Daily Worker
June 23, 1925
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UBS Amalgamated Food | | Workers Win Quick Victory in New York NEW YORK.—The cooks in the Yates restaurant, at 43rd St, and Broadway, are members of the Amal- gamated Food Workers’ Union, Hotel Workers’ Branch. - ine on : | Yr, —. ——-~ _ EDITION — >) wean « a I = al of March 3, 1879. «” « 5 % ¢ ' WMUNST|\ Workers and Students of - BEGUNBY; China Defeat Efforts of | Merchants to Surrender © ; Recently a butcher was hired at ez ' this restaurant and refused to join — (Special to The Daily Worker) rages? tit aie se eri c Vote for Im- . (Special to The Daily Worker) : HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 21.—The British Empire Steel) this, an official of the union went to. 4s. ) SHANGHAI, China, June 21.—The pressure from below of the Chinese masses, unions, Corpotation is de ty in news from Cape Breton to be willing| the restaurant in an effort to con- if War students and workers combined, has forced the Chinese chamber of commerce to rescind their : to talk terms to the 12,000 striking miners of District 26 who ten | vince him that his interests lay with — order issued Friday for the re-openining of the closed shops and native banks. days ago laid aside their pacifism and began such effective mass/| the organized workers. He still re- | The Daily Worker) The 250,000 or more Chinese on strike are still as determined as ever to effect a satisfactory ‘ A Kuting ‘that tHe | nite collar scabs were put to rout, even Seneaki: beohacdie dae ached Se nee, June 21—Premier | settlement — foreign imperialists, especially Britain. The shipping strike is particularly : tho company gu n shot down two pickets and 175 miners are e policy of aggressive | strategic as it ties up all com-f - , — under charges of “rio ing and looting.” ' the 6 oe saggapdigarnese pes going out warfare s it the Riffians was giv-| mercial movements. 4 * _ Labor Minister Murdock, who did nothing much so long as ComPyper 004 Drunging 5. ete Sere ata _Indorsement by the) The shipping strike, also, has EXILE F ROM BRI TISH IN D IA IN ¢ } PT ness. The manager became very | pping » also, the miners starved to death peaceably, hurried into thedistrict on | much excited. Finally the lights were | "20" SEgmeputies, with the Corr | heen extended to Hong-Kong. AM ERIC AA PPEALS TO SIKHS NOT the heels of about a thousand: troops to endeavor to get a com-| on again. It was called to the atten- Bess Te? opposition, has Ghidieks Vinnus Threat , promise between the forces before the withdrawal of mainte- | tion of the manager that the butcher epee Saft qeeig® otal ~ ih tea TO SHOOT C H | N ESE F OR BRI TAI ) » | — —* nance men from the mines and] was not a member of the union. The}. joo Bes ho " nb estate The continued movement of pee | ’ ; , the shutdown, of the power| butcher is now out of a job and a/ 5) iy Be seongi ‘i psd Chang Tso-lin’s Manchurian 7 : | | Z4 , pimps would destroy. Besco’s union. man is at work. yan : “ po ain- troops, commanded by his son NEW YORK, June 21.—(FP)—Sikh soldiers in China are called upon - 1 AS WE SEE IT | . Ove ae od shtml ude is j to desist firing on Chinese students and textile mill strikers in a cablegram 4 : | af. property permanently. : stolen by Vernment. Doriot|'S assum a threatening: oe i 4s Shan Fao, Shanghai, by Sallendra N, -Ghemnnne | By T. J. O'FLAHERTY || —__— Referdum on Proposal, hak ME belie the exam |SODOC? . NOL, however, against | *°"* 5° ‘2 ein ene ae inn anal dleector of the Friends ot Fran . ‘ | | ‘| The District 26 executive board is Ining: ¢ ate for prosecution. pre foreign imperialists, but hil, igh t= ypc ari H “ag tage nis apy een ee ee ° “=~ | understood to have received Besco’s The vote @edorsing Painleve’s tn- nst the strikers, and the|°°™ "O° 'nc's organiza {. ARRY SINCLAIR, secured Teapot “peace proposals” yesterday and to ; periatistic y in AE: wm was 528 Possibility that the atelinera will Ghose also wired the Sikh Temple of Stockton, Calif., to use their in» i Dome legally and in a! Manner be-| have asked postponement in order to to 32 we S pocialtets Joining ‘the | receive military aid from Chi- fluence with the Sikh troops employed by the British In Shanghai, to stop - fitting a capitalist gentleman accord- | take them to a referendum vote of the right bloc’ a ihe center for the con- | nese troops who are loyal to the the massacre of Chinese workers. Ghose reminded the Sikhs of the terrible 4 ing to a decision handed down by a| membership. . tinued invs of North Africa. Do:- cause of Chinese liberation. It Amritsar massacre of 1919 when Sikhs themselves were wantonly fired upon ; ; $ . j : judge with the Gaelic cognomen of; All maintenance work in District iot’s demand an interpellation was 'ig know to everyone that Chang by British soldiers in the heart of the Sikh city Amritsar. 1 ohn ata siseey = naa os we expected | 26 is at a standstill, and the policy of ivoted do mn. 7om now on the French Tso-lin represents Japan and “The Chinese are fighting to assert their own national sovereign rights and the R would miss | the left wing is confirmed as correct will take t ie nsive, it was said. babl and to re-assert a few rights stolen from them,” Ghose states. “We have: n its chuckle of satisfaction if the afore-| by the results of the reversal of Socia nm Swing to Right probably is acting not only with lled le t frain from enslaving the Chinese.” , d said Kennedy had ordered that Sin-| tactics on the part of the district parce: os eta Japanese backing but with Brit-| °*"* Peay. Ser. GOR Peeps Se fern g f ; __ A 4 Grive against the Com- i sane: clair be placed in irons and forced to | executive. lé ” munists RAM Oo been inaugurated b sh as well. disgorge the gasolene. Coincident| The official organ of the Communist P roper Care and 3 Premier le 8, who are thiess nue eonnne Ser Lnaays teeep, mney with the decision comes a big rise in| Party of Canada. The Wofker, pub- . rowib :. ie with ‘the work *| ment is that General Sun Chuan Fung, : Sinclair oil stocks. This means more | lished at Toronto, has the following Miles an Hour sad mena ste of workers are oxe| oo ermoF of the province of Chekiang millions for Sinclair and for those|to say about the change. of policy pected::..-oammne i and friend of Chang’s most formidable who were in the know. from class collaboration and pacifism (Special to The Daily W hn contestant for military power, General * 2 * to class struggle and militant mass Bese cts AB Fe bi eg seen ecaine the | pens Yuhsiang, is mobilizing they ty | Oe cial etek wieiisiting’ PARIS, June 21.—Communist ele-|for the Meelistic war against the) in Chekiang to aid the Shanghai strik- pp e se ments among the bus. drivers have |Riffians showeithat they have decided | org oust the imperialists. a ve" are told. hr is also to be ex Communist Policy Vindicated, taught their fellow workers an effect- | to/join- with | sformist parties who| General Feng, whose headquarters - pected. Had Sinclair lost, h ri ‘ing arpbin : ‘ mops in ssn tx ts gas mec | ooe tat nteae sapere Nate Boag] cree mpg cscs sane And bad "mates eae gnc ca, | NION OF SOVIET REPUBLICS d go down instead of up and the little | their final confession of failure. of} The bu ies ; me aS i wa iff: t * : th wear Se LT rare MOTORS AEE | e s rs’ union made de-/| min (Cait o give the Patu-| declared that his army stood ready to : ‘ fellows would sell out and the big | class collaboration by reversing their | mands for a raise in the basic wages, |leve govermmignt the support of tm. | fight for the ind d fellows would buy, knowing that some | policy in fevor of mass picketing and | which now is beginning at 450 frances reactionat s. Cc Hanux has made an/ from all mF egy fone aoe ly J wate 1 ‘ other court would find the Teapot /|a one hundred per cent strike, a month. The company refused and | alliance wi he ie bankers in formulae | sion. " vecaeathak By'S. Hs Viv m Dome deal O. K. “This is what The Worker has| the men resorted’to the strike on the |ing his fim@m@m™l program, ana the so- (International Press Correspondence) oe ar . a 2 (Continued on page 4) job. cialistg ha¥® Mdorsed the capitalists’ . MOSCOW, U. S. S. R., (By Mail).—The third Soviet con- I" is significant tho only a coin- While the busses usually travel at | budget. — ar a Chinese ‘Students Killed gress of the Soviet Union took place at a time which is character- ce cidence that Robert M. LaFollette, mat twenty miles an hour, the whole Krim Con Sell-Out. Outside Foreign ized by the economic and political strengthening of the Soviet A the political storia ort and gadf- se pao or ome er no| Abd-el-Krimgpin an interview pup- Settlement power, of the unceasing advance of the economic reconstruction : | ab at the ys X J 4 vag» Vitae thee of . i ar r ve our, with |lished im the eeome newspaper n " | of the country, but on the other hand by the advance of reaction ou e time Judge Kennedy was © resu at traffic in the center of | Popolo D'Itaim, declared that he dia PEKING, China, June 21.—The mur-| ; ‘tall : f j ; di ti d ar reading the decis ing S the city is bei ita in almost all capitalist countries, of Increasing Gipiomatic an lon exonerating Sin- yY ng congested and ra pani ach alliance | dered Chinese students who were shot qT : d i iali : d As clair, Albert B. Fall Denby... La- | a blocked in the most terribre way imag- 4a he coula|down by British Sikh troops were military preparations on the part of worl wmperial sm in oraer n- Follette was the man e for| ba structs bus drivers to “use all care | had offered torsell the Rift country to| settlement administration is clear,| democratic press, but also in capitalist diplomacy. rt - the big fellows was being ‘liquidated ass Fic eting Wins in driving to avoid accidents” and|France for aunfilion francs. says the note of the Chinese govern- The recent period of campaign of calumny began with in with LaFollette’s completely defeated. Over Mass Arrests which leaves to the driver the defini- Word from Madrid reveal that the | ment delivered yesterday to the for-| the English “Zinoviev letter,” by > - | aA tion of what is proper care. There |Spanish workers are so strongly op-| eign imperialist powers in reply to} which MacDonald prepared his 0 OME people see in the Sinclair vic- ’ are going to be no accidents if the |posed to further action against tn. | the latter’s contention that China . : ai | (Special to The Daily Worker) nein aut own defeat, and. reached its ne city A wAverisnbns fibiaat ie de aan 1 Ati whe eat ee us drivers can prevent, so their care | Riffians that the conference of Span-| alone was responsible for everything. highest oint fter a real flood . 7 nothing of the kind. It’s a victory for Md kanye Bowes at es, med to avoid any smashup will continue at lish and Frenth delegates to decide! China refused to accept the inipe- ee ry oe »» : the ways of big business and what place. Since. the besianin : te the rate of three miles an hour until jon a united warvis near a preak-up. rialists’ version ef the affair, and in of forged Comintern letters, -! else does this goveriieast represent? a Passa ba 8 one ate their wages are raised. The Spanish government knows full | laying the responsibility upon the for-| }@ the campaign which was con- ot Doheny lost in a similar case to that | 1ore and more arrogant and che . o- that the French government not (Continued on page 2) ducted against Moscow on the ro in which Sinclair won. But another instead of this tudienidatink ‘them. te! did not: aid them in the war occasion of the Sofia explosion a court will right that wrong. In the however, the tretal teatment of the against the Riffs, but that the Riffg ’ The recent diplomatic products of | meantime Doheny is getting along : were supplies“with French arms with this campaign are represented by the. or nicely as an honored. member. of tne aspen dig a pF org the strik- which to fight:the Spaniards. assertions of the English home sec- | : ont ruling class. The capitalist machine wyahggts Sede. The socialists were defeated in the retary, Sir William Joynson Hicks, | of . the strike. They are now picketing Stage y" | does not run like a clock. There are int Caikin aieke: okra d Locés French chamber when their motion and of the faithful Sancho Pansa of Pie ee | mistakes, but the courts are the |. oot. on haan a st and Locgst ; for the continuance for the use or : 5 the entente imperialists, the Austrian | os \ watchdogs of business and their deci- ’ ¢ proportional representation in elec- foreign minister Mataja. | A ccedes to Demands ; sions are calculated to make~busi- 27 Disturbers—of Profits, : Bah. tions was defeated by a vote of 295 VITAL PROBLEMS This diplomatic and press campaign | of ness bigger, better and busier. If| Lately the police have even tried ™ 2 , |to 265. The radical socialists voted j was accompanied by the building of of Kellogg Note 4 _ they slip occasionally it is only in the | to prevent peaceful picketing. On Labor Party Quiet IM | against the socialists, again emphasiz- ra armament factories along the Soviet | dene nature of an exception. Thursday night 27 pickets were ar- . ing the break-up of the left bloc, ana . frontiers, for the greater part with | Pe nd Bi ae rested without the slightest cause and Parliamentary Debate the swing toward a right wing gov- No Mention. of Labor the participation and under the In- sanscieauens lading “enieas od te OME people thought that the Tea-| charged with “disturbing the peace.” a eT ee ernment. Party; Smith Raves (Continued on Page 5) to Secretary of State Kellogg, de- ot pot. Dome scandal would shake this This did not frighten the strikers, ar ts © Rae wernert ‘ claring that Mexico would not permit he bourgeois government to its founda- however, aS was shown when many of LONDON, June 21—A declaration (Special to The Daily Worker) foreign interference in internal af- | America. ft was believed to be Fo contin tae hong yr ae ‘ workers would consider it*their busi , *”4Y melgry oo ie Sena ; one Briton killed would clearly indi- | ¥®™® ee a oe ae montana” ah nat Pe = eb “radium mecrosis.” | statutes This is the first bond issue - as ees “fnia’ wi Av. “ittee of strike leaders called of the councili:held on last Friday | * 7 ) x ' cS tdi “or eat irs > Patan on the Cnief of police Friday. to de- — evening. In fatt the meeting, if kot against the reds as he did a year ago An autopsy will be performed on | for the purpose that the government ' Ogpsrpues ot. pee S d that he di i 1e ou | is .Fomaras were’ interrupted: by at the Bismarck convention. But| the body of Mrs. Sarah T. Maillef- | bas authorized, and is recognized as man at he discontinue the outrage-| yack Jones. laborite. who had to be |'t Could be called, lasted only ten min- ' the direct result of the Kello t ' | lous treatment of the strikers. The ae Kring a re > utes. The offgers had nothing to re- Paul Smith, representing the A. F.| er, the last victim to die. The | é ef ‘ gz note. ! FEN pS hat Dp y e deputy speaker. ‘ of L., more than made up for Ely’s | Luis. Morones, minister’ of com- p sed to see that peaceful! no Right Hon. C. P. Trevel in- | POFt- other six victims were women em- |; by sickoting is parenitio®\thithe ices. |, ; oe yan in Those meetitigs cost money as the desire for peace at any price. It is a Aas |merce and labor, and head of the nh : 10.000 PRIDE iF HL SG ate Occ SBN faith’ in his itiated the debate on the Chinese delegates are paid anything from one question, however, as to whether the ployed in painting luminous watch- Federation of Labor, speaking for the orn ’ : promises. All say that they will a situation, at the same time repudiat- to five dollarstfor attending them. But delegates understood just what Smith dials. Their custom of wetting | Calles government, assured the Amer- To. BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION tinue the picketing whether. permitted ing any desire to attack the govern- it is apparent: that Harry Sendiaen and | ¥45 driving at because he made an] their brushes with their lips was be- | ican chamber of commerce in an ad- ain s | a ae ment, because all parties of the house his machine care nothing for expense. impartial attack against the ku klux | lieved the means the subtile poison | dress to them that the Calles govern- ney > a Th were agreed on the gravity of the sit- Jensen’s excuse for not announcing klan, the + open shoppers and the| was introduced into their systems. {ment would combat the Communists. ton (Special to The Daily Worker) | e Usual Bunk. | oe and the duty of the govern- the vote was that the tabulation com- Workers Party. aes peer eee eee — — ——— —— r PEORIA. Ill.. June 21.—The 10,000 Curlee bosses are spreading the ' ment to take steps to protect the lives In one breath he declaimed abnst | baare y Hh, J : : ba mittee was not yet ready to make its agamist | air privately maintained gunmen of the | Usual line of bunk thru the St: Louis |of its nationals. report. It should not take the com-| ‘the horrors of a dictatorship of tne REVOLT AGAINST SIGMAN MACHINE » Illinois Bankers’ Association were pres neaurg papers—-Such as that the He continued, however, that it was| mittee longer than a few hours to workers and in the next spoke of the) as one of re polgnians saboes of grati- te, ce Dharceticadyth nt 4 apt ows necessary to inquire into the indus-|count the votes cast by 36 or 40 plans “ the A. ta L. for putting on | IN THE I. a G. W. U. GROWS AS tio. cation of the annual conven- » VLC. trial situation, especially the employ-|locals in the city. a grand membership drive. And if the 0 — tion of the bankers held in Peoria Ng a : stuff, | ment of children, and argued that it Postpone Next Meeting. strengthening of the organization is! LOCALS GIVE AID T LEFT WINGERS of this week. They seemed to think | 45 tad. cre at the two Curlee shops|wa. not to British interests that The progressive ¢arpenters smell a not to give the workers more power to} RES ae A The that the querter of a million dotars no Fee remy a ‘ larger dividends should accrue by the|rat. It is also significant that the | dictate what is the good of it, any-| (Special to The Daily Worker) . they are spending on this army to e strike is being conducted by | exploitation of cheap Chinese labor. (Continued on page 2) way? | | sas arty put down losses by bank robbers of oo pre ae ids Clothing Workers of __.| There was but’ little mention made | NEW YORK CITY, June 21.—The revolt against the yellow “socialist! , merica. -on.| Sigman machine in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union i mam : about a third of a million are a good of the politica] situation at the con g n is wud investment. The force is three MINE BLAST TAKES LIVES OF THREE vention. The idea seemed to prevail! growing. Local No. 89, of thettalian Dressmakers’ Union, has withdrawn times the size of the state’s nation- Ford Plans Mine Project. COAL D that about all that could be accom-| its representatives from the committee appointed to “try” the jeft wingers. Go al guard and like other lt as PAUL, Minn., June 21. ve The IGGERS AT WALSENBURG, COLO. plished along political lines was to Local No. 41 adopted unanimously a resolution condemning the joint P = Aogal bradecrery§ port ae , pa peg odig mg gp porate me. re 2 gh At ‘Nntact) board and upholding the executives of the three suspended locals. | , et more a : . Oe : iron ore on a large scale along with WALES Y RS. Cane, June St--Three mmers: were Ee and two time. mc Hi ver Rompe gare A mnqting. of the dap pholemes f.qnved. for SUNY ONG See Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or| the development of power and the ac-| ®*"ers injured in a mine explosion at Gordon, six miles northwest of here,| -otary of the federation were re-elect, Manhattan Lyceum, which will organize the administration of union affairs si two will make a better Communist of | quisition of one of the best harbors| "®Ports here today said. The explosion, the cause of which ham not been) oq Grand Forks was selected as the | in shope, the sattiomont @ grievantes, ete.. under contre! of the eneeuiaay arly you, | on Lake Superior, determined, cocurred late yesterday. The bodies hav been recovered. | next convention city, of Locals 2, 9 and 22, j . . - ; :
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a ees £3 ’ Ps ee" a Hees ) wlike jie # my a tas at 3 “ - | ih, “ as , % one 7 * = P ® a - 5 eats OR: Me r . ol f a“) 3 giMe, ie +. L r x cm « = 5 $ —— - SOCIALIST SLUGGERS BEAT TEN INION DELEGATES AT SHAM Ni Y. FUSION CONFAB; MANY WITHDRAW , (Special to The NEW YORK, J Algernon Lee, badly beaten. By WILLIAM WEINSTONE. une 21.—Socialist sluggers, led by chairman used violence against labor union delegates at the ‘sham labor fusion conference held here. Daily Worker) Ten delegates were ne SHE DAILY FOREIGNER DEFENDING CHINESE!’ COOLIE IN SHANGHAI TURNS TO BE MEMBER SOVIET SERVICE By SINBAD. (Special to The Dally Worker) ¢ had been using and attempted to wrench it from his grasp. The American loath to commit such SHANGHAI, China, (By Mail.)—The Astor House is a Shabghat hotel and it had the honor of being the scene of a proceeding rarely witnessed here. Yesterday a lady, a foreigner, had witnessed the beating of a ricsha coolie in front of the Astor House by a Sikh. She did not pass by on the other side of the street but she advanced towards the Sikh, took hold of the club he Her efforts were in vain for the time being but in a few minutes an American was passing by and she ordered to take the club from the Sikh. an unforeign act hesitated an instant Mi Buried with La Fe Labor Goes Marching o dle Class Hopes Are ORS - , ‘ ft By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Garment chest. Delegate Lupo, of Local Union No. 38, International Ladies’ orkers’ Union, was kicked and struck in the head and He received ambulance attention. Nine others were so severely kicked that they required the but at last he acceeded to the only humane demand, At last the Sikh was disarmed and by this time all the compatriots of the beaten coolie were gathering into attention of physicians. Belta Altschuler, of Local Union No. 43, was broken. of the Milliners, was thrown down the stairs. One of her fingers Union Delegates Expose Fake. Many socialist delegates protested against these acts of violence. The prominent Brooklyn socialist, Jacques Cornell left the convention in _ protest against the steam roller vio- lence. Thirty-five trade union fraternal delegates issued a declaration which said: “The Labor Fusion Conference is a fraud. It is not a labor fusion conference, but a socialist conference. We came because the convention call declared the conference would be held for political unity of labor, but we found that the socialist party officials controlled the conference, unseated ten labor delegates, without cause, and refused to discuss labor unity and a real conference for a labor unity ticket and a labor party.” “Therefore we will not further par- ticipate in the convention.” Thirty-five Withdraw. The statement was signed by eigh- teen delegates from locai untons, in- cluding the Furriers’ International, four locals, and the Milliners, Food Workers, and Shoe Workers unions, and seventeen delegates representing workmen circles and other fraternal organizations. The violence arose because the reso- lutions committee refused to read the resolation proposed by two labor dele- gates from the Ladies’ Garment Work- ers Local No. 38 and the Milliners Union Local No. 43, calling for a real conference and a united labor ticket. The chairman refused to hear discus- sion, the delegates protested, and the socialists called in sluggers after re- fusing to read to the conference the statement referred to above. Communists Demand United Front. Workers in the gallery were astounded at the violent methods used by the socialists. The Workers (Com- munist) Party did not send represent- atives to the convention, but sent an open letter. The Workers Party has issued a declaration denouncing the violence and fraud of the socialists and supporting the labor candidates in their demands for a united labor ticket. The convention was packed with socialist party delegates, whc were so great in number that the creden- tials committee did not read the names and organizations of delegates seated, as this would show that ihe so-called union representation, except those mentioned above, were socialist labor bureaucrats. Dodge Discussion. The convention was opened by Lee, who acted as temporary chairman. The chairman appointed the commit- tees, which were composed entirely of socialists, such as Gerber. The resolutions committee reported. The only business until ten o'clock was a resolution introduced by a socialist, supporting Sigman in the needle trades situation. This was not report- ed out by the committee on the ground that it was not the business of the convention The same action was taken on a resolution regarding political prison- ers in Soviet Russia. m oom cases the socialists feared discussion on the resolutions. Socialist Pleads for Supreme Court. The socialist Seidel, former assem- blyman, defended the supreme court decision on the Gitlow case on the grounds that the government acted correctly. He said the case was not one of free speech. A delegate from the Carpenters Union defended Gitlow because Gitlow calls for the rule of the workers. Fol- lowing his speech the convention adopted a resolution defending free speech and against the supreme court ruling. The convention will nominate as or some other reactionary. SOLDIERS CRUSH CHILEAN REVOLT IN HOT BATTLE by Artillery (Special to The Daily Worker) SANTIAGO, Chile, Jifnme 21.—An- gered by the suppression of two Com- munist newspapers at Iquique; capital of the province of Tarapaca, strikes and factory seizures began among the Chilean workers in the’ nitrate fields on June 6th. The soldiery went at the workers brutally and a veritable massacre resulted, from 500. to 1,000 killed being given in various uncon- firmed reports. The Chilean government declared martial law on June 5th and dis- patched all available troops to the scene. Machine gunners from a Chile- an cruiser were landed and artillery sent against the workers. Two prov- inces, Tarapaca and Antofagasta, were placed under military rule. Plants seized by the workers com- prised the Coruna, Felisa, Gloria, San- ta Luisa, Ponte Verdra, Basrenchea, Marouscia and the Argentiffa. Revolt Spreads. The Coruna plant was seized first. A council was established and that night thirty armed men advanced to the Felisa plant, where they surround- ed the manager's officé and compelled the delivery of all arms, ammunition and horses. Augmenting their strength to 150 men .or more, the workers proceeded to the capture of the Santa Luisa and the Ponte Verdra plants. The troops after a score of pitched battles and scattered actions succeed- ed in occupying most of the plants, but at the Coruna plant the soldiery brought up heavy artillery and fired it with great destructive results upon the plant before dislodging the work- ers. The Coruna workers fought to the last. Troops Massacre Prisoners. Ugly rumors not permitted to be printed by the Chilean government say that only about thirty workers were killed in action, but that after some 400 were taken prisoner they were butchered by the military. Un- der the state of siege prevailing, only by some of the workers escaping from the nitrate fleld region can the truth Seized Factories Retaken! a menacing purpose—full crowd. The coolie who had been merciless- ly beaten struck at the Sikh and as a result a red welt appeared across his face. This was too much for the Skih and he beat a hasty retreat. A word about this promiscous beat- ing of a coolie. There is no reason that warrants this wanton action on the part of the Sikh. The servile at- titude of the coolie coupled with the knowledge that all the forces of im- perialism are behind him, the Sikh, is the provocation that is acted on. Yes- terday’s action should go down in the annals of Shanghai history as practic- ally the only time that a foreigner defended the cause of the coolie in the way that that woman did. Anxious to know who this rare per- son was I followed her with my eyes and to my surprise I saw her enter- ing the Soviet consulate. I wended my steps there likewise and my in- quiries resulted in the fact that she was in the Soviet diplomatic service. Funeral Today of Paul Bernhard, Victim in Wreck The funeral of Paul Bernhard and his wife, who were killed in the Lack- awanna wreck near Hackettstown, last week, will be held Monday, June 22, from 6904 Roosevelt Road, Oak Park, Ill. Comrade Bernhard was a member of the Workers Party, his connection with the revolutionary political move- ment dating back to 1890 when he joined in Germany. He was for many years active in the socialist party, taking part as a left wing delegate up to the time of the split of 1919, ana later being involved but not appre- hended in the trial against the Com- munist Labor Party. He was an ac- tive member of Machinists’ Union No. 266, and of the Workmen's Sick ana Death Benefit Fund. The later or- ganization is conducting the funeral and William F. Kruse will speak in English. Speakers in: German and Bohemian will represent other work- ing class organizations of which the deceased couple were members. Plebiscite Commission Complete. WASHINGTON, June 21—The United States has been notified by the Peruvian government that Man- uel de Freyre Santander has been chosen theiir representative on the Tacna-Arica plebiscite commission which is to act in the dispute between Chile and Peru. His appointment completes the personnel of the com- mission. The United States has named General J. J. Pershing as presi- dent of the commission and the Chil- ean government has named Dr. Aug- ustin Edwards. —— Subscribe for the DAILY be found out. WORKER. CHINA DEFEA (Continued from page 1.) eign troops demands sharply that prompt settlement be made for the murders of the students shot down on May 30 and since. Only by such prompt and satisfactory action can the present unrest in China be solved, The note takes issue with the pow- ‘ers regarding the Hankow trouble, | where the British consul had preyP ously to fire on rioters the troops’ rifies would be fired into the air.. Because | sanguinary clash at Hankow. assured the foreign commis- sioner that if it was found necessary WORKERS AND STUDENTS OF T EFFORTS OF MERCHANTS TO SURRENDE , - _——~— Had British Consent, Claim. Regarding the Kiukiang clash, with subsequent damage, the Chinese claim this was incidental to the extinguish- ing of a fire in the Taiwan bank build- ing. the note atehen: J ») The Chunkiang clash occurred after Students had obtained permission from the British consul to hold a parade, The note says. The consul also agreed tO recall the arms issued to the police, it is claimed. Blame Foreigners. Except for the MacKenzie killing, _of this China insists that the British | ich-has not been solved, China tn- candidate for mayor Meyer London, | accept the full responsibility for the Bists that 4ll the other Shanghat: in- eidents arose from the failure to ob- What is happening In China? Russia's attitude towards China? Chinese rebellion? League. Committee. Admission will be free. THE CHINESE REVOLT WILL BE EXPLAINED AT MASS MEETING —— — Why are the Chinese masses in revolt against the British, Japanese and American governments? The meeting will be held under the auspices of the United Front! ania Workers are urged to attend this meet- ing and demonstrate against the oppression of the Chinese by the United | mark, no quote. States eovernment as well as by those of Britain, France, !taly and Japan. Regs Hee _ _ asin What is Soviet What is the character of the present | These and other questions will be answered next Wed- | nesday evening by speakers competent to discuss the Chinese situation at a mass meeting in North West Hall, corner of Western and North avenues, next Wednesday evening, June 24 at 8 p. m. The speakers will be William F. Dunne, editor of the DAILY WORKER, who is now writing a series of articles entitled, “The Enslavement of China” for that paper; Henry Philips, organizer of the American Negro Labor Con- gress, and Manuel Gomez, secretary of the All-American Anti-Imperialist | » tain a prompt settlement of the ortg- imal clash. Chinese delegates representing for- ty-eight colleges Saturday sent a dep- utation to the minister of war and the foreign office demanding that the Chinese government immediately sever relations with Great Britain. FOREIGN EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, June 21.—Great Brit- ain, pound, demand, $4.86: cable, $4.86%4. France, franc, demand, 4.714¢c; cable, 4.72c. Belgium, franc, demand, 4.67c; cable, 4.67%c. Italy, lira, demand, 3.79%4c; cable, 3.79%4c. Sweden, krona, demand, 26.73c; cable, 6.76c. Norway, krone, demand, 16.97c; 16.98c. Denmark, krone, de- mand, 19.15c; cable, 19.17c. German Shanghal, tael, de- 77.1244c; cable, 78.00c. mand, IRON WORKERS Victory to Have Far- Reaching Effect (Special to the DAILY WORKER.) BULLETIN. PHILADELPHIA, June 21. — The Delaware bridgé strike was won yes- terday afternoon under the leadership of Earl Calvert, organizer, of Brook- lyn, Local 361. Four hundred iron workers start working today. The victory is expected to affect many jobs under construction by the Ame- rican Bridge company. *> * *® Tie Up Big Job. PHILADELPHIA, (By Mall.)—Four hundred structural iron workers tied up the great Delaware river bridge when the American Bridge company refused to grant the men an increase of 15 cents per hour.. The strikers are holding out solidly and have se- cured the assistance of an organizer from the Structural Iron Workers’ Union to help them conduct the strike. Most of the men are non-union, but a good bunch of militants who are members of the union have succeeded in convincing the men that they are entitled to union rates., The American Bridge! company, a well-known anti-un ‘corporation, made several offers to, the strikers which were prow: ps | nara down. First they asked the nh to go back to work for a week til the com- pany makes a decisi@m on their de- mands, this not ha ‘the desired effect, the company announced a bonus system for the, ,riveters. Both propositions were tricks on e part of the company first to break the spirit of rebellion by stalling it off for a week or more and the second to divide the riveters ‘from the other men. | Speed-up System. The riveters laughed at the bonus proposition, the union men among them know its full significance and all the others realize that this is an open speed-up system that can only result in more accidents for the work- ers. The great bridge has claimed three iron workers as its victims so far, and all the men recall the inci- dents leading to the deaths of L. Con- nors, A. Murphy, and J. YVeite. There was no discussion on accepting the bonus system. It was turned down unanimously. The present scale of the iron work- ers is $1.10 per hour and the demand is $1.25. The strike is in its third day and no scabs have been secured and the strikers realize that no scabs are likely to take their places. The Delaware River bridge will be the world’s largest suspension bridge when completed. It is being con- structed by the American Bridge com- pany under its usual open shop basis. Waiting For Opportunity. There are well over 900 men em- ployed on the great. structure all working on the open shop basis, but many carrying union cards and no doubt like the iron workers, just wait- ing for an opportunity to organize and strike. Due to the lack of contact between the workers of the various trades em- ployed on the bridge, no sympathetic strike was possible. The result is that about 500 men are working on the bridge while the iron workers are striking and getting their forces or- ganized. The bridge is due to be completed for July, 1926, which still leaves about a year’s work to be completed. Bad Working Conditions. The working conditions on the bridge are extremely dangerous and undesirable in many other respects and the company has had great diffi- culty securing experienced workers. ' The strikers pointtout that the 'New York union scale {s $1.50 and if ithe American Bridge Co. delays very jlong in granting $1.25 they will be |up against a demand for the New | York union scale. | A. Calvert, organizer from Local 361, Brooklyn, is giving all the | No. ‘assistance to the strikers at present ‘and arrangements are being made to (hold meetings of the strikers. | Harry Collins, the chairman of the istrike committee expresses the senti- ment of the strikers when he states that not a single man will go back to work until the company grants the full demands. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will make a better ODAY, more than the remains of Senator LaFollette are laid to rest in a Madison, Wis., grave. Middle class hopes for an effective struggle in behalf of its interests, at least for the time being, are also buried. No one appears to’ take up LaFollette’s mantle. No greater proof of the one-man movement that LaFollette developed, and that he sought to transform into a bourgeois third party. Another apostle of small business, catering to the official fringe of the labor movement, may arise at some time in the future, when the petty bourgeoisie again goes on the warpath. But LaFollette’s death now makes it easier for those who followed him, especially the members of the U. S. senate and house of representatives, to desert even the weakened struggle that the Wisconsin senator led during the fading years of his life. * oc: @: 2 There is, for instance, Senator Wheeler, of Montana, vice-presidential candidate on the LaFollette ticket. Wheeler is back safe and comfortable in the democratic party. Senator Borah, head of the republican committee on for- eign relations, is closer to Wall Street than ever. He for- gets his gprs gas for the recognition of the Soviet Union, and joins the whole Coolidge administration in its imperial- ist attack on Mexico's sovereign rights. Senator Johnson, of California, never recovered from his support of Newberry, the Michigan multi-millionaire, who bought his senate seat. Senator Brookhart, of lowa, and the two senators from North Dakota, Ladd and Frazier, are protesting their repub- lican regularity, altho the two latter are or to be non- partisan leaguers. Senator Norris, of Nebraska, is not worthy of mention, while in Minnesota, it is declared that Magnus Johnson will try to get back into the senate by run- ning in the republican primaries and capturing the G. O. P. nomination, instead of sticking to the Farmer-Labor Party. Even LaFollette’s governor of Wisconsin, Blaine, is flirting with the Coolidge administration. Note his presence at the recent Coolidge love feast at St. Paul. e *. * * Thus LaFollette’s death will accomplish an exposure of all these political careerists who have been riding into power since the war on the discontent of the city workers and poor farmers. The reactionary labor officialdom has kept great masses of the rank and file in line with the promise that LaFollette and his kind would get something for them. Even the “socialist” party took up this siren song in its anti-Com- munist campaign and as part of its efforts to make itself appear “respegtable.” It was more than a coincidence that LaFollette’s remains should be borne on their way from Washington to Wisconsin while Eugene V. Debs was in Min- nesota trying to breathe life into the ashes of the “socialist” party organization in that state, Debs does not yet know that the party he sponsored has passed away. . . Sa 2 These developments in the American political situation must clarify the struggle for great masses of workers and poor farmers. Labor beholds its “friends” completely desert to the camp of the enemy. The class cleavage becomes more distinct. The battle lines in the class war are clearer. This cannot help but result in the strengthening of the class organizations of the workers and poor fanmers; in proving the truth of every declaration made by the Workers (Com- munist) Party in its efforts to arouse and organize Amer- ica’s workers for class conscious action, politically and indus- trially. - * * 7 . With its “friends” unmasked as allies of its enemies, labor will depend more upon its power, building the trade unions into more effective weapons of combat, creating the Labor Party for the united front political srtuggle. During the closing period of his life LaFollette also turned “red baiter” in his attack on the June 17th, 1924, Farmer-Labor Conference in St. Paul. But LaFollette passes. Others of his kind pass, discredited and forgotten, and labor is won from the fake nostrums they espouse. Only the Commun- ist struggle for power lives and grows and marches forward to the victory. of Negroes. sold. ARREST 2 MORE COMMUNISTS IN SPEECH FIGHT Successful Meetings Held Thruout City mersmark spoke on the corner Kedzie Ave. and 22nd St., and D. Ave. against their when officer reactionary Kelly, of the “flivv The two Workers (Communist) Party speakers, Barney Mass, acting national secretary of the Young Work- ers League and Karl Reeve, of the editorial staff of the DAILY WORK- ER, who were arrested Saturday night while conducting an open air meeting on the corner of North Ave. and Orchard St., will appear in the Chicago Avenue police court this morning. They were released after eleven o'clock on $50.00 bond, charged with “speaking on the street without a permit,” altho the ordinance under which the arrests were made, No. -_- placed him under arrest. arrested Reeve wha attempted mount the platform. crowd to disperse “Get away now, od. The police admitted that ft w Tomorrow eighteen members of the Workers (Communist) Party, and the Young Workers League arrested in the free speech fight on the same cor- | ner last week, will come before Judge | A ‘iner’s Harbor, Staten Island, Morgan at the Chicago Ave. court un- killed by an explosion in the lighte der the same charge. tanks which blew his body to bi NEW. YORK, June 21—Frederi |Valderbilt, fireman of the lighter Salvager for the Staten Isla Excellent meetings were conducted by the Workers Party on various cor- by workmen in the vicinity of t Louis Engdahl editor of the DAILY | WRKER, spoke to a large crowd. | Many copies of the DAILY WORKER were sold. Abe Harris spoke on be- half of the Young Workers League. On the South Side, at 30th and State St., Robert Minor, noted Com- munist cartoonist and writer, and E. “investigation” of R. R. WASHINGTON, June 21.—The p state Commerce Commission of t financing and management of the C ship will begin within the next t Communist of you. oo L. Doty spoke to a large audience " | days, it was learned here. All the literature was William F. Kruse and Sam Ham- Early spoke at 12th St. and St. Louis Karl Reeve had finished his speech, and Barney Mass was talking of the fight of the progressive Illinois miners officials squad” at the Hudson Ave., police sta- tion, stepped out of his car and tried to stop the’ meeting. Comrade Mass refused to discontinue his-speech, and Kelly took him from the platform and Kelly then With drawn club, Kelly ordered the I'll split your heads open,” he order- because Of complaints of the business men’s association that the arrests were made. | The-Work ‘Orkers Party will hold an-. other meeting on the corner of North 3703, was declared unconstitutional | and Orehard next Saturday night. by the state supreme court many oo years ago. Explosion Tears Worker in Bits. steam Shipbuilding Company yards at Mar- was The force of the explosion was felt ners of the city in spite of the police lighter and injured other workmen interference. On the corner of Divi-| who had to be taken to the hospital. sion St., and Washtenaw Ave. J. | ae liminary investigation by the Inter- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad prior to its being placed in a receiver- of BE. er to or as ck nd r’s ts. he re- he hie en Over “Security” Pact ' BERLIN, Germany, June 21—Thd@ German cabinet is faced with a crisia over the decision on France’s note on the proposed “security pact” between the allies and Germany. The German nationalist party, representing th German capitalists, is opposed to ac ceptance of the conditions lald down by France’s note. Foreign Mi Stresemann, however, has made known that he will resign unless he is successful in securing a “security pact.” The French note, made pubic in yr full here, declares that France will he } ? a party to no treaty with Germany, unless the Versailles and other previ ous treaties are fully observed, and unless the authority of the leaghe of nations is recognized by Germany. If Germany agrees to a treaty with the allies the government will be forced to join the league, controlled by the allied powers, and submit to further chains imposed by the French and British imperialists. France Would Use Force. France and England have come td a private agreement that France will be allowed to make war against Ger- many if Poland’s frontiers are threat- ened, England agreeing to war only if the Rhineland frontier is threatened by the Germans. The article of the league of nations to which the nationalists and a portion of the democratic party object—article sixteen—declares that when a member nation goes to war without submit- ting a dispute to arbitration, it shall be deemed an act of war against ali other member nations. | France would flave thé right to march troops thru Germany to her eastern Polands frontiers, and to this the German bourgeois parties object. German-French Trade Treaty. The German and French capitalists, meanwhile, have signed a trade agree- ment, whereby the German steel trust, including the Krupps, the Phoenix group, and the steel magnate Florian Kloeckner, permits 'Freneu and Luz- embourg irom concerns to import 1,700,000 tons of half ready iron to Germany at 50 per cent of the regular tariff rate. The contract also provides that the French shall supply German indus- tries with iron at the market price prevailing in the world’s chief mar- kets. The steel and iron industry of Ger- many is given a monopoly of the man- ufacture of the imported “half ready” ware. , Harry Jensen F ails to Give Results of Election Count (Continued from Page 1) next regular meeting was postponed. This means that the next meeting of the council will be held a week from next Friday, when, according to the constitution, the elected officers are to be installed. It is expected that Jensen will announce his re-election and that of his machine and it will then be too late for the local unions to protest effectively. Knifing the Progressives. It is rumored that one of the out side business agents who ran on the progressive ticket was elected. Tho Harry Jensen claimed on the eve- ning of the election that he was re elected by about a 2,000 majority as last year, it is now reported that Frank Stahl is only 400 votes behind Jensen. This, despite Duell’s candi- dacy, who was secretary supported by the Brim’s crowd, Brim, a former president of the council was candidate for vice-president on the progressive slate. It is reported that his follow- ers knifed Stahl, who would have been elected by a big majority but for Duell’s action in splitting the j progressive ticket. The present warden, a soak by the f name of Osterhouse, admitted. that Westerberg is 800 votes ahead of hin. At the last district council meeting trims moved that Osterhouse be giv- an a two weeks’ vacation with pay in recognition of his services at the dis- trict council meetings. Osterhouse is one of Jensen's thugs. Progressive carpenters point* out that the action of the Jensen machine in holding back the vote shows that there is dirty work afoot and that the gang is preparing to count the . full reactionary slate into office with the aid of reactionary local union offi- cials. The progressives should be on their guard. “Discuss” Wreck Fatal to 47, NEW YORK, June 21. — Circum- stances having to do with recent wreck of an excursion train on the Lackawanna railroad at Rockport, N. J.. in which forty-seven persons were killed, were discussed today at «a meeting in the D. L. & W. offices in Hoboken, attended by Representatives of the railroad, the interstate com-— merce commission and the New Jersey public service commission.
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1 Commun- A. A. Purcell, of the general council | The income ived f busi includi fit ale f real ééTy? e 99 f T d C 7 found Harry Aep—a rea . A. | ouncil | e income received from business, including profits on sales of rea bh M | | 0 rades ounct ist, 76 years old. of the Trades Union Congress, and| estate, stocks, bonds, etc., jumped from $5,258,250,071 in 1922 to $8,095,614,926 Distur ing orats , He lives alone and altho pe dl igna FADER OF president of the International Federa-| jn 1923, an-increase of 54 per cent. Taking business income and property ahing pay F By CARL HAESSLER, does his own cooking, can hobble to a | tion of Trade Unions, speaking on the| income together, we discover a combined increase of $5,212,704,011,. approx. NEW YORK, June —The two eye ey the SEC Aerts Bee. FO fo. 5 Caer wae eid: imately 5 times the increase in salaries and wages reported membere of. the. See “Of course such a decision means| neighbors. His mind was active as IN lA S aT OE “The appeal of the Chinese workers gf Bes : B, te p 2. ; Se ~ ’ League of New York, Comrades Jer nothing,” is the considered retort of |@8 @ young man’s, deeply interested calls for “immediate action on our usiness and Property Income ; ome Brand and Zolten Friedman, who , in the workers of the world; just part, and Tf t their appeal will re- The changes in income from salaries, wages, business and property| were arrested for distributing May Free, Patrick F. Sullivan, Chieago now keen about the great doings in sult in enepgétic steps being taken| Since 1918 when reports first covered all net income over $1,000 are shown| Day leaflets in front of high schools, , bullding trades council, to the ludic-| ching. by the general council of the T. U.C.,| as follows: have been found gullty and will be rously onesided opinion. of Federal Reading Daily Worker: commensur with our estimate of Income Wages, et. Business Property sentenced in a few days. ’ Judge Page on the question whether; +; found him reading the latest Had Aavesd. to Make sonata om a working class 1918 $ 8,267,391,550 $4,630,455,322 $4.847.914.601 | te marae Yomngy nos Ta pee , union craftsmen shall further tolerate | nary WORKER, and he had the 1919 10,755,692,651 6,708,344,984 4,973,648,190 enced is gener rior-union men on the job in violation) »oon's file neatly piled beside the Agreement with British It it a question so serious that 1920 15,270,373,354 5,927,327,538 5 492.568.961 “dragnet provision” and covers amy- of the contractor’s agreement. lamp. He bought five $100 #ibs for . ee CeReOe, pro. 1921 13,813,169,165 4,170,363,591 5,345,249, 176 hing Saat other: awe Oe ee ' When the union unanimously decid-/§5 99, He said he would’ do ‘thission- By ESTHER LOWELL, ee 1922 13,393,992,791 5,258,250,071 5,919,665,492 probably passed immesheey am ‘ Sy ER “Clearly, pean and American oi aan gag eas mee ane Eagy Beas: iN revolutionary war. It holds persons 6d to enforce the union shop clause in k ith th ards sendin (Federated Press.) ; "78 807 | | their reement with the Building ee ade: hs tht ci - militarism are already involved in an 1923 14,776,807,456 8,096,614,926 8,235,004,648 who act “contrary to the public peace, ’ ehdiaadined Employers’ Assn the them where they will do the most NEW YORK, June 21.—Chitta Ran- attempt i ee the Chinese worker's The amounts collected from the public in dividends, interest, rents and or seriously disturbing the public } contractors ran to Judge Page aan an good. re P sseities jan Das, member of the All-India| efforts meliorate, in however|royalties in 1923 were the highest ever recorded. Dividends amounted | peace or public health, or public mor i interpretation. Ea ec seal mg Boa i a NG sia Trade Union Congress executive com-| slight a dealt the industrial condi-| to $3,559,924,264 compared with $2,664,219,081 in 1922, $2,735,845,795, in 1925 and| als,” guilty of heinous offense. The Page Obeyed Contractors. caption of an old time German news- mittee and president in 1923 6f the| tinos forcib posed by a soulless} $2,448,749,244 in 1918, an increase of 44 per cent in 5 years. Interest| law calls for a penalty of either one The unions took no part in the in-|paper published in Lincoln, Nebraska. | Indian trade union congress, leader of capitalism. fe sa, amounted to $2,762,866,525 compared with $2,030,517,413 in 1922 and $1,403.- eon oF Sa ae ME of . - : tore mon re . ‘ terpretation farce except to notify One can not imagine what a torch the ithe Indian Swaraj (Freedom) move- A ave onditions. 485,691 1918, an increase of 97 per cent. Rents and royalties totalled $1,- 7 . edie ree years Page in advance that they did not ac-|DAILY WORKER will be in these | ment, has died. The conditions set up by the | 912,213,859 compared with $1,224,928,998 in 1922 and $975,679,666 in 1918 an Shows Fear of Working Class cept him as umpire and that the mat-|dark reactionary strongholds, ‘of | the Das was mayor of Calcutta at his Shanghai milowners,” continued Mr. | increase of ¥6 per cent The Young Workers League will : ter was specifically excepted from ar-}mine and oil kings. death and his party held 78 out of ashing a to a nicety with Millionaire’s Incomes not be frightened by this effort on the , bitration by the joint agreement. Page Rock Springs Meeting. 84 seats in the Calcutta municipal as- road strokes. . .” And of course, bey mare # k ith Ih x them an auto saleswoman and the NEW HAVEN. Conn. June 21. remaining strikers. his candidacy went up in smoke. That | the movie reviewer will never give the | | Young Wor we ‘ ave pre Fay other a telephone operator being|_— Be eae ae The Star Shoe Co. which has 40 men | and the K. K. K. helped to keep the |™ass credit for possessing any kind | peugyde Fae Oe 8 ae ° . t ted f k Monday evening the national guard ; + ee ee ne ; » helps me very much. His name is Coolidge Official, ip nego “0s Perl Bl, of Connecticut respunded to a state |°Ut on strike has so far only succeed-|G. 0. P. on the elephant’s back. Oil hay |f 4 mind. cd and together, we make a tour ’ wo died from fatal infections from est. anticipating the gen- ed to keep three’scabs on the job and | won a victory. Big business has won. “ . . It is subject matter which | ~ os a eps Pack Tool, Gets inor injuri bookk mobilization test, pating the g of these clubs telling the members ' acKers ool, e minor injuries, one a boo wee sd and eral July 4th test thruout the country. the boss, Mr. Berliner, expressed his| The government has won by having | will fail deplorably particularly in | stacient ; Cominunions Just lately we Soft Job fr T st ve beclateiig's sted tah bey. Hn € the 4160 |T28e against the successful pickets by | jost. sthaller communities or in houses oth- |, ee: sie om ru falls, one a janitress and the other a |!™ three hours 80 per cent of the havi he G , | | were kicked out of one of these clubs , aving the General Organizer, Frank *“ * * er than first-run and it is a serious |. cook. state militiamen responded at 24 mo-|_,, Liberty, arrested on some flimsy | cg oN . r and told not to come there any more. > WASHINGTON, June 21.—(FP)— A chambermaid was killed tn an ele- | bilization centers thruout the state. pretext Tuesda aes “Caamed hie | HERE is much more in Harry Sin- gee just how well the picture | (py the way, I would like to men- : Chas. J. Brand, former pet of the Chi-| yator accident and a nurse died. of| 1” New Haven, the ringing of the|) oo 4) help ' Bhat Gb the Pog clair’s victory that is to be obser- |™ stand up in pear ens. | tion the fact here, that one of these 7 ‘ cago packers and “inside” boss in the | erysipelas contracted from a patient..|te bell 15 times threw the city into| 2. o¢ the shom, Mf. Canusi Smeal ved on the surface. It shows that big; “The story, such as it is, is pre-|c¢jybs ig a club in name only. Other- bureau of markets, department of ag-| 4 telephone operator was asphyxiated |#" uproar, and many thought as they club . ray ae | business is in the saddle in Amer-}sented as a sort of dream and in the wise, ft is a gambling joint.) And | riculture, has resigned to become ex-| py escaping gas and a woman car |5#W soldiers hurrying through the lea and that the capitalists are not |end tife composer who is in love with ‘Dining. the northern and southern | six children under 16 years, two |mantic to evict the strikers from the| .ondgering why the police did not ar-| die class is helpless and must crawl /girl, finishes of course, happily with jows with us now and when we have groups of fertilizer corporations that | mothers and a father. company tenements. eat Mr. Bertinas dnd bie brother for|°" its belly before Wall Street. The his sweetheart. But before this comes a few more, we shall be able to help dictate prices and production. The militia of Connecticut stand | heating up Canusi who was peacefully | PT°letarian army is still asleep, but |@ conglomeration of wierd, perhaps in- the Communist movement here alsd. Japan’s Emperor Worse ready to shoot down strikers and gen- picketing the shop |it will wake up. Here is the real | teresting scenes, but certainly not en- One thing you can be sure of and . . ad ¢ | | i y tertainin Neg (Fil D il le J 3 14.) - | Tt : ‘e 3 ; Get a sub for the DAILY TOKIO, June 21.—The Japanese |erally back up the big bosses. This} the manufacturers’ association, | *™**5°"'*' Of Dig business. When ths : rshyrens oPhee: | ae Se Cee We-aey = epretggge WORKER f b emperor is slightly worse, a bulletin |is the lesson of the recent mobiliza-|peing dissappointed by the desertion | sleeping labor giant wakes up, big So here we have, then, a classic And fighting proletarians, too! Soon rom your sbopmate just issued states, The emperor has ition test. frees thety raul ef the Meales and business will know that it is in for |example, of an occasional unorthodox’ we hope to add a deaf and dumb ] 2 = 2-6 ‘awe ; , > P ill 7 . . . . | » i , and you will make another mem. been physically and mentally ill tor | ° Culton shop, which had settled with areal s pad to go. 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~ QUIT FIGHT : ¢ P. of Canada Expels Prominent Member (Special to The Daily Worker) TORONTO, Ont., June 21.—The of- ficial organ of the Communist Party _of Canada—‘“The Worker’—carries an editorial asserting that for refusing td ‘carry on a policy of class struggle | while in a position of influence and; power in the miners’ union, Alem Mc- Kay has been expelled from the Com- munist Party. The editorial sets forth the reasons tor this action as follows: “No, man is greater than the Com- munist movement. No man who be- trayes the principles to which~ he pledged loyalty when he entered*the Communist Party will be allowed to stay there if he is caught seiling out. “The principles of the Communist Party are the principles of the class struggle and the proletarian evotu tion. All our work in the labor party. in the trade union movement, coope ratives, wherever we are, is to de- velop the revolutionary movement Only that is serving the historic in- | terests and mission class. Only slavery and to usher in the socialist order. “This position of the C.rrvmunist Party we proclaim in broad daylight | day in and day out. Let no foci of a government agent, capitalist editor or | labor faker claim to have made a “discovery” of the “secret” sims Oom- munists cherish when they carry on their everyday work as class con- scious fighters in the labor movement. We never “conceal” are the most glorious in history. “When, supported by his fellow Communists and left wingers into office it is on the definite understanding that any deviation from the policies of the class struggle will mean unmasking and expulsion. We are not a move ment to help men into office for their individual glory or ambition. “Individuals, no matter what their talents or connections with the trade unions may be, must serve the inter- ests of the class struggle or get out. Any other attitude on our part would be a betrayal of the workers to who we are tryinng to demonstrate the hif- ference between a revolutionist and a faker. A man cannot be a Commun- ist and a faker at one and the same time. “Alex McKay, Secretary-treasurer of District 26 in Nova Scotia has gone the way of apostacy. McKay was trusted and given an opportunity for leadership. He has betrayed this trust. He has followed the tactics of McLeod. “The Communist Party has expel- led him. The last straw was when) McKay refused to speak for the policy | of the 100 per cent strike and mass- picketing at the recent convention. The left wingers at the convention and the Communists fought for precisely this policy of mass-picketing that has been adopted three months after it should have been. The left wing has been vindicated. “McLeod was never a member of the pary and we have no direct re- sponsibility for his actions. The left- Wing will have an accounting with him later on. But we refuse to let McKay discredit the Communist Party and weaken the confidence of the rank- and-file in our leadership.” Benny elite Soon to Show What Recent Injunction Law Means The first test of the injunction lim- itation bill signed by Gov. Small, al- most the sole salvage of Illinois la- bor’s legislative program in the 1925 session, will come July 1. Chicago Cigarmakers’ Locaik. 14, of the Chicago branch, wil! seek fo have the writ modified in accordance | with the new law which forbids re- | staints on peaceful picketing and on /' quitting of work. The formerly union cigar factory of | Chicago, has a) Sullivan injunction against the local | “from | picketing or maintaining any picket | Wengler & Mandell, forbidding the union members or pickets at or near the premises of the complainant, from distributing | or displaying any notice, card, design | _— or matter in front of or in the vicinity | of the complainant’s place of business which tend to cause persous stain from entering into the com-| plainant’s employment or to abstain from dealing with the complainant or keep away from the complainant's place of business” and from doing many other peaceful and customary things when a labor dispute is on. The firm manufactures the Tom Palmer cigar, once a popular union brand, now made by scabs in Florida, but extensively sold in Chicago. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or| two will make a better Communist of you. ~~ of the workin, | that promotes tne labor! movement to proak the yoke of wage | arising discussion our aims which Leninist central party school; 2, enjoined. by | Denis Sullivan, the injunction kingpin | The Leninist Central | FTER the fifth congress, the ban) sity of a theoretical training for our party functionaries induced vari- ous sections of the Comintern to place the problem of the Leninist central party school on their agenda. For the expansion of agitprop work involved the necessity of beginning and accompanying the education of functionaries, there must not be one moment’s interruption in the living association between the scholars and the proletarian masses in thelr work places, in the shops and factories, and also in the street, where the pet- ty bourgeois atmosphere surrounds and influences the worker at every step. It is solely in this manner. that we can undertake, an effective rup- the masses of the party by the sys- |ture with the social democratic tra- tematic training of propagandist and | | ditions to which even our own ranks organizatory ri in the Commun- | have a tendency to ¢ling, traditions ist vanguard. ow is this object to} which demand that theory should be be best attained, what type of school | kept “clear” of practice within the should be created? The taught us that as far as organization | is concerned practically nothing can be accomplished for the schooling of | party functionaries by means of short improvised courses of instruction Ziv- ‘en by visiting teachers. We have beén | realizing more and more of late that the principle upon which instruction in Bolshevism is carried out must dif- fer essentially from the methods, of instruction formerly adopted by the social democratic institutions. These are however, negative conclu- sions, and must be supplemented by positive endeavors towards the estab- lishment of a_ school based on the principle of Leninism. It is to the French Communist Party that the honor falls of being the first of our sections to take the initiative in this matter, and thanks to the efforts of | this party we have already valuable ‘data on Bolshevist education at our , disposal. past has/| walls of the school at least, with the alleged object of securing the ob- _jectivity of science. The first Lenin- ist. central party school outside of Russia led an immediate attack upon this false tradition of social democ- racy, which loves to drape itself in the cloak of “purity” and of classless #cientific investigation, and chose as its motto the unity of theory and » practice. HE theory of Marxism-Leninism is “not to be presented to the prole- tarian students as a finished dogma, Af®.a recipe which they have merely to Swallow in order to become omniscient political or trade union leaders. No, the dialectic nature of Marxism-Len- inism implies of necessity that it must be experienced and felt by the fu- ture leaders of the proletariat as a “guide to action,” and the proletarian students must enter upon the com- HE object of the following is thus | based upon entirely concrete econo- chiefly to inform the international party public on the results of the en- deavors of our French comrades. The should be made part of a detailed debate on the me- thodic thematic and organizatory | ‘forms of the Leninist central party ‘schools. It need not be emphasized | that the questions raised at present can only be those pertaining to the working out of the most important | factors of this problem. Special em- phasis should be laid on the following | factors: 1. The character of the its | syllabus of instruction; 3, the method therefore, a Communist is| of instruction; 4, the forms of the school. It should be stated that the French , comrades have already accomplished pioneer work with regard to all these | points. organizatory / ated. mic historical processes in social evo- | - ee a Ds: ” “ey 4 ‘ ty tion of subjects of ins tPuction and the fixing of the order in "which they are to be studied; these are points which can only be s by experi- HE character of t ris school, as exponent —of roa demand- ed that the instructi hould deal with the daily problems encountered by the students. The subject chosen for the preliminary hours of instruc- tion was thus a discussion on the ac- tual nature of imperialism, special reference being made to phenomena closely bound up with party life. These themes had of course to be treated at first descriptively only. As soon as it was desired to explain them | isace them to school in a brief formula, we may ‘say: The extensive exposition mate- proreduiaites rial on the part of the teachers must pres history. | it became necessary ta their source, that is, the general 5 oa of the Marxist conce Up to this point ar rae in which the subjects were studied correspond- | ed to the object of the fhstruction. Difficulties arose at ‘once on the 0 go back to question of fixing the Minimum of po- | litical and economic knowledge requir- ed for a thoro compréhénsion of ac- tual problems. As neithér the amount of knowledge already Acquired by the students nor their ‘abilities were known to the teachers, the endeavor was made to open’ out as many spheres of knowledge &s possible. and to present living ideas and object les- sons in place of abstract material. But this again led t® the historical | facts of the development of society, _ Dlete consciousness that the teachings | | of our revolutionary pastmaster are | ment, etc., etc., of the bourgeoisie, ofthe labor move- until ‘the question of imperialism once more arose as lead- ing factor, and had of necessity to lution, and have thus attained univer- | be split up again into the hundreds sal validity of application, whilst at of different aspects and various rep- the same time they are to be verified | resentations of the main characteris- and preserved by that same revolu-| tionary actuality in which they origin- ation renders it imperatively neces- sary that the Bolshevist party itself tics of Leninism, of the role played | by the C. L, of the essential character This confirmation and preserv- | of the Soviet state, and so forth. The ‘result of such a syllabus of instruc- tion has been however, so far as we and its functionaries are becoming | can judge from observations up to familiar with the economic historical | 'the present: 1. A tremendous over- circumstances and situations of a s80- | burdening of the scholars with new cial process, down to the smallest de- | volutionary influence. knowledge and thoughts, and 2, in tail, in order to exercise effective re-' _ consequence of this a neglect of the problems of the utmost importance The general formulas forming the| to the French party. ,, principles of the educational work un- dertaken by our French have been based approximately upon ' these views. In order to put these. | principles into practice, the Paris, 's¢hdool states it to be its chief en- | deavor to avoid the teaching of dead HE character of the school is the |, yowiedge to its students, and to ac- first point for consideration. There is no doubt that in Bolshevist meth- ods of education the center of gravity lies in the activity of the scholars taught, and that it must be the aim of all instruction to keep this fact in view, and to base subjects and me-| thods on practical “experience” and on the solution of.the acute and cri-| tical problems of the daily proletar- ian struggle, culminating in the final goal of revolution. once by the Paris school, which pro- claimed as its first principle: is not to be academic, but polemic.” This means that in a_ Bolshevist | educational ingtitution, This first prere- | quisite was put into actual practice ate _complish the revolutionary orientation of these students, applicable in every emergency and turning point of the. | present stage of the declining capital- and in the actuality of the subjects | comrades | HE French school’ has thus by no means succeeded n finding the ‘right method with regard to the syl- labus of instruction. Here further ex- ‘ perience must first be gathered and thoroly dealt with in the discussion /anticipated on this miatter. One point has however, been ascertained, and that is that the charaéter of our me- thods of education with»regard to ac-| tuality and activity damonly be fully | ist state of society, with the aid of a | maintained if the plam of instruction | is confined to a certain number of | the various subjects, our comrades re- minimum of political and economic knowledge. “The attainment of the subjects only. ——$_ specialists for definite departments and functions in propaganda and or- ganization work. Specialization and differentiation of.this kind, to the* greatest possible degree, among the functionaries of the Bolshevist parties will alone enable us to issue slogans and carry on actions which are not only “general,” but which are adapted to the given concrete political and so- cial situation that political and con- crete situation “which alters in the most direct and immediate manner the condition of an action, and in con- sequence the tasks of this action.” (Lenin.) To concentrate the program of in- struction for the Bolshevist central be replaced by its intensive assimila- tion on the part of the students. E mtst now turn to the actual me- thodological and pedagogic prob- lems of the Paris school. Instruction was divided into two parts. The morn- ing was devoted to theory, the after- noon as a rule to the questions of practical party work in France, and the evenings to practical work on the part of the students in the factory cells,, public meetings, conferences, etc. This last department of work the “applied” department, as our French comrades have designated it, has proved the most successful. A really fighting character has been im- parted to the whole school by its means. The students have proved competent in every respect of carry- ing out the tasks allotted to them. It is obvious that the road thus pointed out by our French comrades, endbl- ing constant contact to be maintained between the masses of party members and the future party leaders, is the road which must invariably be follow- ed by all central party schools. All that is further required is to secure immediate activity for the students in the special sphere of propaganda or organization for which their special training has prepared them. This is an excellent medium for testing the capabilities of the students. On the other hand, the line drawn by the French school between theoretical questions and questions of practical work appears to us of questionable advisability, and likely to lead to an overgrowth of the former at the ex- pense of the latter. As soon as the syllabus of instruction has been con- centrated upon a few definite sub-| jects, and a corresponding specializa- tion and differentiation of instruction has been organized, this dividing line becomes superfluous for the most part. With regard to the treatment of Thissalone would se- | port that the employment of the “con- methods of dialectic materialism has| Cure that “Attainment wf the methods | crete, actual and known” as starting been accorded the first place. material The | of dialectic | materialism” comprising historical and | French comrades have rightly made /|to its purpose. which our economic statistical facts has thus | the aim of their school. had to be deliberationately thrust in- to.the background.” 'acterize their system of education. The chief cause of this has been the whether in- | great difficulties encountered in draw- | renders this impossib The main endeavor of the school | tainty, in every spherg,(the brief dur-| ation of the course f instruction | ideas of “labor as in any case as | The greatest difficulty arises, point has proved excellently adapted The student is grad- ‘ually introduced to the abstract and theoretical. Thus for instance the ex- Unfortunate it! must thus not be, directed towards | position of the fundamental concep- has not been possible for our French | ‘turning out general theoreticians and tions of comrades to entirely realize these two | practicians political economy is com- moving with equal cer- | menced by first dealing with the “‘fac- “Study | leading principles, intended to char-/| tainty, or rather with equal uncer- | tory surroundings of the worker” and then passing gradually to the abstract commodity,” etc. how- tended for the lowest or the highest | ing up the syllabus, and in the selec- ia rule), but towardap tie training of | | ever, when the fear of excessive ab- t ‘ o z a ; as 3. ee? a are f oh “ Speedy 7 iw ‘ . ’ ‘ , 7 asi ye ~ ~4g5 3 . Mi * 5 oa a * r ' =? ~ “1 iM “4 43 “eh we 3 + ae he a ea .-~ * iA ee ae UN aig ‘) a aa 5% A ee ee MT ee a Ps. ah St ‘ é . v + - . By M. J. Lonsky stractions leads to the excessive use of the object lesson, and thence to the danger of vulgarization. A simi- lar danger is encountered in the at- tempt to describe the methods of dialectics by means of certain indica- tions or “rules.” / In the French school instruction has been given in the form of question and answer, followed by mutual cri- ticism, thus avoiding long winded lectures on the subjects taught. An excellent explanatory medium for the- oretical questions was found in the drawings, diagrams, and maps made by the students themselves in the course of their collective work. The greatest importance has been attached. to collective work, and the replies to questions summing up vart- ous ,subjects have for instance been required to be given as result of a collective consultation among the stu- dents. \In the sphere of method our French comrades have indeed accom- plished. wonders in the way of “clari- fication. ,,work,” and their success would, have perhaps been still greatér if their syllabus of instruction had not suffered from overloading with subject material. In conclusion, a few words must be devoted to the forms of organization of the school, The course of instruc- tion .lasted about two months, the number of. students was considerable, and, the lack of suitable teachers was thus acutely felt. Me caution was exercised in se- lecting the students. Most of these were of course recruited from the ranks of the industrial workers. especially from the most developed and important districts. The ages of the students varied from 20 to 30 years. For the most part they had joined the French C. P. in the years 1920 and 1921. The conditions im- posed for admittance to the school did not include any preliminary theo- retical knowledge, but on the other hand a proof of active and capable participation in party life. Valuable information is supplied by the auto- biographies written by the students, for the most part statements of the reasons which induced them to join ‘be obtaindll ‘for the school first received full in- the ©. P.; here excellent hints for individual pedagogic treatment may The teachers appointed formation from the agitprop of the | French C. P.; by means of a program- | mratic letter, on the type, methods, ‘ahd aims of the school. Co-operation amotig the teachers was secured by means of common consultations held by the lecturers before commencing instruction. In the course of time, the béginnings of a system of instruction as a complete complex developed, but were not carried thru consistently. To sum up the results of this én- deavor on the part of our “French comrades, it may be said that they have not only done pioneer work in this special sphere of carrying on a Leninist central party school, but have contributed to the solution of the general problem of the. Bolshevist education of our non-Russian parties. Here we must once more emphasize that the above observations are in- tended as a basis for a detailed dis- cussion of all the urgent problems thus raised. ss WHERE ARE THE SHOP NUCLEI? | By C.E. RUTHENBERG, Executive Secretary, Workers Party IX months ago, the Central Execu- tive Committee of the party sent instructions to all district organizers and C. C. C.’s to begin the work of re- organizing our party on the basis of the shop nuclei. A detailed plan for this work was furnished to all party units. Altho six months.have elapsed since these instructions were sent out, no section of the party has taken up ‘the work of re-organization in earnest. This is shown by the reports made | to the national office at a recent meet- ing of district organizers in Chicago and in writing since that time. These | reports show the following results for six months of effort to bring into ex- istence shop nuclei: Number of Shop District Nuclei Organized Members | 1 0 0 2 25 240 3 7 35 4 0 0 5 3 46 6 a 20 7 2 30 8 18 202 9 ) 45 12 0 0 13 0 0 15 0 0 64 618 From this table it will be seen.that of a total of approximately 25,000 members on our rolls, of whom ap- in intel proximately 20,000 are in good stand- ing, we have been able to organize in six months of work about three per cent of these members into the basic units recommended by the Commun- ist International. In five of our dis- tricts, we have not been able to build up a single shop nucleus. Out of the close to 100 City Central Committees we have in the party at the present time, not more than twenty have shop nuclei organized in their cities. These results are a discredit to our party. They show that no earnest, systematized effort has been made to begin the work of reorganization of the party members on the basis of the ee j] Communist form of organization as against the old socialist form of organ- ization. It proves conclusively that our party members and our respons- ible party workers do not yet realize the importance of this work of reor- ganizing the party and that the Cen- tral Executive Committee and the Communist International expect us to | do something more than to play with | the idea of the new form of organiza- | cleus is organized in a factory, | tion. Why We Must Reorganize. Preceding the sessions of the En- | larged Executive Committee of the | 'Communist International last March, | there was held in Moscow an organiza- | tional conference at which most of the | ganized big Communist Parties of Europe gu | organization, the basis of organization, © | directs the work towand those workers }represented. At this conférence, ,question of the reorganization of the 'Communist Parties on the basis of |shop nuclei was the principle point of discussion. The reports showed that in most of the countries of Europe the ' work of reorganization was well under Way or was practically completed. No one who listened to the reports of the various delegates showing the results obtained from the reorganiza- tion on the basis of shop nuclei could + be otherwise than enthusiastic about this reorganization. The Communist International had invited workers from various sections of the European parties who were directly concerned in the reorganization and who were functioning in the work of the shop nuclei to participate in this confer- ence. Without exception, these work- ers enthusiastically supported the re- organization, showing, by concrete j}achievements, the advantages for their | party accruing from this organization. The reorganization of the Commun- ist Parties on the basis of shop nuclei is not merely an organizational meas- ure. The results of reorganization are of the highest political importance. Character of Membership. Practically every pariy in Europe which has made substantial progress in the work of reorganizations report- ed an influx of new members ag the resulf of reorganization om the baais Dae jor shop nuclei. The fhet that this is a result of the reorgamiation is of the highest importance. BY¥t even of great- er importance is the fact that the new members thus secured by the Com- munist Parties are thembers drawn from the shops and fa¢tories—that is, that element which mifist be the back- bone of the Communist Party. The reason why this is true is not difficult to explain. At present, our membership in territorial and lang- uage branches, think of their work in relation to their branches and their functions and when they are trade union members in relation to the work in the trade unions. When a shop nu- the factory becomes the basis of the work ‘of this unit. The effort and energy ‘of the members are naturally directed toward agitation and propaganda and ‘Communist work, of every character among the workers employed in the factories where their, mucieus is or- in other words, the form of who are most reach. The shop nucleus notiieaaiiie bases its pe for us to agitation on the concrete experiences of the workers in the, factory where they are employed. Thus it is easier to approach and convince workers. The workers see the activities of the members of the nucletis and the most militant are attracted to the organiza- tion and thus the party membership is built up. This is the universal experience of the European parties with the shop nu- clei. Once our party. undertakes the work of building shop nuclei in earn- est we will find what is most import- ant for us, begin to increase. What are the Possibilities? In view of the poor resulis obtained | thus far, the question may beraised as to what proportions of our party mem- | bership can be reorganized on the basis of shop nuclei. It is true that we will be unable to reorganize the who.e party, that is, the whole 20,000 members, into shop nuclei immediate- ly. It is, however, possible that 50 per cent of our membership or even 60 per cent can be reorganized into shop nuclei; that is, in piace of having 600 members in shop nuclei as at pres- ent, we should have 12,000 members at the least thus orgapized. a ‘ _Communist that our membership will | | to that of shop nuclei. The experiences of the European parties also throw light upon how the reorganization must proceed. Most of the European parties set aside a def- inite period in which the party was to be .completely reorganized, as for in- stance in the French party it was a three months’ period, in the German party a six months’ period, etc. The European parties were forced to apply these methods because they found that if the shop nuclei were organized only | in isolated cases in place of the whole | party being reorganized, the tendency | was for the shop nuclei to disintegrate and the membreship to drift back into the territorial units. Our party will have the same experience unless the work of reorganization is pressed more aggressively... The sixty-four shop nu- clei we now have will tend to disin- tegrate unless we can quickly push the work of reorganization to such an ex- tent that the majority of the member- ship will be organized into shop nu- clei. The Immediate Task Before Our Party The responsible party committees must take up the work of achieving this end earnestly and systematically. District and city organizers must take the work of reorganization the most important task before them. The Communist International ex- pects us to secure results in the work of reorganization. If we go ahead at the rate we have been going, it will be another ten years before our party is reorganized. We must complete the work before another six months elapse. The progress of our party and its tasks depends upon our transforming our organization basis AFGHANISTAN WANTS POSTAL SERVICE LIKE THAT OF SOVIET RUSSIA (Special to The Daily Worker) TEHERAN, Persia, June 21.—The Afghanistan government recognizes that Soviet Russia has a better pos- tal service than its own and has called upon the VU. &. S. R. to help Besco Is Forced to Talk Peace by Mass Picketing of Workers (Continued from page 1.) been calling for these last three months. This is what we called for at the very outset’ of the strike. We claimed that the miners had nothing but treachery to expect from the Armstrongs, the Murdocks and the middle class “relief” crew. “Public Opinion” Failed to Work. “Public Opinion did a little sob- bing over the miners’ hovels while the sensation was new. When the middle class saw that this was an in- dustrial class struggle and that it would be dangerous to go too far in ‘sympathy’ for~ the workers, Pub- lic Opinion shut up like a clam. It is more interested in the horse races. The miners can be bloodily smashed but Public Opinion won't let out a peep’ protest. “Theti in response to the growing demand of the men for action, and under pressure of the left wingers on the board,. McLeod and McKay finally emitted a feeble notice sanctioning picketing. ; “This ‘sanction’ is the weakest statement we have ever seen! It urged the ‘men to treat Besco’s property reverently and it took the whole guts out of the picketing. “At the convention three weeks ago to discuss future policy, McLeod still argued against mass picketing. He claimed''there was a 100 per cent strike even if scab officials were do- ing the maintenance work. Three Months Wasted. “And now McLeod's whole position is reversed—after three months. McLoid admits that it was not a 100 per cent strike while Besco kept its officials doing scab work. “The situation three months ago was the same as today. Besco has been allowed to get more arrogant, to lay open shop plans. “Militancy has been justified. The workers have nothing but their chains to lose. . On with the strugéle for bread and against the 10 per cont | rediction. OUT WITH THE WHITE- Beefy Bill Taft Totes Nine Degrees By WILLIAM SIMONS (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 21-— Fifteen honorary degrees were award ed by Yale University at the com- mencement exercises yesterday to “national celebrities” for loyal service to the Wall Street gang. Among those who secured the degrees were: Mas& ter of arts, Francis Cole Pratt and Edward Stephen Harkness; Litt. D.: John Mattews Manly; Doctor of Science: ‘Robert Andrews Millikan; Doctor of Laws (LL. D.) Ernest Mar tin Hopkins, John Hays Hammond, Gifford Pinchot, Owen OD. Young, James Rockwell Sheffield. Here is the List Pratt is vice president of the Gam. eral Electric Co. at Schenectady, in. charge of. enginecring and manufac ture; Harkness is a director in many important railroad companies, who hag donated millions for college buildings out of the fortune robbed from work- ers. Manly, a professor of, English, en- listed during the war for five years as captain, decoding cipher messages and other documents. Mulikan was chief of the science and research division of the signal corps. Hopkins was in charge of the in- dustrial relations fh the quarterma- sters department, was assistant to the secretary of-war, the representative of the war department on war labor policies which tied the hands of iabor, he is also a director of the Boston and Maine R. R. Hammond is well known as the mining engineer who helped open South Africa to foreign exploita- tion, and as the chairman of the anti» labor U. 8S. Coal Commission of 1922 appointed by Harding. Pinchot is of course the politician, governor of Pennsylvania, the fake reformer. Owen D. Young .has been chairman of the board of directors of the Gen- eral Electric company, and organized and he is chairman of the board of the Radio Corporation of America. Young, as member of the Dawes com- mission and reparations agent, earned Dawes’ praise for his efficient help in putting the plan over on the oppres sed German workers. The Hounder of Mexico Last and not least is Sheffield, the ambassador to Mexico, who receatly reported to the state department on conditions in Mexico, fotiowed by a de- claration from the state department that Mexico must defend the property rights of Americans. The Mexican government is warned that- she must take further steps against the oil workers. in Tampico and the peasants who desire land for themselves. The threat of intervention is dangled be- fore the eyes of Mexico. The degree awarded to Sheffield is a fitting reward for his imperialist activities. Famous Degree Holders Before you bow down to a handle after one’s name, think of how many degrees some men have whom we all despise. William Howard Taft (in- junction Bill) has nine, Charles*E. Hughes eleven, Woodrow Wilson, tén, Leonard Wood, czar of the Phillipines, nine, Henry Cabot Lodge nine, Robert Lansing, six, Elihu Root, sixteen, Her- bert Hoover, twenty-four, Frank O. Lowden got a degree from four col- leges, Steel Judge Gary, three, A. Mit- chell Raids Palmer, three, Outside of the statesmen, college presidents scratch one’ another’s backs... Wheeler of California was honored twelve times, Scab Defender Eliot of Harvard, eleven, Shanklin of Wesley- an, eleven, Smith of Pennsylvania, twenty, Butler of Columbia, twenty- five. Angell of Yale nine, Schurman of Cornell eight (now Minister to China). Almost every little college president is so favored. As to college presidents, it means that they are fed with honors for goose step teaching. Whom do our capitalist colleges honor? The Yale commencements ex- ercises answer: “Those who serve American imperialism.” Bronx: to Celebrate Opening of Workers’ Party Library, June 27. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, June 21.—All get ready for a grand and glorious time We're giving you something for noth- ing, and this is on the level. The Bronx Library Committee ts ax” “Three months have been wasted. ranging a social and housewarm to celebrate the opening of the pros Library at 1347 Boston Road. A good musical program has been arranged—~ games, dancing, prizes for the best man and the worst man, plenty of fun and good cheer. Absolutely free. All you need to bring along is your best smile and your best girl or beau, and if you haven't any, you won't feel lonesome either. Go where the crowd goes. e there if you want to meet all your best friends and comrades, Refreshments will be served—ice cream, sodas, candies, sandwiches. The Young Workers of the Bronx are actively participating and are | Promising to make this affair a record of hilarity and fun to be long remem- _bered by everyone who attends. Don't nt A DDE BEPC OE LL LOGIT BIT OP A <p ga _ =_— -_ ‘forget the date, Saturday, June 27th, ie 1347 Boston Road. The Bronx Li- | brary Committee invites you ajS = - COLLAR SCABS! EVERYTHING TO WIN!" reorganize the Afghanistan tele- graph and postal service, -
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io ee send ted “abo had Te- oneness aug and iaeotoe feeking {4 ana a gene Be Soviet Un- Training Cam the Citizens’ a, rage ED WEEK Hired — i il | d bee mon rmis A ogiea B e last grea et Un-| >" ps on F ilit N “Te n were fu sion to s. Com TS baw, Soviet test progr 9S Deapchdiner ion rida a IS on : ‘ ae: { at Aeneka we support § ST Sea cine eer ae erin" ee cena e cen-|t oung W Secon —RE ers Iron A : em creas n their war ism t sethiet; |ona al polic thtetent Was he present. ork newtdr ONLY DD at Ball Park . any ate. sad wae’ Ja BhecEnmmg feos ee btlay’” cannot scat bain: tar t was or ars Le : TEN Y IP a For | th y inter canno ment e basi the er paign ec ague is at MO B (Speci has have a ay past f e just and ent. | betw e adva erventi t of prod s for eation | T again onduct s a RE D GC | ot te ew d moder- een th ncing on. I of good uction the d a raining e C ing a AYS WASHI The 's) / ngs chapels n circulated oys; petitti land and @ workin approach Dj at s in and th evelop- | f Ca serine BP wet RE LEFT NGT ally Wo rar) ’ oachment the gener e exch esoluti 4, and s’ Mili D WE IN T Presi ON, J rker) rk- to do calling u in the ons | tion of the So g class © t time al. It ange on has tary comi EK ji HE dent , June 21 ’ 50m pon Pret variou only viet Uni of Eng- he wo! that was union ng circul ng in s ove CAM T Hed _— ' en- tion ethin residen s | mus one nion ork of the stated 8 and a f ated stro r—an PA rac rick (FP)— | . 80 g to t Li t ha of th , fina reco nex tion ew a Y ngly d th IGN y of and a = ot he tpoerasher tien condl-| Wor upon the indis nd warn which teancial_stabliaton, ction, atter the tary ‘Trainiad. Ee the ores oxgnaiee working olsen deleotgpeig ops mala mfp: sania tani — t to fishers aro: ere, The ord ca ndisp denae of le ent of the | must @ | bet © Citize a-| fre ass ho s of wo r worki (with have can Fed s depart- Salas - is er lef from th the support are defiant, he | power a nertiny ay oF desire ef | Ds pres the metal be the ween the, ps as as wl © distrib mes to se rkers th ng class results sued t ation o ' hilate ‘th a pecan pe ind try, to empl a cons man ution cure ruout news otins | BOF o all { Labor jon @ publishe that they c and | wish a nglish im te the 8o amas insky congress ustry. | t gether oyers of piracy y more of the D subscript the co paper. ~ bodies i central . Lynoh rs from out an a Th ny war 0 perialism >: : viet ing in was able Com - Oo fool the the w the coun worker new subse AILY Ww P ion, follo untry had ague ba in cities and local L In Atl of tow e immed r armed > "eadnnot the me crease to repo ide | four w yong ar depa : s who a riptions—t ORKER wing gone appe seball t where. Amneubaae ma- i sey in in this Soviet s eith © of all these by from , which h put of at chez n at ca free ubseripti absolut of inte is s of s whe awal of ted, an cs accord presen govern er to hese the the d ad s serve re..ma mps” i ons t ely es nsified ure to letics’ re th patro the A as outli rdance bsent con- act, a ment provok of war evastat uffer- of can y be n or- o the D sential build see take e Phil nage tlan ned be with hi th nd ther to an il OF enlbendgees - The ion ca periali non.fodd created AILY, and m ing b Thi part adelph of > of tic City fore Loc s tact- e mouth eby to l-conside to al esent eco metal prod used | stri st war er in th a re- e ¢ ’ WORKE ost impo y those bie 8 boyco : la A bor suffices to , where he al 877 o by m of the place argum red most do nomic uction sebrentese and enou e next im- 2 R. rtant w flding t tt, res th- or, ” at we SE ied ahd a which interna en 0 per at of th ounts Uni ome. s and rs) e counci council by oe wil $0 expected th sce shane timidate "thd iehteous” wa feonnatte Sanead c Russian C At “ting bs nee _ quite ee Resolutio From ina ton more Ga d Day s Begin the violation by hiladelphia central le . wo llow at th wrin Sovi ar, or e Stali omm onfer- ve alread numb ns. st wona ys rem é, n Lea the P . is du f ive up their e uni g econom et gov to. in- present n right unist P he y sent er of th andin It local ain in expli gue cl hiladel 6 to bed si support b demand on wea lo conce eramgant sian rate of d ly comp erty resolutio in notifi e unions} "* @ in the s will ha the Sec by cit term ub manag phia Am- . ita- tuation y the Int AE IE beth vernmen ssions fr and ji industry evelopm need the Dene nchas bee cation ve arrive final re ve to ru ond Ann the A s of th ement of rank calls f ernatio ef ver, ga t and th om it. ndustry with ent of “J recei n acce that d in thi sults. sh in th ual & F meric e contr the nti- and fi orar nal. Th enemi ve an @ co T after that of Rus- unior N ved notifi pted. W s offic Only t eir sub ub Cam . of L, an Le act signed their le toa a}lyin ) es of th answe ngress he fi the A Ame “10 ature Frien catio e e up to hose script paign part and it ague wi ware, nt dem nt stru 6 and { viet Uni h the olnik 1 repo n civil er me few: s,” an the nefudin will b o secu agre , in 1911 ding t © A. of who tr ands. Le ggle for sire. n any ¢é on did the ov, whi rt of war.|. of thi hundr organiz . g Tuesd e includ fy ed that » in wh rades y to thwa t the Th vent di not yearly ch call Comratel os s city h ed youn ~ * 2 ay, Ju ed th structi henc ich th de- of Pus wart the m be- @ co d not 4 budge increa ed atten e our reso ave act g work- t 0 ne 30 at ion, Pr eforth 6 league se the pro ngress. did ® | th t and the sing amo on tele lution ed fav he fin n J other b epair all of 1 hea te i and th orabl al re u F uildin , Tepl ts co de vocation not r e issue of complete unt of th of J n our at th y wh sults wi y 0 a atri g wo acem n- rm Co rt Graft P dipsbe oon tapy tel seal tat ee notes cess oie ete meet! ey wil o hav will b arth aap ache aia eat . , sho ation er very ng on I e parti e ann No nion b ould b and en- ntin robe war. © on agai before 0 C sperity of shows th of must class ¢ the 26t plished cipated ounced n-unio asis e don ues . an omrad nest i all a omrade the e incre act see th onscio h 8 thru in th and t eers n iro . 6 on “or Ex in N 4: Pree es. Ryk mperial moas Kame populati nae ed upon at the us work UBS— their e cam he lead were n work . r tic se pro ov, C ist ures wW nev re on. any favorab resolu . TEN M efforts paign ing | tion i used i ers an of posin N words th claimed hicher ment hich ported other 1 ly b tion i ORE of C » will ocals job at nar ad en in in had the on th tha abor f y his 8 RED omm sec h and B even the P ecent gin- ica. NEW g New Evi part of th e desire f enthusias- agric adopted Soviet . t he is ratern union DAYS unist b ow mu uilder after hiladel const YORK vils Uni @ po or pea ias- ulture in ord govern- Th a memb al orga or REMA ulldin ch was 8 been prote phia ba ruc- Om- boon einem on. T pulatio ce on the al , and t¢t er to e figh er. nizatio * IN g- RU acco filed sts a ll ned York @ poor shca ure u viet U e Sovi the pe betwe y atr more t nst mi e S ae N YO & as W man peals h who er resid rts, th peac nder a nion d tet asantry en th engthe the han e litaris ec UR and 8 ell a y int ad ) in thing can bu ents 6 eable li cir esires allian atry. Th 6 work n dange ver be m mu Ss on A ecreta s by P ernati no y anythi of New rec conti cumsta to ce betw e furth ers and loom r of a intensi Bt ubs re n of L ry M resid onal res curb matter h ng and onstruct nuation nees the peasant een th ering 8 up an new w fied. a 5 ceived nual S . Thes Morriso ent Gree peshenrts, dav sm évery- | 3 ion, and of ec # Lenser gt @ work of the|, 7Re d is now orld slaughter ETRO on Frid ub neg ME > + 9 n of th n political rts, hav all from pbuildin the w onomic easure ikewis ers and fight A neare ughter Cc IT, MIC ay, Ju a 6 n ere re ests b e A Fr e th the pared g, and ork of ga s of th @ served the tary tr gainst r than HICA H.—A ne 19: mpa ow led peated i egan | siden he mga ia Barereee as Ww eir tal for e is th social. rding th e Sovi b aining the ci eves Cit GO, IL - E.G ig n f to n Ma n Jan e ell as 6 of countri very co erefor lap e buil et gov y the entire camps tizens’ y y Engli , ILL.—Sh oetz (1 ense of a bo rch, an u- the § inquiry i public is | bigger b wl es and mpromi @ .pre- paratus ding u ernmnt ¥ working’ is the fi mili- sh; D op Nu 4); N H the c ycott a d hav nto th earnin asi. | Veen U for se with the attfac revol p of the re. | Vention ‘class ght of NEW r. E. Hil cleus 5 . 8, Sto edrick ontract ppeal i ” itly ment of e cond g from of es in th every all attracti utiora e Sovi ¥: of the Am . At th the YORK linger; (7); N yanoff the and n de- publi uct of t mallee e int Bac jot th on of ry legi et | Labor th eri e last NEW ,N.Y : cw ; North (2). re ca Tra on who trund c mark he de ad structi erest 0 rifiece e pe ever slatio w e mac can Fed con- ORL J. A ickst Side oth n be cy poi le th ets. Th part- van on and f the ® ithe So asant greate n, as pla hinery eratio MIN EANS . Abelov rom, Engli er cl no a nt ou ) rgh b ushcart end | ee the wo I age 8, Teg 0 the sos [90 806 & Piscosal oF F. Lo POLIS, MIN .¢ es 3 Wile H hen the Leanieua = the n th il- presents nion. populat ; Th rted ich C se of epart he b Cc VE. M —H ). man (3 Dp agr sta can Le y rty vegetable morni e earli Th the 1 This, tion e unint o the c omrade C. recru ment fo Oss- LEVE , ME.—H . Seki ). club eemen nd by ague pow s and ug to- est | an Sovi imits : however, of th errupt ongre M. T. C, ing m r the LAND jaima und (1 is a t, if the can t Ma fruit get fre wil et pow of co ver, ‘ e So ed eco 88. r The | emb pur- SUPE , 0-6 r Hill ). ch ble t the P unio rket s trom 08 Disa ay er doe mpromi work viet U nomic epudiat e milit ers of RIOR —C. Kr alleng o viol hilad . ust pribes and in Brook the Ww wo to an 6 not 6eé. ers, th nion sh growth offi e *) ant work the BEN ’ wis.— aven ed. ate it elphia lyn alla- uld hind y com and nevef the 1 at the ows t | cials oe ers m TLEY —Tyo ‘ and oil on First graft for must tion. er th promi eadersh prolet o the}! wW of the A ust CA VILLE mies Th go un- Av favor pay e work se whi reall ip of ariat e | interest 80, gros . F.o TFISH » PA " nts street, wh e., Bleeke ate diettel.. of re ch y capab the Bolshe unde 8 of “the: sly be tL. N , PA —Ad eat rhe their wa erever ‘the r St. or G Sico s plainl truc¢- onomi creati viki, i De ers. the RUNS . Forna etto (3 U Bo res. y’ wi rand ngress y em shatt c life ng a fl ceo sD manda FORT WICK ri (7) ). ni mbed; be- Som sh’ “to ti that phasiz ered out 0 ourish- he m ieof Y. LA » ' on ree fore we f the peddlers t oe ail ail ob Soviet a faterational the or sheet “wa akg Seeley « etely ee cote _— a - SPOKANE, 9 wai, Py he Eszterh Afte Spikes Cha from re afforts indicate 6 | th apparat and tha vill ful- thout foretg without gime— and OFF CH e slogan can troo . 0. Bloxa Voight gn again months speaki to inti ; that 6 case us, as h t the in spi eign h a Daw w INA. must be ps in m. : n Mi st th picket said ng of mid f in t as al gov- pite of elp t es pla orke The HAN Y nnea e Gle ing that h the ate the ere in ' he pa ways capita all th o the n, rs and Chine DS ou ° owne polis n Lak cam- for t e had graft." On m ista the i st, will been list e obsta contrar to man pedsants se expl r n : rs lick just e Thea dle he half-d paid 26 ne man tes. T nner , not in path world h cles whi Y> sth age their. must. be oited 107m M ‘s | = in the ed, a about ter ane ay pri Cents ject he con atans ter-] An as pl an he beer deg ‘own allo eet Yal | t theate bomb had th Any d protest vilege a da ed wit gres of oth And placed i is erenc affair: wed in ale F ° —~ ure O r. Th was e visor d ed when on Satt y tion t h indi 8, howe er w the for n its m™m: ‘ e ot: Ameri 8 witho Fourth g oO Sie tri perator e union exploded : ieee Go rts eee $20 Rey a oe Sa ws Sind Pa || to Show OfF Plunde Se aaa ee a e ae om ho n th ranc : ec pme who e e me of » 1926 Th ctiv 0 CO th E. a poll that th y: ‘Th nary m e wa e sho sults i onomi nt, wh acati boss 9 8 Pla Loc ; ff P is Ww es in fi oper is he w ceman ta 6 su e prol oveme y of th uld ' n raisi Cc achi oOo see posed w on at cam es, “f artend ce of M al and N lun ould ndin ate wi - as fined ke hi pervisor etariat nt of th e revok of the ng th evemen all ith “tour? p;” mi our Som eoting NEW H der|.... nat be the Os the b th ; never $50 m to jail Th e inter a> |b workin e stand t re- youn weeks’ ust be 1 Bri + at cae ; T AVE T | oi planted he first omber les, th since b in ¢o and e€ con national e read g pop ard of | eve g workers s’ vac op e dge and rk St. his cit N, Co rganiza to hi time 8. ecu een ab urt an only gress th y to ulation ife r the with ation f 94 rs, Strue , y ha nn., J tion nder bomb ert rb. le to d@ ha a de , how e So suppo , will y desire” full or B tural in 8 now une cam trad 8 geta Ss | pea monst ever viet U rt a not w* pay w 598 cot and iron W its .bou 2000 . _ paign eu ler- place at ce, but ration » was and fo nion. T war her- Butch shen, St. ork- nda Yale : nion 0 War V i ing ca of the e will tal 1 clo policy of e dom 38 Butoh tow, $420 WF a hell » who h ates| W yaes ‘ Ed t pac por sel th 6s utch 20 ee A of ave AS Dawea’ ot f ee Meare ngs Himself all ie and ty he the Soviet — olen ea a 6 Soviet Daten AN. hey | ana, Ave’ Bohemian eg Roose: ay at the Page at the a to oa nn sw yy ra Rule, ' e Oti cide i war vet ork of gainst defend’ with ed th of Com e discu Car re & Dyers, 118 "poe ack ga exerci . on Co bie 6 —(FP | of b s Bulid n the b eran, | W reco every with e mos rade R ssion arpenters yori Ne A espe mes ses, b plan f ngre urren — y ha ing, 1 asem ,; won w nstruc attack sure t ene ykov on ones. “annuals , 1860 eS een ctable” , etc. Th all ora ss, an t Searc’ nts Fr nging h ,108. L ent of ay to tion a . the s agai rgetic dema Carpenters J Fr Braye vo- ngs law ba ey a ate d clotur alyzi ch- illips w imself fr . La Salle In th sociali nd th tiv nst ev defen nd- Cap nters, 180 on hee: yers— nkers re the ebate e or ng Da St., | ti e pr sm. a hardline polic ery at sive m o foo Ww. e | 100 who , busi the , concl gag ru wes’ gine orked as om a stea ., |tion, wi esent i th y in th tack a ea- . 4, 4003 Rooseve per c stand nessm senate udes le on red room an oiler m pipe. |! » with th nterna e right e inte nd an 181 Carpen ers, 2705 Roosev ngton §& Th ent. for en, | {stra would that “C sen- 7. - e sessio aw pa pupils abor C e Nat the 265 ongsho 5 Ss. W an e ize oO posin n of ssed Th olle ional Mach remen, este ur ad | PITT sh , SOLD g a head the legt mt the e wester ges. Coun- iniets, 78th ‘St as Pres Speci verti , \ar SBU ] attended tax 0 slature i were, U n Huro 337 M mereth ‘St. and. | c 8 sers. * \ Te et a’ RGH; pat Habe: Coon ‘ is Jed Japanese —— mani a fect unfortunatly, far bo er 378 sean 1688 N. vi pabean About Special Anti- ) get money, | work fh Be rpu ioe tae dele that uage 8c s saahinaemad ot t o much 723 Maint nee of W alsted 1h \ rs rouge yo “cote te agen lnvvoked. bu Law to ds act been re to pay this t woud | of tnt ra SS on ended sx|| June 25 Imperiali a —_ Issue te elr dent cent o ispla pres is tax of inte in ‘diffi . Thi 823 ainters, ay, 202 q pict Oo a anett: n all a Case wen ie of te ented to wil 8 rnatfonal eautlaa fa the | Sot Painter 175 W. w: eal” iu ist N the D al to ompulsi ree wit them ome unity n the w 147 Paint rs, 535 WN. Washi sa ETT umb W 7 HO The i on b h th as a| th people ay pomiere, = + Smog ton eee Hu er ar- . RASN ‘ NOLUL Daily W ncurred y one e thre at th thou 194 P nters, 1 16 W. cero Av St. a Wil E in U.— teen th who at of|§ e problerh’ ght, sail i Painter , 19 WwW. A North Av a tL S ICK ain a revi In th method eir en had al ettled eth of d Pur SS ee 8 4 Ave. oaow till a _pentisr cee bythe te avenue ir enmity bya adh SOK Parca ot Rae, jet nh For Anti-Imperial MONTHLY 0d us proc ederal f b Th and 8 joe ‘a ffi rade u ae ti WA oe fi . Kedzie "|| For Anti-Imperialist Week oy) in eedi court ull e liti upervis- liatin nion | Hal Metal < 130 NN. Ave. peri ae 4 | ane stituted ngs s, bi inju gating 8 g to A Sai sted al W N. § oe a I ry roe r S. 7 abs withi will pro ect Langpmepren schools R mster- | diloce’ Oni i cit thine § ane est S. ZIMM : ence fro na few bably: be to restr suif agai are filin Th eal Unite . nion of , 1688 N. ? rs heh ; ot FR FE | sarang m the ‘terri days. T jectio ain the enf sab. top tate a on was a rk S Freon. | jae iow Great Lakes Sl ii June z SEN py |aiserican Cit Lier w dart: "The [course adopted oreament ofthe ob out hom, ctartacioah om i terns conn ss} Out | rder a B dane 29 to July 4 —é r it n ivil L retained ge e adop , his i e ob- ve out r. obje rror, a Team ers, 1152 gton St Per wey our | = s " ‘TT a ecessar ibertie by th accepte ted and 8 the on th the ctions, , 8, 7 3 r sters, 220 6 Michi ” ttl a a a - ssist y to retai s Unio Ciw d prac confo usual e cont ny dis ' onnele | 2 Team ee Ss. A gan Av of ee roe au ance i n ad n; mad yhen i tice rms t shoul inent sident aa EES meter shiand e. a 0 Ee J _ case n the ditional legal |. tis s among o the d be b which union *, 220 6. ee uf | ul I eal P . Forme preparatio 1 legal ty of a | ought to Americ internat rough it wa .| Ash! ae y issu ion }.into t s vita SICK and Blvd.’ e of wd MY NE atterson r U. 8. D n of th doing aw. The J test the ans| Wh al trade he fold ! AND ivd. | WwW defen was 5s istri e what t apan valid- ile th unio s of a DE z . LOCATION _ | reco ‘senrenti an be de the local fps ga ventas tion of 7 wo the bp 16 million nation SOCIETIES | Special A ; chin e has cal e justi are D ct righ of T tern work Ss | nti ice Special records, bui g investi made them ce of a ot satisfi t {16 mil rade Un ational F ng, Fra i-lm . Price preceden ding u gation of ’ law whi ed as |< ions out fone, there edera- | uen-Kranke | periali $s sion ts and p a stron the Mad ch affec juestion : side tha were also | n-Unterst neludi ist ) vey aiaes X-Ray 7 aprons pw Norcape om be ps shgeamee Surrend . oe tion of intyfnatons So tn Meets ——— Vere! The Negr ys these feat Number { ° rkers yd Ber ergs the points er. an trad e of bri unity w | ed lst & 3 " ) O 0oAs ures: | ord Gas Funds e 2 2s /have Japanes at iss were e unions nging the wg m4 Ao. rd Thursday, | ors ppr an | pra e and ue b , withi , impo e Rus- Ww.N rk Hall, y , essed : n rouch- ed at | b all errit nal. fold as th venue. | eo ; f T 0 | y d b ory s ey why vy ESTABLIS eager potted epsom p Eoeeay to take bee as in cages of “~ settled U of an Inter-| @<x Huge C Secretary. 18 Cents ‘ Cont . ble ’ y brenda me nergy 12 YEARS. i Laker wr id cop nbn the pa and troewllyneset on ne supreme Moreover nions in Egypt iat oas oal Combine F per copy ] radictions f By WILLIAM My P s Free uth Lin efens sent | e on th y off Ore over! ar, it wo sas en strip ¢ ormed | mp ; 0 F.D ‘ rices A which coln St e Cou nt | the e part ers of gon ook th uld be jsas and mi coal mi e-mail under 50 4 eriali UNNE ™ re R . is rais » Chi neil, 1 depart of the compr trade uni e rapid a mistak of $10,7 ssouri, i ines i r 50 4 ist C . My W easonabl fense of ing th cago, Il 9 | latest ment of govern | Ch unionism devel ake to Al 100,000 h involvin n Kan- | — /apitali Ext ork Is P 7 ee ee a ee aoe aes 5 Sh ee oe uae Senlts Rev tamamages exande cot teen te ong r } Lab alism racti Guaran 4: « o Com or the , | when th for th ion. Inci Japan ast—i of | pan r S. Ba compl pital | } or B , DELAY ng Special oat oe Re Bacall eo rag ca a te Fg ge 7 cg ee, = tn, eee: gyrate 6 gt ce, Sew and E y NIKO S DEC nd. Dis . grades, © ish the oned it 12,000 theres mentio Coal C tn a Ly Aas com- | { N ati e HARIN AY A play of F ‘ alwa , Offering t first and a atip ; members ‘ as one hed tha! Company the Basi concern ' 16 C , ative Si | sci group of orce. | ys been 0 yield o second aper in A rs which union wilt (| control pr y of Kan in Strippi ents } ins By MA closed Japanese ‘part of th considered n what h cigaret rabie “ed publis th lion t operty c sas an DE per co ‘ of th _ ~y NUEL their d lang / woul e pro the ad te mak Y ited b shed a ons of ontainin nd «will epy { C é G old GOME oors uage d agr gram if essent He w er.” yaw coal. g thir » 60 : ,a B e , z 3 in protes jaw a ee to a the J ial | th as convind oman ty mil- | copies ; rtoon y MIRIA n We : t | ed nd adopt ceept th apanese e British ed th Foreclo ; _ to 100 $ M ALL st } b th eh grea gene at the acti sure ' , by R EN y the ae. avi selena pormenner age): ef counct — of Pas anthony $ M. and St 1 pe Minor, Lyd DE FORD | ar- 8 on of by s the a f rus 2 Nae — ' : ia G “matel all diffic e unionists; Rage urt here a osure suit mpany has : d Othe * n, Maurice B y crow w nd, d aukee gainst t in fed 15C ; r Fe ecker actos, would be ull: on Pal ae pal) Meanie : atures : 8s. 0 pa rail » Mil per ; n ' f hr $200,000, z pierost and Sy copy } 00 a Year gle Copies 25 ch ma in d princ | or m ? 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Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL Price 3 Cents NE 23, 1925 (Special to The SHANGHAI, China, June 22.—Indications of the reactionary of the movement of troops by General Chang Tso-lin, hurian war lord, into Shanghai, were made ‘when manifestoes were posted thruout the Chinese ing that the Manchurian troops would execute strike leaders and all who agitated for the expulsion of foreign imperialism and-the liberation of China from foreign 4 - This brazen. betrayal by the Manchurian militarists of the interests of the Chinese people seems, however, to be completely ignored, student agitators continuing their mass meetings, de- monstrations and striking workmen paying no heed. Feeling Dally Worker) plain today announc- domination. be AS WE SEE IT. | . By T. J. O'FLAHERTY SPITE the subserviency of the , reactionary labor leaders to the employing class, the capitalist judges ¢ontinue to hand out injunctions with remarkable celerity. The latest use of this judicial weapon against the workers in Chicago, -is in the case of the cigarmakers employed by a local firm which formerly recognized the right of its employes to organize into a labor unjon. The old heads of the firm having quit, their successors did not want to be bothered with a union so they declared the business would be run open shop in the future. ~ * * NHE employes struck and got circu- lars printed to acquaint their fel- low workers with the facts. They picketed the factory and then the no- torious injunction judge, Dennis E. Sullivan got busy. He issued another of his infamous decrees and the cigar makers may now picket at the risk, nay, the certainty, of going to jail. There is one very effective way to deal with the injunction menace and that is to mass-picket against it. The labor leaders will spend the rest of their natural lives bellycrawling to po- litical “friends of labor” in order to win a modification of the injunction evil, but the bosses will always find}... legal. means to prevent the workers een Paoprabn and control the government. CS £9rG4,, : bee Workers Party has on many occasions urged the labor leaders to go on the picket line and defy the injunction. They have not done this and they will not do it. In the cur- rent issue of the United Mine Work- ers’ journal, there is an editorial on injunctions but most of it is taken up with a condemnation of violence and lawbreaking evidently hitting at those militant miners who mass-pick- eted in defiance of the injunction. If the labor leaders gave a real lead to the workers and went out on the pick- et line, injunction or no injunction, Dennis E. Sullivan and his kind could use their injunctions for scratch pa- per for all the good they would do the bosses. . 7” - HE socialists profess to be great admirers of peace and the use of “elvilized” methods in bringing about social change. But the story of the so-called labor party convention held in New York, told in yesterday's DAILY WORKER, does not indicate that the socialists practice what they preach. Like the labor fakers the s0- cialists are in deadly fear of the rank and file. Therefore, when representa- tives from local unions not controlled by the yellow socialists appeared at this sham convention, they were thrown out on their ears and some of them beaten by thugs. This is all to the good. It took a long time for the Communists to convince the. work- ers that the socialists were no_differ- ent from other parties of capitalism. The socialists are proving that we were correct. x 7 > T is no accident that a prominent 5 speaker at the socialist party con- ' vention, a former S. L. P. man, took the position that the supreme court decided correctly in the Gitlow case. lt was not a free speech question, he (Continued on Page 5) AMERICAN BANKERS FORGE EUROPE 10 AGREE TO SETTLE WASHINGTON, June 22.—Recent diplomatic exchanges between the United States and France leads of- ficials here to the belief that nego- tiations for the funding of the $4,000,000,000 French debt soon will get under way, it was learned offi- cially here. The settlement was forced when the bankers threatened to withhold credits to Europe. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will make a better Communist of you. against the murderers of the Chinese students on May 30 is as hot as ever. | WIIl Face Mase Protest. However, there is no doubt but that if General Chang's troops begin to do the dirty work of the foreign impe- rialists, a storm of mass protest which may lead to civil war will burst upon China like a cyclone. Proof of the nature of the expected clash which fs likley soon to lead to civil war is seen, is the report from Tientsin that about 1,000 Feng Tien troops commanded by General Chang have mutinied at Chenghsien and wrecked the. Peking-Mukden railway station there in an hour’s pitched bat- tle with their officers, and then fled toward Mukden. In Shanghai, in spite of the Mapn- churian troops, the strike keeps the foreign employers guessing. The strik- ers in many foreign enterprises work and strike intermittently, earning enough to keep going and kepeing out unpracticed scabs. “ * *¢ @ State of “Emergency” in Hong Kong. HONG KONG, June 22.— State of emergency was declared by the Hong Kong government today in view of the spread of the anti-foreign strike to the south China cities of Hong Kong and Canton. Export of flour from this city is forbidden. The strike continues with banks and shops closed and with public util- ities paralyzed. | un here ed rumor was corrent > caphsy ; 6 Pata murderers of the Japanese siain in yesterday’s Canton disorders. Canton reports at the time indicat- ed the slaying was not political, but was due to robbers. The Japanese may use the killing as an excuse, however, for trying to destroy the radical Kuo Min Tang Canton gov ernment. “% a eee General Strike In Canton. CANTON, June 22.-— A general strike, which was decided upon last Friday by a great meeting of stu- dents, workers and other Chinese citi- zens at Kwangtung university, was declared effective here yesterday. All servants and clerks and work- ers/left thé foreign “quarter, Sham- een. Boycott is declared against Bri- tish, Japanese and American goods. . + a. Powers Trying New Tricks. “PEKING, June 22. — The foreign powers suggested to the Chinese gov- ernment Friday the undertaking si- multaneously of negotiations to set- tle the questions arising from recent ‘disturbances in Shanghai and also to discuss the broad aspect of conditions in China generally. The Italian minister, representing the ministries of all the foreign pow- ers interested in the Chinese situa- tion, made this suggestion personally to the Chinese foreign office. It was understood the diplomatic corps will propose that a delegation representing the United States, Italy and France discuss questions of the administration of their foreign con- cessions in Shanghai with a view of meeting the Chinese desires. Find Original Manuscript. LONDON, June 22.— The Russian national museum is preparing to ex- hibit the original manuscript of the “Thousand and one nights” following its discovery in the archives of the Leningrad public library, according to dispatches here. The manuscript is in Persian and was recognized as the CHINESE STRIKERS AT CANTON HAVE YANKEES "RUNNING TO SHELTER WASHINGTON, June 22—Fearing riotous outbreaks, two-thirds of the American women and children in Canton have fled to Hong Kong and other safe places, Consul General Jenkins cabled the state ‘depart- | , ment today. = y= ° ‘ * Workers Are td in France . Prisoners Escape in Indiana. PENDLETON, Ind., June 22.— An- thorities today were searching for three prisoners who escaped from the Indiana state reformatory here yesterday. The trio included Bradley | ;, Sheron, Columbus; Robert Stanley, | Richmond; Jesse Myers, Frankfort. EIGHT DEATHS DISCLOSEDIN =: DU PONT PLANT) Three Hundred Badly Ill from Poison NEW YORK, June 22—Ejight em- ployes of the E. |. Du Pont de Ne- “ mours plant at Deep Water, N. J., : Name nacoigy A have been killed of lead poisoning! as tows with “writing an while making tetraethy! lead gaso- nanite urging soldiers line, it has just been disclosed here, following the exposure of the death of five employes of the United States Radium corporation at Orange, N. J. There were numerous cases of iill- ness and insanity disclosed in both ty a 2 k + 22.—C cue hundred ing many Communists, s thruout France, fol- st by the Painieve hich is supported by rty In silencing op- 8 Moroccan war. Pain- ion with the ment, it is admitted @ for a combined drive ur and workers who perialist wars of the bd are charged with ira to revolt, carrying in Morocco against the i,” and numerous other es Papers ¥, who won his seat in mile under sentence for mia the French fleet at Odessa in 1919, Officer of the fleet, is parrested after Tuesday, will ask that parlia- Hot’s private papers, Olen from him by the Mment, which conduct- § home, have been sent plants. £4°* working with the lead compound have been made seriously ill. The plant is now temporarily closed, pending an investigation by the gov- ernment into the déaths.. The inves- TYeation has been lost sight of, no announcement having been made by the surgeon general as ti its results. The investigation however, is not Within the last year 300 employes | y has addressed huge fkers at Bordeaux and fuout France, called. to Eithe war against the fir native soil, which Bshundreds of French ¥ xposed the war as f bankers and French loit the Riffian natur- ~ ang which follows the Cahan- 1. L. G. W. in New York City an The followin . —— ' ew York I.L.G.W. Locals, — Unjustly Suspended, in. Appeal to All Members NEW YORK CITY, June 22.—The storm of protest against the autocratic suspension of the three largest locals of the International Ladies’ | einberg, is rising not only in the three big suspended locals, but also in the other locals of the is the text of a circular sent out to all locals in the (Special to The Dally Worker) arment Workers’ Union by the yellow socialist Forwards-Hiliquit leadership headed by Sigman, Perlstein and d other centers. : : country by the executive boards of Locals 2, 9 and 22: x AN APPEAL TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE I. L. G W. U. ‘sCNISTERS and brothers: The joint board together with the official- dom of the International have started a vicious pogrom against the majority of the membership of the joint board. HYMAN, SPEAKING FOR 1.L.G.W. MEMBERSHIP. WARNS BOSSES NOT “An unheard of campaign of ter- on in the International. Without any warning or even a pretense of a trial, three executives boards ana managers | representing 30,000 members have | been suspended from the joint board. | “Like bandits they broxe mto the | offices of Locals 2 and 9 during the dead of the night and forcively took possession of them. A vigorous attack was also made on the office of Local 22, but there 200 men, and women had barricaded themsetves against these hirelings of the joint board. This | iron wall of resistance prevented the forceful seizure of Local 22. “What has really happeaea’ Whar terrible crimes have the suspended executive boards and managers com- mitted? The official charses are so ridiculous that even a casual observer can readilly see that they were merely intended to gain favor with the police and the bosses. The First of May Question “We have celebrated the First of May and invited Communist speak- érs. This is what we are charged with. For many years past, the lo- rorism, which has never been equaled | in any labor organization ts now going | 'in New York as at present constituted will be nothing but a TO SIGN UP WITH JOINT BOARD By EARL R. BROWDER. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 22. —“Any agreement signed with the Joint Board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers scrap of paper. The not represent the wor workers.” These words from Louis Hyman, manager of Local 9, and spokesman for the Joint Committee of Action of Locals 2, 8, and 22, the body which is directing the fight against the illegal suspensions of the officials of the three unions, threw a bomb into the camp of the employers* : and their agents in the adminis- )Perlstein-Feinberg machine and solid- tration of the union. arity with the executive boards of the Consternation reigns in the camp of locals which had been ordered sus- eople who are negotiaiing at present do Vers and they have no power to bind the pended. So when Hyman issues an the union smashers and red baiters, | because everyone knows well that when Hyman speaks he voices the’ sentiments and forecasts the actions | of 60 per cent of the membership of | the International in New York City. This fact was dramatically expressed on Tuesday night when, at the call of, the joint committee of action, mem-. bers of the three locals met in the number of 10,000 at Cooper Union, ultimatum to: the employers everybody listens and the employers’ press shivers and whines. The Issues Behind the Struggle. In the foreground of the struggle now going on are many issues which, important as some of them are, would not explain the depth, breadth, and intensity of the fight if taken alone. Some of the issues, such as that raised by the reactionaries in their charges concerned. with the Du Pont plant,jm: where | compound is made, but} the only. with the Standard .Of plant) p |. Phe’ in the radium plant oc- ‘curred among employes who painted watch dials with radium paint 'DENVER'S DAILY WORKER PICNIC. HUGE SUCCESS Take in 45 Subs, Car Is Raffled Out By ELLA REEVE BLOOR DENVER, Colo., June 22.—The DAILY WORKER picnic today netted 45 subscriptions and approximately $50 in donations. All present agreed it was one of the best picnics ever held in Denver. At the Labor Centennial Saturday, Comrade Helen Lowy Dietrich won a twelve hundred dollars Cleveland Six in a raffle distribution of DAILY WORKER which continued at the DAILY WORKER booth there every evening until the close tonight. I am leaving Tuesday for Kansas City. Will arrive in Chicago on July 3rd. . i % Howal ha eo Eta . ne Krim Offensive Meanwhile, word comres from Rabat that Abd-el-Krim has begun a strong offensive movement against the French troops north of Quezzan. Sev- eral advance posts of the French have een capture, and the French have been pushed back. Tribes Against French The important Bena Mesguilda group of Moroccans, northest of Fez, hitherto held in check by the French troops, are going over to the Riffians, it was admitted by the war office. The Beni Fichtala, their neighbors on the south side of the Ouergha ri- ver, are prevented from enlisting with the Riffanms only by the treat of the French bayonets. MacMillan Leavea For Pole. WOSCASSET, Me., June 22.—Donald B. MacMillan sailed from here for Etah, Greenland, on the first leg of his expedition to search for land in the region surrounding the north pole. BRITISH MINERS WILL 60 T0 BAT FOR THEIR NATIONALIZATION PLAN |. LONDON, June 22.—Nationaliza- tion of mines again has come to the front in the platform of the Miners’ Federation and a committee has been appointed to draft a bill which would form the official policy. Truck Topples; Many Hurt. DRESDEN, Germany, June 22.— Twenty-three persons were seriously injured and fifty-two were hurt today when a motor truck carrying excur- sionists, toppled over a grade. a } Bog smied Pee ¢ SRS ee . 7 7 cals of the international had been ce- Ang the First of May and Judge Webster Hall, and Manhattan Lyceum,, against the local executives (upon packing the three large halls | which the suspension order is based) eialist, Was 2 © main aS Mee ; at ~ aby “Even this flimsy charge made by the joint board does not hold good against Local 22. Local, 22 invited Morris Sigman, Scott Nearing (who (Continued on page 6.) DEATH LIST IN TRAIN SMASH-UP STILL GROWING Railroad to Blame Investigation Shows DOVER, N. J., June 22—The death list in the Germgn excursion wreck at the Lackawanna railroad rose to 49 when Miss Catherine Wilgermein, 2956 North Race Avenue, Chicago, died in the hospital. Three others are in a critical con- dition, Mrs. Louise Kaufman, 1511 Laurel avenue, Chicago; Mrs. Cath- erine Weise, 1719 Laurel avenue, Chicago, and John Nieman, 1555 Tourney avenue, Evanston. Investigation into the wreck, being conducted by the state board of utilities commissioners and the inter- state commerce commission, had pro- ceeded where it was said the railroad turning. several thousand away to the workers accept the leadership of bhi ah SEAN = = fines gee b, 7 (Continued ‘oh Page 6) * i series st the Sigman- COMMITTEE OF ACTION IN NEW YORK GARMENT WORKERS’ LOCALS ISSUES SHOP ORDERS TO I. L. G: W. (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 22.—The following is the text of the special bulletin to the cloak and dressmakers of New York issued by the Joint Com- mittee of Action of the suspended Locals No. 2, 9 and 22 of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers. This is evidently issued in the interest of preserv- ng the solidarity of the union membership in their daily struggle with the boss, not permitting the autocratic Sigman-Peristein-Forwards machine to divide the workers and wreck the union’s fighting power: OFFICIAL» INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO ALL CLOAK AND DRESS MAKERS OF NEW YORK Issued by the Joint Action Committee of Locals 2, 9 and 22 FELLOW WORKERS:—You are urged not to be mislead by the many unfounded rumors and misrepresentations by the Joint Board and International machine. . Be on your guard and carry out the instructions that you will get thru our Special Bulletins and thru the columns of the workers’ press. Carry on ‘your work in the shops as union workers should, and take no orders from the machine and its many agents of the Joint Board whose object it is to pit worker against worker and thus throw some of you out of your jobs. Refuse to carry out such orders. Chairmen, together with committees of all branches of the shop of all cloak and dress houses, are requested to settle all disputes until further probably will be required fq drain the long hill adjacent to thé ¥itht of Blame It on “God.” * No further CONGRESS OF WORLD’S BUSINESS MEN HAS POWER TO FORCE CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT’S PLUNDER PLANS BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 22.—The session of the international cham- ber of commerce, which has opened here, is packed with American delegates, there being 250 American representatives out of a total of 700 delegates. The gathering of capitalists from all the world’s dominating nations, | original by Professor Marr. will discuss the Dawes plan of war payments from Germany to the allies. It IN IMPERIALIST EXCELLENT PICTURE OF CAPITAL GIVEN BY SHOE MAKING INDUSTRY *was the last congress of the business men which advocated a “reparations” plunder plan. The present conven- tion has the power to force the gov- ernments to make any changes the kings of business see fit in the work- ings of the plan. Many are in favor -MONOPOLY AGE what was his average daily output du direction of Arthur B,. Butman, chief (Continued on page 2) ie By H. SYDNEY BLOOMF'ELD. WORCESTER, Mass., June 22.—Every shoe manufacturer in Massachu- setts and elsewhere in the country has been sent a questionaire asking him to report in “confidence” a long list of questions, among which he is asked the first quarter of this year; average daily output if factbry is operating at maximum capacity; whether daily average of 1925 is regarded as normal or /what is so regarded; whether factory expansion is contemplated for 1925, and if so, what will be the additional capacity provided, etc, This survey is conducted by the U. S. department of commerce under the of making the payment term more drastic. The power of the businessmen’s conference is seen in the fact that Seymour Parker Gilbert, general agent for reparations under. the Dawes plan, is to preside over the transfer committee of the congress. Gilbert released his report covering the first eight months of operations of the Dawes plan, just before the congress, in order to oblige the dele- gates. ring 1924; the average daily output for of the shoe and. leather manufactures Ror investigation will ‘June 17, which claimed 49 .lives. | After hearing several witnesses, the conclusion was reached that the accident was an “act of providence.” Sign Greco-Turkish Pact. ATHENS, Greece, June 22—The representatives of the Greek govern- ment have signed at Constantinople | an agreement with the Turkish gov- ernment for the carrying out of the treaty, the Greek government is informed here. terms of the Lausanne way. Sand washing down this hill on the tracks is blamed for the | wreck. be | 'made by either state or federal au- | thorities into the wreck on the Lack- | ‘awanna railroad at Rockport, N. J., | notice thru our Special Bulletins. The Joint Action Committee is working on a plan to protect the | workers in the shops from attacks by the agents of the machine. This | plan will be announced in a few days. Do not pay any dues in the offices of the Joint Board or in any of | the seized offices of our locals, because this money will be used to carry ' on this fight against you. | Refuse to give up your union books to the agents of the machine because the books belong to you. Ignore their threats. All members of other locals, such as Pressers, Cutters, Sample Makers, etc., who are against this outrage by the machine, are urged to help us carry on the fight. ;' Do not sign any papers of the machine agents that are designed te trick you into a trap under the guise of loyalty. Do not permit them to twist the facts and have you believe that this is a fight of Communists only. This is a struggle for rank and file control in our union. Carry out these instructions and the fight of many years for a real workers’ organization will be won. — —————— JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE, of Locals 2, 9 and 22. ‘BIG FRENGH LINER IS STRUCK BY TWO GREWS AT HAVRE AND TIED UP HAVRE, June 22.—The French liner La Savoie, which was to have left for New York at 9 o’clock Sat- urday night, was prevented from sailing by the desertion of about 200 members of the crew. A composite crew sent aboard later also deserted. BRITISH MINE OWNERS ATTEMPT TO CUT WAGES 14 PER CENT AND ADD 4 HOURS TO WORKING WEEK LONDON, June 22.—A possible general strike in the coal mining industry in Great Britain is being considered. ‘ Uniess some compromise is reached in the next few weeks, a strike or @ lockout is almost certain, with resultant peril to the trade of the country. The Miners’ Federation will hold a final conference of delegates from all Britain in London on July 3 to consider action. The owners will submit their (Continued on page 2)
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The old agreement expires on June The mine owners, as usual, plead ‘that they are all going in rags and making no money at all, in money, and that the front, but instead the red flag of strug- | wages at present keeps the prices of losing }coal too high. Defense Lawyers Confer on Scopes ’ ‘for the alleged R. Scopes, |10, were in i\headed by Clarence Darrow. |anti-evolution law. Shepherd Case Nears End. murder Nelson McClintock, his the defendant himself ]partment and with the shoe industry Trial at Dayton DAYTON, Tenn., June 22.—The de- fense attorneys in the trial of John to take place here July conference here today, {in 1924, profits amounted to $1,229.- Scopes '719. | will be tried for teaching evolution in ltion of stores and the rise of profits, the Rhea county high school, in vio- j}lation of the state’s recently passed The trial of William. D. Shepherd of William foster-son, wound its way toward its final chap- ters as the defense prepared to pre- sent its closing witnesses including Ing the passage in the chamber of the bills which empowér Premier Mussolini to make fawe by Issuing decreés, and which make provisions for censorship of the press. Exellent Picture of Capital in the Age of Imperialist Monopoly (Continued from page 1.) division, in co-operation with the do- mestic commerce division of the de- itself. The normal and Maximum capac- ity of the country’s shoe industry is not definitely known today and defi- nite figures as to ¢onsumption in this country are also lacking. It is gen- erally assumed that the per capita consumption of leather boots and shoes in this country is about three pairs a year. The retail shoe trade is preparing to assemble statistics which will indicate consumption. Export Trade Falling Off. Many countries that Yormerly im- ported American shoes have practi- cally ceased buyitig here. Govern- ment export gures point to the fact that these countries have been im- porting shoe machinery and are now producing practically all their shoe supply. It is the general bélief in shoe cir- éles that with the compilation of the necessary statistical data and with the aid of the various governmetal departments, a genéfal amalgama- tion campaign will be carried on in the entire industry from tanning fac- tories to retail shoe stores. Such phenomenon is manifest at the present time, but slowly and without much noise. Retail dealers will be pushed out of business by hook or crook. The sameé will apply to tanning factories and shoe shops either by merging or by being forced out of business thru other competi- tive methods. In this war of big fish eat little fish the government is at the service of thé big fish. Centralizing and Combining. The Dunn, Green Tanneries of Hudson, Mass., and R. H. Long Shoe Co,, of Frami , Mass., both old established firms that employed a many workeres have gold at jauction the early Jt this month. Many movre shoe and bstab-| lishments are either mérged with a stronger one or forced out of busi- ness. In the meantime the profits of the combine are inereasing. An ex- ample of this phenomena may be seen in the expansion of the G. R. Kinney Co., Inc. This company operates one of the largest chains of general shoe stores. Its 222 stores are located in 84 cit- ies and 81 states. This company also owns or controls the majority stock of the following factories} Goodyear Shoe Co., Bedford Shoe €6., Johnson- Baillie Shoe Co., J. Landig Shoe Co., and the Perry-Norvell Co, . A little history of this) company will prove to the most ignorant per- son how the working class is being robbed incessantly while the profits are yiling up and up. Pouring In the Water. In January, 1917, the business was incorporated in New York state with an authorized capitalization consist- ing of $1,600,000 of 8 per cent cumu- lative preferred stock and 30,000 shares comon stock without par value. In the following year the an- thorized preferred stock was in- creased to $2,500,000 and in Novem- ber, 1919, the capitalization was in- creased by another million dollars. This latter increase of stock was used for the purchase of the Johnson- Baillie, J. Landis, Perry-Norvell and Bedford Shoe Companies, for which an aggregate of $2,014,000 in stock, not cash, were paid. In December, 1921, the authorized preferred stock was imereased to $8,000,000, and -an issue of two and one half million dollars in seven and one-half per cent notes was sold to provide funds for an extensive ex- pansion program. Up to December 31, 1924, the company had squeezed out shareholders by either cancelling or repurchasing notes to the tune of $669,500. In October, 1928, the first Goodyear factory was acquired and in 1924 a second factory was erected, both operations being financed out of earnings, in other words, out of the profits, and not by putting up a single cent. % The Triumph of Monopoly. In 1921, the G. R. Kinney Co., had 102 stores; in 1924, it had 207 stores. In 1921, profits amounted to $588,257; The merging of factories, addi- is the history of this company which is typical of what is at present tak- ing place in the shoe industry. The results of the government's action in this industry will be felt by the tan- by the shoe salesmen and the “two by four” shoe dealers, whether they ling of the masses goes on by this "By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Send Delegate to the —— —_— — . adn — ¥ man.” The noisiest amon include many “socialists,” altho the “socialist” party at its last convention resolved to break with the LaFollette third party movement, some belligerent delegates even de- nouncing the treason to the class strugg crawling unreservedly aboard the presidential bandwagon of the late Wisconsin senator. * > Human “greatness” depends on who writes history. is sure that the histories written by the capitalist writers of today, who will give LaFollette honorable mention, will be scrapped on the morrow when labor comes into power. The czars, the grand dukes and the grand duchesses thought they were “great” in their day in Russia. But Soviet Rule has finally placed upon them their true value. Capital- heroes as much as any ruling class in the past. But workers will live to learn that Spar- tacus, the rebellious slave, is more to be honored than the Roman Caesars; that all down the pages of history there are hidden away obscure mention of lowly agitators, pagandists of and fighters for the new day to come, whose as the Napoleons, Bismarcks, Welling- tons and their whole breed, to thé present day, are forgot- ten, or remembered only as hideous offspring of a barbarous ism today lauds its militar names will loom bi age that is gone. e + 2 * LaFollette was not a “leader” in the sense that he was the standard bearer of some new cause. The agitator, who is hounded and jailed by the rulers of today, is he who ed- ucates and organizes the workers for the overthrow of the capitalist system. Walter Thomas Mills, the “socialist” who secured some rominence as the author of “The Struggle for Existence,” in the days before the war, rids himself of some super-bun- combe when he declares: “The country has lost the greatest man in its history. LaFollette was the leader of the masses, and history will place hie name along with that of Lincoln and Washington’. 4 Altho Lincoln led in the fight for the overthrow of chattel slavery, there came before him John Brown, martyred in the cause of the black slave’s emancipation. Washington led in the war against England, but it was a war of the property owners of the colonies, who had slaves both white and black, and who worried little about the human rights of oppressed mankind. ; a * clever politician to be sure. those who really in the Labor In the Chicago Federation of Labor, the : “socialist,” Christian M. Madsen, former member of the state legislature, introduces a resolution declaring LaFollette “a champion of there are who have uttered words ut LaFollette and his following in congress wouldn't even make a fight for free speech during the war. American labor has been smothered with political latitudes, and still staggers under this narcotic influence. aFollette was an excellent utterer of phrases. call for action found him wanting, even for his own middle class; once when he failed to join the Roosevelt break with the republican party in 1912, and again after the war when he delayed the organization of his so-called “progressive” forces into a third party movement because he thought, “the people are not yet ready for it.” © ” human freedom.” Man for human freedom. When the Communists in the New York Conference of last Saturda LaFollette, they were bitterly as- who revel in their idolatry for this middle class hero. If homage must be bludgeoned on behalf of LaFollette in the days that his corpse is being buried, small chance that he will long hold a niche day’s rising working class, that the American Labor Part tribute to the memory of sailed by the “socialists,” such misleaders as he. ODAY, strenuous efforts are being made by the friends of Senator LaFollette to lift him to the pedestal of “a great ad But LaFollette has led no fight. He sided with labor sufficiently to get the support of the trade union aristocracy. He lifted his voice for the farmers, but only loud enough to get some of their votes. When he developed presidential aspirations he disowned the Negroes, fearing it might hurt him among cast the ballots in the South, the whites. . LaFollette definitely and decisively showed where he stood resent class war whén he denounced the Farmer- onference, of June 17, 1924, in St. Paul. workers and farmers rise to power they will not forget. The historic retrospect of the years to come will show little dif- ference between Coolidge and LaFollette. the system of private ownership, Coolidge for the big own- ers, LaFollette for the little owners of private property. All that divided them was the fact that Coolidge ruled for cap- EAT italism in the White House, while LaFollette was trying to poten it up in the senate, instead of seeking to destro here are whole flocks of LaFollettes on top, in many nations today, and they are among the worst oppressors of labor. Take Millerand, Briand and Viviani in even “socialists” in their earlier days. ” ° June 28 onference ———E By CYRIL LAMBKIN (Spetial te The Daily Worker.) DETROIT, Mich., June 22—IiImbued with a spirit of class consciousness such as has seldon been evident | the Detroit Federation of Labor si the late Sam Gompérs handed then his ultimatum two years ago the Detroit Federation of Labor at thelr last meeting took favorable action on the call issued by the Labor De fense Council for a National énce to be held in Chicagé : June 28. They elected Wm, Moo! hauer, delegate from the ane’ Union, as their representative te this conference. Mollenhauer Wen 6Ver John T., Taylor, former president of the Détroit Federation by a vote of 27 to 26. The delegates also declared them- selves vigorously against the impef- ialist depredations if Chiha and against the conviction of Pablo Man- lapit the leader of the striking field workers in Hawaii. ee The following resolutions were adopted unanimously and ordered sent to the president of the United States. Resolution introduced by delegate Mol- lenhauer: WHEREAS, Pablo Manilapit, leader of the striking canefield eon nt de | Hawali has been convicted and sentenced to from two to ténh yeafs at Rh labor for his activities in the strié, ahd WHEREAS, Manlapit is a man of slight physique and sich a séenténcée is equivalent to a death sentence and has been imposed bécause of his standi in the strike of the cane work therefore, Be It Resolved, That the - eration of Labor demands the uncorndi- tional pardon of Pablo Manlapit at once. Moved one gupperten a ae eee - tion be adopted and a cop n president of the United brates. Cartiea Resolution introduced by Delegate Mol- lenhauer: Recall U. 8. Treoepel WHEREAS, The cotton weieece of Shanghai, China eo or ér wages, better conditions and the right to organize, an WHEREAS, Chinese students were ruthlessly shot down by pollée under the control of the so-called foreigh céfées- sionaries; ten being Killed and many wounded, and WHEREAS, The goverhmest of the United States has been a party to this by virtue of its having a part in the Shanghal municipal council and so be- ing partly responsible for the aétions of the Sikh police who are under the con- trol of the counell, a WHBERBPAS, e above and the send- a fag Se * ae waters to aid in suppressing 6s threa to the workers thruout the wend, therefore, Be It Resolved, That the Detroit Fed- eration of Labor demands the immediate recall of American warships from n+ ese waters and the renunciation of thé extra territorial rights in China now held by America which were forced from the Chinese people against their will. Moved and supported the resolutién be adopted and a copy sent to the président of the United States. Carried. these LaFollette boosters le committed by It ro- He showed himself a When Both champion Letter From Workers Party. The following letter from the Workers Party calling for a united front campaign in the municipal elec- tions which take place in the fall was read and referred to the Political Committee of the Federation. June 9th, 1986. Detroit Federation of Labor, Frank X. Martel, Pres., Detroit, Mich. Brothers; The municipal elections at which a mayor will be elected for four years and a city council fortwe years are rapidly approaching. The working class of Detroit is and must be vitally interested in the elections of the officials of a city in which it constitutes a majority of the popula tion. The Workers Party, while it real- izes that the problems confronting us as workers cannot be solved in a sye- tem based upon the exploitation of the working class, it nevertheless considers the elections of great im~ portance as they offer the opportun- ity of mobilizing working class strength for safeguarding the gains already made and for making further gains. it. rance, who were But every refused to stand in Call for United Front. The Workers Party which is a po- litical party of the working class in- tends to enter the campaign. It has no faith in politicians of either of in the memory of to- will win power in spite of lecture, one of the most important today, and the group leaders must know how to nery workers, shoe workers, and even be jobbers or retailers. The level- process of capitalist development on the basis of big fish eat Uttle fish. y GROUP LEADERS, ATTENTION! Today, June 23, Comrade Barney Mass, acting national secretary of the Young Workers’ League, will address the Chicago group leaders. ject of Comrade Mass’ lecture is, “The Chinese Situation and Its Relation to the World Labor Movement.” 2613 Hirsch The sub- Place: Blvd. All group leaders must attend this as the Chinese question is bring this question before the eyes of the children. The lecture will start at eight o'clock sharp and all those that are not there at that time will miss part of a very interesting talk. All group leaders should attend, and all outside comrades that are inter- ested in this subject are invited to come, listen, and partake in the dis- cussion. r™é - «4 — 7 = — Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will.make a better Communist o you, vs - = i Y. W. L. Activities the old parties because the old par- ties are parties of the employing class. It believes that the In of our class can best be served if @/i working class organizations, labor. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, June 22.—Great Bri- tain, pound sterling, . 4.85%: cable 4.86%. France, franc, 4.64%; cable| inions, political, and others; will 4.65. Belgium, franc, 4.61%; cable|join in united front for the purposes. 4.62. Italy, lira 3.74%; cable 3.75.|\of the campaign and will put fortha Sweden, krone, 26.74; cable 26.77.|joint program. Norway, krone, 16.97; cable 16,99,| The Workers Party of Detroit fra- Denmark, krone, 19.18: cable 19.20 ternally requests you to communicate with us by the 20th of this month. Fraternally yours, Workers Party of Detroit, Edgar Owens, Sec'y. Germany, mark, not quoted, Shanghai, tael, 77.25; cable 78.00. Birthdays in July of Political Prisoners | IRTHDAYS in July of political, class-war prisoners, confined In the various state and government institutions of America, are announced by the Workers’ National Prison Comfort club, 2023 Chesnut Street, Milwaukee Wisconsin, as follows: AT REPRESA, CALIFORNIA—FOLSOM PRISON. July 4. Warren Billings; July 26, James Price AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON, SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA. July 17, Frank Bally, No. 37647; July 26, H. R. Hanson, No. 88114; July 80, Joe Varela, No. 38133; July 30, Wm. Minton, No, 38124. Cora Meyer, Secretary, invites friends and sympathizers to send birth- day cards and letters (money is advisable for gifts) to these polltioal prison- . ere. Books and publications to be sent directly from the publishers, ee ee ar SS ne Oe ee ——_—-<—
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Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by ** Replacing Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with "es Unitie” Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into * “Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal of Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm- ers’ Government. It SHOE STRIKE — ‘ WFreiheit gave ample space SHOWS BEST UNION POLICY _ Fighting Wins; Yellow Socialists Exposed By DAVID ENGEL. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 22—The Shoe Workers’ Protective Union of Philadelphia has scored ite first vic- tory in the fight against the open shop when the Culton Manies shop settied agreeing to all union conditions. The fight started four weeks ago when. the union declared a strike in two factories which refused to recog- nize the union working permits. The bosses at this time attempted to fire a number of union workers and re- place them with non-union men and establish their absolute right to hire and fire workers when they pleased as the first step to establish the open shop with all its miserable conditions. The organized shoe workers of Phil- adelphia gathered at their union meet- ing and unanimously decided to go out on strike in these two shops. As soon as the strike began two workers were arrested and one was beaten up for demanding their pay from the boss who fired them. They were, however, immediately released and the boss. was compelled to pay them off. Scabs Wear Maéks! During the same week the bosses started to bring scabs into the struck shops late at night with masks on their faces so that strikers would not recognize them. At first with the help of the police the scabs continued to work for a while, but our strikers had some previous experiences and knew how to handle the situation with the result that the scabs did not last more than a couple of days to the great satisfaction and encourage- ment of all strikers and union men. During the early days of the strike a petty boss by the name of Good- man, who only became a boss a few months ago, went to work in one of the struck shops to prove his solidari- ty to the bosses. Before going to scab he told the pickets that he would see to it that the strikers would starve on the street, which only gave -more courage to the strikers who replied that his day will come yet. At the next local meeting it was unanimously decided to support the strike by having every union mem- ber who was working pay five per cent of his wages to the strike as long as it lasts. A request was made from the general office of the Shoe Work- ers’ Protective Union to send a’ spe cial organizer to help to conduct the strike. Brother De Liberty was sent here and has helped considerably in the strike. Fighting Policy Wins. With the first victory in their hands the union is conducting the strike with renewed energy and the strikers are showing a spirit that will win this strike against the open shop with- in*a very short time. The Shoe Workers’ Protective Union has demonstrated that a suc- céssful fight can be made against the open shop and this victory will surely lead them to further aggressive steps to organize all the shops in this city. tt is interesting to note here the attitude of the labor press towards this ‘strike. The DAILY WORKER, the Freiheit and the Jewish Forward were notified of the strike and asked to give it publicity. Yellow Socialist Paper Exposed. The DAILY WORKER and the to the news of the strike but no news of the strike could be found in the Forward tho many of the workers were search- ing for it between the bed room stories of millionaire love affairs. The supporters of the DAILY WORKER and the Freiheit and mem- bers of the Trade Union Educational League did not have to use any lengthy arguments to convince the strikers and the union members which of these are real labor papers and fight for the cause of labor. Ford's Flag on the Ocean. NEW YORK, June 22—-Henry Ford put bis fiag im the trans-Atlantic @reight service today. ) Milwaukee Plumbers Accept a Compromise MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 22.—Aft- er two weeks’ strike for the $10 day the 260 union plumbers in Milwaukee accepted the compromise offer of $9.50, an increase of 50 cents over the scale that expired June 1. While a number of cities pay more, others is $8. JOINT MEETINGS DATES GIVEN OF RAIL MEN union scale Expirations CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 22—Chair- men’s associations of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainment and the Order of Railway Conductors will hold joint divisional meetings in Novém- ber to consider the proposition of seeking a wage increase from approxi- mately 200 railroads in the United States for trainmen and conductors. The ‘dates of the joint meetings fol- low: Chicago local Chairmen’s associa- tion, Chicago, Nov. 1. Western general Chairmen’s assoc- iation, Chicago, Nov. 3. Southern general Chairmen’s assoc- iation, Washington, Nov. 10. Eastern general Chairmen’s associé: tion; Cleveland; Nov; 17. If the Chairmen’s associations de cide to request a wage increase the proposal will be put up to a referen- dum vote of the members of the brotherhoods for approval. If ap- proved the Chairmen’s associations will present it to the railroads in their respective territories. Contracts of the trainment and conductors’ brother- hoods wih a large number of rail- roads expire at the end of this year. 6 Per Cent Democracy Puts Faker in Again SEATTLE, June 22—Absence of contesting candidates resulted in bringing out only 6 per cent of the vote of the Washington State Federa- tion of Labor. William Short was re- elected president. Scab Baker Busts. DUBUQUE, June 21. — Boss Baker Remsley who boasted that he would put the Dubuque local of the Bakery & Confectionery Workers Intl. out of business, has disappeared, his bakery closed down by his creditors, while the local continues to gain members and consolidate its power. -_——s -_ pay less, notably St. Paul where the. Prepare for Contract: |Clash Soon to Come TREACHE! SEEN IN COMBINE WITE Wolff, of the New York joint board. porations as such. the corporations to be organized at liberty. The conflict between the radicals, on the one hand, and reactionaries, on the other, continued for several years, and the radicals (Communists) had successfully held their own against all onslaughts of their adver- saries. And it was only thanks to the present manager of the New York joint board and all the rest of mensheviks that they, with the help of gangsters, on February 19, succeed- ed in beating up the radicals and sus- pending a number of active members for five years. This is the means by which they are today keeping them- selves in power. There has been nothing obstreper- ous in the conduct of the Commun- ists and their sympathizers after the suspensions; they had decided to act within the limits of the constitution. On March 15, they appealed to the board of directors, asking that their case be reconsidered; but the men- sheviks have not as yet given any consideration to the matter of sus- pension. Which should serve to in- dicate that the joint board is deliber- ately upholding the corporationists among the Lithuanians. Turn From Class Struggle. Under such tutelage there have been already organized 13 corpora- tions, and the corporationists are de- termined to proceed in this direction with an ever-increasing tempo. The present local committee, with the exception of one member of the joint board and the delegate, is com- posed of anti-Semites and corpora- tionists. Financial Secretary A. Bub- nys at the union office takes it to be his duty to inform the members that Hillman and Wolff have told him that there was no other way to bring back the industry to New York but: or- ganize corporations which would do the work cheaper, and so: it. would prove unprofitable for the firms to give their orders out to the non-union shops because the work could be done just as cheaply by “union” shops. Secretary Bubnys’ statements are borne out by Vaitukaitis, member of the joint board... All of which goes to show that class struggle is losing its last foothold in our union. Hillman’s Betraval. It Hillman and Wolff see the only salvation in organizing corporations as the means of bringing the market back to New York, there must be something wrong in the Amalgamat- ed. And all of those in whom there is still lingering a least spark of i NEW YORK CITY, June 22.—Lithuanian fascisti, with the assistance of the joint board are feverishly organizing Corporations, which are pur- ported to have been legalized by the union, President Hillman and Manager The Lithuanian Local No. 54, for several years past, had come into prominence by reason of its struggles for strengthening the union as well as on account of its relentless fight against unorganized shops; also to carry on struggle within, against promoters and organizers of cor- The fascisti, socialists, and nationalists, naturally, were displeased with those Communist activities and consequently decided to do away with them in order to clear the way for —_—— the local had class conscéousness should unite and show the door to the leaders of this species, if we do not want to degener- ate into an association of corpora- tions and wish to remain a working class union. While the very local committee and union Officials are urging or agitat- ing to organize corporations, the la- bors of Communists would be of lit- tle avail. Besides the thirteen newly organ- ized corporations mentioned before, there are half a dozen more in the process of organization. Thus we shall shortly have nineteen corpora- tion shops among the Lithuanians. Which is to say that the militant Lithuanian local is changing into a “business men’s” local. The respon- sibility for this situation, of course, should be assumed by union officials, especially by Wolff, Miller, and Hill- man, who supported the fascist alli- ance against the Communists in Local No. 54. LEWIS SEEKS. TO BAR LEFT WING FIGHTERS Don’t Want Any at Convention By ALEX REID. (Secretary, Progressive Miners’ Inter- national Committee of the United Mine Workers of America.) TAYLORVILLE, ILL., June 22.— The attempted postponement of the International convention of the min- ers by the Lewis machine because of fear of losing their positions thru such aconvention, is seen in the latest instructions sent out to bar the mili- tant membership from the conven- tion. The militant opposition to Lewis in the 1924 convention in Indianapolis must not be allowed to recur again, and the memory of that militant, de- flant group of 1,000 left wingers which eaeneten him, standing shouting in the Tomlinson Hall, accusing him of treason to the coal diggers, must be destroyed at all cost. So thinks Lewis. One Crook Writes to Another. Dominick Teneski, an erstwhile friend and confident of Farrington, who today is making little rocks out of big ones for robbing dead miners Like a Chamber of Commerce. The Amalgamated Building itself station for organizing corporations. Greenberg is quite willingly renting al meetings where plans for organ- cals, with the assistance of thugs in pay of the joint. board, are hatched. Such are the policies tolerated, even sponsored "by the joint board menshe- vik machine; and they mean disaster, and does mot even stop to inquire in- to the reasons for which nine mem- bers of the local were suspended. For the chairman is a socialist. It is a well-known and established fact that he with three others of his kind remained to scab in the S. Ac- kerman factory while all the rest went on §strike. Nevertheless he is being just éd afid protected by the joint nager Wolff and other board ,mé On the other hand, However, the jolfit board is turning a deaf ear to the appeal of those active union members who were on February 19 slugged by the gangsters and sus- pended, in addition. The appeal which was submitted more than three months so far has failed to get any consideration what- ever, while the joint board is too busy protecting the scabs against honest union members. Between Open Shop and Biulding Trades GOOLIDGE GOOD The Chicago building trades "COUR. | cil’s determination to hold contrac- tors to their agreement and stop plac- ing nonunion men on the same job with unionists will come to an early | issue. As soon as work begins on a | word or face strikes. complete sympathetic a Report Drop in Gasoline. barrels or more than 20,000,000 gal- lons in surplus stock of gasoline dur- ing May. OO OO DLL LLLP LP LBL LL LF Oder a ide “ the July Issue of The Workers Monthly Special Anti-Imperialist Number Including these features: The Negro As an Oppressed People By WILLIAM F. DUNNE By NIKOLAI BUCHARIN of the Golden West By MIRIAM ALLEN DE FORD by Robert Minor, Lydia Gibson, Maurice Becker Other Features Single Copies 25 Cents $1.25 Six Months st Contradictions of 18 Cents Imperialist Capitalism “copies. |} Labor and E m pire ie Native Sins 16 Cents per copy Cartoons 50 copies to 100. A nd 15 Cents } $2.00 a Year per copy 100 or more. THE WORKERS MONTHLY 1113 W. Washington Blvd. ; ‘ ‘ ' | ) ‘ ; , | ‘ , | ‘ , ; ; By MANUEL GOMEZ (} ‘ ‘ . ' 5 ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ : ; vhicago, : contract let since June 1 the employ- | ers wlil have the chance to honor their | There has been a drop of 410,000) | in May. renietowas in Xew ostsnd =| LOOK WHO'S COMING TO HELP BILL GREEN TO FIGHT THE REDS! TIMES GETTING HARD IN SPOTS |Govertaiinnt Hope Art- ists Working Hard WASHINGTON. Rind 22 ous mining was “further curtailed” | | | | during May, says the industrial em- | ployment information bulletin issued | by the U. S. employment service. “A number of mines were entirely closed | and many of those still open are on a | two or three day a week basis. |The iron and steel industry slig htly curtailed operations in sofme plants.” | On the other hand, the service as- 'serts that “The upward trend in em- ployment noted in April was sateeasites port the majority of mills running | only part time or with reduced forces. New York state reports are in gen- | acturing plants are, “with but few ex- | ceptions, still operating below normal and a surplus of labor obtains in sev- | eral important industries.” | W. of A., (Arion Place) has become a central | the hall to fascisti for their fraction- | izing corporations and assaulting radi- | being | nay, a death blow to the entire union | and especially to the Lithuanian local. The joint board is siding with the | strike breaker chairman of the local | Bitumin- | eral unchang<d, but Rochester's manu- | of death insurance paid by the U. M. received the following state- ;ment from Lewis in reference to a | convention report made by one left wing miner who very severely criti- cised Lewis’ treachery to Howat, Myerscough, and McLachlan, “In the future such men must not be permit- ted to attend our conventions. We |/must have harmony. Their opposition is a disgrace to our union. I cannot expel him without proper charges be- ing preferred against him, etc., etc.” Haunting fear from this memory of that outraged delegation shaking their fists and threatening him with bodily injury, coupled with the flagrant trea- |son he has committed since and the _ knowledge that the miners are await- ‘ing the convention to deal judgment to him in a manner fitting to all trait- ors of the working class, is respon- sible to a large extent for the attempt to postpone the convention. Harmony on the Basis of a Fighting Union. We must have harmony. But har- mony can never be achieved in the (, M. W. of A., as long_as Lewis re- mains its president. As long as the i militant miners are denied expression in the union. As long as progres- sives are expelled for resisting the fakers’ class collaboration policies, their desertion of the class struggle, and their complete surrender to the coal barons. It is noticeable that our Uncle Samuel's guest received a veiled in- vitation to prefer charges against the militant left winger, and no doubt, if Dominick had done so, Lewis would have found ample precedence to cruct- fy the militant as in the Howat, Mc- Lachlan, and other cases, and only Dominicks unwilling absence prevent- ed another expulsion. The statement from Lewis to Ten- eski was in reply to Teneski’s inform- ation to Lewis, and the local union demanded a copy of the Teneski let- ter from Lewis, who replied that the matter was closed and no copy would be sent. Fight Against Expulsions. The Progressive Miners will be on their guard thruout the union. A desperate effort is being made to de- stroy them, in the name of “har- mony.” .The harmony resulting from the meeting between a hungry lion with a lamb. Harmony in the ranks of the miners is necessary and the | Progressive Miners will accomplish | it. Their fighting union will be re- built in spite of Lewis, and with militant leadership thruout the coun- ‘try the Progressive Miners will lead ito harmony and victory with fhe eli- | mination of the Lewis gang. | GIRLS! ASK THE WISE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY LIVE ON $13 PER WEEK BOSTON, June 22—Women and giris millinery workers must con- trive to live on $13 a week in Bos- ton the minimum wage commission has decided. The ruling takes ef- fect July 1 and affects girls who are 19 and have been employed at least four seasons of 16 weeks each, Including two spring and two fall seasons. Learners and apprentices get special minimum rates of $6 to $12 a week, accordnig to age. The minimum wage commission made out a budget showing how girl work- ers can live (if they can) on $13 a week but mo budget has yet been contrived to show how girls can live on $6 a week—without other assist- ance, PAINTERS OF LOS ANGELES BATTLE C.L.C, REACTION Locals and District Council Protest LOS ANGELES, Calif., June 22 The following resolution, adopted by YELLOW FAKERS? Socialist Autocracy Fought by 30,000 By ERNEST ETTLINGER. A. @ NEW YORK CITY—With a unanh mity seen only in great mass strikes, thousands of garment workers at their _ various mass meetings have unequiv- ocably condemned the attempt of f officials of the International dies Garment Workers Union to pt their organization and make it a able tool of the Forward gang and the | socialist party. The reaction of the rank and file against the terrorist policy of the union officialdom reached its climax and thousands of workers loyally ~ pledged their support to their duly elected executive boards to fight and resist any attempt to tamper with the organization and so break down the standards attained by years of strug- gle. | Suspended Executives Take Offensive. The executive boards of the respec- tive locals of the Garment Workers, Local 22, Local 2 and 9, illegally sus- pended by the autocrats of the Inter- national, Messrs, Sigman Feinberg & Company outlined the causes of the Painters’ Union Local 1348, protesting against the expulsion of Fred Kaplan. from his union, was also adopted by Local No. 611 and by the Painters’: District Council. The Painters’ District Council sent a resolution of protest to the Central Labor Council agains this autocratic expulsion. The T. U. E. L. of Los Angeles is circularizing the local) unions with a statement on the unjust and illegal expulsion of Brother Kap- lan. The resolution follows: Resolution. “Whereas, The Central Labor Coun- cil has expelled Delegate Fred Kaplan merely because he is a member of the Workers Party, and “Whereas, No such discrimination has ever been. made by the council against members of any other political parties, and “Whereas, No charges were ever preferred against said delegate and no trial given the accused, and “Whereas, Such discrimination may divert the attention and energies of organized labor from their struggle against exploitation to jurisdictional fights and political favoritism, and “Whereas, Such action invites the 'attack on the union and pointed out that the union machine being bank- rupt and unable to gain for the work ers union conditions and unwilling to make a militant fight against the em- ployers had resorted to this latest tac tic and in true autocratic style had attempted to intimidate the union by the suspension of the executive board, This outrage should be sufficient to point out to the workers that the offi- cialdom were interested in nothing but to perpetuate their control and were willing to sell the union hand and foot to the employers if by so doing they |, could retain control of the organiza- tion. Machine Is Desperate. Menaced by the growing protest of the rank and file against their treach- erous policy of collaboration with the bosses, the union machine in one last desperate attempt endeavored to split the organization and weaken the fight- ing power of the union. It was pointed out that, whereas the joint board has an income of over five hundred thousand dollars a year, with no legitimate expenses, yet their voracious appetites were never satis- fied and in spite of the protests of the local unions they forced thru.a raise formation of an autocratic clique with y full power +o terrorize any construe- tive opposition into submission, and “Whereas, We never noticed such quick and energetic action on the part of the Central Labor Council to help us fight our real and only enemy, dur- ing the painters’ strike of last year, which was endorsed by your honor- able body, therefore be it “Resolved, That we the Painters Local Union 1348 vigorously the action of the Central Labor Coun- city, and demand that the Council per- mit the local unions to choose their own representatives and cease to ex- pel delegates because they hold cer- tain political opinions, and be it fur- ther “Resolved, That this resolution be sent to all Painters’ Local Unions of the district and to the labor press. “Adopted unanimously at the meet- ing of the Painters Local Union 1348, May 26, 1925, H. FISH, Secretary.” (Seal) mam John L. Lewis, What Are You Doing to Stop Wage Cuts?) CALGARY, Ala., June 22 -Miners in a cut of 16 per cent from the former union rate in a contract just signed between operators and representa- tives of District 18, United Mine Work ors of America. HAMBURG, Germany, June 22.—Anton Erkelenz, Secretary General of the German Trade unions and a Social-Democratic deputy in the Reichstag, | Hamburg on the 15th. Pennsylvania reports that “Employ-| | ment declined in several lines, particu- | larly the bituminous coal industry, | | the iron and steel and allied indus- tries, textile mills and railroads, while | 'it is holding up fairly well in the an- thracite fiel4g and the automotive and electrical industries.” ' Illinois “continues in a state of de- pression,” with 3 per cent reduction in ) ‘employment since February. Strike the Only Way to Settle Complains WILKESBARRE, Pa., Twelve hundred miners, the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co conducted a four-day strike till management promised to adjust their grievance by providing help for runners and patchers. This was the second strike and came when t. Despite Cappellini June 22—| employed by! the | additional ent failed to make an ex- writers of the women in the many attractive photographs. WOMEN AND SOCIALISM | By AUGUST BEBEL. is sailing for New York on a tour of “investigation and study.” Communist Books For Women 'f} COMMUNISM AND THE FAMILY........00..0000.00000.... 15 Cents By ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI, MARRIAGE LAWS OF SOVIET RUSSIA........ vated Fe 15 Cents SE PUTED WOE 5 occ cscrncendtnacindcecscsasncbeccconscneds< 35 Cents Report of women's activities A study of women’s status in society in the past and the future. He left one of the most brilliant Communist International. in Soviet Russia—with 1113 W. Washington Blvd. | The Daily Worker Publishing Co. protest | the Wayne and Drumheller fields took | in the dues which would further en- able them fo live off the backs Of Be rank and file. It also was pointed out by the Var- ious speakers that ‘whereas the sus pended locals had in their rank forty thousand workers which is sixty per cent of the total union member ship, yet their representation on the | joint board was only twenty per cen And it was only by means of this “rotten borough” system that the ma-i |chine retained its control in spite of the fact that the overwhelming major ity of the membership was opposed to’ them. At all of these meetings the rank: and file unanimously adopted resolu- tions of condemnation against the tac-: tics and policies of the joint board and’ the International, and pledged their full support to carry on the fight to’ the finish, forming for that purpose @ | joint council of the three suspended locals and attempting to win to their | Support the rank and file of the other locals of the International. { No Dual Movement! That the International and the join€ | board will by every means seek to | throw dust into the eyes of the work- ers and to brand this revolt as “dual unionism,” the work of reds, etc., is | obvious, but the leaders of this move- bee recognize full well the danger of secession and dual unionism and | are appealing to the rank and file of! | ail of the unions of the Internationally They point out that it is the union” machine that is the wrecker and be trayer of the International] Workers Union and that unless the mass of the workers rises up in revolt against the treachery and class é¢ob laboration policy of the International all that the thousands of workers have struggled for in so many years of bit- ter battle will be lost. The Garment Workers everywhere must unite their ranks and struggle to preserve their organization and work- ing standards in the face of the of- fensive of the employers and their henchmen the officials of the Interna. tional. | eae Will Hold Unions Accountable; But Won’ t Aid U. E. i WASHINGTON, June 22 {prot of —— the department of labor to settle the jurisdictional dispute between the plasterers’ and bricklayers’ unions failed Saturday. Secretary of Labor Davis announced that the unions would be held strictly accountable for stopping construction work and that the government em pected them to adjust their differences without delay. What he is going to do if the unfons don't settle, Davis doesn’t say—but left wingers state that there is no Chicago, Illinois chance for Secretary Jimmy inisting on the amalgamation program of. bie | 7 u Bk tin ow ATTACK SETS iY: I 2. UNIONS ON FIRL, Garment .
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- Ba h Prohibited by 21 Laws WASHINGTON, June 22.—(FP)— laws regulating the subject- _ matter of instruction in American pub- AL schools, enacted in 1922-23, have ‘peen compiled and published, along | 4 wlth other school laws, by the U. 8S. a _ bureau of education as Bulletin No. 2, ug 7% and is recommended in Texas, while "a ‘ “teaching of the declaration of inde- > pendence is required only in Minne- sota. - series of 1925. Teaching of the federal - constitution is required in 21 states Florida, in 1923, enacted: “That it is the sense of the legislature of the state of Florida that it is improper and subversive of the best interests of the people of this state for any pro- fessor, teacher or instructor in the public schools and colleges of this ' state, supported in whole or in part | | by public taxation, to teach or permit } . } ~~ hvent ~ of our economic be t#ained in ence Gan be of mut 2 eae we to be taught atheism, or agnosticism, or to teach as true Darwinism, or any other hypothesis that links man in blood relationship to any other form of life.” Kluxers Pass Bible Bill Delaware, in 1923, prescribed by law that “At least 5 verses from the holy bible shall be read each school day at opening of school’; also that the lord’s prayer shall be 1:epeated, but no other religious services or exer- cises be permitted. Maine, under ku klux guidance, also required daily bible reading in the common schools. Mississippi ordain- ed that the ten commandments should be included in a compulsory course in “the principles of morality and good manners.” Arkansas went farther, with requirement that school children “morals, manners, pa- triotism and business and profession- al integrity.” North Carolina provides compulsory teaching of “Americanism,” which is defined as including respect for law and order, the character and ideals of the founders of our country, duties of citizenship, respect for the national anthem and the flag, a standard of good government, and study of the state and federal constitutions. Oregon “makes it a duty of every board... charged with the duty of selecting textbooks for the public schools to select and install textbooks on American history and civil govern- which adequately stress the Services rendered by the men who achieved our national independence, established our form of constitutional government, and preserved. our feder- al union. No textbook shall be used which speaks slightingly of the found- ers of our republic or of the men who preserved the union, or which belittles or undervalues their work.” e e Comp ilation of Experiell | By RICHARD DORNBUSCH. NE of the fundamental principles distinguishing the Communist In- ternational from the social democratic | international is the question of the | relations maintained between the Communist Parties of the different) It is the endeavor of the | countries. Communist International to become a really Communist world party, that is, it strives to pursue one uniform | political line, a line tested and ap- proved by the world congress. This aim can, however, only be at- tained if the various sections do not remain isolated from one another, but make use of the experiences gained in the party work of all the other sec tions. To lead means at times adapt- ing experience to the given moment. Hence the necessity and importance of an international exchange of the experiences gained in general politi- cal work, and especially in the agit- prop work done by the parties. This necessity having been recog- nized, the agitprop department of the executive committee of the Commun- ist International organized, after the fifth congress, a special working de- partment for the compilation of the experiences gained in agitprop work in the various sections. HE collection and generalization of experiences on an international scale is of the utmost importance, for it transforms the formal relations ex- isting among the parties into a real contact originating in the actual im- port of party work. It will thus be seen that what is required is not a mechanical and uniform transference of delineations of experiences from one party to another, but a differenti- ation according to the economic and political structure of the different countries, and a corresponding adapta- pr development of the separate sec- tions. The generalization of experiences implies the necessity of .its,detailed study from definite points © _Yiew. | THe rapid dispatch of, all. terial relating to agitprop work ig naturally ‘the fundamental prerequisite for a periences. Unless we receive exhaus- tive and detailed information on the agitprop work being carried on we can form no clear general survey of it. Fruitful criticism cannot be made on the basis of defective reports. The main subject of study is the periodi- | But apart from the fact that this drawing up of reports has not by any means been thoroly organized as yet, it does not form an adequate founda- tion for the drawing of the necessary conclusions. The parties, especially the large parties, must draw up spe- cial réports on every campaign or propagandist action (founding of party schools, organization of stu- dents’ circles, party libraries, press publishing, etc.), as soon as the work has been set going, and send these to the agitprop department ofthe executive committee of the Commun- ist International. When the material thus compiled is studied, attention must chiefly be giv- en to the following points: 1. If and to what extent the total agitprop work carried on by the party follows the principles laid down by the Communist’ International, and supports in agitation and propaganda the political action of the party. 2. What methods are being em- ployed for this purpose. 8. Ascertainment of the actual in- itiative exercised by the party in question. 4. Ascertainment of the fundamen- tion to the political tasks and stages | | tal political and methodological errors successful study and exchange of ex- | agitprop work of the Ripe : committed by the pa the course of its 5. Ascertainment c obstacles in the way necessary measures. 6. Ascertainment of to be taken by the ment of the C. I. in parties. A= these factors can only be sat- isfactorily ascertained if we have the most carefully drawn up reports to go by; most reports, however, con- tain only a part of the exhaustive ma- terial imperatively required for an eal reports sent in by the agitprop #dequate examination. Ls ‘departments of the different sections. | The compilation of experiences in the agitprop department @f the Com- munist International is being carried on along normal lines ‘to the extent that communication with the parties is established. But altho a certain amount of progress may be observed in the development of this communi- cation, there still remains much to be desired. Some of the larger and poli- tically decisive parties still not fully conscious of the impo and necessity of regular communication, to say nothing of the smaller parties. Reports sent by the agitprop organs of our sections are of course not the sole means of keeping up this com- munication they are not even the most successful means. The experi- ence gained up to now has proved that even the best of reports cannot give a concretely true picture of the work being done, and especially of the conditions under which it is done. The indispensable statements of the report are lacking in life and color until we hear the personal report.of a representative of the party. The agit- prop department of the ©. I. seizes every opportunity of receiving such personal reports, and does its ut- most to encourage detailed consulta- tion in agitprop work, with the rep- resentatives of the different sections, both in the rare p> 4 department and in separate ations with the functionaries % cdot department. and wo must admit’that we have on- ly been able to form a really concrete idea of the work being done by those parties with which we have come into rersonal communication. A further measure which has aidéd us to gain a general conception of the agitprop work of the parties has been the distribution of question forms to the centrals, with the re- quest for exhaustive replies. Such question forms were twice distribut- |. ed to the parties. The first was sent in on the occasion of the fifth con- gress; the second, the improved edi- tion so to speak, some months later. Only very few of the parties (and strangely enough the smaller parties, and even the illegal ones) filled out the question forms in a manner en- abling them to be used for a future control of work. The majority of the answers received were entirely vague and nebulous. It thus becomes evident that the success of the second and most im- portant fundamental task, the gener- alization of the experiences gained, the conversion of the raw materials sent to us into the common property of the international, is entirely de- pendent on our obtaining exhaustive material and dealing with it efficient- ly. The gaps in communication above described show why the agitprop de- partment of the C. I. during the com- paratively brief period which has elapsed since the fifth world congress, ‘has been able to occupy itself with ‘the accumulation of material, but has not yet enough at its disposal for pur- poses of generalization. What are the initial methods of generalization now being taken up? Various instructions have been given out with reference | to the agitprop work of the parties. After large international “<= critical descriptions of the | tries have been sent to the parties (for instance after the anti-war week). It need not be said that the methods of generalizing experience must be systematized and perfected. Here the international party press is our most effectual instrument. A per- manent column in the Imprecorr, or better still a periodical supplement dealing with questions of agitation and propaganda, would be the best method towards the systematic gen- eralization of experiences, until such ‘time as it will be possible to publish a special international periodical de- wees to questions of -agitation and educational work in the parties. HIS task of compiling and general- izing our experiences is not only part of agitprop work internationally, as well nationally. In the central com- mittees of at least. the large parties a comrade must be specially commis- sioned with the task of studying the agitprop work of the whole of the party organizations, down to the nu- clei, and generalizing it within the frame of the party. The agitprop department of the E. C. C. I. will make use of the opportun- ity offered by the impending agitprop conference to be held by the repre- sentatives of the parties for the pur- pose of explaining all questions con- nected with the compilation and gen- -eralization of experience, and for lay- ing down definite rules of work. Vari- ous types of reports, corresponding to the conditions under which work has to be done in the different coun- tries, will be drawn up, and even real- izable method of communication dig- cussed in detail. There is no doubt whatever that the development of this field of activity signifies a mighty stride forward towards a systematic organization of the agitprop work o lour parties. as carried out in the various coun-. nH 8 THERE IS MORE IN A CHINAMAN’S | HEAD THAN THE ROOTS OF A PIGTAIL The anti-foreign movementin China still continues with unabated inten- sity. the Chinese want anyhow? What is the meaning of this rumpus in “peaceful” China? What do lf you want to Knéw—and we don’t mean to reflect on your intelligence by even thinking that you don’t—you will come to the mass meeting tomorrow night at Northwest Hall, corner of Western and North Aves., where William F. Dunne, Henry Phillips, Manuel Gomez and other speakers will give the inside meeting starts at 8 p. m. “dope” on the Chinese situation. The Perhaps you are not interested. But you may be later on, if your masters want you to defend their investments prepared. in China. So you had better be PHILLIPS, ORGANIZER OF NEGRO _ LABOR CONGRESS SPEAKS TONIGHT Henry Phillips, organizer of the speak tonight at 2733 Hirsch Bouleva North West Side English branch of the Workers Party. the branch and their working class American Negro Labor Congress will rd at the open branch meeting of the Every member of associates should come to hear what Comrade Phillips has to say on the very important task of organizing the Negroes. The meeting will be held in the rear of the hall, starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free. one flight up. it SOVIET UNION ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY CONSOLIDATED, SAYS | RYKOV REPORT TO 3RD CONGRESS MOSCOW, Soviets of the U. political and economic However, powers of the world thru the metliods of colonial imed, so to say, a return to pre-war traditions and prepared new crisis and conflicts. and, application of policy the way for Foreign Treaties ‘\...Reiterating the immutability of the Soviet government's fundamental po- sition in the question of Czarist debts, Rykov declared: “Wea are ready to negotiate and compromise on mutual- ly advantageous principles, and are ready to make certain sacrifices, should we be convinced of receiving definite advantages in return and if we can asume that certain obligations are practically executable and would not hamper the normal development situation.” we The speaker remarked in this refer- that the treaty with Japan roves ‘the possibility of réaching an Sereement with the U. S. 8. R., which ual advantages to the parties_ concerned. American Relation The Soviet Government, further Stated the President of the council of People’s Commissaries, is ready to give full attention to the proposition which the American government will make: the present phase of develop ment of Soviet-American trade prom- ises its further still greater develop- ment should the existing artificial ob- stacles be removed. No Concessions to Britain Touching on the future of the treaty with Britain, Rykov declares that. the attempts to delay negotia- tions with the purpose by way of pressure to compel the Soviet Gov- ernment to make concessions can't ©rous attempis to charge the Udion ets . & ; . , 3 pied 0 Bae a eS eee determ- (By Mail).—In the report he read to the Third Congress of S. S R. on behalf of the Union Government, dent of the Council of People’s Commissaries of the Union, pointéd out that the fundamental feature of the present situation of the Union was the latter’s consolidation, while, at the same time, Signs of a certain stabilization of conditions in capitalist countries, had partly overcome the after-war crisis. Rikov. Presi- there were the incessant evoluton of conflicting interest of the greatest | in particular, the situation created in the TEast absolete #—_—__— — —--- —- have any positive results. Claims Against French The Soviet Government is ready immediately to start the discussion of French claims, but it will simultan- eously present counter-claims. “Des- pite all the difficulties in the way, we are sure that the interests of both countries will help find a mutually ad- vantageous principle of agreement. There are signs lately that there ex- | Germany ; ists a more concrete possibility of sol- utioning the disputable questions and thus expediting negotiations with France.” Friendly Relations with Germany Referring to the Soviet-German re- lations, the speaker points out that the principles embodied in the Rapal- lo Treaty still determine, as hereto- fore, the friendly relations with Ger- many. He remarks at the same time, that the present negotiations between and the Entente may in- fluence the inter-relations between U. 5. S. R. and Germany. Mr. Rykov further emphasized the successful rapproachment with Italy and the consolidation of economic ties between the two countries. Poland Plots Against Soviets Such ties are also being strengthen- ed with Poland, where, however. cer- tain reactionary groups are constantly plotting against the consolidation of normaLrelations with the Union. Th: participation of Poland in the recen‘ Riga conferénce of General Staffs of the Baltic states reveals the hostiie character against the Union of Soy- let Republics of that conference. Manufactured “Red Plots” Stating the dismal! failure of num- K v- which | POPE TAKES RAP AT = FASGIST VIOLENCE AGAINST CATHOLICS ROME, June 22.—Pope Pius de- plored fascist violence during holy year in an expression to pilgrims from Perugia. The pontiff was alluding to fas - | cisti disturbances at the Port of | Corpus Christi and similar out- | breaks reported from Pisa. —— eee The pope did not object to vio- lence against the workers until the | fascists attacked catholics. | with taking d hand in various kinds | lof difficulties being gone through by foreign countries, the speaker scouted as ridiculous and monstrous | the accusations that the Soviet Gov- ernment participated in the Sophia catasthrope, as well as the assertions of mythical aspirations of the U. S. § R. to dominate the Balkans, adding ‘that the Union has no special inter- ests in that part of Europe and does not interfere with the home affairs of the Balkan states. National Rights in East. Turning to the East, Kykov pointed out that the progress and consolida- tion of friendship with the Eastern countries is based on an immutable policy of recognition of their national rights and the renouncement on the part of the Soviet Republics of any hostile designs. Touching, in connection with the adherence to the Soviet Union of the Republics of Turkmenistan and Uzbe- kistan, upon the question of national | policy of the Soviet government, the President of the Council of People’s Commissaries declared emphatically that everything will be done for the urpose of strengthening economic- 115 the more backward nationalities of the Union and for the develop- ment of their national culture. Self Determination The principle of self-determination of nations, the speaker stated, pro- Claiuned in 1917, including secession from the Union—as the case with Latvia, countries— the of the Soviet Government. remains in the future as GREAT SIGNIFICANCE ATRIBUTED TO PARTICIPATION BY THE ENGLISH TRADE UNIONS IN W. 1. R. MEET The British “Workers International Relief” Conference, which was held} in London in the middle of April has a significance reaching beyond its na- tionally limited character because of the numerous and lively participation of the representatives of. trade union organizations. The endeavors and interests of the trade unions meet those of the Workers’ International Reliéf on the basis of the slogan of international unity, What the English trade unions are for the labor movement in England, a uniform organizdédtion embracing various parties, a, so to speak, neutral corresponding demands jade, that is the W. I. R. as a proletar n relief or- ganization on a world- ule. For this reason the W. IR. may, {n carrying out its duties as a prepara- tory, neutral, super-party ground on which workers of all shades of opinion and from all countries cam meet in joint activity, become the base for the preparation of a united front of trade unionism on an international scale. Thus it is no coincidenee that just the English trade unions, both their individual associations and, their lead- Lithuania, Estonia and other | immutable fundamental principle | ~- ers show a growing sympathy with the W. I. R. and are becoming members of —_— -_ . How strong this growing: interest is, has been shown by the English W. | R. Conference, and may be proved by the following facts: Trade union, co-operative and party organizations to the number of 165, representing the most important trade unions of England, took part in the Conference. Among them were the unions of engine-drivers and stokers, of the united electricty workers, of the united workers in the building trade, the transport workers, the railway- men, town and municipal employes, clerks, further representatives of the | workers’ defense council and the ten- ants’ defense league; finally represen- | tatives of the labor party ahd the in- dependent labor party and of the Com- munist Party of England,.of the Gen- 'era) Trade Union Council (also of | the London Trade Union Council) as | well as of the minority movement, | numerous women’s organizations, etc. In the executive of the W. L R. the following trade union and co-op- erative associations are represented: The Miners’ Union of Great Britain by territory on which general proletarian + class interests are represented and | ! lemned all reactionary attacks on the W. I. R. Th trade union movement for anity was described and demanded as a fact fof the greatest significance for the well-béing of the proletariat of the whole world. The English trade union report on Russia is published for Germany by the “Neur Deutscher Verlag” which is in close touch with the W. 1. R., on the basis of the agree- }ment between the Russian and Eng- lish trade unions. Owing to the recognition of the ne- cessity of creating an international united front for the trade unions, it is possible in England that leading mem- bers of the social democratic party support the W.L. R., that for instance, Lansbury was at the Conference, elected chairman of the Central Com: mittee of the W. I. R., and that Pur- cell, the English president of the Amsterdam trade unions, took part in the Congress. Altho there was no such intention, the conference of the British W. I. R., which met to solve questions of organization and to pre- pare the ground for a campaign of relief for the straving people of Ire- land, tufned into a demonstration in favor of intrenational alliance.of the working masses, not only in the or- ganization of the proletarian self-help but also in the trade union movement. In Japan also the W. I. R. and the trade unions joined in their efforts for the solidarity and a homogenous alli- ance of all working and exploited peo- ple under the slogan Amsterdam and Moscow. In Germany, France and, in the last weeks, in Czecho-Slovakia, the its general secretary A. J. Cook, the} i ’ | iation by its general secretary Alex-| | the National Amalga- of ander Gossip, mated Unions algamated Engineers Union by Frank Smith, the National Union of Women’s Co-operative Guilds by Miss Honora Enfield, and A. A. Purcell, at present president of the Amsterdam Trade | Union International. ; The mixed commission’ of the labor party and of the Trade Union Con- ‘gress will at its next meeting discuss the conditions under which every lead- ing political and industrial organiza- tion of the English working class will send a representative to the executive of the W. I. R. The Conference passed resolutions in which was demanded the co-opera- tion of the trade unions with the co- operative societies as a preliminary to a comprehensive assistance on the part of the W. |. R. The prime minister of the labor government in West Australia prom- ised that all the labor organizations and the government of the country would give their fullest support to the W._I1. R. At the same time he con- t Building Trade | Workers A. U. B. T. W. By its gen- eral secretary George Hicks, the Am- affiliation of trade union organizations to the W. I. R. is steadily making great progress. In Germany armost all the organizations of the excluded trade unions have joined the W. I. R., but National United Woodworkers’ Assoc: | only a few of those of the German General Federaiton of Labor. In its capacity as an international, super-party organization, the W. I. R. can work in the spirit of the proletar- ian united front. It can help to un- mask the treachery of the reactionary trade union leaders who no longer represent the interests of their mem. bers but, in every economic struggle are found wanting and take sides with the employers. Just from this point of view it is necessary to work more than ever in all countries for the affiliation of all trade unions and take sides with the employers. Should it be impossible for that which is already taking place in Eng- land to become a reality in the labor movement thruout the world? To work, Comrades! Amundsen Soon Goes to Oslo. OSLO, Norway,, June 22.—Roald Amundsen, who made an unsuccessful attempt to fly to.the North pole by airplane, will leave King’s Bay for Norway soon, it is poueryed here. DAILY Subscribe for WORKER. * agee Philadelphia Free Verse Poet Makes Art Serve the Revolution By LENA ROSENBERG, W. C. PHILADELPHIA, June 22.—At last the Freiheit Gezang Verein / Is giving the Pic-Nic for which everybody in Philadelphia was wait- ing since . The Picnic season started For all Music Lovers who have heard this . Wonderful Body of singers at one time or another Declare _, That they would not miss an oppor- timity to hear ’em again, And here is a Chance To have a beautiful Time out in the woods with plenty of singing and Games of all kinds, And the Committee is also preparing some very delicious things to eat and drink, And the date of the Picnic isJune 28, at Flaxman’s Farm, and For further information call at Workers Party headquarters, 521 York avenue, or the Freiheit office, 426 Pine street. com some intensive educational work this summer will be glad to know that.a two-weeks full time summer school will be held from August 17th to the 29th under the auspices of the Work- ers School. | Bolshevization, as the task of the hour for our Party and League, de- mands that our educational work be given greater prominence than ever before. The proposed two-weeks course will serve as a beginning for the work to be done. It will be known as an Introductory Course in a Leninism. ¥ Moderate Cost. Only those who have had some e® perience in educational work will be eligible. However, every comradé who can do so should apply for admission (which will be limited to 35 students) by communicating with the Secretary or Director of the Workers School, 108 E. 14th St. The cost to the students for board, room and school supplies, exclusive of text books, will be $15 per week. Every applicant must make a $5 de- posit with the Workers School. Arrangements have already been made to conduct the sammer school in one of the finest locations possi- ble—near Bethel, Conn. No member should neglect this op- portunity to register for the full-time course in Marxism-Leninism. SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNISTS TO STAGE CONCERT SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jane 22.— An interesting program has been ar- ranged by the city central committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, under the direction of George Allen Kelly, Jr. It will be given on Satur- day evening, June 27, at 225 Valencia street, and begins at 8:30 p.m. The program will consist of: 1. The Evolution of Music An analysis by Chairman Tom Lewis 2. Baritone Solos ............ccccceoees Selected Abin Saari 3. Violin Duets— (a) Humoreske Dvorak (b) Sextette from Lucia di Lam- V memour Howard Langford, Glen Langford . Contralto Solos Rosalie- Harrison . Recitations upon Child Labor.......::.. Hazel Griffiths . Piano Solos with Descriptive Com- ments by Keithe Carlson— (a) Two Movements from Sonata e minor Grieg (b) Fantasie in d minor........ Mozart Anna Madden 7. Soprano Solos— (a) Elegie (b) Nivana Mearl Grey Tobey . Original Stories in Rhyme Rosalie Harrison. CalarvatarA a ov mn Massenet ies] Getting on New York News Stands Siegal, $. Surtshin. PROTEST Hands Off China! HE DAILY WORKER is slowly but surely establishing itself on the New ™ York news stands. Every week additional stands are added to the list, and nursed along until they form the DAILY WORKER habit, group of comrades have devoted themselves regularly to this work, which is as much worth while for the ultimate success of the New York movement as anything that can be done at present. routes, and each one of the following is looking after the news stands In a certain section systematically every week: B. Braden, L. Cooper, W. Chambers, A. Gusakoff, Hagen, Sam Halpern, M. Horwitz, N. Liebowitz, H. F. Mins, J. Newman,, H. Osol, C. O. Peterson, S. Pollack, J. Pasternak, M. Rappaport, A. Riemer, 8. A goodly The city has been divided into Irvin Grabelsky, Max This work can be developed as additional comrades volunteer for it There is immediate need of several more. New York office, 108 East 14th street. Apply to the DAILY WORKER MEETING UA Withdraw American Troops and Marines from China! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 8 P, M, at NORTHWEST HALL, Corner North and Western Avenues H. V. PHILLIPS, MANUEL GOMEZ, SPEAKERS: WILLIAM F. DUNNE, Editor of the DAILY WORKER Organizer, American Negro Labor Congress Secretary, All-American Anti-imperialist League Oriental Speakers, and Others. Auspices, United Front Conference. Admission Free. N YORK, June 22.—New York s who are desirous of getting - —_ . ee eee
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Tried to Unload on the Skeptical Farmers By CARL HAESSLER, (Federated Press.) The inside le beginning to leak out about the $26,000,000 Grain Market: Ing Co., “the farmers’ own company,” hailed in the capitalist press a year G6 a& ah outstanding example of co- operative endeavor. While the finan: cial writers tossed their greasy cape. in alt the farmers who were expected to ome across with the co-operating étuck to théir plowing and talked abéut the big wihd whéf the com- pafty’s stock salesmen approached them. The Grain Marketing Co., according to its principal promoter, Was an un- loading schethe, hastily‘got up when it s6emed that the McNary Haugen bill had a chance of passing thru the oongtess. The bill did not pass and thé tnloaders are not unwilling t také back their property, particu- latly as they found fio place where |. the unloading was good. Matter of Profits. This ia thé conclusion that seems t6 146 under the surface of the un- naually ffank statement of Manny Rosefibaum, the high jinx of the pro- posed Go-dperative, who pit the grain elevators of Rosenbaum Bros. and of the Rosénbauih Grain Corp. into the pot. Afmhotr tossed in his grain cor- poration and 86 did the Kansas City firm of Davis-Noland-Merrill Co. Says Rosenbaum, a Chicago grain specula- tor: “Last year we were looking at the McNary-Haugen bill. If it passed it méant the federal government would be in the grain business. We had properties and didn’t wish to see their value destroyed. So a co-operative or- ganization was formed by farmers and by us for all farmers. Now if the government goes into the grain busi- ness the government will have to compete with a strong well establish- ed Gé-Operative organization, any pro- fits which go to the farmers.” To Take Property Back, What this réally means is that the promoters would have got a big price | for their shaky business with the far- méfs holding the bag when the gov- ernment plan got under way. The farmera didn’t bite, the bill, didn’t pees and things look pretty rosy again fot Armour, Rosenbaum, and other friends of the farmer. The $4,000,000 expected to be drawn out of the farmers thru stock sales to make good on the eléevajor options by Atigust 1, is nowhere in sight. It wsual all around with the American Yooks very much like business as Farm Federation's grandiose co-opera- tive scheme unmasked as an emer- gency unloading device that is to be scrapped since the emergency feared by the grain gamblers did not mate- rialise. Lawmakers of Cal. Kill Labor Bills, Muddle Other Laws SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 22.—The California legislature adjourned after passing bilis fixing two different sal- aries for the same office and amend- ing @ law which was repealed 20 years ago. Also a bill doing away with the civil service commission and -plac- Ing its powers in the hands of one man, after being amended so as mere- ly to raise the salary of the president of the commission, was given to the governor in its unamended form, was signed by him, and is now a law. The speaker of the assembly and the president of the senate inadvert- ently signed the bill with others and there is no way of abrogating it ex- cept by referendum. That the mis- . take was purposely made is indicated by the fact that Gov. Richardson ve- toed or pocketed 518 laws passed by the legislature (including practically all labor measures), but took care to sign this one. \ TO RENT. We pekeeping rooms, 811 E. 4ist St. “Newly dec., Ye block to park, surt., “L” and bus line; phone, elec., laun- dry. $6. —— | Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 360 N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIS* 645 Smithfield Street. Subscribe for the DAILY ithe 2 ORKER. — COAL MINES; OWN OR CONTROL SBI HALF PRO DUCTION rll , TOTAL MINED BY DIRECT USERS (Federated Prées half of this demand is supplied by mines controlled by the consumers. “The railfoads,” says Stewart, “are the greatest consumers of bituminous coal; the iron and steel industry is probably the next greatest, and yet the extent to which these two princi- pal consumers réplenish their stocks enced by them is very small. Of the Goal produced in the shipping minés of Illinois in 1924, 22,402,214 tons or 31.9 per cent went to railroad com- panies direct from the mine, and if we take the mines that operated the greatest number of days we find their output going exclusively to railroads.” He shows the per cent sold to rail- roads by the 27 mines in Miinois oper- ating 200 days and over as follows: Days operating Employes To R.R. 280 and over 420 100.0 | 260 and under 270 48 100.0 51 100.0 480 37:2) 559 64.8 250 and under 260 143 98.6 160 52.1 240 and under 250 163 49.2 182 55.2 399 92.4 230 and undér 240 52 46.6 306 41.9 488 78.4 792 58.2 220 and titider 230 578 95.0 406 46.5 210 and under 220 217 87.9 496 76.2 594 88.1 418 78.9 816 97.1 106 64.5 200 and under 210 184 47.5 72 62.2 72 62.2 566 86.5 262 95.1 571 96.6 Total 9,498 73.8 chance to work as much as 200 days in 1924 were dependént for about railroads. “As consumers’ mines leither in number or capacity,” says Stewart, “the outlet for truly com- mercial coal is restricted.” The incréase in the number of con- connected with the development of public utilities. The gteater use of gas and electricity in industrial plants and homes means that the consump- tion of coal will be largely centralised in giant gas and electric plants. These plants are today co-ordinated by a few big public utility trusts which are buying and operating their own mines. The tendency shown by Stewart suggests, therefore, that the stabiliza- tion of the industry may come thru its consolidation under the public utility combines, to the practical ex- clusion of all but a few operators for the open market. By LELAND oLps Industrial Editér) Phe: problem of the -consumer-owned coal mine is stressed by commis- sioner of labor statistics Nthelbert Stewart in an article on the coal situation ii INinois, He shows that failurée.to take this development into account leads to the false impression that there is a regular yearly market for 500,000,000 tons of coal. The conséquent-increage in the number of coal mines has brought the industry to its present crisis. He asserts that considerably over from mines uncontrolled or uninflu- |, Thus the 9,498 miners who had al three quarters of their market on the, ; increase, sumers’ mines is to a growing extent | Your Union Meeting | FOURTH TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1926. 144. Amalgamated Clothing Work- efs, 1569 N. Robey St. Boot and Shee Workers, 1939 Mil. grickiayers, ‘Sie W. Meénroe & Brick and rey, be Ws Ween Rane Calumet solat Counell, ss Ww. npten. carpente Woes". Path ‘a Sheffield. Moose Hall, ‘Chicago Witten’s Hall, High- #, SPringtela and 26th. W. Van Buren 133 21 378 4 ll ters, Sarben nters, ¢i rpenters, la Park, ly eats lerks, G reet. 2] - of. Copansrers it (Sleeping Car), Capitol $81 Glectr bane. ‘3. Stat e St. 1 Electricians, 741 S. Weetern ve. Engineers (Loe.), Wentworth wasudios, 180 W. Ah ate age St. a (Loe.), 2433 W oose- velt ped iti a i asd 8h éederal mployes treat ployes, 64 36th St. Veiank St. . Randol iph Féderal Union, 3046 W. 26th St. wees By Enginemen, Ogden n Maceors yo 166 W. Wash- ngton St. ) Hed Carriers, 226 E. 16th &t., Chi. @6 reiers, 4 1. 4 =| “Garriers, 4 W. Hartieon St. od Carriers, 62nd and La Vergne od Carriers, 814 W. Harrie St. tae oer ment Workers. $8 "Ww 1g BE a 777 W. Adame +5 1 Leather hg + 777 W. Ad@ames +r Machinists Homan Ave. £15 Machinists, 4 W. Lake St. 4 Ly iets, Princeton Ave. st eat. Meat Cutters, 9206 Houston Ave. Fire and Oilers, 357 WN. M sicians, 175 W. Washington St. Nurses, F unk’s fe Prey a Painters, | N. E. sar. Catifornia and adison painsers, 6414 S. Halsted St. 53! alnters, N. W. cor. State ang 55th. 220 W. OAK §& sinters, rumbull afid Ogden Ave. Van 175 W. Washington Painters, 20 W Piasterers, Monroe and reerye Sts. umbers, 150 den s, wy Was ington St. be 411 Madis Rajiway armen 1 94 Fellows’ Hall, lue , Garmen we 2 ye Ay and, i. 1103 Michigan 5324 S. Halsted Raliway Clerks, 549 W. Washington Street. Rallway Clarke, Moose Hall, Chi- cago Heights Railway Clerks, 5438 S$. Walsted st. Rattway Cterks, 509 W. Washings Raliroad na eainmen, 3360 W. Madi- Hentey aS whe é. Railway Carmen, Council, Tepmenere (Aute), 220 S. Ashland 67 Tile Layers, 180 W. Washin a St. 7 Walters, 234 W. Randoiph (Note—Unleus otherwise cease abl meétings afe at § bd. m.) Davis Fails as “Arbitrator.” WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22, — Secretary of Labor James J: Davis has withdrawn as “arbitrator” of the diapute between the plasterers and bricklayers’ international unions, which has caused the plasterers to call @ strike. EXAMPLE OF “CHINESE ATROCITY” SHOWS BRITISH BROKE LAWS to the local newspapers is as follows: an opium runner. The customs boat ignored the command and attempted to proceed on its way. Customs Boat in Wrong. The crew of the gunboat convinced of its suspicions opened fire imme- diately with the result that the ctis- toms boat was well riddled with bul- lets and one of the party on board, a Britisher, was wounded. This was the incident which occa- sioned the alarm on the part of the local consular body. There are several aspects of the case which it would be in order to mention here. In the first place, it is obvious even to the novice in the question of military or naval law that the customs boat was in the wrong. Since the Whangpoo river is at last nominally, Chinese territory, the Chin- ese gunboat had full jurisdiction over this area; hence, the customs boat should have arrested its course and declared its identity. Failing in this important measure the customs boat was, naturally, fired on with the re- sulting injury to one of the passen- gers. Eighteen Foreign Warships. Another interesting fact.is that there are no less than eighteen battle ships, British, American, Japanese, Italian and French strewe dup and down the river, the presence of which makes any apprehension for the “safety of foreign lives and property” absurd. Do British Dirty Work. British imperialism in one of its latent forms, the Shanghai municipal council, employs Indian sikhs to do policing of the settlement. Time RE ADS QED SOS EAR: Deee: SHANGHAI, China, (By Mail.)—The consular body of Shanghai has again felt the necessity for the sending of an urgent telegram to the diplo- matic body of Peking informing it that “lives and property of foreigners” in Shanghai have agaim been endangered. The cause of this action according A customs launch was proceeding up the river, which was incidentally very dark. One of the Chinese gun-+ boats challénged it thinking it to be | ing and mauling of the Chinese coolies are perpetrated. These columns have contained facts of the inhuman treatment accorded the Chinese laboring class by the for- eigner be he a Britisher, Japanese or American, but there exists also an- other situation. Beat Chinese Coolies. The Indian sikh is brought from his exploited land, is paid a trifle more than a coolie and a club is placed in his hand. “Keep the slaves down at any cost and champion the cause of the foreigner” are his orders and as a result we have primitive sav- agery with the blameless Chinese coolie as the victim. There hasn’t been a day that in passing along the street I haven't been witness to several atrocious pun- ishments inflicted on Chinese by these sikh policemen. I have seen a coolie at the head of a group of human horses who were straining and sweating in the vain at- tempt at pulling what would be a motor truck load of wooden boards over Chapoo Road bridge, beaten into insensibility by a sikh. Paid for Violence. Another time I have seen a wheel- barrow coolie who had his ear half twisted off and his bare foot broken by the hand and heel of the sikh who is as I have said sometime ago, the very embodiment of British imperial- ism in one of its more concrete forms. The sikh, a member of an exploited race himself, is taken from his native land, and is paid a little more than a coolie to beat that coolie. Get a sub—make another Com- munist! We—eeeeeE7~O THE bait upon the CHIN SEAMEN READY TO FIGHT BRUTAL ( CAPTAIN Steward Rbaten Brutal- ly; His Comrades Strike CANTON (By. ‘Mail)—An outrageous act took place ih the 8. 8S. “Honam” in Canton May 21 when the chief of- ficer, Cafpenter, fough-handléed a Chinese steward, Tsen Wong. It ap- pears that a difner was given by the chief engineer,in the ship that night, lasting till 2.4. m., in the midst of which the chief officer, Carpenter, re- tufned and retiféd to his room. Then he took hié supper and particularly his drinks. The steward as ustial be- gan the process: of putting him to bed, unshoeifig him, and ufdressing hit. Whether dissatisfied with the process that hight, or with his pas- time that 6Vé@nifig, or over-drunk, he began to practi¢é his pugilistic feats 86 seaman and kick- ing him. This @fOused the indigna- tion of the whole crew, atid if chiet officer Carpenter had not fled in time, he would havé gotten his due. Being unablé to fepért the matter to the Chinesé Seaménh’s Union in Canton late in the night, the insulted seaman returned with the ship to Hongkong. With the intention to report it to the union thefé. Dismissed Steward. Contrary to all expectation, Cap- tain Thomps6h sumarily dismissed the stéward Of thé Way and upon arrival in Hongkong Ordered him to leave the ship immediately, paying no heed to his request that he be carried back to Caiiton, his nativé place. He was even threatened with imprisonment, -jand thé only course left for him was to report to the Chinese Seamen's Untiion in Hongkong. Upon feceipt of the report and after subseqtient ifVestigation, the union sent its rep tive to the captain of the ship ) the manager of the Hongkong, C and Macao Steam- boat company, to inquire why the men should Work after twelve o'clock, why the chiéf, officer Carpeter could beat a seam ahd how could the lat- ter be dismissed without 24 hours’ no- tice. All the Questions were ignored, and the only frétort was: “Can the steward produce injury marks?” Oh! you honorable, capitalist, let me beat you ahd kick and if there be no evident marks, will you consider that I have not beatéh You or kicked you? Read to Fight. ° ; The S. S. “Hofam” has returned to Canton, and tg: whole éréw is pre- pared to erénce of, all seamen is afternoon in Canton, where” theasurés: will be taken. The whole iene “of Chinese seamen is showing “sym “gna! to their fellow workers of Gin “Honham.” Fellow seamen the world! You are likewise oppressed and exploited by the capitaltsts.° Our enemy is one. Let us, seamen of China and of all countries, join evér closer in our strug- gle for freedom—freedom ffom ex- ploitation by dapitalist factories and capitalist police and jails. Brother seamen of the world! We know no distimction of nationality or race. We know only the distinction between the capitalist class and the working class. All workers, white, black, yellow, red -and brown, are brothers and comrades. ists are our enemies. Brother workers of the world! lLet workers! Injury to one is injury to all! Three cheers for our unity! Cut Service on “Milwaukee.” WASHINGTON, June 22.—The Chi- cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- road, now in the hands of receivers, was authorized by the interstate com- merce cOmmission today to abandon a part of a branch. line extending from Wausaukee to Girard Junction... Wis. Continuance of this branch, the commission said, would be a burden on the revenues of the railroad. Reserve Officers Out. In a letter to the Milwaukee chap- ter of the federal reserve officers’ association, Maj. Gen. Hale instruct- ed his officers to carry out no plans for defense day. Getting a DAILY WORKER | sub or two will make a better. Communist of you. FINAL AGT OF ALL. SENATE KILLS COPS’, FIREMEN'S, PAY RAISE SPRINGFIELD, Iil., June 22.—One of the final acts of Iilinois legis- lature, which has ended its sessions, was to kill the bill which would have increased the pay of firemen and policemen $3,000.00 a year. The senate tabled the bill. The assembly appropriatde $280,- 000,000 and passed 302 bilis. banks, freedom from oppression by All capital- us unite and form a world family of Ya BUILDERS AT WORK ONLY ONE MORE WEEK LEFT! TO SEND oe GROWERS TO USSR Also Organize Moscow Wet Wash Laundry NEW YORK, June 22.—A group of American cotton growers made an im- quiry in the Central Bufeau Society WP, The Zero Hour Approaches Technical Aid of the United States t the Union of Socialist Soviet Repuly lies Whether theif experience in grow- ing cotton could be of any value to Saturday issue of July 4. son, A. Ravin, John Hendrikeon, GARY, IND.—Frank Buckley. Tannenbaum; Szepesi; SEATTLE, WASH.—J. Lawrie. JOLIET, ILL.—Marjan Swiont; NEWARK, N. J.—M, Ikalainen. JUNE 20. Only those subs will be counted in the totals in the Second An- nual Sub Campaign which have arrived in the office of the DAILY WORKER no later than Tuesday, June 30, The final results will be tabulated and the winners announced in the That means that only one more week is left. And that nm zane that all sube secured during and as a result of RED WEEK and all other subs as well must be sent in as soon as possibile. You stifi have THIS WEEK LEFT to mdke a final drive to push your lécal up in the standing of the Communist building locals who have helped to make the Second Annual Sub Campaign a success. movement will get the chance to see how much each local has con- tributed to thie most important work. Just where will your local be? RUSH IN YOUR S8UBS—THE ZERO HOUR APPROACHES. In the Second Annual Sub Campaign These subs were sent in on Saturday, June 20: CHICAGO, ILL.—Hanse Johnson, FRANKFORT HEIGHTS, ILL.—Wm. Schroeder. McKEESPORT, PA.—South Slavie Branch (4). DETROIT, MICH.—N, Stoyanoff (3). PITTSBURGH, PA—Lena Rosenberg (4). BOSTON, MASS.—Elsie Pulter (3). NEW YORK, N. Y—H. F. Mine (5); MKatterfeld (4). HANNA, WYO.—Fred Williams. FOREST CITY, PA.—J. R. Navalinekiene. M. P, Morris. ASTORIA, ORE.—Pacific Development Society. THE STANDING OF ALL LOCALS WILL BE PUBLISHED AND WILL INCLUDE ALL SUBS SENT IN UP TO AND INCLUDING SATURDAY, Soviet Russia and, if so, whether they could apply it on Russian land.+ The answer to this ifquiry Was that such groups are greatly desirable and that theif group will be given a tract of fertile land in Mugan (the Republic of Azerbeidjan), but at the beginning Only a group of hot more than one hundred families will be admitted. The cotton growers of the United States and Canada may apply for informa- tion to the Society for Technical Ald, 799 Broadway, room 402. The Central Bureau has organized for Moscow 4 Wet wash laundry to operative, which has alréady. over twelve members, fo rthe purposé of going to the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics. This co-opetative will be settied around Moscow and will serve Moscow with ah Amefican laundfy. This launtiry needs more members. Anyone who has laundry experience may apply to the followeng ageress: The whole Arthur Maki, D. E. Eariey, Bjorn Mr, Wiesser, 86 Strenton St.. New Haven, Conh., of Céntral Bureau S. T. A, 8S. R., 799 Broadway, room 402, New York. Lilllan Michels (2); Lillian Judge to Rule on Constitutionality of Evolution Law WINCHESTER, Tenn., June 22.— The question of whether or fot the Tennessee anti-evolution law is un- a” constitutional can and will be decid- ed in the circuit court at Dayton, pro- vided the attorneys in the case of Tomorrow— ; John T. Scopes, who will go on trial there July 10, for violation of this law, ask for a decision on that legal point. This was the declaration made here by Judge John Tate Raulston. who AS WESEEIT _ -:- will preside over the Scopes trial. The judge said, “If the court should rule that the law is unconstitutional, By T. J. O'F laherty (Continued from page 1.) said. Even the reactionary, Chicago Tribune admitted that the decision curtails ‘‘free” speech, but holds that | any speech that would favor the over- throw of capitalism is unhealthy, and every economic system is justified in taking measures to safeguard itself. This is a straightforward statement of the capitalist position. A® American soc\jalist defends the capitalist supreme court against a Communist. In Buls mria the social- ists defend the Aputcher -Zankov against the or and workers.and even against t attacks of such moderate socialists as Wedgewbod of Great Britain. And James Ramsay MacDonald, fearing that the. feport of Wedgewood and Malone would em- barrass the Bulgarian fascist regime, wrote a letter to a Zankov paper, repudiating the Wedgewood report, and advising Zankov that the dele- gation which drew it up did not rep- resent the British labor party. Thus it can be seen that socialists are the same all the world over. “Ragoreapevpennny : entertainment can be had for little or nothing, by listening to the preachers who fish for souls along Madison street. One fel- low was trying to explain what Jesus said to Nicodemus, with great diffi- cutly. That is, the preacher was in trouble. While he was reading from ing in a most un-christly way, and I twisting on an old fashioned oath. However, he managed to keep a hold on his patience until the gasoline wagon stopper barking. . a a > ; ICODEMUS,” he said, “was a pretty good guy, had lots of money and all that. He thought he | was all right. But Jesus said to him: ‘You must be born all over again.’ Why he picked on Nic was a mystery that the preacher did not explain. Nic also seemed to be sore, so he said to Jesus: “How can I be born again? f am old and it seems impossible for | ,me to go back into my mother’s) | NEW YORK, June 22.— J. Brand |and Sol Friedman, two members of | the Young Workers’ League who were arrested for distributing the May Day leaflets, appeared in the special ses- sions court in. Brooklyn yesterday for sentence, but the judge postponed sentence for one week. Both are out on baiji @m the meantime. , Off the Press About June 25-1: Ke Special Anti- Mit Imperialist Number , July Issue WORKERS MONTHLY his bible an automobile was backfir- , could see the lips of the holy man’ Sentencing of Communists Postponed | ———— - » = rr DAA Ab 4 AL 4 > 4 i ie i hie i in i in in i i i ie i ie ie ie te sh hb bb + 4 bp bp bn hb be be be be he hee ee Me Me MM Mell . reece seen the case then would be finished inso- far as the circuit court is concerned, womb, seeing that I am several inches and the next step would be for the taller than she is and weigh much more.” attorneys to appeal to the supreme eee court.” wl <r se F Nic thought he had Jesus cor. lu. 8 nered, this is where he got left. as Largest Trade Delegation. And so did the audience. The preach- | BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 23. — er took a long breath and said, “Now |King Albert opened the third biennial I will skip three verses,” and proceed- |©°Dsress of the internntional chamber ed to show that Jesus was very much |°f commerce here. Twenty-eight like a shyster lawyer with a bad case, |COUDtries are represented. Of the 679 He proceeded to abuse Nicodemus, |@¢legates, 246 are from the United told him that he was full of figs and States and 87 are from Great Britain all that kind of thing. The audience a was getting restless; a hot dog ped- Brakeman Killed in Train Crash. dier began to shout his wares, and Elmer W. Routan, brakeman, 306 Jesus, frankfurters, oaths from mem-| years old, was killed in a triple wreck bers of the audience and quotations ; on the Chicago & North Western rail- from the bible got inextricably mixed. | road, which occurred on*the Mayfair Some remained to see the mulligan | cutoff, the fast passenger and freight thru to the end. line of the Chicago & North Western. ttt ninntiuotait.t~~+weweweweweeweeeevrvevvevrvrrrTTTeTTTeTTeTTTeeeeT eee _—— pei i he he Kh Kh hii i ie i i i ke i i, i, i i } And little Paul who ran away from the poor-house went to the Owl to answer his question. | What the Owl told him—and the Speckled Hen, the Por- cupine and the Cuckoo—what all these said, you will find in Fairy Tales for Workers’ Children By HERMINIA ZUR MUHLEN. Transiated by ida Dailies. And in it you will learn about the beautiful Rose Bush that pinched the Rich Lady’s nose; And the Little Sparrow who wanted to do so much for his brothers; aT And the Little Grey Dog, who died to save his little boy friend. —— - i i i i i es ee he eh hhh ahhh bbb bbb bbb bbb bbb bb i bbb bb bib bbb bb bbb pbb bbe ebb eee — a LYDIA GIBSON has made four beautiful full page draw- ings in two colors, and cover designs for the book— Which is in large, clear type. It is also of real * story book size’ of 9x12 inches. 75 CENTS (OUROFLEX COXER) | $1.25 (CLOTH BOUND) The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, Ill. VV VV WY VW YW VOW WWW VW
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a en re a + E DAILY WORKER a Published by the DAILY WORKER ‘PUBLISHING co. 1113 W. 7. Washington Blvd., Chicago, 111. Phone Monroe 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): — $8. 00 per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months re $2.50 three months $2.00 three months By TANG SHIN SHE. HEN last year Tuan She Sui was still in Tientsin, he promised to fulfill the people’s dem and call a people’s assembly. At the same time he invited Sun Yat Sen to Peking to discuss with him the formation of this assembly. Sun Yat Sen issued a public proclamation, claiming that the people’s assembly should be composed of all strata of the population, chiefly of course, of peasants and workers, as —— See Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Illinois J, LOUIS ENGDAHL } WILLIAM F. DUNNE { MORITZ J. LOEB....... Editors Business Manager 1923, at the post-office at Chi- Entered as second-class mail September 21, cago, Ill., under the act of March 3, 1879. | they form the majority. The chief Gite duties of this assembly were to be: 290 Advertising rates on application. | in. repeal of unequal and partial treaties, the demand for the return ~ of leasehold territory to China, the Freedom in France ‘abolition of military governors, dis- ,armament on a large scale and the It is interesting to note that Paul Painleve, the French premier | who is responsible for bringing Caillaux into the government, a man | accused of carrying on illegal commerce with the Germans during tiie war. is also the man to order the-arrest of leading French Com- munists on the charge of treasonable conduct with the Riffian tribes- men, who are defending their native land against French imperial- ism. Painleve is called a socialist and holds office with the aid of the socialist party of France and the old left bloc which placed former Premier Herriot in office. Painleve is a member of the left bloc, so-called, but like’ Herriot in the German situation, he has shown that when the interests of French imperialism conflict with his professions of loyalty to what is vaguely called liberty, he acts exactly like a member of the nationalist group of Poincare. France claims a big section of Nerth Africa. The other preda- tory powers also have their share. While Spain was wrestling with the Riffians the French looked on with expectant eyes, hoping that Spain’s loss would be their gain. But when the Spanish were left with a precarious toe-hold on the Mediterranean, the Riffians turned on the French and showed that they had no intention of selecting French colonial efficiency rather than Spanish incompetence. What they wanted from the imperialists was to “get to hell out.” The French imperialists had long boasted of their success as colonists and of their ability to make their subjects contented with their tule. But the present Riffian campaign explodes that myth very effectively. After the Riffians had disposed of the Spanish, the erstwhile unconquerable French army was showing as clean a pair of/ heels as ever the Spanish did. This caused the French imperialists at home to sit up and take notice. acy nae > ety AN 3 Ree an ee ee ee itt ae SAS 9 ‘ ; MS cE \ x, Le eee Cet a SS - - > , te z Ps Ges cents 9 x i > oe 4 oh aw + — EN setting up of a constitution. Previous to the people’s assembly a prepara- tory conference was to take place which in the same way was to be composed of all strata of the popula- tion,.and was immediately to take over the government. When however Tuan She Sui came to Peking in November, he immediate- ly declared that he recognized the treaties, that is to say that he imme- diately disregarded Sun Yat Sen’s most important proposition. At the end of December, Tuan She Sui an- | nounced that he would not call a pre- | paratory conference, but a reorgan- ization conference, in which the fol- lowing persons might take part: 1, persons who had rendered the re-| public great service; 2, military chiefs of the anti-Shili parties; and civil governors of the individual | provinces and districts; 4, politicians | and scholars invited by Tuan She Sui himself, their number not to ex- ceed 30. The most important tasks | of the conference were to be: 1, the passing of resolutions with regard to the -promised people’s assembly; 2, pass f resolutions regarding reorganization of the army; 3, regulation of financial questions; 4, discussion on questions which were Still to be put by the government. | garded this conference as merely a .fore were only passive participants; 3, military | | reorganization | nominated Tchau HEN this sueentinban known, the people velieméntly opposed it, raising the objectipn that this would only be a military conference. Sun Yat Sen sent letter to Tuan She Sui in which*he Said that the name of the assembly, was irrelevant, it could equally wel’ be called reor- ganization conference, but representa- tives of all strata of the population must take part in it. Tuah She Sui being a clever man, neither accepted nor rejected this fioposal.. In his character of representative of the people, he invited to the conference economic and socia: organizations from all the provinces as experts. Thereupon Sun Yat Sen at the end of January, issued a decree tnut no one from his party was to attend the con- ference. Consequently the confer- ence which had been fixed for Feb. 4, could indeed be opened, but could not sit, as none of the delegates who were Sun Yat Sen’s adherents ap- peared. Tuan She Sui, in all haste, nominated other delegates and on Feb. 13, the conference began. Various parties were. formed among the members of the’ reorganization conference: 1, Tschang Tso Lin’s party, about 36 persons; 2, bri Yu) Hsiang’s party, 25 persons; 3, the Anfuists (Tuan She Sui’s party), persons; 4, partisans of the ted thee republic, 20 persons. All the delegates | _with the exception of the anfuists, re- | farce of Tuan She Sui. Feng Yu Hsiang and Tchang Tso Lin there- the adherents of the federative re- public however directly attacked Tuan She Sui in order to gain advan- tages for themselves. Tuan She Sui _ handled Tchang Tso Lin especially | with ‘great care; as president of the conference he had Orl Sun—former imperial governor of Manchuria— whom Tchang Tso Lin especially re- vered, because Tchau Orl Sun had accepted him, the ex-robber chief as a non-commissioned officer in his | Sui however openly protestea against | this proposal. 'which their business must be com- army. Hs the resrgshslbbticl elkieeaus began on Feb:°13, and sat unin- terruptedly for a month, was then prolonged by 20 days and in the mean- time adjourned once for a fortnight. Up to April 16, 1e., four days before the end of the conference, not a single resolution had been passed. All the business was done during the last four days, April 16-20. Among other things the plans were accepted for the formation of a military commis- sion and a finance commission and for a bill for the calling of a people’s assembly. Tuan She Sui was mainly interested in the last point being set- tled. He would have nothing to do with the finance question and that of military affairs. Even the two great military chiefs, Tchang Tso Lin and Fen Yu Hsiang were opposed to it. When the regulation of military af- fairs was to be discussed, Tuan She Sui presented an army list of 1919! A commission of enquiry was then formed which demanded that every general present should himself state the number of his troops. Tuan She Thus a regulation or reorganiaztion was out of the ques- tion and the matter was handed over to a commission which against con- sisted only of governors and generals. who were given no time umit within pleted. The adherents of the federative re- public proposed two resolutions. The first was to depose the present and appoint a new provisional govern- ment. The second was that the con- ference should agree to tne form of the federative republic. This caused Tuan She Sui to get cold reer. Fear- ing that the conference would take a course unfavorable to him, he im- mediately issued a decree that a sen- ate should be formed, again consist- ing of military chiefs and governors. Two special tasks of the senate were to be that of raising internal and ex: ternal loans and, increasing tne taxes) ee = sautt mon’ cae under his atotatorship and -counplotety to exclude’ all other winbitery- chiefs: | On account of ‘this proposal, his dele- gates withdrew ‘for a short time from the confefence. The adherents of the federative republic were not only~in- significant in number, therr leaders are far away from Peking @argely in tthe southwest), for which reason both propositions had to be dropped. HE law-for the formation of the people’s assembly had. been worked out by Tuan She Sui himself; the conference only agreed to it. The whole law consists of 30 paragraphs, the most important of whieh are oust: med up as’ follows: The people's assembly must consent 46 the constitution and to the law for the carrying out of the constitution. The drafts for the constitution anc for the law aré worked out by a spe- cial commission which will be com- posed’ as follows: each civil and mili- tary governor of a province ane each governor of a separate district can. nominate a representative. Sui‘can nominate 20 persons. Four representatives of Mongolia and three of Tibet will be admitted. The com- mission must complete its work in, at the outside, threé months. The fol- lowing are entitled to send delegates to the people’s assembly: nine. prov- inces 16 delegates each, four provinc- es 18 each, one 19, one 20, two 22 each, two 24 each, one 26, two 27 each. Five ditsricts send eight dele- gates each, Mongolia 30,. Tibet . 16, Tsinhai five. and the Chinese living abroad 16. All men of at least 26 years of age can have a vote and can be elected. The. followtng are ex- cluded: 1, those who have lost civil rights; 2, the mentally diseased; 3, illiterate persons. e HE composition of the commission shows that the draft constitution was drawn up by. militarists. Since women are not enfranchised, 200 mil- lion Chinese are excludea right away; ’ | the people. ‘} cent of the workers and | per. cent have the vote, vor 90. not read or write. hus this people's assembly. will. al so consist exclusively of military chiefs and their lackeys; it will. be exactly the contrary to what Sun Yat . Sen had planned. At the beginning of the conference, the people protest- ed very violently against it and form- ed associations for resisting Tuan She Sui’s proposals and for carrying out those of Sun Yat Sen. The Chinese people however have learned a good lesson from this conference: it is im- possible to negotiate with military chiefs; only a great revolution can sufficiently emphasize the demands of This is why no great im- Tuan She’ portance is attacked to the resolutions passed at the reorganization ence, but on the other hand urging the calling of the peo sembly proposed by Sun Yat | the people, in the first-place the Kuo Min Tang and the Communists, are féverishly preparing for a national revolution against imperialism and against militarism. eee SHE SUI is not only trying to win popularity with the mili- taty chiefs, he is also trying to sat- isfy the lackeys who are out of a job and the camp-followers, ‘by torm- ing the senate, tle people’s assembly, commissions and again commissions ahd giving them positions in them, He thinks that if these people are satis- fied with him, and if he keeps on a good footing with the yenerals, he may remain at the helm for a Jong, time and possibly become president. But his “policy” proves to be a mis- taken one. Not only Tchang Tso Lin, but also Feng Yu Hsiang declare that they are no longer his partisans. China is today in the same eéra as {ft was last spring when Tsao Kun was president. It is generally said that Tuan She Sui will soon be overthrown and that the next tool in Peking will be Li Yuan Hang, who has already Freee repeatedly turned our or the brenidential chair. Then Painleve was forced to come to the defense of the im- perialists or take the count. Altho committed to a program of peace at home and abroad he took a trip to the scene of hostilities and came Hack with the decision that France must fight to save her prestige in Morocco. The only opposition came from the Commun.- ists. The socialists either supported him or like cowards abstained from voting. The Communists, from the beginning have carried on a vigorous fight against the war on the Riffians. They openly called on the sol diers not to shoot those people who were only struggling for thei freedom from foreign rule. The Communists did other things. The) showed by documeutary proof, that while the Riffians were fightin; Spain, former Premier Poincare was negotiating with Abd-el-Krim HYMAN, SPEAKING FOR I. L. G. W: MEMBERSHIP, WARNS BOSSES NOT TO SIGN UP Wi TH JOINT BOARD (Continued from page 1) whick deal with the May Day meeting irranged by the unions, are mere pre- ‘exts and Gamouflage. But underneath ill the struggle runs the vital issue ot the. bread-and-butter demands of che workers versus the policy of sur- ‘ender to the bosses of their national Riffian leader. So serious was the crisis created by the exposure of the Com- munists, that the alleged left government of Painleve decided to sup- press the Communist agitation by hook or by crook. The government which contains the war-time traitor Caillaux as finance minister, is now hounding the Communists for courageously defending the right of the Riftians to freedom from foreign domination. The man who communicated with the mighty German empire at a time when the ate of, capitalist France hung in the balance, cannot with good grace charge the Communists with treason for taking the side of a small people struggling for the right of self-determination. The difference is, that Caillaux, in bargaining with Germany during the war was the agent of one group of French capitalists, and the Ponicare- Clemencau forces were the agents of another opposing group._ The Communists on the other hand are the foes of the entire Sy stem and insist on the unconditional withdrawal of French imperialism from) “leaders.” : There is the issue or enforcement of the dressmakers’ agreement. Last year an agreement was signed which partially granted the demands form- ulated. by the left wing forces and adopted by the reactionaries at the Boston convention to cover up their expulsion policy against the left wing. The membership was suspicious of! this agreement, because the bosses) agreed to it without a fight; when, therefore, the agreement was never enforced, it became evident to all that there had been a secret arrangement with the bosses to that effect, which | allowe@the agreement to be used as a figlea for Sigman and Co., while it cost. the. employers nothing. The de 'mand that the agreement shall be en- Morocco. forced has been constantly growing, The action of the Communists in France is in harmony with the| and the refusal of the Sigman ma- policy of the Communists in all countries, who recognize no national | chine to do anything to this end, to- boundaries. The socialists of France like their prototypes in all | gether with the militant struggle put up by the officials of Local 22, to force countries have gone over body and soul to the enemy and can no) ar : : , : |action, has been one of the motive bourgeoisie. the needle trades. Surrender in the Governors’ mission. Com- Lewis and the Operators John L. Lewis has written a book about the mining industry. The theme of this literary masterpiece is that the small operators should When Hillquit, socialist attorney for | the Sigman machine, filed the notori-| ous brief to the governors’ commis- get out of business and leave the field to the big fellows. Also, that | apna A pes Aaa ms se ha there are 200,000 too many miners in the industry. Those unneces-| peen placed before that body—only sary workers can lay down and die for all Mr. Lewis cares. then, in May, did the workers realize While Mr. Lewis is worrying.about the mining industry from, the truth of the warning given them the operators point of view, the men who control the biggest chunks | long ago by the left wins. that the of the business are conducting their own investigations. They are | ey Sen: ee. Sow ‘ . screen behind which Sigman & Co. not worrying about the interests of the miners. could surrender to the employers. The Index of the New York Trust company points with pride to| The principal problem before the fact that today only 30 per cent of bituminous coal mined in the} UBiem im the industry today is the j of contr - v nited States comes out of union mines. The proportion of union- | question of ol of relations be | tween jobbers and o_- ARUSRSET WER, steady ever since, accordiug to the trust company’ s report. the The sad | whereby the Redes distribute their But they accepted it eaeantiy and it was only thru their own stupidity that they were exposed in all their naked- ness, so that the wo could see that they had not theteslightest idea of fighting for the #@-hour week. This exposure developed ” the following manner: On the ‘Kanu guarantee of a certain numbef of ks work per year, the left wing pu ard the de- mand for a 86-week guarantee. The Sigman machine accepted a 32-week guarantee, and denounced the left wing demand as demagoguery, citing the results of the governors’ commis- sion investigation as showing the aver- age amount of work per year was 32 weeks, and declaring that a demand for a larger guarantee meant to throw a number of workers out of the in- dustry altogether. (See. Justice, May 8, official organ of Sigman & Co.) They forgot entirely the very im- portant fact that the 32yweek average established by the governors’ commis- sion investigation was based upon the 44-hour week, and when they adopted the 32-week guarantee this meant that they had abandoned the demand for the 40-hour week. Blacklisting the Workers. In these three issues it is clearly shown to the entire membership, that the fight now going on is not a fight between factions in the union—it is a fight between the rank and file, , demanding that their interests be pro- tected in struggle against the em- ployers, as against the bureaucracy of the union, which is‘in alliance with the employers. This is the broad economic basis of the inner union fight now centered around Locals 2, 9 and 22. Many, many other issues have em- bittered' the fight. For example, the Sigman machine is proceeding to throw left wing workers out of the shops, and establishing a blacklist against the militants. One of the out- standing instances of this was the case of Stanzer, chairman of Local 2, who was driven from“his job in the shop by order of Sigman-Perlstein combination, altho the employer said not be cousidered everlasting. Evidently the operators are prepared | the left wing demand to make all Tle did it in the following manner: “To his credit President Coolidge | work to any number of .seipmanufac- has done something against this militaristie pressure. navy from elevating the guns on the ships. averse to the Australian trip. He refused to turn armistice day | lninniseh ttn deities ; | into defense day. He gave wholesome advice on the road to peace and tae eatin te ee a a. roe or) the proper attitude to other nations im addressing the gPadtiating| The sigman machine has ‘@a@d no in- class at Anapolis.” And then he threatened Mexico with war! tention of fghting for aaeemand. |turers toward whom he has assumed | He kept the} no obligations.” He is reported to be Surrender of the 40-Hour Week. feature of the story is that it is true. production among union and non-) The anthracite fields are 100 per cent organized, according to the | U249P shops indiscriminately, is under- | | mining the whole power of the union. same report. But there is a sly hint given that this condition should | | charges, openly that Stanzer;}was one of his best workers. and tile other workers | in the shop are violently opposed to | To meet this the union has adopted | such discrimination. The workers in the shops are up in arms against this to Open a stiff fight to smash ‘the union in the anthracite fields as they | jobbers responsible for their sub-| blacklisting game, and. undoubtedly have done in the soft coal territory. | manufacturers, and this demand was/|there will soon be stoppages and | presented to the governors’ commis-| strikes to put an end to this official This is what is taking place while the pompous egomaniac and | sion along with the other union de-| terrorism. traitor, John L. Lewis, writes books advising the operators.at a time; mands. It is this central and vital | A Mass Movement.to the Left when one of the greatest struggles ever waged on the American con-| point that the Hillquit _ brief sur- | ‘ tinent is fought out at the coal pits in Nova Scotia. Lewis is earry- | ™e™ders. tbe. be - ee of + tate a : oe : ; On page 8 of the brief Hillquit says, | #*54Ume that the workers en- y ‘ ar « » | al . > ~ he 1 0 : ( ush y Those ; : st, ‘ " ‘ who believe in fighting the operators, not co-operatitng with them. “The union furthermore does not | Munists, or that this is strictly a But the bosses only make peace with the miners when superior force | propose that the jobber have all of |COmmunist fight. The Sigman-For- compels them to. The report of the New York Trust company shows] bis work done by steady sub-manu- | ward combination try to make Com- | : wc , lomatn 4 ‘ .| munism the iss Stik Bhiew ané not sleeping. facturers. He is to designate & reason- | ™ e issue, hoping thereby to able number of such sub-manufae-| frighten away the more backward oe oe turers and to provide them with work | Workers from the struggle. But there We predicted that Dr. Norman Thomas would emit a socialist | in the first instance. Having done so, | #® 2Ot more than 1,000 Communists gurgle of satisfaction over Calvin Coolidge’s anti-jingo platitudes. he may distribute the sugplus of his | #mong the 30,000 workers, and in the | executive committees*and officers of the three locals #ho are under there are only 24 out of 77 that are Communist# As a matter of course, the Commeumists have been among the most militant fighters for the vital interests of workers, and have taken a | part in this fight. That is why vast masses NEVER REFUSED - TO BE TRIED, SAYS HYMAN Only Another Trick’ of Sigman Gang. NEW YORK CITY, June 22.—Deny- ing that the suspended members of the three |. L. G. W. locals, No. “ik and 22 had refused to stand trial a claimed by the Sigman gang, Louis Hyman, spokesman to the joint com- mittee of action of the three charges that the trial board had postponed the trial a week, and't had attacked the suspended members for “failing to appear” on the ocfginal date. “It is an illustration,” he said;’ “of the joint board’s whole campaign that they should come out with a phblic statement that we refused to face the special grievance committee. ‘They posiponed this trial; we are willing and ready to appear whenever they want us, although we know that the enemies and, this whole thing is staged for propaganda purposes and not because of actual complaints against us. Members “Welcomed” Blackjacks “President Sigman’s rosy picture of activities at the headquarters of locals 2 and 9, which his agents cap- tured by force and now hold, is just as far from the truth as his other statements. locals dares to appear there, he is im- mediately set ypon by thugs and thrown out without a moment’s hesi- tation. “These locals are simply not func- tioning at all. Our mass meetings held last Tuesday prove that the member- ship is back of us 100 per cent, and al] the joint board holds is the empty shell of the local organizations. Bulk of Members Counted Out “It is useless for President Sigman to claim that our union has anything approaching proportional representa- tion to conventions. Our constitution itself works against this, and when- ever there seems a chance of having the present system changed, the offi- cers of the machine employ every ruthless method possible to unseat delegates and prevent us from put- ting a more democratic system in force. Machine or Membership Control “As we have maintained from the beginning of this fight, the whole pro- bYem is to curb the joint board offi- cials who have for years been usurp- ing power and depriving the workers of control of their own union. All the charges that have been made against us are simply a bluff to hide the real issues, and they themselves now ack- nowledge this. It is a question of con- trol of the union-—/control by the ma- chine, or control by the members themselves.” With Train Wreck Dead Arrive. Thirty-three teoffins were unloaded at the Dearborn. street station here, bearing the s of some of the victims of awanna railroad wreck at Hackettstown, N. J. “Buse trial committee is packed with our! If any member of those |. APPEAL TO (Continued from page 1) is. still kosher) and Juliet Stuart Poynts, who is an honorary member of Local 22 and had. been honored with a special resolution or thanks for her good service in the local as well as the International. speakers was printed six days before the meeting, which proves that we made no secret of this meeting. In the case of Local 2 Perlstein, the su- pervisor, signed a check in payment for the hall. “The official charges are so sense- less.and ridiculous that it is not worth discussing it. “What are the true catres ‘or this shameful suapension? Why such sud- den and vicious attacks? What are the real facts? “For a period of six months, our three local unions had been a bitter pill for the officialdom to swallow. We stubbornly refused to remain quiet about the misdeeds committed against the interests of our membership. We put up a vigorous fight against the increase in dues, which was carried thru over the heads of the member- ship. Locals Opposed Hired Gangs “We-have carried on.a bitrer fight against the old methods of organiza- tion work, conducted by professional strong-arm squads, and nave succeed- ed in drawing, our membership into the organization work. These activi- ties have endangered the domination and control of the joint woard offi- clals, who mainly depend on these elements to maintain themselves in power. “We have carried on a fight against fake stoppages, which result in demor- alizing the ranks of the workers, and in squandering great fortunes of our hard earned union funds. Where are the $500,000? ~ “We demanded an accounting for the half of a million dollars spent dur- ing the last stoppage in the cloak in- dustry. “We were informed that the joint board has debts amounting to $400,000 and is financially bankrupt and therefore a néw tax was to be levied. We emphatically declared our oppo- sition to placing any more financial burdens on our membership. “We issued a call for a conference of ‘the three locals in order to de- crease the weekly dues to 40c. The joint board forbid the holding of such a conference and compelled our locals to collect 50c. dues. “We then decided to abolish special payments for the sick benefit fund. This decision threw the officialdom into a panic. “To servyeAhe interests of ine mem- bers, to lighten their burdens -consti- officials. The Underground Socialist Treason “Our three locals underroox a fight against the ‘recent betrayals on the part of the joint board. After a con- ference ‘committee had worked out definite demands to the -guvernor’s commission, @ “secret meeting was representatives of three of the largest locals in the international. This con- ference modifies the demanés :n a manner, that they became but [shadows of the original program. ‘aren The program of ‘NEW YORK I. L. G. W. LOCALS, UNJUSTLY SUSPENDED, ISSUE AN UNION MEMBERSHIP | Such ‘¢ynical disregard of the interest of the membership we could not toler- ate. | Official Aid to Open Shop “We called the attention of the joint board to the fact that the dress- tutes a great crime in the eyes of our | held, without the knowlecge of the ' hee: makers’ agreement, which grves the best guarantee for union conditions, is not being enforced to the slightest de- gree. In violation of this agreement, the jobbers are freely continuing to send their work out to the open shops. Our members remain with the paper agreement and the bundles are being made in the 1,500 open shops, which the joint board made no effort to or- ganize. “It was our aim and intention at all times to defend the interests of the membership, and tear down the mask of the officialdom of the joint board, and expose them in their trué color. These exposures before the wiae mas- ses-, of. the membershtp, tne joint board could no longer tolerate. Here- tofore they had been accustomed to fool the membership unhampered, but when met with the opposrtion of our three Jocals, which would not remain force. Expulsion to Control Convention “The convention of the internation- al is approaching; our sworn leaders are beginning to prepare the ground for maintaining themselves m power, and have therefore resorted to the ™ methods of expulsion. “The recent decision of our local unions in opposing the tax leyes by the general executive board, has added fuel to the fire. The tast convention of the international increased the per capita tax from 10c. to 15c. This in- trease, ammounting to thousands of Jollars, is evidently not enough to de- fray the expenses incurred by thése office holders. The international offi- clals, contrary to the decision of the convention, decided to levy a new tax on our membership. “Our locals vigorously protested against this new tax and chal their right to impose it on the bership. We proved that ac to the constitution a tax can be ] only in the case of a strike of which we have no knowledge at the present time. Our opposition to this tax en- raged the machine and they decided to break our bocals. “While in the capitalist press, they play up the issue of “The Communist Danger,” Justice of June 19. Page 9, openly states that our locals are in danger of expulsion because of re- fusing to pay the unconstitutional tax. “Fellow Workers! We are fighting | your fight. “Do net permit this clique to stran- gle our union. “Demand that our union -be under the control and responsible to the large membership. We are working out plams to fight for these issues. and shall inform you how to assist us in this struggle. “Down with the union breakers! Down with the misleaders, who are seeking personal advantages! “Long Live our union of the work- ers! “EXECUTIVES BOARDS or : LOCALS 2, 9 AND amr quiet by any threats or intimidations, | they decided to shut our mouths by ©