Daily Worker
June 21, 1925

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De EEE ~~ _ Ramsay MacDonfild. a P oles | THE DAILY WORKER. RAISES THE STANDARD a £ Png | y on ; ~ ocediedil ae ee lt ee Me ee ss — Office at Chicago, v4 jeune ae - im e * Pegs ed ox Sipest * 1S ee i fe : } a” * ss * TOOLPIGBON SPOLANSKY is at it again peddling lies to the news- 4n return for cash. His latest in the. field of prevarication an alleged sure of the espion- system of Workers Party. The Mr. Spolansky got his informa- in the following manner, which s that “Jake” is uot nearly as a fool as the wealthy ne) who is ng ternational Press Correspondence. ence publishes news of the activi- ‘ties of Communist Parties in th vari- wus countries, articles by prominent mmunists and information concern- the doings of the Communist In- tional. At the Enlarged Execu- of the C. I. held recently in Mos- among the reports made, was one the director of the information de- This report was published “in the I. N. P., a copy of which came jto Bpolansky, probably by means of a gubecription. Out of this report the 'ex-federal fink wroté an “exposure” of MOommunist espionage and sold it to the Chicago Daily News. - > * B next turned his attention~ to China and shows that the Com- \ munists are responsible for every- thing that has happened there, in- cluding, we presume, the sixteen-hour day that the slaves of the Japanese textile mills were supposed to work. Perhaps Victor Lawson who pays for Spolansky’s bunk is not such a fool &fter all. He knows his readers and evidently they find the mental food served up to them, palatable and di- gestible. A country that can produce @ William Jennings Bryan and a Cal- vin Coolidge can stomach most any- thing. , * ¢ @ aprerecagene are very much the same all the world over. There is a spect- men in New South Walés, Australia, by the name of Lang, who appears to be a decided improvement of James Lang is the (Continued on page 3) | ARMENIAN BRANCH PICNIC POSTPONED UNTIL JULY 19TH The Armenian Branch picnic which was to be held this Sunday has been postponed. It will be held July 19th at Reese Park, 6400 W. Grand Ave. a? | wage nounced at once that the gen- eral strike would-continue re- shopkeepers... — ~ + * Demand War On Britain. PEKING, June 19.—With anti-Brit- ish feeling apparently reaching ‘new heights,- responsible organizations were today going so far as to urge the Chinese government to sever rela- tions with Great Britain and prepare to fight. 7 * . Driving Imperialist Out. CHUNG KING,. China, June 19.~ The situation here has reached a point of grave danger for foreign rest- dents. All foreigners are preparing to take refuge on foreign war craft. The . British consulate has been evacuated. Foreigners have been ston- ed by mobs and anti-imperialist feel- ing is at its height. KUO MIN TANG OPENS PUBLICITY OFFICES IN BERLIN, GERMANY BERLIN, June 19.—The Kuomin- tang, or Chinese peopie’s party, has established a publicity bureau here for the announced purpose of coun- teracting American. and . English : ye in China, whle ~ At the first press conference yee i that the purpose of the present up- risings In China was to take “the first decisive step on the road to- ward the liberation of China from the bonds of English, Japanese and American domination.” Berlin’s sole Chinese restaurant has been drawn into the Far East- ern controversy. Chinese students here, who. constitute the réstau- rant’s principal customers, insisted that Japanese be barred. The pro- prietor yielded, Trainmen, and Also Conductors, to Ask 7 * Wage Raise in Nov. CLEVELAND, O., June 19. — Chair- men’s associations of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors will hold point divisional meetings’ in November to consider the proposition of seeking a increase from approximately two hundred railroads, W. G. Lee, president of the trainmen, announced yesterday. The amount of the increase to be asked was not announticed but Lee said the wage reduction to railroad men in 1921 amounted to about 12 per cent, approximately 64 cents a day, that an increase last year amounted to approx- imately 5 per cent and that the re quest for an increase would probably at least be enough to make up the 1921 reduction. ‘ Scopes’ Trial Opens July 10th. ATLANTA, Ga., June 19—William Jennings Bryan went into conference here today with the men who will as- , i Chicago, by snail, Site or: goat. s Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.0C per year. gardless of thé action of the | terday it was said at the bureau _ INCREASE FOR MAY | E21,1925 : 5 - 7 he oe" Rank and File ™ ‘ : . ¥ F ' , , nal ove ry + >> hee . in o@ he oa o> ia, Sn tS —= a of the gangsters. | ts the Sigman Gang LS RE ee Se ee ee oe Pe 4 Rank and File Committees Guarding the Office of Local:22, at 16 West 21st Street, New York, to prevent seizure of office by the Sigman gang. These committees are on guard night and day and have already repulsed two attacks PAINLEVE USES TO HOUND COMMUNISTS To Be Punished for Defending Workers PARIS, France, June 19.—Premier Painleve has held a conference with M- Chiapp, director of the French jew service, and ordered him to use ithe entire governmental spy system against the Communists. The order came directly after Painieve had told the cabinet that “the Communists are lending moral aid to Abd-el-Krim, leader of the Riffians”, and secured the cabinet’s approval of the drive against the Communists. The Communist deputies in parlia- ment vigorously denounced their ex- clusion from the joint meetings of the military, naval, foreign affairs, and financial committees of the chamber. sist him next month in the prosecv- | tion of John Thomas Scopes, Dayton, Tenn., high school teacher charged | with violation of the Tennessee anti- | at which Painleve gave details of his Moroccan trip. The Communists had refused to evolution law. “The penalty for violation of the Tennessee anti-evolution law is a fine of from $100 to $500, and we will de- mand the full penalty,” Bryan de clared. : The scopes trial opens on July 10. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAKE AND REAL PROGRESSIVES IN LOCAL 39, EXPOSED BY A.C. W. MEMBER TO THE DAILY WORKER: Reading in the DAILY WORKER of June 18 the Trade Union Educa- League statement dealing with the Schneid group in Local 39 of the A. ©. W., has moved me to write this article. I agree with everything that the short statement says, but for the sake of clarity, it requires some explanation in addition to that contained in the statement. Many honest progressive membe rs of Local 39, and other locals, look upen Schneid as a leader of the left wing..And when they listen to Schneid (Continued en Page 4) keep secret the truth of the situation in Morocco, and Painleve, fearing the _ effect on the French \orkers if the }truth were known, had the Commun- ists forcibly excluded from the com- | mittee. | The Communists declare | French workers are being sent off to 'be slaughtered in a foreign land, in an | CANTON QUE BUT UNPLEASANT FOR ALL FOREIGN IMPERIALISM CANTON, China, June 19.—Con- sul General Jenkins yesterday re- ported to Washington that “order” is restored but not the kind of order he exactly approves of. He adds: “The situation at Canton seems to be dominated by the Whampoa mi- litary school cadets, to whom the complete destruction of the Yuanan army is due. “It appears that Ng Bong Ping and other conservatively inclined Cantonese leaders will have a share in the new government.” Consul Genera! Jenkins is contin- uing his policy of urging Americans, especially women and children, to leave for Hong Kong and other safe places. waters, and the Spanish ships are al- lowed to enter French waters. That is the sole result of the extended nego- tiations thus far. . 7 > Communists Oppose Slaughter PARIS, France, June 19.—Another vote of confidence was accorded the Painleve cabinet on the implied ques- tion of the Moroccan invasion. The _ vote was 525 to 32. The Communists and three other deputies opposed the | imperialistic policy of the French gov- ernment. | | The socialists again supported the that | invasion incited by the French cap-| |now nursing hungry | scratching foolish heads. | italists. ‘invasion of the Riffians native soil.| School Board Moves | 'They demand that the extent of the “heavy casualties and the French defeat be made public, that the |invasion cease, and that the Moroc- cans be left in peace to rule their own country. The Communists charge that the Maroccan invasion is an attempt of the French imperialists to exploit the natural resources and the labor power of the Moroccans, and to build up a reservoir of colonial troo to fight in the French army. The Franco-Spanish ons have agreed on ‘a limited al .co- operation, Painleve told the chamber. The French warships are allowed to severe | } patrol the Moroccan coast in Spanish Capitalist effictency. Closer to Its Boss | LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 19.—Al- | tho it was always known that the | Board of Education was controled by reactionary politicians and business- | men and tho they have always indig- | nantly denied that they were the tools | of the ruling Glass, they now let the | cat out of the tag by moving into the | headquarters ofBusiness, the building | of the Chamber of Commerce. The Board of Education can now easily be | reached by their employers. In this we have another example of American UNEMPLOYMENT IN ENGLAND {S NEARING CRISIS Over One Million Are Now Without Jobs LONDON, June 19.—The unemploy- ment figures for Britain are mount- ing, while high society is spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on the race tracks and flaunting its wealth in the faces of the. ever in- creasing hungry multitudes of work- ere who cannot find a job in the land which Lloyd George boasted was a “country fit for heroes to live in.” But in this land of heroes there are now over 1,290,000 jobless men and the number is on the increase. A few weeks ago George Lansbury wrote that medals awarded to those heroes for gallantry on the battlefield in de- fense of the empire’s business can | now be secured in pawnshops for the unheroic sum of twelve cents. The'| heroes haven't got the price of a | doughnut. There are 263,000 more unemployed at the present time than at the end of _June 1924. The workers who voted the tories into office with the hope that big business could find jobs for stomachs and There are 43,000 more unemployed (Continued on page 2) | RAILROAD WORKERS? STRIKE TIES UP EAST CUBAN TRAINS HAVANA, Cuba, June 19—All! railtraffic to the eastern provinces has been tied up by the strike of the employes of the Consolidated Railway company. struggling for better conditions for the past four months, | The railroad workers have been ! : ll ey | LG. W. MEMBERS BATTLE THE SLUGGERS AND POLICE CALLED as an excuse. The appeal states the reasons behind these faked charges. The committee of action gives, among other issues, the professionat “organization committees.” The ab- sence of $500,000 which the joint board does not account for, but chiefly the cheating out of representation o1 the 30,000 members of tne three large locals who have only firteen delegates on the joint board. These three local» embrace 60 per cent of the member- ship, but the other 40 per cent oF small locals have 55 delegates on the joint board. This is arranged only to insure the Sigman machine the con- _. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 19.—Trial of the seventy-seven local executives of the three suspended locals of the |. L. G. W. are postponed until Tuesday, following the appearance of two officers, Kraviz and Reisner of Local 2, together with legal re- presentatives of the local before the so-called “tria! committee.” The Joint Committee of Action of the three locals issued an appeal today to all the locals in the International asking for sup- port and stating the issues involved. The May 1st meetings were like all others, and Sigman was invited as well as Scott Nearing. The charge that Local 22 endorsed a loan made by the Amal- gamated bank to a workers’ co-operative enterprise is ridiculed ae z . > F » * ’ _ (é&& _— — BY OFFICIALS; TRIAL POSTPONED. trol. The committee of action @e- mands an end of this discrimination. The membership of Locals 2 and 39, are refusing to recognize agents of joint board sent to shops. Thesw agents are being thrown out of the shops by angry workers and griev- ance handled thru shop chairmen ané shop committees. The yellow socialist “Daily For- ward” today carries a front page ar- ticle hysterically denouncing the Com- munist and, none the less, asserting that “everything is normal and every- body happy since the left wing is expelled.” A Accusers Are Also the Judges have not taken legal proceed- ings because we are resting our case with the rank and file of the workers. The vast majority of them disapprove of the pro- ceedings of Joint Board.” Evidently the members who were “invited in” were invited out again |'when Feinberg-Sigman and company | were told by swarms of workers who crowded in to the agency just what the union membership thinks of the yellow socialist crew. Sigman, when interviewed by cap- italist reporters, gushed patriotism and anti-Communism like a geyser. He had nothing to say, however, in answer to the charge of union corrup- tion (known in New York as “Brindel- | lism”) and autocracy made by the sus- pended local executives. “It would be,” spaketh the wise Sigman, “a waste of time and effort to answer such char- 2) ges. Sigman Attacks T. VU. E. L. Then he launched into long details, wasting much time and effort, incl- dentally, concerning the “Moscow | agents” of the Neddle Trades Section lof the Trade Union Educational League. This he declared was “wholly alien to the organization and in turn directed by the Communist Interna- tional in Moscow.” The joint board and the internation- ul, he concluded, are “firmly rooted in American soil.” Thus he “wasted no | time and effort” to explain what be- icame of the $500,000 the joint board | got its fingers on without an account- ing. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 19.—There seems little chance for a “fair and impartial” trial of the seventy-seven suspended mem- bers of the executive boards of Locals 2, 9 and 22 of the Inter- national Ladies’ Garment Workers. judges, and the yellow socialist administration of the Interna- tional andthe Joint Board, are determined to give the alleged “Communists” only the merest formality of a trial. “Not a Chance,” Says Goldstein. “They have found us guilty in advance of a set of ridiculous charges and I don’t know whether we want to go thru the for- mality of having a trial after the*verdict of guilty has been pro- nounced,” said Abe Goldstein, president of Local 9. ’ “They forcibly broke in and seized our books and papers at 67 Lexington Avenue, and today they.set up an agency there. for colleeting dues and tried to operate the uhion. They invited the members of the union to come in,.but after they had been there for a few hours they called in the police to turn them out. We +> Their accusers are also their 7 Trials Postponed The trials, however, were postponed when only two members of the seven- them and bring them prosperity are | | ty-seven appeared. | The trial was to be held at the Hotel Cadillac in. West 53rd street. David Kratz and Bernard Raisner, of- ficials of Local No. 2, appeared, bring- ing with them Attorneys Louis B. Bou- (din and Leo J. Rosett, whom they an- nounced would serve as counsel. Man- ager Feinberg refused to permit the : ' : entrance of the lawyers, however, say- ing they were not members of the union in good standing. Kratz and Reisner objected, having their own stenographers note the ob- jections when Feinberg refused to al- low the discussion to go into the re cords of the trial. The accused men | were then allowed five days in which to procure counsel who are members of the union, and the trial was post- poned until next Tuesday: In the meantime, the strong guard was continued both inside and outside the offices of Local No. 22: at No. 16 West 2lst street, where a raid by joint —-_ — _ (Continued om page 2) ~..... TEAPOT DOME — STEAL LEGAL. JUDGE RULES Sinclair, Fall and Co. Stainless (Special to The Daily Worker) CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 19-—The government today lost its euit to de clare invalid the Teapot Dome naval oll reserve lease granted to Harry F. Sinclair by former Secretary of the interior A. D. Fall. This means a victory for the Cool- idge administration and a defeat for the progressives who were responsible for instituting the famous Teapot Dome investigation which shook the republican machine to its base. Judge Kennedy gave Fall and §in- clair a clean bill of health. It is i nificant that Rear Admiral Robinson the naval officer who transferred the oil reserves from the navy department to the interior was only a few days ago elevated to the position of high commanding officer of the United State fleet. This would indicate that Secretary of the Navy Wilbur had knowledge that the decision of Judge Kennedy would be favorable to Sin- clair. Discussing the passage of $230,000 in liberty bonds from Sinclair to Fall thru the Continental Trading company of Canada, the court said no connec- tion between Sinclair and Fall had been established in this regard. IRON WORKERS STRIKE DELAWARE BRIDGE JOB FOR WAGE INCREASE By R. BAKER (Special to The Dally Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 19. Four hundred structural iron work- ers are on strike at the big con- struction job of the Delaware River bridge, for a wage raise of from $1.10 to $1.25 an hour. This is a non-union job. Altogether there are 500 men working there. The carpenters, stone masons, le- borers, and engineers are still work- ing, altho the strike of the iron workers practically ties up the Joh —_ —-s — —— _— . ’ L. - : : ; %

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* - 20 f 5 ee AS 4, P - i. Peg = : ’: “* hes Rigs ty wd he +e U ;, J.) ae pee p> 6 6. ae \ 4 : a -w : ha c * “Ss tne I Two “~ een ee 2. . COPS ! ARREST PICKETS “AT CURLEE SHOP _ But One Comes Back _— Stronger Than Ever BULLETIN. ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 19.—Eigh- ty four persons, most of them young giris, were arrested today when po- lice swooped down on striking em- ployes of the Curlee Clothing Manu- facturing Co, which has been In the grip of a walkout for more than a ‘month, Union officials denied rumors that a carload of strikebreakers was en- route here from Chicago. Charges of disturbing the peace were lodged against the arrested strikers. o oF . ST. LOUIS, Mo., June 19.—The slo- gan of the Curlee Clothirg So. strik- ers is “We are out to win.” If there was any doubt about the sincerity of the above slogan in the minds of the Curlee bosses and the few scabs in the plant, that doubt was removed Wednesday evening. When the few remaining scabs In the Curlee plant started to leave for home they faced a solid line of pickets at the entrances of the two Curlee shops. Dicks to the Rescue. Some of them became so frightened that they ran back into the plant. Fin- ally several auto loads of St. Louis dicks arrived to escort the scabs home. The pickets are not even permitted to talk to the scabs. Two women strikers who attempted to talk to some of tho scabs were immediately arrested and brutally handled by the police. Charges of “disturbing the peace” were placed against both of the women, Mrs. Lena Bono and Mrs, Marte Penzing. Marie A Fine Scrapper. In spite of the arrest Mrs. Marie Penzing returned to the picket line next morning and was again arrested. After being released on bail she ad- dressed the regular morning meeting of the strikers which is held every day at the Fraternal Building, Elev- enth and Franklin streets. * She told of her experience with the police and urged the strikers to get out on the picket line. That is the on- ly way to win this strike, she declar- ed. She was received with tremen- dous applause by the other strikers. EEE ee ee = ee ee - AID THE NOVA SCOTIA MINERS! PROGRESSIVE COMMITTEE ISSUES CALL TO AMERICA’S WORKERS By ALEX REID (Secretary, Progressive Miners international Committee of the : United Mine Workere of America.) The weapons of the capitalist state, the army and the courts, ever true to their class character, are again being turned on the coal miners, From Nova Scotia to West Virginia, from Pennsylvania to Oklahoma, the forces of cap- ital arc law-book and bayonet, machine guns and mummeries of capitalist courts, attempting to crush the aspirations and further reduce the wages and working conditions of the slaves of the pick. The miners of Nova Scotia, driven to desperation in their struggle for mere existence by the British Empire the military arm of the capitalist Steel Corporation, have now to face state, while the day’s news tells us that 175 of these miners are arrested on the charge that they violated the capitalist law when they took food to feed their starving wives and chil- dren. Capitalist Law in Action. Troops have been rushed into the coal towns to subdue these miners. Altho self-preservation is the first law of nature, the capitalist courts have issued warrants to imprison these miners who refuse to stand meek and passive while their wives and chil- dren starve and white-collared scabs are working to enforce upon them still greater privation. Peaceful picketing, found to be a failure, gave way to more effective methods, strengthened the battle line, but arousing the fury of the Beast of Besco and the Canadian capitalist class as a whole. The forces of the capitalist state are unleashed to de- stroy the miners’ union of Nova Scotia. Capitalism Enforces “Order.” The starving of women and chil- dren must go on. So argues the capi- talists with the voice of thousands of prostituted newspapers. To the capitalists there is no “violence,” no “disorder,” no “crime” in driving 12,- 000 miners into the pits at the end of bayonets. To the capitalists it is Tilaw and order” to compel 12,000 miners and their families who ask only their portion of the world’s wealth for their hard and perilous la- bor in the pits, to starve and go in rags. To capitalists it is no crime for gunmen to have shot down WiIl- fam Davies and wound to death Gil- bert Watson. What are our “labor leaders” doing in this crisis? Nothing of any conse- quence for these workers. Absolute- ly nothing. The orgy of..violence, murder, martial law, starvation, lock- out and wage cuts are crimes of capi- talism. And these are Christ-like compared to the treason of the labor | bureaucracy of the Lewis machine. LYNN SHOE WORKERS’ UNIONS, LACKING FIGHTING LEADERS, SURRENDERING TO FAKE UNION By TOM BELL (Special to The Daily Worker) LYNN, Mass., June 19—A meeting of Stitchers’ Local of the Amal- gamated Shoe Workers’ Union (independent) was held here at the Audi- torium Theater. About 900 members of the local attended. The meeting was held to hear the report of the committee which went to the officialdom of the Boot and Shoe Union at Boston to find out the terms of admission to the Boot and Shoe. The report was made by Mrs. Morgan, business agent of the local. She read the list of questions presented to. the Boot and Shoe officialdom and their answers. These clearly pointed out that the Boot and Shoe made only one offer to the stitchers—uncondi- tional surrender. Must Fight As Worker The officials of the stitchers urged the members not to surrender to the Boot and Shoe and recalled the strug- gles of the past against the Boot and Shoe which the bosses wished to force upon them. The appeals of the off- eers were emotional, and at times hysterical. No plan of action was pres- ented to the membership to fight the Boot and Shoe and the bosses. The officials (all women) blamed the men in the other locals for desert img the struggle, which is trne but doés not leave room for a male and female struggle as the whole question fs on of fighting the Boot and Shoe and the bosses as workers. Militants Who Failed in Time of Need The two most militant members of the committee (Harry Ross and Mary McGee) had a splendid opportunity to present a definite program of action to the members, but did not take ad- vantage of it. Instead they adopted a hopeless attitude, and told the mem- bers present that they were unable to fight, and that the Boot and Shoe was the proper medicine for them. Naturally, when the militants thus abdicated all semblance of leadership in the struggle there was nothing else to do but take the question of joining the Boot and Shoe to a referendum vote. Fighting Leadership Not There The hysterical opposition of the stitchers’ officials to the Boot and Shoe, and the absence of any program or leadership on the part of the milit- ants in the local will not prevent the members voting for the Boot and Shoe. The workers have been deluged for months with Boot and Shoe pro- Ppaganda in the local yellow press. All the ills afflicting the workers have been blamed on the Amalga- mated. They were promised steady work if they joined the Boot and Shoe, and the so-called militants kept on re- peating: “What's the use? The Boot and Shoe is coming in anyway so ws may as well accept it and be forced into it.” Wage Cuts On fhe Way Therefore it will be surprising if the stitchers do not vote for the Boot and Shoe. With the collapse of the stitch- ers the Boot and Shoe will have a complete victory, and the bosses will be able to put the wage reductions into effect knowing that the workers are tied hand and foot by Baine and his gang of labor fakers. The Boot and Shoe is a weapon in the hands of the shoe manufacturers of Lynn to force wage cuts on the workers. The trimph of the Boot and Shoe in Lynzu will be a victory for the bosses. The chamber of commerce and the newspapers have won their campaign for the Boot and Shoe. The militants among the shoe workers gave up the struggle, and actually advocated the entry of the workers into the Boot and Shoe. Abandoning T. U. E. L. Ie Leaving The Fight They abandoned the practical pro- gram of the Trade Union Educational League calling for the amalgamation of the independent shoe unions as the first step toward amalgamation with the Boot and Shoe on condition that the Boot and Shoe become a real la- bor unjon fighting the battles of the workers, instead of a company union used by the bosses to enforce wage cuts. | DEATH LIST IN WRECK ON LACKAWANNA MOUNTS AS 45TH VICTIM DIES HACKETTSTOWN, N. J., June 19. —The death list'in the Lackawanna railroad wreck at Rockport near here Tuesday, grew to forty-five to- day with the death In Dover. hospi- tal of John Krincekitz, 68, of 736 Edison street, Chicago. A Quick and Certain Remedy. If the labor fakers had one atom of manhood or loyalty to the interests of the miners and the working class as a whole, they would call a strike in this country from coast to coast that would once and for all put an end to the arrogant persecution of labor and the reign of terror against the miners of North America. We have a right to expect some- things besides treason from our labor leaders. We have paid them well. No labor leaders in the world are Petter paid than those of America. Yet no labor leaders have betrayed the interests of the workers more than they. They completely desert the class struggle for class collabora- tion. As generals of labor’s mighty army, they surrender without a strug- gle. They even attack the courage- ous progressiveness among the rank and file troops of labor’s army for urging fight without their permission and for pointing out their treachery. An Appeal to the Working Class. ‘ The Progressive Miners’ Interna- tional Committee, leader of the rank and file struggle among the coal min- ers, calls upon all workers to rally ‘to the call for aid from our starving and persecuted brothers and their families of District 26, the Nova Scotia miners. Between 12,000 min- ers of District 26, with their hungry and ragged wives and children about them, and the victory which will bring food and clothing, stands the lines of bayonets of the capitalist state. Capi- talist law reaches out and seizes their leaders, 175 of them, dragging them away from wife and children to the living death of prison. Workers! Arise to their need! Give until ft hurts. Give to the min- ers of District 26, the fighting miners of Nova Scotia! Give that they may be able to fight on and triumph over our enemies! Send all donations direct to the District 26 office. Address all funds to Alex A. McKay, Secretary-Treasur- er, District 26, United Mine Workers of America, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Mrs. Morgan Gets Fresh Blood. GLEN COVE, N. Y., June 19—A second blood transfusion has been performed on Mrs. J. Pierpont Mo» gan, wife of the financier, it was learned today. | CHINESE IN BELGIUM ASSERT SOLIDARITY WITH CHINA STRIKE (Special to The Daily Worker) CHARLEROI, Belgium, June 19.— An association representing Chin- ese students here issued a mani- festo today assuring the Belgian public that the present uprisings in China were in no wise almed against all foreigners. The movement, ls was stated, was only against “the Anglo-Saxons and the Japanese, because they im- pose inacceptable and inhuman working conditions on the Chinese workmen.” Accusers Are Also the Judges (Continued from page 1) board representatives is expected mo- mentarily. Fakers Hire Private Dicks Thruout the day members of Locals 2 and 9 stood outside their respective headquarters hotly discussing the charges of “Communism” brought against their officers by Feinber. They were admitted to the offices of No. 9, at Lexington Ave. and 25th St., but about 6 o'clock, when the in- creasing crowd of members made the official scared, their hired private de- tectives, assisted by patrolmen, clear- ed the rooms. Several persons were knocked down but no arrests were made. Officiais Cali For Police Reserves The intense feeling among members of the suspended locals reached its height last night, when officials of the joint board committee descended upon the headquarters of Local No. 2 in| LL ‘ Lexington Ave., between 26th and 26th streets, to confiscate books and other property. Some 300 members of the union were loitering on the street in front of their head quarters and they resented the approach of the officials. The latter were attacked as they emerged from the local headquarters with the books, aud reserves from the East 22nd St. station were called out. The arrival of the officers and of de- tectives McFarlane, Cronin, Jorn, Smith and Barry called forth another of the milling 300, and they challenged outburst of resentment on the part the police to arrest them. Have Eight Members Pinched Eight arrests were made, all mem- bers of the outlawed Local No. 2, and when they were arraigned in Yorkville court this morning they were released on $500 bail each for examination next week on the charge of disorderly con- | duct. ° Deny Firemen’s Widows © * Higher Pensions SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 19.—By a vote of 80 to 48 the Illinois house has killed the Dunlap state police Dill, which would have provided a force of cossacks available to break strikes. The Barr bill, a similar bill spon- sored by Governor Small, has not been finally disposed of. A bill to increase the monthly pen- sion payments to firemen’s widows from $45 to $50 was defeated by the senate by a vote of 21 to 14. Governor Small’s Thon bill, which takes the power over circuit and superior court judges of Cook coun- ty from the Cook county democrats and the Barrett-Crowe republican or- ganization by providing for nomina- tion of these judges by direct popular vote, was passed by the senate. It had already been passed in the house. Gov. Small himself: rounded up the votes to push thru his measure. * * «6 _ Small’c Choice Defeated. The senate refused to confirm Gov. Small’s appointment of William H. Malone of Cook County, as a mem- ber of the tax commissioin. The vote was 24 to 12. LAFOLLETTE 10 BE BURIED AT MADISON MONDAY MADISON, Wis., Jane 19.—Funeral services for Senator Robert M. La Follette, of Wisconsin, who died in Washington of heart disease, will he held here Monday. Chicago Schools to Be Made Model Sweat Shop This afternoon superintendent of schools William drew and John BH. Byrnes, bus p‘manager, togeth- er with other school bosses héld a conference to di recommenda- tion by the schoo d-accountants for revising the fering teach- ers absences, ° fm Maybe They Wil! Set Time Clacks. The new rules include the keeping of a chec up, sys / which ‘will give the nt’s office a record of individual daily at- tendance. Rules will also be formu- lated governing the absence of teach- ers which will take effect with the beginning of the fall term, Sept 8. Charge Aldermen With Bribery. Charges have been made in the city council that some of the members of the council buildings committee, which has just recommended that the ban on hollow tile for building be maintained, have been retained by the tile and brick interests to represent them. ; Bus Drivers Strike In Paris. “PARIS, France, June 19.—The Paris bus drivers are striking for better wages and better working conditions by running their busses at the rate of three miles an hour. Traffic is frightfully congested. Don’t you be a campaign shirker— get subscriptions for the DAILY WORKER! © schools | fea phen: TR ee ER DUNLAP POLICE | ria } } ‘ y + , ee ee oa a, sR RR ER BE po - ¥ \, “i all - . > ae ¢ % - tw yas y ® a ‘a er ¢ OEY ath 4 ARM es : rr od ee , che i Mellon Interests Lead in Open Shop War on Miners’ Union the Coal By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. * E had new facts bring to light the information that “Andy” Mellon, the multi-millionaire banker of Pitts- burgh, secretary of the treasury in Cal Cool at the head of the drive to wipe ’s cabinet, is out the Jacksonville wage agreement between the mine workers and the mine owners. This po the miners’ wage scale. The Mellon interests dominate the Pittsbu: pany, capitalized at $78,000,000, and the dominatin ain shows that the “open shop” interests are established in the very heart of the ae: Cooldige had his way of breaking the strike of the icemen in Boston. Mellon has his way of beating down overnment at Wash- Coal Com- power in the soft coal fields of western Pennsylvania. This coal corporatien, like others in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and other unionized states insist that they cannot make satisfactory profits under the Jacksonville agreement. It has opened war on the miners’ union by closing down its 54 mines in the Pittsburgh territory, from which its workers brought forth 8,300,000 tons of coal last year. * ” * Now thesé mines are closed. Sixteen have been stri of equipment and the mines allowed to fill. These abandoned oe are in Cannonsburg, Fayette City, Bridgeville, Mononga- ela City, Finleyville, ebster, Bishop, Westland, Imperial, Shaner, Belle Vernon, West Elizabeth and Buena Vista. In their war on the miner's union, the coal barons proceed to lay waste this territory, forcin distant steel mills and in build Ape workers to seek jobs in n g smooth roads for the rich to travel with their high-priced automobiles. That the whole community is dependent on the work- ers is shown by the fact that even Chambers of Commerce, the organization of little business in the coal camps, protest to the great coal barons. But the profit hunt of great cap- ital doesn't take into consideration even the agonies of the little capitalist. Merchants go into bankruptcy, banks close their doors, and the general business stagnation forces new middle class elements into the ranks of the proletariat. In fact, these petty bourgeois are much worse off than the workers, since they cannot easily adjust themselves to the new conditions, and find a work place in industry. ”* 7 a . The propaganda of the coal barons all harps continual- ly on the fact that the mine owners are losing money. Yet these Mellon interests, dominating the Pittsburgh Coal Com- pany, admit earning $500,000 on a railroad subsidiary, tell of rofits taken out of the non-union fields in Kentucky, and of uge winnings on 3,000,000 tons of coal bought from non- union mines in West Virginia and sold in the Great Lakes territory. It is in this West Virginia field that the whole force ea s, is uild their union. 2 ~ of the capitalist dictatorship, from hired gunmen to bought being used to crush every effort of the miners to In closing the mines, theirs under the capitalist system of private ownership, the coal barons use one of the declara- tions made by John L.. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers’ Union, published in the April 1st issue of the Mine Workers’ Journal, declaring that, “coal operators should sell their coal at a profit or they should not sell it at all.” Lewis believes in capitalism—the profit system. He is helping the mine owners maintain it. The mine owners, of course, go where they can make the most profits, using the non-union fields, where Lewis has failed to establish the min- ers’ union, against the organized fields. ? . * . In their fight for an existence the coal miners will gra- dually come to the conclusion that they must not always provide profits for their exploiters; that this will end with the capitalist system. They are finding greater and greater unity among the rank and file in the struggle against both the mine owners and their henchmen within the miners’ union, the reactionary officialdom. Taking the profits out of coal is but part of the strug- gle for the overthrow of the whole capitalist system. Sec- retary of the Treasury Mellon, and his Pittsburgh Coal Co., may think that West Virginia and Kentucky offer an escape from the union fields of Western Pennsylvania. But “the Mellon interests” will meet up with the Pennsylvania coal miners again, on a battle field where the workers have ad- vanced another notch in revolutionary working class con- sciousness. Then they will be compelled to stand and fight. And they will lose. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO IMPRISON 175 STRIKING MINERS While one of the ‘greatest labor struggles ever staged in North Amer- ica is being fought to a bloody con- clusion in the mine flelds of Nova Scotia, under the jurisdiction of Dist. 26 of the United Mine Workers of America, the current issue of the United Mine Workers ‘Journal, issued under the supervision of John L. Lewis, international president of the miners’ union, has not even one word on the strike of the miners of Nova Scotia against the brutal oppression of bloody Besco. On the front page of this yellow journal, which is edited by the stool- pigeon Ellis Searles, a flunkey who bears a striking resemblance to the British duke sketched by George Mc- Manus in his comic strip: “Bringing up Father” there is a cartoon, depict- ing the non-union operator as a fox inviting the union coal miner in the guise of a rooster to*come down off a board fence, while im the rear of the fox and rushing towards his is a bull dog labelled public opinion. It is very clear that the officialdom of the miners’ union, have turned their backs o nthe strike weapon and now place their reliance on “public opinion.” Lewis is Jesting While the guns of the British Em- pire Gteel company are shooting down SYDNEY, Nova Scotia, June 19.—Warrdnts were issued yesterday for the arrest of 175 striking miners of District 26, United Mine Workers of America, on charges of “rioting and looting’ In connection with the recent clashes at Sydney, New Waterford and other mining towns between the private army of the British Empire Steel Corporation and the miners who were striking against a wage cut and were denied credit at company stores. One arres§ was made at once, others are being sought. a * *« « 6 Miners’ Journal ignores Fight + the miners in Glace Bay, Lewis’s per- sonal organ, devotes much space to the swell-headed egotist’s speeches and to those of his flunkeys, Kennedy and Murray. Lewis is reported as say- ing to the Hockling Valley miners in Ohio, that he will not accept a wage reduction under any conditions. But the miners are accepting wage reduc- tions and the operators are breaking the Jacksonville pact at will and Lewis is not doing a thing about. it. The operators are opening scab mines in the south and they_have prac- tically succeeded in making the whole state of West Virginia open shop. Lewis may gloat over the notorius Don Chaffin of Logan county going to jail on a bootlegging charge but the operators don’t need Don Chaffin any more. The union is wrecked by the Lewis tactics and the miners are at the mercy of the bosses. Lewis tells the miners that if they want a reduction in wages they must call a special convention and elect a new president. The faker knows that if a special convention was allowed the miners would elect a new presi- dent. That is why he has planned to postpone the next convention until 1927. The miners want to séttle with Lewis ' No Encouragement For Strikers Lewis's personal organ has not one word of encouragement for the miners of Nova Scotia, but it carries an edi- torial denouncing those who violate the law and insinuating that those miners are responsible for injunctions secured by the operators against the miners. The Miners’ Journal devotes several! columns to advising the operators how to run their mines. It boxes the sug- gestion in bold type: “Coal companies should sell their coal at a profit or they should not sell it at all.” It car- ries an attack on A. J. Cook of the British Miners’ Federation and fea- tures a long article by Frank Hodges, ex civil lord of the admiralty in the Ramsay MacDonald government. Operators Expect Trouble. Prominent members of the National Coal Association, meeting at the Edge- water Beach Hotel, expect a crisis in the coal industry next fall, when cer- tain contracts expire. Non-union mines are producing at full capacity im Ken- tucky and West Virginia, while the union mines in Western Pa. Illinois and Ohio shut down. A big merger of 19 coal companies in Kansas involving a capital of over $10,000,000 was announced. Operators claimed they would be better able to resist the union when the small fel- lows are eliminated and the business concentrated into fewer hands. Thirty Mexicans Executed. MEXICO CITY, June 19—Thirty fo?- lowers of Adolfo de la Huerta have been executed within the last fort- night in the state of Vera Cruz, a re- port to the war department from Gen. Juan Andrew Almazan. Unite (Special to The Oally Worket) ~ MILWAUKED, Wis. June 19.—At | cos last meeting of the Milwaukee ave Sklar, member of the Workers (Communist) Party made a speech protesting against the use of Amer- ican troops against the workers of imperialism. American workers understanding the fight of the Chinese against foreign imperialism, and the need of solidar ity of the American workers with the Chinese workers. i Comrade Sklar urged the organized j struggle of the Chinese masses to throw off the yoke of foreign capital- ism which has been endeavoring te exploit them. for world trade union unity. was reported. Some of the delegates declared that the socialists who do- tional officials of the American Feder- ation of Labor what stand to take on this vital question. The rest of the meeting was devoted to routine matters. ww HOW ABOUT YOU? “You going?” ? “Going wheref” BE } “Why, to the hike!” 7 '' “What hike?” “The hike that Branch Mo. 4 of the Young Workers’ League of Chicago is holding this Sunday in Milwe woods.” “When you going?” “Well, I don't know. I might with the bunch at nine o'clock 3118 W: Roosevelt Road, might meet the whole end of the Milwaukee car o'clock sharp.” “Anything special?” “Why, I should say! Lots of it. Races, leapfrog, pie eating Bats!. And a million and things galore. And damn it, j tt won't cost a cent. Not a penny to go to one of the best. ever held. What Say?” “You Bet!” i ib —-«. Unemployment in Great Britain Is (Continued from page 1.) condition approaching crisis. situation. But the right wingers led averse to fighting with the capitalists. Philip, housewives to patronize imperial- empire, Squandering Riches. Even the capitalist press is forced Daily Herald says: cial Ascot and flaunting its unearned wealth.” to the workers whether the bandi that rob them spend it in the cell or on the house tops. | LARGE PROPORTION OF” PRISONERS PARDONED IN THE SOVIET UNION (Special to The Daily Worker) Moscow, (By Mail).—In 1924 the Presidium of the All-Russian Cen- tral Executive Committee investigat- ed 39,635 private petitions for re- prieve n connection with 28,373 criminal cases (all minor offences). 44.7 per cent of the petitions for re- prieve were acceded to. 15.8 per cent of the petitions were acceded to at the recommendation of public organizations and institutions, and of the private petitions 28,9 per cent were acceded to. According to the social position of the pardoned people, reprieve was granted as follows: worxers— 59.1 per cent; peasants 46.5 per cent. Red Army men 52.6 per cent; Red officers 32.9 per cent; employes 56.6 per cent, private business peo ple 12.3 per cent; others 17.8 pep }| cent of all petitions for reprieve. perialism, Red Says al! meen \s Central Labor Oouncil delegate Gust- China. Comrade Sklar declared that the students and workers of China! have awakened and are fighting world He pointed ont the necessity of the workers of America to support the The executive board reported “pro- gress” in investigating the resolution have come to no conclusion so far, it. minate the council will ask the na-. Nearing Big Crisis this week than last. This increase is unprecedented and brings about @ The left wing of the labor party and the Communists are demanding that the labor party take advattage of this by MacDonald and Snowden are They prefer to work with them to any extent compatible with the careers. Mrs, Ethel Snowden, socialist wife of is busily engaged advising products and thus help to solidify the to display stories of suffering. thru unemployment, but side by side with these stories appear accounts of fetes and festivities of the British ruling class, led by the royal family. The “While the offi- unemployment figures calmly published by the government reveal increasing and unparalleled suffering, society is playing by the thousands at - Perhaps the conservative editor ef the Herald would feel bet- ter if society ‘spent its wealth in secret, but it makes little difference... ee i) ee -_ sy > > rr ar SS LS <«_ e=-aejz ue vorrveca — - «&}, * — * SS oe EEE = la

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Base Dramatic . ; 5 bey A Only 26 per cent and even less than that are employed in the “business” a or in ttem t to offices of New York. MEXICO CITY LONDON, June 19.—Lieut. Lincols ty P a J | , June 19.—Charges : 4 . re , : | Bring Peace in C ina Altho the president of the union and the business representative tried,| were made that American Am- The Sub Campaign Will End July F irst Elisworth, the Ohio aviator who ac t be . as they claim, their best to organize the banks on Wall St., the offices on micro caused the antagon- companied Roald Amundsen in his at- Broadway, they succeeded very little sm of the government to the tempt to fly to the North Pole, da ng eneaNidaonat age hay 2% because they took the wrong attitude. Washi State department by his This | s th e Wa It Will Be Don e! rescued two members of the expedi- t- re) ize activity on béhaif of the British capi- ; y ° undsen’ Queer Way to Organ tion from drowning while Am S WASHINGTON— (FP) — Chairman tal ar in j 's that only then can ists who have interests in Mexico. plane was ice bound, Commander Borah of the senate foreign relations| They believe that only then Former president of Mexico, Obre- h they organize any bank or office if CORRESPONDENCE CLASS ; , ED WEEK will end Sunday, June 21. To allow time for the results | Christian Prestrud, naval attache im r- Son en. Bee. Ree a. Preseinnty my es d ¢ cnet peers will consent gon, one of those who disapproves to be finally collected and to give ample credit to contending locals London of the Norwegian government, eee ee een Sree oe peers MEETS ATURDAY NIT F the return of Sheffield to Mexico, stat- T i i declared here. Prestrud was with of bring peace in China before some out- | to it. It is of no use to try to organ- ed “The Americans are apparently he Second Annual Sub Campaign has been extended until July first as . F at: break of anti-foreign fury shall be | ize if the bosses oppdse! trying to pull the British chestnuts| W#* Previously announced. ane vel when he discovered the provoked. It is understood that no president New York Worker correspondents | Out of the fife. Behind Secretary Kel- That means that ali hew subscriptions sent in up to (and not in- wine ae adisag + He tolleves that if the Washington | of bank, no manager of an office will will pe this Saturd se " loge’s note I have been unable to| cluding) July first, will be counted In on the quotas set for each local. im. pen Pie 3 Pegg: a a government will lead the way, and the | like to have the union rule him and ” mite ; sea Setanta B= find a shadow of the American peo- The winners, and the Communist locals deserving special mention dition. but ondbabiy the pdm press British, Japanese and other govern-| none of them ever agreed to have his} June 20, at seven o’clock, at 108 | nie but another quite different.” for their efforts of Communist building, will be announced in the issue |] 4:05 wil! be with an airship be Le ments will follow without loss of | office organized. East 14th street, with Oliver Carl- Calles and Obregon, and the other! of July 4—a fitting answer to capitalism in this country on its day of | it seems to me, Amundsen has satan 18 time, the Chinese people will settle Lately a small group of active work-| gon, director. Every worker in | Mexican politi¢ians who have in the mobilization. strated the’? mpract! cability of aero down to a pacific negotiation and ad-| ers namely Primoff, Chernow, and rk who Intends te enter the | Past, betrayed the workers of Mexico, . a New Yo o Intends to enter the | Until that day, to those individuals, branches and locals who still | planes flying to the Pole.” Prestrud n Justment of their quarrels with for-| others decided to organize many of- “ deel eatink' then selling them out to Wall Street, are - eal Abnene re ' : a iwnrnour sail 16 signers. fices and banks whether the heads| “rer correspondents oo unable to chek the sentiment against| “'# 't the R wit continue to supply | | Certain Americans in China—whe-| of those concerns would like or not.| 's now conducted by the DAILY | american imperialism, of the Mexican | CHARGE—bundies of free copies for distribution in order to secure sub- Abandoned Their Equipment a ther commercial or missionary he does | The group became very active in the | WORKER will find thie class In | peasants and workers, and are mak-| scriptions. “An Airship could not land at the 8 not disclose—cabled Borah, urging | union. .An organizational committee Communist Journalism very helpful. jing such statements as a concession eB 2 @ : Pole, but it could fly over it and make to that there is immediate need of send- , was organized, which st&fted to work | Altho the class has already met five ‘to this feeling. The task of building the DAILY WORKER will not stop map observations, and possibly anchor i ing American forces to protect Ameri- | energetically. The most actixe of | times, it Is still practicable for be- Great Britain withdraw her ambas-| then. We cannot stop building the standard bearer of Com- over the Pole. te can interests in that country. them proved to be Primoff. : ae ab Baga Paes a oe Tee Pa oO seh = munism in this country. But with the conclusion of the a yo . Pe gece. nant _— Respect Chinese Integrity. ization GB Prope dats i . . ae Sstruc im commenting oie ne tenbba' os shoul | Primoft might capture the union, be- means if possible to continue this job of Communist build- be drawn into any controversy or con- rted him in English capitalists. ing a ton and a half from packed ice. ‘4 flict with Chinese authorities or the ry cas ty beeen ie workers Ailing ing. Mei tite ye” “It must have been a dramatic mo- Chinese people. Doubtless the situa- t dis- Latin-American Union Statement. ment when the six men climbed in - tion, as you say, is serious, but not They trted Renee PS ee BUENOS AIRDS, Argentina, June The Summer | s Here! one plane uncertain whether it would o- courage him, but all in vain. atid at® dean ney . ae serious by reason of afly acts or pol-| nen one of the “active” socialists 19—The Latin-American union over Open air meetings are a great way to bring the DAILY WORKER | 4... could not Peay “tt noel t aa ‘r- leles of the United States, and it 18) brought up charges against Primoff / the signature of its president, Alfredo] 4. ine attention of the workers. With the DAILY WORKER we can pros . ns wets would oper- on not to be presumed that we will be/| that he is a member of the Workers Palacios, declares that Kellogg’s ave, Tey burned thelr beldges Seaman drawn into controversies of other od teers d theref should statement on. Mexico shows “that bring the message of Communism thru the medium of the day to day them because they had abandoned ‘al powers. Sy caaiieh Sree thd agen coche edna t of respéct for the sovereignty news and events in the world of fa’bor. For this use, NOW IS THE most of their equipment. If they had e 6 wan hs eae “st gett ie or ce ee cr ————— be et aa bec paige est union meetings—and k dri i Face sti hey oonlk tea set wv people as a whole would like to see ion is controlled by social- |’ of the white house. reer maxe a crive China fully respected. Personally, I| .,4 Primoff has very little chance to Wife Gets Divorce main ind t to the outrage in- WITH THE DAILY WORKER WE CAN BETTER BUILD THE | Ittle food and equipment they made would favor the withdrawal of extra-| remain in the union. Comrade Bimba flicted upotf a brother country,” the} COMMUNIST MOVEMENT. & Dee Came and won. territorial rights in China as speedily | was expelled on similar charges last (Special te The Daily Worker) statement “Of the Latin-American ree ae ‘iil . a aes : as practicable, and a policy adopted | year LONDON, June 19.—A feeling akin| union continues. “In energetically ° acMillan Salle Saturday he by all which would respect the terri- y But that will not help the socialists | tg terror prevailed in high social cir- | defending the outraged sovereignty of | n the Second Annual Sab C ampaign WISCASSET, Me. June 19.—“We ts torial pre mam national rights of| ang bosses any. The Communists in| cles here, prior to the settlement of | his country oH at.the same time de- These news sube were received on Thursday, June 18: are all too happy for words to learn 2 a great people. the union and without, will keep on|the divorce proceedings brought | fends the independence of Latin-Am- TOLEDO, O—A. W. Harvit (3); Buehler that Amundsen and his party have re- State Department Gets the News. | the organizational work of the union.| against the duke of Westminster by | Tica, now threatened by Wall Street sincere: snsanilons: Gaieeeet th turned safely and we send to ouf When Borah sent this message back his wife, who accused him of miscon- | imperialism.” satis he te ge . aaa . fellow explorers our great congratula- to the American group in China, the duct 2. , N. YSalm monen, tions and good wishes.” a state department was receiving news | AIN Fearing that the duke’s addiction to ioctl pelea ticrrenittan Commander Donald Baxter MeMil- I of increasing bitterness in the anti-|. certain forms of sexual perversion VALIER, ILL—James Parilac. lan, who is to leave here for his ninth he foreign demonstrations in cities from practiced with impunity by the Brit- FRANKFORT HEIGHTS, ILL.—Wm. Schroeder. exploration of the Arctic on Saturday en Comte to Poking. GIRL TELLS OF ish aristocracy might be publicly aired MONESSEN. PA.—Leo Kaupila (3), sald. Triumph of the working class sol- to the scandal of the ruling class, the PITTSBURGH, PA—F. H. Merrick. “I always felt Amundsen would win diers of Canton against the Yunnan- 5 king and queen brought pressure to ST. LOUIS, MO.—H. Stoltz. out. I did not think there was any it. ae ae sents meg bear on the duke, with the result that MORGA AN 10 AN LOS ANGELES, CALIF —Pau! Reiss. SS ee eee st. : the duke did not appear in court and : er instance of the late fascist or “tiger” ie . the divorce was granted to his wife a 2 Le are ieg ns. gn es “We can now go back to our original 3 1, middle-class element, had stirred the| Battle to Secure Bail| vy default. fees, ‘ ae eer ee Cone plans for scientific exploration of the : - thasses in a great part of southern . | It is known that the details of this: Mussoliiii’s s' Promise BINGHAMPTON, N. Y—Geo. Beg . . vast unknown continent in the Polar 3 68 China. Continues case ‘would rival.in sex interest that Breaks Brokers -_ = | region. , These Cantonese had adopted reso- of the famous Hindu rajah, “Mr. A.,” | Polish War Mini t Now we will revert to our plan to lutions, some months ago, declaring} NOBLESVILLE, Ind., June 19.—At/ ana the Dennistoun scandal. - The ROME, June 19—The Italian lira MOTHER BLOOR Inis or establish a base at Cape Thomas Hub- > for a sympathetic understanding with | the hearing on a motion to admit to aristocracy breathed a sigh of relief |;, going down like.a plummet despite Boasts of Perfection bard at the northern end of Axel . the Soviet Union. They have been| bail D. C. Stephenson, Earl Klinck| when the duke of Westminister took th , a0. 000,000 M f Milita M . Hieberg Island which is but a two sharply hostile to foreign imperialism | and Earl Gentry, charged with the! nis medicine in secret for the good of |joan that was thrown into the ex. of Military Machine | jour signt trom the largest unexplored in China. Outside their ranks are| murder of Madge Oberholtzer, addi- nis lass. sy that a ga er ) = area in the north. is tens of millions of Chinese who know | tional testimony was expected to be yy B ’ a gtd y pty WARSAW, June 19.—During a de- We shall proceed to Btah at the only that Chinese students have been sought by the defense to prove its , ght. — sts po rs ou fn 4 bate on the budget, General Sikorski, | northern tip of Greenland. From the shot down by British-led police, and| point that conviction is only a remote Milkman Beaten and iy AB. BR eywid a gdh | Polish minister of war, declared that | ship’s base the three naval amphibian they want r . : 1 , eee the firing st th of l , will be fi 250 mil 7 » ig possibility and that the prisoners} Miaimed in Trade War, | :n.: i: Aebilith tan be traced to the : ring strength of the army had | Planes, will be flown os to a8 150 get Mexico. therefore should be released from : Off | unhealthy situati Bye To Speak at the Daily been increased by the addition of ma-| advance base for food and oll. Two ‘ «6 In making this gesture toward a/| jail dn bond. | Fingers Cut unas vd adie Tr une . pero Worker Picnie Th chine gun sections to the infantry | planes will be left there, one at all ‘he peaceful settlement, Borah is taking The two days already consumed in - and to the de she . mo yt © ‘od orxer Ff icnic ere and that Poland was now in a posi-|times and another to be used as a ; he a lesson from his disastrous experi-| the hearing have been crammed with| DETROIT, Jyne 19.—Two men who | ©ist regime bir: Gouble the vajue tion to defend herself against outside | shuttle with the planes at our advaiw : the ence last week in endorsing the Kel-| verbal tilts between opposing counsel| fractured the skull of Mario Corci, 48, | Of the lira within a year,” as Musso-| OieYENNE, Wyo., June 19, — El-| forces even in the event of an un-| ced exploration point to carry sup | his | logg attack on the Calles’ government| and another large crowd filled the| milkman, and then cut a finger off lint promised. la Reeve Bloor, on her hitch-hiking | favorable turn in French policy tak- plies. led y} of Mexico, which was an exercise of| courtroom when the proceedings were| each of his hands early today, are be-| !t must be admitted that the under-| +15, gcross country speaking at mass | ing place. Studies of Eskimo flappers in color as 4) dictation and insult quite in harmony | resumed this morning. lieved by detectives to be participa- a une tel has prospered S yrcn meetings on behalf of the DAILY| Poland has built factories for the | photography, of “red” snow, Aretic ite : with the misuse of extraterritorial] Marshal Oberholtzer, brother of the| tors in a trade war and not bandits, as | Mussolini's advent to power and that/ workpr, passed thru here on her| manufacture of munitions of all kinds. | Poppies and roses and a new animal, ny power in China. dead girl was the final witness on/|Corci described them to be. the manufacturers of daggers and)... t) Denver, the next stop on her| Sikorski hinted that Poland’s prepar-| bird and fish life in the frozen north rs. Borah was used by Kellogg in a|the stand late yesterday and his| Corci had just returned to his wagon | °8tor oll have no kick coming, but) 1.1. «other Bloor will speak at| ations were directed primarily against ; Will be some of the many features of of conference, from which he emerged | story dealt with statements made, he| after delivering a bottle of milk when those who purchased lira with the in-/ +4. paiy WORKER picnic to be| Soviet Russia, tho the contingency of | invasion of the far-north. ing before the real decisions were agreed | said, by his sister while she lay on|he was attacked by the men, who, tention of selling on a rising market,/ 1.34 at Denver on June 21. a scrap with Germany was not over- jal- upon, and he endorsed the statement} her death bed. after striking and maiming him, es-|*T¢ much in the same position as) looked. Don’t you be a campaign shirker— the for Kellogg without knowing that a The bail hearing of D. C. Stephen-| caped. Se ea aoe aah aaa rp ee oc a get subscriptions for the DAILY propaganda “background” statement/ son, Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry, all| Forty-six dollars and a small check ; os ; ; Too Hot for Hussein. WORKER! had confidentially been made to the} accused of murdering Madge Ober-| was found in the milk man’s pockets| O2¢ senator said that unless the|“will leave at five o'clock in the : ae lira is stabilized at twenty ‘o the dol-| morning for Denver, have been prom-| LONDON, England, June 19.—The ate prees beforehand. Now he asks jus-| holtzer, were closed this afternoon. | at receiving hospital after he had | “54 38 Stabilize 1:2 inp ae eguente tn oe’ 2 ae ll ed epee British governuient has offered “to rea tice to China he denied to Mexico be-| Arguments on the motion to admit) lapsed into unconsciousness. wr oa od em, ay oeeeties oF fay “9 Be pie ee ee convey ex-King Hussein of the Hed- cause Kellogg was too adroit for him.| the trio to bail will be heard by — ° . . ' jaz from Abaka to a mor fortabl DM A! es Judge Fred Hines tomorrow following Sees Fight for World Markets. place of residence.” «gp eeauorned aaa Dr.S. ZIMM ERMAN Foreign Exchange which a decision will be handed down} NEW YORK—"Authorities agree ; Rees alincmteche Rinidnn Gian eteee — —_—— ~ NEW YORK, June 19.—Great Bri- by the court. that the world is on the eve of the AS WE SEE IT -~- By T. J. 0 Flaherty Iben Saud, the sultan of Nejd, vets be DE BE] g I I md tain, pound sterling, demand 4.85%; most agressive struggle for world cently captured Mecca, are nearing | Ms/aseeenles nly | qanien 4.86. France, franc demand Twenty-Eight Die markets ever experienced,” says (Continued from Page 1) sociation of Machinists into a com-| Abaka, which is now too hot to hold ; eal ba 4.714%; cable 4.72. Belgium, franc, de- R . Lawrence W. Wallace, executive sec-;jeader of the labor party of New| pany union provided the company al-| the defeated British puppet king. MY NEW LOCATION ry : mand 4.67%; cables 4.68. Italy, lira, In Tornado Which retary American Engineering Council.) south Wales and claims to be a so-| lows its employes to pay dues to| Hussein gladly accepted England's ae i demand 2.69% ; cables 2.70. Sweden, Sweeps Black Sea Wallace directed Hoover's Assay of| cijalist. But he insists that his social-| Johnston. offer. ‘oa -krone demand 26.73; cablés 26.76. Nor- Waste. ism is the kind that any good capital- 6 2-9 Special X-Re én way, krone demand 16.96; cables 16.98 >. RO “A new era is being entered upon | ist could coddle up to. In fact, he HE Shopcrafts’ Association of the World Court Considers Patriarch. Prices y ak Denmark, krone demand 19.08; cables (Special to The Dally Worker) which will require the re-formulation| showed that a leader of one of the P. R.’s eastern region, held &| AMSTERDAM, Holland, June 19.— to Ga: in 19.10. Germany, mark not quoted. MOSCOW, June 19.—Twenty-eight | of major economic policies. No one opposition parties, who is also a big| meeting recently at which it was an-| The Hague, at its session just opened,| Work Give tay ce wexsegett «dn me bar vor aben be. It is certain they will have to be! ist in New South Wales, because he| resented. The delegates heard speech-| sion of Constantinos, Greek church | two villages in the province o al, | evolved by expert and scientific study is a leading factor in a trustified in-| es by General W. W. Atterbury, vice-| patriarch. as a result of cla : Distribute a bund] ding to advices received here to-| of conditions.” , eaee tm Che ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. a bundle every day according dustry. president of the Pennsylvania system, | Lausanne treaty dealing with the ex- My Examination te F \ during Red Week of June 15 to 21.| day. eee on the need for eliminating waste and | change of Greek and Turkish popv- S we ree Shipping in the Black Sea also was Police in Vain OF course, the Australian Commun-| the lickspittles who claimed to repre-| Jations. My Prices Are Reasonable J. KAPLAN harried by the storm, which swept S L of T ] ists pillory this faker, which/ sent the workers told of the advan- My Work Is Guaranteed - a _ nm a Siberian province ron Oo . unne ae Mr. Lang ~ his pons my “ei wane meer angry eT Get a sub—make another Con. Extracting Specialist ts. It it i t oyes. | MERCHANT TAILOR Snow covered Northern Russia for for Elusive Gunman ee a + liew ten 9 rae aq accompiisne or e employes munist! DELAY MEANS DECAY The puppets of the railroad, who pre- the first time in a century in June as an aftermath of the southern storm. Suits Made to Order Chicago’s “catacombs,” the 71 miles| the same arguments when they are of freight tunnels under’ the business! trying to evade the Communist criti- tended to represent the men in the | = | shops never mentioned anything about | MULLET LEER CCLLEECLLL Lh at Reasonable Prices ’ district, were searched in vain for the|Ccism. Lang accused the Communists | wages, but they denounced the How- = . . : 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Soviet Communal Kitchens Genna gangster who attempted to| of playing into the hands of the na-/ ell-Barclay railroad bill and praised |= he MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R.—-(By Mail)—| .noot Sergeant Eldrige Curran in the| tionalist party the principal bourgeois | Warren S. Stone of whose death they | = wt Phone Albany 9400 The development of the communal | .oynty building offices of the state’s| party in Australia, because they insist | just heard. = , at- kitchen institutions the special im- attorney. on preaching the class struggle and ri = given by the “a : portance of which consists in the| policemen guarded every exit from|¢xposing the labor party leaders as|f7VHAT the employers of such a|= WORKERS PARTY BRANCH No. 1, SLOVAK SECTION Madison Pharmacy fact that they set working women | ;), tunnels, where thruout the night| traitors. The Communists fight for) mighty railroad system should be |= s). ‘ free from household dudgery, is mak-| mor, than 150 officers had poked thru| the racial equality in Australia while | unorganized is proof of the incompe-| = Sunday Afternoon June 2] 1925 nt INC. ing great — ene waynes dark corners and labyrinthian twists| the labor fakers stand for what they | tence and criminal negligence of the |= ? ? TT ing to statistics comp y the Me-/ and turns of the great system. That/| call a “white Australia.” This is a| present leadership of the railroad|= : i BE ER tal Workers’ Union, there are com-ithe search was fruitless led to the| modified ku klux klan program. unions. The leaders of the shop craft = at BRAND S PARK, 3259 Elston Avenue. ee DRUGS _— pura in rg gy Pa determination to continue it today. 9 @ unions are busy playing capitalist |= SPEAKERS: : tricts where the number of workers | police hoped that their quarry still HE New York Times tells us that/ politics, running banks, or hounding |= “s Be er Light Luncheon Served - bay ees In Ig ee mee was in the maze of underground pas- the compahy union plan is work-/| radicals, while the bosses are inject- = ROBERT MINOR and Others. . tchens e © WAICE | sageways. ing but nicely'on the Pennsylvania; ing the poison of company unionism |= i , on 1154 Madison Street, supplied over a million dinners. 10/ Word that the would-be assassin| railroad system’among th shop crafts-| into their system. Only militant lead- = Friends of Tollers: Come to ow picnic, invite your ve Corner Ann per cent of Ukrainian workers get | was in the tunnel was brought to po-| men. This system is in effect what| ership will be able to mobilize the|= friends, you will enjoy it with Slovak Communists—the — OPEN DAY AND NIGHT served by communal kitchens. lice by a laborer who said that he} William H. Johnston accomplished on| energy and enthusiasm necessary to|= Newest section of the Workers Party. or ; By the autum 400 more kitchens | had been run out of the tunnel by an| the Baltimore’Mnd Ohio, thru his in-| organize the millions of unorganized | = Good Music Admission 50c td Four Phones Chicago oe to clea ye euate hie armed man whose description tallied| famous B. &9. plan. Johnston is| workers in this country, on the rail-|= ’ to be open the Sov on. turk , = oe . | pe with that of the city hall gunman. satisfied to : + gg International As-| roads and elsewhere. | “AUANUAUOAUULADOGT LY UAUEGAULENDEALALAUOUEALALLLEOUATOASG ADEE ADMMSALATSUAUTRO ROLLE OTA ; ; - A & Pe \ . ae . , not Pie. merge pn a — ~ ed

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«\ ~ - cf Robert M. LaF ollette—Middle Class Champion E DAILY WORKER| . one-eyed man is king and in a nation whose politicians are notori- Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. mu ™. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Tl. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mall (in Chicago only): By mall (outside of Chicago): per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months . $2.50 three months $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, II!inots 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 i 290 . Advertising rates on application. By the death of Senator Robert Marion.LaFollette the American middle class loses its greatest spokesman and fighter. The life and activities of LaFollette cannot be understood with- out knowledge of the forces at work within American capitalist so- ciety. That LaFollette could capture the imagination of millions of workers and farmers and appear to them as their champion is evi- dence of the retarded development of the revolutionary struggle in the United States—a retardation due principally to the premier posi- tion of American capitalism which in turn is due to the inexhaustible natural resources of the nation and its constantly increasing popula- tion recruited from every country on the globe, its highly efficient industrial system. In a period when the working classes in other capitalist coun- tries are openly challenging the right of capitalism to exist and capitalists to rule, when one-sixth of the totaé area of the globe, the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics governed by workers and peas- ants, opposes the new order to the old, LaFollette is hailed as a liberator of the masses in America because he stands on a platform that the parties of the middle class in European capitalist countries have been advocating for half a ceitury. In Germany, France or England, LaFollette would have been only one of dozens of leaders in any of the dozen of middle class and agrarian parties. In the United States he brought down on his head the wrath of politicians of both capitalist parties and that of many influential trade union officials. The working class of other countries looks at the United States and marvels. Here was a man who brought forward nothing new— whose support even of such well-established measured as govern- ment ownership of railroads—an accepted fact in Europe—was hesitating when it was apparent at all, who stood for the small busi- nessman and banker, whose whole public career showed him to be simply a vestigial remain of the early period of free competition, yet who was denounced by the capitalist press as an enemy of society. LaFollette’s opposition to the war was on purely constitutional grounds, but he was reviled, persecuted and boycotted after his St. Paul speech as a pacifist and pro-German. His advocacy of the cause of the workers was confined to such elementary things as freedom from injunction processes and in his hatred of Communists he went just as far as any of his big capitalist enemies. That LaFollette had courage, ability and the capacity for hard work his worst enemies will not deny. In a country of the blind the ously servile, ignorant and dishonest it was inevitable that the La- Follette virtues would secure leadership for him. He and his chief supporter, Warren Stone, haye passed from the American scene. Their personalities can no longer influence the masses and their program is not something on which can be built anything but a confused and ineffective organization. Together with the two capitalist parties they worked to destroy the infant labor party movement and lead the workers and farmers into the camp of the middle class. They brought confusion instead of clarity, but the labor movement, under the pressure of American capitalism and by the activity of the Communists, is slowly making its way thru the fog of middle class ideology to the goal of inde- pendent working class political action and a labor party. Individuals come and go, but the class struggle, which LaFol- lette refused to recognize, continues. which action in betrayal of the now they have | right that they say do not want the {Sf the Work- ers Party or of the T. U. B. L. They echo the statements of Hillman ‘and Levin, that they “do not want out- side interference.” This is also what Perlstein said in his expulsion policy against the left wing in the Ladies’ Garment Workers. The natural outcome of this attitude was the attempt to’ shoot Wm. Z. Foster during the er Auditorium’ protest meeting. was also what Levin said, and undef this excuse ex- pelled the militants .. from Local 39. Further, he persuaded or compelled Schneid and his followers to sign a statement repudiating. ‘the left wing within the A. C. W.- = Pes This means that Levin and his circle of officials consider it “Outside inter- ference” when the rank and file tries to combat their autocratic rule, and oppose their class on policy. In other words, Schneid and his fol- lowers inside Local 39 dare not issue a printed program of. class conscious action because they “would be inter- fereing with the inside ring of the ad- ministration. Se You can see, therefore, why Schneid and his group are 0 ed to the is- suing of programs that call upon the rank and file to strike # necessary for their demands. Those progressives who think Schneid fights for progressive meas- ures and against the“administration, should study his method of struggle against the present agreement. In Local 39 Schneid proved conclusively that the new agreement was just as rotten if not worse’than the old agree- ment. Yet what did he do when it came to acting agaings the agreement? » (Continued from page 1) talk in the local uinon they accept his wordy criticism of the administration and his wordy condemnation of the agreement which was lately signed, as being a fight in the interest of the membership and against the reaction- aries. So we have to make clear what the T,. U. BE. L. means by carrying on the struggle for a progressive pro- gram and against the reactionaries who oppose progressive measures. that they First we must point out very clearly to the progressive element who still accept Schneid as their leader, that when the left wing group in the A. C. W. proposed a progressive election program as against the administra- tion with the bosses, it was Schneid and his group who signed a statement prepared by Levin which condemned this group and their program of ac- tion. Again, at this time, when the Hill- man-Levin administration has joined the reactionary Forward group of red baiters and is now carrying on a sav- age attack upon members of the T. U. E. L. and the left wing generally by the expulsion of Local 5 from the N. Y. joint board, the taking down off the job and expelling from the union eight leading left wingers of Local 39—this is the time that Schneid chooses to organize a 5s0- called left. wing in opposition to the T. U. B. L. This so-called “progres- sive” group in reality is a center group. The leaders of this group are either supporters of the Hillman ma- chine. or lean very strongly. in that direction. Schneid and the other leaders of this center group were expelled from the Workers (Communist) Party be- @ause they betrayed the left wing by the signihg of the Levin statement, WORKER 8 Between Fake He told the membership that they | could do nothing else but accept it. In other words, to vote against it. The only difference between this and and the Hillman-Levin attitude is that Hillman and Levin tried to prove that it was a good agreement and the members should accept it, while Schneid said it was a bad agreement, but the members must accept it. It is an elemental principle, sure- ly known to Schneld, that only by strike or threat of strike can any union get or even keep good condi- tions, a course of action that would lead | to strike. In good times strikes get | better conditions, in bad trade times — it protects against “readjustments,” - This is simple. This is known to’ everyone — even Schneld. Yet Schneid advises “no strikes,” does Hillman. Where lis the dif- ference In practice? The policy of Hillman and Levin 6 class collaboration under the slogan of “industrial peace,” “no strikes a the next 10 years.” ‘°* Schneid and his group frankly state that it would be folly to attempt to get the members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers to strike for their | demands. And to ask them to-vote against the agreement would mean ‘to ask them to strike against it. This is just another method of advocating | “industrial peace” and “no strikes.” What. sort of a “progressive” is it whose strike policy cannot be dist- inguished from Hillman’s? Schneid has, as his slogan, “revive the old fighting spirit of the Amal- gamated,” and yet in the next breath he says it would be folly to expect the members of the Amalgamated to strike. How can anyone lead the n Yet sch advised against . So | 7 e " t m8 “ bo Se et . " a ke ss * = tees : : * : - Fs <4 * ¥ * - - » ’ - e , ad “ 4 ~~ . wets an v s * he urged them not th militants in the Amalgamated if they Mhey will not do it. are opposed to struggle ‘Savloyers and tthe rat e administration desert teat in and bétfay the rank and Schneid and his group aid? Talk is cheap, Only Ofily actions count. The agree- ‘take his choice between the and the reactionaries, and he went ment prevents strikes and. permits wage cuts. Hillman fought for it, Schneid did not fight against !t. Schneid and his group say that the Hillman-Levin machine has the mem- bership terrorized, and because of this terrorism they will not accept the advice or the leadership of those members of the A. C. W. who accept the program and are adherents of the T. U. B.L. He gives this as one of the reasons why this new group has For over a year there has been but two groups within the Amalgamated Communists, and the right reaction- aries, represented by the Hillman- Levin-Forward reactionary group. This situation ,called for a militant struggle by the left wing against the Hillman administration. And we found within the ranks of the left wing, been organized. 4 both T. U. B. L. and Communist, in- But the coal ; ie ato dividuals now represented in the ined the gree’ fe | el ths lett Schneid group who could not accept this policy of struggle. Hence we have a new group taking the center position which has been given up by Hillman and the history of this group will be the’ history of all center groupbs—the honest, militant progressives who now follow Schneid will come over to the left wing, while the leaders will either be driven by force of circumsténces into the camp of Hillman completely, or will ac- knowledge their mistake and come back and join the forces of the real left wing, the T, U. B. L. As one who has watched the devel- opment of the Schneid group for over two years, I want to urge the progres- sive elements to repudiate him and his fake fight against the Hillman ad- ministration and rally to the fighting program of the T. U. E. L. group in the A. C. W. and help to solidify a strong,and genuine left wing that will sweep away the class collaboration policy and make of the Amalgamated a powerful union, a fighting organ of the class struggle. A Rank and Filer. wing called for a militant struggle against the reactionary bureaucrats of the A. C. W, on the basis of progres- sive trade demands, While Schneid and his group, who have always been close sympathizers if not actual sup- porters of Hiliman, cannot pecert this policy. So they have organised Sate netves into a center group to befuddle, con- fuse, and demoralize the left wing. They will fight the Hillman-Levin machine in words, but with the tongue in their cheek, and when it comes to action, such as advising the member- ship to vote against the agreement, Hillman at one time ‘led the left wing victoriously against the reaction- ary Rickert, and for a period of time believed in struggle against instead of collaboration with the employers, But, in the course of the development of the A. C. W., Hillman became the leader of a center group, attempting to follow a middle road between the reactionary right wing represented by | Sy VX LY ED We 2S Pisit YC a7 4 Z E UPL YE AG -y ‘ae, {7 AT COMING CONFERENCE FOR GITLOW, ALL CLASS WAR FIGHTERS Detailed reports and outlines of immediate work were outlined at the city central committee meeting of the Workers (Communist) Party, Local Chicago, at its meeting, Wednesday, June 17. The central committee has laid out an anti-imperialist campaign for the week ending July 4. This campaign will connect itself up with the demand for Hands Off China, Rélease of Crouch and Trumbull, Opposition to Coo- lidge’s July 4th Mobilization Day, Opposition to the Infamous Dawes Plan Unconditional Independence for the Philippines, Hawaii, Porto Rico, etc. Campaign for Hands Off China. A special manifesto dealing with the concrete phases of imperialism will be distributed. On July 4th in Chicago at Beyer’s Grove, the Workers Party anuual picnic will be turned in- to an anti-imperialist Hands-off China demonstration with English, colored and oriental speakers if they can be obtained. The party, it was reported, was ne- gotiating with the local Kuo Min Tang to arrange a protest meeting. If the Kuo Min Tang is not ready to go into such a meeting, the Workers Party, together with other organizations will hold a united front protest de- monstration on the Chinese situation next Wednesday, June 24, at North- west Hall, North and Western Aves. Among the speakers will be William gans with the request that the same be printed therein. The amnesty meeting for Temple Hall to follow the unity conference, will demand the releasé 6f Crouch and Trumbull, fight the deportation of Kannasto, Zinich, Lasseit and all oth- er class war prisoner Comrades will get on the job fr funds for immediate release of aise class war prisoners. | Great Britain’s Trade Unionists; Work for Trade U ’s Unity. The visit of Purcell, chairman of British ‘Railway Clerks Against War Contrast the recent action of the convention of the British | Railway Clerks’ Association in condemning the government scheme | for militarizing the transport industry as part of the war scheme) of the imperialists with the action of the convention of the American Federation of Labor in endorsing the mobilization and training camp | plans of the war department and asking representation on all directive agencies. The sist all attempts to recruit them into the war service in any form— | the American trade union officialdom of which Fitzgerald, head of the Railway Clerks’ Union, is a part, wholeheartedly endorsed the | war plans of American imperialism with a fervor far in excess of | that of the Garys, Morgans and Rockefellers. Is it any wonder that to the leadership which curses the Amer- ican labor movement the visit of Purcell, the militant president of the International Federation of Trade Unions, as fraternal delegate is anathema? But his visit will help to break the grip of the bosses on the American trade unions. — — More Persecution in Hawaii The supreme court of Hawaii territory has wpheld the convic- tion of Pablo Manlapit, leader of the striking sugar workers—be- cause the appeal was filed one day too late. This is an obvious attempt to evade the real issue which is the right of colonial workers to demand and enforce: the same privileges accorded the working class in the imperialist nations. Manlapit’s sentence is from two to ten years at hard labor and he is already on the point of collapse from nervous strain and previous hardship His crime was to organize and lead the Filipino workers of the | island in a struggle for better wages and living conditions. His persecutors are the sugar barons and back of them is the full might | of American imperialism. Just as the American workers rallied to the aid of Crouch and Trumbull, victims of the same murderous system, so must they come to aid of this militant leader of the colonial workers and force his| release. Warrants for the arrest of 175 Nova Scotia strikers have been issued. Troops are on the scene in full war array. No mine owners are under arrest for their conspiracy to starve the miners and their families into submission. The Canadian coverament instead marshals all’its forces to aid the Britsih Empire Steel corporation against the men on strike r al British Railway Clerks’ Union pledged its members to re-| .| es and to offer our support and our the British Trade Union delegation among others, is of “L wide signi- ficance and demands e than ever an intensified campaign ‘on the part of militant trade unionists for unity in the world trade union movement and with particular emphasis on the ‘American labor movement. Also the | campaign for recognition of Soviet Russia assumes increasing import- ance thru the report of the British trade union delegation to Russia and 'Purcell’s visit to the United States. The party and the militants organ- ized in the Trade Union Educational | League will now increase their activi- ties both for Russian fecognition and F. Dunne, H. V. Phillips, Negro speak- er and oriental speakers, if possible, and others. Fight Against Criminal Syddicalism. | The city central committee went | | strongly on record for the call issued | by the Labor Defense Council to build | a large defense organization and | pledges itself to give full support to the June 28 Unity Defense Conference land for the release of all class war | prisoners and especially on the case of Comrade Gitlow, who is to be re- |}manded to prison on the recent deci- | | sion of the supreme court declaring ‘the criminal syndicalist laws legal. | The following resolution was adopted (= unity in the trade union move- | unanimously: ment. | Whereas, the United States su- Build a Labor, Party. preme court, the buttress of capi- The city central Committee also heard the instructiong for the labor party campaign adopted by the cen- tral executive committee and is pro- ceeding to take steps to take the question of a labor party before the workers. The campaign for a labor party is to be based not on the ab- stract slogan for such a party, but is to be linked up withehe concrete is- sues, agitating the workers and on the various united front campaigns of the party, such as the struggle against wage cuts, against elass collabora- tion, for the release pf Crouch and talism, has decided that our Com- rade Benjamin Gitlow must serve the remainder of his ten years’ sen- tence for uttering the famous left wing manifesto of 1919, and Whereas, our Comrade Gitlow has during the past six years held aloft the red banner of Communism in America, devoting himself unflinch- ingly to the cause of the Communist international, be it Resolved by the city central com- mittee of Local Chicago of the Workers Party in regular meeting Trumbull, Hands Off China campaign, held on June 17, 1925, to congratu- etc. late Comrade Gitlow for his deter- Industrial Organizere to Take Up | mined stand for the exploited mass- Party United Front Campaigns. All of the above reports and cam- paigns mentioned must be pushed strongly by the party organization in the trade unions, fraternal organiza- tions, etc. The particular situation in each organization trade union or dis- trict council, central labor body, etc., will determine the tactics of the cam- paign and the introduction of reso- lutions on the various issues of crim- inal syndicalism, hands off China, anti- imperialism, for a labor party, for world trade unioh unity, etc. In order to co-ordinate these important campaigns and to lay out the work particularly and especially for each situation fhe meeting of the industrial organizers of the party has been call- ed for Saturday, June;27, 2 p. m., at pledge to work unremittingly for | Comrade Gitlow’s freedom so that he may continue his splendid activi- ties and in building the Workers (Communist) Party of America into a genuine mass Communist Party, and be it further Resolved that we call upon every | member of the party that for the coming week all efforts be made to push the work of the coming de- fense conference to be held June 28, by securing union affiliations and delegations to the conference, and be it further Resolved, that we send this reso lution to the C. E. C., the DAILY WORKER and ali other party or | CHICAGO C.C.C.PLEDGES AID. tis "ALENTOWN, EASTON, AND BETHLEHEM, PA, - COMRADES TAKE NOTICE (Special to The Daily Worker) ALLENTOWN, Pa., June 19.—A ge- neral membership meeting of the Le- high Valley section will be held on Wednesday, June 24th—8.00 P; M. at » 11161 Mechanic street. All members of Allentown, Eaton and Bethlehem must be present.—A. Néwberger, Secretary C..C. 0. 19 S. Lincoln St. Every party branch industrial organizer must be present without fail, if there is to be a mili- tant campaign for the various pro- grams of action laid out. Anti-Police and Injunction Bills. | In addition to the above, -réports were given on the passage of the Bar State Police bill and the Anti-Injunc- tion bill in the Illinois legislature. The passage of these bills revealed clear- ly the results of the non-partisan method employed by fakers. These methods brought them, nor the work- ers, anything. Injunctions, in the last analysis, are solved by mass viola- tion of them. lEffective struggle against state constabulary bills in one form or another -will be offset only by organized action on the industrial or political fields of workers as a class. Negro Trade Union Committee on.Job A special report was rendered on work among the Negroes. The or- gan of the American Negro Labor Congress, The Champion, is now out and sales are rapid. Many unions have responded to the call for the Congress scheduled for October 25. Negro speakers are covering party branches and various trade union bodies. The Negro Trade Union com- mittee has been making decided head- way. - be Book Store campaign is anak ing with success. Literature sales in the form of books and pamphlets are going well. The campaign for The DAILY WORKER, however, must»be pushed more strongly by the branches which must pledge themselves for a certain quota of subscriptions for The DAILY WORKER. In this immediate campaign free speech fight forms the attracting base at present of the street meetings. 30 New Members Join Communists. Applications for membership were accepted from the following branches: “™ Ukrainian 2 South Slav No, 1 1 North Side English.......... 2 Douglas Park English......3 Nucleus No. 4 1 Douglas Park Jewish......4 Finnish 1 Lake View Scand............. 2 Cz.-Sl. T. of L 2 Greek 6 Lettish 1 North West Jewish......... 7 | Next meeting of the C. C. C. on | Wednesday, July 1, 1925; 8 p. m., at | 722 Blue Island Ave. | Fraternally yours, | Workers (Communist) Party, Local Chicago. , Martin Abern Secretary. 7 — ,to hold a rump meeting, declared |CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE. CLEVELAND SITUATION The investigation of the secrétariat of the C. E. C. dealing with the party controversy in Cleveland discloses and establishes the following facts: 1. The minority group, led by Comrades Benjamin and Boich, planned and carried thru an. organized raid upon the regular meeting of the C. C. C. of Cleveland, held June 8. 2. The purpose of this raid was to seize the leadership of the local organization ‘at all costs and without regard to the principles of Communist organization and constitution of the party, and to overrule decisions of the c.c. Cc. D. E. C. and C. B.C. ~ ) 3. The roll call votes taken at the C. C. C. meeting on June 8, prior to its adjournment by the chairman and by the D. O. show an equal number of uncontested votes cast for each side,end. In waging this factional struggle i. e., 19 votes for the majority. + 4. In the face of a deadlock, gen- eral turmoil and the impossibility of proceeding withthe meeting, the chairman and the D. O. declared the meeting adjourned. This was the cor- rect thing to do under the circum- stances. 5. Upon the legal adjournment of the meeting, the minority group, led by Benjamin, Boich and Bartov (the latter acting as chairman) proceeded the minority group in Cleveland has overstepped the bounds of party con- stitution and general Communist prac- tice and discipline as laid down by the Communist International.. In view of these facts, the secret- ariat finds it necessary to condemn and repudiate the action of the min- ority group in the rump meeting of June 8th. The secretariat draws the attention of the party membership in ‘Cleveland to the fact that these anar- cho-menshevist conception of organ- ization constitute a real menace to the development, integrity and unity of our party. The secretariat calls upon the party membership in Cleveland to combat such non-Communist behavior and to repudiate the action of the Ben- jamin group at the rump meeting of June 8th. Therefore the secretariat decides upon the following measures: To declare illegal the holding of the rump C. C. C. meeting on June 8th. 2. To declare illegal and therefore minority group on June 8th, the sec- void all Proceedings, decisions, and retary of the suspended Jewish branch | 2ctions of that meeting. Duchan, proceeded to call a meeting of | %- To cancel the membership meet- the regularly suspended Jewish branch | Dg called for June 16th called by the in competition and opposition to the | Tump C. C. C. meeting. The question recognized Jewish branch of the party | Of membership meetings in Cleveland in Cleveland. and other cities in the preconvention These facts, which were definitely | Period will be settled by the parity established by the investigation of the | Commission in the near future. secretariat, demonstrate an open and| ‘4- Comrades Boich and Bartoff are flagrant violation of the fundamentals | herewith suspended from {%e party for of party discipline by the minority | 4 Period of tnree (3) months without group led by Benjamin and Boich.' Voice and vote. The secretariat ap- These and other facts disclosed’ by the | Proves the action of the local execy investigation prove furthermore that |!ve committee and the district com- the Benjamin group is carrying on a| Mittee in suspending Comrade Ben- systematic campaign of opposition cal- | Jamin from the party for six months culated to undermine not only the | Without voice and vote. present leadership of the party, but/| , of leadership in general | | FREE SPEEGH FIGHT CONTINUES TONIGHT AT - NORTH AND ORCHAR Benjamin and Boich have ‘ been The free speech fight conducted by shown guilty in spreading and culti- vating a non-Communist conception the Workers (Communist) Party on the corner of North avenue and Of of Communist organization and disci- pline. Even in their statements before the secretariat on June 12th, both took the position that decisions of govern- ing bodies of the party have no validi-’ ty for the membership of the réspect- |} chard street is being continued. To. ive party units. The essetice of ‘this | night the meeting will be addressed position is, that party decisions of |by comrades Karl Reeve and Barney C. C. C. and C. E. C. have no force , Mass. Eigtheen members of the Wor- unless formally approved by the mem-| kers Party were arrested last Satur- bership of the branch or city. These | day when they conducted"an open air non-Communist conceptions are not| meeting on this corner. only being spread but actively acted| They are charged with violating a upon by the Benjamin-Boich group is | city ordinance, declared unconstitutio- disregard of the rulings and decisions | "a! by the Illinois supreme court, re- of the local, district, and national or-| Quiring a permit from the chief of ganization of the party. The root and | police to hold open air meetings. The main cause of*the present difficulties | cases will be fought in the courts. in Cleveland is their anarcho-menshe-| The speakers at Workers Party vist conception of party organization | street meetings Saturday night are: advocated and practiced by the min-| North and Orchard—Barney Mass ority comrades led by Benjamin and| and Kari Reeve. North and Washtenaw mez and Al Shaap. \ Division and Washtenaw—. vidson and J. Louis Engdahi. Boich. This situation is further aggravated Kedzie and 22nd—Sam Hammer. smark and William F. Kruse. themselves the regular C. C. C., res- cinded and overturned action by the C. E. C. by reinstating Benjamin, the nine suspended’ delegates, and the suspended Jewish branch, and elected a new local executive committee, thus creating a dual, competing body to the regular local party organization. 6. This dual local executive com- mittee, elected at the illegal, “rump meeting, contains Esther Shwartzer, who was regularly expelled from the} 1. party. 7. Following this action by the Manuel Go A. Da- waging a desperate struggle to gain control of the Cleveland organization and in bDumerous cases has resorted to by the fact that the minority group is unpermissable means to achieve this 12th and St. Louis—Comrade Early, ‘bag and baggage over to the Forward - gang _ ™ hk RS Fe saa Se ne a ee eT ~ ar ‘ +t Tee a i eae - o£ es 34 a 4 4 ’ i Pl e “lS , a etbuwdcace te ee ee ee O.L.res, m Ome & se ty a a el = A a —~—“ et Oo TS fo - Ld - a7 a ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ae ee J eee eee ee ee ee ee ee” ee ee ee oe

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