Daily Worker
May 29, 1925
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Daily Worker Annual 1 a Rk cription Drive Now on Pa | in Full Blast! | NEW YORK “relec : GET IN_ON IT! - , | “aN EDITION | : ay Oe pee : ee ae sidiam | Vol. Il. No. 117. allen nenendbeermcets-r ee chortle ; : he Co- omen — —— : a” Published peg 5 : . The : —— P | ) | PORN an oR maday by THE DAILY WORKER Fee Tae oe ; SA Tt 3 rn - _ - | + 1118 W. Wastington Bivd., Chicage, Ill. Price 3 Cents Some 0. ALTE | , wl WP ‘PRLPPRES i NIRPLANES.TO.BE USED | | NENT Dali’. o> od DER AGAINST CUBAN LABOR | : ay DEFENSELESS PEASAN NCIC 1 = | | ANU 8 TO AID SUGAR TRUS the £0- : . ; MANILA, | May 27.—Constab ; : uary ‘aarti: ir own ) | today razed the stronghold of Sultan (Special to The Daily Worker) ym ae us the a . Rayas, killed seven Moros and dis- HAVANA, May 27.—The Cuban ie: saders, | ‘4 Rita” ; 8 the peasants. A field gun and government, whiéh is an appendix os in- We By LAURENCE TODD one attack aided by navy ailr-. to Wall street’s National City Bank, : nt ler- ae (Feder p dats, SAE planes preceded the infantry at- has bought ten new airplanes, each entire- | Ai WASHINGTON sr a. _Correspo ) va The attack was ordered by equipped with a machine gun and : ny re- 7 tempt to » May ema Se of State Kellogg’s at-| “°" Leonard Wood. The peasants carrying ‘forty pound bombs. (Special to The Dally Worker) as i pt to collect from Europe some of the war debts and after- complained of mistreatment by Fill- — oie pamwen . OF NEW Y ant | a after pos .~ Cuba makes it ORK, May 27.—Unemployment h ., EB. Ruthenberg. f urinburg, N. C., says the | of dismissal, so that changes in piece coe listing in the United States army, but nd “redial phe Reng orn r ruin- , oan came to mills in his community are already | Work rates and speeding up devices of th if he should imagine that such action b a on, an some (Special to The Daily Worker) ot - not to become on a 3-day a week basis but that dras- such as adding more lo » rand him as a narrow-minded pro- . tnesses ‘prosecution in thi tic curtailment must b> oms to the aa Le entitles him to citizenship, he is due | yincial. N NEW YORK, May 27.—The left | ? — Ay speedily made} Weaver and spindles to the spi , tor’ a tude awakening. AcTapencee ncial. one inclose any checks. wing slate 2 Ba Fay eng e leftycase and paccept prison sefnt- } by all members of the association. may be put thru without spinner sider: : Bankers Claim First Mortgage. | th ignal victory in| ences for of court than give| Agk oats : The meaning of all this f ar a ren, iterna- w cf served as a coast gutrd from 1913 At the White House there persists » s yew York joint board of the Fur-jany te the witness stand S , ée ations with mill workers is that th “ . te ae * ¢ * him: until 1923 was naturalized in 1921.| deadly calm. N riers’ Uunion. With the exception of | . ' | > ey w nd it More Mills Shut D 5 Alas Some snooper discovered the crime | given Kell o undue help has been | one candidate, B. Wexler the eft foves for Delay Abd-el-Krim Is Re rt still harder to exist during the com-| FALL RIVER, M " ‘ ae: : 4 : : me an . s.. May 27.— place and the Massachusetts federal court} fort. stern g byl my ges ne ef- | wing candidates secured the highest | the a up for hearing, ? po “a season than in the past. Week j Narragansett Milla nati sl 35 sh organ- decided that he had no right to citi-/not anxious that Fr oh 0. are | votes. Wexler was a progressive bloc] 4 ” ly moved that it be (Special to The Daily Worker) rf — more mills are shutting down | ditional looms. The Union Ma ee: ohaa senship papers. ace: tomate ance and Relgium | candidate and the machine of Morris elayed jext court calendar,| PARIS, France, May 27.—The $ n New England, particularly. The | turing Co. closed its th Manufac- Sige om os a a ee te «sen pcan fy. ge i Kaufmann, present conservative man- tnéss on whom the/ish and nical, ot A - 6 — -n gern per Mills of Lowell,|an indefinite period ree mills for es on their] a nen its entire case and ve | Mass. have closed their d 4b Ge We: HE ca ger of the joint board, was over- , made ad oors and, ‘ ¢ gro st stat se was carried to the United pean in order to begin vaying what|whelmingly defeated. _ who is to” the threads,” had ce ORC o>, Aboeenrim te) the other Bais o thls cotton center | An Overt Act of ese es supreme -court and the de- they owe the United States treasury. The left win d not been ic the government and e¢ independence of the| are on a part time basis. Ag , re of the Conspiracy. } with- cision was sustained, despite the fact Our international bankers have ex-| were: B Pst Pomerayreos pm therefore it SAL bal sehohod eters under Krim, and thus end The Starvation Line t eget , N. J., M&y 27.—The Bo- ee ’ c ne, who se- cb s e Mo ’ any Worsted Mill: ohne that Be i passed a law in 1919 Ae be so much capital to Europe that | cured 1,032 votes; A. Gros, Local Five hadi patly was to Frank | ment it. te. dank by a joint agree-| The reason given to the press for worsted. siti “a ig wR could providing that “any person of foreign they feel themselves to have a sort | 989 ; »| Morrow, miant stolo-pi ’ s admitted here in official | this curtailment advi inet s in the Passaic Textile ‘ votes, and Fanny Warshafsk pigeon | circles. Th ce, is that the | district, has closed birth who served in the ‘military or jf first mortgage on the whole place. Local Fifteen, 1,108 votes. B poate who testified: ft William Z. Fo-| hope ¢ ¢ French imperialists | market is bad and needs stiffening up: throwin me oned Cowan temporariy, ionary rg eh of the United States dur-| They agree with thé Houghton de-/is expected to be chosen ao. daniel ster and CG ithenberg in the + vation gain by negotiations what | /ess goods, higher prices. wethaee: on th Mgr oe and many other te is ng tne Teoeceneg war” might acquire = Ap Europe shall stop using | manager of the board. The New York trials at St. ; a Resear ne oe by the bayonet, ’ © Jobless list. e, and natural on papers. But war be-| 00frowed money for war preparations. ‘ Rumor has Mc fee ana in plundering of ; . hesi- tween the United States and Japan But they want to take a profit from snagy wena Tagg net, IMpOtant Ste wee 16 w ted by the seve. French Moragag, P ROGRESSI VE M IN ERS DEM AN D frowed ; Soe dist then reabhed the stage a loaning a great deal more of American pons A Eee ae ment for bis” cot Mond angel The French and Spanish govern- bed open naval maneuvers in the Pacific. money to European governments. inamten ¢ ard,| that he has’ the scene | ™ents have held off from suggesti LEWIS LEAD M IN ERS’ nde 4 Tans haste tat ethan "we Gyo 20 asthe element ik eenarem: 1061 tien 1B vi ae B tar seqett eg meg so for a8 Dr n of Communist | ©c4use of the added cxeatiad Shieh ON e ’ P ~ s . Cc a ' : era hte er nora agelimdpenenatyy cir ranpren a by Borah, that is insisting that France |935. votes; M. Goldfield ; wae: cases is. et ee | such a course would give Krim, and W. VA. AN D DEF Y IN J U N c T] ONS i your interests? Nothing. and Belgium and Italy begin to pay,|855 votes; B. Wexler, Local Ten, How | jthe confidence it would jnstill in his ration. * ¢ © Bebe (se that no payment will be | 1,040 votes; George Strauss Local Efforts to ¢ j followers, but they have made the The>Pr tunist, Te National Civic Federation is) 5 Rete tee teen shall have taken | Fifteen; 932 votes. ization papen £9 8°? 99.8. AE naceontty. the U. M eng SEEE,- VOMmEEttO,. Walch fo -reltaing, he lett. WE Ae t your worried very much @yer the prom-; ¢, es e game. It is preparing, Many Take Part. dacy in t et eh eee oar. vabinet | Is. | . M.’W. of A. against the reactionary officialdom whose acts are brin to ap- ised 2 of British bor entiéts to. eotaage > * oe meas MOme ‘es are said to. | Ons . it | i WR B niy Over | | % , ing that magnificent union to int o Ss nil . com this country tt 2 ameter ma sw Ss “y for, S previous. TT one . , ed war: on ‘euny.f DOlicies of the rginia, where the > att seco ie a 0 piling petgens that have failed to pay their rebte'th Tuer eenesed to cidg | — = craptapities fans ghh |. oem te ANNE OUT cale, which at any time might bring 4 Wistar Ly LY; : Pee eg Ay seen at work: _ ts , J our : ’ CR: ie - ae “4 oe bg “ew is er 5 , . . — ee nile ig ~ in eelnpaang - entre » kind. to diseuss the latest menace to Ath. by amended Seen deters oo ine won every seat, and the three| Ne Mic Secune tt al ae cabinet’ crisis. ei. The so-called organization campaign now be . 3 whet stinan! che, “Whid tavadion hiss! ino. the mes ment to the law govern- | left wingers within the progressive When this failed’ because Severino The debate on the invasion.of Mo-| West Virginia miners proves conclusively’ th ing conducted among the nd the two wings: the right and the left. But aaa At ‘a ao tn system to} bid¢ gained the highest votes of any was not underocomviction and there- recco-comes ‘before the French, cham-j| either incapable of solving the a ely that the labor bureaucracy is o has for Ahe DAILY WORKER, it is pos-| wil draw rg aes — belong. It ied ag Wexler who ran second highest. (Continued on page 2) ber“of deputies on Wednesday, and | lems of the miners or is year te ' ee ges) sible that the enemy would slip. in| our debtors. elal blockage around TTT . . on i me gy Pon offer opposition | that these fine “fighters of that state | without Easley’s knowledge. It was/ TID | e imperialistic campaign in | shall " Fear E U R . N not be organized. ae in our daily, the watchdog of Wall As past soya anger S . E THIN G! YOU CAN NEV E TELL Horde sga re keom A Defeatist Campaign aye oo aang the information. A bit| banks realize that congress is eet | WHAT’LL HAPP EN U NDER APIT ALISM ing taelt with attem ts tc ‘Sebsaoe-b usaiaeiiins ae cacao method of CL A : pen to suggest a “plot. to insist on debt collection, the skele- | ° | the budget and map oat aiance ¢ the: camipeiyn; (he ‘excesing) St them- ig the mes a ton will be dragged forth from the on the.payment of the war ‘debt..to stop wiped sense g bnapnn oneal ie aaa ASLEY immediately got in touch,| economic closet—the fact that the war : (Special to The Daily Worker) America. The Paimeve saieet OOF. SR ORSON “Scere Seer £0 ()F 3 W caiieni with Peter Brady, who by the| bawkrupt western Europe and the Bal MONESSEN, Pa., May 27.—While the miners are being laid off at the | offered the chamber a + ag OE Ny enemas is in- eg is reported to be a Pole, despite| kans, and that Germany cannot be mines, and are not busy putting up posts in the mines,'the ground is caving raising the taxes on salaries and be of class collaboration, the recognition —- nals ng is Hibernian cognomen. The Poles| made to pay the debts of France ana! in-and taking with it whatever is on top the earth, ducing the taxes on unearned ~ of the usurped power of courts to Public Han in F ll ataaiad have a right to an apology if the re-| Belgium and Italy. The bankers will «t@everal days ago near Old Madison a house sank into a mine cave comes, thus shifting the burden i grant injunctions, the repudiation of ging roluows erests second Centenary jubilee. errific that what is good for Rockefeller and a oe it » Aes pay ite system = in broke up, police were informed that / These, if led by Lewis rg - arene es dings Morgan, politically and economically, a o Sons e possible for po- |thevklansmen were going to parade Rats eemn aide the officials of the International a Brazil Enters Soviet Trade ay ‘Continued en pene 2) wig ge dliage ot and pick |thru Clinton. Residents of Clinton ee i trict and sub-district of the sheet MOSCOW.—The Brazilian shipping ete iota ' e acced. > ets mange by the repeated ringing country and marched into and thes company “Lloyd Braziliere” has de —_ of the re alarms, but the rian parade y by fone 0 Cont ; l i cided to start a hi-weekly service he- , . él ‘ , = JAPAN SENDS W ARSHIP TO HELP —— to appear altho two or three - pdj ,74Wn eee Se PRGy 2) tween Santos and Odessa. n. an automobiles came into town a. ¢0 Re ee ae ——— , ’ o va — JAP MILL OWNERS MAKE WAR | .c’scstr2.csacuatt set |e “~~ \CALL POLICE RESERVES TO STOP ances. ne report to the ——— “Z many ON CHINESE WOR police had it that a klan parade w — : wee | as ‘ . easths. KERS AT TSINTAO attacked and scores injured, but later — UNION DRIVE; RESULT, A RIOT urday, TOKIO, M investigation showed this re — hr —_—— ’ — port t ——_ spatch Pht pete Be ve - a apt was <n ~ today over an ugly situation | untrue. o be —=f ea Le (Special to The Dally Worker) a result o <= ; iTY, =e against Japanese mill owne j fe See. ee: Chines Rares ~ = a ~ — ape 4 wconuas a rank and file organization rs. nformation received today indicates th Coal Industry SI! = te committee visited three non-union shops in the d dispute is rapidly becoming an anti-Japanese bo 7 GLA Brorer ¥5 district today, the bosse t : Peseta vats gy AILY pe colony at Tsintao feara violence ycott and the Japanese . senbiee Scotland, May 27.—-The was over sane s called out the police reserves, and when the battle . epression report n men were injure d pma te The consul general has referred the details to the foreign office and have dustry cesta s- ans ya ovary on | | hospitals for first aid to the seeaibie ene ment Siinad deaae oe oe mem. rs advised them that conditions are growi continued into th y Gon The poli ' commerce today asked the J ng worse. The Tsintao chamber of sos Oe teat e présent month and The Gu ve on fon) 1 Oower Pes, as Safe Vv? MERE AS 14960 Te. pe police reaponded to the call of the bosses with drawn revolvers and ) y 4 degthene quivatumonk tm. dud se@incht olde | on e marked, with a falling Tenet am ‘created such a commotion in the heart of the dress making district th f 7 and a warship to protect Japanese citizens, . of demands both at home re jp“ @t tt) sreat throngs gathered dnd biocked the streets, necessitating a calling out se " | | bread. ¥ further police reserves to cope with the crowds who cheered the five uniom . ; a | ‘ : iste who were dragged off to jail, ww A Te SE OTS OE SV ORR TSR one aE ETE | . ¢ : a y .
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Now One Fourth of Pre-War Assessment MOSCOW. May 27.—The central exe- cutive committee of the Council of Peo- ple’s Commissariat of the Soviet Unions has just passed a bill on agri- cultural taxes for 1925-26. In com- parison with 470 million rubles of tax- es of last year, and instead of 300 mil- lion rubles of taxes projected for this year, the taxes of this year were cut down to 280 million rubles only. Out of this amount 100 million rubies will be devoted to village administration and other needs in villages. An interesting comparison can be made of the taxes of pre-war times with taxes of recent years. In pre- war times all direct and indirect taxes amounted to 10 rubles 87 kopecks per capita. After the revolution, the peas- ants’ taxes per capita have been as follows: 1920-21 10 rubles 30 kopecks 1921-22 £e. moe 1928-24 - Sekebe os * 1924-25 Sh Bets tn accordance with the aoove Dill, in 1925-26 the Russian peasant will pay only 2 rubles 77 kopecks, which eq als % of pre-war taxes. It is even less than %, taking in consideration that the value of Soviet rible is lower than that of pre-war times. Two Million Dessiatins Seeded in Corn The Council of People’s Commis- sariat of U. S. S. R. has accepted a plan for the increase of the area to be seeded with corn. According to this plan, during the next 3 years the area will be increased to 3% million dessiatins. During 1925-26 the area seeded with corn will amount to l,- 900,000 dessiatins. In comparison with the last year’s area there will be an increase of 450,000 dessiatins. The Council of People’s Commissariat has also pointed out the necessity of tak- ing steps toward the manufacture of corn food products and by-products. Condition of the Crops. According to the latest bulletins of the department of agriculture, the crops in the central provinces have been greatly benefited by the rain- falls of the last days and there is a noticeable improvement in the win- ter crops. The winter crops in Ukrainia show a considerable im- provement especially in these regions, where the condition of the winter crops are quite satisfactory. Winter and spring crops in north Caucasus are in a very good condition. Reduce Price of Machinery. In connection with the increased production of agricultural machinery and implements by the Soviet fac- tories, beginning May 1, prices on all agricultural machinery and imple- ments will be reduced to pre-war standards. A considerable reduction will also be made in fuel and lubricating oils. Refrigerators for Butter. The work has been started on build. ing refrigerators for butter in differ- ent parts of Siberia. The butter col- lected at these various points will be shipped to a huge main refrigerator to be built in Omsk, where the sup- plies of butter and other dairy prod- ucts will be stored for export and ‘domestic market. — political importance, but is yoke of capitalism in the he gives in this well known grad in December, 1917: 1917. olution of 1905 and 1917. can only be welcomed. long time. it. PROGRESSIVE MINERS OF U. CALL FOR WORLD UNION UNITY “IN MESSAGE TO COAL MINERS ¥ A call to hte miners of the world for international trade union unity is being sent out today by the progressive miners committee of the United Mine Workers of America, The call says: Never before in the history of mining has international unity been more desireous or necessary than at present. Soviet Russia are being ground down under the despotic heel of international The coal miners of the world, except capitalism as exemplified in the Dawes plan. which has reduced the miners of Germany, Italy, Belgium, Britain and also in America to the verge of slavery. International Open Shop Drive. An open shop drive is taking place in all countries to crush the only eco- nomic weapon of the workers—their trade unions—and leave them defense- less and at the mercy of the monopol- istic exploiters. The miners’ wages are being cut, their hours of labor are being length- ened, their working conditions are be- ing destroyed, conditions which have been won after many bloody struggles on the industrial battlefield, to satisfy, the insatiable lust of moneyed para- sites, For World Unity of Labor. Brother miners of the world! In this hour of bitter struggle we greet you! In the name of international trade union unity we call upon you to join in an industrial struggle for sol- idarity and we pledge ourselves to fight on this side of the pond for the realization of One International Union composed of the trade unions of the world for the overthrow of capitalism and the erection of a government by AS WE SEE IT | (Continued from last issue.) saddled with a slave mind would fol- low their afivice. But when John D. and J. P. are able to get Peter Brady, William Green and others of that ilk to speak for them there is no doubt but the workers are taking .their in- structions from their class enemies. When the bosses get scared over the visits of such comparatively mild peo- ple as Purcell and John Weatley, what would happen if Zinoviev or Trotsky had purchased tickets for New York? BE United States department of agriculture has hit upon the right idea to solve the farmers’ problems if we are to believe a press notice sent out .by that department. Let the farmers laugh off their heads! This, is the solution.. In reply to a question- naire the farmers almost unanimously asked for a laugh. Low rail rates or better prices for their product did not seem to worry them. What they were after was the loud haw, haw. They are getting it. NE picture sent out by the depart- ment that made quite a hit was entitled, “A Tale of Two Bulls.” This is a good idea for mortgage bankers when they come to pack the poor farmer out of his home. An irate farmer is not. pleasant to look at, but a picture of a horny son of toil, turn- ing over his patrimony to the banker accompanied by considerable wiggling of the inevitable chin spinach and a little of Charlie Chaplin's foot shuf- fling, might get the banker over the unpleasantness and put the farmer in the right mood to face the high road with his pack on his back and his family for a body guard. “Of Practical Political Importance” SAYS V. I. Ulianov (Lenin) the great Communist teacher and leader, on this question in his introduction to THE STATE AND REVOLUTION written in August, 1917. Concluding he states: The question of the relation of a proletarian socialist revolution to the state is therefore not only of practical an urgent need of the day, being concerned with the elucidation for the masses of what they will have to do for their liberation from the very near future. Further light on how and when this book was written, afterword, written in Petro- This little book was written in August and September, I had already drawn up the plan for the next, the seventh chapter, on the experiences of the Russian Rev- But, apart from the title, I had not succeeded in writing a single line of the chapter, being prevented therefrom by a political crisis—the eve of the November Revolution of 1917. Such a hindrance However, this final part of the book devoted to the lessons of the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917, will probably have to be put off for a It is more pleasant and more useful to live thru the experience of a revolution than to write about A new edition of this great in an attractive, durofiex drawing of the author. book can now be had bound cover—with a sympathetic PRICE 25 CENTS. The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. is bad for him. Only those who ed and for the workers and peasants. Comrades miners and workers of Russia! Your sacrifices have won you the reward you so richly deserve. The example you have set to the workers of the world is bearing fruit, and in the desperate onslaught against the toilers of the globe is found ample proof that your sacrifies have awak- ened the world proletariat, and the drive for world solidarity is but one of many expression of its awakened conscience. To the British trade union delega- tion to Russia! We salute you. Your fearless, honest, unprejudiced state- ment on your investigations, and your drive for unconditional admission of the Russian trade unions to Amster- dam, in spite of all the brazen lying of the kept press and government agencies, deserve the admiration of the workers of the world. Hands around the world! The day of emancipation ig drawing near. Com- rades, stand ready to march onward in ohe united international. Progressive Miners’ Committee, Alex Reid, National Secretary, 7020 &. Chicago Ave., Chicago, lil. Coast Jobs Get Scarcer, Timber Mills Shut Down PORTLAND, Ore., May 27.—Along with the usual agricultural layoff after spring planting, comes a further re- duction in timber operations. Cutting has been greatly reduced, more mills and camps closed and many night shifts abolished. Operators claim 50 to 76 per cent normal conditions and the 4 to 5-day week prevails, with more lowering of wages and a rumor of entire cessation in the lumber in- -dustry. At least the capitalist press here notes a “marked decline” in em- ployment. The serious unemployment in Ore- gon prompts the farmers to offer as low as $25 a month for general work. Spring wages had been $40 to $50 a month. British, F rench Rift LONDON, May 27—The reply of Aristide Briand, French foreign min- ister, to the note of Austen Chamber- lain, on the German. security pact shows that France is anxious to block Germany’s participation in the league of nations. France also is reluctant to evacu- ate Cologne, and is opposed to extend- ing Germany’s eastern frontiers. Eng- land takes a different attitude on all these points. Slight Change in Grain Crop. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—A slight decrease in wheat acreage is reported for 21 countries, according to the new estimate received by the United States department of agricul- ture from the international institute of agriculture at Rome. This including the new French esti- mate brings the total of 21 countries reported to date to 127,046,000 acres compared with 129,075,000 acreg for the same countries last year, a de- crease of 2,029,000 acres or 1.6 per cent. This represents about two- thirds of the Northern Hemisphere wheat area outside of the Soviet Union and China. Oil Trust Lawyer Gets Job. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—Si- las Strawn, whose name as lawyer to prosecute the Teapot Dome conspira- tors Was vfthdrawn when his connec- tion with the oil trust was revealed, has beery chosen to represent the United States at the conference on | Chinese customs. The conference is part of the nine- power treaty for the division of China by the world powers, which must be ratified by France to make it effec- tive. Hoover Boosts Brazilian Trade. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—The United States, again the chief sup- plier of Brazil, exported merchandise to that country in 1924 amounting to approximately $66,000,000, according to a*pamphlet on the economic situa- tion of Brazil just issued by the de- partment of commerce. This export trade shows a growth of $20,000,000 over the figures of 1928. Get a sub for the DAILY WORKER from your sbopmate and you will make another mem- _ THE DAILY | Defeat U.S. Aid to New. Attack on Soviet Rule By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Urge sinc the West Virginia Injunction a = IK “MANY {MILLIONS | Cold Wave Te Took Toll of Much Produce ‘A toll of damaged crops which will = (Continued from p.ge 1) West Virginia would certainly bring every miner of that state into the union in spite of all the injunctions of all the courts. The courts, state and federal, have issued injunctions inst Lewis and ODAY, the press of the international ball regents; what the DAILY WORKER published in last week, that the Baltic and Balkan capitalist states are frantically clutching at one another in an effort to develop some sort of compact against their common dread—the Union of a _| Soviet Republics. be site pt Oe tcl ane In its issue of Thursday; May 21st, the DAILY WORKER many times, previously, and with the} carried an exposure of this new move of the offspring of the same procedure. ® have seen high-| Versailles peace under the heading of: “Military Staffs of Border States Meet to Prepare Rule.” _ It was not until its issue of May 25th, that the Chi Daily News, for instance, published a cable from its chief anti-Soviet lie fabricator, F. A. MacKenzie, at Reval, Estho- nia, under the title, “New Move in Baltic Union ‘Against Mesnwhile this “is going on, the} Russia; President Visits Reval and Sees Esthonian Army abandonment of “peaceful picketing,” the working of scabs, the renewed pro- Parade. e . ze porsetirecSiga Sie, ered we tee This should be enous h to stir the workers everywhere state, the weakenttig of the fighting; t0 be on their yt st “the new war.” Morgan has ’ | spirit of the miners by the long seige| just floated a $10 an to bulwark terror rule in Fin- of hunger, the leng drawn out andj land. No wonder the Esthonian white guard government sickly policy of the officials and—final-| declares a two-day holiday when the Finnish president comes ly, the collapse of the movement. to Reval. The white guards, ages from 16 to 60, drilled to Mass violation of injunctions, led} make war on Esthonia’s militant workers, are paraded for by Lewis—whose duty it is as head of} the approval of Finland’s fascist chief. the union to lead or get out—would ut Esthonia, like Latvia, cannot live cut off from the economic life of the Union of Soviet Re ublics, Even the once and for all end the injunctions in West Virginia. Mass meetings in} 2 ti-Bolshevik propagandist, MacKenzie, is forced to report that: each locality with progressive miner speakers to solidify the fighting spir- it and lead a militant picketing cam- “Esthonia’s metal trade, once prosperous, has now largely dis- paign would clinch the victory. /appeared. Narva’s textile milis, capable of employing 16,000 people, running only In part. The Russians recently offered to buy them. Mill- tary parades upon Petersplatz and even the formation of white guards From Courts to Pieket Line. Tens of thousands of dollars have are powerless to fight this economic menace.” «6 °-e° 8 been wasted in the courts fighting the injunctions, together with wasted, ace bf Ee teore Pi These little buffer states, organized and supported to has sidetracked the struggle from a| feed bullets and not bread, to the workers, cannot long en- place where the miners can win—the| dure unless outside aid is continually granted them. picket line—to a place where they can One of the main sponsors for the anti-Soviet “little never win—the capitalist courts. entente” is Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho-Slovakia, who This money would much better be! acted recently as chairman of the “socialist” sponsored inter- used to feed and shelter the destitute} ational labor bureau of the League of Nations. The Czechs did their best in the war on Soviet Rule. They marched against the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Now the toads foreign minister promises to win the support of the Le women and children of the miners of Nations, at its fall assembly, for the “little entente,” vassal priced mig tei on to fight the ew War Against Soviet injunction in 8, one decision favoring the miners, then the disco- very of endless technicalities, another injunction, and so on and so on. The Methed of Failure. who are being evicted from the homes and who have had all grocery stores closed against and who suffer danger of slow starvation and actual death. of French imperialism, for the new war against the Workers’ ls It a Plot Against Union? Republics. | The meek and apologetic policy of PE Se the leaders, their hypocritical prayer meetings, _ their class. collaboration with sheriffs and state police, have This new drive is being auspiciously launched under a huge smokescreen of propaganda to the effect that the Soviet Union is planning to increase its Red Army to several disgusted the ng who now ask,| millions for an open attack on its western neighbors. The “Is this of v9 ts + DAILY WORKER has already exposed this propaganda that calls for a saviour against the “imperialism of Moscow.” In our May 21st issue it was shown: ' “As for the ‘imperialism of Moscow,’ this Is a demagogic lle which is completely played out. This is nothing but a cheap excuse, intended to justify the war plans which are now being openly admitted. The measures of defense are obviously warlike measures. As concerns the word ‘defense,’ history has shown that up to now every predatory war has been carried on under the flag of self-defense.” "the Vi American workers must be aroused to the danger of this new war,—the war against Soviet Rule. It will be the wealth stolen from American workers, in the form of profits, that will be used to finance this war, since capitalist Europe is bankrupt. Wage cuts and the longer workday in the United States méan more gold to feed the war dial in Europe. Workers of America must fight this scheme of the international bankers. They must defeat it. raneeldent with fool the workers into Paabeat to keep the officials in office and to give them an excuse for the tragic lack of or- ganization?” The progressive miners also demand an immediate workfng alliance with the railroad unions, to aid them in their organization campaign. Not an agreement to pass resolutions of sym- pathy for each other, but a pledge of co-operation where during strikes the railroaders would refuse to haul scab coal and in return Would receive simi- lar support when the.railway men are on strike. Pacifism Leads to Defeat. . Every miner, even every intelligent worker, knows that West Virginia is under the brutal terror of company run into millions was left in the wake of the week-end cold wave, according to statistics complied here today from reports of observers in Michi- gan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Minne- sota, Iowa, Wisconsin and North Da- kota. The survey is the first comprehens- ive report available since thermome- ters dropped from the nineties tothe freezing point and below, in the face of Arctic blasts from the northwest last Saturday and Sunday. Damages Reported. Van Buren county, Michigan: Frost has wiped out entire fruit crop. Most complete disaster to fruit growers in 15 years. Clinton county, Mich.: Plums total loss. Cherry yield reduced 560 to 90 Iper cent. Late cherry yield reduced 50 to 75 per cent. Eaton county, Mich.:* Strawberry crop reduced 50 per cent thruonut Michigan. Light damage to early garden produce. Whiteside county, Ill.: Total loss of all,gberry and fruit crops. Twenty- five per cent apples loss. Lowlands oats and barley cut. to 50 per cent yield. Barly planted corn cut 60 pew cent. Wells county, Ind.: Heavy corn and Sugar beet losses. Total losses fm truck garden crops. Greatest Loss in 12 Years, “It is impossible to estimate the loss atcurately in dollars,” a state ment from the foundation issued with the survey reads, “but it can be said conservatively to be the greatest in 12 years. “Prices in such commodities as can- not be replanted in time for seasonal maturity, will be extremely high.” France and Spain Are Seeking Truce in North Africa (Continued from page 1) ference of world powers. At such a conference’ Taufflieb pointed out, “Problems cannot be taken up with the United States under conditions favorable to France unless the debt be rege is first disposed of.” Tautf- fleb said France should carry on more active propaganda in America, U. &. Business Got Loans. Former minister of finance Klotz, who served during the close of war, declared that the money borrow- ed by France has been spent in e- rica. “Thru war taxes the Ame treasury has recovered 80 per cent of it,” Klotz said, in a speech here. France and Spain are reported to be offering Krim the right into trade without hinderance by the customs of the territory, now held by both. Krim has so far refused to negotiate unless he is conceded Tetuan. The Riffans, meanwhile, have at- tacked the French Moroccan front at three vital points, and inflicted severe losses on the French . Severino Case is gunmen, cossacks, and innumerable / spies, that union men who venture alone and unprotected by a miners’ army into the unorganized flelds are beaten up and jailed, deported or shot down in cold blood. Under such conditions the miners are actual slaves, and any officials who pretend to organize by prayer meetings and peaceful picketing are either totally ignorant or traitors to the union. GUDOK, NEWPAPER OF SOVIET R. R. By M. A. SKROMNY celebrated the fifth anniversary of its existence. The growth of circulation and influence of this paper is remarkable. WORKERS, OBSERVES 5th BIRTHDAY On May 11, Gudok, the official organ of the Soviet Railwaymen’s Union, The issue of May 11, 1925, is full of greetings from all parts of the world, including the United States. Postponed to Fall by the Government (Continued from page 1.) fore had not suffered a loss of citizen- ship, the government went a step fur- ther and began the proceedings to cancel his naturalization papers, evi- dently hoping to set a precedent for similar action against all naturalized citizens who become Communists. The Gudok Born in Battle. The first issue of Gudok as a daily newspaper appeared on May 11, 1920, during the fierce battles of the Russ- ian workers and peasants against the world’s bourgeoisie. It was during the blockade and invasions, at the time of the almost total destruction of the economic life of the country when Gudok was born. The transport of Russia was in a terrible condition. The Soviet govérn- ment had no time to reorganize it, everything in the country was being ased for the defense of the revolution. Some of the old officials of the rail- ways made use of this situation and attempted still further to obstruct transportation. They were sabotaging, stealing, destroying. Make Labor Leaders Lead. No one can doubt the earnest de- sire of the West Virginia miners to organize. But the U. M. W. of A. must give them the chance. It must lead a real militant campaign—call out the miners of the whole country on strike, organize a march into West Virginia under the banner of the union, compel Lewis, Green, Murray, and the tribe of cowards and weak sisters drawing fat salaries to walk at the head of the march as is their duty as labor leaders occupying office. Let this be done and thousands of men would respond to the call for a war on the open shop that would shake the rule of scabdom in West Virginia and thruout the country into ruins. Let this be done and the U. M. W. of A. would regain its power and the miners their wages and jobs. THE PROGRESSIVE MINERS COMMITTEE, Alex Reid, National Secretary, 7020 S. Chicago Ave., Chicago, II! culation went up to 232,500. spondents and the Bill Dunne, WORKER. editor of the ents of France and others. The movement Gudok began an offensive against them. It began to expose them and called upon the workers to do their bit in exposing tae enemies of the revolution. The workers responded. They began to write to Gudok. At ‘first they were hesitating, expecting ' the editors to be “highbrows,” and not Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or | to pay much attention to letters writ- two, will make a better Communist |ten by half-illiterate workers. But the United States. much. ber for your branch. of you. soon they found out that this was not RUSSIAN BUDGET NOW DEFINITE the case. The utmost attention was paid to these letters. The workers began to send in more letters, and U. S&S. To Sell Ford Ships stabilization of Soviet currency has | WASHINGTON, May 27.—Reports from the Soviet Union commissariat of finance to the Russian information bureau in Washington show that the | establish a fixed budget for the current half year, and te calculate a fixed budget for the year beginning next October. past six months were $58,000,000 more than anticipated, and left a surplus. This surplus ia now being applied to development of Industry and agriculture, | and te electrification. the circulation and influence of the raper began to grow. | Bill Dunne a‘Correspondent. permitted the Union of Republice to! The circulation of the paper in Oc- tober, 1923, was 95,000 daily. At that time the paper used to receive about 4,000 letters a month. The paper had 325 regular worker-correspondents. a In May, 1924, this sroupot correspond- | possible inte service. Government revenues for the ing t ents has grown to 1,115 and the cir- At the present time (May, 1925) the paper has 10,000 worker-corre- circulation has grown to 260,000. Besides these corre- spondents it has correspondents in all countries including the United States. One of their U. 8S. correspondents is DAILY In the issue of May 11, 1925, there are greetings from groups of workers’ correspondents from other Russian newspapers as well as from the work- er-correspondents of the Rote Fahnx« of Germany, the worker-correspond- of worker-corre- spondents which started in Russia is spreading rapidly all over the world and has reached by this time also But so far Gudok is far ahead of all other newspapers in the world in the space devoted to its worker-cor- respondents, and that is the reason why the workers of Rubsia love it so WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—T. Vv. O'Connor, chairman of the shipping board this afternoon left Washington for Detroit to resume negotiations for the purchase by Henry Ford of be- tween 200 and 400 government vessels. The ships are those designated by the board to be scrapped. Before leav- O’Connor announced he would ask ford to convert the vessels into Diesel burners, and put as many as case has been pending for some time and the government has sought to secure deposition in various places to ‘aid it in proving Severino’s Commun- ist views. It seems not to have suc- ceeded in securing the testimony it relies upon to make its case. Light is thrown on the proceedings by the fact that Severipzo was natur- alized in 1915, ten years ago, which was before the Communist Party and the Communist International existed, and yet the contention of the gov ment is that he secured his naturaiiza- tion papers thru fraud becausé he since has become a Communist and an active worker in the Workers (Com- munist) Party. Bill Asks New State SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 27.—“A new state” in Dlinois was requested in a bill introduced in the senate me morializing the United States com gress to “divide Illinois into two sep erate states to be known as north Illinois ahd south Illinois.” the Dill was scheduled to go the executive committee. It was freely admitted the bill, was echoing the disappointment of Chi- cago politicians who, thus far, have failed in their effort at reapportion- ment o fthe state to give the metro polis a decided increase in the num- ber of its senators and representatives at the expense of the “Downstate.” Fire Sweeps Toledo Building. TOLEDO, O., May 27—Two persons weer injured and a loss mounting into the hundreds of thousands of dollars will result from a fire which is sweeping the terminal building here afternoon. 7 “ « th iad . » §
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Read, _feafety service director of the bureau. _lowest recorded since the war. ‘between Birmingham and WORKER DEAD IN CA 11 TRAPPED Pit Had No Facilities for Fighting Fire WASHINGTON, May 27.—Seventy- one miners were trapped today In the Carolina Coal company’s mine at Ra- } lelgh, N. C., of which six have been recovered dead, according to telephon- lo advices received here by the bureau of mines. The men were trapped in an explo- sion which was almost immediately followed by fire, bureau officials said. A heavy loss of Hfe is feared be- | cause the ming has no facilities for, fighting fires, and hag only one gas Rescuers at Work. RALEIGH, N. C., May 27.— Fears that between fifty and sixty-five men met death in the explosion and are in the mine of the Carolina Coal com- Dany, near Sanford, were expressed here this afternoon as state authori- ties prepared to send rescue equip- ment to the scene of the disaster. The exact number of men who were trapped was not known, but rescuers at a late hour today had been unable to penetrate into the mine because of the fire that followed the explosion. Six bodies had been recovered near the mouth of the mine shortly after three o’clock. Martial Spirit Pipes Down HIGHLAND PARK, Ill, May 27— All is not well in case of invasion by a foreign foe, it is learned in tho freshwater gold coast town of High- land Park, revealed the weakness in the local defenses. The day had been set apart to bum every resident for a cash handout for the memorial that remains unbuilt seven years after the armistice. The delegated beggars re- ported an astonishing lack of interest in the scheme. One amateur collector said he had been insolently rebuffed three times in one city block. The town was well over 100 per cent patri- otic eight years ago. : Infant Mortality In Scotland GLASGOW, May 27.—Ninety-eight out of every 1,000 babies born in Scot- land in 1924 died before reaching their first birthday, according to the latest report of the Scotland registrar gen- eral. The birth rate for 1924 was the Housing Shortage In England LONDON, Eng., May 27.—Olbury, a manufacturing town with a population of about 87,000 inhabitants, situated Wolver- hampton in the almost completely in- dustrialized “black country” has since the war been suffering from an acute housing shortage, as has been the case with nearly all English cities. Quake Shock Felt. NEW ORLEANS, May 26—An earthb- quake shock, roughly reckoned to have had its center 10,000 miles south of New Orleans, was registered on the seismograph at Loyola University between 2:28 and 3 a. m. today, it was reported by Father Abell, scientist in | Furniture Men Up TSIXTY-FIVE MINERS, | TRAPPED IN RALEIGH MINE, THOT DOOMED (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, May 27—Emerg- ency first aid equipment has been rushed by airplane direct to the Carolina Coal company’s mine, near Raleigh, N. C., where approximate- ly 65 miners are trapped, from Birmingham, Ala. it was announo- ' ed at the United States bureau of mines. The plane should arrive early this evening. WILL FOLLOW IN FOOTSTEPS OF. ‘SUN YAT SEN Koumintang Leader in Letter to Communist The American branch of the Kuo ‘Min Tang Party, intends to follow in the footsteps of its dead leader, Sun Yat Sen, says a letter written by the ‘president of that organization to Mar. | tin Abern, district organizer of the Workers Party. The letter reads: “Dear Mr. Abern: “I am very sorry that on account of my absence from Chicago, answer to you has been delayed for such long time. ' “T have read your enclosed clippings which breathe with so much sincere sympathy anu interest In the Chinese people in their struggle for freedom and independence. We thank you heartily for your symjathy with us in mourning the death of our departed leader, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who devoted his whole life in the cause of the Chin- ese worki.g masses. | “We, the Kuo Min Tang Party will follow tn the path of our great leader, Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and continue the fight for the liberation of the Chinese masses against their oppressors. We are very grateful to the workers of the world for encouraging and render- ing support to our emancipation move- ment. “Sincerely yourrs, “Kuo Min Tang, “Hinla Eng, President.”: for Price Fixing, Refuse to Pay Fines GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 27.-- volved in the indictments it is ex- }pected will be returned against 201 furniture manufacturers of the coun- try by a federal grand jury in Chi- cago whcih, it is said, is prepared to charge them with a technical viola- tion of the Sherman law. AS * Plans for the contest have been laid by representatives of the National Association of Case Goods Manufac- turers at a meeting in Chicago which was attended by a committee repres- enting 11 Grand Rapids plants. The sgovernment’s reported com- promise offer by which they were to plead guilty to price fixing and pay a fine of $5,000 each will not be ac- cepted, it was stated here. Chrales R. Sligh, president of the Sligh Furntiuré company, said his company will never pay the $5,000 un- less it is ordered to by the United charge of the department at the uni- versity. | States supreme court. irday 7 C’mon If you have a day, an hour, c’mon over. and ever so many other little the DAILY WORKER. We'll for fun, c’mon over! There is so much work piled up on the small force in our office that we need your help so very badly, to insert letters, address, seal and stamp envelopes lf you volunteer your services that’s a fine way to help Over! or a minute to spare—why, jobs that have us swamped. be glad to see you——so just Grand Rapids furniture men are in-] U.S. BANKERS LOOKED TO FOR GERMAN LOANS Rely on Hindenburg to Suppress Labor NEW YORK, May 27,—Employere’ periodicals for the garment and tex- tlle Industriea are informed thru 8B. J. Perkins, Berlin correspondent for the Fairchilde’ Service, that German labor Is no longer so docile ag be- fore the war and will resist the malied fist policies that General Hindenburg ls expected In many quarters to use. ' But big business is counting on the general to accomplish the disciplining of the workers, says Perkins, and feels that in any case American capital will be so pleased with the election of the militarist that more ample loans will be extended from across the water. Hindy Ecpected to Be Good Bet. “Today,” continues the correspond- ent, “any application of what the unions choose to interpret as the mailed fist principle will meet organ-' ized opposition not so much to the ascendency of the nationalist party, as a fight to retain what power Ger- man labor has acquired since 1919. “The industrialist professes to be- lieve that the ultimate reaction to Hindenburg’s election will be favor- able, especially in Wall Street, on the ground that America’s money market, in which numerous German § enter- prises still hope to negotiate loans, will appreciate the necessity of the Bismarckian touch, and in conse quence regard the fatherland as a bullish proposition. It is more of a hope than a prophecy.” $5 to $9 a Week. Speaking of the woolen and worsted trades, he says: “The present wage in this industry, employing a large amount of home work, is the equivalent of $5 weekly, but in other branches the pay aver- ages 6 marks a day, or nearly $9 a week.” Negroes Arrested for Trying to Get White Slave to Join Union By A. B., Worker Correspondent. NEW YORK, May 27.—A _ colored girl picketing in front of A. Biran- baum, 63 E. 11th street, a small dress shop, was arrested for getting into a scrap with the slave she was trying to get to join the union. While the col-! ored girl was talking to her the scab set up such a howl that a crowd gathered, the boss came running out of the shop and in the struggle the scab received a blow on the nose, All were taken to court, but the case was dismissed for lack of evidence. A. Biranbaum’s dress shop is a dirty hole where girls work under the most wretched conditions and for a miser- able wage. Lately a struggle between ithe dressmakers’ union and this ex- ploiter of labor was evident and dur- ing the last few days a union picket appeared in front of the shop talking to the girls as they come and go. The fight is still on. Foreign Exchange. NEW YORK, May 27.—Great Brit- ain, pound sterling, demand 4.86%; cable 4.86%. France, franc, demand 5.00; cable 5.00%. Belgium, franc, de- mand 4.96; cable 4.96%. Italy, lira, demand 3.9744; cable 3.97%. Sweden, krone, demand 26.75; cable 26.78. Norway, krone, demand 16.82; cable 16.94. Denmark, krone, demand 18.82: cable 18.84. Germany, mark, wun- quoted. Shanghai, tael, demand 75.37%; cable 75.87%. Manufacturers Probe Fire. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 27— Newman T. Miller, state fire marshal, today received a request from city of- ficials of Brazil to investigate a fire which destroyed the plant of the Chi- cago Sewer Pipe Co., there with a a weer ee eeeerTTererTeeeeeee Ye Ye wVYY" | hr FT DODGING FOUGHT FRONT IN FRANCE (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, May 27.—There are 3,860 Indictments on the calendars of the federal court here, against persone charged with evading the conscriptign law during the world war. + Many of those against whom in- dictm were brot, were at the front, U States attorney Buck- ner decla and still others are dead, Buckner Is endeavoring to clear the calendar of these cases, as It ie thot they will not be prose- cuted.: Presbyterians Argue the Virginity _ @F.Christ’s Mother “ eh: COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 27—Lead- ers of the Presbyterian church, cheer- ed by clearing skies in the raging doctrinal eOntrovérsy, were laboring here today to avoid :-steps which would lead to a split in the.church as a result of the Gantz decision. Predictions were freely made that the bitter threats of modernist New York leaders that the wealthy and | powerful metropolitan church would break with the main church body, would be reduced to only vigorous protests against the judicial commis- sion’s ruling that complete faith in the virgin birth is an essential quali- fication for licensure as a Presbyter- ian minister. Modernist members declared, how- ever, that the New York presbytery, battleground: of the fight over moot church temete, wonld defy the gen- eral assembly and continue to license members: without requiring direct af- firfimation; of faith in the virgin birth. dato >” eae Gamblers, Host we eadine Charged _ with Manipulating Information that the Chicago board of trade has"been under secret investi- gation by Gépartment of justice agents for the last‘six weeks in which vari- oug charges’ of artificial price manipu- lations have been and denied, today * cident with it’ that Seerétary of Agriculture Jardine would visit the board and confer with the directors to- morrow. a. The directors denied, however, that they hid any knowledge or expectancy that Jarditie “would demand a “house cleaning.” i Y persistent report is cur- rent that threats of revoking their charter uniéis conditions on the board were remé@died immediately, have been made.’ ** Bandits Loot Kentland, Ind. KENTLAND, Ind., May 27.—Bandits invaded the ‘town of Brook, Ind., near here today, looted the bank, cut all telephone wires and sped away to ward Chicago, leaving the town com- pletely isdlated from all communica- tion. The amount of the loot or de- tails of the robbery had not reached here a few hours after the crime. ah Scab Bands Supplant Union Music. NEW ORDEANS, May 27.— Union musicians are protesting “company bands” that supply music free at the New Orleans playgrounds. Union mu- sicilans had been engaged on a salary basis until the “open shop” bosses got behind this move to wreck the musi- cians’ union. Fire Deatroys Farmer’s Home. ROSCOB, Ijl., May 27.—The farm house of Albert Burns was destroyed by fire early today and the family barely escaped with their lives when the back part of the house was found in flames by a daughter who was re- turning from a dance. Prisoner Burns to Death. PANA, Ill, May 27.—Ed Roach, 45, POLICE ATTACK NEGRO WHO ASKS FOOD SERVICE Noted African Beaten in Restaurant Kojo Tovalou-Houenonu, hereditary head of the African nation of Daho mey which is now under Freneh co)- onial rule, and president of the Uni- versal League for the Defense of the Black Race, was the center of an up roar and violent fight in a Clark St. restaurant Tuesday night which he had entered with a party of friends for a quiet supper. No sooner had the prepossessing figure of the young African chief ap- peared at the door, than a wild shriek rang out. Negro Is Attacked “Kill him! I am from Virginia!” shouted a well-dressed white woman, throwing up her hands. “I am from Texas!” shouted a pros- péerous looking man, who arose to give battle. As Tovalou and his friends quietly ignored these genteel remarks and proceeded toward a table, the pro prietor of the restaurant rushed up to bar the way. “The tables are all re- served,” he sald, “we can’t serve you, you'll have to go.” But the young Negro, himself a law- yer and physician, and knowing the law of the state to be that restaurants are obliged to serve without discrimti- nation of race or color, pointed to the many vacant tables and insisted on his right to be served. Altho Tovalou-Houenou was dis- charged in the night court at the city hall, the policemen who arrested him subjected him to a severe beating. Patrolman Murphy, Costello, Webb and Cmith of the central police sta- tion severely beat Tovalou-Houenou, threw him into the street, and rode him to the station in a patrolwagon. Tovalou-Houenou had addressed members of the Women’s Internation- al League, with Miss Jane Adams presiding over the meeting, and left with Mrs. Harry Norton, and Gustave Arcila Uribe, a sculptor. They went to the Schulder’s restaurant at 170 N. Clark St., and the waiters and pro- prietors immediately refused to serve them. They were insulted and cursed by the waiters. The manager then called the police, and asked them to eject Tovalou-Houenou. | Soon after Tovalou-Houenou eén- trance a swarm of ladies, gentlemen and policemen were piling over each other like a swarm. of jungle-beasts to pummel the “nigger.” He was severe- ly beaten about the face, bleeding pro- fusely. Finally the crowd of police- men dragged him out of the restaur- ant and took him to the night court on a charge of “disorderly conduct.” | the white hoodlums were not arrested, | Ee OVERGAARD TO SPEAK TO MILITANT METAL WORKERS IN NEW YORK °* NEW YORK—A general meeting of all militants and progressive metal workers will be held this Friday, May 29, 8 p. m. at 108 E. 14th. Andrew Overgaard, who has just returned from Russia, and who has attended the Metal Workers Inter- national Congress recently held in France, will give a report at this meeting. You should not miss this opportunity to hear such an in- teresting report. There wil! also be reports and discussions of local problems in order to formulate a proper plan of activity for the growth of our movement within the Metal Trades. All of the progressive metal workera interested in the labor movement, and the trade In particu- ular, should not stay away from this meeting. N. Y. Committee for Amalgamation of the Metal Trades. G. Obergfell, secretary. Amalgamated metal workers especially invited to discuss policy for unity with machinists. Fascist Ambassador Talks Cash to Mellon, But Leaves No Coin WASH NGTON, May 27—A slight rift in the foreign debt clouds was seen today in the opening of a series of conversations here between the Italian ambassador and secretary of the treasury Mellon on the funding of Italy’s $2,000,000,000 debt to the United States.. As Italy was looked on by the government as one of the nations which probably would mark time tntil France made a concrete debt paying proposal, the visit of Baron G. de Martino to the treasury department was hailed with consid- erable satisfaction in administration circles.. Shepherd Witness Continues to Elude Searching Police NEW YORK, May 27.—A search for Robert White, missing chauffeur, wanted in Chicago as a material wit- ness in the murder trial of William D. Shepherd, was continued by police and detectives here today after it had been learned that the Manhattan ad- dress to which White had shipped a trunk was fictitious. A man answered White's descrip- tion obtained a trunk, it was learned, direct from the office of the American express company, calling for it in an automobile bearing an Illifois license plate, number 169-02. Germany Welcomes Negroes. BERLIN, May 27—German news- (Special to The Dally Worker.) FREETOWN, Slerre Leone, W the Prince of Wales here caused dissatisfaction among the natives. The ception and dance given in his honor at the government house here, and prince and his with the few white women present, tended. The protectorate chiefs, whose photographs welcoming the prineé) were sent thruout the world, were om: dered to come to Freetown for the purpose, and when many of them at. last refused, they were dérdered ta immediately board a train for Freee [town or suffer the action of the agy’ thorities. They expressed displeasuré at the treatment accorded them. 3 The Prince of Wales was to attend the demonstration of school children at the parade grounds, but delayed his schedule, so that the chil were left standing in the scorching: heat. Thirty-two fainted, and were given medical attention, by doctors who were prepared for such an emer gency. Ohe of the Paramount chiefs of the Kerene district, who had traveled «@ long distance in obedience to the om ders of the commissioners to attend the gatherings of the chiefs at Free; town, landed in such a prostrated con- dition that he was immediately sent back to his country by the authorities, who anticipated his death The wun- fortunate chief has since died. Teapot Dome Gang Again for Fraud in Oil Leases WASHINGTON, May 27-—Former Secretary of the Interior Albert B, Fall, and the oil magnates, B. lL, Do heny, and Harry F. Sinolatr, were in- dicted here again today by a federal grand jury for alleged conspiracy te defraud the government in the Calb fornia and Wyoming naval off leases. This is the second time the three men have been indicted on the same charge. The first indictment was dis missed by the district of Columbia |supreme court because unauthorized | persons were in the grand jury while the inquiry was being made, | The indictments are the outgrowth |of the senate ofl lease investigation The proprietor of the restaurant and | papers today characterized the Amer- | °f ® year ago. of course. Well Known Foe of Imperialism | Kojo Tovalou-Houenou is known far | and wide for his protests against the cruelties practiced in Africa by tle imperialist government. He is recogn- ized by the French government as the champion of the people of Dahomey who suffer torture and death at the hands of the French rulers. After serving in the French army during the world war as an officer and surgeon, Tovalou’s protests on behalf of his people caused him to fall into the bad graces of the French government. He is touring the United States seeking support for his movement for the | liberation of the African peoples. “They are more savage than the | Africans,” was the short comment of | the young Negro to a reported for the | DAILY WORKER. “In Africa, at least they respect foreigners and vane all lers.” Will Bring Sult Tovalou will begin, he said, imme- | diate suit against the proprietor of the | restaurant and also against the police- | a prisoner, was burned to death today in a fire that destroyed the jail here. loss of $250,000. riot. men who joined in the assault ad | ican Négroes “American children of | Israel,” following the simultaneous and heartily welcomed presentations of the “Chocolate Kids,” a Negro jazz band, and the Negro folk songs of the Fisk Institute singers. New Zealand Docks Strikes ANCKLAND, New Zealand, May 27. —Considerable trouble has been re- cently experienced between waterside employers and employees at several! New Zealand ports, resulting in a severe retardation to shipping, on ac- count of strikes. Edward L. Doheney, Jr, was nos included by the grand jury, altlié he | previously had been indicted. | | Oppose Wage Cuts in Shoe Industry HAVERHILL, Mass., May 87—Th Shoe Workers Protective Union { presenting arguments to the shoe board against the demands of the |Haverhill Shoe Manufacturers AssOc }fation, representing 81 manufactur |ers, for wage reductions. big business. A propaganda novel read after you have enjoyed it. 100% THE DAILY WORKER, Literature Department 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ili. THE STORY OF A PATRIOT. By Upton Sinclair. 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Negotiate With Other _ Transport Unions By W. FRANCIS AHERN (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) MELBOURNE, Australia, May 27.— At a conference of railwaymen, mem- bérs of the Australian Railways Union held at Melbourne recently the ques- tion of amalgamation with other trans- port unions as a first move to consti- tuting the transport division of the One Big Union was discussed. The following resolution was carried:— “That an effort be made to amalga- mate with other transport unions with the view to bringing about closer in- dustrial organization, and the forma- tion of a transport department of the Australian organization called the One Big Union. Conference aguin affirms its belief and confidence in the One Big Industrial Union, and favors a shop committee system to secure con- trol at the point of production, as well as “of distribytion, thus organizing both the employed and unemployed.” Negotiate With Engineers Negotiations were opened up with the Locomotive Engineers’ Union with a view to bringing about an amalga- mation of the two unions, but proved abortive... The A. R. U. then carried a resolution instructing its organizers to enroll locomotive engineers in the A-R. U. The A. R. U. also decided to co-operate with other unions with a view to establishing a labor radio station for the broadcasting of labor news and propaganda. Call Mass Meeting It was also decided that a mass meeting of members of the A. R. U. be called at an early date to discuss (a) past, present, and future dismis- sals of employees from the railway ; services: (b) protest against the act- ion of the state railway department in going outside Australia for their re- quirements, which can be locally pro- duced. Turkey Tears Down Flag of League of Nations on Ship os CONSTANTINOPLE, May 27.—The -wew league of nations flag, has been seized by the Turkish government and has been prohibited from being flown here. The straits commission created under the Lausanne treaty to report on the number of warships in the black sea, hoisted the flag, a dark blue with two golden bars. Admiral Vassif Pasha, Turkish dele- gate on the commission, seized the flag by order of his government, and announced that police would tear own any other league of nations flag By GREGORY ZINOVIEV. (Concluded from last issue.) VIll. Marxism and Leninism. The Bolshevization of the Parties Must Proceed on the Basis of Leninism. OMRADES! The whole question of bolshevization must be treated on the basis of Leninism. What Len- inism is and with what fresh conclu- sions it has enriched the theory of Marxism generally we have set forth in detail in our theses. I am obliged to admit that not all our comrades correctly understand the relation between Marxism and Leninism. I hold in my hands a state- ment by a French comrade who, partly in jest, calls himself the only French Marxist. I am referring to Charles Rappaport. It concerns a pas- sage in the speech which he delivered at.the last congress of the French party. This is how the Humanite of January 19 reports this passage: “Many comrades fail to understand the real meaning of bolshevization,”’ Rappaport declared. “He expressed regret,” the paper went on to Say, “that a tendency was to be observed to substitute Marxism by Leninism.” Rappaport complains “that there is a tendency to substitute Marxism by Leninism!” In other words “the only French Marxist” believes that we want to replace Marxism by Leninism. We recently heard the same state- ment from the mouth of Friedrich Ad- ler. Adler says that a tendency is growing up in the Communist Inter- national to refer more and more rare- ly to Marxism and to speak more and more frequently of Leninism. Fried- rich Adler regards this as evidence of our renunciation of Marxism, When Adler tells such fables we are very little affected. But it is very sad when they are told by our own comrades. =~ International proaiall I must, however, frankly atate that even in Russia there are. .certain Marxists who express similar ideas to that of “the only French Marxist,” Charles Rappaport. THINK the matter is clear to the Enlarged Executive. The Plenum understands why we lay emphasis on the importance of Lenin. Lenin is unthinkable without Marx. Lenin was Marx’s pupil. Leninism is the true undistorted Marxism of our epoch. When the Second Interna- ti nai had mutilated Marxism until i‘ was unrecognisable and began to drag his banner in the mire, true Marxism remained living only in Leninism, and that is why the bolshevization of the are no Spartacists.” to value the good independents gave us. left inde- pendents brought into our party (voice from the body of the hall: “Quite true!”). But on the other hand they had such serious weaknesses that they wéte only able to overcome their defects after a series of crises. We must learn how to unite under the banner of revolu- at the left tionary Marxism all the valuable things that were given us in their and the left independents. Every young worker perfectly understands that the Communist movement rose up on the backs of several preceding parties must be carried out on the paar generations who had both basis of Leninism. That is the idea we have given expression to in our theses. We shall carry it further both in theory and in practice. We are far from wishing to renounce the glorious traditions of the First Internationa) and the many, truly valuable, tradi- tions even of the Second Internation- al. It is unthinkable, for instcnce, that a French Communist should not know Guesdes and Lafargue, that a Russian Bolshevik should know Plek- hanov only as an opportunic t, and not know that Plekhanov was once the teacher of Lenin; or that a German Communist should forget the valuable contributions made by social democ- racy in to the earlier revolutionary period of its activities. We will not surrender to the present social dem- ocrats the Wilhelm Liebknecht and the Bebel of the time of the “excep- tional law against the socialists.” That which is truly Marxism in the revoltuionary traditions of the old Polish democrats must also be care- fully preserved as a valuable histori- cal heritage. The same should be said of the “Spartacus Bund.” But it would be a profound error to regar all the Spartacists as finished leaders, whom it is inconvenient for instance to ask how they regard the “Saxon” policy or the event of October, 1923. That cannot be allowed, comrades. We cannot allow every Spartacist a carte blanche on the plea of an old name. But, on the other hand/ it becomes no- body to "boast that “we, thank god, eir weak and their .strong sides. The Communist International did not appear in the world all of a sudden. know how! time both by the “Spartacus Bund” to perfect ourselves, and to make our- selves true Communists such as Com- rade Lenin imagined them. That is one of the aims of Bolshevization. Forward! in Spite of all Difficul- tles and Obstacles. ° OMRADES, we were obliged to re- cord a number of not very pleas- ant facts and were obliged to admit many defeats and faults. We must look the truth in the face. We just admit that the question of the period of the revolution is liable to re-ex- amination. We formerly used to count the time in months; now we are obliged to count in years. We must definitely say that in cer- tain countries all immediate revolu- tionary situation is still not existent. We must realize that we are entering win them over to our-side. Those | workers must be re-educated, we must make them revolutionaries, true Len- inists, Bolsheviks. : d hae pace of the revolution has| slackened. But we must not use it as a justification or ideological inertia, or to justify the fact that the social democratic tradi- tions have not yet been extirpated. The workers who have come over from the social democrats to the Com- munist Party are excellent proleta- rians. Even in Brunn in all probabil- 100 earnestly devoted to Communism and to the Communist International. But they are being! perverted by men- who have in fact remained social dem- ocrats and who are confusing window smashing with revolution. -We must our own faults and defects and of our ity, the workers are in 99 cases out of. It stands upon the foundation con- structed by the revolutionaries of former generations, The great pupil of Marx, Lenin, care r studied the theory and practice of the former gen- erations of revolutionartes and trained the young generation tn’ a spirit of reverence towards the ‘historical ex- ploits which prepared the soil for the Communist Internatiom&l’ Lenin al- ways pointed out the ehsons which we owe to the success and the failure, of those who fought before us. Com- munism began not in 1919, not at the moment ofthe foundation of the Com- munist International, bat much earli- er; it has a glorious and spacious past. We must acquaint ourselves with that past, we must study it; that is often neglected by us: In this re- spect the slowing up of the pace of revolutionary development has its good sides, since we are taking ad- vantage of the breathing space which history is allowing the bourgeoisie. The breathing space will be to the advantage of the working class if it is used for extending our knowledge, even tho our universities may for tha time being be prisons. Systematic study with the help of lectures, party schools, study circlés; eté)are assum- ing tremendous importancé. We are taking advantage.of the breathing space not only to perfect the structure of our organizations, but algo to study, proud of the fact»that we are break- upon a phase of protracted and stub- born work in the way of bolshevizing our parties. Leninism does not fall from heaven. We are faced with a serious fight against right dangers. The slogan of bolshevization, in fact was advanced in the fight against right tendencies. And in future too it will mainly be a fight against right — and of course against -ultra-left—tendencies and against the backsliding, which is mak- ing itself felt in many places. It ts enough to cite the instance of Brunn. Ifis possible that similar manifesta- tions are revealing themselves in other cquntries. That, in view of the slackening down of the pace of révo- lutionary developments, is now to be expected. In many of our parties the majority consists of the mass which came over to us from the social dem- ocratic organizations. That factor and its consequence is making itself par- ticularly felt in Czecho-Slovakia, where 73 per cent of the party mem- bers are former social democrats. The proportion, I think, it is same in the German party, and in many other parties. Of course, we should be ing up the social democratic parties” and we are attracting the workers away from them. We shall continue to sever the workers from the social democrats. But it is not enough to a window pane or two” of these op- same: our will remains as unshakable say that if we are obliged “to break portunists, we shall do it with pleas- ure, , ? In conclusion, comrades, let me say the following: Our policy on the whole remains the same, and we our- selves shall remain true to our cause. To adapt ourselves to a new situation,* while remaining true to Marxism, is not opportunism. It is the revolution- ary duty of a Communist. The path to victory is a long one. The path to the world revolution is a far one to go. We once thought that in five years or so our aim would be achieved. We set out on our journey, but soon realized that the path was far more stony and thorny than we at first thought. We had fo remove the stones and pull out the thorns, we had to overcome obstacle after obstacle and at times to retreat and prepare for a fresh sally. We became convinced that there are still great obstacles to overcome. Well, we shall overcome them. But the direction remains the as our aim is great. We shall suc- ceed in removing the stones and the thorns from-our path, we shall clear the road and we shall achieve the aim which lends profundity and mag- nificent purpose to our fight. We shall achieve Communism! (Stormy ap- plause.) (Conclusion. ) By R. KAWASLINNA. Count Soejima, one of the agents of the aristocracy and capitalists in, a speech recently in Chicago predicted that a Russo-Japanese war will take place in ten years. His reason for this deduction is the conflict of inter- ests that has existed in Manchuria be- tween Russia and Japan where the former czar’s ambitious army was de- feated and that defeat, he said, caused the 1905 revolution. Regarding the relations between America and Japan, he said Japan was more friendly to America because of economic interests linking both coun- tries together. America fs a customer for Japan and the world financial cen- ter whose strength no country could afford to ignore. * Ridiculous Predictions of Russo-Japanese War His argument defeats his prediction. Sinee America as a monetary power, is the center of capitalist regime, and since a conflict resulting in war will be unavoidable because of expansion of capitalism, war is only possible where there is the inferiority complex of bourgeois capitalism. There can- not be any conflict in Manchuria so long as Russia is governed by work- ers and peasants. In spite Of Soejima,s wish which, was father to the prediction, Russia will stand afoot helping the poor over- populated workers of Japan and unite the workers in both countries not only against Japanese aristocrats and capl- talists, but also and equally success- fully against the American bourgeois money makers. peak Up Comrades! Are you going to allow the paper that is fighting your battles to go along without your help during The Second Annual Sub Campaign? Are you going to allow the paper that is building the Amer- ican revolutionary labor move- ment to go without the strength that more subs will give it? Send in that sub now— Speak Up Comrade! Let us hear you at THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. NEW SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD Fue DAILY WORKER eve ST. LOUIS, May 27¢=The Inter- national Association .of Bridge, Structural . Or talk tron workers has led suit af Harry Jones, former general - treasurer of ‘the unten NS compel him to account for, the petition says, “a sum in excess of $50,000” of union funds. Jones Was general secretary-treasurer from March 4, 1913 until April 25, 1925 at which time*he was ousted from office and expelled from union ‘membership when, it is alleged, hé was found short in his accounts. The plaintiffs are General Presidernt,Morrin and the executive board. Frank P. Walsh is one of the unlon’s attorneys. Philadelphia May 30th Picnic. PHILADELPHIA, Pa-—All prepar- ations are being compléted for the first Workers Party outing of the sum- mer season for Saturday, May 30, from 10 in the morning until midnight. The picnic will be held at the Burholme Park. The arrangements committee has made a definite agreement with the weather bureau for bright sun- shine weather for Saturday, May 30, and comrades need not worry about rain, there will be no rain for three days before and after the picnic. By all means the comrades are re- quested to secure their lunch tickets at the party or the Freiheit office. Two hundred comrades have already agreed not to take any lunch along which assures everyone a large var, iety of wholesome and fresh refresh- ments. Directions: Take car No. 60 on 5th Street at any time during the day and ask any comrade where to get off or tell the conductor to let you off at Cottman street which is 7200 North and walk three blocks West. paibihbhiphp bi hb haba bb bbbb sbbb bbs b bs bbb bbb hbtbhbbbbhbtrtrtrtatntrte Civil Liberties i Fights for Civil Trial for Crouch NEW YORK, May 27.—Following the recommendation of Major Gen. William R. Smith that the prison sentences of 40 and 26 years against Private Paul Crouch and Private Walter Trumbull by court martial at Honolulu for their Communist beliefs be reduced to 3 and 1 «years respect- ively, the American Civil Liberties, Union announces that efforts are being made to bring the cases into the civil couris. John Albert Matthéwman, former attorney-general of the territory and judge in the local courts, has been re- tained to open the case in the civil courts. “We are trying to take these cases out of the hand of the military authorities because we believe that these men did not have a fair trial and the civil courts ought to review it,” the union declares. The ground on which it is expected to carry the case into the civil courts is that the military court erred in pro- nouncing,a sentence that was itself in violation of the 42nd article of war. This article provides that no person shall be sentenced to imprisonment in a federal or military prison by any court martial unless the offense with which he is charged is punishable by imprisonment for at least one year under the civil laws of the'state. Even if Crouch and Trumbull were guiltyof forming a secret society in violation of the territorial statute, as was char- ged at their trial, the maximum sent- ence that could be imposed upon them under the civil code would be three months. Czech Workers Demand Ralse PRAGUE, Czecho-Slovakia, May 27. —The workers in the glove industry have made a new demand for a twen- ty per cent increase in wages, giving as their reason therefor the increased cost of living. sn iiririrriihAAAAAAAAAAAAAS A ship MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE OF CHICAGO Tomorrow, Friday AT 722 BLUE ISLAND AVENUE MAX SHACHTMAN, Editor of the Young Worker. recently returned from Soviet Russia, will report on the 5th session of the Young Communist International. Other’ important reports will also be given. Admission to all Y. W. L. and W. P. members by paid-up member- | Ewerybeds: Reeake the ches. Thompson says new rules pre- Law, is Statement, of Trade Commissioners NEW YORK, May 27.—(FP).— “Business is living up to the Sherman asthe public is obeying the Volstead act,” said Federal Trade Commission- er Huston Thompson at & luncheon of the department of research and edu- cation of the federal council of chur- vent proper functioning of the trade commission. and Claton (anti-trust) laws as well | ORGANIZATI SEES TROUBLE “e|Dawes Plan Will Make More Strikes, it Says (Special to The Daily Worker) BERLIN, May 27.—So bitter is the exploitation of labor under the Dawes plan and so little hope of improvement in its condition is there, that the league of German industrialists are planning to continue their “technical emergency aid” organization of strike- breakers and are urging that the gov- . ernment also continue its support of the plan. The league of German industrialists is an organization of business. men and clerks which acts as a strike- breaking organization whenever any labor dispute threatens to tie up any industry. This precious lot of scoundrels shrewdly foresee as they say, “that as the Dawes plan obligations in- crease, there may be renewed radical outbursts among the masses and it then would be doubtful whether the German trade union leaders could live up to their promise to keep the industrial life of the country going at the necessary pace.” Australian Labor Party Demands More Than Minimum Wage MELBOURNE, Australia, May 27.— At the annual conference of the Victoria state branch of the Aun- stralian Labor Party, held at Mel- bourne last month there was an ani-. mated discussion regarding the fixa- tion of wages. Delegates demanded the amendment of all legislation deal- ing with wages, to provide that they should be assessed and paid “in ac- cordance with the values created by labor.” After discussion, the following reso- ‘lution was agreed to:—-“That it be an instruction to the parliamentary labor party, when in power, to amend all! acts dealing with wages, to provide that, in addition to the adjustment of the minimum standard of comfort in accordance with the standards of the time, the inereasing productivity of in- dustry must also be considered with a view to the workers sharing in any increased prosperity.” Jobless Army Grows In Sweden STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 27.— The number of unemployment in ported as 21,600, as against 20,600 on February 1, 1925. The number of un- employed reported on March 1, 1924, was 15,900, which shows a slight in- crease of unemployment in 1925. Me- tal and machine workers comprise the majority class in the total number of GET A SUB AND GIV= ONEI unemployed. Junior Activities in Loa Angeles. HE second anniversary celebrated by the Jynior section of Los An- geles was a success. More than eight hundred people (three hundred chil- dren) crowded the hall, and accord- ing to all reports, were satisfied that this was the best concert that they have heard for a long time. Many in- quiries were made since as to when the Junjors will give another concert, and repeated calls were made for numbers performed on that evening, such as the “Spirit of Communism,” “The Happy Prince” and the “Labor Defense Operata.” The proceeds of this affair could not have possibly gone for a better cause, as $72.32 was turned over to the Local Labor De- fense, $30 to the Co-operative Build- ing and $6.50 to the national office. The Juniors of Los Angeles are “always ready’”’ always doing some- thing, always planning a head. At the present time all groups are busily en- gaged in a project which is something new, something different, it is a Com- munist Children’® Week, which will be carried thru within about three weeks. More details about this later. , May 29, 8 p. m. cards. - _». ee te ee eh be Deed ee rrrrVreYreYreYreYrFreeererrrreerrreree vTvrvrVvrVyVVYTVVYTVYVYVrYrYYVYeYVYTYeYYYYVYT?VVTTo CHICAGO LITERATURE CONFERENCE , Tonight, 7 p. m. at 19 So. Lincoln St. All Y. W. L. and W. P. Branch Agents and All Comrades Interested in the Work of Securing Subs for the DAILY WORKER and the Distribution of Communist Literature Should Be Present. Important Matters will Be Discussed. .One of the groups is having a de- better than Communism.” For this debate, one of the Juniors, who was trying to convince some of his fellow students that the Junior section, Y. W. L., is the best organization for working class children to belong to, was challenged by two boys from his class room. The challenge was ac- cepted by the Junior group and the debate will take place. The Juniors are now seriously thinking of organiz- ing a debating team, and thus be able to challenge different organizations on different subjects from time to time. Monday, June 1, the Irish Famine Relief Committee of this city, is ar- ranging a big mass meeting at the Blanchard Hall, to collect funds for the famine stricken workers and peas- ants in Ireland. The Juniors have ical program and decided to give the “Happy Prince” again. © bers of the Juniors, are urged to join been asked to contribute to the mus- All children who are not yet mem- this organization at once, The Jun- — Jiors meet every Monday at 407 5&5. Pecan St. and every Tuesday and Wednesday at the Co-operative Cen- ter, Mott and Brooklyn. Meeting com- mences 7 p. m. sharp. In the near future we will also have meetings on Friday night at the Co-operative. If any further information is desired please communicate with A. Lyons, Jr., diregtor of Los Angeles, 407 For- est St., Los Angeles, Cal. A Proletarian’s Review of a Porleta- rian Playlet. EXT time some bourgeois hi-brow starts crowin’ about capitalist culture particularly about its theater, I'm gonna give him the merry ha-ha and then maybe tell him a few. And well I may. Didn’t I see the juniors in “School Days’? On second thought, I! won't. Melted a compassion for him in his benighted and lead him gently—as gently as his ignorance, fear and servility will als low me. atrophying them to capitalist servility he'll well realize that he has seem something. He will see a playlet, pom bate on “Resolved, that Capitalism is/traying a Communist version of a daye in a capitalist school, and if that isn’t great stuff it is, at least, potentially alive, and in the hands of the Juniors it becomes more so. Even the prop- aganda features in the mouths of George and Vera do not fall flat, as propaganda usually does, but become inspired words. And that’s art of a high order. The wistful burlesquery of ten-year-old emanciated Maundry- washing imp, Vera—is enough to make one laugh and cry at one and the same time. The rest of the players were deliciously grotesque. The play- let as a whole is stirring and it’s propaganda value is great. The wonder of it all is that these are not budding geniuses selécted and pampered in some bourgeais school, but an ordinary Junior group—the Brownsville group—trained and dir- but by a gifted comrade of the Young Workers League. More power to them and to us. Sweden on March 1, 1925, was re ignorance, “I'll take him by the hand And if his machine isn’t yet : ¥ ected not by a highly tutored director, . AOE aA Oe gE NE a AE ET
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, | LY WORKER ek —_— — Page FWe: | | Dee ecloe. TaTeEDE AI PIKE PalinTeyY Cer ms , srr oe RK RS ars ¥ _ L SOVIETEXPORTS | IKE. FOR 4 sv OPERAI RATORS TC REAR on 100 | Yee trae et” bs SoeperRoLeum ae MILES FROM N.Y . JUMPED IN 1924 BRUGSELS, “Belgtum, May 87-—Why must English miners accept starvation wages? To undersel] Belgian and German and American miners. 4 ‘ ake Teach Whites a Good |—wiy must Belgian miners accept starvation wages? To undersell German Charters ‘Gtiueaey for Egypt and India Took , . . > 7 Lesson in Fighting aiid American and English miners——Why must German miners accept star- Workers’ Hudson Tri TILDE Large Supplies 3 's fe ‘vation “wages? To wiidersell American and Dnglish and Belgian miners.— P s PP ee By A. N. HARVITT. | Why are American operators demanding a 33 per cent wage cut? Oh! quit} New YORK, May 27.—Are you a WASHINGTON, D.C, May 27———- ‘ the (Worker Correspondent.) your kidding, it just works round in a circle and starts over again. worker? Are. you a New Yorker? “Buffalo Finnish Branch Takes Lead Petroleum exports from the Soviet awes TOLEDO, Ohio, (By Mail)—Saturday That is what the Mine Workers’ In- | Are you spemding your days in the Union now compare favorably with — ment morning May 23. all the Negro em- ternational meeting at Brussels bas | | sweatshop, factory, office or store? A GOOD WAY TO FILL THE CAMPAIGN QUOTA pre-war volume, according to the cur- -* \ / decided. It elected Frank Hodges, . Po, If you are then we have a message t | f the Petroleum Bul the ployes at the big Standard Oil plant : our -Union iVieetin rent issues 0 € lotin, former secretary of the British min of cheer for you. , are here went out for more pay. : peggy matte we Be Se "ee wank OCAL Buffalo,.considering it’s size and local difficulties, has made of Moscow, received by the Russian nical They went back wtih ‘the promise be thinatde the interests of coal a eta! Fourth Thureday, May 28 1028 | siete Orca oan take splendid efforts to make the DAILY WORKER Sub Campaign a suc- | i2formation bureau at Washington. rike- from the superintendent that he would ays y ? xoursion, UD) cese—and not without results. And now, as one means of reaching the Statistics for the first six month ‘| of all countries as a single world prob- Name of Local and Place the Hudson River and into the most g ' 5 t of : paren edie nist sgmgretnecarn dé "88 r" oo Sioents beautiful part’of the Catskills. quota of subs apportioned to It, Comrade Dirba, city DAILY WORKER | °% the current Soviet fiscal year, Oct.” nn % rm si ate tna Mig 9g aah Long Houre—Acoumulation—Then AToIne. Board, Cis cayo, 400"'8.| We have béén most fortunate in se,| s9ent, writes of a method adopted by the comrades in the Buffalo Fin- tha aire i poston: ros Halsted St. lists The meti involved in the action in aah peo a = os Sarat, 180 W. Washington @t, coring eae “eet steamers of nish Branch which could well be adopted everywhere. Here Is sorbed only a negligible quantity of men clude still cleaners, coal passers and | , Rune m ne eset: ray, gO past Bie ag. cane st The a Aiiinest Sis Ida. A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION. Russian petroleum exports, had jump rike- | general laborers. ana pe ong an ae pow on whieh | $42 Brewery Workers, 180 W. Wash- ning, May 29,8 p. m., hein the ‘Gaeta, Dear Comrades: ed to first place on the Soviet export sd aan atill sre sggen lle gd been Hoge there is im nawtent and are now-fac-| 484 Boller Makers, 7 ane Oronel. P topher St. ferry, Pier 48, N. R. The Finnish Branch, the largest in the city, in order to raise list, with 95,240 tons. | a Be nena, Paiste ing part-time. Yet Italians have closed saa Brewery Workers, 190 W. Wash- E 7 nt on Stea their quota of 42 new subscribers, have decided to run an enter- Bashns, “whieh tery Feet eee : not rated high enough as this is very ; ote ntertainm mer. 55 per cent of the Russian export oil lrels hard work as well as being very un- their purchasing office in England and — 2p. m On the ner will be concerts, tainment, the net proceeds of which will go toward PROPA- she ? ‘ that healthful. contracted for 2,000,000 tons a year 1a Brewery Worke re, 1790 g. atet 8t./ dances, ente ents, lots of fun GANDA 8UBS. fae eddie yn 7a aut a — , Leavitt a ° 4 or 68 8, ; in- None of the white workers have for six years from the Ruhr. 203 Brick an | fey Chica o. Heights. and enjoyment, _ after which state- Of course the DAILY WORKER agents of all other branches ta wel the same asa a year ago. lical joined the Negroes as yet, but some American miners have accepted S Brick and Clay, mare one, te _| rooms are ded for the night. Af- are going to do all they can to make this entertainment a bi le such low wages that they have taken ee and §. |., 1 ashing g Russian petroleum exports to Ger d it of them who get less wages than the/| + the French state railway matket| 13 cutiatee, 106 6. Aadtens nie, .| cule eee, 7 the stesmer the pay many Soe She per eee eee the Negro workers cre expected to follow frm’ British mix wh ane w carpenters cont ate &, Halste 4 St. boat will arrive in Saugertise, more This entertainment, in the nature of a concert and dance, will 644 tons last year to 88,460 tons. Ex- ould if the demand for the raise is success- 7 te - OW | \s41 Carpenters, 1440 Emma St. than 100 miles from New York—Sat. be held Sat F doubl h the ful. faced with part-time employment or’ 434 Carpenters, 8 South Chisaes, 11037 urday ‘7 6 m. 4 e 7 aturday evening, June 13, at the Finnish Hall, 159 ade to shacascan! name bene a pat ring hone at all in spite of the lowest ohigan Av on a ania presen , rider St., and we trust that every Buffalo reader of the DAILY CIS JUMPCE STON 6,085 Wo a0, tee There is no union organization wages in their history. os Qaveeosere’ 198 en ‘End, Kedste. St. | v6 nonem: slong a at Sau- WORKER will be present to make this affair a great success — among the Negroes yet, but they are 18136 Commission |Merohant Helpers, 126| & rtise most refreshing morning , A significant feature of the statistics the only ones so far to protest against Belgian miners accept & five per Rande ride in the snappy morning count which will also help to make the DAILY WORKER a greater the low wages paid by John D cent wage cut May 1, and face « de- | 9% Sisto i * wrap b45¢'S. Went. | Sir will take us inland 12 miles to the success as well. meaty ‘engetts te” Mayee eek: See i R. . eavy exports to Egypt an ndia, e Lettetite cag Gor pon CY psa ey 794 nrertn Aves Net and Cottage| °@™P- The camp is some 2,000 miles Fraternally Youre, which last year cut.no figure in Sov- Business Depression sia’ Soa Died: week Ciiiie héca teak 18 mrsincors, le ad cant a sea level = the air is, CHAS. DIRBA, Buffalo Dally Worker Agent. iet oil exports, During the half year ge : ket. gingers, Morrison Hote | ° If you live In Buffalo—or anywhere near it—BE THERE! Egypt stood fourth on the list of coun- | Reflected In Federal Aiieterdamere Siege |. L. ©. Gently 538 Firemen and. anginemen, 9118 In the camp, will be arranged hik- a tt ad tries of export, with 74,730 tons, and rx. Reserve Bank’s Report n Wriet. 60 Firemen . and Jengingmen, sose | ‘ne parties, canoeing, bathing, fishing, India stood seventh, with 19,437 tons. i. © ri Mi Wentworth Ave., | :30 p.m eras sight seeing and other things too nu- This le a practical way to net the amount needed for PROPAGANDA Au- WASHINGTON, Ma o7 ~The ia Says the ((Amsterdam) Intl. Feder-. ana Torler. ee merous to describe here. SUBS to fill your quota to “Make Another Communist.” We can build D 1 Ww k A fel- satiniiat iniaiaa ae eal: iad ao bs ya I Py map ‘ene PORES. BEE GAGE RM Dancing In Camp. the. Communist movement—with the DAILY WORKER. ally Worker Agents ani- | the federal reserve banks made public SE Ee ee ae me ington St. ‘ In the evening there will be again * 8 @ @ Must Come, and Other a se’ ia inten vikiath ‘iced ‘laren the power of individual nations to] 33 er eg * — 311 8. Ashland | concerts, theatrical performances and ‘ i: Wi O h led acivendine of $21 600.000 in holdings wera trend . peta wae a Hod Carriers, 814 W. Harrison ey of course, dancing. A Reminder to All C. C. C’s. asics neha ug t to ‘ae of governmnt securities, of $7,000,000 Sor Olen feta of we ‘as eve. © Nee Boren St | ane Maem eearters are taken Sk ara Aid in acceptances purchased in open mar- | ly to institute inquiries, could use its. we se, an spent prt " -opeagind em Oe Now 1 18 the time to make arrangements for PP ggg wo "One coc al ‘oe ' a n a - e "* . “a ket, and of $300,000 in discounted | nighly qualified staff to intervene. in sent Regular meal¢ will be served. The | 2 Picnic to be held for the DAILY WORKER. |stock rooms are piled up from the bills. Total earning assets went down. acpte situations and.to provide the | #2 Mgshintete, R. R., 113 8. Ashland) o444 win be. . | ve. “most wholesome and| Take this matter up at th t t oer: ee ee eee ee so- | $28,000,000. to $958,600,000, federal Te- expert advice requisite for an imme | 12788 Office Employee Assn., 166 W./ fresh. Vegetarians will find plenty to ' p e nex mee ing. pamphlets—in fact there is no more . serve note circulation declined $19,- diate and effective solution it would Washington 8t., 6:30 R: m. . i | ee ; ce 700,000 and gold reserves $18,900 000 have drawn, the conclusion that lees ye rapistrict” Council, 1446 W.| Choose from... . in 4 S, bs room to move and the staff will pret- ’ aw VV ’ : ; am r or . while reserves other than gold went | goal would be needed and that perma: Sti Painters, tutte sate! Chienaeh Full provisions will be made for the IN THE SECOND ANNUAL SUB CAMPAIGN ty soon (if the weather allows) move all Heights. sleeping quafters. Therefore, it is not| these Bullders have sent-in new subs on Tuesday, May 26: up om the roof. This will be neces up $5,300,000 and non-reserve cash |ne ustments and. conversions | 266 Plasterers, 2042 W. North Ave. : n Tuesday, May <0: : nent adj ' to tak ide $200,000. ~ $97 Plumpers,’ 20 W. Randolph St. necessary e any blankets. WARREN, Ohio — Finnish b h sary unless something is done and of A further decline of $12,700,000 in a 30 made. | 753 Plumbers, 417° §. Halsted’ St. | The & _will return to New aacmtine te Me. ey (8) done quickly about getting on the in inieaks baibinett tn tenceek trent Production of coal has been Over} 997 printing Presemen (Paper Box | York on 8 midnight. ‘ o — M. Chelovitz (3) job and selling this tremendous sup- he Federal R . k chia d e fp developed on a world basis. This is ne mens &.), 100 Ww. on ton St. The price the ticket is $4.25. and CHICAGO, Ill. — Anna Block; Mrs. M. Arbatch: A. Valentine. ply of Communist literature, latest in: ; e eserve bank reports a reduc-/, natural result of competitive capi- : — . Clerks, ashing- | includes a ‘trip on the steamer PORTLAND, Ore. —'L: Mitseff; A. Ozeransky. editions and important new works The Cleveland bank reports a reduc nai sve | 4 ith | tion of $3,300,000 in discount holdings talism. It means a waste of world || Rallway Clerks, 67 E. Van Buren | automobile , boating, canoeing, PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Fred Merrick (2) never before printed in English, ny San OOF a of $2,200,000, and Ri * bresouroces. But it means still more | 66g Railway Carmen, 8445 S. Ashiand | fishing, slee ‘Quarters. There will BALTIMORE, Md. — Philip Chatzky. The Chicago comrades realized this Francisco 000, ch- the ability of the owning class to pit 964 Av be no per. ed as the tickets are Pa and also the fact that the sub cam- mo 00 Ral frvray Clerks, 19 W. Adams st WILLIAMSVILLE, WN. Y. Franklin Brill. nd of $2,000,000, while Boston re- | national groups of coal miners against} 991 Railway Clerks, C. M. & St. R.| limited and ¢@verything is assigned. paign could be pushed a lot faster, and porta an increase in this item of. $5,- . Ry 2708 W. North Ave Th ROCHESTER, Minn. — Geo. F. Partridge. 800,000, Chicago of $4,200,000, St each other to force low wages. | 484" Railroad Trainmen, 127 N. Fran- e administration Wishes to secure ST. LOUIS,.M 4 the circulation of the Dafly increased, Ba | 000, ,290,000, P ' cisco Ave the most cotiiforf for all* barticipating : poMo. —- H. Stoltz. are having a “Literature Conference” in’ Louis of $4,000,000 and Atlanta of $3,~ | 116 . Sheet “Metal, den and payer and is makingad té’srran . 4 200,000. Smaller changes in discount p Instructing Worker 121° Switchmen, Ogden’ and Taylor Sts. ae 5 <a ua angements tonight, Thursday, 7 p. m, at 19 So. re. / | 1% Switesmen, S$. Chicago Ave. j for such. * 4 d : Skilled G ———_——___— Lincoln. Street. ou holdings are shown by the remaining | Correspondents in. 763 . Tean.eters; Ashiand and Van Buren icket : | erman Labor | | | - ‘Danks: pve ry Tickets m be. obtained, at the ofs Ww . f LEAGUE OF NATIONS Every comrade taking seriously the "i The Federal Reserve bank of New} ~*~ ‘New York City Class’ 1% Upholetere w Geden one Taylor. fice of the i Mir, 30 Union Square orking or 20 Cents matter of securing subs for the DAILY . Work reports a decline of $14,500,000} | ae | + Watchmen (Mun) 113 S$. Achiand (near 15th St. An Hour ‘Under Dawes’ DISCUSSES HOW 10 WORKER and selling Communist in- /OUU, ae ee .| 17676 Warehouse ployes, 166 Those coming. first. will of co lit t hould ke it his busin ‘e- . in acceptance holdings, and the Ghi-} NW YORK, May 27.—Members of ; Weed tu oo Union, Clberty Hall, get ‘tha “baat urse | MURDER “ETHIC T erature should make s business le cago and St. Louis banks seport in-i:the Worker Correspondents’ school Washington St. —" the best ei a ag betbagee vex BERLIN,—(FP).—Rising labor costs ALLY os a , - pga a of creases of $2,800,000 and $2,000,000;}-will bring in one story each to the ofllties e—Uniess otherwise stated all | tho of o cam: | are being actively opposed by German pond iy he aE 850 : : respectively, in this item. Acceptance’) next meeting to be held Saturday eve- ange ate & 5S. &.) Of qouseer fen se be comfortable. employer associations. The number of Comrade Sem Hammeuyers. Se i holdings of the ot Get your. tickets early. ' GENEVA, May 27.—The milita new city agent, will welcome apy com- : gs 0 e other reserve banks | ning, June 6, at 7 p. m., at the party a wage demands is increasing. There y ry ~ ¢ show smaller changes for the week.| headquarters. Jack Carney will again | Weather Retards Crops have bedi sporadic lockdlts in bran- | “Cmte Of the league of nations’ rade who is interests’ ane Seat : The System’s holdings of treasury uot the class. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27. — Both Old Parties ches of the metal industries. No seri- ig ments on the limitation of tra. | Co ae ps px pach predipen noteswent down $19,900,000 and of Los Thé6é season was early and condition: c in arms and munitions decided | and you w e receiv wit ue ap certificates of indebtedness $1, 900,000, Phas, oy eee he oan aval were generally favorable for farm Aim to.Reduce Tax ous, pirikes have developed: that it is much more moral to blow | preciation. Y. W. L. members are : while ndidtnas of U. 8. bonda taorene withou 3 se m ors work so that for a time all farm oper- on Wealthy Incomes Official estimates show that the} a worker to pieces with a cannon | especially urged to attend as this con- ( ed $200,000. ; ata aurea regen 0 Roney dtiéns were in advance of the usual general wage level rose 2.5 per cent | than to kill him with poison gas, |ference is held under the joint aus- é All federal reserve banks show in most of the country the U. 8S. de- in March and about as much again in| and recommended a conference to | pices of the W. P. and Y. W. L.— | clines in federal reserve: note wae pot pass up what Sd trivial an a. partment of agriculture reports. For coh tee ta Le «cag 37-—A $600,-| April. This brings the average pay of | discuss the use of poisons and | All W. P. and Y. W. L. branch agents lation, the principle decreaséb being: pags ite big events develop.” - .|some weeks past, however, the wea-| .+.-+04 tile cant ml = fas unskilled labor to about 58 pfennigs | germs in war. must attend—other comrades should , Cleveland $4,900,000, Philadelphia $3,-}.v**- ' i _»#ther bas been too cool for growth and | 4. ocratic party, Senator Kine os (14c.) and of skilled Tabor to 82 The resolution passed by the con- | ©°™* ane if ee. are interested. s 800,000, Boston $3,700,000, and Wen, ° germination of crops and progress in Utah, . democratic. member of ' the pfennigs (20c.) an hour. ference deciared that the killing of ie Be are eee r York $2,600,000. '* |this»regard has been slow. senate finance committee, announced| | : bite , soldiers by using disease germs and Ambassadors See Crown Jewels. ‘ Drought and lack of moisture in| today following a conference at the nereases were most marked in the | Gas, “has been condemned by the MOSCOW, May 27.—The officials of a Catholics For Child Labor. i Carder: was cut short due to |2?.*! bave also prevailed in many | White House with President Coolidge. textile and paper industries, although | civijized world.” They consider it |the Soviet Union displayed the ; FREEPORT, fll, May 27.— The 3 ue areas and have checked up the pre-| The tax reducti ul there were advances in the metal, “crown” jewels formerly belonging to r 4 the presence of Moritz J. Loeb, who e uction would relieve the ethical, however, to slice a worker Catholic Union of Illinois has gone . ’ paration of the ground and the seed- | rich chemical. wood working. buildin the czar, to foreign ministers and am- n & addressed the class on the necessit ch from payment of income takes. ’ g, ding and | to ribbons with bayonets, to club P @ on record in a report of the legisla-|, wid irculation of the DAI Y jing and growth of the crops. Recent | Among otler features of the King|rubber industries. The number of y ~ gis bassadors, thus removing the belief 3 tive committee, against the proposed te er circulation of the DAILY | sins and slightly higher temperatures | measure will be a maximum sur-tax initia ined nat him to death, or to blow him to | abroad that the jewels had dis- t amendment to the constitution which . have improved conditions consider-/on large incomes of not more than ry Bi nig Me go cM 3 some with bombs, grenades and | appeared. ‘ would empower congress to prohibit} «icine for the DAILY ably, however, but more moisture and | 25 per cent. The republicans aim at| ““°**®? [US She Sverage Bumber oF | artillery. The estimated value of the collec- . child labor. | warmer weather were still greatly | similiar legislation to relieve the | hours worked per week by part-time tion viewed in the vaults by the 4t- WORKER! needed:in many areas on May 15th. | pocketbooks of the wealthy. workers also increased materially. Patronize our advertisers. plomats. is $50,000,000 Philadelphia =~ ese scy 000.000. Workers Party Outing Ty, : Saturday, May 30, 1925 FAINY ALE @ ror This book of Fairy Tales is the first ever issued in the coun- at BURHOLME PARK try to really fill the urgent need for children’s stories from a ssc o| WORKERS CHILDREN ©" SPORTS GAMES | REFRESHMENTS Directions—-Take Car 50, stop at Cott- man St., walk west 3 blocks, you will meet the crowd. EW. RIECK LUNCH ROOMS Seven Places 62 W.’Van Buren ( 42 W. Harrison 169 N. Clark 118 S. Clark 66 W. Washington | 167 N. State 234 &. Halsted PHONES, HARRISON 8616-7 Speciaities: E. W. Rieck Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread Fine Soups and Fresh Made Coffee Saoeenene and Bakery 1612 Fulton © Phone West 2549 The author, Herminia Zur Mihlen, is recognized in Ger- many as a writer of children’s stories of the highest order— stories that'are distinct from any ever written and carrying a promise of the new proletarian literature of the future. The translation by Ida Dailes brings out in bold relief the beauty of thése stories. This American publication is also enriched by four, full page, beautiful drawings and cover designs by Lydia Gibson—in addition to many smaller drawings from the original Ger- man edition.’ Size 9x12 inches, with large clear type. PITTSBURGH, PA, To thoee who work hard for thele money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. 1 DR. RASNICK | DENTIST 75 CENTS (with Duroflex Cover) $1.25 Cloth Bound ae Os 3 vsots ox eA = Po. ae ~ ; << Seet ae 3 oF 645 Smithfield Street. THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. “4113 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. ’ gp rane CHICAGO, ILL. SICK AND DEATH BENEFIT SOCIETIES Fraven-Kranken-Unterstuetzungs Verein Fortsechritt « “ractrtavtae~” | TRANSLATED BY IDA Wicker Park Hall, . 2040 W. North Avenue. on Secretary. | ; ‘ . a) 4 q } . : — , ee
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“\ s be a7 E DAILY WORKER ‘ cute W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Ill. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): $8.00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to “ THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd,, Chicago, Illinois EER 290 Editors Business Manager J. LOUIS ENGDAHL WILLIAM F. DUNNE MORITZ J, LOEB............. ~~ ——_ -- -_— Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application. July 4, 1925 e So July 4, the anniversary of the founding of the American gov- ernment, is to be a test mobilization day. July 4 has been substituted for armistice day by President Coolidge as the time to turn the mili- tarists loose for twenty-four hours and let them have their way with the populace. Coolidge may be dumb in many ways, but no one can accuse him of not being in line with the war plans of his imperialist masters. British imperialism is the real rival of America in the world today and on July 4, the anniversary of the struggle for independence from Great Britain, all of the camouflage can be discarded and an orgy of patriotism indulged in with the hated “redcoats” as the target of 100 per cent American wrath. This is a clever maneuver and the coming anniversary will be something more than a celebration of past victories—it will be a pre- paration for a new war for world domination in which our rulers hope, by sacrificing millions of workers, to arise as the unchallenged tyrants of the eastern and western hemispheres. On this account it is all the more necessary that the class con- scious workers to turn this ruling class holiday into a day of demon- stration against imperialist war, to expose the murderous use of a revolutionary tradition to further the bloody aims of the ruling class. Negro Baiting in Chicago * A Negro lecturer goes into a Chicago restaurant with two prom- inent women social workers. The proprietor refuses to serve him, four policemen are called and throw the Negro out, beat him up and arrest him. The Chicago Tribune gives the story first page space and treats it as a great joke—on the Negro. The victim of racial prejudice happens to be a citizen of France, a college graduate and an editor of a Negro paper published in Paris. He is in this country to investigate the conditions under which the American Negroes live and by accident of birth he is a lenial descend- ant of the royal family of Dahomey. There is no reason why any restaurant should object to his patronage except that he is black. Incidents such as the above give the lie to the professions of friendship made for the Negroes by the capitalist press. Not only is such treatment of the Negroes made the subject of merriment, but it is directly encouraged in order that the white workers, kept in ignorance of their class interests by the rulers, may have a group, lower in the social scale than themselves, upon which to heap scorn and thereby forget the insults and hardships visited upon them by the rulers of their own color. The recent outrage should be made the center of a protest in all the Negro sections of the city in which all whites who sincerely want racial hatreds wiped out should be asked to join. Mass meetings should be called, delegations sent to the city and state authorities and such a fuss kicked up that the Negro baiters and .their agents will understand that there is a penalty attached to such brutal dis- regard of the right of Negroes to live as equals in the United States. Dawes Plan Stabilization The Dawes plan has brought temporary stabilization to western Europe and checked for a time the revolutionary struggle... More than this it cannot do. On this point we have the testimony of no less a personage than Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador to America. The heart of the Dawes plan is the revival of German industry. But this revival is meaningless if Germany cannot sell her industrial products abroad. , Germany owes France and Britain huge sums in reparations. They in turn owe the United States billions of dollars, Germany can pay Great Britain and France only by selling her commodities in their markets. They again can pay the United States only by selling their commodities in American markets. The Dawes plan rests, therefore, upon the backs of the workers of all nations. It can work only by the American masses being feduced to a new low living standard just as in Germany and Great Britain it has resulted in a lowering of the living standards of the German and British workers. The American capitalists will demand that the American workers meet European competition. A _ tarifl wall is no solution of the problem, in spite of the approval given it by Laurence Todd of the Federated Press in a recent article. If Europe cannot sell neither can she buy and-tariff or no tariff, the breakdown of the European markets spells unemployment for the American workers. The choice whieh the American workers have to make jis the same as that the European workers must make: Kither a stern and militant struggle for a workers’ and farmers’ government with control of industry by shep councils and unions, or eoolie wages, chronic joblessness and slow starvation. . . ° °,e Americanism in Haiti : A Haitian editor has been jailed for printing the story of an ancient Swedish king who was overthrown because of his tyranny. This was claimed by the armed forces of the American government now in possession of Haiti to be direct incitement to violence against them. We hope it was and also wish to remark in this connection that when an editor has to dig up the sages of the Norsemen in an at- tempt to avoid prosecution it is pretty good evidence that the gov- ernment he is attacking needs overthrowing. More power to our Haitian comrades. We do not understand the delay in Dayton, Tennessee, in burn- ing at the stake young Scopes who tried to teach a milk-and-water brand of evolution in the so-called schools of that city. He has been indicted for a crime against god almighty and his Tennessee vicars and many a Negro has been tortured to death for less. It is possible that the leniency extended to Scopes marks a tendency towards progress or is the delay due to the ravages of the hookworm and sleeping sickpess locally? ' — THE Dat LY workers’ health ae. are acting rightly. T is clear that in» will be only. comodation for thousand peasants, but it is not a regular Soviet Congresses will; matter of indifferenc@ whether these meet: first the Russian (R. S. F.8.R.) | 2000 to 3000 places afe occupied by and afterwards that of the Soviet Un-| the privileged sections of the popula- ion. tion, who are able to visit the health The main question on the agenda of | resorts almost every year, or by those the Soviet Congress of the R. S. F. S.| peasants who are most in need of a R. is the report of the People’s Com-! stay at a convalescént home. misar for Health. It is the first time! The question of the seed campaign since the existence of the Soviet Re-/| will have an informative character at public that this. question is on the/|the Congress. It necessary to agenda of the Soviet Congress. place it on the because the I believe that the Congress will sup-| unusual winter gave rise to some port the policy of the People’s Com-| doubts among the population regard- misar for Health, which consists in| ing the results of the, mn sowing. promoting as much as possilble the | According to the declarations of the publis health in the villages, In spite | specialists, the present condition of of our relative poverty, the public| the crops sown in ‘the autumn is service in the towns is more or less | rather middling. An a@tithorative dec- satisfactory-; in the village however, | laration regarding the results of the it is very much open to criticism. I| autumn and spring sowing eT believe that the Congress will point | would be of great out the neoessity of finding some In addition to the ations men- means in order to enable a number of | tioned above there stand on the ag- peasants to visit the sanatoriums in/|enda certain constitutional quest the health resorts. Many comrades |in connection with the establishment will here ‘make the objection that we|of the Union of Soviet Republics, of are not even able to supply the peas-| which the R. S. F. 8. R. (Russian So- ants with the necessary quantity of|cialist Federated Soviet Republic) castor oil—how then, can we talk of|forms a constituent part. health resorts. It is true that in many cases the drugs and medicines are HE agenda of the-tII Soviet Con- sold so-.dearly that they are almost gress of the Union of Socialist So- unobtainable for the peasants. But| viet Republics, which will meet on it is the same case with the workers; | the 8th of May, is fairly large. nevertheless, the health insurance The first question to be discussed authorities find it useful to send sick/ will be the question of the inclusion workers to health resorts, and I be-|of Turkmenistan and »Usbekistan in lieve that the trade unions, which | the Soviet Union. This question, there- determine the line of policy of the 'for,—contrary to the traditions of the By MICHAEL KALININ. President of the Union of Soviet Republics. eae & URING the first half of May the ions- The Third Soviet grey of th Congress hi {erto—constitutes the first item on agenda, in order thereby to enable the people of these two republics to participate in the work of the Congress and, further, in order to emphasize the enormous im- portance of the fact that two Hastern Republics have freely joined our Un- ion, The second question is the report of the government, which will probab- aily furnish occasion for a debate on the general policy of the government The third question which will be discussed is the position of industry. This item was deleted from the agen- da of the II Soviet Congress owing to the death of comrade Lenin. Dur | ing the two years that have elapsed | since the I Soviet Congress, our in- | dustry has made great headway. Two years ago the main problem for our industry consisted in keeping the fac- tories employed. The general slogan of our industry at that time was “give orders!” To-day, our undertakings are receiving orders at a much -quicker rate than we had anticipated. The time is not distant when our industry }will not know what to do with all the’ numerous orders. Already to-day we gee a change of roles between the People’s Commissar for Traffic and the Supreme People’s Economic Couneil.: The People’s Economic Council, which formerly almost had to beg for orders from the People’s Commissar for Traf- fic, has now become an organ that ex- ecutes the orders of the Commissar for Traffic as if Paes were the merest trifles. And in the next few years we shall see the same thing happening along the whole industrial front. This dev- elopment of industry ‘brings to the forefront qeite a pember of extremely important problems with which our industry was quite unaquainted even a year ago. I will only mention, for example, the necessity of furnishing our industrial undertakings with new plant and machinery. It was obvious that so long as our industry had only to meet a minimum demand, it was able to carry on with the old technical equipment. At present, however, when the output of the undertakings in many places has reached a hundred per cent of the pre-war output, they cannot, of course, cope with the de- mand with the old worn out equip ment. : : fourth item on the agenda is the question of rendering assist- ance t6 agriculture. The congress will probably adopt a whole number of measures in ofder to improve the sit- uation in agriculture. These measures} will not be confined to measures for’ improving the soil, but measures will } be adopted in the sphere of taxation, co-operative activity, the consolidation of agricultural credits, the encourag- ing of home industry, etc. A great number of these measures have al- dy been introduced by the govern- ment, regarding which a report will be submitted and which will be*dis- cugsed from all sides by the congresg. | ‘The question of the Soviet construc- tion work constitutes the fifth item on the agenda. This question, which formerly had a purely organizatory / character, has recently received a pro- found social and political import. In all probability instructions will be is- sued with regard to the duties of the higher officials, for the improvement of the Soviet apparatus and for bring- Soviet | ing it into touch with the masses. The sixth item is the’ Report of, the People’s Commissar for Finance. Fi- nance constitutes today the blood ves- sels of industry. Nevertheless, I be lieye that the dicussion of this” ques- ‘tion at the III Soviet Congress will not bring anything new or unexpected. If anything new is decided upon this will be in the direction of lightening taxation, and in no way in imposing fresh burdens of taxation. HE seventh item will be the Report on the Red Army. -Formerly, these reports contained statements regard- ing the conditions on our fronts, which rendered them of very great interest. The Red Army is now leading a more or less peaceful life. During the past year the activity of the Red Army has gonsisted in \developing and strength- . ening our powers of resistance against our enemies. In spite of our continu- al efforts for peace, and our desire that - ‘the time may soon come when armies — ‘will be superfious, the Soviet Ufiion is at present compelled to follow attén- tively the development of the military power of the capitalist countries, and to make its preparations accordingly. Since the last report our Red Army has made very great progress in the sphere of organization, of discipline, and in learning the art of war. Of course, like other important branches in the life of our state, it needs a con- siderable supply of material means. There is no doubt that the Congress of the Soviet Union will support our Red Army with the whole of its au- thority; it will give expression to the love and gratitude of the workers, the peasants and of all honest citizens of the Soviet Republic towards the de- fenders of Soviet Russia. | Purcell’s Visit Alarms the Bosses Ralph Easley of the Civic Federation, the organization of labor officials and capitalists, in which the spiritual guidance of the Amer- ican labor movement is vested, has sounded the war cry against world trade union unity. y The occasion for the call to fakerdom and its bosses’to be on its guard is the coming visit of A, A. Purcell, president of the Interna- tional. Federation of Trade Unions, to the United States. He has been elected as a fraternal delegate to the American Federation of Labor convention by the British Trade Union Oongress, the most powerful body of organized workers in the world outside of Soviet Russia, and there is a great fluttering in the dovecotes of American fakerdom in consequence. Why? : Because Purcell was one of the British trade salen: bi denetion to Russia, is a member of the Anglo-Russian Trade;Union Unity “Committee and one of the editors of a magazine dornters to the drive for unity among the organized workers of the*world. A special meeting of the Civic Federation will che called to devise means of gagging Purcetl or of keeping him ontyof the coun- try if he refuses to keep his mouth shut or ‘say only the things the labor agents of capitalism want him to say: The plan cannot be carried Out secretly due to the prominence of Purcell/in the labor world and there are first class prospects of the American trade unionists getting a close-up view of panicky labor fakers scurrying for cover when the inevitable exposure of their lies about Soviet Russia, the Russian labor movement and the drive forcworld trade union ‘unity begins. | rg They have underestimated the strength of the desige for world solidarity of the workers and they are going to be shown up as the traitors they are. This will not happen overnight, but the fear of the consequence of Purcell’s visit marks the beginning of a process of enlightment in the ranks of American labor that will uftimately de- throne the Greens, Wolls, Lewises and other exponentsof the gentle art of leading workers into the camp of their enemies. Ew Stopping the Murder of Miners Day before yesterday we published a story from , Reliance, Wyoming, telling of the fight of the coal miners there for enforce- ment of safety provisions and the conspiracy existing between the companies and the state inspectors. Yesterday we carried a story of a gas blast in a Pennsylvania mine that took the lives of five miners, a blast that was the inevitable result either of poor inspection or of neglect to report the presence of gas. It is the second serious accident in this district within a week. It seems to us that the union officialdom does not.use accidents of this kind to put the coal barons on the defensive im the way they could. There is too much of a tendency to accept these horrors as a necessary part of the risks that miners must take*and dislike of using them for great publicity campaigns which would arouse both union* and non-union miners and form the basis for, mine commit- tees that would undertake the most rigid inspection and enforce safety regulations to the hilt. Di The reason for this is obvious. The officials feat rank and file committees, especially responsible committees like these would be, just about as much as the operators do. It is ridiculous to say that the long death roll im ‘American coal mines cannot be cut down, but it is just as ridiculéts to say that it ean be reduced substantially by co-operation with’the coal mine owners. Militant rank and file committees with a union that backs them up uncompromisingly is the only way the murder of miners for profit can be stopped. Settlements That Settle Nothing The proposed agreement between France and Spain on one side and the Riffs on the other, looking toward a settlement of the Moroc- can war, has in its provision something far more dangerous to the working class of Europe than the war itself. This is a widening of the breach between France and England by the project for a French controlled railway thru Spain to the Mediterranegn that brings French Africa into Europe so far as distance is concerned and which is the basis of the proposed agreement. The project, as it affects Great Britain, is exactly the same as the Berlin-Bagdad railw ay scheme which sowed the seeds of the world war. Great Britain eam no more afford to have France tap her great West African reservoir by a railway than shewould afford to haye Germany secure a gjmilar short rail route to the Near East. * Settlements of colomial wars by new alliances these days of high imperialist enterprise can only increase the ion between | the great powers just as will ay SRE of the Moroccan war. ; Me “Fe a I A MEMORIAL DAY REVERIE | . . - “bea ee rn e. yoere sa & - aa > hie wins a ia ete’, Sona e ee ae * a | a a jute Hips LIVE IN WANT—REST IN PEACE. ‘3 a | Our Readers’ Views it Educational Possibilities Among Miners. To the DAILY WORKER:—The miners of the Pittsburgh, Kansas, dis- tricts like the miners of the other dis- tricts are unemployed most of the time. This forces many into the bus- iness of bootlegging, making this so- cigl evil a wide-spread menace to the intergity of the workers. These work- ers must live and other eh can not absorb them so they revért to this natural result of capitalism. Working class literature has not penetrated this district. The unions have neglected to take care of this forced idleness for use as education as the other nations do in the way ‘of establishing reading rooms with maga- zines and books suitable for these miners. The distribution and sale of the DAILY WORKER, that now leads, the contest being over the top in subs’ a! well as the sale of books, shows the desire by these miners to read work- ing class literature and shows the ne- glected possibilities of trade unions in this country. E. Hugo Oehler, Pittsburgh, Kan. Two Brothers Victims of Bloody Exploitation To the DAILY WORKER:—In the bloody exploitation of the working class the iron mine field of northern Minnesota is a crossless cemetery of workers bodies. The slogan “Safety First” is a veil behind which the steel lords unmercifully suck the exhaust- ed workers’ blood. The death of miners is a usual occurrance, and the capitalist press usually describe it as due to some negligence on the part of the workers. The two miners, Nick Yiliock, 36, and his brother George, 28, were" killed yesterday morning at Stevenson mine, four miles wést of Hibbing. The walls fell in while they were working in a small room on the 100 foot level. Both of the miners resided at the St. Louis location, near Keewatin. Nick is supvived by his wife and four children, left at the mercy of the a BY ESTHER LOWELL, Fed. Press. capitalists. | George N. Zaickev, Hibbing, Minn. Ziegfeld Follies Show Up American Follies HANK you, bankers,” Will Rogers retorts in the Ziegfeld Follies when he gets a hand for Andrew Mel- lon in his proopsed cabinet. Rogers claims that Mellon is the first secret- ary of the treasury we've had who was used to handling money before he took office. “Why, when Mellon comes from one of his own banks into treasury,” says Will, “he’s going slum- ming.” Ziegfeld’s famous Follies’ glorifies the American girl as advertised but slips in an assortment of slaps at some other American institutions in comic supplement style. Will Rogers isn’t the only dose of social satire in the show. But Will is just himself and wields a wicked rope and swings a tart tongue. For instance he con- fidentially announces that Coolidge alked to him like an insurance agent and that the real reason the president prefers his iron horse is OATS. Coo- lidge says the mechanical horse gives him more exercise but Will remarks: Give Cal a real horse that won't eat and he’ll take him every time! Rogers suggests that if Hindenburg disgraces the Kaiser by making him vice-president of Germany, when they want another war let Dawes and Bill fight it out—with pipe and sword. Maybe Dawes can do better with his European plan than with his Amer- ican plan, Will says,—Ameérican plan of reforming the senate. Rogers thinks * FACTS FOR WORKERS By JAY LOVESTONE, Director, Research Department, Workers Party senate could walk right out on water without sinking. And the cowboy that anyone who could change the philosopher, highest-paid-ad-writer, tells you that it isn’t the Volstead agents who are behind this orgy of prohibition padlocking but the Yale lock people! The Senator as presented by Tom Lewis might by any distinguished po- litical speaker getting rid of surplus hot air. Lewis runs along absurdly stringing. connecting phrases and frag- ments of sentences. You get the idea that he’s trying to say something and always suppressing it because he real- izes at the instant that it isn’t the thing to say aloud. The show is a ’ contribution to American life but priced out of reach of most workers. It is a beautiful production, with a matchless display of legs, and.is not so babbity as the usual audience who sees it. Soviet Goods on the MOSCOW,—The Danuje ing been declared open fer ping of all countries, the Sea State Commercial Fleet is organiiting a regular service on that river.’ This will allow the Union of Soviet Social- ist Republics to receive goods directly without transit thru Poland or the Baltic states. Get a “sub” for the DAILY WORKER. f f f ‘ Growth of the capitalist government apparatus in the United States, as shown by the increase of revenues from taxes of counties, incorporated places of over 2,500, the national government, and states: 1912 and 1922. Division 1912 1922 Pct. Increase Counties $307 ,872,000 $745,000,000 142 Incorporated places 849,97 1,000 1,532,435,000 80 National Govt. (June 30, 1913 & June 30, 1923) 667,038,000 3,204, 133,000 380 Ms State governments 306,521,000 867,552,000 183 GRAND TOTAL $2,131,402,000 $6,349, 120,000 198 Based on United States census bureau investigations +. OER BER ef + mz