Daily Worker
June 24, 1925

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mH . a ras . s" _4 vi ? BESSESSPSRASISSS SSR sae Fs F Fa. > ~ a ———_— \ . charact ‘when manifestoes were and control the government. . Get Wea Vol. Il. No. 1 39. - i? oii > 2 ¥ ant, ot a ; Fie ft 1) under the Act of March 3, 1879, ” _ - Wy *» 7» - ap bs wt aia » fa » fee » : _ ee ae 4 oe - “ - a, . ‘ es y a a 4 ey wed pica 2 ie + ~ 20S d . hal h. + Gan - f 2 Paws a EDITION — Pag RE ee Yr Se Ae 43 g ad “a as at Chicago ) an, et ce eo he ae AY, JUNE 24,1925 ” D om dee } (Special to The ing that the Manchurian tro liberation of China from foreign SHANGHAI, China, June 22.—Indications of the reactionary of the movement of troops by General Chang Tso-lin, ‘the Manchurian war lord, into Shanghai, were made plain today posted thruout the Chinese cit Dally Worker) — announc- would execute strike leaders and ‘all who agitated for the expulsion of foreign imperialism and the domination. 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 workmén paying no heed. Feeling AS WE SEE IT. { By T. J. O'}FLAHERTY ITE the subserviency of the reactionary labor leaders to the employing class, the capitalist judges continue to hand out injunctions with remarkable celerity. The latest use of this judicial weapon against the workers 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 union. 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. * + a HE 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 alwa legal means to prevent the HE 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. Im 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- , An unconfirmed rumor was curren “th ~had .d | war on} «its Rete aeehds deat ae : ‘against the murderers of the Chinese students on May 30 is as hot as ever. Will Face Mass 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 maes protest which may lead to civil war will burst wpon China like a cyclone. Proof of the nature of the expected clash which is 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 Man- churian troops, the strike keep¢ the foreign employers guessing. The strik- ers in many foreign enterprises work and strike intermittently, earning enough to keep going and kepeing aut unpracticed scabs. . * * State of “Emergency” In Hong Kong. HONG KONG, June 22.— State of emergenq 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. Canton government to produce the murderers of the Japanese slain in yesterday's -Canton disorders. 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. ( i a 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 yniversity, was declared effective here yesterday. All servants and clerks and work- per for all the good they would do the bosses. ” a ~ ers left thé foreign quarter, Sham- ;een. Boycott is declared against Bri- | tish, Japanese and American goods. 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 so- caalists are in deadly fear of the rank na 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 | This is all | cf them beaten by thugs. to the good. . It teok a long time for the Communists to convince the work- crs that the socialists were no differ- ent from other parties of capitalism. ‘he socialists are proving that we were correct. x» 7 7 T is no accident that a prominent speaker at the socialist party con- Yention, 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) ACERIGAN BANKERS FORGE EUROPE TO AGREE 10 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 settiement 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. 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 Canton reports at the time indicat-] [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. - Prisoners Escape in Indiana. PENDLETON, Ind., June 22,— Au- 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 DISCLOSED IN Three Hundred Badly Ill from Poison NEW YORK, ployes of the E. I. Du Pont de Ne- mours plant at Deep Water, N. J., have been killed of lead poisoning while making tetraethy!l lead gaso- line, it has just been disclosed here, following the exposure of the death Radium corporation at Orange, N. J. There were numerous cases of ill- ness and insanity disclosed in both plants. Within the last year 300 employes 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 deaths. The inves- tigation has been lost sight of, no announcement having been made by the surgeon general as ti its results. The investigation however, is not concerned with the Du Pont p where lead compound is ‘a 5 : a, p jn n of. i ‘ jc ie Pe / ; ; . .3 “eal : a ’ RO RL eS a ee a * ~! The.deaths in the radium plant oc- curred. among employes who painted watch dials with radium paint. DENVER'S DAILY ree “HUGE SUCCESS Tale 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 im 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. 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. DU PONT PLANT! June 22—Eight em- ai of five employes of the United States , : - led ‘ made, b et eee > : 2 , - te 1 ORKER PICNIC | PUBLISHING: CO. 1h Ww. Ww ington Bivd., THE DAILY WORKIR Chicago, TL 4 A “4 x ? iF 200 Workers Are ne ee Arrested in France Jue 22—~Over two hundred ig@ many Communists, . thruout France, fol- “» | & lowing st by the Painieve g m Rich is supported by the ! art; in silencing op- ponents ‘Moroccan war. Pain- leve is nication with the British . t, it is admitted here, a combined drive ts and workers who Srialist wars of the . « dare charged with fs to revolt, carrying im Morocco against the nval ty nd numerous other charges of “Sedition.” puties Papers Deputy Who won his seat in the cha e un@er sentence for refusing — to i the - French fleet against Ruséi@ at Odessa’ in 1919, when he [ee Officer of the fiéet, is : sted after Tuesday, Sy will ask that parlia- y mi ’ for the Commun- | Be revoked. Marty is /- Giéve with “writing an article in-lHigmanité urging soldiers to disobedfenes, Deputy De private papers, which werei4 from him by the Painleve nt, which conduct- ed a raid oe home, have been sent to the war a ‘Si Deputy Magy has addressed huge meetings of wOrkers at Bordeaux and other cities thout France, called to protest agaim le war against the Riffians on 4ie& mative soil, which has slaughtered@pbundreds of French soldiers. Marty Sexposed the war as the attempt @f@pankers and French it the Riffian natur- capital; oe al resourt por. At aS es ‘ iy! tn three lar I. L. G. boards of Locals o ef ; t Krim Begins Offensive Meanwhile, word comes from Rabat that Abd-el-Krime has begun a strong offensive movement against the French troops merth of Quezzan. Sev- eral advance posts of the French have been capturedjsand the French have been pushed back. | Tribes Against French The importamt Bena Mesguilda group of Moroerans, northest of Fez, hitherto held iniheck by the French troops, @re 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 Riffilans only by the treat of the French . bayonets. MacMillan Leaves For Pole, WOSCASSET, Me., June 22.—Donald B. MacMillan sailed from here for Etah, Greéniand, on the first leg of his expedition to search for land in the regioh surrounding the north pole. BRITISH MINERS WILL 60 10 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. CONGRESS OF WORLD’S BUSINESS MEN HAS POWER TO FORCEXCHANGES — IN GOVERNMENT’S PLUNDER PLANS | origigal by Professor Marr. It | EXCELLENT PICTURE OF CAPITAL IN IMPERIALIST GIVEN BY SHOE MAKING INDUSTRY -MONOPOLY AGE By H. SYDNEY BLOOMFIELD. WORCESTER, Mass., Jume 22.—Every shoe manufacturer in Massachu- what is so regarded; whether factor eaters of Arthur B. Butman, chief | 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 what was his average daily output during 1924; the average daily output for the first quarter of this year; average daily output if factory is operating at maximum capacity; whether daily average of 1925 is regarded as normal or y expansion is contemplated for 19265, 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 the shoe and leather manufactures (Continued on page 2) .. 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 of making the payment term more drastic. The power of the businessmen’s conference is seen im 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 y | cals. of the international had been ce~ At} th : bet . @ . a > > tht a Ya aa ce Stes congress, in ordéer to oblige the dele- gates, . - cary i * Price 3 Cents USISAID [New York IL. G-W. Locals, . Unjustly Suspended, in | Appeal to All Members NEW YORK CITY, June 22.—The storm of locals of the International Ladies’ (Special to The Daily Worker) rotest against the autocratic suspension of the arment Workers’ Union by the yellow socialist ang which follows the Cahan-Forwards-Hillquit leadership headed by Sigman, Perlstein and einberg, is rising not only in the three big suspended locals, but also in the other locals of the . in New York City and other centers. The ypeticny | is the text of a circular sent out to all locals in the country by the executive 9 and 22: AN APPEAL TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE I. L. G. W. U. ‘¢C\ISTERS 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. “An unheard of campaign of ter- rorism, which has never been equaled in any labor organization ts now going on in the International. Without any warning or even a pretense of a trial, three executives boards ane 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 themsétves against these hirelings of the joint board. This iron wall of resistance prevented the forceful seizure of Local 22. “What has really happeaed? What 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- ers. This is what we are charged with. For many years past, the lo- ..) “Even this flimsy cha?gé made by the joint board does tot 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 German 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- tration of the union. 4 :. HYMAN, SPEAKING FOR IL. G. W. MEMBERSHIP, WARNS BOSSES NOT TO SIGN UP WITH JOINT BOARD By EARL A. (Special to The scrap of paper. The workers,” BROWDER. Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 22.—“Any agreement signed with the Joint Board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers in New York as at present constituted will be nothing but a eople who are negotiating at present do not represent the wilekere and they have no power to bind the These words from Louis Hyman, manager of Local 9, and spokesman for the Joint Committee of Action of Locals 2, 9, and 22, the body which is directing the fight against the Megal suspensions of the officials of the three unions, threw a bemb and their agents in the gdminis- Consternation reigns in the camp of 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, Webster E ll, and Manhattan Ly | pac tod >. three large halls and en « d - ° ants - ” = A * c} . . ’ “i . * : ) a +. ; ar ' of demonstratior st the nan- into the camp of the employers* Perlstein-Feinberg machine and solid- arity with the executive boards of the locals which had been ordered sus- pezded. So when Hyman issues an 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 the reactionaries in their charges against the local executives (upon which the suspension order is based) the workers accept the leadership. a ee | _ <Continued. on Page 6) COMMITTEE OF ACTION IN NEW YORK GARMENT WORKERS’ LOCALS ISSUES. SHOP ORDERS TO I L. G. W. (Special to The Ladies’ Garment Workers. Daily Worker) NEW YORK CITY, June 22.—The following is the text of the spacial 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 This is evidently issued in the interest of preserv- ing the solidarity of the union membership in their daily struggle with the boss, not permitting the autocratic Sigman-Perlstein-Forwards machine to divide the workers and wreck the union’s fighting power: OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS ALL CLOAK AND DRESS AND INFORMATION TO MAKERS OF NEW YORK Issued by the Joint Action Committee of Locals 2, 9 and 22 ad FELLOW WORKERS:—You ar International machine. Be on your guard and carry ou you out of your jobs. Chairmen, together with committ ceeded where it was said the railroad probably will be required te drain | the long hill adjacent to the right of | way. Sand washing down this hill | on the tracks is blamed for the | wreck. J Blame It on “God.” | No further investigation will be } made by either state or federal au- | thorities into the wreck on the Lack- | awanna railroad at Rockport, N. J.., | June 17, which claimed 49 lives. After hearing several witnesses, | BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 22.—The session of thé international cham-|the conclusion was reached that the ber of commerce, which has opened here, is packed with American delegates, | #°cident was an “act of providence.” | there being 250 Ameriean representatives out of a total of 700 delegates. : The gathering of capitalists from all the world’s dominating nations, | will discuss the Dawes plan of war payments from Germany to the allies. | twas the last congress of the business men which advocated a “reparations” ——— 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 | terms of the Lausanne treaty, the | Greek government is informed here ‘BIG FRENCH LINER 1S STRUCK BY TWO CREWS | 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. 4 ‘Britain in London on July notice thru our Special Bulletins. The Joint Action Committee is workers in the shops from attacks by the agents of the machine. e urged not to be mislead by the many unfounded rumors and misrepresentations by the Joint Board and t 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 whose object it is to pit worker against worker and thus throw some of Refuse to carry out such orders. agents of the Joint Board ees of all branches of the shop of all cloak and dress houses, are requested to settle all disputes until further working on a plan to protect the 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. All members of other locals, Makers, etc., who are against this outrage by the machine help us carry on the fight. Ignore their threats such as Pressers, Cutters, Sample , are urged to Do not sign any papers of the machine agents that are designed to trick you into a trap under the guise Do not permit them to twist the is a fight of Communists only. control in our union. This is a struggle of loyalty facts and have you believe that this for rank and file Carry out these instructions and the fight of many years for a real workers’ organization will be won. BRITISH MINE OWNERS ATTEMPT TO CUT WAGES I JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE, of Locals 2, 9 and 22. 4 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. Unless some compromise is reached in the next few weeks, a strike or a lockout ig almost certain, with resultant peril to the trade of the country. The Miners’ Federation will hold a 3 to consider action. final conference of delegates from all The owners will submit their (Continued on page 2) ‘

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“A A ti % “¥ J - 4 . » oe Ry sd : : ee . e Y ~ + aw ig eta ry ‘ ¢ mi | » ae “ 2% we : eel oe - 2 a : , 7 ¥ hs x a. . 4) iy ® Oe we 4 i wp i «.) ae e 7 : ; é Bye ar Pa a tate et AD Hite nt one aa A CE t,t oe ir ‘ i . * i 4 “ 4 y t. act ; . pes © : f 3 = . 4 7 : J ‘ N ® aoe dg ’ * . a4 > , ae Union Journal Is Trying AU to Forget Them By WALLACE T. METCALFE. ' YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 22.— The average outsider, and most labor leaders, believe that all is serene in the stee! and iron industry and that the workers are beaten down, In s0 far as organization is concerned, this ig true, for only a small percentage of the stee! and iron workers are or- ganized. The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers repres- ents the organized workers in the in- dustry and their Journal for June 11, lists sixteen strikes and lockouts now foing on at the following places: Two Lockouts in West Virginia Wheeling, W. Va., Lodge No. 8, lock- ed out by the Wheeling Steel corpo- ration. Lodge No. 19, locked out by the game corporation. Lodge No. 26 locked out by the same corporation. Marietta, Ohio, Lodge No. 141, the Hudson Tinplate Co. refused to sign the scale—-keep away. Parkersburgh, West Va., Lodge 16, strike at the Parkersburgh Iron and Steel Co. Martin's Ferry, Ohio, Lodge No. 146 locked ont by the Wheeling Steel cor- poration. Yorkville, Ohio, Lodge 83, locked out by the Wheeling Steel corporation. Beech Bottom, West Va., Lodge No. 28, locked out by the Wheeling Steel corporation. Portsmouth, Ohio, Lodge 82, locked out by the Wheeling Steel corporation. Washington, Pa., Lodge No. 87, strike on against the Washington Tin- plate Co., for wage signature. Steubenville, Ohio, Lodge 652, on strike against the Wierton Steel Co. at the Pope plant. Reading, Pa., Lodge No. 99. Locked out May 2, 1919. Strike still in force. Keep away from Carpenter Iron Works Long Struggle At Burnham, Pa. Burnham, Pa., Lodge $7, declared a strike Dec. 28th, 1918, against all de- partments ofthe Logan Iron and Steel company for ognition. Ths strike is still on. Newport, Ky, the third district exe- cutive board has legalized a strike for Newport Lodge No. 5, Oampbell ooun- ty Lodge 15, Monmouth Lodge No. 16, Brighton Lodge 17 all of Kentucky against the Newport Rolling Mill Co., Andrews Steel Co. and Globe Corru- gating Co. The determination displayed by these workers in maintaining their struggle against uneven odds on this far flung battle front shows plainly that the rank and file in the steel in- dustry are militant and wortmy fight- ers. One of the strikes dates back to 1918 and another back to 119 over a period of 7 years. Still In the Trenches These lodges passed thru the great steel strike and even after tne smoke of that great battle has died down we find them still in the trencnes. So to some etxent the steel etrike is still on. This is the background of the struggle now going on in the steel in- dustry where thousands of workers toil and sweat. Also to some extent it reflects the new leadership rising in the A. A. of L 8S. and T. W. who have risen up during the struggles in the past and who are battling alongside of their brothers engaged in the present struggles. To this rank and file leadership belongs the future of the A. A. of l. 8. ana T. W. and side by side with these militants mar- ches the unorganized steel and iron workers. The key to the organization of the steel and iron workers is in the pos- session of the militants tn the A. A. of I. 8. and T. W. and once the door is open king steel will face the combined strength of the thousands of slaves now waiting but the word. The A. A. of I. S. and T. W. owes It to these sixteen embattled lodges to gather its forces for a general organization cam- paign of the unorganized. Try to Bury Many Battles The militant in this unton desire this but the reactionary leaders op- pose it consequently the greatest struggle the union is engaged in| comes in for difference between a Communist jour- nal and a “Journal” presided over by pious labor jornalists. Communist jornalists enter into the struggle as part of it while pious faced editors of labor papers enter into the struggle/ to bury it. Keep this strike calender and warn all steel and iron workers to stay away. —————— — - ee Chicago Meat Shops Are Unsanitary, Says Recent U. S. Report | WASHINGTON, D. C., June 22.— Chicago butchers are unsanitary, the department of agriculture’s latest statement reports. The six other cities whose meat shops fall short of Sanitary conditions are New Orleans, Birmingham, Oklahoma City, Balti- more, Washington and Detroit. Needless to specify these unsanitary | conditions have been found in meat shops in the poor districts of the city. rr | IN COURT TODAY 10 DEFEND FREE SPEECH A score of Communists will ap- pear this morning before Judge Allegretti at the Chicago avenue police station, Chicago avenue, and Clark street, to defend their right to address open air meetings on the streets of Chicago. The cases of Barney Mass, act- ing national secretary of = the Young Workers League, and Kar! Reeve, of the editorial staff of the DAILY WORKER, who were arrest- ed last Saturday night on the cor- ner of North avenue and Orchard street, were continued until this morning. They will be heard together with the cases of seventeen other Com- munists arrested on the same cor- ner the previous week. The prose- cutor asked for a continuance on the ground that the city attorney was not present. The Communiss are charged with violating ordinance 3703, which re- quires a permit to speak on the streets. However, the ordinance has been declared unconstitutional. PROGRESSIVES FORCE LEE 10 CALL OFF MEET Class Collaboration Feast “‘Postponed”’ By ALFRED WAGENKNECHT (Special to The Daily Worker) CLEVELAND, June 22.—"‘Bill” Lee’s white flag of surrender is al- ready down to half mast. It may be completely out of sight with the pas- age of a few more days. We now learn that the gecent Brotherhood of Train- men’s convention, held in Cleveland, gave Lee and his brother reaction- aries a few jobs, the carrying out of which will not be conductive to a closer friendship with the railroad magnates. The Lee class peace plan meeting has been postponed. As will be re- membered, Lee went all class colla- borationists one hundred points better in proposing a plan for permanent rail peace at the convention of the B. R. T. All railroad executive and Railway Union heads were to gather in solemn conclave to abolish the class struggle. The initial meeting of | the cate and mice was to hav r- red i this city on June 29. it % not going to be held so soon if at all. “Hot Weather” for Bill Lee One excuse given is the hot wea- ther. Another is that many railway experts are going to London to the international railway congress. But these are just excuses. Every sane worker knows that neither weather nor London would keep either rail- way executives or such a first class bosses’ lackey as Lee away from a nice conference held for the purpose of abolishing strikes, wage demands and general opposition to the gang of coupon clippers. The underlying reason for cancel- ling the class peace meeting is be- cause the delegates refused to behave Lee—like at the B. R. T. convention. The wonderful scheme of Lee's for truce and peace must not have been acceptable serum for inoculation to the delegates. The convention was a closed door affair. The several pro- gressive delegates on the inside were eventually discovered and thrown out. Everything was done to give Lee smooth sailing. However, big things seem to have happened inside. Something Busted Inside The world now learns that the con- vention delegates demanded a nation- wide movement for wage increases. The chairmen’s association of the B R. T. were instructed to take up with PARIS GIVE SLEEPY ENVOY A PUSH “Sign on Dotted Line’, Say Students (Spécial to The Daily Worker.) PARIS, June 22.—Carrying banners saying “Hands Off China!” and “Down with British-American Inter vention” over 100 Chinese students in Paris picketed the Chinese embassy here yesterday and twenty of them conducted an unwelcome interview with Ambassador Tehin Lu. Time To Protest Is Now ‘It is no good,” said the leader of the party, “to try to telephone. We have cut the wires of your office phone and the phone in your private apartment is well guarded by mem- bers of our party. The janitor and other Buropean servants are our pri- soners for the time being. Let us waste no time. “You have never protested the send- ing of French warships to China. You had better do it now.” The puzzled minister was presented with four documents which he was compelled to sign. One was a note of protest to the French government as- serting in wundiplomatic language China’s right to live as an independ- ént country and peremptorily demand- ing the withdrawal of the French warships from Chinese waters. Nudge Negligent Ambassador The second was a cable message to a Shanghai republican paper, express- ing unequivocal approval of the revo- lutionary deeds there and urging the students, working men and other pa- triots to fight to the bitter end. The third was a proclamation to the Chinese people urging them not to give up the fight against the European capitalist. It said: “To the Chinese people: , Present events in China prove our people are now entirely awakened. and have decided wunre- servedly to combat imperialism.” A Letter to the Cops The fourth document was a letter to the French police, informing them that all who had come to visit the minister in the delegation were most welcome guests and asking the au- thorities not to bother them. When these various documents had been signed, the leader of the visiting delegation bowed deeply and followed rhis fellows out of the building. The Puzzled Police At the gates the intruders were met by a large foree of French police, who, of course,.could not enter the legation grounds. When the inspector of police wanted to investigate what had been doing the leader of the delegation pre- sented him with Minister Tcheng Loh’s .safe conduct. The party was then permitted to withdraw without interference. The. police were greatly puzzled. They had been informed by passers-by that there was a riot in the Chinese embassy. One of the Chinese patriots, who had been posted as a sentry in the janitor’s room was forgotten when the other members of the party left. He was arrested. British Mine Owners Attempt to Cut Wages and Lengthen Workday (Continued from page 1) proposals for a new wage agreement next Tuesday and the Miners’ Execu- tive committee will debate it next day. The basis of the proposed settle- ment is fivé days of eight hours, with six hours on Saturday, making a total the general chairman of the Order of Railway Conductors’ Union in meet- ings beginning November 1. Present agreements expire December 31. The wages increase to be demanded is 12 per cent. So now Lee’s harmony meeting has been delayed, because of hot weather says Lee. What we hope is that the rank and i file in the B. R. T. will continue to|by four hours, they also want to cut /one half million dollars in seven and make it ever hotter for Lee by con- | tinuous demands of better working | conditions, *% of a column on page | 23 in the Amalgamated Journal. The | more wages, tion, international trade union unity, so that the white flag of Lee will never again float over the wunion’s front, but instead the red flag of strug- gle. | SECOND ‘PROGRESSIVE’ SENATOR DIES AS LA FOLLETTE I$ BURIED MADISON, Wis., June 22.—While Senator LaFollette was being bur.- ied here at Forest Hiils cemetery, word came that another senate “progressive,” Edwin F. Ladd of North Dakota, had died in Balti- more, Md., of kidney trouble and neuritis. LaFollette’s coffin, as it stood in the capitol rotunda, was draped in the flag that had flown from. the battleship Wisconsin, his associates : amalgama- | seeming to find it consistent to add this military touch to his services. The public was not admitted te the funeral services. - of forty-six hours weekly, instead of ‘forty-two as at present. | In addition the mine owners pro- |pose a wage cut, giving as one ex- ‘cuse that the 14 per cent increase |granted in the past was granted only on the basis of making up the wages 'for a shorted work day. Now that they ‘propose lengthening the work week ‘the 14 per cent off the wages. | ‘The old agreement expires on June '30. The mine owners, as usual, plead \that they are all going in rags and | tatters, making no money at all, in ‘fact, losing money, and that the |wages at present keeps the prices of icoal too high. Defense Lawyers Confer on Scopes Trial at Dayton DAYTON, Tenn., June 22.-—The de- fense attorneys in the trial of John R. Scopes, to take place here July '10. were in conference here today, |headed by Clarence Darrow. Scopes ]partment and with thé shoe industry + ; THE DAILY WORKER ~~ _ i Bue, | FASCIST DIGTATORSHIP COMPLETED BY PASSING “OF DECREE MEASURES (Special te The Dally Worker) ROME, Italy, June 22—The fas- cist! have begun a three-day nation- al congress of their party, follow- ing the passage in the chamber of the bills which empower Premier Mussolini to make laws by lesuing decrees, 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 {10 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 consumption 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 formerly im- ported American shoes have practi- cally ceased buying 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 genéral belief in shoe cir- cles that with the compilation of the necessary statistical data and with the aid of the various governmetal departments, a general 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 same will apply to tanning factories ‘and shoe shops either by merging or by being forced out of business thru other competi- tive methods. In thiswar of big fish eat little fish the government is at the service of the big fish. Centralizing and Combining. The Dunn, Green. Tanneries of Hudson, Mass., and the R. H. Long Shoe Co., of Framingham, Mass., both that employed been sold at stronger one or forged out of bugi- ness. In the meantime the profits of the combine are increasing. 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 31 states. This company also cwns or controls cp aor stock of the following facfépies: Goodyear | Shoe Co., Bedford Shoe Co., Johnson- Baillie Shoe Co., J. ‘Landis Shoe Co., and the Perry-Norvell Co. A little history ofthis company will prove to the mé@at ignorant per- son how the working class is being robbed incessantly while the profits are piling 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 $1,500,000 of 8 per cent tumu- lative preferred stock and 30,000 shares comon stock without par value. In the following year the au- 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 increased to $8,000,000, and an issue of two and | ‘one-half per cent notes was sold to provide funds for an extensive ex- pansion program. Up to December 81, 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; bal ae Socialists Also J ae | Effort to Make “Gr Man” of Sen. La Follette By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Toy strenuous efforts are being made by the friends of man.” The noisiest amo include many “socialists,” Senator LaFollette to lift him to the pedestal of “a great these LaFollette boosters ho the “socialist” ay at ette its last convention resolved to break with the LaFol third party movement, some belligerent delegates even de- nouncing the treason to the crawling unreservedly aboard the pres of the late Wisconsin senator. = om Human “greatness” depends on who writes history. struggle committed by ntial. bandwagon ee It 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- ism today lauds its mili val class in the past. But wor heroes as much as any ruling ers will live to learn that Spar- tacus, the rebellious slave, is more to be honored than the Roman Caesars; that all down the p es of history there are hidden away obscure mention of lowly agitators, pro- pagandists of and fighters for names will loom bi the new day to come, whose as the Napoleons, Bismarcks, Welling- tons and their whole breed, to the present day, are forgot- ten, or remembered only as hideous offspring of a barbarous age that is gone. tod e . 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 his name along with that of Lincoln and Washington.” 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 oppfessed mankind. * ~ But LaFollette has led no fight. He showed himself a clever politician to be sure. He sided with labor sufficiently to get the vy tj of the trade union aristocracy. He lifted his voice for t e farmers, but only loud enough to get some of their votes. Whenhe developed presidential aspirations he disowned the Negroes, fearing it might hurt him among those who reall LaFollette defin in the Labor cast the ballots in the South, the whites. ly and ‘decisively showed resent class war when he denounced the Farmer- onference, of June 17, 1924, in St. Paul. here he stood When 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. Both champion 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- italism in the White House, while LaFollette was trying to eo it up in the senate, instead of seeking to destroy it. here are whole flocks of LaF ollettes on top, in many nations today, and the are amohg the worst oppressors of labor. Take Millerand, Briand and Viviani in éven “socialists” in their earlier days. 7 rance, who were In thé Chicago Federation of Labor, the “socialist,” Christian M. Madsen, former member of the state legislature, introduces a resolution declaring LaFollette “a champion of human freedom.” Man for human freedom. congress wouldn't even make the war. American labor has there are who have uttered words ut LaFollette and his following in a fight for free speech during been smothered with political latitudes, and still staggers under this narcotic influence. aFollette was an excellent utterer of phrases. But every 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.” * * When the Communists in - - the New York Conference of the American Labor Party last Saturday refused to stand in tribute to the memory of LaFollette, they were bitterly as- sailed by the “socialists,” who middle class hero. If homage revel in their idolatry for this must be bludgeoned on behalf of LaFollette in the days that his corpse is be ng buried, small chance that he will long hold:a niche in the memory of to- day’s rising working class, such misleaders as he. that will win power in spite of ‘in 1924, profits amounted to $1,229.- '719. The merging of factories, addi- Y. W. L. Activities GROUP LEADERS, ATTENTION! Today, June 23, Comrade Barney Mass, acting national secretary of the Young Workers’ League, will address the Chicago group leaders. The sub- ject of Comrade Mass’ lecture is, “The Chinese Situation and Its Relation to the World Labor Movement.” Place: 2613 Hirsch Blvd, All group leaders must attend this lecture, as the Chinese question is ‘one of the most important today, and the group leaders must know how to |bring this question before the eyes of will be tried for teaching evolution in Ition of stores and the rise of profits, |the children. The lecture will start ‘the Rhea county high school, in vio-|is the history of this company which at eight o'clock sharp and all those lation of the state’s recently passed anti-evolution law. — a ———— Shepherd Case Nears End. The trial of William D. Shepherd for the alleged murder of William Nelson McClintock, his foster-son, wound its way toward its final chap ters as the defense prepared to pre- a 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- nery workers, shoe workers, and even by the shoe salesmen and the “two by four” shoe dealers, whether they be jobbers or retailers. The level- ‘ling of the masses goes on by this sent its closing witnesses including | process of capitalist development on ithe defendant hime” the basis of big fish eat little fish. ae | vor 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. Getting a DAILY WORKER sub or two will make a better Communist of Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, June 22.—Great Bri- tain, pound sterling, 4.85%: cable 4.86%. France, franc, 4.644%: cable 4.65. Belgium, franc, 4.61%: cable 4.62. Italy, lira 3.74%; cable 3.75. Sweden, krone, 26.74: cable 26.77. Norway, krone, 16.97; cable 16.99. Denmark, krone, 19.18; cable 19.20 Germany, mark, not quoted. Shanghai, tael, 77.25; cable 78.00. Send Delegate to the June 28 onf erence | By CYRIL LAMBKIN ' (Special te The Dally Worker.) DETROIT, Mich., June 22—Imbued with a spirit of class consciousness such as has seldon been evident in ; the Detroit Federation of Labor since the late Sam Gompers handed them his ultimatum two years ago the Detroit Federation of Labor at thelr last meeting took favorable action on the call issued by the Labor Dew fense Council for a National Gonfers ence to be held in Chieago epeeeys June 28. They elected Wm. M hauer, delegate from the Muelelane’ Union, as their representative to this conference: . Molienhauer won over John Ts. Taylor, former presi of the Detrolt Federation by a of 27 to 26. ©). The delegates also declared them of Shanghai, China, struck wages, better conditions and the right to or ize, and HBEREAS, Chinese students w ruthlessly shot down by poliee under control of the so-called. foreign conces- sionaries, ten being killed and many wounded, and REAS, The gov United States been «a by virtue of Its having a in the Shanghai municipal council so be- ing partly responsible for the actions of 1 ho are under the con- 1) a gunboats vo waters a n suppressing . are to the workers thruout the . therefore, Chinese people agai ; Moved and supported the resolution be adopted and a copy sent to the president of the United States. ed. . 7 . 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, 1926. 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 for twe 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 sys- 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. 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 | the old parties because the old par- » ties are parties of the employing class. It believes that the inter of our class can best be served if ¢?! working class organizations, labor unions, political, and others, will join in united front for the purposes of the campaign and will put forth a joint program. The Workers Party of Detroit fra- ternally requests you to communicate with us by the 20th of this month. Fraternally yours, Workers Party of Detroit, Edgar Owens, Sec’y. Birthdays in July of Political Prisoners | Wisconsin, as, follows: IRTHDAYS in July of political, class-war prisoners, confined In thea various state and government institutions of America, are announced by the Workers’ National Prison Comfort club, 2923 Chesnut Street, Milwaukee, AT REPRESA, CALIFORNIA—FOLSOM PRISON, July & Warren Billings; July 26, James Price AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON, SAN QUENTIN, CALIFORNIA. July 17, Frank Baily, No. 37647; July 26, H. R. Hanson, No. 38114; July 30, 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 political prigon-_ (ers. Books and publications to bé sent directly from the publishers, 7 Vv eS er bn A EN / ‘td

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_— EE - _" ; of a ae 7 Se ee -; . > 7 ae | —_ -_ * is a ‘THIS PAGE Is Devoted to thé Activity and Interests of the | TradeUnion Educational League (T. U. B. BL.) Nofth American Section of the RED INTERNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS (R. 1. L. U.) Ld eu: ¢ THE t ers’ Government. - ee hod res Pee Oe.Pe ot avo Soe T.U.E.L. Represents the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unione By Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization of thé Undrgahizéd, and by -|.. Replating Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with - ® UNIféd Program for the Trahsformation of the Unions into } >} Organs of Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthréwal . of Capitalism and the Eétablishment of a Workers’ ahd Farm- - SHOWS BEST UNION POLICY Fightin Wins; Yellow Socialists Exposed PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jute 22—Thé Shoe Workéré’ Protective Union of Philadelphia has scored its first vic- tory if thé fight against the opén shop when the Culton Maniés shop séttied agrééing to all uhion conditions. The fight startéd four wWebks ago when the union declared a strike in two factories which refused to recog hize the union working permits. The bbeses at this time attempted to fire a number of union workers and fé- place them with non-union men and establish thelr absolute Fight to hire ahd firé workers when they pleased aé the first step to establish the open shop with all its misérablé conditions. The organized shoe Workérs of Phil- adéiphia gathered at their union meet- ink ahd unanimously décided to go out on atriké in these two shops. As soon as the strike began two workers were arrested afd one was béeateh up for demanding theif. pay from the boss Who fired them. They ware, however, immediately réleased and thé boss Was compelled to pay thém off. Scabs Wear Masks! During the same week the bosses started to bring scabs into the struck shops late at night with masks on theif facés so that strikers would not recognize them. At first with the help of the police the scabs continued t6 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 ahd union men. During the early days of the strike a pétty boss by the name of Good- man, who only becaine a boas a few months ago, went to work in one of the struck shops to prove his solidari- ty t6 the bosses. Before going to scab he told the pickets that he would see to it that the strikers would starve oh thé street, which only gave more éoufage to the strikers who replied that his day will cotne yet. At the néxt lo¢al meeting it was unahimiously 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 ofganizer to help to conduct the strike, Brother De Liberty was sent here and has helped considerably in the strike. 3 Fighting Polley Wins. With the first victory in their hands the union is conducting the strike with renewed efergy and the strikers are showing a spirit that will win this strike against the open shop with. im a very short time. The Shoe Workers’ Protective Uhion has demonstrated that a suc: céssful fight can be made against the open shop and this victory will surely Jead them to further aggressive steps tO organize all the shops in this city. It is interesting to note here the attitudé’ of the labor press towards this ‘strike. The DAILY WORKER, the Freihéit and the Jewish Forward were notified of the strike and asked to give it publicity. Vellow Socialist Paper Exposed. The DAILY WORKER and the Freiheit gave ample space to the néws 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- | bérs of the Trade Union Educational Léague 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 his flag in the trans-Atlantic freight service today. — te Milwaukee Plumbers Accept a Compromise MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 22.—aAft. er two weeks’ strike for thé $10 day the 250 union plumbers in Milwaukee accepted the e¢ompromise offer of $9.50, ah increase of 50 cents over the scale that expiréd June 1. While a numbér of cities pay moré, others pay lest, notably St. Paul where the union stale is $8. JOINT MEETINGS DATES GIVEN OF RAIL MEN Prepare for Contract Expirations CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 22—Chair- méh’s AdbGGiations Of thé Brother- hood of Railroad Trainment and the Order of Railway Conductors will hold joint divisional meetings in Novem- bér to cohsider thé proposition of seeking a wake incréasé from approxi- matély 200 railroads in the United States for trainmen and conductors. The dates of the joint meetings fol- low: Chicago l6é¢al Chairmen’s asésocia- titi, Chiéago, N6v¥. 1. Western general Chairmen’s assoc- iation; Chicag6, Nov. 3. Southern general Chaifmen’s assoe- jation, Washington, Nov. 10. Kastern general Chairmen’s associa- tion, Cleveland, Nov, 17, If the Chairmen’s associations de- cide to request & Wage incféase the proposal will be put up to a feféren- dum ¥oté of the members of the brotherhoods fot appfoval. If ap- proved thé Chaifmen’s assdciations Will présent it to the railfoads if their respective territories. Contracts of the trainment and conductors’ brother- hoods wih a largé number of rail- roads éxpife at the énd of this year. 6 Per Cent Democracy Puts Faker in Again SEATTLE, Jttie 22—Absence of}! contesting candidates frésiltéd if bringing out only 6 per cent of the voté of the Washifigton State Federa- tion Of Labor. William Short was fre- elected president. Scab Baker Busts. DUBUQUB, June 21. — Boss Baker Remsley who boasted that he would put the Dubuque local of the Bakery & Confectionery Workers Intl. ot of business, has disappeared, his bakery closed down by his creditors, while the local continues to gain members and consolidate its power. —_ — = —E—eE—e ae 5 TREACHERY OF HILLMAN MACHINE SEEN IN COMBINE WITH 'FASCIST THE DAILY WORKER GROUP IN LITHUANIAN LOCAL 54 NEW YORK CITY, June 22,—Lithuanian fascisti, with the assistance of the joint board afte feverishly organizing corporations, which are pur- ported to havé been legalized by the union, President Hillman and Manager Wolff, of the New York joint board. The Lithvahién 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 relentiess fight against unorganized shops; the local had also to carry On struggle within, against promoters and organizers of cor- porations as such. The fascisti, socialists, and nationalists, naturally, were displeased with those Communist activities and conséquently decided to do away with them in order to clear the way for + thé cg@fporations to be organized at liber conflict betwéen the radicals, on fhe one hand, and’ reactionaries, on the othet, continued for several years, and the radicals (Cotmmufists) had successfully held their own against all onslaughts of their adver- saries. And it was only thanks to the present managér of the New York joint board and all the rest of mensheviks that they, with the help of gangéters, on February 19, succeed- ed in beating up the radicals and sue- péndifig a nuniber of active members for fivé years... This is the méans by whith théy afe today keeping them- selves in power. Theré has béen nothing obstrepet- ous In the conduct of the Communt- ista and their sympathizers after the stispénsions; they had decided to act within the limits of the constitution. On March 15, they appealed to the bodrd of directors, asking that their casé bé réconsideréd; but the men- shéviks have not as yet given any considération to the matter of sus- pénsion. Which should serve to in- dicaté that the joint board is deliber- atély upholding the corporationists among thé Lithuanians. Turn From Class Struggle. Undet 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 thé exception of one member of the joint board and the délegate, is com- posed of anti-Semites and corpora: tidnists. Financial Secretafy A. Bub- nys at the union office takes it to be his duty to inform the members that Hillmah-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 so0 it would prové wufiprofitable for the firms to give their ofders out to the non-union shops bécause the work could be done just as cheaply by “union” shops. Secretary Bubnys’ statements are borne out by Vaitukeitis, member of the jojpt board. All of which goes to show that class struggle is losing its last foothold in our union. Hillman’s Betraval. If Hillman and Wolff see the only salvation ih organizing corporations as the means of bringing the market back to New York, thére must be something wrong in the Amalgamat- ed. And all of those in whom there is still lingering a least spark of | ‘ class conscidushess should unite and show the door ‘to the leaders of this species, if Wé dé 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 i8 to say that the militant Lithuanian local is changing into a “business thetl’s’ local. The respon- sibility for this situation, of course, should be assunied by union officials, especially by Wolff, Miller, and Hill- man, who supported the fascist alli- ance against the Communists in Local No. 54. Like a Chamber of Commerce. The Amalgamated Building itself (Arion Place) has become a central station for organizing corporations. Greenberg is quite willingly renting the hall to fascisti for their fraction- al meetings where plans for organ- izing corporations and assaulting radi- cals, with the assistance of thugs in pay of thé joint board, are being hatched. Such ate the policies tolerated, even sponsored by the joint board menshe- vik machine; and they mean disaster, nay, a death ‘blow to the entire union and especially tb the Lithuanian local. The joint board is siding with the strike breaker chairman of the local and does not even stop to inquire in- to the reasons: fer which nine mem- bers of the local were suspended. For the chairman.is a socialist. It is a well-khawn and established fact that he with, three others of his kind remained to scab in the 8. Ac- kerman factory ““while all the rest went on strike.“ Nevertheless he is being justified Wid protected by the joint board manager Wolff and’ other board members. °On the other hand, déaf ear to the appeal of those active union members who were on February 19 slugged by thé gangsters and sus- pehded, in additibn. The appeal Which was submitted more than threeé°months so far has failed to get an¥’ consideration what- ever, while the joint board is too busy protecting the scabs against honest union mémbers. Clash Soon to Come Between Open Shop and Biulding Trades The Chicago building tradés coun- 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 contract let since June 1 the employ- ers Wlil have the chance to honor their word or face complete sympathetic strikes. Report Drop in Gasoline. There has beeh a drop of 410,000 barrels or more than 20,000,000 gal- lons in surplus stock of gasoline dur- ing May. -— For OOO DOD DP LP LLP LL LLL LPL ML LOL LL hh 4 ~ The JUNE 29 18 Cents per copy under 50 copies. 16 Cents per copy 60 copies to 100. Cartoons PB DB LB BBP LPP PLP LPL LLLP LP Bundle of the July Issue of }| Workers Monthly Special Anti-Imperialist Number Including these features: The Negro As an Oppressed People By WILLIAM F. DUNNE Contradictions of Imperialist Capitalism By NIKOLAI BUCHARIN Labor and Empire By MANUEL GOMEZ Native Sins of the Golden West by Robert Minor, Lydia Gibson, Maurice Becker And Other Features Single Copies 25 Cents 15 Cents per copy 100 oF more. $2.00 a Year $1.25 Six Months THE WORKERS MONTHLY 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Ch » Ul ‘ | By MIRIAM ALLEN DE FORD | ‘ ' ; ' ee -_ BOOLIDGE G00D ~ TIMES GETTING HARDIN SPOTS } Government Hope Art- | ists Working Hard WASHINGTON, June ous mining was 22 “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 slightly curtailed operations in some plants.” On the other Hand. the service as- } | serts that “The tipward trend in em- | ployment noted iff April was sustained in May.” | Textile towns in New BEngland re- port the majority of mills running ohly part time or with reduced forces. New York state reports are in gen- eral unchang?d, but Rochester’s manu- acturing plants are, “with but few ex- | |}and a surplus of labor obtains in sev- eral important industries.” Pennsylvania reports that “Employ- ment declined in several lines, particu- larly the bituminous coal industry, the iron and steel and allied indus- tries, textile mille and railroads, while it is holding up dairly well in the an- thracite fielfs 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 Despite Cappellini WILKESBARRE, Pa. June 22— Twelve hundred miners, employed by the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Co. conducted a four-day strike till the management promised to adjust their grievance by providing additional help for runners and patchers. This was the second é@trike and came when the management failed to make an ex- pected adjustment, — el ~ $ a. 2 - “y, ~ ~ 4 — _— - -

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‘§ : r 4 7 « Ps * * es OT a gies Be, ee ae ~~ te a re gta, +5 cena ; i | Tea Prohibited by ra | Laws WASHINGTON, June 22.—(FP)— - State laws regulating the subject- matter of instruction in American pub- lies schools, enacted in 1922-23, have been compiled and published, along x with other schoo! laws, by the VU. S&S. 3 bureau of education as Bulletin No. 2, series of 1925. Teaching of the federal * constitution is required in 21 states “? i proves the possibility of reaching an/| + agreement with the U. _ and is recommended in Texas, while ' teaching of the declaration of inde- _ pendence is required only in Minne sota. Plorida, 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 to be taught atheism, or agnosticism, or to teach as true Darwinism, or any other hypothesis that Iinks man in blood relationship to any other form of life.” Kliuxers 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 1epeated, 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 be trained in “morals, manners, 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 "oh American history and civil govern- ment 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.” pe) ’ et Ones a+ io leaetentiineinenen a. i, Te 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 | 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 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 nniform 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- tion to the political tasks and stages It is the endeavor of the | remain isolated from one another, but | » & & vw — >- ¥ 7; * ;“ e Te Se we oer we ber development of the separate sec- tions. The generalization of experiences implies the necessity of its detailed 'study from definite points of view. The rapid dispatch of all material | relating to agitprop work is naturally the fundamental prerequisite for a periences. tive and detailed information on the agitprop work being carried on we. can form no clear general survey of ‘the most carefully drawn up reports | been PE ie ER eg he a a SIP PEE oy * s te ike the course of its activity. 5. Ascertainment of objective obstacles in the way pof any given necessary measures. } 6. Ascertainment o the measures to be taken by the agitprop depart- ment of the C. L in Support of the Communist Parties of the different | Successful study and exchange of ex- agitprop work of the parties. Unless we receive exhaus-| LL these factors can only be sat- | isfactorily ascertained if we have it. Fruitful criticism cannot be made | to go by; most reports, however, con- | on the basis of defective reports. ‘main subject of study is the periodi-| (cal reports sent in by the agitprop | departments of the different sections. But apart from the fact that this drawing up of reports has not by any means been thoroly organized as yet, it doeg not form an adequate founda- tion for the draWing of the necessary conclusions. The parties, especially the large parties, must draw up spe- cial reports om 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 of the 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. 3. Ascertainment of the actual in- itiative exercised by the party in question. 4. Ascertainment of the fundamen- | tal political and methodological errors The | tain only a part of the exhaustive ma- | terial imperatively required for an adequate examination. The compilation of experiences in the agitprop department of the Com- munist International is being carried on along normal lines to the extent that communication with the parties is established.. But ditho a certain amount of progress may be observed | in the development of this communi- cation, there still rem#@ing much to be desired. Some of the larger and poli- tically decisive partiés ‘are still not fully conscious of the‘importance and necessity of regular “cOmmunication, to say nothing of the @niuller parties. Reports sent by the agitprop organs of our sections are of course not the [The Compilation of Experieaes Gained by the Parti committed by the cal int question in ; both in the sessions of the department and ih separate consultations with the functionaries of the department. And we must admit that we haye on- ly been able to form a really concrete idea of the work being done by those parties with which we have come into personal communication. sole means of eeping’ up this com- munication they are’ fot even the most successful means. The experi- ence gained up to rfoW has proved that even the best of reports cannot give a concretely trué picture of the work being done, ard? 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 C. 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, gress; A further measure which has aided -us to gain a general conception of the agitprop work of the parties has 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- 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 vagus and nebulous. It thus becomes evident that the success of the second and most im- alization of the experiences gained, the conversion of the raw materials sent to us into the common property of the international, is entirély 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 campaigns critical descriptions of the campaign as carried out in the various coun- 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- voted 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. portant fundamental task, the gener- |. The agitprop department the E. Cc. C. L. will make use of the opportun- ity offered by the im pending 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 dis- 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 of our parties. a THERE IS MORE IN A CHINAMAN’S | HEAD THAN THE ROOTS OF A PIGTAIL sity. the Chinese want anyhow? reflect on your intelligence by even t to the mass meeting tomorrow night meeting starts at 8 p. m. want you to defend their investment prepared, The anti-foreign movementin China still €ontinues with unabated inten- What is the meaning of this rumpus in “peaceful” China? What do If you want ta’ knéw—and we don’t mean to hinking that you don’t—you will come at Northwest Hall, corner of Western and North Aves., where William F, Dunne, Henry Phillips, Manuel Gomez and other speakers will give the inside “dope” on the Chinese situation. The Perhaps you are not interested. But you may be later on, if your masters s in China. ‘So you had better be PHILLIPS, ORGANIZER OF NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS SPEAKS TONIGHT Henry Phillips, organizer of the the branch and their working class Comrade Phillips has to say on the Negroes. starts at 8 p.m. Admission is free. American Negro Labor Congress will speak tonight at 2733 Hirsch Boulevard at the open branch meeting of the North West Side English branch of the Workers Party. Every member of associates should come to hear what very important task of organizing the The meeting will be held in the rear of the hali, one flight up. it SOVIET UNION ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY CONSOLIDATED, SAYS RYKOV REPORT TO 3RD CONGRESS MOSCOW, Soviets of the U. (By Mail).—In the report he read to the Third Congress of S. S R. on behalf of the Union Government, Rikov, Presi- dent of the Council of People’s Commissaries of the Union, pointed out that the fundamental! feature of the present situation of the Union was the latter’s political and economic consolidation, signs of a certain stabilization of conditions in capitalist countries, while, at the same time, there were had partly overcome the after-war crisis. However, the incessant evoluton powers of the world and, thru the application of methods of colonial policy determ- fmed, so to say, a return to pre-war traditions and prepared the way for new crisis and conflicts. ,o Foreign Treaties Reiterating the immutability of the Soviet government’s fundamental po- , sition in the question of Czarist debts, Rykov declared: “We are ready to negotiate and compromise on mutual- Jy advantageous principles, and we 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 of our economic situation.”’ The speaker remarked in this refer- ence that the treaty with Japan in particular, the situation created in absolete #+——_———- tile Rai of conflicting interest of the greatest the East | 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- 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- which | — POPE TAKES RAP AT FASCIST 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. The pope did not object to vio- lence against the workers until the | fascists attacked catholics. with taking a a hand in various ‘kinds of 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. 8S. S. R. to dominate the Balkans, adding that the Union has no special inter- ests in that part of Europe and does not interfer@ with the home affairs of the Balkan states. National Rights in East. Turning to the East, Rykov pointed out that the progress and consolida- tion of friendship with the Eastern countries is based on an immutable lo Treaty still determine, as hereto- policy of recognition of their national ‘parties concerned. ' tions fore, the friendly relations with Ger- | S. S. R., which | many. He remarks at the same time, can be of mutual advantages to the |Germany and the Entente may in- fluence the inter-relations between U. ®@herence to the rights and the renouncement on the part of the Soviet Republics of any that the present negotiations between | 20Stile designs. Touching, in connection with the Soviet Union of the GREAT SIGNIFICANCE ATRIBUTED ~~. TO PARTICIPATION BY THE ENGLISH TRADE UNIONS IN W. I. R. MEET a uniform organizat The British “Workers International Relief” Conference, which was held in London in the midale of April has a significance reaching beyond its’ na¥ tionally limited chanagter because of the numerous and lively participation of the a amt trade union organizations. The endeavors "and interests of the trade unions meet those of ‘the Workers’ International Relief on the basis of the slogan of international ‘unity. What the English trade unions are for the labor movement in England, .. embracing various parties, a, so to speak, neutra} corresponding demagd@s made, that is. the W. L R. asa relief or- ganization on a worldwide scale. For this reason the W. I. R. may, in carrying out its duties as a prepara- tory, neutral, super-party ground on which workers of al] shades of opinion and from all countmies can 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 coinsidence that just the English trade unions, both their individual associatioris and their lead- ers show a growing sympathy with the W. I. R. and are becoming members of it. How strong this growing interest is, has been shown by ‘the English W. I. 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- eral Trade Union Council (also of the London Trade Union Council) as well as of the minority movement, numerous women's organizations, etc. In the executiye of the W. L R. the following trade union and co-Op- erative associations are represented: The Miners’ Union of Great Britain by its general secretary, A. J. Cook, the National United Woodworkers’ iation by its general secretary Alex- ander Gossip, the National Amalga- mated Unions of Building Trade Workers A. U. B. T. W. by its gen- eral secretary George Hicks, the Am- algamated Engineers Union by Frank Smith, the National Union of Women’s Co-operative Guilds by Miss Honora Enfield, and A. A. Prircell, at present president of the Amsterdam Trade | Union International. ‘ The mixed commission of the labor American Relation 5S. 5S. R. and Germany. Republics of Turkmenistan and Uzbe- (gS se a gh ara Mr. Rykov further emphasized the kistan, upon the question of national | | party and of the Trade Union Con- stated the President of the council of | *Uccesstul rapproachment with Italy policy of the Soviet government, the | areds eS oS te nent People’s Commissaries, is ready to and the consolidation of economic ties present of the Council ef Poegivs | Se conciiens tater Vike 4 give full attention to the proposition | »etween the two countries. which the American government will Poland Pilots Against Soviets make: the present phase of develop, | Such ties are also being strengthen- ment of Soviet-American trade prom- ed with Poland, where, however, cer- ises its further still greater develop tain reactionary groups are constantly Commissaries declared emphatically that everything will be done for the purpose of strengthening economic- ally the more backward nationalities of the Union and for the develop- ment should the existing artificial ob-| Plotting against the consolidation of ™°"' pe thelr national culture. normal relations with the Union. The | Participation of Poland in the recent | Stacles be removed. No Concessions to Britain Touching on the future of the! the Baltic states reveals the hostile treaty with Britain, Rykov declares | character against the Union of Sov- that the attempts to delay negotia- {et Republics of that conference, with the purpose by way) Manufactured “Red Plots” of pressure to compel the Soviet Gov-| Stating the dismall failure of num- ernment to make concessions saakd aie attempts to charge the Union| —— 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., June 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 .........ccccccccccss. Selected Abin Saari 5 3. Violin Duets—' (a) Humoreske ........... soseseseseee I VOTAK (b) Sextette from Lucia di Lam- memour Donizetti Howard Langford, Glen Langford 4, Contralto Solos Rosalie Harrison 5. Recitations upon Child Labor............ : Hazel Griffiths 6. 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 enet CD. RR eileen date ccd tradeahace Adams Mearl Grey Tobey 8, Original Stories in Rhyme Rosalie Harrison, GCalaatad we ws Wa anaacgn as Getting on New York News Stands York news stands. HE DAILY WORKER is slowly but surely establishing itself on the New Every week additional stands are added to the Iist, and nursed along until they form the DAILY WORKER habit. A_ goodly 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: The city has been divided Into SUMMER COURSE B. Braden,,L. Cooper, W. Chambers, A. Gusakoff, Irvin Grabelsky, Max 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. Siegal, 8. Surtshin. This work can be developed as additional comrades volunteer. for it, There Is Immediate need of severa//more. Apply to the DAILY WORKER New York office, 108 East 14th street. PROTEST MEETING | Hands Off a, Withdraw American Troops and Marines from China! es WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 8 P, M. at NORTHWEST HALL, Corner North and Western Avenues SPEAKERS: WILLIAM F. DUNNE, | | Editor of the DAILY WORKER H. V. PHILLIPS, Organizer, American Negro Labor Congress MANUEL GOMEZ, Secretary, All-American Anti-imperialist League Oriental Speakers, and Others. Auspices, United Front Conference. Admission Free. WORKER, anid ; ei ORS eee —_—s “ TE Pn hems A =

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SNe aa — . * A* American socialist defénds the capitalist supreme court against a Communist. In Bulgaria the social- ists defend the butcher --Zankov against the peasants and 9 and even against the attacks such moderate socialists as Weddertbod of Great Britain. And James Ramsay MacDonald, fearing that the repoft 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. > . * ONSIDERABLE 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 his bible an automobile was backfir- ing in a most un-christly way, and [| man | could see the lips of the holy twisting on an old fashioned oath. However, he managed to keep a hold on his patience until wagon stopper barking. . > > ICODEMUS,” he said, pretty good guy, had money and all that. 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 sald to Jesus: I am old and it seems impossible for | me to go back into my mother’s Sentencing of Communists Postponed | NEW YORK, June 22.— J. Brand 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 bail in the meantime. f Off the Press About June 25— Special Anti- desperiatist Namber | boy THLY | July Issue of the WORKERS the gasoline | q : : 4 4 4 : 4 4 ‘ 4 4 ‘ . 4 : 4 4 4 4 ‘ 4 4 ‘ . q ‘ . ‘ . 4 4 4 : 4 4 ¢ 4 “was al § lots of | 4 4 4 : 4 ( ‘ : 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 { 4 4 4 4 4 . 4 : 5 4 4 4 ‘ ‘ 4 ‘ 4 14 “How can I be born again? | ' womb, seeing that I am several inches taller than she is and weigh much more.” eee F Nic thought he had Jesus cor nered, this is where he got left. And so did the audience. The preach- er took a long breath and said, “Now I will skip three verses,” and proceed- ed to show that Jesus was very much like a shyster lawyer with a bad case. He proceeded to abuse Nicodemus, told him that he was full of figs and all that kind of thing. The audience was getting restless; a hot dog ped- dler began to shout his wares, and Jesus, frankfurters, oaths from mem- bers of the audience and quotations from the bible got inextricably mixed. Some remained to see the mulligan thru to the end. hp BM hi Me MM Me Ml Ml ll Ml Ml Ml Mle Me Me A i Me i lh penne nen TECHNICAL AID TO SEND a GROWERS TO USSR Also Crsnniine Moscow Wet Wash Laundry NEW YORK, June 22.—A group of . American cotton growers made an if- quiry in the Céntral Bureau Society Technical Aid of the United States te the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lies whether their experience mn grow. ing cotton could be of any value to Soviet Russia and, if so, whether they could apply it on Russian land. The answer to this inquiry was that such groups are greatly desirable and that their group will be given a tract of fertile land in Mugan (the Republic of Azerbeidjan), but at the beginning only a group of not more than one hundred families will be admitted. The cotton growers of the United States and Canada may apply for informe- tion to the Society for Technical Ald, 799 Broadway, toom 402. The Central Bureau has organized for Moscow a wet wash laundry 60- operative, which has already over twelve members, fo rthe purpose of going to the Union of Socialist Goviet Republics. This co-operative will be settled around Moscow and will serve Moscow with ah American laundry. This laundry needs more members. Anyone who has laundry expertence may apply to the followmg aderess: Mr. Wiesser, 86 Strenton St., New Haven, Conn., or Central Bureae 5S. T. A. 8. R., 798 Broadway, room 402, New York. » - % Judge to Rule ay Constitutionality of Evolution Law WINCHESTER, Tenn., June 28— The question of whether or not the Tennessee anti-evolution law is un- constitutional can and will be decid- ed in the circuit court at Dayton, pre vided the attorneys in the case of 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 will preside over the Scopes trial. The judge said, “If the court should rule that the law is unconstitutional, the case then would be finished ingo- far as the circuft court is concerned, and the next step would be for the attorneys to appeal to the supreme court.” U. S. Has Largest Trade Delegation. BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 22. — King Albert opened the third biennial congress of the internntional chamber of commerce here. Twenty-eight cquntries are represented. Of the 679 delegates, 246 are from the United States and 87 are from Great Britain Brakeman Killed in Train Crash. Elmer W. 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Advertising rates on application. p> 290 Freedom in France 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 the 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 North 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 rule. 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. 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 back 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 documentary proof, that while the Riffians were fightin; OE . ee ee eee ee - ee By TANG SHIN SHE. HEN last year Tuan She Sui was still in Tientsin, he promised to fulfill the people’s“iemand 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 they form the majority. The chief duties of this assembly were to be: the repeal of unequal and ~»partial treaties, the demand for the return of leasehold territory to China, the abolition of military governors, dis- armament on a large scale and the 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; 3, military 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, passing of resolutions regarding the reorganization of the army; 3, regulation of financial questions; 4, discussion on questions which were still to be put by the government. ee The Peking | THE HEN th igentiphenessie known, the people vehémently opposed it, raising the objeéetion that this would only be a military conference. Sun Yat Sen sent a letter to Tuan She Sui- in which he said that the name of the assembly was irrelevant, it could equally well be called reor- ganization conference, but representa- tives of all strata of the population must take part in it. Tuan She Sui being a clever man, neither accepted nor rejected this proposal. 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 that no one from his party was to attend the con- ference. Consequently the confer- ence which had beén fixed for Feb. 4, could indeed be’ dpéned, 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 “d@legates and on Feb. 13, the conferéice began. Various parties wéré formed among the members of the~ reorganization conference: 1, Tsehkhg Tso Lin's party, about 36 persons; 2, Feng Yu Hsiang’s party, 26° fersons; 3, the Anfuists (Tuan Shé@ Sui’s party), 24 persons; 4, partisans 6f the federative republic, 20 persons. All the delegates with the exception of the anfuists, re- garded this conferénte as merely a farce of Tuan She Sui. Feng Yu Hsiang and Tchan®’Tso Lin there- fore wére only passive, participants; the adherents of the federative re- public however directly attacked Tuan She Sui in order to gain ad@van- tages for themselves. Tuan She Sui handled Tchang Tso Lin especially with great care; as president of the reorganization conference he had nominated Tchau Orl Sun—former imperial governor of Manchuria— whom Tchang Tso Lin especially re- vered, because Tehau Or] Sun had accepted him, the ex-robber chief as a non-commissioned officer in his army. a ae eg Mkt _ Se 5 teem areal Hus the reorganiaztion conference began on Feb. 13, and sat unin- terruptedly for a month, was then prolonged by 20 days and tn the mean- time adjourned once for a fortnight. Up to April 16, i.e., 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 ofa 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 andj, 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 cammission of enquiry was thef- formed which demanded that every: general present should himself staté the number of his troops. Tuan She! Sui however openly protested against this proposal. Thus a regulation or reorganiaztion was out of the ques- tion and the matter was handed over to a commission which against Po sisted only of governors and generals who were given no time nmuit within which their business must be com- 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 torm of the federative republic. This caused Tuan She Sui to get cold Teer. 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 senaté wére to be that of raising internal and ex- ternal loans and increas:nxg the’ tdkes: wor" “. = ediceiats * ion von alists for he wants to unite® under his dictatorship and conpletety to exclude all other ‘military’ chiefs. On account of this proposal, his dele- gates withdrew for a short time from the conference. The adherents of the federative republic were not only. in- significant in number, therr leaders are far away from Peking (largely in the southwest), for which reason both propositions had to be dropped. HE law for the formation of the - people’s assembly had _ been me out by Tuan She Sui himself; bthe conference only agreed to it. The whole law consists of 30 paragraphs, the most important of which are sum- med up as follows: “The people’s assemblyAmust consent bto the constitution and to the law for /the carrying. out of the constitution. The drafts for the constitution ane tor the law are worked out by a spe- @ial commission which will be com- ‘posed as follows: each civil and mili- tary governor of a province ana each “governor of a separate district can nominate a representative. Tuan She hee 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, three 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 25 years of age can have a.vote and can be elected. The following are ex- cluded: 1, those who have lost civil rights; 2, the mentally diseased; 3, illiterate persons. 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; posed the second motion of the feder+ Ohina. - ‘5 ak : 4 . a ; oe 2 a MD r vay B ica ~ ie bt ue nen Ss 6 = : 7 . but even of the adult men per cent have the voté, vor of cent of the workers and , not read or write. Thus this people’s pees ont Ps a 30 consist exclusively of chiefs and their lackeys; it will exactly the contrary to what Sun Sen had planned. At the begin ve the conference, the people pre 20 ig violently against it and oan’ 4 associations for resisting Tuan Sie Sui’s proposals and for carrying those of Sun Yat Sen. The people however have learned a go lesson from this conference: it is i . possible to negotiate with — chiefs; only a great revolution Fig sufficiently emphasize the dems the people. This is why no g portance is attacked to the passed at the reorganization ence, but on the other hand nobody iy urging the calling of the people's . sembly ‘proposed by Sdn Yat Sen, b the people, in the first place the ‘Ke Min Tang and the Communists,iare feverishly preparing for a national revolution against imperialism ana against militarism. UAN SHE SUI is not only trying to win popularity with the mil. tary enhate: he is also ‘trying to sat- isfy the lackeys who are out ot_a job and the camp-followers, by n- ing the senate, the people's commissions and again and giving them positions in them. ; thinks that if these people are satis fied with him, and if he keeps on @ good footing’ with the generals, he may remain at the helm for @ time and possibly become presides But his “policy” proves to be a taken one. Not only Tchang Tso ! put also Feng Yu Hsiang declare ae they are no longer his partisans, China is today in the same era as ft was last spring when Tsao Kun was president. It is generalty said that Tuan She Sui will soon be overthrown and that the next tool in Peking will be Li Yuan Hang, wh6 has already been repeatedly turned our of fhe presidential chair. * Spain, former Premier Poincare was negotiating with Abd-el-Krim 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 Riffians to freedom from foreign domination. The man who communicated with the mighty.German empire at a time wien the fate 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. that Caillaux, the agent The difference in bargaining with Germany during the war was of one group of French capitalists, and the Ponicare- Clemencau forces were the agents of another opposing group. The ‘ommunists on the other hand are the foes of the entire system and is, insist on the unconditional withdrawal of French imperialism from Morocco. | The action of the Communists in France is in harmony with the) policy of the Communists in all countries, who recognize no national | boundaries. The socialists of France like their prototypes in all | countries have gone over body and soul to the enemy and can no! longer be distinguished in action from the official servants of the| bourgeoisie. 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 | get out of business and leave the field te the big fellows. Also, that | there are 200,000 too many miners in the industry. Those unneces- sary workers can lay down and die for all Mr. Lewis cares. While Mr. Lewis is worrying about the mining industry from; the operators point of view, the men who control the biggest chunks of the business are conducting their own investigations. They are) not worrying about the interests of the miners. The Index of tae New York Trust company points with pride to) the fact that today only 30 per cent of bituminous coal mined in the} United States comes out of union mines. The proportion of union- mined coal fell from 60 to 40 per cent last year and the fall has been steady ever since, according to the trust company’s report. The sad feature of the story is that it is true. The anthracite fields are 100 per cent organized, according to the same report. But there isa sly hint given that this condition should not be considered everlasting. Evidently the operators are prepared to open a stiff fight to smash the wnion in the anthracite fields as they| have done in the soft coal territory. This is what is taking place while the pompous egomaniac and traitor. John L. Lewis, writes books advising the operators at a time! when one of the greatest struggles ever waged on the American con- tinent is fought out at the coal pits in Nova Scotia. Lewis is carry- /action, has been one of the motive ————————— |} screen behind which Sigman & Co. | manufacturers, and this demand was | mands. It ing on a war on the militant elements in the union and crushing those who believe in fighting the operators, not co-operatitng with them. | But the bosses only make peace with the miners when superior force compels them to. that they are not sleeping. — | ; We predicted that Dr. Thomas would emit a socialist | gurgle Calvin Coolidge’s anti-jingo platitudes. | Ile did it in the following manner: “To his credit President Coolidge | has done something against this militaristic pressure. He kept the navy from elevatin® the guns on the ships. He is reported to be | averse to the Australian trip. He refused to turn armistice day into defense day. He gave wholesome advig@en the road to peace and the proper attitude to other nations % @ddressing the graduating And then he threatened Mexico with war! Norman of satisfaction over | propose 7 7 rv i rf 9 The report of the New York Trust company shows/| his work done HYMAN, SPEAKING FOR I. L. G. W. MEMBERSHIP, WARNS BOSSES NOT -TO SIGN UP WI TH JOINT BOARD (Continued from page 1) which deal with the May Day meeting irranged by the unions, are mere pre- exts.and camouflage. But underneath ill the struggle runs the vital issue ff the bread-and-butter demands of he workers. versus the policy of sur- ‘ender to. the bosses of their national “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 agre@Mment, 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 tbosses to that effect, which allowel the agreement to be used as a figleat for Sigman and Co., while it cost the employers nothing. The de- mand that the agreement shall be en- forced has been constantly~ growing, and the refusal of the Sigman ma- chine to do anything to this end, to- gether with the militant struggle put up by the officials of Local 22, to force forces behind the entire upheaval in the needle trades. Surrender in thé Governors’ mission. Com- When Hillquit, socialist attorney for | the Sigman machine, filed the notori-| ous brief to the governors’ commis- | sidn, surrendering all the vital de-| mands of the cloakmakers that had been placed before that body—only | then, in May, did the workers realize | the truth of the warning given them | long ago by the left wing, that the'| | governors’ commission was only a could surrender to the employers. The principal problem before union in the industry today is the question of control of relations be- tween jobbers and sub-manufacturers. The growth of the contracting system, whereby the jobbers distribute their production among union and non- union shops indiscriminately, is under- mining the whole power of the union. To meet this the union has adopted the left wing demand to make all jobbers responsible for their sub- the presented to the governors’ commis- sion along with the other union de- | ployers, is this central and vital | the Hillquit brief sur- point that renders. On page & of the brief Hillquit says speaking for Sigman: “The union furthermore that does not | the jobber have all of | by steady sub-manu- facturers. He is to designate a reason- able number of such sub-manufac- | turers and to provide them with work | in the first instance. Having done so, he may distribute the surplus of his | work to any number of sab-manufac- | turers toward whom he has assumed | no obligations.” Surrender of the 40-Hour Week. One of the fundamental demands of | the workers is for the 40-hour week. The Sigman machine has had no in- tention of fighting for this demand. — aaa a i EI a | charges, CFe But they accepted!4t formally, and it was only thru their 6wn stupidity that they were expose@ df all their naked- ness, so that the wWérld could see that they had not the ®slightest idea of fighting for the ##iour week. This exposure pre +c the following manner: On the quest tioti f the guarantee of a certain num ‘weeks work per year, the left wing ut forward the de- mand fdr a deve guarantee. The Sigman machine accepted a 32-week guarantee, and @d@énounced the = left wing demand as @émagoguery, citing the results of the® governors’ commis- | sion investigation #8 showing the aver- age amount of wérk 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 \or Sigman & Co.) They forgot ent the. very im- portant fact that ¢, 32-week average established by the ernors’ commis- sion investigation fr 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- 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 otfiér issues have em- bittered the fight! *For example, the Sigman machine Yis” proceeding to throw left wing Werkers out of the shops, and estabMshing a blacklist against the militants. One of the out- standing instancé$ “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 openly that Stan%ver was one of his best workers, and’the other workers in the shop are violently opposed to such discriminatién. The workers iu the shops are up th arms against this blacklisting gamé, and undoubtedly there will soon “be stoppages and strikes to put an’ @nd to this official terrorism. A Mass Movement to the Left. It would be a mistake, of course, to _| assume that the 30,000 workers en- gaged in the struggle are largely Com- munists, or that this is strictly a Communist fight. The Sigman-For- ward combination try to make Com- munism the issue, hoping thereby to frighten away the more backward workers from the struggle. But there /are not more thap 1,000 Communists among the 30,000 workers, and in the executive committees and officers of the three locals who are under there are only 24 out of 77 that are Communists. As a matter of course, the Communists have been among the most militant fighters for the vital interest@ of the workers, and have taken a ‘baie part in this fight. That is the vast masses | NEVER REFUSED. T0 BE TRIED, Only pers noe of Sigman Gang: NEW YORK CITY, June —Deny- ing that the suspended | bers of the three |. L. G. W. locals, No. 2, 9 and 22 had refused’ to stand tral as claimed by the Sjgman gafg, Louis Hyman, spokesman to the joint com- mittee of action of the charges that the trial boar postponed the trial a week, then had attacked the suspended members for “failing to appear” on inal , “of date. the joint board’s whole campaign that “It is an illustration,” they should come out with arpublic statement that we refused ta, the special grievance committee, 4 They postponed this trial; we are willing and ready to appear whenever théy want us, although we knowW that*the trial committee is packed with ‘our enemies and this whole thing ‘is staged for propaganda purposes and not because of actual complaints against us. Members “Welcomed” With 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. If any member of those locals dares to appear there, he is im- mediately set upon by thugs and thrown out without a moment’s hesi- tation. “These locals are simply not-func- tioning at afl. Our mass meetings Held last Tuesday prove that the member ship is back of us 100 per cent and all 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 = force. Machine or Membership Control “As we have maintained from the beginning of this fight, the whole pro- blem 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. Alli 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.” Train Wreck Dead Arrive. Thirty-three coffins were unloaded at the Dearborn street station here, bearing the bodies of some of the victims of the Lackawanna railroad wreck at Hackettstown, N. J. —— . ? ~ 27 | BSE Se Ay Tr, HEC ” .- |NEW YORK I. L. G. W. LOCALS, LAS UNJUSTLY SUSPENDED, ISSUE AN APPEAL TO UNION MEMBERSHIP (Continued from pago.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, ed a check in paymént for the hall. “The official charges aré so sense- less and ridiculous that it is not worth discussing it. “What are the true causes for. this shameful suspension? 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 about the misdeeds committed against 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 bitter fight against the old methods of organiza- tion work, conducted by professional strong-arm. squads, and nave succeed- the organization work. These activi- ties have endangered the domination and control of the joint voard offi- cials, who mginly depend on these elements to maintain tnemselves in power. “We have carried on a fignt 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 $500,0007 “We demanded an accounting for the half of a million dollars spent dur- ing the last stoppage in the cloak 7% dustry. | .““We were informed that the joint board has debts amounting to $400,000 and is financially bankrupt therefore a new 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 sérve the interests of tne mem- bers, to lighten their burdens consti- tutes a great crime in the eyes of our officials. The Underground Socialist Treason “Our three locals under:ouxk a fight against the recent betrayals on the part of the joint board. Atier a con- ference committee had worked out definite demands to the guvernor’s commission, a secret Meeting was held, without the knowlecge of the ‘representatives of threé-of me Jargest locals in the international.. This con- ference modifies the d Cs :a such a manner, that they t mere shadows of the o . - --- ee The program of | pill for the officialdom to swallow.., We stubbornly refused to remain quiet the interests of our membership. We ed in drawing our membership into and | such cynical 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 dres#- makers’ agreement, which gives ‘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 agreement and the bundles are 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 true color. These exposures before the wide mas- ses- of the membershfp, me joint -board could no longer tolerate. Here- ‘tofere they had been accustomed to fool the membership unhampered, but when met with the oppos:tion of our three locals, which would not remain |" quiet by any threats or intimidations, they decided to shut our mouths by 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 old methods of expulsion. “The recent decision oF our local unions in opposing the tax levies by the general executive board has added fuel to the fire. The tast comvention of the international increased the per capita, tax from 10c. to lic. This f- ‘rease, ammounting to thousands of jollars, is evidently not enough to de- fray the expenses incurred by these office “holders. The international off- 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 chall their right to impose it on the m bership. We proved that -ac to the constitution a tax cam bel only in the case of a strikeof: we have no knowledge at the present time. Our opposition to this tax en- raged the machine and they: dosti to break our locals. “While in the capitalist press, they play up the issue of “The Communist Danger,” Justice of June 19) Page 9, openly states that our loéals are in danger of expulsion because of Te fusing to pay the unconstitutional tax, “Fellow Workers! We are fighting your fight. “Do not 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 plans to fight for these issues and shall inform you how to éssiat 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 OF LOCALS 2, 9 AND 22" : ; ee '