars’ wages, and anti- union history, will be on trial during the first week in August, when John Thomas Scope faces the court in Day- ton, Tenn., for teaching evolution in the public schools. Scopes was arrested charged with violating the recently passed state law prohibiting the teaching of scien- tific truths which contradict the | Stories stories told in the bible. Well | known lawyers, ever hungry for pub- | licity, have volunteered to. enter the | case. For the prosecution, William Jenn- ings Bryan, who was recently employ- by the World Christian Fundamental- ist Association, backed by “the manu- of telling the truth. Clarence Darrow, who gained much notoriety last year for necks of the two young perverts, Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, has volunteered to aid the defense, which is contesting the constitutionality of the law. on the defense. “BOYCOTT DANISH SHIPS!” CRY MARINE TRANSPORT WORKERS OF ALL EUROPE IN UNITED cae | Swedish, Finnish, | Chewent the ware (Special to The Daily Worker) COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 17.—A_ general | workers looms in all west European ports against al! Danish shipping as the | Norwegian transport workers yesterday began a strike boycott of ail! Danish shipping to prevent it from being diverte@ to Norwegian ports, thus making a united front with the Danish transport workers. The Danish transport workers have been promised the support of the | German and Dutch transport workers against the Danish shipping combine, and the strike boycott laid down on Danish shipping may spread to ali these countries and perhaps to other ports | weather is coming on and the smali increase is intended to discourage strike of in their battle -_———_ - ed for the purpose at a good salary | facturers, will fight to convict Scope | ‘ May 17.—The | speak for British labor. lie, tionary south, with its child labor,/tells of having been rebuked pari pre ee saving the | millionaire | Dudley | Field Malone has also agreed to act | aiiieaa! | | | LABOR LEADERS WILL VISIT AMERICA; CONSERVATIVES COME 10 SABOTAGE UNITY MOVE (Special to The Daily Worker) / WASHINGTON, May 17.—The contest in the European labor movement between the left wing which, in the Amsterdam International stands for world trade union unity and is fighting for it thru the medium of the Anglo-Russian unity committee, and the right with the 6,500, 000 which is trying to sabotage and prevent unity revolutionary Russian unionists, is to be car- ried to America by the visit of representatives of both wings of the British unions to the United States. A. A. Purcell of the British Trade Union Congress, president of the Amsterdam International and one of the leading advocates of international trade union unity in the Anglo-Russian unity committee, is to be the official fraternal delegate of the British unions to the next convention* of the American Federation of Labor. : The right wing of the British unions in an endeavor to offset any construc- tive work that Purcell may do for international unity while in America in winning the American unions to world unity, is naming a group also to visit America at the time of Pur- cell's visit and prevent unity on the basis of revolutionary struggle if pos- sible. Ramsay to Talk Against Revolution. This conservative group is compos- ed of Arthur Henderson and J. Ram- say MacDonald, ex-premier of the la- bor party regime; also, as a sop to the left wing in the British labor party, the group includes John Wheat- ley, the Scotchman from the Clyde, who is known as a more radical lead- er than MacDonald, but who was min- ister of health in MacDonald's cabinet. Henderson, exponent of the labor party, will deliver a series of speech- es in Canada and in-the northern cities of the United States. MacDon- ald’s plans are not disclosed, nor Wheatley’s trip outlined. May Visit A. F. of L. Convention. How significant is this visit of the foremost spokesmen of the British labor party cannot yet be estimated. Much will depend upon William Green, president of the American Fed- erafion of Labor. Green will face his first pe he pe at Atlantic City, im October, will open its sessions at about uae ime thé British leaders sall for America. He may possibly induce the execu- tive council to invite frank discus- , sion of.world trade union unity at Atlantic City. in part for the slight put upon A. B. If so, he will be atoning | Swales, chairman of the British Trade | Paso last speech as Union Conference, at El November, when Swales’ fraternal delegate was denounced by | one of the publicity staff of the feder- | ation. Labor Fakers Insult British Delegation. ' pnore it. b- SWITCHMEN’S CHIEF FLAYS BILL’ LEE Used Finks to Disrapt Yardmen’s Union CLEVELAND, May 17—*“Scabby” Bill Lee, president of the Trainmen’s Union, is sitting back today watching the effect on the other rall labor or- ganizations of his scheme to bring the 2,000,000 organized workers in the in- dustry, thru their representatives, ip- to conference with the employers for the purpose of preventing disagree- ments of a serious character in the future. Among the organizations invited is the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, of which Warren 8S. Stone, hated enemy of Lee, is president. Stone has made no public announce- ment yet on his attitude towards the proposed conference, but it-is the general opinion here that he will ig- The chiefs of the other rail organizations are expected to adopt a similar attitude towards Lee's plan. Trade Union Pole Cat. The bad odor in which Lee finds himself in, among other divisions of rail labor is emphasized in the April issue of the Journal of the Switch- men’s Union of North America, of which T. C. Cashen, international president of that organization, is editor. Among the charges made against Lee by Cashen is that he employed a | detective of the ’Frisco railroad, by |'name Roy C. Smith, to disrupt the | Switchmen’s Union. Hiring Scabs. Lack of tolerance by the executive | of the A. F. of L. in past years for) | strikebreakers to scab on members of the economic and political views ex- pressed by British fraternal dele- gates has been noted in the writings | of some of the most able men who | have been sent to this country to Robert Smil- in his book My Life f6r Labor, the platform, immediately after his (Continued on page 2) CAL RAISES CHINESE | LEGATION TO EMBASSY IN FEAR OF SOVIETS’ WASHINGTON, May 17.— Action raising the status of the American legation at Pekin to an embassy and the promotion of John V. A. Mac- Murray, to ambassador will be ask- ed of the next congress, it was learned today. This move will be made as a re- sult of the conferences which Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, the retir- ing minister to China, has held with President Coolidge, Secretary of State Kellogg and other officials. Raising the legation to an em- bassy directly results from Soviet Russia sending an ambassador in- stead of a minister to China, his as- sumption of the rank of doyen of the diplomatic body in Pekin, and the fact that Japan will also raise its legation to an embassy within a short time. Cashen also accuses Lee of hiring ithe Switchmen’s Union during a strike. In a book written by one of Lee’s hirelings, the following para- graph appears: “The charge against Bill Lee that he is too close to the rail- ways, too friendly with the labor board, and too mindful of American opinion, is not denied, either specifically or generally, but is ad- mitted both wholly and in part and the writer closes this book with this more important statement: Is this condition an asset to Bill Lee and his organization, or is it a liability?” Cashen makes the following com- (Continued on page 2) Bankruptcy of $700,000,000 R. R. Emits Foul Smell WASHINGTON, D. C., May 17-—The _ interstate commerce commission has been forced to announce a complete investigation of the facts surrounding the voluntary receivership of the-Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. because of criticism of the receiver- ship as unnecessary. The receivership was de iohihe dl by the directors who claimed they were unable to refinance or refund a $40,- 000,000 bond issue which comes due in June The valuation of the road | is placed at close to $700,000 ,000 and it is declared strange that one of the i TRY TO HOLD MEN IN STEEL MILLS irgest roads in the count ry could not be financed DURING HOT SUMMER DAYS AHEAD es YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 17.—Sheet and tin workers’ wages wil! re- main unchanged in the May-June period as the result of the bi-monthly wage settiement held today between Secretary J. H. Nutt of the Manufacturers’ Association who has always attended national conventions of the Amalga- Mike Tighe, president of the union. , mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers as an “honor” guest, and The puddiers who have received several large reductions during the past year were given a 10 per cent increase a short time ago. The hot desertions from the puddie furnaces while the hot weather is here, fwrea Oe ea
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‘ +a Us oe Ly we ee Pa > iw ee "4 ; om ? ’ . a . -—. 7 a) te”) v. — » « PARTY LEADERS TO VISIT U. $. Henderson, MacDonald and Wheatley Coming (Continued from page 1) fraternal address, and of his having secured permission to reply, where- upon his remarks were “apparently approved” by the delegates. Trade unionists who have recently visited England believe that the Brit- ish labor leaders look upon the be- ginning of a new administration in the A. F. of L. as the most appropri- uta time for.the offering of better understanding between the two labor Organizations. They do not expect to accomplish more than the removal of misconceptions as to why labor in Eu- rope, and especially in Britain, is driving toward the conquest of po- litical power along with industrial power. y OF stor; 227554 ~‘ , ~ on a 2 At JetVk ’ ANY SON 3° /s AS WE SEE IT | By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. (Continued from page 1) ing to prove that there was an alli- ance between the Communists and the monarchists against the republicans. This was a deliberate lie. In fact, the Communists expressed their willing- ness to withdraw their candidate in the final runoff, provided the social- ists put their standard bearer in the field. The socialists, however, united behind the reactionary catholic, Marx, so there was nothing left for the Communists to do but to raise the working class banner with Thaelmann. . 7 aa INDENBURG was elected, tho the capitalist class would be equally well pleased with Marx. Hindenburg however, fills the bill nicely. Now what happens? Hindenburg was ex- coriated by the socialist press as a monarchist and kaiserite. But a few days ago the premiers of the various states in the German confederation met to pay their respects to Von Hin- denburg, and who was the spokesman? None other than the socialist Otto Braun, premier of Prussia! And Braun delivered a pretty speech pledging the loyalty of all Germany to the no- torious military butcher. The first book of children’s stories ever is- sued by the Communist movement in this country Workers’ Fairy Tales for Children by Herminia Zur Miihlen Translated by IDA DAILES wita four beautiful full-page two-color drawings and cover design by LYDIA GIBSON and many smaller drawings from the orig- inal edition. A fascinating collection of fairy tales from a working class view-point that you will en- joy and children will be delighted with. This volume marks the first appearance in English of the work of a German writer of children's stories of the very first rank... with a translation that catches the beauty of these stories and brings the warmth and feel- ing of the working class and its aspirations. _ A real children’s story book, size 9x12 inches, with large clear type and a durable, leather-like cover. 75 CENTS EACH (Cloth bound $1.25) The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Bivd. preveferereiefelelefelelelerese. ’ Chicago, Ill. EXPEL KAPLAN, COMMUNIST, IN G.L.U. AT ‘LOS’ Reactionary War on the Militants Is Renewed (Continued from page 1) primary elections, which took place Tuesday, May 12th. I would like to express one particular phase of this election campaign, and that phase concerns a man who was defeated as candidate for the school board. “It is sometimes possible that a de- feat may be actually a victory, if one consider the facts in the case, just as it is possible for an apparent vic- tory, to be in reality a defeat. Such a defeated victory was in my opinion, the defeat of Emanuel Levine, Com- munist candidate for school board. Despite the limited means at the com- mand of his committee, and his black- listing by the ‘official’ labor move- ment, Mr. Levine received over 26,- 000 votes; the votes of workers. “Mr. Levine made a fight both against nationalism and against reli- gion, he opposed the teaching of these in the public schools. His sagen} was one of Communism: the indus- tries for the workers. His immediate demands were: The school for edu- cation and not for profit, to be run by the teachers and not by those behind the school board. Tells of Levine’s Expulsion “This same Emanuel Levine was some months ago expelled from the Office Employes’ Union, at the behest of the officers of this council, because of his Communist affiliations. It has been clearly demonstrated in this election, that the workers are for Le- vine, that they are radical where this council is ultra-conservative. I am personally elated and happy at the success—for a success it is—of Ema- nuel Levine. The Workers (Commun- ist) Party seems to be making won- derful progress, even tho this labor body balks it at every step.” Directly Kaplan had finished the fight started. Anna Peterson, one of Horn’s cogs in the machine, rose and piped forth: “Mr. Chairman, are we here to listen to Communism? or are we here to talk on trade unionism? I protest against this delegate speaking con- tinually on Communism.” President Buzzel, another henchman of Horn, immediately suggested that the chair is open to receive a motion dealing with the delegate. The great Brother Horn himself then addressed the life and death question to Kaplan: “Are you a° member of the Com- munist or Worker’s Party?” Proud of His Communism Kaplan, without hesitation replied, “Yes I am a member of the Workers (Communist) Party, and very proud of it too. It is the only party I would ever be a member of.” From then on everything ran to or- der. There was no skidding whatever. Brother Horn himself then addressed diately supported that Brother Kap lan’s credentials be sent back to his union, and altho the debate lasted for over an hour, it was apparent from the first what the vote would be. Brother Kaplan was practically given no opportunity to defend himself, as the chairman regarded the question a closed one, insofar as the sitting of Communists in the council was con- cerned. One delegate, a building trades worker, stated that he had been a member of the union for 83 years, was not a Communist, but was op posed to expelling Kaplan because of his affiliation. The arguments for expulsion, led by Brother Horn, were all the old gags used against Communism, cou- pled with an attack on Kaplan's at- titude towards the Peoples Bank. It was made to appear as tho Kaplan wanted to destroy the bank, and as practically all the delegates of the council own stock in the bank, they | were intimidated to vote for expul- sion. Ex-president Hassal was almost comical when he delivered himself of the following: “Go back to Russia, to your Moscow Soviets, we don’t want you here, and leave our country to us. We are satisfied with our constitution and with our government, and we never want to change it.” It is apparent, judging by previous cases, that Brother Kaplan will be expelled at the forthcoming ‘meeting of the Office Employes’ Union from his local, and trade unionism in Los Angeles, will against be saved from the Moscow Reds. The vote for expulsion was 53 to 6. Many delegates who were actually ‘against expulsion were afraid to vote lseated. The council is infested and | controlled by officials of all the and with jobs being very |} unions, munist! | in favor of Kaplan, and remained scarce now, delegates were afraid to take side with the Communist, against the reactionaries. Martial Law Continues In Lisbon. LISBON, Portugal, May 17.— Maj. Ferreira Amaral, commander of the “safety state police,” was severely wounded in a street fight here. Mar- tial law still prevails. Get a sub—make another Com. — (Special the Baty Worker) LONDON, May 17.—For an hour Priday afternoon work at Carmelite House, where Lord Rothermere’s newspapers, the Dally Mail, the Eve ning News and the Weekly Dispatch, are published, was held up by a strike of 1,500 workers, all the cler- ical, mechanical and publishing staffs of the organization. The dispute arose over the threat- ened dismissal of a news clerk and the employment of two non-union clerks. The management acceded to the employes! demands. SLIMY EDITOR BLUFFS FAKERS INTO. SILENCE Threatens, Exposure of Shady ‘Deals By STEPHEN, Worker Correspondent , PITTSBURG .. Pa—At several in- stances during last few weeks the honest trade. | of Pittsburgh thought they were going to be treat- ed to an ex of the activities of some of their corrupt officials. But no sooner had the fire started when some of those involved turned on the water hose with the result that the flames were subdued. Defended Beattie the Spy On several occasions Arthur’ Ire- land, editor of the Labor Free Press, a fake labor sheet, came in for sev- ere lacing by the delegates of the Pittsburgh Central Labor Union. The criticism was directed first at certain articles that he printed during the Beattie trial, not one of which ex- posed Beattie as a spy. But the climax mwas reached when Ireland attacked the Building Trades Council for the Manner in which they were gathering advertising for their year book. He was called before the Central Labor n to explain and at the time it ed as if the body would withdraw, endorsement from the Labor Free Press. Arthur Ir gppeared before the council like a strutting cock defying retract any sta lish all that was said, which would do more damage. an the stories so far appearing, , » Fakers Have. Change of Heart. Then the cry went up that such ex- posure was not good for the labor movement. The movement they refer- red to, is its offftialdom, because no rank and filer Was even mentioned. Finally a motiof#°was made to take the endorsement ‘away from the Free Press, but by a clever parliamentitary move the motion’ was declared out of order. ’ Altho he admitted that his paper was indebted to Lew McGrew, labor buzzard and pubNsher of the notori- ous Labor World) and that the Free Press is being printed in Lew Mc- Grew’s plant, all Arthur has to do now in order to keep the endorsement of the C. L. U. is to-see the executive board before he writes up any of the fakers. Talk it up—your shopmate will subscribe! Cal Takes Part in League of Nations But Not Formally GENEVA, May 17.— Theodore E. Burton, American representative to the league of nations conference on the control of a traffic, is endeav- oring to maintafp the position that altho the Coolidge government is anxi- ous to sign the convention, entrance to the league of nations will not be tolerated. : Burton is trying to have the con- vention amended so that Ooolidge’s “friendly collaboration” with the league will not be formally accepted as his formal participation in the league. As it stands, the agreement pro- vides that the Teague council shall enact the arms parley convention. The league of nations:is controlled by the world powers, who use it as an in- strument to keep: the weaker nations in subjection. Red-baiting Sleuth Burns, to Protect Bankers’ Property A contract has been signed between the American Bankers’ Association and the Burns mational detective agency, renewing for three yeais the services which Burns gave the bank- ers in “protecting” them against forg- ery. William J. Burns, who was involved in the Teapot Dome, and other gov- ernment scandals, was forced out of his office as head of the department of justice, when disclosures were made of graft in the attorney general's ofice under the regime of Harry Daugherty. Burns took an active part in raids on radical organizations { ee vent AES . —_—— Railway Work Aid to the R By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. 3 A 8p ie Sols every port of the world. the red airfleets. struggle for world victory. jinsky Escadrille” possible, is wicz,” in memory of the two peace. oppression. The workers of Russia are not pacifists. nothing from capitalism except war to the hilt. They fought for and won their victory over their own industrial overlords, high financiers and great landlords. They have established a strong rear guard for the world social revolution. expect the workers of other lands to join them in the "TODAY, the air fleets of the Union of Soviet Republics are re-enforced by the addition of the “Djerjinsky Escadrille” of 31 airplanes, bought with the railway and transport workers Nowhere alse in the world do workers present the ment under which they live with airplanes. This could only take place in the Soviet Union, where the workers have a prime interest in the defense of their victory over czarism. ”- oo 7 * 2 yp subscriptions of the of the workers’ republics. vern- Felix E. Djerjinsky, after whom this new air squadron is named, is now the head of the supreme economic council of the workers’ republics, one of Russia’s oldest revolution- aries, veteran of many struggles of Russia’s working class, before and since the czardom fell. ‘ More recently he has been among those leading the mighty drive for the reconstruction of industry thruout the Soviet Union, and the fact that the workers in the trans- portation industry have betowed this high honor upon him, shows in what high esteem he is held by the Russian masses. * * * The “Djerjinsky Escadrille” will be heard from again; just as the Russian railway and transport workers are being heard from regularly as they build and run what in time will become the most effective and efficient transportation s tem in the world. Altho the Soviet Union lost a considerable stretch of railway line, by the separation of the border states, nevertheless, today’s railway mileage is greater than it was in the czarist days before the war. The ships of the Soviet Union now carry the red flag of the workers’ republics into It is the workers who are makin this development possible, that realize they must detent the progress they are making against world capitalism. Therefore they provide for the red army, the red fleet and They expect They One of the striking evidences of the world outlook of those railway and transport workers, who made the “Dijer- the fact that two of those 31 red airplanes were named “Baginski” and “Wierzorkie- Communists murdered by the emissaries of the Polish white guard government, on the day they were to be exchanged for a Polish priest held prisoner in Soviet Russia... Thus this crime committed against work- ers’ rule will rise to torment western European capitalism, as the Russian workers intend it should. * It is only when the workers have won and consolidated their world victory that they will be able to say that the war to end all wars has ended; that all nations may now live in _ American jingoes cry for great air fleets to support American imperialism plant its dollar standards over -the world; to bring the world under its profiteers’ oppression. Russian workers provide an airfleet for their proletarian dictatorship to help liberate world labor from this capitalist Let America’s workers get that difference. OPEN SHOP DRIVE LOCKS OUT 2,000 UNION PAINTERS Boston Bosses to Try Open War on Union se (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, May 17.—Acting on a de- cision reached at a meeting yester- day, the Painting and Decorating Em- ployers’ Association of this city Fri- day formally withdrew all the offers made to the painters’ district council and started work on an open shop basis. Twenty-two firms announced that they were preparing to man their jobs with new help, giving union and non- union men the same treatment. A maximum wage of $1.10 an hour was offered for experienced painters. Negotiations between the union and the association were in progress for six weeks, the men demanding a wage of $1.25 an hour. About 2,200 painters Geclared a strike some time ago to en- force their demands. Bittner Wins in the Capitalist Court But Union Loses a Local WHEELING, W. Va., May 17.—Unit- ed Mine Workers, in the federal dis- trict court here, won their second fight today, in their court fight to unionize the coal flelds of the Pan- ihandle district. | Judge W. E. Baker handed down an opinion in the case brot by the West | Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal company, in which a score of officials and mem- | bers of the miners’ organization were cited for contempt, finding for the min- ers. However, the spiritless leadership of Van Bittner in depending upon co- operation with the state police and relying upon court decisions to build the union, is seen by many miners as a source of weakness and not of strength—-and is cited as a cnuse for during the war hysteria. te. ee ee ae OE BEY ANON ETE AES < the break in the union at Shinnston. | OPEN SHOPPER PASSES ALONG BUT THE UNION IS STILL ON THE JOB (Special to The Dally Worker.) NEW ORLEANS, May 17.— Thomas D. Perry, superintendent of the Item composing room, one of the men who helped to put New Orleans on the open shop map as far ag the printing business is con- cerned is dead. Perry was born In Philadelphia, learned his trade on the open shop papers in that city; later a staunch supporter of the Los Angeles Times, he voluntarily came to this city to break the strike of Typographical Union No. 17. He succeeded; today he lies in a lone- ly grave, while the union is still on earth, badly battered, but stjil alive. Switchmen’s Chief Flays “Bill” Lee, Class-Collaborator (Continued from page 1.) ment on the preceding quotation: “To ihe foregoing statement I make this observation: That the fact that ‘Bill’ Lee is too close to the railways is admitted specifically and generally, and both wholly and part’ may be an asset to ‘Bill’ Lee. It is, however, a peculiar statement to use in support of a leader representing labor. And as to it being an asset to the B. of R. T. organization, the members of that organization are best able to be the judge.” A Scab Herder. Evidently Lee thinks it is his heayen-sent duty to drag the rest of the railroad workers into the road owners’ corral. He has competitors. The only difference between Lee and his foes is one of degree. The fakers are quarrelling among each other for the spoils. None of them care a straw for the interests of the membership of their organizations. Lee's publicity agent is Robert E. Ward of the Hearst syndicate. Ward was formerly employed by the Chica- go Journal of Commerce. : . Does your friend subscribe to |the DAILY WORKER? Ask him! Internal Dissensios Over Dawes Plan (Special to The Dally Worker) monarchist leadership of Field Mar. shal von Hindenburg is already faced with vexing problema, both Internally and in relation to the foreign coun- tries, which might at any time bring about a crisis. : The monarchists, who claim the ex- clusive right to exploit the German working class, demand that the French troops evacuate the Cologne birdge- head, In his latest speech, made at Cologne, Chancellor Luther declared the occupation by the French is a yio- lation of the Versailles treaty, and la- mented the fact that France has given no reasons for continuing the occupa- tion, F . Luther, who said he spoke for Hin- Tdenburg, also expressed impatience at the delay of France and England in agreeing as to action on the proposal of a “security pact,” by means of which the monarchists hope to extend the eastern frontier of Germany at Poland’s expense. Dawes Plan Swallows R. R.’s, The German railway owners have already protested to Hindenburg against the Dawes plan. Dr. Stieler, and general director, Oeser, of the German railway system, have pointed out to Hindenburg that the Wall Street Dawes plan imposes well nigh impossible payments on the German railroads, the only alternative being control of the railways directly by the international bankers. Hindenburg replied he didn’t know what he could do about it. Hindenburg’s pay has been raised by the’ reichstag to $45,000 a year, a boost of $15,000. He gets his lodging free in the presidential mansion. Socialists Friendly to War Lord. Internally Hindenburg also has his vexations. He has had little trouble with the socialists, however. Otto Braun, candidate of the socialists in the first presidential election, now premier of Prussia, warmly congratu- lated Hindenburg on his election. Hindenburg was a great friend of the dead socialist president, Ebert, who on his part, greatly admired the war lord. The extreme monarchists have criticised Hindenburg, in their press, for his praise of the socialist, Bbert. They point out that even tho they know that his statements are hypo- critical, that his seeming acceptance of the republic may be misunderstood by some of his supporters. Communists Gain Support. Prominent German liberals, includ- ing parlimentarians, scholars, profes- sors and others, have issued a signed protest against the sentences passed recently on sixteen Communists sen- tenced in the German “cheka trial” frameup by thé Leipsic supreme court. The protest declares that Ludendorff, Hitler and other “revolutionists” are still at large, and prejudiced judge- ment has been displayed against the Communists. The Communist Party remains the only group in Germany which consis- tently fights against the Dawes plan, for the raising of the standard of liv- ing of the German workers and the overthrow of the exploiting system by the workers. Russian Workers Demand Release of Bulgarian Reds (Continued from page 1) and starved in the Bulgarian prisons. Delegations of peasants’ and work- ers’ organizations called at the Brit- ish, French and Italian missions and urged that these countries protest against the proposed public murder of the Bulgarian workers. An editorial in the Pravda, accord- ing to news dispatches, states “Bour- geois Europe, with a smile on its face indorses this horrible sight. Whil¢ these executions are occurring, we ask the workers and peasants to listen to what we have to tell them. We tell them in the class war there can |e no mercy. The time will come when (ae white terrorists and the represent- atives of the bourgeois will be in the hands of the workers. Therefore, re- member today’s lesson from Sofia— no mercy. “We know that these Communists in Bulgaria will perish with the belief that from their bones will rise a vic- torious revolutionary army. We swear we shall avenge them. The workers will settle accounts with their hang- men. Conference for Child Welfare Advised to Go Deeper Into Problem NEW YORK, May 17.—Speeches on thé need of a home for every child and the way to get conservation of ichild life in this country were made at the opening meeting of the na- tional welfare convention with more than 100 delegates representing every | state present. ee aon rr 7 : BERLIN, Germany, May 17—The | a
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. ’ y on bp "Eee “SVE ATHY Boast of “Open Shop” and Low Wages By ESTHER LOWELL, “(reditt Sted Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, May 17.—(FP)—That foreign city New York is having a re markable demonstration of the pure Anglo-Saxon ku klux klan spirit of the industrial south in the Southern Wx- position held in Grand Céritral Palace. In exhibit after exhibit the mannufac- turers, railroad, real estate and other boosters of the south brag about the nearly 100 per cent American popula- tion, docile labor, lack of Jabor laws, and low wages. In the Georgia Railway & Power Co.’s booklet, for instance, there is the brazen brag that “Georgia laws per mit 60 hours work per week in cot- ton mills. Women as well as men, and youths of 16 or over, may work at night.” And later: “One authority states that within his recollection no proposed measure, aimed against man- ufacture, ever has been given even |. serious consideration in the state”— referring to labor laws. South Pays Low Wages. The low wages paid are advertised to induce northern capitalists south- ward: “Machinists, $24.60; electri- clans, $35; engineers, $18; firemen, $10; spinners, $12.18; boarders, $12.80; carders, $12.80; examiners, $9.50; dyers, $12.25; finishers, $9.75; sewers, $9.20; knitters, $13.60; loopers, $15; laborers, $9” average weekly. Lowest wages in cotton mills are quoted from the Georgia commerce and labor department and show that males under 14% get $3 weekly; frem 14% to 16,.$3 to $6; over 16, $5 to $10. Females under 14%, $3; 14% to 16, $4 to $14; over 16, $5 to $10.- The rail- road also advertises that in north Georgia the mill labor comes from the Blue Ridge mountains where the ple were “hardened to much rougher work” and as a consequence “have re garded the life of an operative as one of comparative ease at an interesting task.” Boasts of Doclie Slaves. Alabama in a state booklet boasts of its native born labor of predominant- ly Anglo-Saxon descent. Negro labor fs used in the fron and steel industry, the Alabama booklet states, and “is charactetrized by its tractfbility and is rarely susceptible to those disturbing influences common in sections where the foreign element dominates the in- dustrial field.” Governor Thomas G. McLeod of South Carolina on his state’s day at the exposition took pains to tell the world about the “ruddy glow” in the faces of mfll operatives’ children and what fine living conditions they have and how happy they are instead of living in hovels and working in the mills long hours. Greenville, S. C., has an extensive exhibit to prove that it is the “textile center of the south,” but conditions of labor in the city are not advertised at all! There are 132 _of South Oarolina’s 164 cotton mills in the vicinity of Greenville and many of the mills has displays of their prod- ucts but no pictures of the mill vil- lages. The industrial bureau of the Atlan- ta, Ga.. chamber of commerce posts a sign in its booth: “Atlanta is an open shop town.” Brimingham brags that its steel mills increased their. work during the 1919 steel strike. The Manufacturers’ Record, a Baltimore, Md., organization of reactionary pub- lishers, announces at the entrance to the exposition that it “stands for rigid enforcement of the law as the only salvation of the nation from social- istic, Bolshevistic, anarchistic spirit” rising in this country.and filling Eu- rope! If the ku klux klan ftself had a booth at the exposition, no one could be surprised, so well have southern capitalists taken up its spirit for their profit! In Bad Company. There is one Negro exhibit, how- ever, that of Dr. George W. Carver of Tuskegee who has on display his dis- coveries of paint from Macon county olay, sweet potato products and pea- nut products. Use Dynamite on Wreck. Memphis, Tonn., -May 15.—Dynamite was recorted to this afternoon in an effort to break u pthe wvreck.of the steam boat Norman, submerged in the Mississippi, 16 miles below Mem- phis. The explosive was expected finally to disclose whether any of the 18 bodies sought are still confined in the hull. peo- | are OUT PUT OF FARM MACHINERY BY SOVIET RUSSIA STEADILY MOUNTS Moscow, Nea 17- Books for Villages The state publishing bureau has issued 100,000 libraries, consisting of 100 books each for the use in villages, charging 6 gold rubles per library, the cost price. The books are largely of an agricultural and scientific nature. Special radio programs are also being arranged of interest to the peas- ants in the villages. In addition to instrumental and vocal programs, lec- tures on agriculture cattle rasing and other subjects pertaining to the de velopment of the farms are broadcast. Agriculture in Ukrainia The Ukrainian Hoonomic Council has completed its plan for the de- velopment of agriculture in Ukrainia. The plan provides for melioration, re- distribution of the land, and various other measures necessary for the desired development. To carry out this plan 190,127,000 gold rubles are necessary. It is hoped that the plan will be carried out in its entirety by 1931, Exhibition of Machinery A Trans-Caucasian exhibition of agricultural machinery will be opened in October in Tiflis. Soviet and for- eign manufacturers will participate. Machinery suitable to the demands of this region will be particularly well represented. Dirigibles Vs. Aeroplanes It has been found that dirigibles uch more effective in fighting agricultural pests than aeroplanes. The reasons for, this are that the dirigibles can carry more freight, and are more easily managed for low fly- ing. Reserve Supplies of Grain The department of domestic com- merce have markets of Ukrainia. It was found that Ukrainia has plenty of grain one 5th of which is wheat. It is in the possession of wealthy peasants and it is expected that it will appear on the market during the early days of May. According to the reports of this de- | partment, also, the conditions of the winter crop is excellent. A considerable activity has been no- ticed on the Siberian market. This is due to the fact that the purchasing power of the Siberian peasants has increased about 100 per cent. Widow Gets $20,000 from Railroad Which Killed Her Husband ST. LOUIS, May 17.—Mrs. Florence McAllister, whose husband was killed in course of his employment as a switchman for the Merchants’ Termin- al railway, has been awarded $20,000 by a circuit court jury here. The rail- road pleaded contributory negligence on the part of McAllister, but the plaintiff convinced the jury that the accident was due to defective coup- ling devices. ¢ jal to The Dally Worker) following table will reveal the continuous growth of output of agricultural machinery in Soviet Russia. This is due among other reasons, to the éxtension of long term credits to the peasantry, to the specialization in certain industries on this type of machinery, and to the reduction of prices. It will be seen that the production of ploughs was trebled during the year and that there was great progress thruout in the output of the various agricultural machines: Output of Agricultural Machinery (in number of units) Oct. 1923 Sept. 1924 . Oct. 1924 Ploughs 9,412 23,321 27,839 Harrows 8,965 10,424 12,707 Drill Machines 504 1,147 1,253 Reaping Machines 868 1,291 1,571 Horse windlasses 463 2,351 2,663 . Winnowing Machines 1,420 1,721 2,244 Sorting Machines 594 1,092 1,093 Scythes we 70,639 34,925 89,229 ‘s investigated the grain: Milwaukee Repeats “Beauty and Bolshevik” So that everyone who was unable to see the Russian feature films, “The Beauty and the Bolshevik” and “Rus- sia in Overalls” will have another chance, they will be run over again under the auspices of the Slovak Sick and Death Benefit Society at the Slo venian Home, Milwaukee, on May 30. These films recently had a very suc- cessful showing in Pabst Theater. The working class movement in this stronghold of labor reformism is in- tensely interested in these movies, every film ever issued by the Interna- tional Workers’ Aid having been shown here despite the covert opposi- tion of the socialist crowd who re- fused even the news reports usually printed by the capitalist press. The picture on the first of May program, in the opinion of the audience, was butchered by a hostile operator, and this Slovenian Hall was used two days later to give the fighting film a fair showing before a large and enthu- siastic crowd. Workers of all nationalities will co- operate to make this second showing fully as successful as the first. Trade War On In Argentina. BUENOS AIRES, May 17.—The bit- ter trade war now going on in South America between Great Britain and the United States has broken out here in cutthroat competition between English and American packing com- panies. The Anglo-Dutch company ‘has bowed to the packing trust of the United States, deciding to with- draw from the field on account of con- tinued losses. Swift and company announces that they were losing money in Ar- gentine, but will not close, Some quar- ters reported that the two trusts had entered into an agreement by which one would close during a depression ) period, the profits or losses being split later. Judge To Rule on Injunction. ‘ing argument over a petition for an injunction and a motion to quash by America, announcement was made by Judge Saturday morning in the case of West Virginia- Pittsburgh Coal company versus John L. Lewis, international president of the miners, and nine offi- cials of that organization. Mexico Sende Labor Envoy to Rugsia MEXICO CITY, May 15.—The Mexi- can government has appointed addi- tional labor delegates to Russia, Ger- many, France and Argentina, who will leave this month to study the labor sitiuation in those countries. CHAIN GROCERIES USING BOYS AT LOW PAY TO BREAK CLERKS’ UNIONS By CARL HAESSLER (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Boys and youths are being used of Retail Clerks. to do his buying now hires two boys Boys are started for almost noth $40 a week. In the end the store whi ants, stores hang another scaip on their belts. Of the 16,000 grocery clerks in Chi- cago less than 5 per cent are now organized. The A. & P. chain stores will immediately discharge a man sus- pected of union affiliation. The Na- tional Tea is not much better. The Royal Blue chain stores alone are friendly toward labor organization. The union scale is $20, $36 and $40 s, me NEGRO DIPLOMAT QUICKLY MOVED WASHINGTON, May 17.—(FP)—Clifton R. Wharton, a Massachusetts Negro, law clerk at the state department, has arrived at Monrovia, Liberia, as diplomatic secretary to Solomon Porter Hood, American minister to the black republic. Wharton was one of diplomatic and foreign service schoo the entrance examinations. Before t the 19 applicants for training in the 1, out of 100 candidates, who passed he school was opened by the depart- ment on April 20, however, he was given an appointment and shipped off. That left 18 young white men as the tions at the hands of local matrons. student body, ready for social invita- Wharton is declared by the depart- ment to have welcomed his Immediate graduation. There are three other Negroes in the service—consuls in French territory. : shuts up shop and the chain a week, depending on length of serv- | to drive the experienced men out of the work of grocery clerking in Chicago, says business representative Fred O’Brock of Grocery Clerks Local ,694, International Protective Association The grocery proprietor who used to leave at least one reliable and mature assistant in charge while he went to commission row instead. ing while an experienced clerk draws ch formerly maintained the owner and his family, the clerk and his family and helped start a couple of other assist- ; = ice. Union dues are $1.50 a month with the $16.50 initiation fee recently raised to $25. Unemployment a Factor The Chicago west side is the union's best territory. But even there pro prietors that once cordially greeted the union business representatives are surly and hostile while the general unemployment makes clerks always in danger of losing their jobs. For this the cnain stores are also ‘to blame. Their competition makes ‘the individual owners frantic with fears of bankruptcy and their anti- union policy tends to be contagious. A good groceryman will be tempted to abandon his precarious living and take the first offer by the chains to make him a store manager with a fixed salary and no private business worries. First rate clerks in chain stores are promoted but as a rule do ferred or docked for alleged shortages. The chains prefer to put another in- dividual rival out of business ing him a store mandger. > WHEELING, W. Va., May 17.—End- counsel for United Mine Workers of W. E. Baker in federal court, that a ruling would be made not get very far before being —t ameecopiadpa bas OF MPLS. HIRES SCAB *STENOG" Reacti of C, L. U. Defend Non-union Help By DAN W. § W. STEVENS (Special to The Dally Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 17.— Stenographers’ Union No. 17661 tem- porarily injected a spark of life inte that morgue mismamed the Minnea- polis Central Labor Union when a commententeny Was read from the ¢ requesting that bor Temple Asso- ® the “unfair list” grapher employed Labor Tempre past 14 months - Stenographers’ executive board t a letter to the Daily Star the Brotherhoods’ Nation- al Bank the Franklin Co-operative Creamery and the Labor Temple As- sociation re ' these concerns that their office workers were not members of the. and requesting that they insist pon them joining. The only answer received was from the Franklin and their of- fice workers are organized. Wm. Maley, ness agent of Steam- fitters’ Union ‘B39 attempted to justity the position of the Labor Temple Association in employing scab help by stating that there was an ulterior motive beliind the request of Stenographers’ Union No. 17661, and asked how much stock of the Labor Temple Association had been bought by members of the stenographers. Miss Jewell Flaherty brought much applause from the delegates when she answered’ Maley by saying that the stenographers would have bought stock in the L. T. association long ago if a union stenographer had been employed. B *Take No ‘Action John Sincoe is the president and paid agent of the or Temple Asso- ciation and intdins an elaborate suite of offices in the Andrus Build- ing. The 8 her in question was formerly ber of commerce. § of Fire Fighters’ with Maley is a stdunch supporter of the reactionary réd-baiting gang in the C. L. U. The whole trouble hinges around the fact that ‘several Commun- ists and sympa ts make-up the active membership of Stenographers’ ‘Union No. 17661 and of course the fakers in control of the Labor Temple Association don’t Waht"their chamber of commerce sten pher to became contaminated with Communism. _Indorse Amer Fascists The communication was referred to \the grievance committee and a re- port will be submitted at the next meeting. The C. Les. also endorsed the “poppy day” of the American Le- gion to raise money for this fascista gang. ) Baldwin Locomotive; Sues Roumania. BUKHAREST, May 17.—The trial of the Baldwin Locomotive company’s suit against the Réumanian govern- ment to recover an outstanding bal- ance of approximatdély $2,000,000 for locomotives delivered in 1919 and 1920 was begun here. The Baldwin company is very wary about dealing with Soviet Russia for fear payments will not be made, al- tho Russia has never failed to live up to contracts. “Open Shop” Mayor Hits Poor ST. LOUIS, May 17.—The “open shop” mayor of St. Louis, whose seat is being contested for alleged vote stealing, has helped kill appropria- tions for the munic lodging house and the legal aid reau which fur- nished counsel to defendants unable to pay. New K. K. K. Mystery. WASHINGTON, May 17.-— Myste- rious strangers who,occupy a big and mysterious suite of offices down-town in the capital deny that ku kiux klan headquarters have béen moved there from Atlanta. They. refuse to explain their own identity, but know all about the klan. Call Killer of Father Insane. After 24° minutes» deliberation, a jury here today found Robert Shaw, shell-shocked war veteran, who stab- bed his father, Bruce, to death with a German saber, insane. The verdict automatically brings his commitment to an aawane asylum. New Union Station in Use. The new $80,000,000 union station will be put into use immediately. The formal opening will be held on June 15, when railroad officials will speak. The train shed is now being used. Thieves Rob Royal Armory. MADRID, May 17.—Thieves robbed the royal armory of King Suintilag’ crown a&d of other objects of great historic value today. ——$_—_—— —~- Kian Croee Burns Forest. owe oe eae Y —_- “(Continued from page 1) SEATTLE UNIONISTS RALLY TO FENSE OF MEMBERS ILLEGALLY UNSEATED FROM LABOR COUNCIL refused to sign. 6,000 or More Signatures Expected. If this record is kept up, the six expelled delegates to the central la- bor council who are circulating the petition state that from five to ten thousaand signatures will be received within the next few weeks. Simul- taneously with the circulation of the | petition the six defendants have pub- lished the third of a series of leaflets showing the great danger to the labor movement of such arbitrary and auto- cratic actions. This third leaflet deals with the history of the case to date and will be quickly followed by a fourth, set- ting forth the basic reasons why the expulsions take place and revealing the sinister influences within the ranks of organized labor which are behind these expulsions. Of Interest to Ali Labor. Union nen thruout America as well as in Seattle should be alive to the imminent dangers lurking in the labor movement are to the fact that the policies of the enemies of the work- ers are being insidously introduced in the labor organization by the agent of organized capital. Co-operation with the bosses and be trayal of the real interest of the work- ers is now the avowed policy of many outstaanding leaders in the American labor movement, notably Johnston of the machinists, Hutcheson of the car- penters and Major General Berry of the printing pressmen. Undermines Strength of Unions. This program of class collaboration (instead of a militant program based upon the class interest of the work- ers) threatens the workers of America today with lower wages, longer hours and worse conditions than heretofore. In order to put such plans in opera- tion effectively the first essential is to rid the unions of the militant class conscious workers. Hence the attack upon these mili- tant Seattle workers whose statement and appeal we are printing as a warn- ing to workers everywhere, as to the methods that will be employed by re- actionary forces within the ranks of labor in order to lay the basis for a retreat of labor before the onslaught of the bosses by first ridding the unions of their real red blooded fighters: To the Membership of Organized Labor in Seattle: “Greeting—At the regular meeting of the Seattle Central Labor Council, held on Wednesday, January 28, 1925, a representive of the Labor Defense Council asked the privilege of the floor to speak on the Michigan crimin- al syndicalist cases. able debate the request was granted by 45 votes to 36. When the speaker took the floor about 18 delegates who had voted against the motion walked out in a body. A motion protesting against the Michigan syndicalist law was laid over when the hour for ad- journment came. “At the next meeting, Wednesday, February 5, after a week of feverish activity on the part of certain ele- ments in the council, a large number of new delegates were seated, some of whom represented unions which had not been affiliated with the coun- cil for many years, and it was freely stated by some of the new delegates, in the ante room of the council, that they had come there to expel the Com- munists. Motion Railroaded. “A resolution presented by the building trades council requesting that all Communists be unseated from the Central Labor Council, carried by a vote of 93 to 33. During the debate that lasted to a late hour, only one delegate opposed to the motion was able to obtain the floor. In fact the motion was railroaded thru the coun- cil. “On Wednesday, February 18, charg- es were filed against the undersigned by W. B. Bailey, J. N. Belanger, D. G. Williams, Chas. Hughes and G. W. Roberge, charging us with being mem- bers the Workers Party, a workers’ political organization. The charges were referred to the strike and griev- ance committee, of which. David Le- vine is chairman, and of which Severt Johnson is also a member, both of whom‘had actively sponsored the building trades resolution and were chiefly responsible for its adoption by the Seattle Central Labor Council. Disregard Council’s Rules. “At the meeting of Wednesday, March 18, the committee presented its report recommending that Havel. Jones and Price be unseated, and that Mohr, Carigon and Hansen be exonerated for lack of evidence. The council adjourned before a vote was taken, and discussion of the matter | 26, when an amendment was moved to |the committee’s report that all six defendants be expelled. After long discussion the motion to adopt ‘the committee report as amended was car- ried by 78 votes to 71. “The chair then ruled that the six defendants expelled, despite the fact that under Robert's Rules of Order, Which govern the council im this re- spect, a two-thirds vote is necessary for expulsion. In this connection, President Jepson stated that the two- thirds vote ncessary for expulsion had been obtained on February 5. WN, May l7--| “This decision means that the six acres of were burned | delegates were convicted before they rom ¢ try war by &@ 80-foot fiery | had been tried and two weeks before cross ilad in © cere-| charges were preferred against them - After consider- the findings of the strike and griev- ance committee to the council, not a piece of evidence of any kind was sub- mitted to show that any one of the defendants had ever in any way, said or done anything to disrupt or die- credit the labor movement. Neither was the committee able to prove that the defendants were members of a political party, except that the names of three of them appeared on the bal- lot as presidential electors in the gen- eral election of November, 1924. Denies Right of Opinion. Thruout the various debates and discussion the chair showed itself biased against the defendants by arbi- rary rulings on numerous occasions. The expulsion of these six delegates is contrary to all the traditions and principles of organized labor, nies the right of all members within the ranks of organized labor to hold whatever political opinions they see fit. The action also violates the pledge given to the candidate on join- ing the various local unions, which pledges guarantee that the obligation will not conflict with political or re- ligious beliefs. “Since the unseating of the six dele- gates each one of them has received a vote of confidence from his local union, and bas been returned to the Central Labor Council with new cre- dentials. Here again the constitution provisions of the American Federation of Labor have been flouted by the president of the Central Labor Council, who has refused to accept the creden- tials submitted by affiliated organiza- tions, in violation of the rules of the A. F. of L., which plainly state that credentials submitted by local unions shall be accepted. Locals Protest. “A great number of affiliated organ- izations have protested vigorously against these autocratic and arbitrary expulsions, among them being the fol- lowing Metal Trades Council, Bakers’ No. 9., Machinists No. 79, Painters No. 300, Building Laborers No. 242, Ship- wrights No. 1184, Longshoremen No. 1312, Millmen No. 338. “We present a brief statement here- with as to our connections with organ- ized labor, and we appeal to you to protest against these vicious tactics, and appeal to you to do everything in your power to assist us in our fight to regain our rights within the ranks of labor, knowing as you do that ‘an injury to one is an injury to all,’ and that the injustice which we suffer from today may tomorrow be inflicted upon other members (who may also hold opinions contrary to those held by some members in the council) if this incident is allowed to pass unchal- lenged. “Signed): Paul K. Mohr, Bakers No. 9, M. Hansen, Painters No. 300, J. C. Carigon, Shipwrights No. 1184, J. Havel, Bookkeepers and Stenograph- ers No. 16304, H. G. Price, Machin- ists No. 79, W. H. Jones, Painters No. 300, Committee of Six Defendants, April 30, 1925.” Records of Unseated Delegates. P. K. Mohr helped to organize the first Bakers’ Union in Seattle in 1889, was its first president at the time when the union won its first strike. After leaving Seattle and living on a farm for several years, Mohr returned to Seattle and again took up active work in his union, being elected to three state conventions and being sent as a fraternal delegate from the Wash- inton State Federation of Labor to the Oregon State Federation of Labor. At- tended the national convention of the Bakers’ Union at Cincinnati, was pres- ident of the Seattle Central Labor Council for a term of years, and has been assistant secretary of the Bakers’ Union for five years. M. Hansen has been an active mem- ber of the Painters’ Union, is a mem- ber of the executive board of that un- ion and has served several terms as delegate to the Painters’ District Council and to the Central Labor Council, J. C. Carlson joined the Carpenters’ Union in 1916, has been a member in good standing ever since, has been a delegate to the Seattle Central Labor Council for three years, and at the present time he is vice-president of his local union. J. Havel joined the Office Employes’ Union No. 16304 six and one-half years ago, shortly thereafter he was elected was resumed on Wednesday, March | a delegate to the Seattle Central La- , bor Council, and with the exception | of two terms has been a delegate rep- |, resenting the same organization con- tinually, is at present and has been for three years recording secretary for his local union. H. G. Price has been a member of organized labor for twenty First joined B. of F. & E., joined the B. of L. E., has been a mem- _ber of the I. A. M. seven years, hold- ‘ing office on executive board Metal | Trades Council, | Central Labor Council, delegate to the | board of trustees of the Labor Temple , Association. W. H. Jones is a member of the Painters’ Union since 1912 and has been in good standing ever since. Helped to organize Local 565, Minot, N. D., was charter member of this lo- cal union, and was treasurer for three years of Local 784; has beer for two years a member of the executive board of Local 300, and also two years a delegate to the Central Labor Coun- cll and was elected business repre- on February 19, In the report giving | Which office he still holds, and de- | to the state of war, and suggesting STANDARD OIL PEDDLES LOONEY GAS IN EUROPE Govermanank Bi eady to Give Trust Whitewash (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, May 17-—(¥P)—Rep- resentatives from the American Fed- eration of Labor and from the Work- ers’ Health Bureau will attend the special conference called by Surgeon- General Hugh S. Cummings to inves- tigate tetra-ethyl lead gasoline, “loo- ney gas.” Organized labor was in- vited by the United States Public Health Service in charge of the meet, which was called following protests against the bureau of mines report de- claring that tetra-ethyl lead im exhaust gases of autos is harmless, A criticism of the bureau of mines report/by Dr. Alice Hamilton of Har vard, Dr. Paul Reznikoff and Grace M. Burnham, director of Woskers’ Health Bureau will be made pubile at the conference. Delegates will be scientists, medical experta, labo rep- resentatives and producers of tetra- ethyl lead gasoline. Since the | of five workers at the Bayway ard Ol plant, New Jersey, from tetra ethyl lead poisoning, the “leenay has been a.public concer, Workers’ Health Bureau urged orgah- ized labor to protest against the gale of the treated gasoline and s The bureau asked lsbor te investigation of the new gasoling by a competent body. Altho the Ethyl Gasoline sorpora- tion claims that it has stopped produc ing the “looney gas” pending the eut- come of the Washington conference, a New York newspaper reports that a vigorous campaign for the usg of the gasoline is being carried on in Burope, particularly in France. Switserland banned the use of the tetra-ethyl lead gasoline when Dr. H. Zangger, profes- sor of forensic medicine, Zurich Uni- versity, showed the danger of the product to the public as well as to manufacturing workers and garage employes. Philly Unions Call for Boycott on Big League Ball Club WASHINGTON, May 27-—Because the owners of the Philadelphia base ball club, in the American league, vio- lated their written agreement with the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor, and employed non-union iron erectors and hoisting engineers, thru a éontractor, in constructing new grandstends this season, organized labor is at war with them. Philadelphia's Central Labor Council and Building Trades Counc!l have de clared a boycott on the ball park. Sec- retary Tracy of the buflding trades department is about to issue cireular letters to building trades coancils thruout the country, calling ettention that nobody can compel a union man to attend a game in which the Ath- letics take part. So flagrant is the violation of con- tract in this affair that Ban Johnson, president of the league, who signed the original agreement, made @ ges ture of protest to the owners, This empty plea made no impresaiog] on the owners, who entrusted the job to a contracting firm which employed carpenters and other craftamep be- longing to unions, but who refused to employ union steel erectors and hoist- ing engineers. Foreign Exchange. NEW YORK, May 17.—Great Brit- ain, pound sterling, demand 485 346; cable 4857-16. France, franc, demand 5.20%; cable 5.20%. Belgium, frapa demand 6.04%; cable 5.05%. Italy, lira, demand 4.07%; cable 407%. Sweden, krone, demand 26.723 cable 26.75. Norway, krone, demand 16.71; cable 16.73. Denmark, krone, demand 18.70; cable 18.72. Germany, murk, unquoted. Shanghai, tael, demand 74.62%; cable 75.12%. years. | later on | | | WASHINGTON, Council Delegate to/| Birth Control! Fight In Boston, NEW YORK, May 17.—(FP)—The fight is on against Mayor James M. Curley’s ban on Boston discussions of birth control in publicly - licensed halls. Curley, watching his Irish- catholic constituency, allows oppo- nents of birth control free speech in public, but will not allow any hall- | owner to rent his place to birth con- trol advocates on penalty of revoca- tion of his license. nesthiabiaied Recorded. May 17.— The Georgetown university selsmograph recorded an earthquake of moderate intensity at 7:07 o'clock this morm ing. It continued seven minuted, Father Torndorf, seismographer of the university, estimated the seat of the quake to be approximately 4500 miles from here. Number of Painters Decreased NEW YORK, May 17.— (FP) — There are 25,000 fewer painters now than 10 years ago, H. G, Sidebottom, secretary New York Paint, Oj] and Varnish Olub, says. He claims that the United States uses 70 per cent sentative of District Council No. $1, | more paint, but that the old house painters are getting fewer,
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4 “J 1 a ‘er ole a PRE ER RR “a ges tn a > F x ‘>. : “ee TRAP 0 A. i) es aa Wo aT REDS FORCED TO QUIT Article Against Crouch Angered Ex-Soldiers (Special to The Dally Worker) WARREN, Ohio, May 1/—Delegates to the United Labor Congress in Youngstown were notified by the edi- tor of the Labor Record, official or- gam of the labor unions in Mahoning and Trumbull counties that he has resigned as editor and his .resigna- tion was in the hands of the board of directors. A “Financial Faliure.” The editor, Harry Dechend, said that the paper was now a financial failure and that unless immediate as- sistance was given by the unions it would eventually have to suspend. A special session of the labor con- greas will be held on May 256, when the delegates from the unions will de- cide whether to support further publi- cation, to suspend; or to elect a new manager and editor. On April 30, the Labor Record pub- lished a leading editorial applauding the enemies of labor for jailing sol- diers Crouch ana Trumbull of the Hawatian Communist League and fur- ther tnvited the arrest of reds in gen- eral. Must Change Policy. The ex-servicemen in the unions and steel mills have bitterly condemn- ed the unfairness of such an attack, coming as it did from an alleged la- bor paper. a constructive policy of labor journal- ism seeking to educate and organize the steel workers. French Debt Talk is Smoke. WASHINGTON, May 17.—State de- partment advices from Paris show that thus far the French have not offered to put up any French security for payment of the war debt to the American treasury, either now or in | Caillaux seems to have— the future. created a lot of smoke without fuel of a substantial kind. Conversations have amounted to a suggestion by the French that they are willing that Germany pay America the four bil- lions that the French owe. —_——— : If the Labor Record is to | continue publication it must not only | have a new editor but also carry on | “IRREGULAR PROCEEDINGS” AND — “UNFAIR HEARING” IN DEPORTATION CASES, DEFENSE COUNCIL SHOWS started a few years ago. The Labor Defense Council wishes to call to the attention of all workers and all others concerning a decision of the cirouit court of appeals in the case of Nicholas Unger and Herman Husman of Minneapolis, against whom deportation proceedings for membership in the Communist Party were The department of labor, immigration bureau, has ordered these two workers deported and the United States district court, to which the case was appealed, upheld the decision. #— The higher court—the circuit court of appeals—reversed the decision re- cently. This court states that these two resident aliens were entitled to due process of law and fair hearing, which the court claimed they had not had at the previous hearings. The circuit court pointed out that there had been unauthorized and illegal introduction of “confidential” reports, that the proceedings had been irregular and and that these were principles of due a fair hearing. The governme: seems to be no longer deporting \@# kers for member- ship in the Comi®unist Party, altho such militant and radical workers are constantly and deliberately deported whenever the “powers that be” can find some sort of a technical offense to charge them with, such as, likely to become a public charge, improper visas, “illegal entry” and so on. It now remains to be seen whether the immigration officials will proceed in a new attempt to deport the two Minneapolis trade unionists, Unger is a member of the Milk Drivers’ Union and Husman is a member of the Machinists’ Union and a union of- ficial in the Twin City labor move- ment. The Labor Defense Council calls upon all workers and workers’ organ- ‘ization to report the cases of deporta- process of law ¢ tion or about which they can find out! |The Defense Council is now engaged ‘in a fight against the deportation |'menace. For this campaign funds |are needed. The new address of the ‘Labor Defense Council is 19 South | Lincoln St., Chicago, Il. The party grows large— All runs gaily, When subs are coming To “Our Daily.” Aalkeacte/ SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL CENTERS FOR BLIND ARE ORGANIZED IN MOSCOW (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, May 15.— The All- Union Congress of the Blind, the first of its kind, took place in Mos- cow. Nearly all the autonomous re- gimes and republics, with the ex- ception of Georgia were repre- sented. The congress has worked out a number of measures for labor among the blind in towne and vil- lages is to be undertaken by means of the peasants’ mutual aid com- mittees, and an izba (cottage) for the blind will be erected in every district. Special instructors will teach the blind to read and to do the kind of productive work in which the particular district is in- terested, and when the work of in- struction has been accomplished the izba will become an economic and cultural centre for the blind of the district. The cost\of putting up basket making and weaving appar- atus in each district will be about 25 and 300 rubles respectively. The government will make a grant of money for the purpose. in addition, kindergartens, ele- mentary and secondary schools, and technical schools for the blind will be organized in the largest centers of the Soviet Union. T. U. E. L. Pienic May 30. The first workers’ picnic of the year, given by the Trade Union Edu- | cational League of Chicago, will be | Altenheim Grove, held on May 30, Decoration Day, in to be reached by direct route on the Forest Park elevated line, and by transfer from the Madison streetcar to a suburban car. International Prospects and Bolshevization | Russia, and that after that it will} By G. “ZINOVIEV. I. Fundamental Tasks of Communist Tactics. The Tactical Problems of Our Times Are Practically a Question of Dates and Ways and Means in Connection With World Revolu- tion. OMRADES, we know that Marxism ‘and especially Leninism, which is the Marxism of our times, has given us the theory of world revolution. This theory has been sufficiently Germany would be the next country to which revolution will spread from spread thruout Europe. eight years after the revolutionary outbreak in Russia, after all the strug- gles which took place during these years in Europe, that the question ig raised and raised very further line of march of the prole- tarian revolution, whether it is the only possible way, the only possible geographical extension of the world | revolution. Is it absolutely necessary | rope thru Germany? elaborated and can serve as a guide. for the entire work of the Communist | Internationa!l. But there are problems, the solution of which is| not contained in the theory itself, for | by their very nature these problems | can only be solved on the basis of his- torical experience These problems at present form the) two} center of all Communist work. Firstly, it is a question of the tempo of the proletarian revolution, of the rapidity of its development generally, | of its date. Secondly, it is a question | of line of march, of its political geog- raphy. Comrades, it seems to me that these two decisive questions sum up the tactical problems of the recent past, of the present day and probably of the near future. S to the tempo, the terms of the de- velopment of the proletarian revo- lution, the experience not only of the Comintern, but also of the First In-| termational and of the entire work of| such people as Marx and Lenin show’! us how difficult it was not to make! any mistakes in this respect. On the) strength of the experience which we) already possess we have realized how cautious we must deal with the ques- tiom of the exact dates of the world| revolution, and how frequently and) easily revolutionists can make mis-| takes, because of their but too nat- ural impatience when they fix dates. Te ls ho wonder therefore if in this | respect not only Lenin but also Marx’ made mistakes. And now 4s to the question of the! line of march of the world proletar- jan revolution. I ¢thimk that in this) respect it is only now that we realize | for the first time the peculiar difl- ouities of this problem Let us take for instance, the socialist tevolution in Russia: it was a great “surprise” even to many Marxists that a social revolution had taken placé just in Russia. There were very few people who believed in such a possibility even among the supporters of the left wing of the international labor move- ment. After the victory of the Rus- | rades, it sible that here too we can make mis- takes in foreseeing the route? Com-| seems to me that with’ | respect to this question we must not | cling too closely to our former views 'for fear of respecting on a larger scale what Brandler did on a small | scale when he wanted to begin the | Gentned revolution in Saxony at any | | history.” (Lenin’s works, vol. XIII page 320°322 Russian edition.) HIS means firstly, that as far back as.1921- Lenin said that a certain NLY now, ten years after the out- | equilibrium was being established in break of thé imperialist war, six| Europe and that the historical pro- years after its conclusion and almost | cess proceeds on zig-zag lines and does not take the straight course which insistently | whether this view was correct of the) for the revolution to spread to Eu-| Is it not pos- | but even they cannot give us what price. It can happen that the future route will not necessarily be thru Germany—in the first instance. We} | must consider the other possibilities. Lenin on the Connection Between the Russian and the interna- tional Revolution T the Third Congress of the Com- intern, Comrade Lenin expressed the following views on the interha- tional situation and the connection be- tween the Russian and international resolution: “When we, (that is, the Russian- G. Z.) began the international revo- lution, we did not do it because we were convinced that we could ac- celerate its development, but be cause a whole series of circum- stances induced us to begin this revolution. We thot: either the in- ternational revolution will come to our aid, and then all our victories will be safeguarded, or we will do our own modest revolutionary work with the conviction that in the event of defeat we would after all do a good service to the revolutionary cause, and that other revolutions will profit by our experience. We fully realized that without the sup- port of the international world revolution, a victory of the prole- tarian revolution is impossible. Already previous to the revolu- tion in the other countries, in the capitalist and more developed coun- tries will break out immediately, or at least very soon, otherwise we must perish. But in reality the movement did not take the straight course which We wapposed it would... For our Russian republic we must use this short time to adopt sian revolution we all agreed om ; ay | However, our tactics to this sig@ag line of | | | | bourgeois party, | international unions, we at first believed it would take be- causes we were naive or rather be- cause, we lacked historical exper- ience. And secondly, “the breathing space” would appear to be more pro- longed than one could have expected. Thus comrades, we must always bear in mind that the questions of the dates and route of the revolution are always much more complicated than we formerly imagined. Marxism and Leninism give us a great deal, can only be achieved by the historical experience of the revolution itself. The Policy Adopted by the Fifth Congress has Been Vindicated § peed mine months have passed since our Fifth Congress. In such a short period the general state of affairs has not radically changed many things are much clearer to us now than they were be- fore and I therefore think that the task before the enlarged executive of the E. C. C. L. consists in summing have already become more lucid. In the first instance it is essential for us to review the present political and economic world situation, even if we do it on general lines. We must do this in order to test the correct- ness of the decisions of the Fifth Congress and to decide: if the policy adpoted by the congress was correct, we will continue to follow it, but if it was found to be erroneous, we should alter it or revise it completely. I want to say most emphatically that the course laid down by the Fifth Congress has been, in my opinion brilliantly vindicated. I want to re- mind you here of a few of the most important points of the Fifth Con- gress: the trend and the issue of the “era” of democratic pacifism have borne out, everything we said at the Fifth Congress. up the lessions of the events which | | ‘HEN let us take the sizing up of social-democracy as the “third” the question of the unity of the trade the peasant question, the judgment about fascism. Has not ex- ‘perience shown that the conclusions of the Fifth Congress were correct? Events which took place in connec- tion with all those questions after the Fifth Congress are a brilliant vindica- tion of the Comintern view point. Those of our “critics” who have the courage to be impartial would have to admit that it is they who were mis- taken, and not the Fifth Congress. (To be comtinued) a y eel (Special to _ Daily Worker.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. May 16. — Philadelphia unists and m- pathizers will have their first oppor- tunity to enjoy the open air and the woods and the spacidus grounds of the Burholm Park at the first Work- ers Party picnic held by the City Cen- tral Committee on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a) m. until midnight. After six months of intensive in- rity, this picnic will be active party mem- yithout saying that s League will be > to share the fun as they always share the work and the responsibility of the party. Games and sports of all kinds are being arranged, by the committee who assure everybody a good time as well as good refreshments. The commit- tee. wishes to, aqlemnly assure the membership that po discrimination of any kind will be used at the picnic and that free admission is assured to all comrades,agd sympathizers pro- vided they partake liberally of the re- freshments that gan be had at the lunch counter. ¢ . Picnic bers and it the Young V there in full It will not smecessary to bring any lunch . The committee will bring yefreshments every hour. The dir are very simple Take car No. 60.0n 5th St. and you will find that it will be filled with members of the party and the Y.W.L., and they will tell you where to get off, ‘but in case you are busy reading the DAILY WORKER or the Workers Monthly just tell the conductor to let you off at Cottler street and follow the crowd thrée blocks west, every- body will be there to greet you with a smile. All arguments will be stored at home on May 80, between 10 in the morning and midnight. We are sure that you will mdt miss a good time with the Communists at a picnic if you ever attendedone. . You can get miore inside information if you stop at the’party headquarters at 521 York Av& At this time we may state that the Freiheit Chorus will be there in full fofes and you know that this means some real good singing. Better clip thigtarticle so that you don’t forget th@ date and place. . “Negro World” Prints Communist Statement on Garvey’s Arrest (Special to “the C=!ly Worker) NEW YO May 17.—The great interest taken by the Negro workers in the struggles. of the Workers (Com- munist) Party in, their behalf is again reflected in the articles devoted to the DAILY WORKER and the Work- ers Party in Negro World, official organ of the . miversal Negro Im- provement As ation, mouthpiece of the Garvey “back to Africa” move- ment. The Negro World prints in full the manifesto of ntral executive committee of athe! Workers Party which calls tor’ a united front of all Negro and white workers to fight for the right of Ne workers to organ- ize. The statement points out that Garvey at the New York convention of his associatién, truckled to the ku klux klan, that the “Back to Africa” movement is a policy of retreat and will not emancipate the American Negroes who have made the United States their home, The statement, however, demands the release from Atlanta penitentiary of Garvey, who, the statement declares was imprisoned by the government in an attack on Negro working class or- ‘| ganizations which must be protected. Alexander “aes Ov Will S on Savinkov Next Tuesday’ Night A news cable, in the press states that Boris Savinkoyv, formerly of the socialist-revolutionary party and late- ly of the counter-revolutionary white guard armies gf the world imperial- ists had committed suicide in his pri- son at Moscow... Who was Savinkov? Why was he tried by the workers’ and peasants’ government? _ Comrade Chramov, national organ- izer of the Russian section of the Workers Party will speak in Chicago on this interesting subject Tuesday, May 19, at 1902 W. Division St. Ad- mission is free. All who understand the Russian latiguage are welcome. Painters Accept Compromise. WASHINGTON, May 17—By a vote painters and paperhangers’ union vot- ed to accept a two-year contract for a daily wage of $9.50 at the hands of the master painters’ association. This compromise of the demand that their $9 wage be raised to $10 was urged by John B. Colpoys, federal mediator, and E. J. Gallagher, international or- ganizer, after five and a half weeks of strike affecting 600 men. The oper- ative builders’ association, which or- ganized a “diehard” opposition to any increase in building wages in the District of Colombia for this year, ag serts that {ft still controls half of the bullding jobs in the District, and that ee ee ee men at the compromise sedle. of 330 to 293, the members of the loca] | | | | i ib i i be bp i i i i » » bb » hb hb » » » 4 b bp bh, » +» 4 4p 4 bp bp be be be he be be be be de be be bb dh de dh dt he he he A ti hi hi hi A Ma Mi Mi Mi Mi Ml Me Men Mn An Allin lin ln li ln, ls ls ily lll DUTCH BRANCH OF WORKERS PARTY CALLS ON HOLLANDERS TO JOIN} (Special to The Dally: Worker) DETROIT, Mich., May 17.—The Dutch-Flemish branch of the Workers (Communist) Party, Detroit section, has*issued the a tapi appeal to the Dutch workers of the United States: — “It is a deplorable fact that the class conscious elements amongst the Dutch immigrant workers of America possess no form of organization, no form of literate expression whatsoever. “No semblance of class-organization or affiliation exists amongs the tens of thousands of Hollanders in centers in the state of Michigan, nor the sole exception of Detroit. , 4 Chicago, nor in the various Dutch any other big city of America, with World War Threatens. “And this in spite of the fact that many of us were active and sincere fighters in the class war in the old land. How many of us were enthused and inspired by the sacrificing and tireless efforts in behalf of the work- ing class by such men and women as Domela Nieuwenhuis, Roland Holst and others. “And yet upon our arrival in these United States we seemed to have for- gotten all about our past; we, too, became mesmerized with the fata morgana of comparative security of existence, while at this very moment the economic problem has become so acute that capitalism the world over is again pondering the necessity of deciding the issue with the sword— with terrible war. Clase Lines Tighten. “Many of us have hidden ourselves behind the formula that the American workers were too ignorant, that the American masses were politically too backward, that.it would be a waste of time to engage in the work of. or- ganization. Yet the world is on the eve of the most titanic class struggle in its history, with the land of our present domicile holding the strongest positions in the checker game of world imperialism, as against the interest of labor the world over. Foreign-Born Roused. “All over the United States the fer- eign-born workers are aroused. They have started upon a campaign of edu- cation and agitation amongst their nationals not only against the gag laws that are being enforced against the foreign-born workers, but also against the imminent danger of an-’ ether world war—a war that has as its chief object the crushing of pro- letarian Russia. “Only the Dutch workers, to their eternal disgrace, are practically non- existant in America as far as effective organization work and propaganda against these impending disasters are concerned. Rebels of Holland! “Remember that the period of storm and stress upon which we are about to embark, will leave. its mark not only on our own countrymen but upon the native-born worker as well. “The time to start. propaganda work amongst our nationals is now. Let the Dutch members of thé Workers Party the initiative. . “American chpitalism itself by its open shop drives, etc., is rapidly dis- pelling the illusions that‘ yet befog the minds of American workers. “Let us follow the example of the Hollanders in Detroit and organize a branch of the Workers Party. Let us break with the depressing maxim, that ‘America is the grave yard of the Holland rebels.’ “Down with the spirit of sectarian- ism. Long live world unity of re¥olu- tionary labor! “Long live the deadly enemy of world capitalism—the Communist In- ternational! “Dutch-Flemish Branch of the Workers Party, Detroit, Mich. Illinois Miners Run Russian Art Film Even tho the miners of Livingston, Ill., are tightly squeezed in their fight against unemployment and the attacks of the union bureaucracy, they find time for the enjoyment of the best of proletarian art in entertainment that they can get. So a picture that a la- ber paper called “the ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’ of Russia,” together with a roaring comedy and two newsreel features, will be shown at the Eagle Theatre on May 26. The picture is “Polfkushka,” made by the Moscow Art Theater in Rus- sia during the famine period; the comedy “Soldier Ivan’s Miracle” is full of laughs and chuckles, while the news reels show the Paterson strike and Lanzutsky demonstration in front of the Polish consulate in Chicago. Workers’ Ald Meets in N. Y. NEW YORK, May 17.—The next conference of the International Work- ers’ Aid will take place on Monday, May 18, at 8 p. m., at 108 East 14th St., Room 32. All brafiches should see to it that their delegates are present. This is very important, since there are sev- eral very important matters to take up. _ Give your shopmate this copy of the DAILY WORKER—but be sure to see him the next day to in the eenters mentioned above take get his subscription. NEW YORK DAILY WORKER BUILDERS TO HEAR MORITZ J. LOEB ON MAY 26 M. J. Loeb, manager of the DAILY WORKER, will address the Buliders of the DAILY WORKER In New York at the party headquarters, 108 East 14th street, next Tuesday evening, May 26, at 7:30. aasare PUOTUC TOOT ICSE OU OCOOT OO CCTUTT FOOT TOO CTC TCC POCO CSCC TON CUCU OUT OCTT TOT TT _- te ‘3 ¥ -. a +h, Ey Pa a ae oP pt soh et: ENT oe Refuses i cawe heap _ Questions; Is Booed (Special to The Dally Werker) PROVIDENCE R. I., May 17.—Will- iam Jennings Bryan, who thru the years has filled his purse to overflow- ing by espousing lost causes—for a consideration—was booed and hissed off the stage at‘ Brown University af- ter preaching a sermon against science. Bryan had raised the stand- ard of faith in a better life after death. “He had advocated making it compulsory for public school children to read the bible every day, and de- livered a tirade against the theory of évolution. Bryanto his misfortune, signified sade by a group of wealthy manufac- turérs, who are anxious to make the working class forget its low pay and miserable living conditions by doping the workers minds with gush about heaven and hell. Bryan, to his misfortune, signified his willingness to answer questions, when he had _ concluded his tirade. Bryan had premised his remarks with the statement that the bible was true, “from cover to cover,” including the pillar of salt tale, and the story of the fishes and the loaves. Then a stu- dent, William G. Chase, asked an em- barrassing question, which showed de- cided skepticism with regard to a man walking on the sea, even if said man had flat feet. Bryan stammered, and could not answer. “What, you do not believe in' the bible?” Bryan asked, holding his hands above his head, palms out. ward, fingers spread wide apart, in apparent astonishment. “No, I don’t,” answered Chase, un- abashed. “My boy,” said Bryan, “I am sorry for you and ashamed of you.” But Chase’s question remained wunatie swered. The second question laid Bryan low and completed his rout. George L. Cassidy, another student, took a long breath and asked, “Isn’t it possible that there may be a philoso- phy gained by evolutionary thinking which presents a worship and rever~ ence for future generations as an ideal and looks toward thé develap- ment of heaven upon earth thru the use of science, and is not this ideal a fine and worthy one, capable of pro ducing a not less noble staandard of morality?” Bryan’s answer was as illogical as the rest of his.speecgh. ‘Ladies and gentlemen,” he answered, “I’ve come @ long way to address you students of Brown University, but I shall cer- tainly have to retire before this mag- nificent bubbling fountain of wisdom on my right.” He then left the stage, amid the hisses and boos of almost the entire audience. There was no applause. Seamen Hurt In Fire. 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Worker) y 17.—Will- no thru the to overflow- uses—for a and hissed hiversity af- pn = against the stand- life after | making it 901 children ay, and de- © theory of e, signified iy manufac- > make the \W pay and s by doping gush about e, signified questions, his tirade. marks with 6 Was true, sluding the 6 story of Then a stu- ked an em- showed de- ‘d to a man f said man could not iot believe d, holding palms out- ) apart, in Chase, un | am sorry rou.” But ed wumnatie Bryan low sr student, d, “Isn’t it logical as adies and I've come | students shall cer- this mag- ft wisdom amid the he entire Dplause. e. A number an explo- e Italian toads, ac- ry depart- : Be UP; PAY SLASHED} Nordegg Cs oa iL. Camp Faces Another Cut NORDEGG ALBERTA, Can., May 17.—In the daily master press the public is told that the miners are making big money. Mr. Shanks, presi- dent of the Western Coal Operators’ Association, has told this fake story so ofter that he gradually is begin- ning to believe it himself. Let’s see who is making the money, is it the miner or the coal concern? It is common knowledge that in Nordegg in No. 3 mine many pair of miners load as high as 26 to 28 cars of coal in 8 hours’ shift. This nits: weights 30 and more tons. Company Gets Wages © For loading 30 tons ‘of ‘coal in 8 hours’ shift the miners récetve 85 cents per ton (2,240 lbs.), which gives to the miners a total sim of $25.50. The miner earns on this occasion $12.75. It looks big money, especially when men work only two days in a week. When the miner pays up from his wages the blacksmith, the check- weighman, the doctor, union dues, sick benefit dues, his bills in coal com- pany’ store and butcher shop, rent, light, water, club, school tax, war tax, collections, practically 90 per cent of his day’s earnings goes back to the owners of his coal company. Men Speeded Up For 30 tons of coal produced by 2 miners, whose ton is 2240 lbs. gross, which the coal company sells at real ton weight of 2000 lbs., each ton for $4.25, which brings a total of $127.50 to the coal company when sold. The two miners received $25.50, which leaves a surplus of $102.00 for the company to work upon. Are there any honest men in Nord- ege that can dispute the above nasty figures? At present there are 400 men em- ployed in Nordegg. These 400 men produce as much coal per work-day as was produced in 1924 by 600 men, and this after a reduction of $1.17 per day. Dr. S. ZIMMERMAN DE: Nw Ss TT Special X-Ray rices —_ to Gas Workers Given ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination Is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work ts Guaranteed Extracting Specialist ENT CONCERNEL THE WORKER PEASANTS A "ARE FACING STARVATION "’ ,: Ar Ais : sida P Sia a LOO np WiTH Ay = di 4 ‘By JOHN P. peasants in the west of Ireland are and fuel. The only organization « so far to While the capitalist press of this country thru the influence of the Free State government officials 1s carrying on a campaign $f silence and in some cases attacking ‘the Irish famine relief: work here, workers and International Relief. The main source of relief so far has come to a large McCARTHY still suffering for the lack of food come to the rescue is the Workers extend from the English workers thru their labor unions and co-oper- | atives societies. The workers, peasants and fisher- men in the west of Ireland have en- dured one of the worst Irish winters under the most trying circumstances due to. the failure of the potato crop last harvest. While I lived in the west of Ireland .for the past five months I came in contact with scores of families particularly in Kerry, who told me of their hardships. They in- formed me that they had lived on one meager. theal a day, for nearly a year. Up until the middle of: April this year, the distress in the west received wide publicity in the local papers in that section of the country. Appeals from all sections in the famine area were made tliru the papers to the gov- ernment to start work on repairing the roads making embankments, etc. This the goverhment did, tho to a very limited éxtent, and gave the workers the miserable ‘wage of 4 shillings a day, to those who were fortunate to get it. I know of several instances in the congested districts where there were about 500 unemployed workers, in a state bordering on starvation. The Free State provided some work but on condition that those employed were or would become members of the Cuman-na-Gael, the Free.State party. In addition to this the Free State gov- ernment has succeeded in getting workers discharged on the railroads and other places of employment, if these workers happened to be of a different political opinion to the gov- ernment. It so happens that in the west among the peasants there is much dissatisfaction with the present government.. Ag a matter of fact the west is still a stronghold of republic- anism. One day: last. April while talking with an editor of one of the local papers on the famine situation, he informed. me. that he had just re ceived: instructions to lay off the famine stuff. In other words the pa- pers in Ireland which up to that time were giving. much space to the dis- tress of the peasants and workers in the west got orders from the Free State officials to ignore the conditions, = | while at the. same time the Free State government itself was giving relief by -Lméans of giving: 2.cwt. of coal, to each~ family in the surrounding districts in Kerry and giving lunches consisting of bread and margarine to the chil- dren in the schools. This .was.doné for about a month prior toythe elections which the gov- ernment contended in nine consti- .tuence. On the’ succeks of the Free State party, in the bye-elections, the relief work by the government came to an 6nd’ and immediately afterwards when the actual conditions in the west DELAY MEANS DECAY got some publicity in the press of Eng- OUR DAILY PATTERNS - ] A PRACTICAL MODEL. 5113. This is one of the leading styles of the season—and ig certainly an ideal warm weather dress. Linen, bordered with embroidery, was used for the dress and blouse. The pattern is cut in 3 sizes: 16, 18 and 20 ears. An 18 year size requires 8% yards of 40 inch material for the dress, and 1% yards for the. blouse. The width fo the dress at the foot is 1% yards. NOTICE TO PATTERN BU tterns being sold thru foes 7, | wo RKER pattern department are fur- nished by a New York firm of patters manufacturers. 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O’Neil pleaded gu y: Other counte of smuggling and transporting liquor were quashed. Grain Co. Would Sell Stock. INDIANAPOLIS; May 14.—Attorney Genera! Gilliom was expected to hand down an opinion today on the legal phases involved inthe request of the grain marketing cowipany for permis- sion to sell stock im Indiana. Vigor- ous opposition té’*the ~ request has arisen from the Im@iana farm bureau federation. odieut . -_ 4s Powder WofKere Killed. FAVERSHAM, Big., May 15.—At least three workers<twete killed and many injured two’ teriffic explo- Journeymen. Barbers’ Association in | .i should reserve the i Ls VS =o BUILDERS AT WORK THIS IS PROPAGANDA SEASON ARE YOU HOLDING STREET MEETINGS? “uv O time of the year is better suited for Communist propaganda than the present. In every city, both Communist and other street meetings are being held and here is the field of operation for every propagandist. For city and branch agents this is the time to organize comrades for the sale of the DAILY WORKER, Workers Monthly and all Communist literature and especially the Little Red Library which is so admirably suit- ed for such sales. ‘At Communist open-air meetings the distribution and sale of our Iliter- ature should be carefully attended to and at other meetings the sale should also be made and the propagandist must make every effort to “get the stump” for at least a few minutes to announce the publications on hand. We can reach the ear of many workers and give them further food for thought ‘to take home with them to read and think over at leisure. , Summer is a splendid time to “make another Communist.” Be sure to arrange for bundle orders of the DAILY WORKER, Workers’ Monthly and literature (especially the Little Red Library) for the meetings. . . . a a SUBS SENT IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN AT THE END OF LAST WEEK: ROXBURY, Mass.—J. Sagermaster (5); BROOKLYN, N. Y.—C. O. 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Michigan Ave. " 20—CLEVELAND—65927 Euclid Ave. " 21—BUFFALO—213 Wiiliams St. " 22—ROCHESTER—Labor Lyceum, 580 St. " 26—NEW YORK—108 E. 14th St. " 28—PHILADELPHIA—521 York Ave. Beatrice Hochweis; Paul St. IN CARLOADING SAY RAILWAY BOSSES At Least Prosperity for Stockholders Accrding to fYeports submitted here today at the spring meeting of the car service division of the American Railway Association, the total loading of revenue freight for the year 1925, based on figures thus far tabulated, will Approximate 60,- 494,570 cars, an increase of 682,450 cars or 1.4 per cent. over 1923, when more cars were. loaded than ever be- fore in a similar period, the reports showed. Moving, loaded freight cars, accord- ing to R. H. Aishton, president of the association, ig the best criterion of national business conditions. The reports also revealed that since January 1, 1923, railroads have placed 398,442 new freight cars in service, 44,153 of them since January 1, 1925. The average capacity of cars in this period also has been increased from 43.1 to 44.5 tons. The number of sur- plus cars immediately available has been raised to 337,181, an increase of 323,625 since 1923. ; All car loading figures, except coal, show an increase over the two pre- vious years, and an increase also is shown in the carload lot loading, in- dicating smaller and more frequent shipments. Picking Jury Foremen an Art in Washington WASHINGTON.—(FP)—When the Coolidge administration drew up fits second indictment of Senator Whee- ler it came to the District of Colume- bia and got Secretary Skinner of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce as fore- man of the grand jury to handle the job. Then it adjourned the jury’s ses- sion for a month after the evidence had been heard. By that time con- gress had gone home, and nobody could tell the country, effectively, how the game had been played. Now the special grand jury which is to consider indictment of Fall and Doheny and Sinclair for conspiracy to steal the naval oil lands at Teapot Dome and in Califorrfia has been call- ed. This time it is Harry C. Stewart, cashier of the National Capital Bank, who has been selected by the court as foreman of the grand jury. — Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your shopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. Fort-Whiteman to | Address the. Steel Workers in Ohio YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 17.— Lovett Fort-Whiteman, national or- ganizer of the American Negro Labor Congress speaks in Youngstown, O., Wednesday, May 20, at the Ukrainian Hall, 525% West Ryan Ave. at 8 p. m. In the Youngstown district 12,000 Negro workers many of whom are re- cent arrivals from the south are em- ployed in the steel mills and associ- ated industries. TTT The Full Report of the British Lassen’s Drama to Be Presented by Defense Council are arranging an out-, ing on August 23. The main feature of this outing will be an outdoor pageant, “From Slavery to Freedom,” written by John Lassen and directed by the Workers’ Drama League. The success of the pageant given in Madison Square Garden has inspired the Workers’ Drama League to give this new pageant. This will be the first time also that the workers of this city have given an outdoor pro- duction on a large scale. Every worker interested in the two | Russia in 1924 UNITY (with photographs) OUTLINE OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY... WHAT TO READ (A guide for worker students). ee $ .25 A most remarkable and complete report on the latest developments in Soviet Russia covering every phase of life and activity under the Soviet government. $ Trade Union A book of 250 pages with the Workers’ Aid photographs, charts and —— Delegation maps of the U. 8. S. R. 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Chicago, litinele Editors Business Manager ———————— aaa Mnutered as second-class mail Sept. 21, 1923, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill, under the act of March 3, 1878. >» Advertising rates os app“cation Lee and the Left Wing From the company union known as the “B. and O. plan” on one railroad system, established after the Railway strike in 1922, when the morale of the the workers was at a low point, the class peace policy of the trade union officialdom has extended to Canadian government railways and a number of roads on this side of the line. Now comes William Lee, head of the” Brother- hood of Railway Trainmen, with the proposal to hold a conference of railway managers and railway union officials to launch a “no strike” movement in With characteristic energy the imperialists are evidently insisting upon re- sults from their agents in the trade unions. This movement is planned on a stupendous scale. If successful it would include 2,000,000 workers in the most important key industry and introduce the company union system on a national basis. The ability to organize and strike is the test of a labor union. To, surrender the right to strike and substitute class co-operation for the class| struggle, no matter how vague its conception may be, is to take the heart, blood and bowel out of the labor unions. This is the purpose of the plan. It would be only a half explanation to say that Latins of the Danish General Strike The mighty role that the transport workers can fill in the world-wide struggle between exploiters and workers is shown clearly in the aid promised the Danish workers, now engaged in a gentral strike, by the Norwegian transport workers and which may be followed by similar action in Sweden, Germany, Holland and Finland. According to dispatches, the Norwegian sailors and dockworkers have agreed to handle mo Danish shipping until the demands of the Danish workers are met and there are good prospects of the boycott extending to all the ports in the countries men- tioned above. Transport is to capitalism What the heart, veins and arteries are to the human body.: It cannot live if the circulation system is clogged. Just as the average human being abuses this vital part of the anatomy, so are the transport workers abused by the bosses and among the lowest paid hardest worked and consequently most militant sections of the working class. Their weakness lies in the division of their forces by national and sectional lines—a weakness that the transport workers of the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions realized long ago and which they set out to overcome. The first step was an effort to unify all transport unions around a ,common program of minimum demands, the second was their active support of the drive for world trade union unity. With the example of the need for international solidarity furnished by the Danish strike, and the evidence of a real belief in its necessity shown by the Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German and Dutch transport workers, the Marine Transport ‘Workers of the I. W. W., as the most militant group in the American industry, should now take the lead in the United States among transport workers in support of the movement for world trade union unity, in which the British and Russian unions _have taken the lead internationally. The Riffian War the railroad capitalists are behind this scheme be- | canse they are concerned only over demands for higher wages and the power of the unions to en- force them. and does pay proportionately higher wages to the railway brotherlioods than to other groups of workers. nature and, with their reactionary leadership, quite easily adjusted. But railway transport systems are of vital im- portance in war and war comes closer as the rivalry between America, Japan and Great Brit- | ain becomes more intense. can be hamstrung by company unions a great burden will have been lifted from the minds of the war mongers. Upon the whole labor movement the plan would have a demoralizing effect. It is doubtful if Lee will have much luck in secur- ing the endorsement of other labor officials. Not but that they are in accord with the general tenor of the scheme, but this manner of putting over on the union membership is a little too raw. The} fakers are conservative even in their conservatism. The trend of thought of labor officialdom is in the direction of class peace and acceptance of sub- | sidies from imperialism, but the “B. and O. plan” seems to them traying the masses for the time being. There is this much to be said for Lee, however. | He has shown the logical conclusion of a class peace policy and given the left wing in the labor) movement a concrete illustration on which to base their arguments against all attempts to lead the | unions into the camp of the enemy for surrender | instead of struggle. —___ —.. Elihu Root says that the prohibition law is a setback to temperance and that control of the mind by law is dangerous. The liquor drought such as it is, seems to have created a great demand for freedom from legal interference on the part of the thirsty portion of our ruling class, but we have not heard of any move on their part to repeal the criminal! syndicalism laws. Another Job for the Strikebreaking President One strike made Calvin Coolidge so famous that he rode into the White House on the crest of popularity wave. There is a possibility that an- other opportunity to show his efficiency as a strike breaker will be presented to him, if the anthracite miners are forced to strike when their agreement With the operators terminates on August 30. News dispatches from Washington advise us that the president is keeping a watchful eye on the anthracite region. We are informed that Coo-| lidge will take active measures to break the miners’ strike, should a stoppage take place and that he will take steps to “insure a continuation of work” in the hard coal fields. This is not surprising. The bosses did not elect im president for his ability to make nice after dinner speeches or to turn out neatly polished phrases. They needed a good efficient and willing strikebreakey and they got their man. In the meantime the operators are speeding up coal production in the anthracite region, so that they will have a sufficient supply ahead to tide them over until Coolidge succeeds in breaking the strike if it takes place. — Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. P a b Ps a! ; ce ® > = & American capitalism can afford to| Its quarrels with them are of a minor. If the railway unions | to offer a better method of be-| | All the glamor with which imperialism covers, or tries to cover, its wars on colonial peoples is ‘to be seen in the inspired dispatches relating the exploits of the French armies in northern Africa. Not much is said about the. conscript troops, but plenty of space is given to the officers—a slight ‘scratch is enough to make one of them a hero. The sister of Nicholas Longworth, husband of Alice Roosevelt, is the wife of General Chabrun, whose headquarters are in Fez, and this gives the slaughter of the Riffians a domestic flavor for the dollar aristocracy that it would otherwise lack. But the Riffians, who drove the Spanish oppres- sors out of their country, are-not submitting, with the humility .that barbarians are supposed to evince in the presence of apostles of christian civilization, to the boundaries defined by the European imperialists. They are putting up a sturdy struggle and all thru the colonial regions held in- bondage, by the French —and British possessions as well—there ig evi- dence of strong support for their efforts toward | liberation. 100,000 French troops, equipped with | the most modern instruments of warfare, have not 'been able even to rescue all the beleaguered out- , | posts of French imperialism. France cannot afford to be driven out of north- rorn Africa. ‘the Gibraltar coast and a line of similar bases along,the southern coast of the Mediterranean to ‘offset British control of the sea route to French colonies in the Far East and to bulwark her con- trol of western African colonies. Northern Africa is another Balkan section. Here ‘ | also the imperialist rivals clash and it is no won- 'der that, as in:1911-12, when France and England 'double-crossed Germany in the Moroccan affair. the eyes of every foreign office are on the develop ments in the bloody struggle taking place there now. factor of the growing discontent of the colonial peoples coupled with the sympathy and support working class of the imperialist nations which makes these adventerous conquests by the ruling class a weakness rather than a strength to theii control. What better evidence that imperialism drives its devotees to suicide than the fact that confronted ‘nl with a financial crisis at home are forced, by their colonial policy to engage in an expensive and unpopular war which strains their the French rulers badly damaged credit home? The and encourages revolt at masses and the proof of the disastrous not be leng forthcoming in the form of new op of the French working class. William Jennings Bryan should qualify for ad mittance into the section of the after with the students at University, Island. The a ls sei monkey nearest brush Rhode old fraud look like ZOO his The ancient Hebrew Sea may not have flat feet but lots of people are beginning to think William a flat head. ———_ “Scabby”’ conference Bill Lee may not get a united front between the railworkers ‘masters, but he will get a lot of publicity. emand ‘that they live within She needs a military base opposite War cannot be isolated these days. There is the for their liberation movements manifested by the French Communist Party has not been slow in bringing these matters to the attention of the con- sequences to the stability of French capitalism will pressions visited upon the most advanced section Brown students made the who walked on the Black Jennings Bryan has and their session Com- the results of the enlarged executive session of the Communist Interna- tional. Pointing ott’ that the plenum had the character ofa congress, Zino- viev declared that the resolutions adopted by the were extreme- ly important for: the Russian Com- of the Comintern, but as a party that rules a great country. The plenum established the rele tion of the Comintern to the retarded development of the revolution, and the partial stab on of capitalism. This fact has t ught up by the Second Internatiéhal; and was mis- interpreted to mrean that the exe- cutive of the had announ- ced the compl ization of cap- italism. Certa pron ay nts that have taken place si enlarged exe- cutive session, ithe real charac- ter of the stabil . Bulgaria and Germany are examples of economic stabilization. Thé©French ministerial crisis was no ordtaary crisis; it arose out of the financiai¢erisis. ‘ee impending Ht nger of an in- flation in Franee suddenly threat- ened a repeti the social crisis experienced by | any in 1923. The crisis wes Over by a banking scheme which the deficit of four milliards. _. a However, there rem 20 milliards. The the French sta larly significant, victor country. ins a deficit of characteristics of tion are particu- use France is a situation in Bul: a report on. munist Party, not only as a section wo tg T Bulgarian. government spread against. Soviet Russia, immediately after the Sofia outrage, have already however, that no country can be ruled against the will of the workers and peasants, and that the class struggle in Bulgaria is permeated with civil war. . E German elections furnished another example of political stabi- lization. Comrade Zinoviev relates in detail that the executive had proposed to the German delegation to enter into an election compromise with the Ger. man social-democrats, whereby the Communist Party: was to refrain from putting up a candidate of its own in the second election, voting under cer- tain conditions, for Braun, the social- democratic candidate. The majority of the German dele- gation agreed with this proposal, but the executive had only. .formulated the general policy, leaving its prac- tical execution te the German Com- munist Party. In the meantime the social-deme- crats had ‘withdrawn their candidate, supporting the capitalist candidate Marx,—in return, for which, Braun was to become prime minister in Prussia. In Saxony, many thousands .of s0- clal-democratic workers. voted for Thaellman, refusing to vote for the capitalist candidate,—which goes to show that there was no psychological basis for casting the votes for Marx. HE election of Hindenburg is the JOB SELLERS IN NEW YORK ROB THE UNEMPLOYED W orker ols All Night, Gets No Work — NEW YORK, May 17.—The follow- ing letter has received from a worker, who hag, to depend on the capitalist exploiters; “Dear Comrades;-— “Tl am a laborepj.doing work on auto- mobile highway construction. I saw an ad in the New, York World of an erate i y at 91 East 4th The ad ¢ for Scandinavians coat Germans for automobile highway repairers. The gifer was $105 a month, free -boapd, "At the agency they told me to take the Pennsylvania railroad to Che Bridge, one sta- tion from Bing pton, N. Y. I was told to be there at 6 a. m, and the boss would come tp-get me, I took the train at 9 o’clockgin the evening and travelled all night, When I arrived at the given plage there was nobody in sight. 001 Boss Turng,Him Down. “IT went to the,eamp, but was told that I could nof.see the boss that day but would have to.come back the next day. When,j.returned the next day, the boss toldyme that there was no work for me._.He offered to send me to another cai sixty miles away, oy but he did not eep his word. I stayed there 5 days. The trip cost me, together with by board, $20. “The boss at the camp declared that he knows nothing about the agency. Another fellow at: the camp told me ‘hat he earned $36fin three weeks, and not the $105 and board that was prom- ised.” These facts speak for themselves. First, the worker is skinned by the “employment” agency, then, if he does succeed in getting work, he is skinned by the boss—$35 for three weeks in- stead of $105 a month. Workers Must Fight. * This is the “land of opportunity,” where every worker can rise if he nly works hard and industriously. There is only one rising that will help ‘he working class—and that is the ‘ising of the wor c rs as an organized body to put an € to this skinning and the skinners, and to install @ sys- em and a are the bow where they, he workeps, are the bosses. The time ; coming—the workers should learn rom their own hidtvidual experiences and from the exp@fiences of the work- | ers of all countries, “ZINOVIEY LETTER” J FAKE, SAYS OFFICIAL TRADE ONION REPORT LONDON, May 17.—The report of the trade union congress delegation, which has been investigating the authenticity of the famous “Zino- viev letter,” publication of which by the British foreign office had much to do with the defeat of Ramsay MacDonald's labor government last election, now is completed and is declared to pronounce the letter a forgery, says thé labor organ, the Daily Herald. General council considers there should be investigation of how and why the foreign office came to issue the letter just @ few days before the general election, and will urge that a committee of the labor party, together with officials of the foreign office and home office, be given facil- ities for carrying out such an in- quiry- c of the political “qunparalelied Ifes which, the been disproved., It remains a fact | treaty. burg; not the proletariat however. This election may be expected to have some serious international results. Germany’s relations with France and Poland will not be improved, but even- tually sharpened. The situation is wrought with troubles and dangers. There is also the danger of a change in German policy towards the Soviet Union. Stabiliation is there, but many symptoms show that this stabilization is insecure. Reaction is on the up- grad6 in Europe. _-- int to stabilization, there are in our movement a number of right tendencies and ultra-left dangers. The somewhat unclear formulation of the enlarged executive must be made clear to the effect that a general revyo- lutionary situation must be different- ed form an immediate revolutfonary situation. The charlatans of the Sec- ond International declare that the plenum had not registered any revolu- tionary situation at all. This is a falsehood. The plenum: had merely established the fact that there was no immediately revolutionry situation. Since the bourgeoisie is. unable to solve its conflicts from above, the si- tuation remains revolutionary. ae historical illustration of stabi-| Ww" are only at the beginning of an era of wars and revolutions, and mI > sadicibiabans: ce ner Oe today. greater than before the war. It is necessary to differentiate be- tween the stabilization of capitalism and the stabilization of the Sorie- Speaking of the rapprochement be- tween the British and Russian trade. unions, Comrade Zinoviev stated that there is in England, for the first time, a& general revolutionary situation, The rapprochement between the trade unfons follows the line of historical development; hence the gfeat signi- ficance of the united front tactics. The speaker then declares that the view entertained by some that the fact of stabilization means ‘that Trotsky was correct in his analysis, ot be false, The diiterehoes did not turn about this questidn, but on the question of the tactics to be adopted by a proletarian party in such a situa- tion. TN connection with the Czecho-Slo- vakian party, the speaker ‘states that the crisis has been overcome, and that the resignations {in Brunn only contribute to the healthy development of the party. HE plenum had dealt with the agrarian question and with ‘the policy of the Comintern. Events have shown the policy pursued by the Rus- sian Communist Party in the Comin- tern to be correct. The immediate task of the Russian Communist Party is to adapt its daily work with the international movement., At the prés- ent moment the Comintern needs especially the moral support of the Russian Communist Party, which is and remains the party of international proletarian revolution. (Applause). surface for their lives. probably would recover. a serious condition. - still raging. children hurrying to the scene on trapped. ae |800 COAL MINERS FLEE FOR LIVES AS BLACK DAMP OVERCOMES 40 WILKES BARRE, Pa., May 17.—Forty miners were overcome by black damp when fire, breaking out 300 feet beneath the surface In the number 3 mine of the Kingston Coal company, sent 800 miners scurrying to the Eight of the victims were brought to a hospital where It was said they Two other workers were sent to their homes in The fire was believed to hate started during timbering operations. Three acres of coal land had been burned this afternoon and the fire was Many mules perished when mine workers were forced’ to abendon rescue work because of the great danger to themselves. Confusion reigned at the mouth of the mine for two hours, wives and hearing reports that the men were as —_ LOSE HOPE OF RESCUE ~ FOR MINER: ENTOMBED WEEK IN BUTTE MIKE BUTTE, Mont., — All hope of rescuing alive Gy Firma Butte miner, entombed by a-fall.of ground in the 200 foot Vevél of the West Colusa mine last Monday, was aban- doned today by rescue. workers. Work will be continued, however, until the body Is located, mine offi- clals said. Boost Wages “of Local Labor Head Against. Protest The Chicago Federation of Labor yesterday passed a motion to raise the salary- of President John Fitzpatrick, from $75 to $100 a week. An amend- ment was added that the stenographer employed by the federation should be raised $5 a week. Delegate J. P. McCarthy, from the Carpenters’ Union’ inquired as to the scale of the Blacksmith’s Union of Chicago, of which Fitzpatrick is a member. He stated that as a general rule the officials of the American *la- than the regular union scale of his trade. McCarthy declared that the exhorbi- tant salaries of labor leaders were a corrupting influence which gave them a different class viewpoint than the members of the unions and seperated them from the rank and file, The un- skilled workers in the building trades, he pointed out, were working under the scab Landis award, and it was /much more needful to use all avail- ‘able funds for organizing the unor- |ganized than in increased salary for labor leaders in a time. when the work- |ing class was suffering wage cuts right ‘and left. | Among the many labor fakers who |spoke in favor of the inc?Tease in sal- ‘ary of President Fitzpatrick, was Carl | Berreitter of the Typographical Union ,and prominent member of the prole- Senne patry. | RUSSIA DEMANDS THE RETURN OF JEWELS STOLEN BY WRANGEL MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., May 17.— Maxim Litvinoff, assistant commis- sar of foreign affairs, has demanded, on behalf of the Soviet government, the return by the government of Jugo-Slavia of jewels seized by Peter Wrange!l, who delivered them to the fascist Jugo-Slav government. Wrange! stole the jewels from a safe deposit vault. Litvinoff said Russia will hold Jugo-Slovia respon- sible for any losses. - = SKULL FRACTURE BROT QUICK DEATH TO ‘FARM’ BABY NEW ‘YORK, May 17.—Latest re- ports by Dr. Otto H. Schultz on the autopsy of the six-months-old infant, William Winters, who died in Mrs. Helen Geisen-Volk’s “baby farm” last February 3 of a fractured skull, says indications are that the fracture caused quick death to the infant. Dr. Schultz also reports finding a large hard curd of milk in the baby’s stomach which, he says, would un- doubtedly have made him cross and irritable... Indictments for homicide for other cases came a step near thru the result of this investigation. New Board to me School Problems at Meeting Next Friday | Next Friday, the new school board on entering into its duties will be confronted with the two serious prob- bor movement were paid too highly, | '¢™s now facing the board of educa- that Fitzpatrick should get no more)! tion. One is the deficit in the treas- ury which now comes to $20,000,000 in the educational fund; the other 1s the acute housing shortage estimated at 100,000 pupils being without satis- factory accommodations. The new board has before it the old board's decision to ask for a $1 in- crease in the tax rate for educational purposes and to carry out the new salary schedule proposed by Superin- tendent McAndrew. Trustee J. Lewis Coath has announced his.:ntention to demand reconsideration.ef these two matters. The members on the new finance committee selected by Edward B. Elli- cott, the new president of the board, are Julius F. Swietanka, chairman, Charles T. Byrne, Theophilus Schmid and Dr. Victor Schiller. All of them are business men. — a A... - CHICAGO WORKERS PROTEST BALKAN WHITE TERROR Thousands Slain; More Thousands in Prison At a mass meeting of several hun- dred Chicago workers yesterday held at Bricklayers’ Union hall, a détermin- ed protest was vo'ced against the horrors of the white terror raging in the Balkan countries. In Bulgaria especia’ly, and also in Jugo-Slavia and Greece, many thou- sands of workers and peasants have béen murdered, being shot down and hung without trial, while many more thousands have been brutally thrown in jail and vile prisons to rot for year after year, until death would seem a release from suffering. The meeting was presided over by Thurber Lewis, and the speakers wer: Earl Browder, in English; Comrade | Michalachky, in South Slavic; Com- rade Koteff in Bulgarian, and Comrade Kostis in Greek. A. spirited resolution of protest de- manding a cessation to the barbarities of the Balkan bourgeoisie was adopt- ed, and is to be sent to the labor press thruout the world and mailed direct to the embassies of the Balkan na- tions at Washington. Especial emphasis was laid upon the part of the imperialist powers in concealing the real perpetrators of the Sveti Kral explosion and* using the occasion as an excuse for intensified white terror murders. British Ruler In Egypt Quits. LONDON, England, May 17.—Sir Georke Lioyd, unionist member of parliament, has been appointed high commissioner for BEgypt, to succeed Field Marshal Viscount Allenby. Lloyd served in the world war in Egypt, and was governor of Bombay. COMMUNISTS 10 ATTACK FRENCH SLAUGHTER: IN AFRICA, BEFORE CHAMBER PARIS, France, May 17.—The Riffian troops fighting the: French ' Invaders for possession of their na- tive land have captured large stores of provisions and war material in the Benzi Zeural country. Official statements from Morocco. do not disclose the number of French troops which have been killed in th sever fighting, which extends over a front of 250 miles. The Communists are expected to attack the French military ‘opera- tions In North Africa when the chamber of deputies assembles on May 25. BOSS PLUMBERS APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC WITH ATTACK ON WORKERS HE Connecticut Master Plumbers’ Association met recently in New Haven and went on record condemn- | ing “loafing on the job” and the prac- ‘tice of “forgetting” tools. The conven- tion adopted a resolution “banning in- efficient workmen and favoring a re- duction in prices tn order to create more friendly relations between the plumbers and the public.” The same day’s papers reported Co., reported earnings of $$1,00,000 in 1924. The Standard Otl Co. does not “loaf on the job.” It does not “for- get its tools.” The Standard Oil Co. : 7 y > q : thaf the New Jersey Standard Oil. of John D. Rockefeller is not “ineffi- cient.” On the contrary, the Stand- ard Oil Co, is thoroly efficient in bleeding the “people,” in bleeding the workers. It knows what its power is —the power of the United States gov- ernment. “Loafers” the plumbers are called, because they refuse to’ give up their last ounce of energy to fill the pock- ets of their bosses. “Reduction in prices” is what the bosses intend to introduce, which means a reduction of the wage scale for the workers. What are the workers going to do about it? “ 7 oe ee ee el ee eee ee eee ee eee en ee ee ae ee ee ee ee ee ee he ee eS fe ee eae eel _ '