Daily Worker
June 6, 1925

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cription Drive Now on _in Full Blast! GET IN ON Th Vol. II. No. 124. g. K 0. Daily Worker Annual Sub- 4 at Chicago, male ener the Ae of March 8 3%. : . 5 — 22 EDITION ture today balked at a state-wide (Special to The Dally Worker WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4—W Johnston and his machine, have counted as “re-elected” by one of the rawest election H. (8. & o. Bill) ves into office 22 in the history of the International Association of Machinists. General Secretary-Treasurer E. C. Davison has finally issued the official statement on the returns of the I. A. M. election, and the strange “prophecy” made by the Johnston long be- fore the votes were counted, that B. & O. Bill” would be re- elected by about a thousand” and that Bill Hannon and C. W. AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O’FLAHERTY. F the Chinese had no other grev- jamce against the Occident they would be justified in making a revolu- tion as a protest against the unjusti- . fied libel that they were a nation of | pacifists and non-violent resistants. | According to reports from Shanghai, i those who are not fortunate enough 4 to possess guns and bombs are spit- | ting on their enemies. The vaudeville ' Chinaman, like the red headed stage Irishman and his Hebrew team mate, ‘will quickly go out of fashion when the tools of foreign imperialism are given the bum's rush out of China. + + — T is not outside the bounds of pos- sibility that the red flag of Soviet China may fly in Peking before this imbroglio is over. Of course the re- form socialists of the S. L. P. and their comrades of the S. P. would, in such an eventuality, write long and painfully correct articles proving that China is not yet sufficiently industrial- ized to make a social revolution pos- sible. And no doubt world capitalism would spend billions of dollars in order to prove that the 8. L. P.-ites there is also no doubt that the work- ers and peasants of Soviet Russia and the S. P.-ites were right. But would be glad to help their ' brothers to plant the flag of freedom flying > * * ° AMES ONBAL proves to hit own satisfaction that there is no free- dom in Russia use his friend Abramovich’ cowld not organize meet- ings there, and agitate for the over- throw of the workers’ and peasants’ government. Abramovich could do this im“ America, only for the opposi- tion of the workers, So could Oneal. Therefore, concludes this intellectual kluxer from Indiana, there is more freedom in the United States than there is in Soviet Russia. — — NEAL snarls back flercely at a member of his own party who be- rated him for his scurrilaus attacks on Russia, attacks which have sur- passed in bitterness the filthiest ful- minations of the official stoolpigeons of capitalism. The report of the Bri- tish trade union delegation arouses Oneal’s wrath. How dare those lead- ing members of the Amsterdam In- ternational spoil the pitch of the fellow socialists by giving the Soviet Union a clean bill of health? No doubt when Purcell comes to this country to represent the British trade union movement at the A. F. of L. convention, Oneal and the yellow so- cialist worms who are trying to crawl up the backs of the A. F. of L. bureau- crats, will do their level best to squirt their filth on him. 2 „ 6 HE Oneal type presents an inter- esting psychopathic study. The re- olution did not happen to come ac- rding to directions, so when it did cc ne, they refused to recognize it and tr (Continued on page 5.) Tangier Ruled By Allies TANGIER, Morocco, new international government port. 1923, by Great Britain and France. representatives of tries will control the port. ted it very much as a respectable deaton would treat his natural child June 4.—The of Tangier has taken control of that Tangier will be regulated ac- cording to the agreement signed at a conference in Paris in December, Spain, A mixed tribunal picked by these three coun- Fry of the Anderson centrist group would also be given an Office, this strange prophecy of J ohnston has turned out true. “And why shouldn't it?” say the left wingers. “When Johnston’s ma- chine counts the votes and aims to split the Anderson group by this con- cession.” Some Davison Arithmetic. According to the official statement by Davison, Johnston won—at that— by only a margin of 945 votes; the Davison figures being 17,076 for An- derson and 18,021 for Johnston. Da- vison also modestly announces that he won the general secretaryship from Stilgenbauer by 20,208 to 14,648. Of the general . vice-presidents (United States) elected, of which there are six, the Davison statement gives the plum to the following: P. J. Conlon, 20,122; J. T. Thorpe, 18,- 449; H. F. Nickerson, 18,249; H. W Brown, 17,836; Robert Fechner, 17,- 666; and—who do you think?—William Hannon, 17,388. Counted out of the vice-presiden- on figures: Taylor, 16,948; McMahon, 16,693; McNamara, 15,786; Knudsen 15,194; Laudeman, 16,174; Nicholson, 16,225. Then the Canadian vice-presi- dency is given to Jamés Somerville by 16,377 over McClelland, 14,611. More Figures—More Lies. Davison says Fred Hewitt won the editorship of the official journal by 18,943 to Williams 15,813. Wm, P, 1 22 18, yon C. E. Nee Ads: e ed to the general law con Valvano, 14,609; Hoch, 16,087: tel; 16,049; Rankin, 17,218: aud Ker- rigan (Canada) 15,474. The five delegates to the American Federation of Labor begins with the Anderson group’s supporter—that is to say he was Anderson's supporter during the election— C. W. Fry, with 18,584; Dan Haggerty, 17,911; Win. iam Larkin, 17,633; George Marshall, 17,506; and C. F. Wills, 17,061. Count- ed out are Dalton, given 16,528 votes; Mitchell, 16,235; McGillivary; 16,117; Tucker, 16,525; -Kenning 16,193, Davison says the delegate to the Trades and Labor Congress of. Cana- da is John Munro with 17,706 votes against Clark’s 16,436. (Continued on page 3) Illinois Assembly Kills Women Jurist Bill in Committee SPRINGFIELD, IIL, June 4.—The Hamilton bill aimed to give women equal rights with men in jury service, which had already passed the Illinois senate, was killed in the house. The committee on judicial department and practice recommended that the bill do not pass. The house committee on revenue reported-favorably on the Lantz pro- posed constitunional amendment giv- ing the legislature full powers in all taxation matters, including the income tax. over _-_— Veterans Discuss Compensation. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, June 4—The United States veterans state conven- tion will continue here thru Sunday. Consideration of veterans’ claims for compensation and discussion of resolutions to be introduced relative to the welfare of veterans at the Speedway Hospital, Maywood, were to be chief tcpics today for the hundred or more delegates. + Get a sub for DAILY WORKER from your sbopmate and you will make another mem- ber for your branch. INHUMAN CONDITIONS PREVAILING IN JAP FACTORIES SHOW CAUSE OF CHINESE REBELLION AT SHANGHAI NEW YORK, June 4.— Legalized slave-hunting for factory girls” is one of the two great evils enlightened women of Japan are fighting; prostitution is the other, according to Harry Emerson Wildes, professor of economics and sociology, Keio University, Tokio. “Nearly 30,000 scouts range thru the rural districts seeking recruits to supply the annual increments of 300,000 girls needed in textile mills and (Céntinued on Page 4) - cies are the following with the Davig- ; ut- districts ANIFES: WISCONSIN UNEMPLOYED WORKERS MADISON, Wis., Vie, dune er ‘the second time the Wisconsin legista- plan for unemployment insurance | paying persons thrown out of Work Sta ay while Idle. The Heck bill on this subject was 8 20 to 15 In the senate. The Wisconsin. eis con- trolled by the LaFe S wi tion, which can pass or kill any bill it chooses. — Resent Postponement of Convention INDIANAPOLIS, Jure 4.— The at- mosphere around the Mércnants Bank building, where the executive offices of the United Mine Workers of Amer ea are located, is anything but light and airy, despite the prevalence of electric fans. The reaction of the miners to the recommendation of the Lewis machine that the next interna- tional convention be postpened for an- other year is not conducive to pleas- ant smiles on the considerable count- enance of John L. Lewis. n The membership of the organization do not cause John to lose any sleep as a rule but it is reported that he is no adding up his winnings during his term of office and figuring what he is to do after next January unless he suc- céeds in having the convention post- poned. Two Fakers Confer. It is reported that Frank Farrington was in Indiatiapolis recently and urged Lewis to put off the next convention lor “five ore if necessary,” dee ij r ’ oa “ge Shs * 8 N re * 2 5 * advised. Lewis to — the “rebellious the same as I handled Thompson and Watt in Springfield.” Frank; the reds in Nova Scotia, Kan- sas and Alberta will testify that I can use the iron fist when the occasion requires, but there is a limit to our power and the miners are not the easiest people in the world to handle.” William Green made a wise move when he jumped into Sam Gompers’ shoes at a time when the prestige of the reactionary officialdom of the min- ers’ union was at a fairly high level. Lewis is reported as not being so well pleased with his own prospects for jumping into the limelight which he likes so well when the membership of the union gives him the gate. Lewis Holding The Bog. The head of the mine workers feels that he was let down by the Coolidge machine. He was promised the secre- taryship of labor; it being understood that James J. Davis would step out as a matter of discipline when the proper time come. But Davis sticks to his job as an executive bed bug sticks to a blanket, so Lewis is now like a man dressed up and with no place to go. Of course the Coolidge administration will make a place for Lewis whenever the miners give him his walking pa- pers, but John wants a place with pow- er. Money, he does not need so badly. He has invested wisely and is now in a position to live comfortably on his income. The local unions are beginning to send in protests against the postpone- ment of the convention. Of course Lewis and his gang have the count- ing of the ballots. self in as president in the last elec- tion, and it is expected that he will count the referendum on the postpone- ment in his favor. But some of the fakers are afraid that if he does the job in a raw manner, the mimers may march on Indianapolis as they march- ed on Mingo in 1921. Bag Mystery Animal in Tropics. An okapi, “trophy of trophies” and mystery animal of the African equa- torial forests, has just been bagged by the Field expedition to the Bel- gian Congo for the Field museum. 2 Color Red Barred Next. NEW YORK, June 4.—The Allied Patriotic society, inc., a fascist organ- ization, has passed a resolution asking advertising agencies to prohibit the use of torches on their advertising matter, because the torch has been used as the emblem of revolution. Study Bootleg Costs. WASHINGTON, June 4.—A stuty of prohibition with a view to determining its probable cost for next year has been started by the treasury, : ; JUNE 6, 1925 — ington Blvd. by THE DAILY WORKER Price 3 Cents | Chicage, III. te (The Daily Worker) Ehegotiating with 2 We co-operation against * Premier Painleve _ today. The agree- i between the two n kept secret, to in the chamber of 4 ™ are massing their and threaten to communication be- ad French Morocco. ssentative at the (Special to The Daily Worker.) conference, Paul handed in the name Gent that Morocco be rohibited zones and of arms there be requested by gov- 514 uns te 1 — Lewis is alleged to have replied Well, from the heat since Sunday The weather the next two days. cast. Lewis counted him- f protectorates. A * 5 - ie „ „ 5 * he Daily Worker) any, June 4.—The ; igh affairs of the in bas protested against ine world powers to states against the here states. The presentatives con- demn the of the league of nations of traffic in arms conference lowing the border states a Ign in their arms distribution. hid — t Damagisg Rains and Windsterms in West Little hope for immediate relief ve that has prevailed in store yesterday. réau announced the temperature would remain high for The heat was accountable for three deaths in Chicago. Many Persons Killed In several sections of the middle west the heat wave brought violent damaging rains and windstorms of tornado proportions. Many persons were killed in the storm. In the re- gion around Minneapolis six deaths were reported. In lowa eight have been killed since Menday by the storms that accompanied the high temperature. In Nebraska four per- sons met deaths in small tornados. With the heat wave Chicago felt an increase in the mosquito scourge. Of- ficials are directing a fight against the pests. Seven Die in New York. NEW YORK, June 4.—The death toll in the heat wave in New York and vicinity today stood at seven, and there was no relief in sight. “Continued warm, was the fore- The hot weather, according to ad- vices, encompassed the eastern states again this morning, and there were reports of numerous prostra- tions. Showers: and cooler weather were predicted for tonight or tomor- row. 5 Two Dead in Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., June 4— With two dead and five prostrated, this heat stricken city was preparing to lull thru the faurth day of what is recorded to be Detroit’s most stub- born heat wave. ses Massachusetts Schools Close. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 4.—Be- cause of the excessive heat, all pub- lic schools in this city were ordered closed today. This was the first time that a local school department record shows a similar order. =~ Crazed by Heat, Kills Eight. HAMILTON, Ohio, June 4.—Crazed by the intense heat, Lloyd Russell, 42, today shot and killed eight persons and turned the gun on himself, send- ing a bullet thru one Jung. He first killed his mother, then his sister, his ion Shang ‘DRIVE OUT ALL IMPERIALISTS,’ CRY CHINESE U. S. Marines Raid the Shanghai University (Special! to The Daily Worker.) SHANGHAI, China, June 4.— The United States marines today violated international law by an armed raid upon the Shanghai university, driv- ing out the students at the end of bayonets and carting away stacks of books, pamphiets and school docw ments, one pamphlet of which the so- called “Intelligence Office” said was in English and contained a poem with the “seditious” expression “Foreign bosses are fat and prosperous. We'll make them thin.” Meanwhile, there are 150,000 strik- ing in this city, and strike sentiment is rising in all Chinese cities against all foreign business. Shanghai is paralyzed. It is a city, the greatest port in the far east, but its wharves are idle—except two, one of them the American Dollar line. Banks Are Closed Down. All the Chinese banks in the city have closed .down, the workers in foreign-owned mills, factories, offices, public works, industrial plants, to- bacco and cigarette companies, most- ly British, foreign hotels and even the clerical forces of the International Banking corporation are on strike. All the banks are barricaded. Fifty thousand more Chinese joined the — today . „e those ot the hotel and ae servants be ising to walk out in the morning. With the “house boys“ in the Shanghai Club, one of the famous lounging places of the “fat and pros- perous foreign bosses”—having walk- ed out today, however, the paunches of the imperialist business men in the international settlement are rub- bed vainly against what is known as “the longest bar in the world.” There are no “boys” to mix their drinks and pretend politeness to the hated exploiters of the Chinese people. Work to Extend Strike. The effort of the Chinese is now directed to starve the foreigners out. Strenuous efforts were made to ex- tend the strike to all services to cut off food supplies to the foreign population. Five Chinese were wounded when the Japanese overseers at the China- Japan Cotton mill on Poo Tung fired | into a crowd which stormed the build- ing. The crowd then tried to arm it- self by invading the customs yard | where big supplies of amunition are stored. The river police hastily re- moved the ammunition. The consta- bulary, meanwhile charging the mob with rifle butts. Aside from this only the minor disorder of stoning street cars were. reported. Police Turn Down Jobs. Chinese branch of the Shanghai (Continued on page 2) gan to strike, the “house boys” prom- 8. Marines in Armed Raid jal University; Use Bayonets on Students B A* . “hae spit ed we Tre PARTY |<HANDS OFF CHINA!” DRIVE IS | STARTED BY WORKERS (COMMUNIST) ** ¥ TO AROUSE AMERICAN LABOR The Workers (Communist) Party the United States. This greed its execeutive secretary, C. E. Ruthenberg, that the Communists of America would call upon the whole working class of the country to protest against the present imperialist intervention in China, forced upon the Chinese people by plundering business interests on the hunt for a profit larger even than the profit returned on capitalist investment in or ot America announced yesterday thru the oppression permanently workers and injures those of this country. The Workez Party, it is announced, will demonstrate in every way pos- tween the underpaid, overworked wage working class of America and the exploited and oppressed popula- tion of China—robbed and plundered by the same financial group of cap- italist imperialists. super-profits both exploits the Chinese sible the community of interest be- Meetings thruout the country will | be arranged, jointly with the Chinese living in America, demands of “Hands off China!” shall be formulated and pressed upon the American govern- ment in order that it may be forced to evacuate Chinese soil and release the heretofore helpless Chinese from th insult of extra-territoria? privilege and compulsory treaties legalizing the | imperialist domination. 10,000 HEAVILY ARMED MEN ARE MUSTERED IN PRIVATE ARMY OF ‘ILLINOIS BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION By CARL Ten thousand armed men, The .ostensible state, 8 private army is about three times as large. Unlike the supposed millions of “secretly armed radicals“ the bankers rave regularly at their annual powwows, everything is open about whom and public in the bankers’ army. The association’s publicithy director, Ray EY Garrison, brags about his depu- tized gunmen in the public prints. His assistants boast about it over the phene to anyone who cares to ring up Wabash 2288. “We have all of the 102 counties of the state organized for defense, e cept one,” the association office d clares, and the remaining county wel be organized within the next fley days. We hope the defense force will be permanent.” Approximately 100 members of the It will be permanent so long as the ‘bankers care to spend the money on it. The state government gives no sign of interfering with the private army or with the mounting of guns ‘and distribution of rifles and cart- ‘ridges. The cost to the bankers $250,000, according to Garrison. | And what is the purpose? Not | me rely to protect banks against a lyearly loss of $325,000 by bank rob- | bers, as originally announced. The Fed- lerated Press stated in March “armed bands under highly organized private control, like that exercised by (Continued on page 39 is PENNSYLVANIA LABOR )R PARTY EXCLUDES COMMUNISTS BUT BASES ITSELF ON THE TRADE UNIONS have cleared away, A little better than a year ago the the two old line parties. Great hope was held that this would develop into a real farmer-labor party and while cherishing this hope many were for- getting that a labor party must be based on the industrial workers espe- cially those organized in the trade unions. The make-up of the Pennsylvania labor party was such. It was organ- ized in 1922 at the Altoona conven- tion of the State Federation of Labor | after a referendum vote had been the federation. A total of 70,000 or- sister-in-law and her five small chil- drea. ganized workers voted for the organ- (Continued on page 2) By J. S. OTIS (Special to The Daily Worker) PITTSBURGH, June 4.—After the clouds of the last election campaign we find that only existence which had a basic foundation in the trade unions. parties, the Pennsylvania labor party, ing the same week as the State Federation of Labor conventino. those labor parties have remained in has recently held its convention dur- attention of the workers of the country was diverted to the movement of the farmers in the northwst away from f IS CALL OF RED (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) ers’ Association, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition, thousands of firearms paid for by these same bankers—together with the other panoply and paraphernalia of a fighting organiza- tion that means business—constitute the new private army of the invisible government of Illinois, with headquarters at 208 8. LaSalle Street, the Wall Street of Chicago. „controlled only 3, 831 Se 3 enlisted men in the fi ing to the 1924 report. The that One ot these “MAKE A. W. I. U. A REAL UNION” COMMITTEE TO HARVEST WORKERS HAESSLER “a responsible to the Illinois Bank- nt, with headquarters at LILIU HAMMERS UNIONISM ON SOLAR PLEXUS International U nit y is Aimed At (Special to The Daily Worker.) MOSCOW, (By Mail).—The fight against dual unionism and secession- ism was one of the main features of the meeting of the executive bureau of the Red International of Labor unions, held here on April 28th. Com- » Mandalian was secretary of the meeting while Lozovsky took the chair. The points on the agenda were: 1.— Last session of the National Uni- tary Confederal committee in Paris. 2.—International! Metal Workers conference in Cologne and Leipsig. 3.— The coming congress of the General German Trade tion. Union Federa- 4.— The fusion of the Metal Work ers’ Unions in Czecho-Slovakia. 5.— The coming Trade Union con- gress in Poland 6.—The Russian Union's position in the Foodworkers’ International. 7.—Correspondence with the operative alliance. Comrade Bellugue reported for the French. He stated that more than one hundred departmental federations and industrial unions were represented at the national council of the Unitary Federation of Labor which was held in Paris on April 17. The three prin- CO- cipal questions on the agenda were: uty. fascism and the Dawes plan. The biggest question was that of ‘unity. After listening to Comrade Bellugue's report the committee adopt- ed the following resolution: Fusing the Unions | “Having become acquainted with the decision of the national council of the Unitary Confederation of Labor,. (Coauated on pege 3) ee INTERNATIONAL | As the harvest season approaches the floating and unemployed workers are attracted to the middle west | fields of the Mississippi valley are ripening the grain that will feed America and be a factor on the international market. taken by the unions affiliated with| Which attempts to unite these workers, and the Red International Affiliation committee of the I. W. W., has issued the followMme Statement upon the probremrorthe agricultural ce workers and mtinued on page ®» | where, from south to north, the wheat The IL. W. W. is the only union the union in that industry.