Daily Worker
June 17, 1925
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= tpn en ene fs = —- ) CsIDC! - year. Publish Sund THE DAILY WORKER ‘SUESGAP ON RATES: eo ee BLIS NG 00. 8 W. Washington Bivd., , I Price 3 Cents ° oak quently re- : ae tr ee t | e r i a I Ss quadron of tes , | 8 keeping —- . : aa — iven no rest a —— i : ' rem fe 1 . | tneehs ab (Special to The Dally Worker) Socialists Give Up Cap- : 1,200 MINERS STRIKE mca oath SHANGHAI, China, June 15.—With the leaders of the Kuo|" and broke Tales For Workers Children:” I am a r i faith noah ata = ph ge ah cdeaeeipae nts ated another one of those fake drives | peciai to e auy i°) r cte natrame , . - - iethod : + Piecing Hed ae a peony PITTSBURGH, Penn., June 15—Fred Merrick together with Attorney |up charge of conspiracy in the first Communists Protest Imperialism. Saadu “Sewtere: a enadionale el cone ed DAILY WORKER Publishing com-| Meredith Marshall, 8. E. Ferguson and eight a ge ri aig in rie a ‘as lights is “4 since Police Chief Morgan Collins as i pay, a mémory of children’s stories | court this morning to answer the charge of sedition only to have the case aling 6 supreme cou sumed his present job. eS a that I read ie a child prejudiced | postponed by the judge until October 8. In a statement after the trial, Man- MEXICO CITY, June 15.—The ee var fi ~ , sopra pa or 8 of: ovaahedl he war but me against it. Before opening the it appears that the setting of the trial was a bluff to intimidate the lapit said, mh proved an alibi from the Mexico has called a meeting of protest 8 oF aaan in ‘there was no money in the liquor bu- book I happened to pick up a copy |'defendants. The bluff was called by the defense statement in the the court |"ecords of detectives, George imperialistic and capitalistic policy of the Uni Th Op siness except what could be miede Chinese did of the Federated Press news eet] that they were ready for trial. The defense demanded that the trial take i Afat, who were em Mexico, which Ambassador Sheffield represents. The Com- ‘openly. In those days the gangsters at an actual and spied the following paragrap DbY| pisce but the judge refused. munist Senator Monzon will be the principal speaker. ‘were employed: by rival politicians in follow but Carl Haessier: Lonbonigl the democratic and republican parties |. The strug- Seo ** © 58 a8 _and by their agents in the labor move- nd the anti- HERE is no pro anda book so! | ARROG/ VT T. X TIL BARONS F | RE | : Bar Association ment, Gunmen were a necessary ai- n diplomacy suitable for” the chilafen “of” 4 Doe : a, 5 ee es | C SCO junct to the equipment of a crooked 3 ; . “ a : , : = 7 ss A é% : ; Ps : the terrible class conscious labor men and Fadi} ww UY MI E “J . ss sy Dz ‘¢ STRIKE. - TOST sks: el Sew ee “py | ati! > 3. labor faker who. traded the 4 ation move- cals as the Fafr¥ Tales for Workers’| — tz G ) E-CUT AND S PEEDUP' 7 credibiend rnin . eae g etal of _ aro of his vr er - ll be dealt Children, published by the DAILY trial om the strength - - aoe a na (apecial to The Cally. Worker) er ae pnw poms: = need : a : ) WORKER Publishing .Co., of Chicago NET: filing affidavits showing that the case CATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 15.— SFA LE I A ai ; Owing to their usefulness to Large cleat bilatk tybe, beantitu By WILLIAM SIMONS. against me hadiBeen framed-up by Rd a 9 1 Peer “ames 7“ - OTIA. This was in line with-the autocratic conduct of the firm in the handling preme court, on the ground that John | ‘uneasiness. But let a striker utter 4 e the marks Bap ioe of the dispute. When the committee representing the weavers spoke to the and he is appealing to the supreme Scopes, who will be tried next month | 156—Wwilli - word of warning to a scab and the HIS was encouraging. The stories | anager on Monday, presenting their 4+ court of the territory of Hawaii. The! or violating. the state anti-evolution; SEATTLE, June 15-—Willam 2B.) olice authorities would act and no the Woods. are translated’ from the German | this outenae strike of the sugar workers odntinues Jones, business agent of Painters Mcann, who from the heavy hand of the law. , Inion, Local No. 188, and Sign Writ-| me “ hegin men He SS Dailes. The language is simple ‘and | ‘ne company got that way, because TINpiR® Gartiqamts. Scopes,’on his way from New York | Ut. Local N eon... | With the advent of prohibition the | other offi- graceful. It is the kind childret and — ers’ Local No. 435 one of the six Com ters went into the bootleggin in th ; a ii : 2 is in open shop Connecticut, be- to his home in Dayton, Tenn., when munists. under expulsion from the | oans* ers at e ollegging n the pow- grownup people w ke. And the cause the strike in 1913 was lost, and Glass Dealers Get asked in Washington why he chose , : 13 business to their profit and also to the :ptured—are | pictures! There are some by a Ger- Seattle Central Labor Council won), f Ahe undertakers. Hoodlums \because there has been no union in |, : Wi df ll S Clarance Darrow as his attorney, re h joy o ve ou akers. d they fled man artist gnd very pretty ones by the plant. Trouble began in January In all- torm plied he was “chiefly impressed by an overwhelming yictory Pea ©!’ who hitherto were satisfied with a ‘ ia G aa , . : tive forces by being re-elect- | rps aS a sa - og a pat wee nig yrnisir chat when the company announced a cut of.) CONTEMPT CASE Also Ruins Crops the breadth of Darrow’s vision as ait ok. ‘thas chee sal be se se | bone now wanted the juicy steak. na nt A or i wd eas icin ma 10 per cent, in reality from 13 per cent shown in his appeal to the jury in the|— i or Ln ; ps" eA: nef el ay +, MA 2 * sY : fos & f < Ath, 2 ay Nags ora a ke Sa Fahl ie oe 8 Wa eo Be ae ein et Sy a Bee ri WOR, re oe z ; E f » Teac © OWASP 8 OO Oo ee we he) ee ee ee ee Se a ae we ee eee ee eee ee es tee a hee “? z ,. ae ts 5 pot —- ‘ 4 ee Ze bo ot Pee oe, a : wo ge ¥ ¥ ee ae a s et eae e 41 eee? . tae ae oe aris 7 ng - ‘ y ; "oh ue i et i EDITION drawings in colors and a simple @ fective propaganda text on the broad- est class lines make it an ideal in- strument for its purpose.” demands, replied: of Herminia Zur Muhlen, by °™ Ida | “Nothing doing.” : SHELTON, Conn., June 15.—The Sidney Blumenthal Co, of Shelton, Conn., fired the 400 striking weavers and loom fixers when they appeared for their pay yesterday, after being out since. Monday, June 6. agents of the sugar planters and the witnesses against me bribed to swear falsehoods.” His plea fora new trial was denied wherever the hand of the woman reached, a large thorn sprang out and 4 left their looms. with many arrests being made of the SENTENCE COLO. The Tennessee bar association will ask Frank Thompson, states’ attorney generau, to refuse to prosecute the Scopes case should it reach the su- No Gunaiiiion to Jones in Painters’ Union law; was indicted by collusion, it was announced here. Local No. 300, the Glass Workers’ ters who are trying to determine \whether he violated the lew in not _of their necks never gave them any gions. Spitzbergen May 21 for the Polar re-| the above three local unions Jones | the politicians they led a charmed life as far as jails were concerned and the prospect of a dangling noose in front influence was exerted to save him (Continued on page 2) | was declared elected without opposi- | ition for the ensuing term of six) | months. The council will thereby | 15—"Would | Save more than $100 in costs, the ex- The strike was on. Tuesday morn- ‘making an income tax return. WASHINGTON, June 15—Great Britain today paid the United States the small sum of $68,310,000 on her | $4, 600,000,000 war-debt, according toa | scratched her till she bled. At lagt | the woman, with torn elothes, with. ing, the eee pb ws Be: the man- scratched, dirty hands, had to turm | 28°" ‘tyims to bring about a settle | ack home.” ., ment, but were told to work or go Fourth ; st Would Sell His Body. WASHINGTON, UNION MINERS To Raise Beef Price June ense necessary for elections when | aa home. The loomfixers met and voted; KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 15.—| | treasury announcement. Payment was a her! oe satis Ig vine wy 2 ete hong aby ON TRIAL FOR 7 3 to go out by more than a two thirds | Warning that the price of beef is ‘made thru the federal reserve bank ot | ty ee 7 y ' Worker) . HIS is only an eyeful of what thé’) yote. going up was sounded today at the |New York. This question was asked today by Paul K. Mohr, another of the six -The fascist book contains. It was written The Demands. opening session of a two days conven- Other debt payments received by 2 ee eee Oe eee | Oenee eee: eee Oe STRIKE DUTY so thal ‘of especially for children but the grown- The demands are: 1, the abolition of |tién of the national live stock and |the United States*today were: oners Relief Society, in a letter to the promient in the local labor move- | ups will get a kick out of it. It would (Continued on Page 8) meat board here Finl 23 650 president of John Hopkins University ment was nominated by his local Bak- with takin m : mland, $153,088, | i Duddi h * Uni No. 9, without o sition | g not surprise us to see it made the | Hungary, $14,905 at Baltimore. Dudding said he wanted ers’ Union . 9, ppo he socialist basis for sixteen long articles by) ny 9 $75,000 to make a contract to sell his body as assistant business agent and dele- West Va. ay sore Aid been com- some stoolpigeon like Spolansky to DOVER N J ROLLING MILL WORKERS Poland. ashecon at death so that the money could be, gate to the Central Labor Council. Coal Barons d not guilty. show what havoc the reds are making | er oe 6 9 During the present year, payments used at once. The same victory is being predicted % ° court ‘was among the youth. It is the best ant | LAID OFF BECAUSE THEY “DON’T | tcom european debtors who re net RUT AMN UU net ee Mt Communist delegates under! — Cansciat ‘to The Dally Worker . rr + Bapan ~ ae sae ga PRODUCE ENOUGH IN THE SUMME ? already made funding agreements n po CHARLESTOWN, W. Va. June 15.— tor of the (Continued on page 4) ) \with the United States will to tal | Because they asked non-union mine as fled from $162,153,000, in addition to a payment | THIRTEEN HUNDRED MORE MINERS workers to quit work and join the eats of vio- ' United Mine Workers, 136 unionists ny TER OR By COPOULOS of $20,500,000 by France as interest on | | URted ‘ : nists in the fas- BULGARIA R (Worker Correspondent) her debt for relief supplies. LAID OFF AT VALIER ILL AFTER ‘are being tried in Marion county by » the charge MURDERS ONE MORE NEW YORK, June 15.—Six hundred workers were laid off in the Dover, | Te 4 *? caahes _— of Judge Merdith on contem charges ontien ‘ah N. J., rolling milis. The boss said: “I! am sorry to tell you workers that | | Sofia Minister to 14 MONTHS OF PART TIME WORK The roles developed by the trial Peers: a WORKER IN SOFIA have to close my shop on account of the hot weather, | know very well that | U S Renounces His = 4 Go ona te 1 'show that the accused were arrested that Pca you wouldn’t produce as much as you ought to, so you may as well go home | ’ B | Ci " ° By JOHN MATOSICNH |at the instigation of the New England rried out the (Special to The Daily Worker) and try to find another job for the summer season. "You have my sympathy | uligar itizenship (Worker Correpondent) Fuel & Transportation company. The year ago. LONDON, June 15.—Pantscho Mi- but | can’t help it. In fall | will open again and you will be welcome to your ON, VALIER, Ill., June 15 —Today we were officially notified that the Peoria, genera! manager of those mines and rer the post ' os , job. Sorry.” be mg ng . pt 18—As a cli- | Burlington and Quincy railroad mine, known as the Valier Coal company’ ©Y®ry coal company witness has sworn 8s ten. chailoff, leader of the Macedonian The funniest thing is that many of the workers think that this is quite rk ate weed rae ee ae Seaton: would suspend work indefinitely. Thirteen hundred men were laid off, ‘24! DO violence, no intimidation and issolini min- ppponemiste, was kitted by on.seene- proper. They say: “Since we can tend only to 3 ovens in the hot season, Stephen Panaretoff} who only resigned The rumors were spread by the mine officials that some repairs had to = threats were made by the union- lation, navy sin today, according to central news | instead of to 5 ovens, as all the year round, we can’t blame the boss. He must this month as Bulgarian minister to | be made, but the miners know better, for they have been working only two ry hires catanditn taal ' 8 premier. dispatches from Sofia. The assassin | jook out for himself.” ‘the United States bas decided to be- | °° three days a week for the last 14 months. 7 company is that they = Pe’ the bm — escaped it never entered their mind that they must also look out for themselves. , come an American citizen. Work will be suspended for at least five weeks, the bosses announced, | water miners to join thems, luring Red | : is a sub to
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ART . + worried over the spirit of revolt mani- EN RAID STORES WHILE TROOPS SHRINK FROM CONFLICT (Special to The Dally Worker) é SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, June 15—Rloting on both sides of Sydney Harbor in the coal strike area is reported. Strikers and| sympathizers drove out the company police of the British Empire Steel corporation (Besco) from the firm's warehouse at Glace Bay and captured a company store at Sydney Mines. So desperate and hunger-driven are the miners and their ragged, emaciated wives and children—all actually starving for four months—that even the troops which are sent to suppress the raids of these famished thousands upon the company stores are holding their hands. The Canadian authorities know that if the troops precipitate bloody conflict, the miners are in the mood to carry it out unto death. Starving Women and Children Join Food Ralds The area of disturbance is widen- ing and the wives and children of the miners, gaunt, pallid and dressed in cast-off clothing sent them by relief workers or in clean but ragged gar- ments, join with the miners in raiding the company stores and carrying off food and clothing they so sorely stand cut by putting their children and wives into starvation conditions. Two days before the strike, even the premier of Nova Scotia, E. H. Arm- strong, had interceded verbally, by asking Besco not to shut off store cre- dit, telegraphing R. M. Wolvin, presi- dent of Besco, as follows. Premier Protests Shuting Off Credit “The present situation coal mines Coolidge Prosperity (By Worker Correspondent.) MONESSEN, June 15—“Who wants a little baby?” is getting to be the slogan now in this Coolidge suppos- ed-to-be-good times. The unemployment situation in this district is pretty bad. The miners have beén out of work for months, and their little bit of savings are about used up if they ever had any. An unknown man left a three- months old baby boy at a local home here and then departed. The baby was turned over to the police. If nobody wants‘ the little baby, it will be taken to the county home, but the poor people can’t afford to take it as they have a hard time getting along themselves with the measly lit- tle pay they get. The rich who really can afford to take the poor tot, will not take it just because it is a “nobody.” Several days ago a baby was left on a door step in Donora near here. RIFFS GAPTURE —_—- (Continued from page 1) kind of admiinstration suits some of the capitalists, there are others whose interests demand a more rigorous en- forcement of law, and furthermore Thompson's policies in other respects ran counter to those of the Chicego Chamber of Commerce, and its offici- al organs the Chicago Tribune and the Daily News. Thompson was hound- ed until he was forced to decline mak- ing the race for re-election. The of- fice was given to Dever, a submissive, colorless Roman catholic puritan, and a lickspittle of big business. The Tri- bune and News deserted their own candidate Lueder Dever at the eleventh hour. ; The K. K. K. Got Busy. As soon as Dever assumed office the ku klux klan, under the pseud- onym of the Better Government Asso- ciation, presided over by a Cromwelli- particularly Cape Breton occasioning ‘ great personal and provincial concern and evidences of acute distress are ac- cumulating intensified by company’s recent action stopping credit at stores at a time when further distress must follow, and your action cannot be ex- plained or understood. : “Submit original purpose of com- pany store was to meet an emergency of the character now existing and if any expenditures necessary to main- tain organization or prepare for sum- mer shipments those for keeping workmen alive are not only justifiable but compulsory. “With this in view, seriously sug- gest that you arrange at once to bank out even a limited quantity of coal for shipment next summer and thus as- sists in further employment and con- tinue a policy that has been followed iin the past with satisfactory if not profitable results. “Quite apart from the respective dis- putes re new wage scale I submit you should extend your credit at stores and not further pursue a course that is disturbing to the public and creat- ing suffering which I am convinced now exists at your collieries.” While Armstrong in the above said clearly enough that the keeping alive of the workmen by the stores was “compulsory”—nevertheless he called out no troops to compel Besco to do it. But the troops are out now when the miners have undertaken the task of making “compulsory” the right they have to preserve their lives and those in need of. In Sydney, the fire and police depart- ment was called to a remote part of town to put out a small fire. When they returned the large company store of Besco’s was in the hands of several hundred miners and their families. The chief of police tried to interfere, but was overpowered. Wagons of the company were re quisitioned to carry off the loads of goods. These wagons were loaded and then men and women pulled and push- ed them away. Boots, shoes, clothing and foodstuffs all went. Only Two Stores left A summary of the damage done in the southern colliery district indicates that only two company stores are left. The rest are cleaned out entirely. Although 500 more troops have ar- rived, they are powerless to stop the miners unless they begin a battle which may mean the extermination of thousands. This is the outcome of the attempt by the British Empire Steel corporation to cut the wages of the miners of Distriot 26, U. M. W. of A. below the level of existence and to en- force the cut by lockout from the mines and cutting off credit at the company stores. An Attempt to Cut Wages This conflict has been going on since March 6th, when 12,000 miners were driven to strike against a lock- out. Barlier, the company had shut off credit at the company store, as @ measure deliberately aimed to starve ‘the miners to submission to the wage | of their dependente. MEXICO CHALLENGES WALL ST. (Continued from page 1.) internal affairs. Calles pointed out “the contradic- tion found in Mr. Kellogg’s statements when he declares that the United States have the greatest interest in the maintenance of order in Mexico and in the stability of her government and at the same time stating that he has seen news of revolutionary move ments.” Calles “reject with energy any im- putation that the government of Mex- ico is on trial before the world as an insult.” The Mexican government's state- ment was in reply to a declaration issued by Secretary of State Kellogg, wherein Kellogg charged that Calles “was not protecting American life and property,” and hinted that the Mexican government would not be supported un- less further steps were taken to sup press militant workers’ movements and unless strikes were stamped out by the use of troops. No Interference “Mexico does not accord to any foreign country the right to intervene in any form in her domestic affairs,” Calles note stated. “Nor is she dis- posed to subordinate her international relations to the exigencied of another country. If the government of Mexico is now on trial before the world, such an: tran ainlenn is the case with the governmient of the | . United States as well as those of all| The Washington Post, in an editor- ether countries. But if it is to be un- | fal a column long, states that Calles derstood that my country is on trial | “must put down Communism or face as a defendant; my government ab- | revolution by a Mexican element that pressure on the Calles government to break up the more militant unions and to suppress strikes among the oil workers. Sheffield Not Wanted The Mexican government does not to Mexico, it is felt here. Sheffield made the report to the president which prompted the Coolidge admini- stration’s note. “Action and not words is what the United States wants from Mexico,” was the reply to the Mexican note in high administration circles, intimating that Coolidge will continue in his de mands that Calles obey the will of the Standard Oil company. Borah With Imperialists The “progressive” Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations com- mittee of the senate, took part in the conference at the White House at which ambassador Sheffield painted Mexico as a land of banditry and at which the Kellogg note was framed. Borah agreed to the sending of the imperialistic demands. The Mexican government hag not paid its interest on the Morgan loan, and it is thot in some quarters that Coolidge is helping Morgan to collect his money, at the same time that he aids the Standard Oil's drive against solutely rejects with energy such im-| W#! be stable and reliable,” showing putation, which in essence, would only | that Coolidge threatens to promote mean an insult.” | an uprising against Calles unless the “In no way will my government ad- | present government bows to Wall mit that a government of any nation | Street's demands. may pretend to create a privileged si- | tuation for its nationals in the coun-| Hello Girls String try, nor shall it either accept any | H ° f Bi foreign interference contrary to the ousewives for Dig Total of Stock Sales rights of sovereignty of Mexico.” Hearst’s Finger in Ple The trip of the presidential yacht NEW YORK, June 15.—(FP)—The Mayflower was devoted to discussion ' telephone trust, American Telegraph and Telephone Co., part of the great electric trust and in Morgan's empire, of the Mexican situation, according to reports. Hearst is a large landholder is boasting thru the mouth of its vice- president, David F. Houston, how its and controls many interests in Mexico. employes have been selling stock for Arthur Brisbane acted as Hearst's re- presentative on the trip, it is thot, in the dua] capacity of publicity man and business representative. Pershing and the head of the mari- the firm. nes were taken on the trip, as the Houston announces that in two Coolidge government is known to be | years “hello girls,” linemen, office workers and other employes of the festing itself among the colonial and company havo raised $125,000,000 and semi-colonial peoples. A quick milit- ary expedition may be planned to The company says that housewives “clean out the reds,” in Mexico. It is| and clerks are the principal biters known that the Standard Oil company on the stock bait held out by tele- for some months has been exerting ephone trust workers, = te ~~ +. a ‘ oo “BIBANE HEIGHTS ‘abandonment of one of the main &®- want ambassador Sheffield to return’ an skypilot named Elmer Williams, got busy and Dever was forced to raid soft drink parlors and other places where John Barleycorn was worshipped well and wisely, tho in de- ance of the 18th amendment. But the Chicago police. did not have their heart in the work and the vendors of beverages with a kick found that a wad of bills rightly placed was as effective in securing freedom from police interference as vaccine is in guarding against small pox. It was not always easy to satisfy the police, the prohibition agents and the rival gangs of bootleggers. The result was that several accidents took place and the history of Chicago since the advent of prohibition was some- thing like the history of Ireland dur- ing the Land League days when the life of a landlord was a poor insur ance risk. The city officials did not howl very loudly until police began to get slaughtered. But it is a well known fact that the police are part and par- cel of the beer gangster mobs. The blind pigs run by the bootieggers had no better customers that the po- lice, from the lieutenants down to the ‘patrolmen. And the _police would ‘curse prohibition roundly while quaf- fing their drinks at night in the haunts of those bootleggers whom they might be chasing around the ci- ty the following day, threatening to “drive them out of town within twen- ty four hours.” Such.is life in a big capitalist city, yee Crowe Talked of Hanging. Every time a policeman or a gangs- ter got killed in ah alcohol war the states attorney, Robert HE. Crowe, Mayor Dever and Polite Chief Collins called in the local ‘papers and gave lengthy interviews, promising to shoot, jail or hang the gangsters. On those occasions the sadistic state at- torney would feast his soul on the part by a fear that the Moroccans be- | Prospect of a hanging case. But the hind the lines would revolt, wedging |®torm blows over and the gangsters, the French invaders between a double | ootleggers and vice lords know when edged front. In order to attempt to |tO open up again and “business as appease the restless tribes, Painleve |¥Sual” becomes the slogan until an has asked the puppet sultan Mulay |°Vernervous finger touches a trigger Yussef who “rules” by virtue of |#nd the story cannot be kept out of French permission to “solemnly enter \the press. Fez next week end,” to “rouse the lo- One day after the elections last yalty” of the Moroccans. \November, Dean O’Bannion, florist, Several parts of Morocco have never | Di-jacker, bootlegger and murderer been conquered by the foreign imper-|°f Parts went down on the floor ialists. Twenty miles south of Taza it |\Of his shop amid the posies never to is unsafe for Europeans to go. The rise again. He had enough lead in his Atlas mountains are filled with natives | ody to sink a tug. He made the front who have never been subdued by | Page because he was a big fellow and French imperialism. |the bosom friend of some of the ci- Spanish Attack Futile ty’s leading politicians, including Abd-el-Krim, leader of the Riffans, | many in city hall. There was a big who have never accepted Spanish or \OUtcry and the usual threats were French domination, declared in an in- | ™ade. terview with a London paper, “I have | But States Attorney Crowe who is 160,000 men gvailable, but up to the |"sually so glib with promises of a present I have only used 60,000. The |Tide to the gallows for evil doers Spanish government sent an ultima |With the gun, was strangely silent. tum to me saying it wanted to nego- |The cat walked out of the bag, but tiate a friendly settlement, intimating |the capitalist press maintained a dis- that if I did not fall in with their jcreet silence. The following facts de- views I would be instantly crushed. To | Veloped: ; our poor Moorish sense of humor this O’Bannion Good Vote Getter. {s very funny. They have been trying Mike Merlo, the leader of the Itali- to crush us for thirty years. I only |2" Sangsters, who died the day be- used 15,000 men against 150,000 Spa- |fore O’Bannion was murdered, deliver- nish troops, 20,000 of whom are pris- a or promised to deliver his ward to oners. Between my headquarters and | the political machine that was in op- the Spanish fleet are these 20,000 Spa-|POsition to Crowe. But O’Bannion nish prisoners, who would be blown |®h0t his way into Merlo’s balliwick, to pieces if the fleet attacked.” kidnapped Merlo’s workers and made African Empire At Stake the ward safe for the state’s attor- The premier’s declaration that Fran-|2¢Y. That was the story that went ce would retain her troops along the |the rounds in the news-gathering Ouergha “for the defense of Morocco” | #encles. But the editors blue pen- shows that Painleve is fighting to save | Cilléd it. the whole African empire of French | It does not take a Sherlock Holmes imperialism, which the Riffans now | ‘0 make out a plausible theory for the ON ROAD TO FEZ Socialists Give Up Cap- ital Levy Demand (Continued from Page 1) have now given up their demand for the levy on capital, in spite of the fact that they had repeatedly declared they would not support the Palnleve gov- ernment unless their demand for the capital levy had been met. The socialists, meeting with the re- formist left block, have agreed to sup- port minister of finance Caillaux’ {7 nancial program which omits the cap- ital levy, and instead, piaces.an in- creased taxation burden on the French workers. H. Blum the socialist lead- er, made feeble protests against this mands of the socialists, but after maintaining that “There is not enough time to discuss properly such a grave question,” the left bloc unanimously agreed to support Caillaux’ taxation program. “Morocco For Moroccans” “T whl make a full report of my visit to Morocco to parliament Tues- day afternoon,” Painleve declared as he boarded an airplane at Malaga. The Communist deputies in the French chamber will oppose the appropria- tions asked by the Painleve govern- ment to prosecute the campaign against the Rians, and will demand that Morocco be left to the Moroccans. Altho Painleve has repeatedly talk- ed of combined Franco-Spanish at- tacks, it is now felt that the Spanish do not contemplate any action against the Riffian further than a blockade of gunrunners. Fear General Uprising Painleve’s visit was prompted in added 133,000 subscribers to its stock. | threaten to reconquer for the Africans.|™Otive of the O’Bannion shooting. | |One of the Genna gang was arrested ‘Workers Badly Burned | an suspicion of shooting O’Bannion, . . ut he was turned loose again. It is in Fire Trap Factory NEW YORK, June 15 — Twenty said this is not the first time that Crowe's office turned a useful gangs- ter loose. From that day to this no | workers in the King Book Match Co,| light has been shed on the O’Bannion | factory were trapped in the one-story building and 12 were badly burned, one of the girls so badly that she may die. After the lunch hour a worker was carrying strips of potash of chlorate dipped cardboard. As he dumped his load on the pile near the machine which cuts the , Strips into match-book lengths the mound suddenly burst into flames. Persia Refuses to Allow Search of Ships—Quits Parley GENEVA, June i15—Persia has | withdrawn from the arms traffic con- The draft from emergency fire exits| ference because of the decision of the opened swept the flames quickly thru/ conference that Persian ships in the _the inflamable materials. None of the | Gulg of Persia couM be serched if sus- workers escaped without injury, peated of carrying arms, ie . ll A Capitalists Now Hunting for Plan to Put Over the Morgan-Dawes Plan | By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. pr. eu ‘ “ b ) ; ) = s) 4c bP » i c mf = : are al “or 4 + ” nege > F . er SE eles by genes _ . ; a Bettie hans oe ie eee . . = 5 ” Bias 2S eae ied Gite, cate Ah hy OE Ae Pe ee eae ntti . - ‘ $8,000,000,000. which was made up of it buys. ise week at Brussels, Belgium. offers no escape. manufacturers will be aggrieved. “BUT THE EXPORT ‘TO0AY; Washington reports that the stream of gold pour- 1 ing into the United States is greater than ever in volume. More than a billion dollars for the 11 months ended June 1! This is shown in America’s balance of trade totalling $1,038,000,000 for this period, establishing a record for post- war commerce with exports of $4,540 of $3,502,114,000, or a total foreign trade of more than 1,000 and imports This compares with the much amaller excess of exports over imports for the same period in 1923-24 of $724,600,000, ,200,000,000 incoming and $4,004,000,000 outgoing. America still sells more than commerce This means, for instance, that Western European cap- italism is incapacitated still more in its efforts to pay the war debts owing to the United States; that the Dawes Plan is still further crippled in its futile attempt to stave off capitalist chaos, not only in Germany, but in those countries depend- Ing on Germany for reparations gold. * °* This situation will occupy the principal discussions at the meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce this It is this aggregation of the Whatever success German obligations under the Dawes Plan have been at the expense ot the nations she is supposed to benefit. Germany either sells to the countries to which she owes reparations, thus paralyzing industry in these nations; or Germany sells to other countries, thus stealing the markets as necessary to her creditors, as they are to her, The famous Sir Stamp He merely confesses that: “The way Germany can pay is in manufactured goods from eleétri- cal, iron, steel and miscellaneous Industries. The peoples who must receive reparations also manufacture these, Brazil and Argentina the problem would be fairly easy. But because they are so like Germany in economic structure is how the difficulty arises. If they receive all the German products in thelr own markets, world’s big business interests that claims credit for launch- ing the Dawes Plan. But even its best financial wizards admit they are still at a loss how to carry it out successfully. Sir Josiah Stamp, of the Noble Industries, Ltd., of Eng- land, is going to read a paper to his fellow business bandits at Brussels, but all that he has to offer is to urge more “‘cor- dial American co-operation,” which means pouring more loans and:credits into Western Europe, even into Germany, especially to buttress the now totterin parading under the name of “Stinnes” and “Krupp.” After a year of the Dawes Plan, durin which German exports increased /2.7 per cent, compared to the same period in the previous year, German capitalism is so anaemic that it needs an injection of Wall Street bullion. industrial structures the first six months of s °¢ has had in meeting her if they were countries like if they keep them out so they are sent to neutral markets and the neutral countries send fodd and raw materials to the Allies the edge of the difficulty will be gone. INDUSTRIES OF THE ALLIES TO NEUTRALS WOULD THEN BE AFFECTED.” The task of the meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce is to find ‘a plan to make the Dawes plan work. lf such a plan is offered it will be about as successful as the capitalist promise that the last ‘war was to end all wars”. Capitalism marches to its doom in western Europe as everywhere else. Communism comes quickly on its heels. murder tho the underworld is covef- ed with stoolpigeons from the office of States Attorney Crowe. Money In Booze. | Since the death of Dean O’Bannion, | Several policemen and gangsters have | been laid low and no doubt the death |harvest will continue to be reaped jafter the present flurry blows over. | There is money in peddling booze and it will be peddled. The capitalists \need the gangsters and they will | dodge the rope, except when they | shoot policemen. And even then as long as they have maney, there is ve- Ty little danger. Only a few colored unfortunates have passed away on the scaffold in Chicago in recent years for the crime of taking life illegally. The capitalists need the gangsters in labor struggles. But the gangsters must be taught that they cannot take the lives of the capitalist’s police with impunity. This will never do. The politicians must also make a lot of noise occasionally to keep the ‘moral reformers from butting in. It’s .& dangerous life but there is money in it, Chicago Suburban Electric Line in New Wage Contract AURORA, Ill, June 15—Under the new contract signed by the employes of the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin elee- itric line and the company, trainment |will receive 74 cents an hour for this year and 75 for the next. This is a Taise of two cents an hour, and an- other cent the next year. | The workers affected are motormen, ‘conductors, substation operators, | Switchmen and skilled mechanics. | Ticket agents and clerks are not in on Heart Stopped Beating. NEW YORK, June 15. — Julius Kruttschnitt, “open shop” railroader, director and retired ye of the executive committee of the Southern Pacific lines, died today at the Presby- terian Hospital ,Death was due to a sudden attack of heart failure. Soviet Platinum in London. LONDON, June 15.—A shipment of platinum valued at 954,000 pounds ar- rived in London, consigned by the U. 8. & BR. to a London benk | ANOTHER LABOR CANDIDATE WINS IN MINNEAPOLIS ‘penne (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 15.— The official report of the canvassing board to the Minneapolis city council shows the election of Theodore Jen- son, the labor candidate from the 12th ward, elected by sixty votes. The un- official returns showed his defeat by one vote. His capitalist opponent has filed notice that a recount will be institut- ed immediately. If the recount fails, the election of Jenson will give the socialist-labor combination nine votes in the council to seventeen for the “open shop” gang. | The after election statements of the local papers give some interesting sidelights on the cause for labor’s de- feat. Reactionaries Praised. The Minneapolis Tribune editorially says: “When the more sober and rep- resentative element of local labor mo- bilized its strength and reconstructed the central deliberative body so as to make it conform more to the stan- dards and ideals advocated by the late Samuel Gompers, that action was a fortokening of what was to happen at the municipal election Monday.” ' The Minneapolis Labor Review, edited by Robley D. Cramer, has the following editorial comment: “The most disgusting feature of the cam- paign was the betrayal of the work- ers by a newspaper (the Minneapolis Daily Star.—Insert ours) which the workers and farmers had put hun- dreds of thousands of dollars into that their ideas and ideals might be given broad expression. They found in this election that instead of founding .a newspaper for their advancement they had bought whips which in treacherous hands were laid over the backs of the workers in the attempt to bring advantaye to their oppon- “Men and newspapers can only: be used in such an unworthy ad- venture once. Thereafter they are despised by those who have used them and discredited with those they have attempted to betray.” The capitalist press thus publicly acknowledges its debt to Robley D. Cramer and the labor right wing for their aid in destroying the unity of the local labor movement and Cramer in turn attempts to clear himself by pointing to Van Lear who for the time being appears the blackest. Textile Barons Fire 400 Workers Who Dare to Strike (Continue from Page 1) the two loom system; 2, a 10 per cent increase in wages; 3, one and a half for overtime. An addition demand for the exclusion of an instructor from the weaving room may not be pressed, Montreal Court Upholds Police Who Joined Union WASHINGTON, June 15—Justice Coderre of Montreal has permanently enjoined the Montreal city council against dismissal of policemen in that city for membership in the Police- men's Union affiliated with. the Can- adian Trades and Labor Congress, ac- cording to a report sent to the Fire Fighters’ headquarters in Washing- ton. Policemen already dismissed are to bring damages suits against the council. Fire Fighters Organizing. WASHINGTON, June 15—Fred. Baer, international president of the Fire Fighters, announces that state districts of that organization are be- altho the strikers are determined that this company agent, named Bogen, shall not continue his company prope- ganda. Recently, he went around from weaver to weaver, urging acceptance of the two loom system. Capitalist News. The Shelton Sentinel, the local pa- per, carried a long story containing company propaganda, showing how poor the company was, that the work- ers should show consideration for the company, that two looms were as easy to work as one, and similar bunk. It has shown itself on the side of the bosses, and many of the strikers re- alize it. Of course, no capitalist paper has }endorsed the strikers’ demands, altho like vultures they are ready to prey upon the situation for increased eir- culation. The Challenge. The Sidney Blumenthal Co., ene week after the strike began, has ing formed in Washington state, Iowa! and Missouri. Four affiliated locals and delegates from membership at large in ve other Washington cities will meet June 18 in Spokane. On the Same day seven locals and individual firemen from 16 towns will meet in Sioux City. On June 30 seven Mis- souri cities will have delegates in the conference at Kansas City. These state groups will promote organiza- tion of all fire fighters in their dis- tricts. Attend Dead Loborer’s Funeral. DANVILLE, IIl., June 15—The Hege- ler Zinc Smelting company will be closed for the funeral of James Brown, a Negro laborer, who was the first employe of the company. Brown died of occupational heart disease. He turned the first spadeful of ground for the plant twenty years ago. Ten Day Shut Down for 2,000 Textile Workers in Mass. FALL RIVER, Mass., June 15.— (FP)—Nearly 2,000 workers of Kerr Thread Mills, Fall River branch of the American Thread Co., will be giv- en a forced vacation without pay for 10 days from July 3 to 13, notices posted in the factory show. The Willimantic plant of American thread is still closed by the strike of the workers against wage cuts. ; i shown clearly that it doesn’t give two hoots in hell for the workers. | Still, many strikers harbor illusions about the company, and place too much hope in proposed efforts of members of the Chamber of Commerce. Separated to pered by difficulty with the Engl language, yet the strikers are display. ing a rare brand of solidarity. But so far they have not seen the necessity of picketing, some holding that this would alienate the “public.” They have not come to realize that their power lies in themselves. We hope that their discharge by the company, which discharge the strik- ers must not recognize as final, will arouse in them a consciousness of the real nature of the conflicts in which they are engaged. In another article, the company story of losses last year will be matched with the nancial hie- tory of the company, showing sub stantial profits. One Strike Among Many. This strike but adds another to the Willimantic strike still raging, to the recently concluded strike in the Sals’s Textile Mfg. Co. in Bridgeport; and to the hat strike in Norwalk. The strik- ers are fighting to take the cut out of Connecticut. Discontinue Vets Training. WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15. — The vocational training for world war veterans will be discontinued on J 30, 1926, sm the government has ap. —— ——— te er ' ' some extent by nationality and ham- | 4 Ww yy) cr h,; a st ed % ; * -
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—_ — i... ~ — ==> “* ® ” oe “ - r ages ~ —_—s yet ler? a mae eee —— aie 7 —- er ee AIP ee er oe i a ee Sct om Pot eee ee Fay = PRET ET oe ew OI ee ~ es Jee — nw —— —— a seen arate ——-. ; , % « 7s 4 yt * > “ a) - oe Se a ie ee Pe APs Fire = * * = " ef 7 hs = i 7 . 3 . ms 5 pa ges > ™ ’ o , ‘ 4 ? » ae 7 i ; i a. J 3 3 ’ : , 7 ¥ : a " nt : ? ; 3 Ps ; ; : . . : ee ae +; , ads i : d + th J fe THE AILY WORKER yy THIS PAGE “BASIS OF ANGLO HK —-~ = eh — CE ALLL ALE A ene o —_ NUNITED a ov GHOUR DAY IN E™,TORK BAKERS I UT er SIAN PACT STEEL MILLS AND FIGHT OPEN SHOP TRUST. & ‘ we . Is Devoted to the Activity and Interests of the : : | NLEY,* ; ; MOSCOW, May 19, (By Mail —The Foreign Relations Commit- By JOSEPH MA ‘ Trade Union Edacational League tee of the All- a bide Uaioe Council has directed the follow- The task of bringing unity into the ranks, of the Bakers’ Union sf (T. U. £. L.) Greater New York is meeting with a hearty response, especially from the ing datter: te Eby Amster hee Fee a mara Amalgamated Food Workers and the rank and file of the A. F. of lL. Oo” North Fane pany not Dear Comrades: For various reasons, and in view of the taskon fi “hay | erable red a IONS Conference of Britigh and Russian Trade Unions, the plenary session Since the recent formation of the Bakers’ United Pront Committee, the (R. I. LU.) of the All-Russian Central Trade Union Council could not be held Worker Tells of Gary movement has taken on more than ever a rank and file character. The pe > iB sooner than April 30- ‘May 3. The London Conference of the British F > St . United Front Committee is composed of five delegates from the local unions THE T U E L and Soviet trade unions examined exhaustively both the question of ary ores of the A. F. of L., and the A. F. W., organizations. This committee since its , 2 trade union unity and the question of the relations of the All-Russian ‘inception has met regularly. Its principle task has been to draft a practical Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. Its Central Trade Union Council and of the Soviet trade unions to the a red bp sccsrsan as | progfam’ Of action and to drive the + ; Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by ee oi a Amsterdam International. orrresuRreit, Pweg ae Judge | United front ever more deeply into | ringamentally. of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by The plenum of the All-Russian Trade Union Council ratified! Gary, the noted steel slave-driver, |the ranks of the entire membership. | Some Questions For Bakers. Replacing Reactionary and. Clase Collaboration Pollclee with the work and decisions of the London conference and instructed its| once stated in a chamber of com-| TO achieve this end the United| Today you are_only working four a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into foreign relations commission to send 4 * merce meeting that they had the ‘Front Committee at its last meeting! days a week. The jobbers are works * Organs of Revolutionary Clase Struggle for the Overthrowal youareply On the basis of these de- eight-hour day in force all thru the |decided that speakers on the united | ing only two or three days a 7 of Capitalism and the ante shale of a Workers’ and Farm- cisions we consider it our duty to in-| stee| industry. Never was there a/|front will be invited to address gen-| Why? Because the bread trust is or ers’ Government. form you of the fact that the Febru- more brazen lie. There is no such a eral membership meetings of the vari-| ganized to destroy ua. ee | ary 7 decision of your general council , thing as a general eight-hour day. it; ous locals, and to have such general Almost the same situation s . has made a very deep impression on Is mostly ten or twelve hours and membership meetings register them-, the members of the A. F. W. A : OS TO EE ETT NTT SE SARE ct nT EI our trade unions and on their mem- there are men working fourteen hours | Selves squarely upon the ftssue of a proportion of the members are more P ROGRESSIVE MINERS DEMAN D yep seas a Joint Unconditional | UNION UISELESS : LE they have the eight-hour in Greater New York ‘talso ordered nM alunesa ae oe are 8 h t t d co é. WORK OR RELIEF FOR STARVING, | se wore ot the opinion that ou nae shift im cortta, departmente which|the,pelatng of owns following oh. Tile too i no real Sonam AND AN IMMEDIATE CONVENTION 024222 vou bring about «|Can’t Hold Gains If ce ree ner Women ee ha’ a rnat ‘thie enema P ‘. An Open Letter to the Members. an hers pas snd airmen agree th Union Don’t Fight impossible for the men to last much| ‘The movement of a united front of D® Successfully disputed. Today thé By ALEX REID. tives with those of Amsterdam for more owing to the terrific heat. “So |the bakery workers against the bread "Ws" Pls tut TO ee aa pet (Secretary, Progressive Miners’ International Committee of the United; the purpose of examining jointly the ATUAMTIC CITY, HN. Jin. hig) 70% C08 200 the only time thet Se itrest is progressing. This move- New Yors. The ene paid gt the Ming Workers of America) question of trade union unity—which | "Peech St the 26th anniversary cele- steel corporation gives its employes/ment had its origin in the rapid | Bey | bration of the local Typographical | *"ything is when they can get twice | growth of the gread trust, which is trust plants are far below the wages Brother miners! From all over the country come reports of intense| YOuld have constituted a first attempt aid in union bake shops. at an objective treatment of this prob- Union No. 877, James M. Lynch, presi-| ®% Much back. They will give water | threatening to crush the workers’ or- D D suffering among our brothers, their wives and families due to unemployment, nak’ Ahighh You ghaelbiin bu ‘thi ante dent of the International, suggested | °° blood any day and the blood of | ganizations, and destroy their stand-| Must Fight. starvation is stalking thruout the mining towns of the country, and many greatest importance to the workers of | ‘28t Conservative means be adopted, the workers flows freely in the United | ards of wages, hours and working con-| The organized bakers cannot per mining vfllages are completely deserted, the world. which ineoommon sense would indi-| 5t8tes Steel corporation works—altho | qitions for which they have strug-| mit this situation to continue. They Never in the history of mining has the suffering been so general thruout| We desired a joint unconditional | °* that the struggle against the | 't '* never allowed to get outside the | gied. ‘Unemployment amongst the | must not allow their respective organ- the country with so little prospect of recovery, and in certain districts, conference of the representatives of | 0088¢8 Should be so modified that it — bakery workers of New York is a dis- izations to be annihilated by the | starvation, while children mechanic the Soviet trade unions with those of would not disturb the profits of the Workers Pay for Funerals. ease, which must be eliminated. | bread trust. The problem that faces | ally move around, the picture of ill Farrington, Cappellini, gang of trai- Amsterdam. Your resolution rejects bosses merely to help the workers When there has been a serious ac- To cope with these conditions, a|the bakers is, not to take the em- health caused by malnutrition. tors ate doing for the unemploymed, | °°" proposal and makes such a con- interests. cident it is all hushed up. The steel|mass meeting was held at Cooper | Ployes of the trust and to place them Chiidcén Starved. sathehi’ Gd to tha ercivedatioo a ference conditional upon a previous me sme that “Tt suffices to hold | company makes another boast, that|Union on February 29. This mass|®t work in the union beke shops. I talked with a school superintendent | in their noble fight in behalf of the declaration on our part to the effect |” we have already gained,” and he | is, that if a man gets killed in their| meeting passed resolutions, which The problem is to organize the nor fianeapolis a few days ago, and commenting on/| rank and file, and their fights against that we desire to affiliate to Amster- warned against “going over the limit” | works, that they will see that he gets |called upon the respective organiza-| union shops and plants, especially whieh the the pupils at stood) the workers’ chil-| wage cuts ond reduced conditions dam. for fear of losing what has been gain-| a decent funeral. They see to that|tions—A. F. of L. and A. F. W. to- those controlled by the trusts. The put hun- d vel. ho sate “They ahaie tabs eebcel Thé Lewis gang of fakers are ‘ak The Aim of the Soviet Unions. ed. BWyidently, Brother Lynch intends | all right. They send their under-|form a Joint Bakers’ United Front | wages, hours and working conditions ‘s into that tn the worning and a tragedy is plain-| only refusing aid to the progressive This would mean: affiliation to the, break no speed laws in fighting | bosses to make a collection from the |Committee to orgamize the bakers, | of the workers of the bread trust it be given ly written on their face. Their whole| miners, but they are lined up with the Amsterdam International as it is, 1.¢., against the bosses for our frterests. workers who have to pay it all. |and to develop a united front for the | must be bettered. The workers of und in this ; Seikakhde te teddeding, habe 62 hie OG epavetens seen thelr hada ediad.| the basis of its constitution and| Why Mave Unions, Brother Lynch? They are very desirous of giving |betterment of the bakers’ wages, the trust must be organized. ounding .a@ not properly washed, ‘no doubt for| oration schemes, thru their expuls- statutes. The statements of Oude-{ Assertions like the above from the | 2°We's to the workers when they are | hours and working conditions. By organizing’ these workers and lvancement lack of soap, many in rags, unkept in| {ons from office of the militant prog-| S°e*t and Jouhaux wherein they con-|I .T. U. president ought to make our | 4°84. When those same workers were A United Front Committee. heetee a on a militant struggle for which in “every way, and all of them. plainly| ressive coal diggers and the expellin firm this view is of enormous impor-| membership sit up and take notice. living they never had a chance to see | F : | better conditions and increased wag id th Dp B t Ww or smell a fi fi ollowing the Cooper Union meet- es, the entire problem of the bakery over e hungry. Ambition, desire to learn | from membership of the rank and file ance, e find with deep regret that| It is real Wahneta expression of the . a Hower as fowers would not | ing, this United Front Committee was ” he attempt completely gone, while a dark atmos-| progressives. these interpretations and statements, | function of a labor union. It amounts grow near the hovels and shacks that | composed of a number of local unions workers will take on 6 new Sam heir oppon- phere surrounds the schoo] house.” Rank and File Demafids Re even more than the Amsterdam reso-|to saying that the bosses are good workers live in. ‘woth of tha A.B: of 1 AF. W. ter instead of as at present, in fight. | guiar | jution itself. sh A worker who has had th oth of the of L. and ing a section of the bosses with @ | papers can In one mining camp I visited, 50 per Onidantian ution itself, sharpen our differences | fellows and will give us just what the privilege | json sending five delegates to this iworthy ad- cont of the houses were empty; and and far from promote unity. we need, no more and no less. But|° St#ying in the place for fifteen |, small section of the workers. | vo. Letters from every state in’ the| w e is all United Front Committee. To further) ww. must unite the workers to face r they are going to wreck, many of them empty e repeat that we are for a single | according to such logic, our union is| 7°8"* ‘8% allowed to have one week's | ..-»y on the work and to familiarize | . have used for two and some for threg years, the Calecaain wale ae By shoe “re cnyaaye Our aim, and the aim|not necessary and it may become a ees tgp Pe After wasting his |ine rank and file with the necessity Ss cane pees bres e) @ major energy for een years he i ed Front Comm ropos those they owners, after a life of self to stic SB , hal Further Poverty Threatened. voanive’ Wilsers’ committee of At U. ar age eb trade unions of thé| Has He “Strayed?”—We'll Say So! tick . per fe fect. Action and not words must be ~~ pee eg : Pos -kers In Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana and to| M. W. of A. demand mass protest n are prepared to join a| The members also know that it Aysgs: the slogan. We, therefore, appeal to Unite the bakers against the bread trust! One union in the baking in- you to rally to the support of this committee and undertake the future tasks. united trade union international whose | means a fight to even keep what we| The Steel worker does not have Strik +2 pose Peaghatnny an extent, the outlying | meetings against unemployment and statutes do not, on the whole, differ | have eB o Getet 2h th much time for study thru the long O e . rom the central competitive | starvation, demand government aid,-- iis Mite thee atabuban Of thn Adndd , & g ©! neure. Bat even. if he did the atee! field, the miners and their families are | and to bring about a mass organized mster-jopen shop drive conducted by the THIS IS RED WEEK! ! we 1) practically in collapse and unless} movement for the same,—we demand pares’ saya ; bosses at the present time. Our mem- liaison ng eH ramet eta The existing conditions among the peso: and discuss it at your ' "90 ase ene some aid is soon forthcoming a con-| no postponement of the miners’ con- case aerate ~ of mag of this| bership disagrees with our interna- neal ona wets a fee ri. i oan ed |bakers at the present moment are _.neral meeting. Give your approval | e and a half dition will arise which lower wages| vention, but the same to convene, as the ‘elias Gisnmnti wx Oe aeaaas | var os ay ah ther gp aypleapetaceahird he can only get a see fois which Pe hagas 59 70M, WOO SH ENCE | 45 foregoing suggestions and make fon demand Sas aeit van mage ways wey aol ete te ence: ; ~¢ | of the Amsterdam satierndetiiel. rau ltrete GR rilimaientes emeiiehes ot the bosses allow. A worker could Bot no ‘ema a rr “gage . your turtles Ve ee itructor from . the ehthiiee: te: vemied BBs cosa ee ee Been ever, the Soviet trade unions have no| our International Typographical Un- got any of the latest educational marian ee oxen bakers eine! The SubCommittes, Calta t be pressed, With this situati és ' We demand the international .exe-| possibility of participating in the| ion. books, but only stuff that will make B th he ti nt t ad res ere | ermined that 8 8 uation staring us in the cutive board convene at once to ar-|formulation of the statutes of th the workers believe that support of | 4 oon een a aavOS ° Amal. Feod Workers, Herman face, the progressive miners thruout o €| As for the question of amalgamation cope with it. The A. F. of L. organ- med Bogen, the land are arousi hei range for same and we further de-| Amsterdam International. in- the printing trades, it is totally con- the boss class is the only way to save izati itself h d in t he | Gund, Frenk Kireheuee, ee | npany propa- | to acti ousing their brothers/ mand that the international executive For All-incl 4 the world from ruin. Arce ed ee Se. | Pedere. on, protest meetings ara being or nclusive international. trary to the ideas expressed by Bro- creased production of the bread trust, P around from called, demand is made for work i mpare, St Gnee TALEETIOW. BAG, Somnene We are convinced th h ther Lynch. Amalgamation of the Then they have meetings all thru which @ecreases th rket supplied international Bakery. &: Seema g acceptance : rX 12) from the government authorities im- Y at the United the mill explaining what the capital- ‘ bon cago ppmes ery Workers’ Union, J. Hoffman, Sam the coal mines, and failing that, that! mediate relief for the unemployed Trade Union International should in-|"2/ons means strengthening of the! i... nave done for th by the small bake shops, has en-| \szingky, Karl Relss the state furnish work, or unemploy-| ,; employe’ | clude not only the Soviet trade unions, | UNions to fight against the bosses for ' } e for the workers. But|deavored to spread the remaining : s. ment insurance. me Sele but all existing trad i izga-| Work day, etc. Brother Lynch’s policy or all that they are not so sure Of! amount of work amongst the mem- pea 28 Brothers, organize, and subscribe S Se eee , , themselves as they keep a very large | a the local pa- : Capitaliem Owes its Slaves a Living | for the Progressive Miner, o ili tions at present not affiliated to Am-| Work wees. gi rabuea verter Mung Serie force of police t d thejr i ai ee ee ere eee me). ek 8 1e-o e a \ y containing Thi sitaveetiee cethesn.. dente - sank dae pip a ee » OUF Mil! sterdam as well. In order to achieve |i8 “Peace at any price”—with the ond ta Ae i tw ten thesr interests | situation, we must deal with it more mupnist! . f howing how het it mak ye nee" this, the historical and political pecul- | »08#¢6. Se Serre Sak te eee et ges aa tha makes no difference how much Address all communications to the | ;. ities on haute. eer teamed ted a little class consciousness these coal SSS SSS SESS SS SSS SSS ST SSSS SSS SSSSSS SST SSS SSS STV SS citem ier this work there is, their wives and families | secretary, ALEX REID, 7020 So. Chi- taken itn id y us and iron thugs will soon put a stop 7 MyM with themselves are entitled to a liv-| cago Ave., Chicago, Ill. 0 COnsiaeration. to it. They walk about with guns and } i est bot pay ing, and demand that living from cap- a parlor: se i an balckjacks and if a worker gets into / . ¢ , italist industry, or it —_ . . ween ; ; >» side of the The poner Bard Aero: = Lo Golf Caddies’ Strike the various sections of the divided fie Inca tg sg a aga al What Are You Doing 4 6 strikers re- % showing the reason for this extraor- Wins More Wages from trade: HRthe mnOCeMEns, bp pomeNe-- boss. 4 ) . dimary wave of unemployment, the P ; Se ees een | Private Police and Courts 4 ° : ist paper has Ny shifting of the center of production ennsylvania Wealthy out an exhaustive and objective ex- | Workers are afrested and fined tor ; This Week ? of emands, altho ‘ from the union fields to the nonunion amination of these vital questions? | minor offenses and the money to ? ° ; ready to prey fields, to break the standards of liv- By SANDE Tae mutual scquaintance of the Brit- rae macee pay the fine is taken out of the hs ; 4 increased cir- 5 ing, to cut deep into the wages of the (Worker Correspondent) = and Soviet trade union representa- Want M P dj| °'s' Pay without consent. These police- 4 4 miners, to break our working condi-| WILKINSBURG, June 15.—Three ves, and the sincere desire on both an ore SY ONG) nen watch whether a man is doing his } 4 je. , tions in the mines, conditions which| hundred caddies employed on the meee to achieve trade union unity Better Conditions work or not. If they catch anyone 8 4 hal Co., one | we have fought for thru many years of | Edgewood country club’s golf links, thru joint conferences and joint meth- loafing they arrest him and take him ; \ » began, has bloody struggle. recently struck for and won an in- ods, undoubtedly had good results. NEW YORK.—Men’s felt hat work-|to the foreman to be fired. It is al M - esn’t give two Sacrifices have been made that have| crease in wages after showing the| Propose an International Meeting. ers of Local 8, United Hatters of : common sight to see two or three of ; At least a few thousand workers will be going door- * /§ rorkers. . Still, thrilled the workers of the world, by| Caddie master a real display of soli-| There is no doubt but that the re- | America, are striking for 15 per cent these thugs hauling a worker to jail ‘ to-door, talking to their shop-mates, speaking in Et llusions about the miners in their fights for justice, | 4@rity. cent London conference promoted the | wage increases which the New York | for all kinds of minor offenses. ¢ union halls— ) aa gras me on eos ne ae Ludlows, and| These a pea who last year! proletarian solidarity between the| Het Manufacturers’ Association re- The worst part of it is that they ; Z .em bers 6 senburgs, the Calumets, the Divyi-| Were receiving cents a round, and/| British and Soviet workers. Similar-| fuses so far to grant. About 2,000 | almost get their arms torn from th r U ea , > aa Separated to . den’s, Pana’s, and Herrin’s, all attest| WNO sometime ago demanded and | ly, a conference between the represen-| workers, both men and women, are | shoulders. The police and spies soak ; To get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER at @ ‘| lity and ham- | to the struggle, that the miners have| Were given 85 cents, are now proud | tatives of the Russian trade unions | striking. as close together as if they were the special rate of two months for one dollar. 4 h the Eng made and let no man believe those|*t® #mDmounce that a short strike has| and those of the Amsterdam Interna- Boss Baits Collaboration Trap Siamese twins. A worker no sooner ; * rs are display- struggles have been in vain. forced this club of wealthy budiness| tional could, with mutual good will,| Poor materials are given the work-| will say something than it is in the 4 Hundreds of branches of the Workers (Communist) >| darity. Let These Millions Feed Minera’ | MOD and capitalists to pay them a $1/ serve as a beginning to the relaiza- | ers, they claim, so that they are not | ears of the foreman or police. If you | &J Party have mobilized their forces to do this work, : » not yew ne =a esi a * tee tion of unity of the whole trade union | able to make enough wages at present | mention “unions” you are immediately $ ° ; some e progressive miners are calling wo members of the st Pitts-| movement. iece work rates. The strikers ask | told that you are opening yo » O : e co. Tae ‘; e the “public.” upon their brother slaves of the|>Urgh Junior group of the Young We therefore suggest that the gen- “0 better materials and improved con- | a little too wide ana oar it rales $a etedges + Rn io escuring the . DAMME aw © realize that picks to organize and demand action | Workers Deague who are employed as | eral council of the Amsterdam Inter-| ditions in their industry. One of the |far wiser to keep it closed, If they } Wiens Sepy Aew Sas. ‘ ok nselves, for immediate relief from the goyern-| C@ddies had an additional demand) ational revise its decision of Feb. 5,| manufacturers suggests that a joint | hear another word from that same ; ; . sg ischarge by the ment. added which was also taken up as| and 7, and convene a joint uncondi-/ committee of workers and employers | worker about unions he is red. 4 Free copies distributed will run into many thousands, : arge the strik- Mililons of dollars are being spent} °2¢ Condition upon which the caddies tional conference with the All-Russian| undertake to see that wages are The workers are alwyas in fear of ; ‘s > as final, will by the government in China to crush} WOuld return. trade union council, to deal with the| brought up to stanaard levels in all | losing their jobs from the time they ¥ All this movement is taking place between June 15 P ; . fousness of the the Chinese workers in their fight for| The caddie master had them divided| question of trade union unity. shops. go in until the time they come out ; and June 21— ‘i flicts in which justice. into two classes. Class A boys were| President: TOMSKY. He said that the empolyers were | There are so many men around the : oe ; another article, Millions of dollars of blood money receiving more than the Class B boys. Secretary: DOGADOV. willing to see that individual shops | employment office ‘that they do not . osses last year wrung out of the toilers’ lives are be-| 72¢ Juniors pointed out that this was below standard be brought up to the | give a rap what they do with men : che nancial hie- ing paraded in the Pacific to awe the | “2fair as all boys did the same work I. ©. C. Probes Freight Rates general level but that the association | who are working, as they know they ; showing sub world with the mailed fist of Yankee | #24 that there was only one class— WASHINGTON, June 15.—The in-| will not collectively accept the union | Cam get a dozen to take his place "hat are vou doing this ‘kc ade? ; imperialism while the toilers at home) *®¢ Working class. terstate commerce commission today | demands. With poor logic he declares |The mills around here are only work. bs hat ae 7 oe bad : Styrene ad: if you =e ‘a ng Many. are starving. Before these successful strikes the| Ordered an investigation of the pro-| that the workers’ requests would bring | !mg four days a week and ‘certain doing what thousands of others are busy with— of another to the We demand the immediate return| °@4dies who are all young boys, were | Posal to cancel the present joint thru | wages to $9 a day and that employers | #ections are shut down. o. = | raging, to the of the marines, and soldiers from| #™°2& the poorest paid in the Pitts-| freight rates, provided by the applica-| insist that most workers make this OE SLES ae Do you need more copies of the DAILY WORKER to 4 ke in the Sals’s China, the immediate return of the burgh district, now they can tell the| tion of the St. Paul, Minn., basis of | much already. U. S. Imports Soviet Furs distribute free of charge— dgeport: and to fleet from the Pacific, and the money/| ©°Ck-eyed world they are among the| rates from points in northern Iowa on The Usual Threat WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.—In alk. The strik. used for those inhuman ventures be| 2ishest paid and wish to announce the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific The men’s felt hat manufacturing | 1924, the United States imported over 7 ‘an we se uu m specis ? ® the cut out of used to feed the straving workers in| ‘Bt they are not thru as they are| railroad on shipments of wheat, corn Can we send you more special sub cards? ._*na* oe © © .“********* ** © 4 *& 444444 44 *4* America taking steps to organize a union| cereal products and other articl seqeerta ge Fi vt Mer 08 senior Yo ar erty =a Bed : ar Oo Treachery in the Unions. among the caddies to win bigger vic-| taking ‘the same rates to St. pie in that. The sieetoatamen sa the pote eo Gunssanen Of aed a fT RUSH YOUR ANSWER! } Training. The progressive miners are showing | ‘Tes. San Francisco railroad points in Okla-| ing the usual threat to move their | mount $6,750,000 is credited to Rus-| gw C., June 15. — what the workers’ leaders are doing homa and to apply high combination | shops 80 te 50.miles out of town in | sia im Europe and $5,000 to Russia “a ~s em PERL streets cael ig for world war at this time of trial, What the Lewis,| ‘ive thousand subs for Red Week. | rates in lieu thereof the nope ot | evading the union, Asta. | —T ntinued on June , : PF Sit ER DN) SERS SPOR +a ‘alia at Ie RE CS rere GE | /_ eee eee mment has ap. i Snttee ———$——-—_ __ eee Ea amen
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: . a ference to Help Vic- 2 tims’ Families One of the primary objects of the Conference called by the Labor De- Council, to be held in Chicago on the 28th of this month I|s to devise ways and means of rendering material and financial ald and comfort to the families of Industrial and politioal pri- soners of which there are 128 In the Various prisons of the country. * With their husbands in jail for their working class activities these families, with few exceptions are finding the struggle for subsistance very difficult. A lteter from Mrs. Fannie Coombs, the wife of an industrray prisoner in Moundsville West Virginia, Elgar Combs, who was framed up by the coal operators during a strike several years ago, tells a story that appears to make this object of the conference very worth while. Large Family *“T have six children—four girls aged 16, 14, 12 and 2 years old and two boys, 10 and 5 years. And how dol! manage to make a living? I tell you I just make the best I can. It is hard for a lone woman who is not very strong to make a living for so many. The only help I get is $20.00 a month from the miners’ union. I work for the Wheeling Metal and Manufacturing Co., but they are closed down now and have been for nearly two months.” There are many families like this— brave, proud families of working class fighters. Mrs. Combs writes of her husband, “I saw my husband today and he said to thank you for your kind interest and any of you that can to just write him a few lines, as it cheers him up. To hear a few cheerful words to anyone in his position is worth more than gold.” Not a Hard-Luck Story “Please don’t think I am writing you a hard luck story” Mrs. Combs concludes, “you asked me in your letter and I am just stating frankly my situation.” Recent contributions for family re- lief have enabled the Labor Defense Council to sent Mrs. Combs a sub- stantial check and assured her that the conference would find means of rendering systematic aid to her and all other families of class-war prison- ers. BOSSES FOLLOW STONE'S REMAINS TO THE CEMETERY Union Leaders Meet to Select Successor CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 15.—War- ren S. Stone, for 22 years head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin- eerg, who died Friday, was buried this afternoon. Labor leaders represent- ing specially the sixteen standard unions, railway magnates| controlling the nation’s transportation and men high in civic life attended the services at Euclid Avenue Congre- gational Church and followed the bo-| dy of this faithful seryant to Lake View Cemetery where burial made. Tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock the | advisory board of will meet to select a successor to hold office until the triennial conven- tion in 1927. William P. Prenter, first vice-president and Harry P. Daugher- by, @econd vice-president, are those most frequently mentioned in connec- tion with the succession. Train Hits Street Car SIOUX CITY, Iowa, June 15.—Arne Wartlie, 30, was killed and a dozen some of them né were injured, s So bably fatally, when a Great North- erm railroad locomotive and tender, backing up, struck a street car here| The injured were taken to a/ mated since it was organized. today. hospital where it was said several | probably would die. ceed eae Sere Sys 32 a ee oe” ee _—s nn > aw — —— TO A ee eee Se ee ae —— a a HILLMAN AND COMPANY INDICTED™ BY MEMBER OF THE AMALGAMATED FOR BETRAYAL OF CHICAGO UNION agreement, and that you had pointed what they wanted. clude that when they praise someone Every betrayal is applauded by this y (By a Member of Local 39, A. C. W. of A.) ? “Brother Hillman:—We read in the Forward that you made a brilliant and successful speech at the meeting of Local 39 in favor of the new Chicago out that the left wing did not know Knowing the Forward and its long record of betrayal, we naturally con- there is something wrong somewhere. The Forward supports every faker and reactionary in the needle trades. ellow reactionary sheet. They defend and praise the Kauffmann’s, Sigman’s, Perlstein’s, etc. I still remember in the Harry Cohen affair, when even you helped to expel him from the A, C. W., the Forward + came to his defense in double-headed vicious editorials. And now, Brother Hillman, they defend and praise you. At the meeting called by Local 39 to ratify the agreement, a question was asked, “What is the new agree- ment?” and the answer given by Manager Levin was that it was prac- tftally the samé as the old one. Dur- ing the discussion that followed, your lieutenant, Levin, is when the left wing points out that officials, like business agent Kaminsky, who are buying clothing from large employers at special prices and selling them to retail stores. This was his price. And when the left wing demanded that he be immediately removed from office, what did you do, Brother Hill- everyone who spoke, with the excep- tion of yourself and the reactionaries who followed you, pointed out that under the old agreement a series of reductions in wages had taken place under the so-called plan of readjust- ment. Two Viewpoints—One Fact. This interpretation of the agree- man? You promoted him from a $65 a week position in the union to the organizing staff at a salary of $75 per week. The Case of Harry Cohen. Then again, in the case of Harry Cohen, of New York, who while man- ager of the joint board was found guilty by the investigation commit- tee of receiving a bribe of $500 from ment was greeted with great applause fered under the agreement. ing of the membership against the | collaboration was expressed when defend the agreement. Of course, he | gets $65 per week and any readjust- ments that are made in business agent’s salaries are always upward. You say that the agreement is a satisfactory one, but you forgot to mention that it is the employers and not the workers who are satisfied with it. It is very easy for you and the well-paid business agent to agree to give the employers 600 coats for the pirce previously paid for 500. This is an introduction of the sweat shop on a large scale. This is the general basis of the new agreement. More work, speed- up system, reduction of wages, reduc- tion of working staffs, more unem- ployment, and general misery for the workers. This is the kind of agree- ment you sponsor and this is why the Daily Forward and the employers praise you as a wise and conserva- tive labor leader. What does the left wing offer in op- position to your class collaboration policy? Class struggle against class col- laboration. Direct negotiations with the employers. Forty-hour week. Week work as work. Full maintenance of the unem- ployed at the expense of the em- ployers. No suspension by the manufac- turers without charges and a fair trial. Abolition of the two weeks pro- bation clause. Organize the unorganized. Shop -committee control of the union. These points the left wing demand- ed to be incorporated in the new ageement. You knew only #00 well ' what the demands of the left wing against plece Was | were, and it was for making these progressive demands that eight of the /most prominent leaders of the left | wing in Local 39 were expelled from |the union by you and your lieuten- ‘ants. Who Are the Disloyal? | Aronberg was correct when in de- ‘fending himself before Local 39 |against being expelled, he _ stat- the ‘brotherhood | 'ed that those who were accusing him |of disloyalty to the union, as for ex- ample Charlie Weinstein, are them- selves guilty of disloyalty. Aron- berg and the other leaders of the left wing were expelled because they | were exposing the treachery of the | present Amalgamated administration | headed by yourself. ' You accuse the left wing of throw- ing mud at the organization and of being disloyal. is one who co-operates with the em- | ployers and accepts without a strug- |gle the rottenest agreement that has ever been accepted by the Amalga- Official Corruption and Graft. | Disloyalty according to you and Tre 7 ; process of development | for study class use. i 5 Cents THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. \ 1113 W. Washington Bivd. The A. B.C. of Communism by | ‘ ; ensk ) N. Bucharin and E. Preobraschensky ||| that far one of our first tasks is to re- distribution, and the inevitable road leading to a | state of society under working class control. | Fupplies questions and notes on the original work | | i} A manual of the principles of Communism, clearly, simply and briefly stated. | For the worker who would learn of the principles ' that guide a great movement, this book outlines the of wealth production and Chicago, Iilinols agreement and your policy of class) git they booed and hissed your lieuten- | ant off the floor when he tried to) Your idea of loyalty | |one employer, when he was removed from the rank and file who have suf- | from office he became labor manager The feel-| tor the employers. His disloyalty and traitorous con- was heralded thruout the entire organization, yet it was you who brot him back into the organization and _placed him in a responsible position. And when the left wing protests and condemns these actions you say they are throwing mud at and are disloyal to the organization. Hillman Gets $150 a Week—No “Read justments.” In order to prove how good the new agreement is, you say’ that you have still got the last pay envelope which you received while working at the trade, amounting to $12.85. This is supposed to convince the workers that they should produce more work for less pay. You did not mention that you now receive $150 per week. This is quite a difference from $12.85. Once you were supposed to be pro- gressive. Once you testified befere a senate cOmmittee in favor of recogni- tion of Soviet Russia. You helped to organize the: Russian-American Indus- trial Corperation. Now you state that we Cannot‘do anything here to help or in support of Russia arfd you are sa- botaging ‘the R. A. I. C. Your flop has been complete. You have gone over bag and baggage to the camp of the reactionaries. And this is why the Forward defends and praises you. Class Collaboration. “Industrial peace,” “no strikes for the next 10 years,” “acceptance of wage cuts without a_ struggle,” is what you now offer as the policy for the Amalgamated to pursue. This is acceptible to the employers. Under this reactionary program the speed-up system is being introduced, wage cuts are taking place and the “open shop” movement is growing. Chicago is surrounded by out-of-town “open shop,’ and it will only be a matter of time if your policy of peace is follow- ed when Chicago will be an “open shop” town. In your speech you practically re- pudiated the fighting record of the Amalgamatéd when you said that the organization will make a big mistake if they do not co-operate with and help the employers. Your Power Will Pass. Your followers are becoming legs every day. That is why you have to resort to expulsion in order to retain your power. It was thru struggle that the Amalgamated became a power in the clothing industry. Rickert who followed a policy of class collabora- tion is not even a name in our or- ganization. Now you have brought back that ruinous policy, the disas- trous effects of which are now being felt by the workers. It seems only yesterday that the Chicago Tribune labelled the Amal- gamated and its officials as “Bolshe- viks and dangerous Reds” and when the headquarters was raided by the state attorney’s office. Now the Tri- | bune co-operates with Levin in fight- |ing the progressives. It is certainly come to a pretty pass in the A. C. W. when a statement written by Levin appears in the Chicago Tribune, ac- cusing Aronberg and the militants of |being “paid agents of Moscow propa- |gating the taking over of the clothing jindustry by the workers.” Yes, the Industries for the Workers. Yes, Brother Hillman, we plead guilty not to the ridiculous charge of being “paid agents of Moscow,” but of carrying on the agitation for the tak- ing over of all the industries, by and ‘for the workers. But before we get | place the present reactionary union administration by a fighting leadership who will lead the fight upon the basis of the class struggle. On Trial for Murder at 17 NEW YORK, June 15.—Dorothy | | Perkins 17, with blonde, bobbed hair, | 50 Cents | Suplement to the A B C of Communism. the youngest girl ever tried in New York for murder, took the witness stand in her own defense today. She is accused of having shot and killed Thomas Templeton, one of her admir- ers, at a party in her home last February. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or twa, will make a better Communis? tcl A te ob 70% a TO UNION HALL The Fight. & i. 1 Is Not Over Yet The progressive group in the Bar- bers’ Union of Chicago, has addressed the following open letter to all the members of the Chicago union: Brother Barbers! The fight to expel from Local 548, Giganti, Albright, Eitinger, Knoph, Polk, Petras, Wolkowski and Haase, is not ended! But the first manoeuver of the re- actionaries has proved a failure. Be- cause of the strong protest of the rank and file against our expulsion, the pro- gressive policy in the union has won a victory. Not only have we been allow- ed to remain in the union, but we have been completely exonerated of all the false charges brought against us! But we must not forget that the machinery in control of the union has threatened to go to any extreme ne- cessary to free themselves from rank and file opposition, now the strongest opposition in the history of Local 548. Let us point briefly what progres- sive barbers have done to bring against us the antagonism of the offi- cials. Learn the facts and judge for yourselves! 1. We initiated the 7 o’clock clos- ing movement in Chicago. * 2. We have bitterly fought the three-year contract with the bosses, declaring this to be against the inter- ests of the journeymen. 3. We correctly foretold the result of arbitration. We maintained that an arbitration always acts in the bosses’ interest. This has been proved by what happened. The officials insisted on arbitration and failed miserably, as you all know. 4. We have advocated and fought for compulsory attendance at union meetings, so that members will be | educated as to what is taking place,— not only in their own craft, but in the | fear the presence of large numbers at their meetings. Ask them why! Because as progressive we have ad- vocated this militant program of act- ion, we are accused by the officials of being “disrupters.” It is plain that it is the officials themselves who are trying to disrupt. By their tactics of persecution of progressives, they are weakening our union, and putting ob- stacles in the path of progress. Brothers! Come to the next meeting of our union. Come to every union meeting from now on! .Come and fight for a progressive program,which will bufld up the union and eliminate the rule-or-ruin policy of the machine! "AS WE SEE IT (Continued from page 1) the children by the master class thru their Boy Scout and other youth or- ganizations. * - + ITCHED battles are taking place in the streets of Nova.Scotia min- ing towns. The miners are on strike against the British Empire Steel cor® poration, known as Besco. As usual the soldiers of the king are shooting the strikers. Those who imagine that the government is the servant of all classes should open their eyes. In every industrial struggle the armed forces of the government are used to defend the master class. Clearly the workers should aim to capture this force for their own use. 7 © . HE Nova Scotia miners are feeling the might of the ruling class, ex- ercised thru their tool, the govern- ment. Here is shown the concentrat- ed power of capitalism. Thru the government every capitalist in Cana- da joins in the fight against the min- ers. And while the capitalists are rallying their forces what is labor doing? Indeed, outside of the assist- whole labor movement. The officials | RESCUE MINER IMPRISONED FOR. 57 HOURS AFTER ROCK CA VED IN GRASS VALLE ; Cal., June 15. rescues in mining history. last Thursday. He was rescued after fifty-seven hours of frantic digging by scores of his comrades, working in relays of four and five men owing to the nar- rowness of the tunnel. Hill, surrounded by his family, wife, daughter and two boys, looked none the worse for his experiente. Relating his experience in the mine tunnel, Hill said: “It was four hours after I went into the mine Thursday that I discovered something wrong. The cave-in had blocked the water run-off and I sud- denly realized there was too much water on the tunnel, floor. After wading in water a foot deep for about 50 feet I saw that the roof had fallen in. “I was convinced no one had been trapped under the fall of the roof. I was certain also that the boys would soon discover I was trapped and would start rescue work to a man. “The first 24 hours were the worst— until I heard a noise that convinced me the boys were at work. There came a regular tapping and I answer- ed. “The greatest thrill of it all was when my wife talked to me from the other side of the cave-in. “That gave me more faith than any- thing else. I knew I was safe then.” All Mrs. Hill would say was: “Bob is a good miner. I knew he'd come out all right. | Y. W. L. Activities Group Leaders Attention! Today, Tuesday, June 16, the Group Leaders of Chicago will hold _ their | regular meeting. | All group leaders must be present ‘or drastic action will bé taken. Ex- /cuses are not in order. Every leader | must be ready to report on activity. —“Bob” Hill’s famliy was the happiest family in Grass Valley today. For “Bob,” miner, was back again—rescued from the caved-in Baltic Mine near here, after one of the most dramatic Hill was trapped in the tunnel of the mine 800 feet from the entrance . | BOSTON COMMUNISTS PLEDGE FIGHT AGAINST U. $. COURT DECISION BOSTON, Mass., June 15.—~Reso- lutions In the Gitlow case have been adopted by the Workers Party here as follows WHEREAS, the VU. S. supreme court, the buttress of capitalism, has decided that our Comrade Ben- jamin Gitlow must serve the re- maindar of his 10 years’ sentence for uttering the famous left wing manifesto in 1919, and, WHEREAS, our Comrade Ben- jamin Gitlow has during the past six years held aloft the red banner of Communism in America devot- ing himself unflinchingly to the cause of the Communist Intérna- tlonal, be it RESOLVED, by the Boston city central. committee of Workers Party of America in regular meet- ing this ninth day of June, to con- gratulate Comrade Gitlow on his de- termined stand, for the expijoited masses and to offer our support and our pledge to work unremittingly for Comrade Gitlow’s freedom that he may continue his activities in behalf of the proletarian revolution. City Central Committee, Local Boston, Workers Party of Ameri- ca, Robert Zelms, Secretary. It was also decided, that imme- diate steps be taken to organize mass protest meeting on Boston common. Farmer Kills Himself George Mulderink, 65, a farmer of Stickney, shot and killed himself at his farm, W. 79th St., and So. 56th Ave. campaign shirker— the DAILY Don’t you be a get subscriptions for WORKER! | Be sure to come, 2613 Hirsch Blvd. N. Y. WORKERS’ SCHOOL TO GIVE SPECIAL SUMMER ENGLISH COURSE duct the class. An informal conference course for advanced students, which alms to strengthen their powers of composition, render their style more flexible, en- large their vocabulary and eradicate defects In grammer and rhetoric will begin Monday evening, July 6, and continue for 10 sessions at the Workers’ School headquarters, 108 E. 14th street. Comrdae Eli B. Jacobson will con- Only comrades who possess a fair knowledge of English grammer and who' are considered satisfactory by the instructor will be eligible. wish to enroll for this course should get:in touch with the director or secre- tary of the Workers’ School as soon as possible. 0. CARLSON, Director, Workers’ School. All who i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i a i | cl NN i i i i i i i i Ri i i i i Ri Ri i te th tt ae i, i i ee —— little Red brary No. 4 DENTS WHAT? WHEN? By Wm. F. Dunne. WORKER CORRESPON- WHERE? WHY? RECE TRISH PEASANTS The following is a list of receipts for Irish famine relief received’ at the offices of the Irish Workers ahd Peas- ants’ Famine Relief committee, 19 South Lincoln street, Chicago, from May 16 to May 3&1: ew P. Donovan, Shel Mont.........«. ay Gao. J. race: rir "niladelphi lies U. B. of O , ast Liverpool, Oe peas. £0 Franklin Vonnegut, Indiana Me a Mrs. W. Sterenemann, Hilo, wall Ww. P. Osaste Cease Marte tla), Northport, Col. by "Tae Rox, Juneau, a. John K. Funigan ... John McGraughton ... Sam Gazaloff ... Alex Ambuloff ... Joe Pagoff .. George Cooper ..... John Scanian ...... Sam + ace Sen. J. R Rackasene pe Me ae, all R. Cc. M. Shepard .. ca J. W. Troy . Chas. go sent Edw. 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= we oa so sooo 9o9O 7 397° ~~” S 5 0 ps ee oo eee? First Large Scale Entry of America (Special to The Daily Worker) MOSCOW, June 15.—Represent- atives of the Soviet Union, and of the W. A. Harriman and company inter- ests, of New York, have signed the contract conceding the Harriman jn- terests the righ to exploit the'rich manganese mines at Chiatouri, ‘Begr gia, for twenty years. M. Dijerjinsky head of the Supreme Beonomic Council, and George. Tchi- tcherin, minister of foreign affairs signed the contract for the Soviet Union, and John 8. Biliott signed for the Harriman banking interests. The contract becomes operative within forty five days. As soon as the Georgian Soviet Government liquidates their present state monopoly for the export of man- ganése of the Chiatouri mines, the $1,- 000,000 in cash advanced by the Amer- ican interests will be released to the Soviet Union thru Lloyd's bank in London, as advance on the first year’s royalties. “T am confident that the contract will prove to be the forerunner of other projects of -a similar kind,” said Dijerjinsky after the signing the con- tract. The Soviet Union is expected to realise at least $62,000,000 from the mines during the twenty year period, while the Harriman interests are ex- pected to profit by $120,000,000. The concession marks the first entry of American business into the Soviet Union on a large scale. The Har- riman interests agree to install the most modern machinery and equip- ment. Hold an International Radio Show in Moscow July, August, Sept. NEW YORK.—tThe first internation- al radio show in Soviet Russia will be held in Moscow during the months of July, August and Septemper, 1925, according to information received from the exhibition committee by the Amtorg Trading corporation of 165 Broadway, New York, which has been purchasing radio sets and appliances for Soviet Russia. It fe expectéd that the exhibition will cause a widespread interest, ow- ing to the growing popularity of the radio which has already penetrated the remotest parts of the Soviet Union, and the increasing demand for receiving sets and apparatus. The Amtorg Trading corporation, being in- terested in promoting business be- tween the United States and the So- viet Union, has consented to act as representative of the exhibition com- mittee in this country. Distribute a bundle every day- during Red Week of June 15 to 21. U.S. TRIES TO SUGAR-COAT | _OF IMPERIALISM IN NICARAGUA ULE representative had chief of the school of instruction of the Nicaraguan national guard, the new constabulary. And Carter ad- mitted that he hoped to get full con- trol of the guard, and to extend the system to many other Latin Amert- can countries. Secretary Kellogg himself arrang- ed for the employment of Carter. The latter was formerly an officer in the Philippine constabulary, and was gov- ernor of the Philippine province of Cotobato. He will have power as in- spéctor-general of the force of 23 officers and 362 men in the néw con- stabulary, which is in process of com- pletion; he can dismiss anyone from the force. He takes with him from the United States four ex-constabu- lary officers as assistants. Col, Ham, who gathers the customs duties in Nicaragua for the benefit of American bankers who held a mort- gage on the finances of the republic, is much pleased that, altho the ma- rines are to go, the armed might of | the United States, in the persons of Carter and his staff, will remain. A New Orleans lumber concern which has invested $1,000,000 in a hardwood mill down there, and a radio company that recently completed the erection of a station in the republic, were much alarmed when the order arriv- ed for removal of the marines. On the other hand, the Wall Street bank- ers do not believe that their influence in Nicaragua is ended. The Miner C. Keith firm has just secured a contract for paving some of the streets of Managua, and an added clause gives the concern a preferential right to construct a new railroad for Nicara- gua. It was only six months ago that the existing railroad was redeemed from pawn to Seligman & Co. and Brown Brothers. See Britain in Second Place. WASHINGTON.—In the field of in- ternational investments the United States is taking the place of leader- ship which has been held by Great Britain, says the report of the com- mittee on foreign credits to the Nw tional Association of Credit 5 a | in, convention in Washington. “Our commitments abroad are no temporary experiment,” it asserts, “but are a permanent movement of our funds into foreign countries. These investments will become of great importance to us as a nation it the near future.” f Settle With Textile Strikers BRIDGEPORT, Conn., June 16>-— Several hundred weavers and other employes of the Salt’s Textile Mills, who have been on strike for a week in ! protest against the installation of the Dyer unit plece work system, have #6 turned to work after an agreement was signed by the bosses. Rob Addison Hotel in Detroit DETROIT, June 15.—Forcing four employes and a patron to lie prone on the floor, six bandits, three of them armed, robbed the Addison Hotel of between $1,500 and $3,000 in valuables | early today. | OUR DAILY PATTERNS | A SIMPLE FROCK FOR A TINY TOT. 5129. Very little material and very little time go into the making of a Ifétle dress of this kind. Voile or batiste are favorite materials, but one could use chambrey or the new print- ed tissues—or tub silk. The pattern is cut in four sizes: 1, 2, 3, and 4 years. A 3-year size wil? require 1% yard of 27-inch material, Pattern mailed to any address op receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. . © NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The tterns being sold thru the DAILY wo RKER pattern department are fur- nished by a New York firm of pattern manufacturers. Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as re- eeived, and they are mailed by the man- ufacturer direct to the customer. The DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock of patterns on hand. Delivery of pat- terns ordinarily will take at least 10 days from the date of mailing the order. Do not become impatient if your pattern is delayed. | PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for thelr money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. RASNICK DENTIST f A NEW HOUSE DRESS STYLE FOR STOUT WOMEN WITH SLENDER HIPS. ave’ ete ‘ RAKE ee. #48 . , . 4¢ ~ atetee s'otete e's esa 5150. One could use crepe, percale, gingham or linen for this style. The closing is reversible from left to right or right to left. The pattern is cut in eight sizes: 40,42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 562 and 54 inches bust measure. To make a 42-inch size as portrayed, will require 5% yard of contrasting material. The width at the foot is 2 yards. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send l12c in silver or stamps for our up-to-date Spring and Summer 1925 Book of Fageiens. showing color plates and opnteining designs of ladies’, misses’, and lidren's patterns, @ ¢on- cise and comprehensive article on dress- making, also some points for the needle (itustrating 50, ot ins various simple es), hints te the home WASHINGTON, June 15.—Secretary of State Kellogg permitted Col. Clifford D. Ham, collector general of customs in Nicaragua, to announce in Washington on June 10, that the American marines would end their 13-year | occupation of Nicaragua on Sept. 1. At the same time, Col. Ham announced that the Nicaraguan government signed an agreement employing Maj. C. B. Carter as | Your Union Meeting | Third Tuesday, June 16, 1925. Name of Local and Place of Meeting. preere rs, 912 W. Monree 6t. néers, ooey ge ane and. ‘Shemtetd. etige enters, obs Halt, eo Sasha a eta ngt 7" "at. St. resus Great Northern Joint Council, 1710 Win newton Ave., 5:30 E. 15th “al Chi. Hod Berciors 208 Hod Carriers, 414 W. Harrison st. agree Garment Workers, 328 W Fire and Oilers, 357 WN. Marin E cor, Calif fornia and la are Painters, 20 dison. Painters, 6414 & Halste ra, WN. om _— See Painters, N. E Ma Ww. cor. State and Beth, Painters, Pa intere, et Prctbait oe and ) den Ave. Plast Srere. Monroe and Perio Sts. were nd Die Stampers, 19 W. Ra feay. Carmen, 75th and Drexel ve. Railway Clerks, ® S. Glinten st. ' Rallway Clerks, 509 Washing- on Teamste 159 N. State St. Walters w. Ae * gg St. Upholsterers Union, 180, W. Wash- aindhaat amated Clothing Workers, en. Kedzie and O 152 Amal cy enine Workers, N. (Note: Uniess : otherwiee stated, all meetings are at 8 p. m.) | Our Readers’ Views | Brands Consul-General Cunningham Imperialist Tool. To the DAILY WORKER:—Edwin S. Cunningham, the American consul general at Shanghai is supposed to be over there an ambassador of good- will and an official representative of the American people, according to their highest ideals and noblest prin- ciples; namely, justice and humanity. | And his mission over there is to ere- ate a liking of the Chinese for him- self and the people of America. So far he has deplorably failed in doing all these, particularly in the last analysis. He has been and is a notorious personnel who takes ex- treme delight in despising and offend- ing the Chinese and therby. creating in “ltheir minds for the American nation and the American people a place of hatred instead of affection; a fact which has been made glaringly mani- fested by the recent occurrences, outrageous as well at tragical, which ‘took place in Shanghai in the last few days. In the unjust decision to the op- pressed Chinese workers he exerted an unestimable influence, thus violat- ing the American fundamental prin- ciple of justice. Im the shooting of the unarmed and innocent Chinese students he also played a prominent part in the way of encouragement, thereby violating the American funda- mental principle of humanity. He or- dered more warships from his country than it was necessary to protect the lives and property of the American residents in Shanghai. He did this of course, only to show the pacific Chinese what power he has at his command on one hand, and how he can please his capitalist “bosses” in Shanghai on the other. Of course, we know that he is work- ing there, and has been for the past several years, in the interests of the exploiting capitalists. But we also know that this nominal official duty is to represent the American people. If he cannot please, he can, at least, refrain himself from offending the people in whose midst he finds his lot. Should it be impossible for him to create a friendship between these two nations, he can at least manage not to manufacture enmity (taking for granted he knows the difference between friendliness and enmity). It is quite easy for himself to engage in the “amusing” games of destroying the lives of the Chinese, but it is mighty hard for the Chinese to forget. His blood-thirsty characteristic, which some of the uneducated Chinese have already alleged to be the common characteristic of the American people, will sink down deep in the memories of the Chinese for the coming two generations and perhaps for ever. With all this as his past “good” record, to displace him from his pres- ent post is a matter for nobody else to discuss, but the American govern- ment and the American public. And it is to the sagacity of the powerful American public opinion that we Chinese, who still hope that a friend- ship can be somehow established be- tween these two contries, would like to entrust the whole matter. (Signed) H_ 8S. LIANG, 186 Massachusetts Ave., Highland Park, Mich. — ss Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350 N. FIFTH STREBT, Philadelphia, Pa. - we ee NE WMS GET. ) FROM U.S. Relief 4 samittes’ s Fi- nancial Report The Irish Workers and Peasants Famine Relief Committee sent $1.- 500.00 to relieve the distress of the famine sufferers in/Ireland accord- ing to a financial statement issued by that organization, which is pub- lished below. The committee pays no salaries or overhead expenses and all funds collected outside of the out- lay for printing, circularization, post- age and ized expense goes for relief. The. statement follows: The following is a financial report of the Irish Workers and Peasants Famine Relief Committee for the three months beginning with March and ending wiht May (1925); Receipts Marth vos April May te $ 270.10 1846.89 1148.49 pars Total \..,.i $3265.48 | Expenses: Circularization $395.50 Postage ...... wo» 276.20 Printing ........... Organizers Ex- pense (R. R. Fare, per diem, etc.) 488.50 Cable charges ....19.44 1536.64 Cash Cabled ................ Total $3265.48 Free State Propaganda The amount collected is consider- ably less than our expectations. The comparatively poor response made to the appeal for funds is due to the scepticism created in the minds of the American workers and peasants, by the propaganda of the Free State Government, .regarding the situation in the famine stricken region. At a time -when the Free State Govern- ment was, appropriating money to relieve the distress officials stated that there: was no famine. Our affiliations in England and Ire- land did the best they could to make the outside world acduainted with the situation on the west coat of Ire- land. The*Workers’ International Re- lief, organized relief activities in all countries where they had branches. The Russiah ‘workers and peasants contributed” their ‘share, but it was though that’ America, where there are Million# of Irish’ people, would contribute midst of all. However, our Committee “has been able to send $1,500 for the reliefof the starving workers ani ants on the west coast of Ireland. Heavy—initial Expense Our initial© expense were heavy. We printed thousands of contribu- tion blanks* and hundreds of thou- sands of leaflets, in order to counter- act the lying propaganda in the cap- italist press. This expense plus that of postage and of an organizer, whose services were required for a few weeks, was’ the only overhead our Committee ‘carried. Office mainten- ance and stenographer’s help, is con- tributed by the Interpational Work- ers’ Aid. ' The committee wishes to thank all those who have contributed and the labor papers who have given our pub- licity space in their columns. Among those that deserve honorable men- tion in this respect are the Federated Press. Industrial Solidarity, The Dai- ly Worker, The Workers’ Monthly, The Liano Colonist, the Cleveland Citizen, The Denver Labor. Bulletin and the New Era of Louisville, Ky. From all reports, the situation in Ireland at present is more serious than ever. Only a very poor crop can be expected this year on the west coast due to the water logged con- dition of the. soil, and the rest of Ire- land is scourged by unemployment. The committee “calls upon all friends of the Irish Workers and Peasants to continue and extend their support until assistance is no longer needed. Fraternally submitted, T. J. O'Flaherty, Secretary. America Buys Russian Furs. WASHINGTON.—Undressed furs to the total value of $6,755,000 were im- ported into the United States from Russia in 1924 according to an estimate by the European division of the department of commerce. Al! but $5,000 worth of these came thru European Russia, altho it is probable that most of them originated in Asiatic Russia. Total American im- ports of raw furs from all countries | were $80,000,000. Thus, Russia fur-| nished 84 per cent ef the American furs last year. For the average of the | years 1910-14 inclusive, it furnished | only 5 per cent. Last year’s Russian furs purchased by Americans in- cluded 546,439 skins of fox, other than silver or black, worth $2,081,513: squirrel 2,660,441, worth $2,602,468: marten 15,596, worth $228,119; 368,221 worth $104,666, and 1,077,194 skins of various kinds worth $1,- 735,306. : Rakovseky Returns To MoscoW LONDON, 2 June 15.—C. Rakovsky, representative of the Soviet Union, is leavi land, it is report- ed here. It is n own how long he will remain in M LY WORKER . hare | pas! BUI LDERS ~ AT First Day of Red Week Promising Se OE A Oey we Ow * WORK Thousands of Copies Being Shipped. if the number of coples of the DAILY WORKER being shipped in the first day of RED WEEK ie any Indication, the DAILY WORKER is sure to become stronger with a few thousand more subs. To. almost every point in the country, WORKER are being shipped to be distributed door-to-door in working class districts, at factory gates and in the shops and trade union halls. To facilitate securing subscriptions with the distribution the DAILY WORKER during this week—ONLY UNTIL JUNE 21—is accepting sub- soriptions at the special rate of two months for one dollar. This privilege is given to everyone without restriction. to build the revolutionary labor movement by means of the DAILY WORKER, send In your sub, get a sub—or give one. RED WEEK WILL LAST ONLY UNTIL’ JUNE 21, bundies of the DAILY If you wish Mother Bloor Leads the Parade on Saturday Veteran Fighter Fine Builder. strength to the DAILY WORKER. On a coast to coast trip for the “Mother” Bloor, sixty-year-old veteran of the labor movement, met with a ready response from the workers in the “wild and wooly west.” From Cheyenne, Wyoming, she sends in 19 new subs to add further DAILY WORKER, Ella Reeve The Second Annual Sub Campaign ST. PAUL, MINN —Isidore Feingold, CHEYENNE, WYO.—Ella Reeve Bloor (19). LESSER, PA.—A. Lipcices. OAKLAND, CALIF.—P..B. Cowdery (2). YOUNGSTOWN, O-—N_ P. Kodrea. These subs were sent in on Saturday, June 13, In =—— NIST-CH a A coL et T was in a little mining shanty in Pennsylvania. There’ was not a single window, and only @ low open- ing for a door. There was one small bed in the room, with .po mattress, and a torn, filthy sheet for a cover. A mother was soothing two babies crying for want of food. A ragged girl of five was sitting on a box, lone- ly waiting for her brother) to come home. These were one of the poor father- less families, who were caught in the claws of capitalism and didn’t have a chance to get out. The father had died working in a mine, and the oldest boy, Johnny, went to take his father’s place. He was only nine years of age, and didn’t know of the suffering he would have to go thru. It was nine o'clock at night, and the little shanty was still waiting for its supporter to come home. There was a knock, and a small boy, clad in mining clothes, came in. The little girl ran to him, hugged him, and all she could say was: “Johnny! Johnny!” “Well, my son,” said the mother, “how much did you get?” The boy’s face grew dark as he laid on the table a few dollars. “Eight dollars,” he -_--_— 1,000 Plasterers Out in Washington, D. C., in Jurisdiction Fight WASHINGTON—(F.P.)—One_ thou- sand plasterers have quit work in the capital, due to the failure of adjust- ment of the jurisdictional dispute be- tween their international union and that of the bricklayers. The later claim a share in jurisdiction over plas- tering. The Plasterers’ International denies it. The first walkout took place at Miami, Fla. on March 19, and threatened to extend to all construc- tion jobs handled by the big con- tractors who had recognized the Bricklayers’ claim to plastering work. However, a truce was arranged pend- national board of jurisdictional awards. These attempts have failed ,and Washington shares with New | Tork, Chicago, and Detroit the spot- ‘light of the contest. Bricklayers re- | main at work on all regular union jobs in the city. while the plasterers refuse to work until the Bricklayers’ | International shall leave the Plaster- ers’ International undisturbed in con- trol of plastering, or until the con- tractors shall sign an agreement to give all plastering work to the plas- terers. Anti-union builders in Washington, ‘recently defeated by the painters and the plumbers on the issue of a wage increase, noW announce that there are enough non-union plasterers in town to do all the work that is in dis- pute between the two unions. Mobilize the Red Army for Red | Week. . ee ae : . ' : ing attempts at settlement thru the’ said. “The boss said that there was’nt very much to do this time. I saw him give the men fifteen dollars, and just becauge I was small he took advan- tage over me.” And the family again was left to its sorrow and wailing. Ten years had passed. John was married already. He had three children. His other brothers and his sister were working. They were doing their part of the world’s slavery, while John went to resume his mining life. Another ten years had elapsed, John was lying in his shanty with a broken leg. He, his wife, and two of his chil- dren were silently awaiting the com- ing of their oldest son from the mine, the future Johnny. There was a knock, and in came a form which re- sembled the one that had stood twenty years ago in another shanty. But this time it only brought five dollars. “My son,” said John, “when I look at you I recollect my younger years.” And /| with that he told his son the whole | story of his life. And John thought for a while, and then with his eyés ablaze, and fists clenched, he said, “No, father, this won’t happen to me. I will struggle, and see that there will be a new and better generation,” Eli Clayman, age 11. 5 oo % 5 Z . caw, - ; 4 arte é ental - .* & - ? ~s ee saat “2 ae ete ~ pil a Pat > : : Ee ? » ~ ee unt ‘ “ ey re wy ay) ae we : . . Sep . 2 . e - =<) i eres | f ve a. Ls y i a £6) q 5 , 5. A if Le . ei ee * 4° ee, 7 Psy ‘ b - 4 < % : : bbe t WORKERS’ STRIKE WELL ORGANIZED Stick Like Glas wit All Out for 6 Weeks By MAX MARIASH (Worker Correspondent) NEW YORK, June 15.—The strike of the workers of the B. W. 8S. shoe shop, 2388 Powell St., Brooklyn, started about 5 weeks ago, strength. The strikers are picketing in full force and show no signs of weakening, in spite of the rumors that the bosses are negotiating for the sale of the shop. On the contrary, the men know that this is only a ruse to discourage them and force them to seek other jobs. The men are showing a splendid spirit of solidarity with the Shoe Workers’ Protective Union which called the strike upon the arbitrary refusal of the bosses to live up to their agree ment with the union. At a conference held two weeks ago between the strike committee and the bosses, the bosses refused to sign an agreement for the security for the workers in the shop. However the strike committee informed them that it is only thru such an agreement that the welfare, wages and particular- ly the solidarity of the workers will be secure. They further took the posi- tion that they will not place the hiring and firing of workers in the hands of bosses, nor will they agree to any other agreement that the bosses may ask for, except one that is based on these demands. In spite of police interference which prohibits mass picketing, the picket committee has organized itself in such a way that every striking worker is on the picket line every day for sev- eral hours. . Soviet Statistical Reports Show Big Economic Gains WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.— Statistical reports on Russian indus- try and commerce for the first half of the current Soviet fiscal year, October 1 to April 1, received by the Russian Information Bureau here, show marked economic gains. The bureau summarizes the reports as follows: “The gross industrial output in- creased 44 per cent over the previous half year and 55 per cent over the first half of the fiscal year 1923-24. Among the heavy industries the metal industry showed the greatest gain. “The domestic trade turnover in- creased 58 per cent as compared with the preceding half year. Foreign trade increased by $25,000,000 over the same period last year, despite the fact tHat grain exports, which normal- ly constitute 60 per cent of the export trade, fell from $70,000,000 to $7,500,- 000 as a result of the poor harvest of last year. The foreign trade turnover amounted to $238,500,000, with an ad- verse trade balance of about $1,000,- 000. “The output of the large-scale state industries was $990,000,000, at cur- rent prices, an increase of 56 per cent over the same period of last year. “The average labor force in indus- try increased only 12 per cent over the previous half year, but there was a marked qualitative improvement in the productive process. Owing to the bad harvest grain prices rose sharply during the period, but prices of vir- tually all other commodities declined. “Russian economists declare that the statistics of the half-year that the Soviet Union has passed the stage where even a bad harvest can halt the general economic revival.” AAAb bbb bbb bbb bhbbBhbbbhbbhbbbbbbbbhbbnnnnn ae, — SS eA PLEASANT ae ADMISSION families will have an enjoyable time. — - . 4 4 4 4 : ‘ 4 : 4 4 a 4 : 4 4 4 4 4 4 ‘ 7 4 4 7 4 4 . . 7 4 : ‘ 4 ‘ 4 4 4 a + 4 4 4 7 4 ‘ q . 4 A 4 4 4 4 4 ‘ : : ‘ 7 ‘ 4 ‘ 4 | Party members ; THE FIRST RED ATHLETIC CARNIVAL AND PICNIC this season at BRONX, Spacious, shady, green groves overlooking Long Island Sound SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1929 Gates Open at 10 A. M. Running events, baseball, dancing, refreshments, games, for adults and children will be some of the attractions where workers and their Auspices, Workers Party, Local New York. DIRECTIONS—Take Bronx Park subway or “L” | take Unionport car to Unionport (end of line). TICKETS for sale at Party district office, Freiheit office, and from BAY PARK N. Y. 35 CENTS. to 177th St., then Free buses to park. » ee ee tt hb bbb bbb Gob b Gobo bbb bb bei igeied es. /., /. Se ee DD De ee — ° “=e q a . vTyrrrrTYTererFrfrwrrerfrwrrer fg =sgrfrre.,ry,.-,.-.-wrTrTrY”* ~-- — still shows great ~
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— eo Pare Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. Be as. “ete By Mall (in Chicago only): a “ais W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IIl. * — cd Phone Monroe 471. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (outside of Chicago): $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.00 three months per year $4.50 six months $2.50 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Iilinois 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. Editors Business Manager ae 29) Advertising rates on application. Threatening Mexico In his note to the Mexican government which is to all intents’ and purposes an ultimatum, the secretary of state intimates that an- other revolution is brewing in Mexico and threatens intervention in the event of its occurrence. He speaks further of the intention of the “American government to support the government in Mexico ONLY so long as it protects American lives and rights and lives up to its international engagements and obligation.” (Emphasis ours.) This can mean nothing else than a last warning to the Calles regime that it must carry out the orders of Wall Street without reservations, that its work of smashing unions and evicting peasants must be carried on more energetically. Undoubtedly the intention is also to intensify the warfare on the Communists whose influence is especially strong in the Tampico oil region and among great masses of the agrarians. It requires only a few organizational measures to make of Mexico an actual protectorate if the Calles government accepts the dictum of the state department. For those of the Mexican workers and peasants who believed honestly that the policy of compromise and attempted conciliation of Wall Street followed by Calles would give them a breathing spell in which to build up their organizations, the Kellogg note brings bitter disillusionment. The unions of the workers and peasants| have been weakened systematically by the bureaucracy of the Mexi-. can Federation of Labor in line with the policy handed them by the A. F. of L. officialdom at El Paso. Mexico faces a crisis and unless this threat of armed intervention unites the populace in resistance to the demands of Wall Street, she will cease to exist as a nation. It may be that the sharp tone of the note, brutal in disre. gard of even the polite usages of capitalist diplomacy, will awaken not only Mexico but the republics to the south to the danger of the imperialist avalanche that is now moving steadily toward the equa- tor. Here is a new issue for the All-American Anti-Imperialist League and its sections in the Latin-American countries. The German Situation It is hard to say how much of the bankruptcy of great firms like the Stinnes concern, which is now shaking Germany, is due to the failure of the Dawes plan and how much to the manipulation by American fihanciers with the end in view of extending their con- trol of German industry. For the workers, however, who are thrown jobless into the street in a country where jobs are at a premium, these speculations thatter little. With them it is a question of living. The social-democrats had their day of power; they bowed to the allied imperialists, rejected an alliance with the workers’ and peas- ants’ government of Russia and made war on the working class. So servile were they that the masses preferred the monarchist Hinden- burg in the election following the death of Ebert. It is now apparent to thousands of workers that monarchists and republicans, social-democrats and industrialists, have nothing for the workers except misery added to misery: The Communists alone have fought uncompromisingly for a workers’ and farmers’ government—for working class power. That there is much hopelessness among the German working class is obvious.. Nothing else accounts for the desertion of the unions and the rise of fascism. This hopelessness must be overcome and the rebuilding of the organizations of the workers carried on with new energy and determination. This sounds like a platityde, but it is a simple statement of the elementary necessities of the German situation. DAILY wom and Chang Tsung-Hsiang.. President -ARTICLE VIII... AVING forced China to sever di- lomatic relations, the next step was to get her to declare war. ~ Premier Tuan Chi-Jui was in favor of war. He was under Japanese in- fluence and wanted China to enter the war as one of the allies and not as a follower of America. He was sup- ported by influential Chinamen who had either been educated in Japan, who had been or who were ministers to Japan—Tsao Ju-Lin, Lu Tsung-Yu Li Yuan-Hung was opposed to the declaration of war and the Young China party, while theoretically in favor of war was afraid of the rise of the militarists they felt would re- sult, and opposed it for that reason. T is essential to keep in mind. that between the United States and Japan a struggle was going on all the time to secure a predominating in- fluence in China, A correspondent of the New York Tribune put it this way on April 12: It is understood that the principal question confronting the Pekin gov- renment at this moment ie not whether China should enter the war, as this virtually hag been de- cided, but whether China should continue to align herself with the United States and follow this coun- try’s lead, or should join the en- tente alliance under the leadership and direction of Japan. If a decision following the latter course is made it Ie believed herg that Japan, will obtain contro! of China’s army and military resources, and estbalish a eee a % ; Te. semi-protectorate ovte hina that would make it d _ for elther China or the other to Induce Japan to surrender after, the war. UN YAT SEN tania in opposition to the declaration of war public on March 7, in the following open let- ter to Lloyd George: ~+++es I have been approached by prominent English to consider the question of China Joining the allies. After carfeul study | come to the conclusion that it would be disastrous to both countries should China break her neutrality. For CHina is yet an Infant. republic and as a nation she may be likened to a sick man just entering the hospital of constitutionali Unable to look after herself at this stage, she needs careful nursing and support. There- fore China cannot be regarded as an organized country. She is held in- tact only by custom and sentiment of a peace-loving people. But at once, should there arise discord, general anarchy wo result.... Should China enter, the war) it ‘ would prove dangerous to her na- tlonal life and injurious to the pree tige of England In the Far East. The mere desire to ‘get China ‘to Join the allies is to Chinese minds a confusion of the inability of the allles to cope with Germany, Just now comes Premier Tuan’s report to the president that the entente powers are coercing China to join the allies. Already the question has raised bitter dissensions among our statesmen. Discord now may evoke anarchism which will arouse the two strong but perilous elements In | priaes = See ee IVE ined tof tuchuns, took ‘pois and Panenegele) monarchy. A few days later he was China, antiforeige. fanatics and the Mohammedana, — N the light of later events this let- ter should not be taken too liter- ally. Sun Yat Sen was hot concerned over the loss of British prestige in the Far East except insofar as that pres- tige served to curb the ambitions of Japan. He feared also that the hos- tility to foreigners that a declaration of war would arouse would be used as an excuse by Japan to intervene for the “protection of foreigners” and to bring “stability.” President Li Yuan-Hung resigned as he saw that it was inevitable that China could not resist the pressure of the allied: government much longer and his place was filled by Feng-uo- Chang. N August 14 President Feng de clared war. It was done without sanction of parliament and was solely the act of the militarists—the tuchuna—who had formed a provisional government in Pekin after the members of parliia- ment had been intimidated and a num- ber of provinces under military rule had declared their independence. The dissolution of parliament had been demanded by the council of tuchuns, some bribed by French, some by British and some by Japanese money. Wu Ting Fang, acting premier, refused to sign the mandate with these words: “You may take off my head, but I will sign no such mandate.” He resigned, a willing tool of the mili- tarists was appointed and parliament disbanded. IVIL. war began. Chang Hsun, the blackest reactionary among the PT ee - a fae Ls 2 ar LP e ng) rs Bb Nie, eae fee RE oo: aN I .“¢ ; Ne a ines bats. § en Ge Sa pea 7 imperialists Getting Nervous. powers today looked upon the Chin- ese situation as “serious,”’.the Brit- ish foreign office said, and another Birtish warship is being sent to Han- kow. Eight Chinese rioters were kill- ed at Hankow several days ago by | British marines and the ernment has made an gets brutally beaten. This, a very common occurrence, characterizes the attitude vf the for-| eigner in China. It's tre same old story repeated over and over again. American | The continual oppression, inhuman | brutality and self-superiority, not to thing in the situation is the unifica- | ‘someday will find an,.outlet. it finds an outlet is inevitable; as in- | mention the most important of all, a systematic economic, imperialism all combine to create tha,pressure which (evitable as the result produced by China by the powers when China was ) ‘ | air pressure on a piston New China Not the Old China. China is not what she was 20 years | ago. The great student class of China and incidentally the Chinese students of the mission schools included have come to the realization that the for- eigner has too long been permitted to create havoc and perpetually drain China’s resources in the form of un- just punitive burdens, etc. LONDON, June 15.-— The foreign | And what is morg, important the greater proletarian class, the millions of enslaved coolie® are also, but more slowly, coming ‘td the same real- ization. “What Right Have You?” A few years ago when the foreigner — That | pression on the face of the Chinese | is an unspoken question, “What right ‘have you?” | Five years ago it was passive, sub- /missive. Sadly, much of that submis- | siveness exists today but there also | exists that questioning of rights. | Five years from now it will no long- | _er be the passive submissiveness, no longer the questioning of rights, but the stern, power-backed demand. In Annam, the coolie, bleeding and half dead, is dazedly wondering why | he was struck: His wonder changes to hate. | And when China gains her free- dom from foreign imperialism it will be the bleeding coolie and the class- | conscious student who will have fought side by side for that freedom. act Scott Appeal. ow. 'preme court today denied the motion ‘of attorneys for Russell Scott to set aside a previous order and reconsider the petition for’a writ of error and ‘supersedeas. Scott is sentenced to hang in Chicago July 17 for the mur- der of Joseph Maurer, loop drug store ‘clerk, who was shot and killed dur- ese €OV-| was walking on the sidewalk, thy |ing an alleged hold-up perpetrated by | 1 pro-' Chinese from the direction | Scott. ‘ j i Feces “Oem Do . SPRINGFIELD, Il., June 15—The su- | \from the twisted mass of house roofs, |trees and demolished automobiles | MAicR a wind storm late Sunday \picked up as it might so many pieces ,of paper, whirled skyward, then | dropped with reckless abandon, im- ‘Periling the lives of scores, seriously injuring one and bruising a dozen others. > : ure they recommend that at a time |- Japanese Halt Law Which Would Wipe Out Schools HONOLULU, Hawali, June 15-— Counsel for 146 Japanese language schools have entered suit against the governor, attorney general, and super- Mntendent of public instruction, charg- ing that the enforcement of the ter- ritorial law is contrary to the con- stitution of the United States and the treaty. between Japan and America. A’ *temporary restraining order against the enforcing of the law, which taxes the schools to such an ex- tent that they would be forced to dis- band; was granted, and further argu- ments will be heard. Shepherd Defense Scores Victory in Germ Murder Trial The .defense scored an important victory:in the trial of William D. Shep- herd, charged with slaying “Billy” McClintock, today, when Dr. Amanete Rongetti, the witness who on Satur- day testified that Shepherd talked to him about taking up a course in bac- teriology, failed to identify the de fendant in court. The state’s forces were completely taken by surprise. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, June 15 —Englant pound sterling demand 4.85%; cable 4.85%. France, franc demand 4.80; cable 4.81%. Belgiu, franc demand 4.73%; cable 4.74%. Italy, lira demand 3.89%; cable 3.90: Sweden, krone de- mand 26.73; cable 26.76. Norway, krone demand 16.88; cable 16.90. Den- mark, krone demand 18.92; cable 18.- 94. Germany, mark unquoted» Shan- ghai, tael demand 77.00; cable 78.00. Hope Springs Eternal. NEW YORK, June 15.—J. P. Mor- gan and company and other Wall Street bankers, thru the protective committee announced that it was still hopeful that the Soviet Union would settle with American bankers holding sifty million dollars worth of Russian bonds bought when Russia was ub der the czar. League Favors Austria. VIENNA, Austria, June 15.— The league of nations has released eight: een million dollars of the internatién- al loan for the electrification of the Austrian railroads. The league will hold sessions to discuss improvement of Austria’s economic condition. Five thousand subs for Red Week. Red Week of June 15 to 21. All Ireland Is Neti Facing Famine a EW YORK:—The Evening: “World of June 2 states that “virtually all Ireland is now facing famine, fol- lowing thirteen months of almost con- tinual rain. The famine, whicf at first, threatened only the western seaboard, | has struck inland.” The capitalist press of this country ‘denied that there was any famine or | the western seaboard. Now it admits that the famine is striking inland and ‘threatening to engulf the whole coun- ‘try. ante were starving—now all the work- | (ers and peasants face the worst hun- ger that has attacked the country. The Irish Workers’ and Peasants’ , Famine Relief . or: is carrying | ty. Contribute liberally! itt ee At first 750,000 workers an: peas: | = ° —_—— on the work of relief in this country. On June 27-28, the committee is ar- ranging a famine relief tag day. Every worker of New York who wishes to show class solidarity with their brothers in Ireland must do his ut- most to make the relief fund as large as possible. Men, women and children are starving in Ireland. Babies can get no milk. There is.no fuel. Thir- teen months of continual. rain have flooded the flelds, the oat and potato crop is ruined. Despair faces the whole working population. Workers of New York, make this tag day a success. Show the workers anil peasants of Ireland that you are stand. | ing by them. Show your class solidart- ——~ —— — ~~ around.for some Chinese “general” | who could be bought to fight for their share of the natural Tesources of the: : ——