Daily Worker
July 14, 1925
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N The bart d WORKER Raises S * N “> 3, 1879. ——, 2 ? N f * 9 1 * = i 1 8 fia * 5 7 8 wt * 5 . 0 5 1 2 - L 4 * 5 : — ° . 0 „ he “ea 10n es r4 , Y wa 4 * Wa iy Se 5 gee x * : ‘ * * ras: y . 3 8 * ‘ n 0 * 8 * \ „ We to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, China, July 12—The rivair ng the unity th blication of th * . K. f ® pu n of the secret report of the di lomatic co the massacre of Chinese students and workers at places the whole blame for the killings u demands the dismissal and punishment British members of the municipal council and its American chair- rialist nations is splittii and a veritable hornet’s The. British an rt man, Fessenden. British interests are charging that the report was pr of various of their front toward China er antagonism is caused by x tnd the by French and Italian envoys in the diplomatic corps, wit ö malicious object of destroying SOCIALIST IN TO ATTACK RIFF Letter Reveals Plan To Extend Boundary — «Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, July 12.—The letter ‘written by Vatin-Perignon, chief of the civil cabinet of Marshal Lyautey, military dictator of Morocco, to the resident general's nephew, Pierre Lyau- tey, which was read to the chamber of deputies by the Communist Deputy Jacques Doriot, reveals that the so- cialist leaders, Paul Boncouf and Leon red. with Herriot, then. Wee ee! 1 ~~ : “the - iad Bee egg rth of the Ouerahe ! ‘and estblish a shia of forts, a no limits had been set to the Riff-| pressing the report, the argument that French boundary line. The letter, which exposes the plots of Lyautey and the socialists to attack the Riffians, follows. It was printed in L’Humanite, the French Commun- ist paper, on June 10: Residence General of France in Mo- ‘poeco; Chief of the Civil Cabinet. — May 25, 1925. My Dear Friend—I have just re- ceived your interesting letters of the 19th and 22nd. You well understand that before the Parisian “front” I (Continued on page 3) ENGLISH MINERS ADOPT RESOLUTION OPPOSING INVASION OF MOROCCO LONDON, England, July 9.—The executive of the International Miners Federation has adopted a resolution protesting against the war of the French and Spanish im- perialists and calling on organ- ized labor the world over to de- nounce the invasion. Another Minister Forced Out of The Fascisti Cabinet ROME, Italy, July 9.— The appoint- ment of Count Volpi as minister of finance in the fascist cabinet, to re- place de .Stefani who has resigned, was announced today. conspl on. Pr big ae | British standing in Shanghai and China generally, to aid their own nationals in getting the trade and concessions. The report not only recommends the punishment of the British involved and a reprimand for the American chairman of the Shanghai council, but authorizes the consular body at Shanghai to demand resignations of the whole municipal council if the in- structions are not carreid out. Things Begin to Happen When the report was received in Shanghai, with the mantle of secrecy still over it, the British became vio lently angry and accusative toward the French and Italians.» In addition, Brit- ish Consul Barton cabled London de- manding L suppression of the report. Austen 3 Britiah foreign minister, assented by cable, but the imperialist enemies of British imperi- alism had meantime got copy released thru unexplained channels and the To- kio and Paris press ran it In full. U. 8. Mixing is | Shanghai on July thi: g British gave as the excuse tot sup- the Shanghai municipal counell gets Is authority from a British treaty with China, and that therefore no other nations have a right to butt in and order the municipal council, even tho composed of various nations, how to run the local affairs. The other na- tions are allowed share of control only by Britain’s favor, is the British view. Ruins Imperialist United Front Whatever the formality” “ot the re- port or the objections to it, its publi- cation has effectively ruind · the unity of the imperialists in holding out against the rising tide of Chinese lib- eration. Already, England is circulating ru- mors, amounting to a threat, that an (Continued on page 3) Shipping Board Members Fight For Their Masters Bids WASHINGTON, July 9.—War broke out afresh today between the shipping board and the Emergency Fleet cor- poration. The recommendations of Admiral Leigh Palmer, president of. the fleet corporation, that the bid of the Boston Iron and Metal company of Baltimore for 200 surplus ships be accepted, was rejected by chairman O'Connor of the shipping board. The Baltimoré com- pany bid $1,355,000. July 10 has been set as the new date for receiving bids. PEASANTS OF SOVIET UNION HAVE ADVANCED THRU CO-OPERATIVES AND GOVERNMENT AID, DELEGATE SAYS TIFLIS, —(By Mail)— The delegates to the Peasants’ International from Italy, Comrades Miglioli and Massarenti, have returhed to Tiflis from a visit They had taken their trip in the company of Comrade Khome- riki, a representative of the peasants’ mutual aid committees of Georgia. The delegates visited Telav, the peasant, farms and cooperative organi- zations of the villages of Shilda, Quareli, Zimandali nd Mukuzani. At Muku- to Kakhetia. gani the delegates inspected the local experimental station. Co-operatives Are Growing The delegates were particularly in- terested in the state of agricultural amd consumers’ cooperation and in the vine-growing and silk production of Kakhetia. | In conversation on his impressions of Kakhetia, Comrade Miglioli said: “Considering the circumstances of Georgia, which only 4 years ago ob- tained the opportunity of free deve- lopment, it must be admitted that the successes’ of cooperation and scientific (Camtinued on page 6.) * many j corporation at their Plant 18. to cause an entire department to 80 « bitter resentment thruout the shop. | The oil sanders who got the r ceived the — wage cute: 0 K By AL DETROIT. Mich. July 12.—4 sheer nerve and disregard of the Published Dally. PUBLISHING 2 8806 — Bird on n eae n. WORKER * er Correspondent. ‘4 cen X A ee Gets Co ld Feet And Would Suppress Truth | * (Special to The Daily Worker) DAYTON, Tenn., July 12.—Clarence Darrow, leading defense lawyer in the trial of John Scopes here for violating mer the state law against the teaching of | e ‘evolution in the public schools, will en fight in court tomorrow for the ad-| ot ¢ mission of testimony of scientists | theologians on evolution and the Sry > bible. William Jennings Bryan and coun- 5 sel for the prosecution, in spite of their announced intention of champ- 5; ioning the story of creation told in the bible and “showing up” evolution, have made a sudden switch and are now demanding that the trial shall proceed on purely technical lines, — Today a motion of attorney general 3 Bryan is afraid of a fair trial, and said: “The constitution of Tennessee con- tains one of the strongest guarantees of religious liberty among all the con- stitutions of the Union, and no law that would undertake to establish re- ligion or measure conduct would have any validity in this state or any other state without first getting rid of the constitution. “Mr. Bryans’ statement about the rights of Tennessee to protect ite re- ligion is ambiguous if he means that any state has the right to pass a lew which prohibits the teaching of a theory that is contrary to any reli- gion, and he is flying in the face of every state constitution.. The fact that any theory or any scientific view may be contrary to any religious idea furnished no right for a state to pro- hibit it. If this were true, then most astronomy and geology would fall under the ban.“ Darrow’s Position Weak Darrow and the defense attorneys have so far taken the weak position (Continued on page 2) MacMillan Takes On Eskimo Interpreter At Windy Pickle WASHINGTON, July 12—The Mac- Millan Arctic expedition left Hopedale, Labrador, heading northward to Disko, Greenland, said as radio dis- patch to the National Geographic So- ciety from Commander Donald D. MacMillan. MacMillan said that conditions out- side of Cape Harnigan were excellent, altho the soabreezes were blowing ice northward. Lieut. Commander R. E. Byrd, commanding the naval unit with the expedition, reported to the navy de- partmert that the departure from Hopedale was delayed by ice. which was closing the mouth of the harbor. He said that stop prubably would be made at Windy Pickle, Labrador, to take on an Eskimo interpre'er. PARIS SUBURB TO HAVE COMMUNIST CELEBRATION ON TUESDAY, INSTEAD OF THE USUAL NATIONAL HOLIDAY 7 . 82 PARIS, July 12.— The -usual ieadebration of Bastile Day, the national holiday, will be omitted next Tuesday in Malakoff, a Paris suburb, governed by a es mayor and à Communist council. instead, Malakoff will celebrate the proletarian victory as the chief significance attached to the French revolution and Marcel Cachin, Commun- ist member of the chamber of deputies will address the townspeople. Already, in anticipation, of the prolétarian celebration, Malakoff is draped with Red flags, and photographs of Lenin, the Rusgjan proletarian leader, festooned and garlanded, — occupy: places et honor. Darrow, in a statement of Bryan’s{ — change of front, strongly hinted that | the k te slashing campaign that beats anything for workers has been started by the Fisher Body erk es of wage cuts were announced, so drastic as ike 100 per cent and has created a feeling of most cut and who were the ones to go on strike re- ans they were cut from $2.50 ~~ car to $1.00 On om $2: Piece to $2.00 and four door sedans. Work on the new the old, they 1 50 to $2.50 a th far Pe al 1 AT ced Lie mts of these wage | — sO angered ent of over 100 men, to go back to work Thursday iz and they have been on strike Mince. The superin- tendent, Daye) Barefoot, told them they d out that they would none of them would * „the firm. None of e fooled by this bluff n ne this same super- Out again begging the work and try to see 2 out on the new Nieedless to say none 5 ack. i hired a new gang > take the place of 25 a 0 one except in- Would take a job at are not making much paying these new | hour for the first men on strike con- t by Monday when 1 EPI Fe he, pant oe * Ae 9 3 32833 | > . : ae oy 8 on 2.) . 9 „ — bf . 4 oa - 7 n g M erect + Have Taza Entirely Sm Surrounded (Special to The Tle Daily Worker) ish government has replied to the French and Spanish notes asking the cooperation of English imperialism in the war on Morocco, definitely re- fusing to enter a combined attack on the Rifflans, it has leaked out here. The British capitalist have many in- terests in Africa, and they decline to aid the French and Spanish im- perialists to make secure thelr African colonies. The French war minister has de- cided.to transfer three colonial regi- ments now on the Rhine to the Moroc- can front, bringing French forces in Africa above 100,000. The new com- mander of the invaders, Gen. Stanis- laus Naulin, who is expected to reach Morocco on July 18, has been ordered to immediately begin an offensive against the Riflan zatives. Riffians Attack Outposts. The Rifflan troops have completely surrounded Tasa&, and more native groups are deserting the French. In (Contin on page 4) REBELLION*BREAKS b M ALBANIA, REFUGEES DECLARE (Special to” The Daily Worker) BELGRADE, Serbia, July 12.— Refugees arriving here indicate rev- olutionary trotbles in Albania. The foreign ministry denied that Albania was mung any difficulties. — — British Government Rushes to Rescue Of Cinema Trust LONDON, July 12.— The British government may subsidize the British motion picture industry. It is freely admitted that the British film indus- try is on the verge of collapse in the face of American competition. Loud appeals for subsidy have been voiced by many leaders in the film industry. Premier Baldwin had already given delicate intimations that he may heeg these appeals. A heavy tarif has been placed on American films but to no avail. Ex- hibitors r fuse to show British films. 1 — PARIS, Frnace, July 12. — The Brit- they were cut 8 galt and gp Ope raters 2 ü C , ll To Corner Rivals (Special te The Daily Worker) SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 12.— Covered by fine words about desiring peace, the Coolidge administration is taking the steps that may precipitate war. Seeing that the American imperial- ist intersts may now with advantage champion the enforcement of the long forgotten nine-power pact made at Washington in 1921, Coolidge and Kel- logg have decided that more efforts will be made to force Britain and Japan into a conference or to hold them up as violators of the pact and the principle of international concord if they do not respond. Three Artful Proposals proposal is that a meeting of nine N to consider ae 2 ur richt in. 0 hina ve wh * — om a China the right to raise her customs tax from five to ten per cent. The way that the imperialists have so far kept China from having a strong central govern- ment, is their denial of any income to it from customs. Thus, because the government is weak, they insist that China requires foreign control. The third suggestion which the Coolidge administration is putting out as propa- ganda against Britain in the Chinese affair, is the proposal for a revision of the land leasing regulations. The American government has gone right ahead, and named Silas Strawn of Chicago and Minister MacMurray, as delegates to the customs revision consultations. French Allied to U. 8. France is, apparently, working with the United States in the Chinese ques- Lodge union crime. of the A. F. of L. to investigate + the use of the American Fed- eration of Labor’s name for pur- poses of scabbing. The resolu- tion is as follows: Resolution WHEREAS, there is a strike on at the International Tailoring company and the J. L. Taylor & Co., located at Jackson Bivd. and Peoria St. (two dif- ferent corporations but owned and managed by the same persons), involv- ing about eight hundred members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; and WHEREAS, the International Tail- oring company, along with all of the large garment manufacturing con- cerns, has had union shop agreements with the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers for the past six years, which agreements just expired; and WHEREAS, all the other concerns 1 kor the ers to accept; Strike Justified working conditions enjoyed by the (Continued on page 2) ANTI-FASCIST MEET STIRS PHILLY COPS ments, Amalgamated Clothing tion. And altho the Coolidge adminis- tration knows perfectly well that pro- posals are flatly contrary to the inter- ests and wishes of Britain and Japan, the bland announcement is made that “The United States is sure that other But 1 Sided With Speakers (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 12.—Al- nations will co-operate and the Ameri- can government will, of course, act with other powers.” The similar stand is taken by Brit- ain and Japan, particularly Japan, | which in an interview quoted from Tokio, said that “Japan backs Britain in China, and is sure that the United States will also approve and support.” Sinister Moves Have Innocent Front By asking only that the nine powers which ratified the Washington con- ference plans in 1921, the United States artfully uses the seemingly in- nocent argument that these nations merely live up to their agreements. Actually, however, it is a grave men- (Continued on Page 4) FOUR METHODISTS AND SIX BAPTISTS 10 TRY SCOPES; TEN FARMERS DAYTON, Tenn., July 12.—Ten farmers, a landowner and a ship- ping clerk today held the fate of John T. Scopes in the anti-evolu- tion trial. The Scopes jury follows: W. J. Robinson, no church, a farm- | er, J. W. Bagley, Methodist, farmer. Jim Riley, Baptist, farmer. w . Taylor, Methodist, farmer K. L. Gentry, Baptist, farmer. Col. J. R. Thompson, Methodist, wealthy landowner. W. D. Smith, Baptist, farmer. Jess Goodrich, Church of Disci- pies, shipping clerk. J. H. Bowman, Methodist, farmer and cabinet maker. William G. Day, Baptist, tar mer. R. L. West, Baptist, farmer. | most a thousand workers packed the | Public Hall to pay honor to the mem- ‘ory of Giacomo Matteotti, and voice a vigorous protest and denunciation of his murderers personified in the Mus- solini fascisti government. The police made several attempts to treak up the meeting but only succeed ed in arousing the wrath and enthusi- without authority or justification of asm of the audience. The great response of the workers to this united front demonstration is partly due to a leaflet issued by the local fascisti group denouncing the meeting and the organizations of the Workers Party, Young Workers League The Artisan society, 1050 of the Carpenters Union, Local 139 of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and the Shoe Workers pro- tective. At least 50 police, uniformed and renewed their agreements for another period of three years, except the In- ternational Tailoring company and J. L. Taylor & Co. They insisted upon a reduction in wages and certain chang- es in 2 2 ere E WHEREAS, in order to resist this reduction of wages, and in order to protect the standards of wages and the thousands of members employed by the concerns who renewed their agree- No. 113, Tool and Die Makers, of the International Association of Machinists, has joined Lodges Nos. 199 and 390 in condemning the scabbing of the United Garment “union” on the Amalgamated Clothing Workers at the International Tailor- _ ing company's struck shops, and instructed the delegates to the Chicago Federation of Labor to demand action against this anti- That the members of the Trade Union Education Le and the left wing generally have been stirring the protest the United Garment scabbery, was seen in the fact that the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Chicago Federation of Labor finally passed a resolution condemning | the scabbery and asking Green * RED SOLDIERS PUNISHED FOR ASKING LIBERTY Mail Held U Speak to No (Special to The Daily Worker) FORT SHAFTER GUARD HOUSE, Honolulu, Hawali, July Can nist soldiers who have been sentenced to three years and one year in federal prison for their Communist views, are being punished because their law- vers instituted habeas corpus proceed- ings in the civil courts here. communicado. They are. not, not even their attorneys. them. Books and papers sent to them have not been delivered. Petitions Are Filed Crouch and Trumbull were to have been removed from Hawaii to the mili- tary prison at Alcatraz, California, on July 26, but the.last heard from them they were being held there pending the outcome of the habeas corpus pro- ceedings. The attorney for the Communist sol- diers, Fred Patterson, served on U. 8 attorney Charles Parsons two peti- tions for writs of habeas corpus, which were filed with the clerk of the federal court. The petitions stated, “Your pe- titioners are not imprisoned, restrain- ed or deprived of their liberties under any process, judgment or decree of any competent court or tribunal of civ- il or criminal jurisdiction.” Detention Unconstitutional “Said judgments are matters over which the general courts martial have no jurisdiction. The trials of said caus- es were not carried out in accordance with the rules and regulations pre- scribed for general courts martial by the military authorities of the United States. On the said trials, the said courts acted without due regard te the rights of your petitioners. The deten- and | speakers participating in it. The meet- | ing Was arranged under joint auspices | Local otherwise, were present at the meet- | ing, directed by several captains, chiefs sergeants, etc. It semed the entire police department was (Continued on page 6) sent | tion of your petitioners is illegal and the law and is in violation of the stitution of the United States.“ NEGRO CHAMPION, NEW LABOR PAPER IS WELL REGEIVED-MANY SUBS The first issue of The Negro Champion, official organ of the Am- erican Negro Labor Congress, was well received thruout the country. Many subscriptions and hundrec§ of bundle orders, some for as high as 1,000 copies, were reecived at the office of this great Negro Labor pa- per, 19 South Lincoln St., Chicago, Hil. BRITISH UNIONS LED BY MINERS, sritish capital. E. 8. "Weight, Baptist, farmer. ate Ara N. 1 „ n MAY TIE UP WHOLE NATION IN A FIGHT AGAINST BOSSES’ ATTACK LONDON, July 12.—A general tie-up ef the peared imminent today, perhaps begihning on July 31. The government's mediator, W. C. Bridgeman, has failed to bring nbout a resumption of negotiations between the miners and operators, and this was followed by the announcement that the Trade Union Congress will support the miners in their opposition to wage cut and longer hours. All hope has not yet been abandoned, but the outlook is dismal for if the breakdown leads to a strike, there is grave danger may become general with a resulting complete tie-up of Britain's com | neérctat and industrial life, British coal industry ap- : a ae ee eee 12. — Paul Crouch and Walter Trumbull, commu- — Trumbull and Crouch are held ine Their mail has toons withheld from 138 — pe 2 — — aor, se en ager nt pate e er tel — E —
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5 V2 * hy * * Wer 5 7 ‘ ES ot. _ Protested against this abuse, them to work without shoes and force | A prisoner in the 11th Field Artil- bs td lery gdard house was placed in soll tur and water, and was forced to sleep on Shame. Hall felt secure as he had the the mainland. An investigation was hope for nothing better than life im- _ Relsonment. But an army under the nr SCORES UL (Continued from page 1) but to strike; and oa By PAUL " - HONOLULU, Hawaii, Fort Shafter Guard House, (By Mail) — Army officers who have retained their instincts of justice, and almost the entire personel of enlisted men, are aroused against the present autocratic and unjust system that exists in the Am- erican army. Crouch and Trumbull are making a lot of trouble for milit- ary authorities, but I don’t blame them. Their sentences were CROUCH intended to bully the soldiers.” This statement was made by a captain at Fort Shafter. Officers Mistreat Soldiers The sentences of Comrade Walter M. Trumbull and the writer, tho they have received considerable publicity, are not exeeptions to the policy of military anthorities regarding soldiers whe dare think for themselves. Hun- dreds of men guilty of no crime are enslaved and tortured in disciplinary barracks ami penitentiarien. The punishment Inflicted by courts mar- tial for trivial offenses is 80 great that many victims are driven to de- speration. It is ahoupst Impossible to bring an officer to acenunt for crimes against soldiers. In a recent trial at Scho- | field Barracks, an officer, who stuck a prisoner in the back with his sword, was found “not guilty” by «a court | martial after only five minutes con- sideration, Prisoners At Officers’ Mercy For the purpose of being shown to “investigators,” prison regulations are prepared which state that prisoners are to be worked about seven and a half hours daily, are to recetve all mail (except that money is to be kept in the hands of the prison offi- cer) that they are to have reading matter, etc. . In reality, the prison officer is the law and prisoners are at his mercy. As an example, at the 25th Infantry guard house, no reading matter is per- mitted. Newspapers intended for pri- soners are opened, read and destroyed by authorities. Prison Tortures Men in the guard house not only work during the day but also for two hours after supper. When they the Colonel told them that if they refused to work after supper he would forte | them to sleep without matresses and blankets. confinement, given only bread the stene floor with no protection from mosquitos. When he protested to the regimental adjutant, the offi- cer remarked: I am sorry there are no rats to eat you.” Another Communist Prisoner A typical case of army brutality is that of Richard Agnelli, sentenced to two years imprisonment at hard labor. The charges against him were that after being deprived of his dinner, he refused to work without eating and when ordered to do so, said: “To hell with the god damned officers and the god damned army.” Agnelli, who is a Communist, wish- es to hear from his brother, Paul, an agent for the Daily Worker, Novy Mir, and other Communist publications. Mail for him should be sent in care of his wife, Mrs. R. J. Agnelli, 1123 Kamehameha IV Road, Honolula, Hawaii. Efforts are being made by Mal. General Smith to have the stockade at Schofield Barracks reopened and prisoners sent there Instead of to the mainland. To the soldiers in Hawaii, the Schefield stockade is a synennm. years ago, the brutalities perpetrated’ within its grim walls could be eqnal- ed only by going back to the days of the Inquisitjpn. The cruefty of Capt. Hall, the pri- son officer, would have put Nero to Support of Gen. Kuhn, then command- ing the Hawaiian division. Prisoners were forced to work long hours at the reck pile, using a heavy hammer with a nocked handle so as to cut the hands. They were marched to and from work at double time, forced to Stand at attention from supper until bed time, and to get up at four o’clock in the morning. When a prisoner fainted at work, a bucket of cold water was thrown in his face and when he regained con- sciousness hs had to pick up the heavy hammer and continue with his labor. For those driven to despera- tion who refused to work under such cruel conditions, a much worse fate was in store. They were sprayed with formaldehyde. One man died as a re sult of burns from it. Three others lost their sight. After these for a long time, details reached the war department. This was too much for these accustomed to the milder form of anilitary autecracy found on held and the stockade closed. The only punishment for Kubn was a transfer and a slight reduction in rank. Oapt. Hall is said to have been killed by one of his former victims after his return to the mainland. Rewarded For Murders I believe that a commander in the Red Army guilty of such crimes as by Gen. Kuhn could |CHICAGO FEDE ‘ATION OF LA SUPPORTS THE AMAL Workers were left no other recourse WHERDAS, the Chicago Federation of Labor, some fifteen years ago, in conjunction with the Women’s Trade Union League, organized the garment industry of Chicago and after a strike lasting five months and in which the Federation and League collected up- wards of sewenty thousand dollars to sustain the strikers and finally com- ing out of/the strike with an agree- ment cowering some ten thousand * 7 i 5 0 ; fs : * “Neg Oe THE DAILY. K : - Japanese we 55 5 15 ‘We hy be ae | 7 4 * 4 5 we = S&S 1 14 i 1 . 14 1 “Big Biz in Bandit 7 0 6 y to obtain EXECUTIVE 6 ERATION c of Pacific Relations endi Fitz The delegation at the in Ta 4 grievances against at Honolulu, Hawaii. al in vernment | epee World Imperialism) SM) ff By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. | e Tel. the Japanese pour out their American capitalism thru the medium of the Institute tee or pu 8 its character and is in constant touch with the P.).—Hotel, restaurant and tea-rneom brewery employees are out on strike. Was accepted as a member or not. conditions had existed | brutal system are forced to keep silent. Most of them have been edu- eated along lines useful only for milit- ary purposes and if they were “fired” from the service, would find it dim - cult to earn as much as they receive at present. Many officers would find it difficult to compete with enlisted men in civilian life. The army officer is a product of capitalist imperialism. Soldiers When “Free” In Same Fix Alfho the examples given above describe the prison life of the soldier, his treatment when free is but litile better. In fact, many soldiers say life In the guard house is even better than when “on duty” in the service. The American military antocracy has gone so far in its brutal treatment of the enlisted men that they are tura- ing to Communism for freedom from mental and physical slavery. Military authorities are greatly alarmed by the rapidly «rowing support of Commun- ist ideals among the soldiers. CAFE WORKERS S ON STRIKE IN V. AUSTRALIA’ General Walkout Of Perth Hotel Employes PERTH (Western Anustrialia).— (F. employees, barmaids and barman, and All cafes and hotels are closed, and the breweries have ceased supplying liquor. The strike arose over the question of union labor in cafe The Hotel, R nt, Club, Cater. | ers and Tearoom Employees’ Union, demanded, under the preference to unionists clause, that persons engaged | must become unionists within a fort- night, while the employers held that it was sufficient if the empolyee made. formal application for membership in, the union, irrespective of whether he The cafe workers came out in a maids, barmen, and brewery employ- ees. Several attempts to settle the strike have failed. Tell other workers what happens in your shon Write a story and sendit to the DAILY WORKER. Order a Clothing Workers of America; and bor in an effort to induce men and women fo take the places of those on 8 this federation has no desire and will not inject themselves into any con- j body, and were followed by the bar- cult in this situation, that we call up- thousamds of workers, and twice as many thousands who came in later, to refmain with the Garment Workers at ech recurring convention of the Garment Workers; the laws were con- straed so as to disbar representatives of these groups until finally, through no choice of theirs, and in order to rmnain organized, they were com- pelled to form the ted WHEREAS, since the inauguration of the Amalgamated they have main- tained a strictly trade union organi- zation with skill and ability and have practically succeeded in organizing the special order and ready made clothing industry of America, and no organization has been more willing to co-operate morally and financially in the strikes and difficulties of the gen- eral labor movement; and Use A. F. of L. to Hide Behind WHEREAS, in the present strike we find the deplorable condition, no matter what the pretext, of the Unit- ed Garment Workers trying to fill the places of the men and women on strike, and further we find the Inter- national Tailoring company advertis- ing in the daily newspapers, using the name of the United Garment Workers and the American Federation of La- strike; and WHERBAS, the executive board of troversy between employers and em- ployees unless first requested to do so by the employees, and certainly would not inject themselves into this matter without having reached the Not Responsible RESOLVED, that we disclaim any responsibility or atuhority in the ac- tion of the United Garment Workers in this strike; and be it further RBSOLVED, that inasmuch as the mame of the American Federation of Labor is being used publicly to make it appear that there is no labor diffi- on President Green to investigate the manner in which the name of the American Federation of Labor is being used in this instance; and bs it fur- ther RDPSOLVED, that every effort possi- ble should be exerted to the end that the Amalgamated Clothing Workers bundle to distribute there. be brought within the fold of the — “Stand by Soviet Russia!” Demand “Hands Off China!” of hell. Before it was closed, a few Mass meetings and demonstrations have already been arranged as follows: William F. Dunne. ST. PAUL, MINN.—Mass Dunne. St. William F. Dunne. sade Ave. Speaker, Rebecca Grecht. ZEIGLER, JLL.—dJuly 16, air meeting. Z. Foster. PORTLAND, ORE.—July Hall, 227 Yarabiell St, BOSTON, MASS Speaker to be announced. Speaker, Wm, F. Dunne. | SEATTLE, MASH uin ST. LOUIS, MO.—Mass meeting, Friday, July 17, Labor Lyceum, 1243 N. Garrison. Speaker, J. Louis Engdahl. PITTSBURGH, PA.—Mass 2 M July 19, 2:30 p. m., Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. Speaker, Ben . MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.—Mass meeting, Monday, July 20, 8 p. m., Finnish Hall, 1317 Western Ave. No. Speaker, p. m., Minnehaha Hall, 160 W. KANSAS CITY, Mo. —uly 15th, 8 p. m., 12th & Forest. Filipino, Chinese, Japanese and rR st speakers, BUFFALO, N. Y.—July 15, Labor Lyceum, 376 William eaker William F. Dunne. ITHACA, N. Y.—Cosmopolitan Club, July 16, Speaker YONKERS, N. Y.—Saturday, July 25, at 8 p. m., 23 Pali- WASHINGTON, D. C.—July 17, 1814 N. St, N. W. eaker, J, W. Johnstone, ROCHESTER, N. Y.—July 17 at 8 p. m. Labor Lyceum, 580 St. Paul St. Speaker Wm, F. Dunne. NEW YORK, N. Y- July 17 at 6 p. m. Union Park, 17th and Broadway, open air demonstration. Speaker, Wm, er, Stanle unday July 19, Hall to be announ- ced. Speaker, Earl R. Browder. YONKERS, N. Y.—July 25 at 8 p. m., 23 Palisade Ave. CLEVELAND, OHIO—July 25. Hall to be announced. LOS ANGELES, CAL.—July 17,—United Front Meeting. Auspices: Kuo Min Tang, Civil Liberties Union, Japa Workers Association, Workers Party, at Musio Arts Hall. meeting, T uesday, July 21, 8 th St. Speaker, William F. 7 p. m., Pavilion Park, open 19, at 8 p, m. Workers Party J. Clark. 5 18. Speaker, N. H. Tallentire. . | The part in 80 rooted and in jeopardy: therefore be 1 the constitutio in seabbing on th Clothing Workers who are on strike.” Reports state that the Federation passed the on as a reply to the formal complaint sent Fitzpatrick by the i Board of Chi- cago on July lst. Saturday was day, as usual, for the pickets their enemies that great rivalry « were so few veloped among the strikers to see who could get at a scab first. Scab Missed Teeth Somewhere between her scabby home and her scabby job, a scab lost her teeth Saturday morning, and altho ac- companied by a few cops and a private slugger she rode around the block in an auto for an hour or so, looking for two girl strikers thot might have found her teeth. & Was unsuccess- ful, and so drove off to get some new ones from the dentists. St. the Louis strikers are taking picketing, singing some ngs they cooked up in that city and wearing their but „Curlee— We Are Out to Win!” Their enthusiasm was good but not oting 4 1 til 2 p. m., then only # . ap. ö in 1 ei ; Bill“ to Bar From — ve o and * 2 . j ’ 7 . roe aes, Re * * N 7 * 7 ; ts ‘ * : 7 1 * 8 — A 7 4 + ther. necessary, since the Chicago strikers don't need . Their small committee . 1 (Continued from page 1) that the theory ot evolution does not conflict with the fairy stories told in Cc the bible, of the world’s miraculous 11 : Bryan, after parading in a pith hel- met to the accompaniment of a brass band on his arrival, his typical bold so to the effect that released some of fig “thunder,” ‘science and the bible are directly in conflict and that the teaching of science must go. To this Darrow answered that the de- fense would endeavor to show that the theory of evolution and christian- ity do not conflict thus taking a ty- pical liberal class collaboration” policy. The defense, of co denial of the rights Stewart declared, urse, is contesting ty of the law as a of free speech. “The state will | insist as vigorously as it is possible to do so that eviden or bible students wi whether the theory taught by science by scientists reference to if evolution as with the story of man’s creation, is absolutely incompetent in this cage.” It is the claim of local business men that there is no chapter of the ku klux klan in Dayton. But masonic comm one hundred in this town of 1700. is a strongly Jury of MoseBacks A total of 400,000 words have been wired from Dayton all over the world on the proceeding of the trial before Judge Thomas Raulston. The jury is made up of conserv- ative, religious farmers, including three methodists, eight baptists, and one disciple. One of the jurors, Capt. J. R. Thompson, a rich berry growing plantation owner, is the only juror who admitted he church, dees not attend French and 8 Representatives ign Commerce Pact PARIS, France, July 12.— Premier Briand and Minister of Commerce Chaumet for France, and the German ambassador, yon Hoesch and Dr, Trendelenburg, German controller of exports and imports, have signed an arrangement concerning commercial exchanges between and Germany, the Saar basin The accord, which was retified by the French parliam the exportation to thenware, porcelain 4 provides for ermany to ear- , glassware and metallurgical productg fren the Saar, and importation into man foodstuffs, fom ba x . 7 ö ö 5 7 ig * . et | 187 1 . .%~% „ Pre ' ‘ a “Tt - Test 4 4 - FP r 8 the Saar of Ger. members, whom we organized under | | At — bei. at Tokio. It is the only delegation that occupies this position. e aaa” | The Japs want it understood that they are not so much | — 7 eae : “I move that troubled by the exclusion act passed by congress a year ago. Gun Ae id the © 8 3 my Bre vB apps omc Women . 2 Age They claim this is not the real issue that is fomenting strife & 11] ‘ the United Garmen ruc k | : Officers who do not like the present | Workers made it impossible for 5 4 between the two countries. The actual stake is the place of capitalist Japan among the other great capitalist nations, notably the United States, “whatever the Japanese nation stands on an equal footing with western powers or is to be denied fellowship and driven in the words of of Japan. Japs, it will give strength to that will resort sun, as it believes. The Japs give opened it to cap mentarism and laboratories, the right to a big place , her sphere of empire In Asia and forward-looking enterprises?” 29 0 well. It realizes to the full * périalist oppressors. The Japs feel that the down into Manila , there must rise the irresistible of both countries, rising three centuries of peace, the Japs three international wars during the last half century, giving her, as she feels, not only supremacy in the Orient, but also in world capitalist councils. for instance, is one of the questions that the Japanese are ] back upon a wg oriental policy and theater of operation,” usuke Tsurumi, semi-official spokesman SS SS ee Tokio has ambitions for world empire and world domina- tion, just as much as Washington. The Japs at the Honolulu conference urge a gentlemen's ing of the world, declaring that if this is not granted the eement for the plunder- a new party rising in Nippon word to win its rightful place in the anks to the United States for havin ist “civilization” eighty years ago, in 1846, and not only introducing steam engines, telephones, parlia- After now boast of having won but also armaments. Here, nn, “What is the moral difference between the policy of America’s ex- tending her dominion over the Caribbean, protecting her capitalists and Latin-American investments, and the polley of Japan In widening supporting her capitalists in their ° It seems that the Japanese 1 has learned too and admits what the demo- cratic” statesmen of the United States try to hide, that the capitalist state is but an instrument in the hands of the im- * have a primary right to the : Orient as their sphere of influence, believing that the United States should confine itself to its own western hemisphere. But when the American fleet left Chinese waters and sailed Bay, in 1898, and won the first battle of ican War, not in West Indian waters, but ipp the war clouds sailir ng the stars ' eg ae ey | The weeny: gathered in the Honolulu talkfest were bluntly told that “there is a large and powerful party in Jap- an that confidently expects the Japan's economic advance on the mainland of Asia as a hos- tile.move,” and that means war. * There is only one power in the United States and Japan that can halt the inevitable slau power of the workers and poor farmers of these two coun- tries. Against the imperialist rivalries. of both countries United States to challenge hter, and that is the joint solidarity of the toiling masses ies, in both countries to displace the contending capitalist dictatorships with their own co-operat- ing Proletarian Dictatorships. flag in the Pacific, as in all the other oceans over the earth. That is the Red Flag of Communism. - | There is room for but one (Continued from page 1 the three days are up the men now taking their places will quit due to their imability to make more than $1 or $2 a day on the new piece rates. On the old rates the men made from $5 to $8 a day according to the kind of work and the amount of it. From now on with the hardest kind of work, even the most capable men will not be able to make more than $4 or $5 a day. Once Got Twice As Much In 1918, 19, and 20 when the Auto Workers Union of Detroit had a strong organization most of these workers re- ceived exactly twice as much for about half as much work as they are now doing. In those days instead of the oil sanding process now in use, the bodies were rubbed by varnish rubbers with pumice stone and water. The work was much easier than the present rubbing with the oil sand pa- per but the men received $9 for three cars. Now that the work is far more stren- uous than before, because the workers have no organization to protect them and fight for them they are turning out 18 cars for $9.37. Five Times the Work for the Money In other words they are turning out five times as much work for the same amount of money, one man now doing the work that he and four other men used to do, thereby increasing unem- ployment and laying the foundation of present and future wage cuts, During the days when this industry was organised the workers received from 0 to 815 a day and today with a far higher rate of production they are lucky it they can earn $6 or $7. What this means to these men and their families is easy to be seen. They are simply using up the men as quick- ly as they dan get them. Killing Pace The strain of, the work is so great that no man gan stand it for any and the workers are and. going. The 12 a — N -_ -—-. FISHER AUTO BODY WORKERS IN __ DETROIT FIGHT WAGE CUTS 1 Fe seems to be aware of this and they are careful to hire none but young workers as an older workers cannot keep up the killing pace that must be maintained if he is to “cut the buck” and make enuf to keep him- self and his family alive. Besides the oil sanders, the spray- ers, doorhangers, panelmen and cusion makers were also cut. In almost every case the cuts amounted to from 10 to 20 per cent of the wages and means a decrease of about Tic to $1 a day when the men are only making $6 or $7 at the most. Men Expected to Unlonlze The Auto Workers’ Union Locgl'127 has been carrying on a campaign in front of the various shop gates for the last two months. Go far most of the strikers are not yet organized. But if the co keeps up this reckless campaign of wage slashing long enuf, the men will be forced to organize themselves in self protection and in stead of this or that department going out alone they will strike as a body and the boss will have to treat with them if he wants his orders filled. The workers are beginning to realize this and many of the strikers are. ex- pressing themselves in favor of organi- zation. They recognize their helpless- ness in the present isolation and they feel confident that the other depart- ments will follow them as soon as the cuts in the other departments are det- initely made known. Men Asked to Join Union The organization campaign of the Auto Workers Union Local 127 is bear- ing fruit. Noonday factory meetings before the Fisher Body plants receive a greater response than ever before. Local 127 will redouble its efforts to bring the message of organization to tho workers engaged in the auto indus- try in Detroit. Open meetings of the Auto Workers Union are held every Friday evening at 55 Adedaide St. All auto workers. are invite? to attend. these open meetings - — — * | With their joint session 8 a ii: f . x 1 é N at . & . . | Expected Swindle And Got It, Say Workers 5 NEW YORK CITY, July 13~The report of the governor's advisory commission in the cloak, suit and ckirt || industry, given Friday to represen- -tatives—Hillquit and the Sigman and manufacturers, turned ont, as expected by all left wing workers in the International Ladies’ Garmnet Workers’ Union—to be a swindle. There are nine points, and nowhere is there any indication that the com- mission recognizes the demands of the workers or their needs as super- lior to all other factors in the indus- try. Besides the many other Issues in | which the interests of the workers land their union organization is ig- nored, the announcement by Chair- man George Gordon Battle, that the commission “does not find it practic- able to propose any change at this time” in the wage scale, was just the kind of hokum that the garment work- ers expected, since the Sigman gang have openly betrayed the demands of the I. L. G. W. membership to the commission and both have orked fn concert to deprive the workers of their needs and influence the mem- bership of the union in an effort to break the force of the left wing fight led by Locals 2, 9 and 22. : The report will be published in the DAILY WORKER tomorrow. STRIKE IN HARD — - LOOMING STRONG Operators and Le wi 8 Confer at Beach ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. July 1 until Tuesday, operators and miners” representatives debating che wage issue which threatens a B /anthracite, coal — | 1 The situation was: f i—John L. Lewis; Internationa! president of the United Mine Work- ers, declared that Friday’s confer ence “did not change the opinions formed by the miners.” (The miners had expressed themselves as belle. ing ther would be a suspension of work August 31, when the wage con- tracts expire.) wea 2.—The operators asserted that if wages were advanced the cost of coal would go up; that the public is “tired of high coal prices” and want the price to go down; that they “are so poor they can’t afford to pay the hard coal miners more money de- cause of the competition the anthra- cite mines are getting from the manu- facturers of oils, coke and electric- iy.” : The miners have put twelvp de- mands up to the operators, the prin- cipal demand being for an fncrease of wages of 10 per cent for anthracite miners and $1 a day for other classes of labor. Most of the poverty stricken oper- ators left for their palatial summer homes to be gone Sunday and Mon- day. Lewis remained here, at ons of the nation’s finest beaches. He said he would have no statements to make over the week-end. The min- ers—they, of course, are still in the little coal camps neither in palaces or fine hotels—but shacks unfit for habitation. \ Of course, if they work thay can go underground and risk their lives in hard labor below the surface. * Revamped Brokerage Concern Reopens Today; Bankers Aid The reorganization of the broker- age house of Dean, Onativia and Co. which was placed in recefvershfp ten days ago with liabilities of thirty six million dollars, has been completed. with the help of Chicago and New York bankers. The company will re- open its doors today. | PITTSBURGH T. U. . I. TO HOLD MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 12— here will be a meeting of the Pitts- burgh Trade Union Edugational League on Wednesday “evening, July 15, at 805 James street. Tell other workers what happens in your shop. Write a story and send i! to the DAILY WORKER. Order a bundle to distribute there | 1 COALREGIONIS 7) 3 the dellberations were ed lass Thursday.
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* „„ a — — 4, as 2 scores of 4 ~ regarded you today more than ever. >* * * commission Issues Its fore July 1, when the new rule against conducting embarrassing tions went into effect, the federal trade commission finished and issued thracite coal. It tound that some of the mining companies and coal jobbers who con- tributed so handsomely to the repub- lean campaign fund had gouged the What is to bécome of it. fies and dug up some investigations continued because the need for them pleted, and set the economic force to E TH 13 WORK yeu ND WAS RRY FIASCO . V WORKER Gives Views HOW “THE COOK”, SYMBO WOMANHOOD UNDER THEO )}| LEARNS TO jOVERN THE SOVIET ET STATE U i Ma AR. Sel By BURVIL, Chairman of the Bureau of Worker Correspondents . BF 11 in the Spolansky State Sugar Factory. ‘| | ‘KIEV GUBERNIA, Ukraine (By Mail).—Since the establishment of the 1 Soviet Regime in the Ukraine the percentage of women employed in the beet - . sugar factories is increasing from year to year. They were mostly used in simpler forms of work which do not require much skill, as for instance: in the capacity of charwomen, in the departments of the factory where the sugar is tested and the liquid is measured and boiled. It is only during the past few years that women are being trained to- gether with the working class youth? for the tasks of skilled workers and foremen, in order to be able to fill any gaps in the ranks of such work- ers. This type of young women work- ers is employed now in the various re- pairing shops. Experience has already shown that in many forms of work women can produce as much as men er Correspondent) Cal., July 12.—Today I ited with the first copy of ' WORKER I had ever seen “Weaue dated July 1, 1925. it | was amazed to least one paper dared ‘ath regarding conditions. * gi idea in writing this © let you know something ary preparations here in slow I give you a copy of Swan Song WASHINGTON, July 12.—Just be- The DA women are given an opportunity, | It when they are free from factory oF housework, to attend free schools for the liquidation of illiteracy organized by our factory committees. Lenin's Wish Fulfilled. In this way, without neglecting pro- duction, we are gradually putting into inveetiga- na report gn premium prices for an- This is the sort of in- vestigation that President Coolidge, thru his latest appointee to the com. and that in some forms of work they practice one of Lenin's injunctions— what § @ military put over on the pa- ‘mission, William Humphries, ordered | are superior to men, because of their that on the tenth anniversary of the triots” un r the pretext of defending ability and their light touch (prepara-| October revolution there should be the ec " tion of packing material, sowing up of sacks, disconnecting steam and liquid communications; etc.). not a single illiterate person in the U. S. S. R. Considerable results have already been achieved in this direc- tion. Our women go gladly to work- " Recruit for Army bn U. S. Army public inordinately. amen in industry Gy Gholes. er’s clubs, take an active part in Piabes But there will be no more of these And this is done not because women kinds of meetings, read newspapers, Date ant Deere 1925 damaging revelstions in the future. are compelled to contribute to the and other literature in the reading} “As @ al of my patriotism This is the last. For weeks the com- budget of the working class family, room and library, study material on to the g States, and as evidence mickion personnel has been wondering | but because women in the U. 8. S. R. the women’s movement, etc. They| of my willingness to serve my coun- They had visions ef being thrown out and look- ing for new jobs. Their anxiety is at an end for a few weeks. “Bill” Humphries has gone on his vacation and the other members of the com- mission met in solemn conclave and decided to keep the force on the pay- roll as long as it can. Therefore they went back into their ime of National Emergency, I Oluntarily enroll as a member y of the United States for st Day, only, July 4, 1925. & No. . City. Age. After the sheet was filled with volu- untary u the soldier signed his name, „te., at the bottom. I! have their own “corner” in the club where they meet for study and in- formal talks. In all cultural trade union and party organizations, as well as in factory committees there are always women representatives intent on standing up for women’s interests and rights. The relies of former days are gradually disappearing. “The cook” as the symbol of downtrodden woman- hood under the old regime is (to use Lenin’s words) “learning to govern the state” and Ukrainian women are gradually becoming in every respect having been men’s equals in October, 1917, are gradually beginning to take an active part in the construction of a socialist state together with men. Altho the earnings of a working class family in the sugar factories, as in most other industries are not yet up to pre-war level, they are not so low as to compel the wife and children to work for their daily bread. Pubiic dining halls, workers’ co-operatives, creches for babies, children's homes and mother and child welfare organ- izations play an important role in the what I think gf it for it speaks for ii Can say is that I feel sor- '@ who were so foolish as te ‘bie without even reading it. dense“ Parade A Joke I may as well Say that the Defense that were started years ago and dis- disappeared before they were com- work on these. One of these is a|emancipation of women. Moreover, | men’s equals in the sugar industry. | day pa Was a joke in Oakland. It grain investigation that was ordered : ~ | did not last even 15 minutes Although during the first term of President Wil- most of the papers made it appear as tho it was a huge success, in my men tt was a huge failure. GERMAN COMMUNIST PARTY MUST WIN MASSES FROM SOCIALIST LEADERSHIP, SAYS ZINOVIEV BERLIN, Germany, July 12—A leter addressed to the Tenth Convention of the German Communist Party by the executive committee of the Com- munist International, criticizes the tactics of the ultra-leftista within the party. son. Imperialist Powers Split on i’s Diplomats Report (Continued trom from page 1) alliance is made between Japan and England against all. other interests en Are Driven, Y WORKER: I am a of the DAILY WORK- e read letters by differ- don’t think it is necessary to explain | 8. _- her control in the north, in Manchuria and Chili, if Japan will recipfocate for „the British interests in the south. a fre to drive the foreign imperialists from your present position and among those Sure you, are one of the chief inspir- - ities I have constantly kept in mind ‘ #his general assignment that we should place at your disposition afl} a certain number of general communi- and comprehensive, and in which I an- . hae time constantly at the Jap- and the utmoat co-. is manifested in all dealings and statements. The alliance is supposed to include an agreement that England will aid Japan in maintaining and extending The Japanese foreign office openly states its approval of the actions of the British in China and states quite frankly that Japan is co-operating. * * Cantonese Prepare to Act. HONG KONG, China, July 12.—Re- perts from Canton say that the Can- ton Chinese government is preparing off the fortified island of Shameen, since the foreign settlement there has refused to make amends for the attack on Chinese paraders by British and French marines recently, in which Chinese were killed and many more wounded. ‘ Canton is placarded with posters showing the women and children of their loved ones shot down by the British marines. Reports state that barricades are being erected opposite Shameen and aviators are preparing to accompany the attempt of land troops to oust the hated imperialists. The imperialists have many gun- boats at Shameen, which is now little but an outpost, fortified and armed, in a land resentful of foreign in- eee and exploiters. Z of world capitalism, she.’ lists, overthrow of ‘capitalism in Germany. The Communist leadership of the masses can prevent the threatened monarchist revival. In a review of world politics, Zino- viev declares that the British and American imperialism, under the guise of a security pact, with Ger- many, would rule the world. These dominant nations are merely prepar- ing for new capitalistic wars under the guise of the proposed pact, New War Brewing. The present world Wide outbreak of local conflicts indicates the coming of a great imperialistic war. German capitalism is slowly but steadily com- ing to a reapproachment with the al- lies. Speed-Up System In W. Frankfort Mine Sets Hoist Record WEST FRANKFORT, III., July 12.— Altho the mine has been in operation little more than a year and has been hoisting coal from main shaft only since March, C. W. and F. Mine No. 2, known as “New Orient,” has establish- ed world’s hoisting record for eight hour production. Yesterday 8,687 tons of coal were produced. The hoisting record formerly was held by Valier Coal company at Valier, with 8,664 WAGE REDUCTIC Labor ee To Stress Demands Hundreds of Colored Freight Han- dlers of the Southern Railway System Lines, affiliated with the National As- sociation Railway Mechanics, Helpers, Laborers and Freight Handlers, have filed complaint with officials of the Southern Railway Co., in a matter of misapplication of wage rules effective May, 1921. The wages of these employees were arbitrarily reduced by the officials of the Southern Railway Co., by coercing them and forcing them to sign sa agreement affecting a wage cut, at a large number of the smaller stations. [The freight handlers receive .25¢ per hour. The fact is, there is no ini formity in the application of wages which may prevent them from main- The letter, signed by Gregory Zinoviev, and printed in the Communist | ent in that valuable paper of taining and extending their control in organ, Rote Fahne, lays down as the task of the Communist Party of Ger- the class. I would like to China, even by armed intervention. many to combat the domination of the world by American and English | ring my comrades a place 1 British Control Jap Foreign Office. | imperialism. worked in @ few weeks ago. I think This ts proves likely, by the obvious President of the Communist in, | re penisetion, should get manner in which Britain is aeting with inteinationsts. | by and try. tt organize this place. en From Tokio comes the word The winning over of the workers NEGRO FREIGHT R of 30 e 2 * hat the British, ambassader tie Jeran | trom the eae of the servants re ie. WF b 10 kim e for over- d hap dened to be an } would get the full n ‘ae matter if we only rs, but, up to the time I left we working 12 and 14 hours @ and we had no definite time to eat. Some nights we ate at 11 o'clock and some nights at 12 and 1. We had a new agent and he wasn't there long, when he tried to stop our early breaks by paying us for the hours we worked, but when the men asked for overtime he changed his mind and kept the old agreement. I just don't know how the day gang works, but the night gang works in three different sets. There is a set called the split shift, comprising three men. It started at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and finishes at 12, but it's oftener 1 and 3. And there's another gang whieh starts at 6 in the eve- ning until 3 in the morning, but it's after 4 or 6 o’élock in the morning. From a Wageslave In Chicago. * „* paid' to Colored Freight Handlers in the Southern System. This matter will claim the atten- tion of every railroad employee who is represented at the American Negro Labor Congress in Chicago, October 25th. They will put up a strong front and contribute their moral and if nec- tons. essary their financial suppert to this fight for 2 and fair play. Help it Grow To The DAILY WORKER: How to increase the circulation of the DAILY WORKER, buy one or two from the news stands, give oné to a friend, leave one om the Subway train or put one in your neighbor's maſl box. Yours for’ 4 Gréater Worker, James R. Jones, Brooklyn, N. Y. 3 all k * 1 people are lasting, — that — are living under the worst tyranny the world has ever known” was accepted only by those persons in the audience who, expressing admiration for the count’s rode rapidly The stu- dents, who were in the large majority, IAP. * VSE IMPERIALIST DIPLOMAT DS OUT HOKUM TO STUDENTS; KOREA AND CHINA HIS SUBJECTS eee ON ok amen the Chinese, but also the Koreans. Koreans. property.” with his subject, University of Chicago, July 9. Just a Past Mistake volent highness could of helpfulness. bardment, killing. Should Be Grateful to Oppressors lics! many other Asiatic peoples, now be thriving. “Of Course” We Don’t Know! regime in Russia. wonderful “fairness,” away in their limousines. quite evidently knew better. ROSE BARON REPORTS ‘AN NEW YORK GITY ON LABOR DEFENSE MEET NEW YORK CITY.—A very im- porant meeting of the Labor De- fense Council will take place on Tuesday, July 14, at 8 p. m., at 108 E. 14th St. Comrade Rose Baron, whe was the delegate of the Labor Defense Council of New York to the confer- ence called by the Labor Defense Council in Chicago on June 28, at which the International Labor De- fense Council was formed, will re- port on the conference. The New York conference must take up the work of reorganization as decided by the Chicago confer- ence. Therefore no delegate must fail to attend the meeting. Another new other Communist. Harris Memorial Foundation at the When charged in the questions, af- ter the lecture, to explain Japan's lending of money and supplying of arms to two different factions of the Chinese, and to justify the massacring and devastating of the Koreans to put down their rebellion, his most bene- only plead that these were mistakes of the past. Never again would Japan act to- ward China or Korea in any but the most kindly and disinterested attitude Yet he admitted that Japan’s interests in China must be protected, arid there is only one way to protect imperialistic interests in an unwilling country; Japan has in the past, and will undoubtedly in the fu- ture take that way—which is the way called duress, and means force, bom- (By Student ge enen “Our policy toward China is one of strict non-interference. We are con- cerned to protect our rights and interests in China, but in common with the other powers we wish to extend every aid to uplift and regenerate not only It is doubtful whether the annexation of Korea was good for the Japanese, but it was certainly the best thing for the Thru our benevolent rule we guarantee them security of life and The count is of the opinion, too, that the Koreans, far from resenting their bloody annexation by the Japanese, should feel the deepest gratitude, be- cause think of the horrible fate which would have befallen them if Czarist Russia instead of Japan had annexed them, and they had been inherited by the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- The count did not explain just what was so undesirable about the position of autonomous republics enjoyed by the Kurds, Kirgiz, Azerbaidjans, and under which status the Koreans, toe, might When called thru a question to give some proof of his. bland assumption that Japan in keeping Korea out of the Soviet Union had saved them from some horrible fate, the glib nobleman matched his ridicolous idealization of Japan's foreign policy with an equally erude and even more false representa- tion of the iniquity of the Communist His statements that “of course you ow —— — 3 of Rus - Sub- Makes an- With such hypocritical twaddle about the altruism and benevolence of Japanese imperialism toward her weaker neighbors, Count Soyeshima dealt „Japan's Policy in the Far East“ in a lecture delivered delivered under the auspices of the ¢- ; — — CHINESE BOSSES ARE INCLUDED IN STRIKE AT HONG KONG, CHINA HONG KONG, July 12.—Iindica- tions that the Chinese may carry out their threat to wrest Shameen, the international settlement at Canton, from the foreign powers, was given today, according to reports from Canton. British, French and American gun- boats are on duty at Shameen and the foreign defenders there have strengthened their defenses. The strike in the Hong Kong area has taken on a new note. instead of being anti-foreign as was the case at first, it has become anti-capitalist ic, affeeting Chinese the same as for- eign owned enterprises. Chinese ships are being deserted by their Chinese crews. Establish Right to Speak Alien Ton on New York Strets NEW YORK CITY.—Comrades Po- pajanes and Sérros, members of the Greek Federation of the Workers Party, were arrested on Wednesday night, for holding a meeting in the Greek language. The police have interfered’ with other Greek meetings, and the party determined to make a test of the mat- ter. The meeting held by Greek com- rades at 39th St. and 8th Ave. was well attended. This is a proletarian Section of the city, even tho party meetings are molested by members of the American Legion and petty businessmen. Comrade Popajanes was the speaker, Comrade Serros the chairman of the meeting. A tradesman in the district who arrested Comrade P janes. Comrade Serros interposed that he was the chairman meeting ar got a slap in the for “interfering with the police.” It was a question whether a foreign police, language may be used at street corner meetings in New York or not. To be sure, Yiddish has been used for years—and in reality there is no ordinanee against the use of any lan- guage. But the police had to find some excuse to disturb Workers Party meeting and got a slap in the face by the Greek comrades near Chathma Square. The two comrades were hailed to court. Comrade Popajanes was dis- charged—and the question of using a foreign tongue is established once for all. for interefering with the officer. Food Prices Jump. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 12— Food prices again went upward from | May 15 to June 15, the department of labor report reveals. went up four per cent in Detroit. Detroitnel0....g the year ended June 15 food prices per cent. Child Dies on “Baby Farm.” dered an investigation of Elmer Sherman, 4, on the South Chi- cago “farm” of Minnie Reiger. it was disclosed, died suddenly of ly: sol poisoning, and Mrs. Reiger is now | booked on a murder charge. denounced Comrade Popajanes tape Ne face! Fight in Court on 1. . lan’s Perſidy NEW YORK, July July ia rh decision — of the appellate division, that the amendment under which the hon rule act and other statutes were pas ed is illegal, will cost Mayor Hyla if it stands, not only his busses b many other of his pet projects on were written into law by virtue 0 the amendment. Bs One of the laws passed was thi notorious taxi pollee law, which gay to Police Commissioner Enright, the power to contro! the taxicab industr in this city, This law was p altho all the taxicab drivers had meetings and protested against | passage of the law. One of the bitterest opponents ** ye this law was George Obrien, kn amongst the taxi drivers as figh George Obrien, president of The Amalgamated Taxi Owners’ Associa- tion. Obrien charged that if the law was passed that the open shop Yellow Taxi Corporation would be the sole beneficiary of the new law and offered to show proof that the police depart- ay ment had been showering the yellows 4 with all kinds of favors in the past —- and that if the law was passed the a independent taxi cab drivers would be discriminated against. Mayor's Relative a Yellow, He did prove that Carrol Sinott, Mayor Hylan's son-in-law’s brother was employed by the yellows, as @ traffic manager. The law was passed after a bitter fight, and what do the taxicab drivers discover. Every day a new order is issued from the commissioner's office, taking away what rights that they did have under the old laws, the most re- cent order issued te these exploited . drivers, was that they buy uniforms and uniform caps, and that they wear clean shirts, a white collar and a tie. Police as Taxi indpectors, Altho the law was declared the police department will continue te function as taxi inspectors, until the result of the appeal, that Mayor Hy- lan intends to make, to put aside the decision of the appellate division. 2 There was a general icing mongst the taxi drivers last 13 29 driv: tor in the coming mayorality cam- paign, and one thing is certain that Tammany Hall will want to know why | 38,000 taxi drivers are not going to vote their ticket. All taxi drivers must be citizens to secure a permit to hack, and it is a well-known fact that if they would only organize that they could rally over 100,000 persons, including their Comrade Serros was fined $5 | | Movement,” Prices of food | In | also advanced, Mobile leading with 13 Sweden, krone, 26.82—26.85. Norway, | krone, 17.50-—17.52. | 20.61—20.53. The state’s attorney's office has or- Illinois | “baby farms,” following the death of | Elmer, | Pens in your friends and relations. > 7 a 95 * 2 | | W. IL. Activities Monday, July 13. 5 a Class it. “History of the Youth Max Shachtman, instruc tor. 2613 Hirsch Blvd., 8 p. m. Stu dents, take notice. All nean urged to attend, 2 Foreign Exchange 3 NEW YORK, July 12.— Great Brit- ain, pound, 4.85%-—-4.86%. France, franc, 4.6914—4.70. Belgium, frane, 4.- 64½ 4.65. Italy, lira, 3.78 — 3.78. Denmark, krone, Germany, mark, not Shanghai, 79.00, not quoted. wee Tell other workers what a shop. Write a stor and send it in to the DAILY WORKER. Order a ie to quoted. | | distribute there. a ‘Riel tien from page 1) must assemble all my means of infor- mation and so utilize them that I may be well equipped at every point—and you, “the nephew,” so well placed in whom you gather around you. I ag- ert of my action. Such I have always With this in mind do not forget that, particularly in Paris, you have sources of information, both in detail and in general, covering and guarding every point. On the one hand there are Nacivet and Seguy, on the other, Colonel Vincent, Sends “Agents” Documents. From the very beginning of hostil- the documentation. About fifteen or twenty days ago I sent to the agents cations, which I believe very explicit ticipated answers to the questions which you put to me. So Vincent “believes” and “knows.” His remark- „i article on the whole situation in the Illustration of the 16th gave me 6 * excellent proof of it. I am perfectly well aware of the fact that some as well as others have their defects. But I am obliged to make use of what I have, particularly, where all has been said, they have fine qualities. “Cultivate Them.“ And this is my excuse for not haves ing written you I sincerely believed that all I had written Seguy nd Naci- vet had been given to you. Imagining that you had seen them almost every day,’ because their role had placed them at the source of all trustworthy information and of suggestive com- ment. So establish with them a “cartridge box” intimate) relationship and ask them to communicate my pa- pers to you. Journalists Well Primed. As to the journalists, a good hand- ful now at Fez, I believed that they are well primed and that their dis- patches will be calculated to dissipate certain misunderstandings and fabri- cations. But whatever may be the result (a certain letter which I have written to Piopp, which has been com- municated to Seguy and Nacivet, an- swers these criticisms), I answer your queries: 1. Criticism of the “sufprise (at- parts: (a) We have hot been in-] formed; (b) we were wrong to estab- lish a string of little posts, which have been quickly encircled and which we must free; (c) in May, 1924, we were wrong to move to the north of the Quergha. In May, 1924, Asked to Advance. Answer—The Marshal has been so well informed and so well forewarned as regards to what was going to take place that, since January, 1924, (see his reports to the Government), he had perceived 1. That Abd-el-Krim, on account of the absence of Spanish military as- sets (evacuation, be it understood) would attack us: 2. That his attack would be sudden and sharp (a lesson derived from the events in the Spanish zone); 3. That it would be at the instiga- tion of propaganda,“ by terror spread among the subject tribes. This is why: in May, 1924, Abdel Krim, then being too much occupied with the Spaniards to react, he (the Marshal) wished to establish north of Fez (a vital point and the probable objective of the invader) a front stra- tegically far superior to that offered by the southern bank of the Ouergha. talk,” which is divided into 4 inte three | * a \ e eee . 5 ad + . pee . t 3 $ =~ nn 4 i Mahe save = WI r Pit See FL Seated 1 4 r lished on a s tege line, a sort of Moroccan “Heights of the Meuse,” to the north of the Ouergha—without firing a shot. Front Prepared. Since May, 1924, this front has been strengthened fortified and connected with the rear by a system of routes, bridges and macadamized roads. This front, from the strategic point of view, consisted of a series of forti- fied posts supporting each other. The object of these posts was as folows: (a) To hold the.country under our domination as long as possible; (b) To keep watch over the land to the north (information service); (e) To keep the enemy at bay a suf- ficient length of. time so as to bring up groups of mobile troops to the field of operations; (d) To consolidate the line. This disposition was made, I repeat, because the Marshal knew that the attack would be sharp. But let us net counfound surprise“ and. “sud- den.” The ‘sudden” attack did not “surprise” us: WM Because we knew that it would be sudden; (b) Because for a year we had es- tablished a fortified front precisely calculated to stop a sudden attack. A ad ee ee ee Se 9 ee * Ready to Attack The magnificent disposition played its role. The mobile groups arrived on the ground without any camp fel- lowers. And these groups were able to hold the ground until the arrival of reinforcements. These reinforce- ments had been prepared and were ready, both in Algeria and in France. (This is a secret of general mobiliza- tion which we did not possess and so cannot very well reveal.) The first echelon was in Algeria, the second in France. These two echelons were kept to their garrisons, for why bring them to Morocco with all the expense which this would represent, if the eventual- | ity for which they had been prepared | did not materialize? Arm Against Krim | The fortified disposition of the posts, the disposition of the troops garri- soned in Morocco, would permit these two echelons to arrive on the ground in time to be of use, This was bound to occur, because we had the ports (Casa and Kenitra), the roads every- where leading to the front (Ain Alch, Kiffane, towards El Bali), and the rail. ways (the Qudjda-Feg line, the Keni- tra-Ouezzan, and the permanent rail- m Casa to Fes opened on sora f * N SOCIALISTS IN PLOT WITH MILITARISTS TO ATTACK RIFF | These lines of communication cre- ated by the Marshal permitted the con- centration of echelons and material in the easiest fashion imaginable. because of all this we are going to hear no more gossip about “surprise” attacks, “unpreparedness,” (bad) in- formation service,” and the (antiquat- ed) posts of 1924.“ | As to the “political mind,“ a little | patience and the devil take it. The whole question is to understand what | the enemy will do since we cannot go | to him. Possibly, he may continue to attack us, now at one point, now at another; this would be perpetual war- fare. Or, we might be able to meet him on his own ground by an agree- ment with the other powers, and that would be a tremendous undertaking. | Marshal Entirely Agrees With Gov't. Don't let the people in Paris ask the | Marshal te de what Primo de Rivera announced he was going to do, for you know what it cost him. His with- drawal made amid currents of mutiny, carried out under such onerous, bloody ccuditions, and dishonorable, we might say, is something, in the in- terest of our relations with Spain, that we should forget. One thing is certain it is that the Marshal is entirely, effectively, and — 3 is necessary, all that it should be. And Algeria, Tunis- Illustration of the 16th), and in @ | Vineent. | Bainville, and Simend, thanks to the ‘materially in agreement with the gov- ernment and that this fact is all that The duty of all good Frenchmen, whe do not forget that by giving hostages to the future in Morocco we give hem to our future in the Mediterranean— | is to support this point to the limit. * As to the personges“: Herriot and Boncour, their adheeion ig assur- ed. Blum, as you say, le kept inform. — ed by Berthelot, and this relationship can only become closer. I cannot say more for today. An article in the De- peche de Toulon would be excellent. You have the material for it in this letter, in the article by Vincent (the “eartridge-box” You chat with Seguy or can fill up Romier, varied elements. But let us hope that gentlemen like them will gtve a good example to magpies. This is not the time for the gossip of the barracks; it is the time to be silent and to hold on. Their efforts, however, should ~~~ tend to cause the Riffan question to emerge from the domain of politics and be placed on Keep me informe Very sincere at (Signed) 2 VATIN-P — — ~~ — * — — ——— — W ( — em
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4 i +} be Ky. F 0 ä * 5 ; a. 25 1 F . § * 4 SRE BY FY ae * ‘ * N all ! 171 14 N ‘ed. Building trades Councils. lows, wider breaches result. San Bernardino and Loe Angeles. Two months ago painters, decorat- ors and paper hangers of San Ber- nardino and Riverside counties broke away from the Building Trades Coun- cil, Their independence is now prac- tically complete. Wm. McCook led the secession, In Los Angeles tie Builaing Trades Council is an organization apart from . L ANGELES, July 12— The many aws in the American Federation of abor of California are becoming fis- ures likely to disintegrate the or- ization. Dissensions are pronounc- revolt against ntral Labor Councils and painters’ 5 — secede from Building Trades ty When reverse action fol- Y. W. I. Holds Me wey membership meeting of the] workers to get names, and when street Young Workers League, Local Ch meetings will be held. cago, held Friday, July 10, at the] This is the biggest number of Greek Hall, demonstrated that the volunteers that the Chicago league Chicago league will carry on greater] has had for any campaign, and com- activities than ever before during the| ing right after an appeal for volun- summer months. teers for the distributions of the Not only were plans laid for more anti-miiltarist leaflets, it showed intensive e des but the activities Plainly that the Chicago league had will be launched and the Chicago} the korces to carry on intensive ac- league will show its strength by car- tivities in several fields at once. rying on three important campaigns| A Red Week For the Young Worker. at once. When Comrade Natalie Gomez re- This membership meeting was ported on the preparations that had called by the City Executive Commit-| been made for a big subscription tee “especially to deal with these three drive, which would start on Sunday, important’ campaigns which are be-] July 19, when the comrades will can- ing started immediately, and the mem-| vass the lists of subscribers for the bers responded enthusiastically to the DAILY WORKER and the language call for volunteers to distribute anti- press in Chicago, as well as the Work- militarist leaflets, to get subscriptions| ers Monthly and readers of the other for the Young Worker, and to carry on radical press, it looked as if the Chi- a huge campaign in the printing in- the Central Labor Council L. NM. Lipsett heads it and is determined to keep it as far from the main council as possible. The central regards the Building Trades as an insurgent body whose purpose is to undermine the central The Building Trades Council pub- Tishes the Southern California Labor Press in opposition to the Citizen, or- gan of the Central Labor Council. Competition between the two papers is not only as keen as a razor blade but also as poisonous as a snake’s Tanga. printing plants in the city. Anti-Militarist Activities. tarism, reported that the Chicago the factories. dustry, the goal of which will oe the organization of nuclei in the wiggest In reporting on the campaign against the citizen’s military training camps, as well as against all capitalist mili- Comrade Gilbert Greenberg league would distribute 30,000 leaflets against the citizens’ military training camps, all of which will be disposed of at cago league was going to be able to get enough subs to fill its quota in the Red Star Subscription Drive be- fore the national convention. With the help of the Isits which have been| prepared, the members will be able to canvass for subs without spending hours in visiting homes where they will not be listened to. The drive for subs will not only be on this Red Sunday, but will con- tinue thruout the whole week, and as there is a large list of names the comrades expect to get many subs both for the Young Worker and the THE tart Strife Founded in Perfidy. Seed from which the contentions are growing was sown when the I. W. W. order was outlawed by the California The A. F. of L. was be hind the legislative action. Capital- ists took the “credit” which was due “the A. F. of L. If the latter had not approved, there would have been no law against the L W. W. The animus was jealously ‘plina and United. How They Will Be Distributed. They will be distributed at the big- gest plants in the city, and especially those plants which send young work- ers to the camps will be covered. Branch No. 1 will distribute 4,000 leaflets, Branch No, 2 will distribute 4,00; Branch No. 3, 3,000; Branch No. 4, 7,000; Branch No. 5, 4,000, and Branch No. 6, 3,000. Besides this squads will be organized on a city scale to cover two of the biggest plants in the city. The Printing Industry Campaign. Comrade John Harvey, reporting on the preparation that had been made for a campaign in the printing industry, told of the importance of Young Comrade. Prizes Will Be Given. Prizes have been arranged for those comrades getting five, ten, fifteen and twenty subscriptions, and as these are especially attractive prizes, the com- rades will try their best to win them. After Comrade Gomez finished her report, there were many challenges from comrades and branches who felt sure they could beat the other in get- ting subs. Branch No. 4 challenged Branch No. 1 to get 75 subs; Branch No. 5 challenged No. 6 to 60 subs, and No. 2 challenged No. 3 to 25° sub- scriptions, Individual comrades who challenged each other in getting subs are: conducting a campaign in this in- Subs dustry in Chicago. Anna Letchinger—Rose Cohen.. . 10 Chi Natalie Gomez—Ethel Byrne e John Harvey— Marie Polishuk. i’ industry, which is one of the biggest A 55 Rn en eee 35,000 workers employed in the in- dustry here, a large percentage are young workers, as it is greatly by employing thousands of young work- ers and a big percentage of helpers in comparison to the skilled bindery workers and printing, that the em- ployers in Chicago have been to put the industry here so much on an open shop basis. Different From Other Campaigns. Comrade Harvey pointed out that there were many live issues on which Catherine Polishuk—H. Greenberg. 5 Max Shachtman—Nat. Kaplan.......... 5 Barney Mass— Al Shaap 5 Ida Krenik—Abe Harris 10 Sarah Krentk— Billy Ramiof............ 1 Dybcio and Greenberg challenged any other two to 20 subs. en Workers’ Societies Combine For Big Picnic July 26th } > * made it white as driven et, if the I. W. W. was guilty 4.4 charged to it and the, N F. of L. had ot account only owing up the Times, the I. „ could march into heaven 40 — while the A. F. of L. could not anea one of its membership in. So, is it mot edifying to see Times and A. KA of L. doing business at the same wld stand while the I. W. W. is scattered over the face of the printing industry. upon, we will fight in our campaign in the! The rotten condi- tions in the big open shops, the large number of unorganized young work- ers who work side by side with the union workers, the difficulty to get into the craft unions, the open shop Farm, near New Brunswick. apprecenticeship schools, and many other issues vital to all young work- which will include music, dancing, a ers in the industry will be touched contest of three singing societies, a ‘football match, athletics, a march of of the Hungarian Workers Societies are arranging a combined picnic for the workers of the state of New. Jer sey on Sunday, July 26, at the Feda NEW YORK, July 12.—Twenty-five A rich program has been arranged 10 /@mbarrass the Madrid accord for the ‘protectorate. If he renews his old their earth? California Workers in Jeopardy. The Times and A. F. of L. are at peace, with the vantage ground held In San Diego the La ber Leader, organ of the A. F. of L., advertisements with the owned by showing harmon- fous relations. The A. F. of L. Labor by the former. exchanges Union, capitalist organ, John D. Spreckels, This campaign will be conducted the children’s group of Perth Amboy, a differently from the campaign wrestling and two attraction numbers. Hungarian goulash, cold eats, and be less of a journalistic and more ot drinks. Amateur play by the Elore an organizational campaign, and Dramatic Society of New York for while there will be plenty of interest- the benefit of the UJ ELORE. ing articles on conditions in the in- To get to picnic from New York dustry and stories on the various take train to New Brunswick. From shops, the success of the campaign there the Middlesex car or the Fast will be judged not by the number ot Line. Car stops near Fadek Farm. papers we sell, but by the extent we in the mail order industry. It will Any organization is dpone. This is well known to the so- ‘(etal vultures, led by the Times, who Journal of San Bernardino gets along Well with the Better America Fedé@ra- Zion servant, the Sun. There is peace between the A. F. of L. ‘and fhe capitalists in California. But there is war within the A. F of I. That makes a serious outlook | ‘Zor the workers. : $s the only labor organization left in e state, if it ans class will be face to face As the A, F. of L disintegrates, the peonage The workers may be from wage slavery with hops ‘fo hopeless wage slavery. Chance for Redemption. better than now see an opportunity to completely 2 organized labor and batten on * strewn remnants at their leisure. Betrayal of the L W. W. set up the tions afflicting the A. F. of L. is now being reaped, making labor fakers cling to capitalists safety. But in treason there is eafety. Workers can save thelr organization into concrete shop nucleus results. Will Last Seven Weeks. ticles in one issue of another factory, and the work of keep- ing up the campaign will be left to the area branch in whose territory the plant is located. Young Worker, which the issue. From Carteret, the Fast Line stops at Bonehomp- town. are able to crystalize our activities The campaign will last seven weeks, and instead of having all of the ar- the Young Worker as in the mail order house campaign, the league will tackle one shop at a time, concentrating all of its forces at this shop three days of one week, when they will start on the gates. This will not only make it possible to accomplish more at each shop, but will make it easy for the branches to continue the campaign there, as dur- ing the whole seven weeks there will be much interesting material in the young workers in these shops will want to read even when there is no special story about their shop in that special The sevemth week at the end of Newark and Elizabeth Admission 50e in advance, 60c at Gates will open at 9 a. m. | WHITE GUARD ASSASSIN TRIES TO KILL GANTON GOVERNOR; GETS KILLED CANTON, July 12.—Wu Hon-Min, civil governor of Canton in the gov- ernment recently formed and Heu Sung-Chi, minister of war in the same cabinet, are reported to have been wounded by an assassin, who was killed by their bodyguard. The assassin, it was said, was recog- fe * * £8 1 ca se he rtm’ - 9 ¥ ig - — ; Br itis - gs -. . Jive 0 ve — , — a (Continued K. by: b. the Qu „ the nat ace the ‘city * ip son's doctrine of self eterm all peoples. * 25 Parties de- Deputies of the Painleve declared | wa “deal manded thatthe fense of the sov and civilization.” == That Painleve 8 the tri- color flying.“ in d the French bankers is further shown in the fact that the Spanish millionaire Horace Echevarietta, and other capitalists were entrusted with ‘the. mission of delivering the h peace terms” to Krim. It #® Known that ‘hese terms will not be accepted, as Krim is ordered to a Spanish protectorate, which he has refused to do. enn Fresh Credits Wor “Help Much. PARIS, July 12.- ted by a fresh credit of 183, ) francs and the assurance that oak and Span- ish conferees had reached an accord in Madrid, the Painleve government which a few days ago placed a new commander over the French Moroc- can troops was today preparing for a campaign of renewed intensity against Abd-el-Krim and his tribesmen But the terms of the agreement are not wholly reassurii Already of- ficial Paris is conv that Abd-el- Krim, flushed by his successes in withstanding the ts. of the world’s foremost milit power, will ask for betetr terms a those pro- posed at Madrid. Abd-el-Krim is e to refuse the joint French-S ‘proffer of Riffian autonomy under a Spatrish proposal to accept autonomy undér a French protectorate, he will seriously rebellious Riff 9 4 is under Spain. Communists Stress — W Not the least a oe hostile I r hé French. The Rimans are not onan cking the | Tafrant outposts. Th a rench lines have been pene d at Oued Amelil. Add British — Ld N sF t Sm French Bank rs 3 au During the debate granting of the Moroccan credits Commu- nist deputy, Cachin op clared that France was guilty of U th bloodshed in Morocco, and that Abd-el-Krim was fighting for the appl of Wil- iwth the E aa Tar as the + > % & OOOO OS SS SS BH SHS SF SSS SSSSSSH SSVI SSeS SS . here at namen e by the French Ce nis dent Wilson’ pein ae er . oo of Amal * ‘ef. which has bothered of Europe ever since pronounced it. Frenen are using it today 20 fiture of those Who a for the Riff cam ' Spain is underta atv negotia- tions with the Riffs according to the Midi which today said: “Gen. Primo de Rivera has summoned Dr. Echevar- rieta requesting him to réturn to Ad- jir, accompanying a representative of the French government for the pur- pose of engaging in new ‘peace nego- tiations with Abd-el-Krim on the basis of conditions laid down in the Madrid conference.” at Coolidge Is T Peace, But Is Moving For Another World War (Continued from page 1) ace to Britain and Japan, as neither of the two nor even America ever intend- ed seriously to enforce these agree- ments, and America let them lapse for four years, it is seen that the “move for peace” is really a challenge which may bring war. Japan Preparing Armed frtervention It is known that Japan is actively preparing to throw huge armed forces into China, if the Chinese upheaval furnishes Japan the excuse. America regards that if such an intervention would happen, the field would be grab- bed by Japan to-the exclusion of American interests. ' a * Responsible Distribute Surplus Credits. DULUTH, Minn., July 12—In a speech to the bankers’ association here Rufus Dawes, Chicago banker and brother of the vice president, de- clared that American financiers should continue their policy of “distributing thruout the world the surplus credits nized as an ex-officer. | at their disposal.” ‘weet the feat Frapiesa. 7 at once. gpome. Give this copy to your shop washing corruption out of it and | moral vourage itno it. The be sold at all of the plants and will blood of the Workers Party can orker Correspondents Meet Tuesday =m NEW YORK CITY.—The New York ass in communist: journalism wII eet again Tuesday, July 14, at 8 w’clock at 108 East 14th street. Every worker who would like to become a DAILY WORKER correspondent will And it worth while to join this class The text books have now the campaign, there will be a special Issue of the Young Worker which will be the wind-up of the most intensive part of the campaign tho far from | the end for the branches, which will PHILADELPHIA JUNIORS keep on going to the shop in their | ORGANIZE WORKERS’ territory to see that organizational | HEATER ALLIANCE c „n Many Comrades Volunteer. After a wonderful success they More than 60 comrades volunteered made last season in presenting a two- to go to the factories during the print- act play named “School Days” imper- ing industry campaign, and in this sonating our Juniors in action, some way registered their enthusiasm and ot our party members have taken the showed that the Chicago league could | initiative and organized The Workers make this campaign a success. Com- Theater Alliance. 8 volunteered to go to the Our object is to teach all those who factories at noon when there will be are willing to contribute talents more time to rector te the young and cab ut embrace he ere 2 RW N 0 branches of art in one organization that will be used to spread education among workers. If you are interested inthis work to help build the revolu move - ment no matter wheth you are a member of the Workers ty or not, you can join the Workers Theater Al- liance. For information apply to Isabelle Kleinman, Sec’y 1222 Popular St., or leave your name at 2 22 rr rr — — — rr Err 1 a .7-* © ~*e eee ee ee S&S STATS VS VVVVVTD VSS VST VV VTS VW 0060-0 —dẽü - — ; ze — Begins the First American Serial Publication of a Great His- Arrangements have just been completed by whith the DAILY WORKER secures the first American rights to the serial pub- lication of torical Document - RUSSIA TODAY THE OFFICIAL REPORT British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia Sent by the Trade Union Congr Te General Council of f England rrangements | with THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS 99 a 4127 its American serial publication in the DAILY I KER. | BEGINNING SATURDAY, JULY 25 Sea WHAT IS IT? No greater nor more important doc- ument on Soviet Russia by an impar- tial body has ever been issued. it is an unbiased report of a Brit- ish Delegation, composed of Trade Union Leaders and experts who have travelled thruout Soviet Russia, studied every phase of Russian life today and reported in the book for the first time issued in America. overlooked — Politics, Religion, Education, ‘Nothing is Finance, Army, Trade Unions, Wages—every phase of life in every section of Soviet Russia is here treated—by a Non-Commun- ist, impartial body of British Labor. HOW IT WILL APPEAR. To enable every worker to possess this valuable publication, RUSSIA TODAY, will be printed EVERY DAY beginning July 25, In A UNIFORM HALF-PAGE INSTALL- MENT. Easy to clip and preserve. These pages can form your copy of this great document. in addition to the valuable collee- tion of facts and figures on the world’s first workers’ as it is to- day, charts and maps will be Includ- ed shewing the development of Indus- try and composition of the peoples in the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics, NOW YOU can 80 TO YOUR UN “a 8 During NN h of July, two N OFFER NO. 1 1 3 . scrip — OFFER Nd NO. 2 A three months’ eyb and two books. 1-——The State 4 Revolution, by V. I. Ullanov (Lenin). 2. — The Theory 4 Practice of Lenin- ism, by L Stalin. ALL FOR $2.00. ($2.50 in Chicago). A two months’ sub to the DAILY WORKER. for $1.00. 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The American Negro Labor C gress, 19 S. Lincoln St., Chicago, a letter from Washington | the bathing beach situation. It seer that some people in Washington wou ; rather go without baths than to b _ the other people bathe. 1 e Chicago Defender says: “Cl | izens in the nation’s capital must f without bathing facilities for at leagt 5 decided nois, chairman of the house cc tee of appropriations, has dec himself against establishing ser beaches for the two races in W. ington. “So representatives and their | in the city have opposed the om mixed beach and that was oles 4 „ Segregation and Jim Crowism will one of the main subjects for di sion at the American Negro Congress which will be held in Chk cago, October 26." - 4 4 wae Allies Get Millions from German BERLIN, Germany, July 12—Ge many has already paid the allie $185,726,300 under the first te months’ operation of the Dawes p || [FORBES PRESENTS BOOK TO SHOW SENTENCE FOR VET GRAFT “MISTAKE” thousand printed pages =~ Ten torneys for Charles R. Forbes and | John W. Thompson, sentenced to | two years imprisonment for con- spiracy to defraud the Unitde States \ government in connection with all the “errors” alleged in their ap- peal, filed today before Federal Judge Carpenter, the trial judge. Ninety-five instances of “grave, substantial and prejudicial errors committed by the court” were * charged. ESTABLISHED 12 YEARS. My Examination is Free My Prices Are Reasonable My Work le Guaranteed Extracting Specialist _ DELAY MEANS DECAY 3 Veterans’ Bureau contracts, to cite 4 200,000 words—were required by at- . ren LD 10 9 UNANIN ICAGO ON Y ADOPTS CONFER | one hundred delegat 4 held in Ashland present at itoriom, regardless of political champion for all workers attacked by faith or affiliation. country among whom are-Eugene V. Montgomery Brown, burgh was elected chairman of the wie At the confeyence defense organizat of instructions for work ‘The resolutions — herewith were 8 organized capital irrespective of their Scott Nearing, In addition 1. The Fight for Re War Prisone fight: for the :releass of the imprisoned fighters for the cause of labor is one of the most import ant problems on the agenda of the nerican Labor movement. Every worker in prison for the “crime” of ty to his class represents a vic- for the capitalist exploiters and * of. Class tinued confinement of so large a number of the most conscious ele- ments of the working class without any real protest against it, is of it- self a sign of weakness in the labor movement. The indifference and ne- Flect which characterizes too large a ection of the labor movement in re- rd to this burning question is a at danger to the movement as a whole. It encourages the, exploiters | of labor and their subverted legal“ and egal“ agencies of persecution to go.ever farther with their methods of terror, while, at the same time, it weakens the morale of the workers, It must be recorded, to the shame of the labor movement that, Mooney and Billings, victims of the, most. at- rocious frame-up in all labor history, still languish in prison. Sacco and Vanzetti, courageous fighters for the working class, still stand in the shad- ow of the gallows. Rangel and Cline and their comrades who went into Texas prisons in the t years of EO? fk men who defended their union hall in Centralia, Washington, deserve the gratitude of the whole labor move- ment, but their reward are long terms of imprisonment. Scores of workers in California have been thrown: into San Quentin and Folsom prisons for the crime of delonginx to the I. W. W. (ROUCH and Trumbull, soldiers in the United States army, expressed their sympathy with the cause of the colonial workers in Hawaii and de- clared their solidarity with the revo- lutionary workers’ movement. It cost ‘OUR DAILY PATTERNS *— - A NEW MODEL FOR A REST OR LOUNGING GARMENT. Hee f : 5154. te combined. One may use cambric, — crepe or crepe de chine. The —ͤ may de omitted. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: Small, 34-36; medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; extra large, 46-48 inches bust measure. A medium size requires 5% yards of 36-inch meatrial if made with sleeves. Without sleeves 4% yards are required. NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The tterns being sold thru the DAILY R pattern department are fur- manufacturers. Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as re- and they are mailed by the man- f ’ ished by a New York firm of pattern ' ceived, ordinarily will take at r 10 the date ot 22 f Sara direct to the customer. . e e ee a 5 of terns on hand. Delivery of pat- t da 8 2 also Plaid and plain taffeta are| } | A PRETTY SIMPLE FROCK FOR MOTHER'S GIRL 5175. White crepe with trimming of lace bands and embroidery is here shwon. The dress may be finished with the sleeves short or in wrist length. The patetrn is cut in 4 sizes: 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 10-year size re- quires 2% yards 40-inch material if made with long sleeves. With short sleeves 2% yards will be required. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12 in silver or stamps one our up-to-date. Spring and summe Book of Fashions, showing pak poten containin 500 designa of | 3 misses, and children's con- cise and comprehensive article on 3 * points for the needie 30 0 val injury to the workers. The con- ä CHICAGO WORKERS T0 FORM NEW COMMUNE TO SETTLE IN RUSSIA A meeting was held at 4601 8. Hermitage Ave., for the organiza- tion of an agricultural commune to go to Soviet Ruasia.- Comrade An- drejchick told of the organization of the Red Ray Commune of which he is secretary. The Commune is prospering in the Ukraine and only a handful of members are still left in Chicago. They have three tractors, other agricultural machinery and cattle, and are getting ready to build a flour mil. Comrades Gebert and Stolar spoke in Polish and Russian.’ The founda- tion of a new agricultural commund was laid at this meeting — them court martial and sentence to military prison. In West Virginia, 137 union. miners were made to stand trial only recent- ly for picketing mines against scabs. | In Maine, Ohio and other states, work- ers and groups of workers are expiat- ing behind bars the crime of activity in the ranks of labor that won for 19885 enn * e x y * ot” to , . b 7 ~/ a ee ; action of the supreme court in sus- taining the conviction of Benj. Git- low, confronts Foster, Ruthenberg and thirty others in the Michigan cases with the danger of prison terms. Fred Merrick and nine other Commun- ists are facing trial in. Pennsylvania on the charge of “sedition” for elr. 1 culating working class literature. The labor movement must be awak ened from its slumber and must he rushed to the menacing significance of the attempt of the capitalists to break the morale of the working class by imprisoning its best fighters. The workers must not be allowed to for- get those who lie in prison for them, but must be stirred into action in their defense. eee widespread pub- licity must be conducted in regard to the situation in general and each specific case must be made known to the masses of workers. Agitation must be commenced in all labor organiza- tions in behalf of class-war prisoners and preparations madé for great mass protests against their continued im- prisonment. General and special cam- paigns must be organized and carried on with ever- increasing energy and momentum. The International Labor Defense will take the initiative to organize a wide-spread campaign for the uncon- ditional release of imprisoned fighters of the class struggle and will endea- vor to unite all the forces of conscious and militant labor for this fight. Tomorrow:—The resolution against injunctions and anti-labor legislation. Steel Orders Decline. NEW YORK, July 12.—Unfilled or- ders of the United States Steel cor- poration declined 339,342 tons in June, according to the monthly report of the corporation, issued at noon to- day. The unfilled tonnage on June 30 aggregated 3,710,458 tons, against 4,049,800 tons on May 31, and 3,262,- 565 tons on June 30, 1924. JULY Special Anti-Imperialist Issue Will Feature Articles, toons, Poems INTERNATIONAL REVIEW | 25 Cents A Copy 22 00 a Year $1.25 Six Mo, adios by the more“ Conference for Labor| | ye "jens These represented | ,, ne Tren all parts of the odubtry and were called together |) by the Labor Detense Council to unite all forces in the labor movement against persecution of workers and for defense of all class war prisoners; — opinion or industrial affiliation. 4 The Conference founded the International Labor Defense, an individual | and collective membership. organization that is to undertake the role of A National Committee of 37 was elected upon which are } lt many prominent figures in the labor, radical, and liberal movements of this Debs, Upton Sinclair, Bishop William Fred Mann, Ralph Chaplin, Foster, Benjamin Gitlow and Ben Fletcher. Andrew T. McNamara of Pitts- organization, E. C. Wentworth, vice rman, and James P. Cänton of Chicago the secretary. 1 unions beside central labor bodies, work- } ,. r ‘fraternal and benefit societies totalling tf a membership well over 200, were represented by delegates. scores of endorsements came from workers’ organizations and prominent in- dividuals thruout the country who could not be represented there. The resolutions that follow were passed by the conference in the nature to the officers of the International Labor Defense and taken as a whole, comprise a complete program. Wm. Z.} | LE . July 12.—The year 25, showed a marked scriptions to the Bet- ederation, which has its Los Angeles and ad- erates in 38 states.” : a decline of 41 per ered with the preceding unfavorable show- ation is frantically It 16 carrying on fren- „e, urging on prospec- the need of contribut- eract. Bolshevism. Its 4 ters” almost concede throw of the govern- 8. prizes recently given Pe the federation for ‘itution brought in ame unt in free a“ ver- ' * Argeles dailies in subscriptions te of the organiza- they feek that they et their money's worth 9 given away. * Falling Off. mg year goes like the fation will have cause Duilding slump of 1924, ot the ku klux klan in nia and the election Roese three events caus- The building depres- ® purses of Many sub- N. Haldeman, son of man, head of the fed- large of the K. K. K. county and increased * at the cost of the n Coolidge, support- AF. was elected by a jor ty. many subscrib- t all danger of radi- and that there was iting any more to the Ow was the expansion This took thousands a month subscribers dlished the identity wand K. K. K. as Sia- „ With Father Haldc- the former and Son tad ‘the two or- THE WORKERS’ MONTHLY Car- | “BUILD 2 ALL L AT WORK 8 =f PEN. OF YOUR TOOLS! How About Language Papers? The American C to the needs of the A ing elements of many languages. Communist equipment, Communist tools for building are at hand. The DAILY WORKER, official organ of the Workers (Communist) Party is Many others exist, good Communist dailies, weeklies not the only one. and monthlies in many languages. battles, all are good Communist tools for Communist Builders to use for reaching the foreign born workers. The DAILY WORKER has repeatedly brought this fact to the atten- tion of Communist Builders: thru speciaf sub blanks, thru the “Too! Box” (of which over thirty thousand were distrbiuted) thru the present catalogue of good books for workers ist Literature”, thru repeated references in the DAILY WORKER, and by word of mouth thru every organizer ever sent out by the DAILY WORKER—not to mention thru the machinery of DAILY agents thruout the country. And yet this ie not enough. Never can too much be said for the lan- guage press of the Communist movement whenever the DAILY WORKER is spoken about. munist movement is a balanced one. It is equipped ican workers—among which are sheds speak- All these are fighting the workers “From The Source of All Commun- WORKER Send for the List! If you haven't a catalogue—or a guage papers (and sub prices!) send in to the DAILY WORKER for it special lat and the catalogue in which this list also appears at once, A will be sent to you without charge. To become a most efficient Communist Builder carry a full kit of the best of ‘your tools! list of the Communist foreign lan- ally affair. n . aa. wk : oh Ate 1 W bens | ey! It listed I. W. W. 's, etc., trailed them, drove as starvation, prison and suicide. 1 ‘dentists, nurses, landladtes, _kitehen wenches, eto, were in its pay. Its spy sys- tem included detectives at $10 a day, hotel clerks at $6 a month and cham- be ids at. $1 a month. The meth- ods charged, to the Jesuits in France were improved upon by the order. Many are the tales of horror told of doings of hirelings. ’ Retrenchment must come. The lux- uries will tibe dispensed with. There will t e less employing of de- tectives, s ns, etc., and more of hotel — and chambermaids. Eavesdropping, violation of corres- pondence, pumping, etc., must be re- sorted to. Several Los Angeles firms have been contributing $10,000 and $15,000 a year. They drove competitors away. But they have no present need of the federation. If they require help they can get it from the K. K. K. at bet- ter terms. That means more retrench- ment for the plutecrats’: organization. Seginning of the Wind-up. The head of the B. A. F. resembles a medium-sized hog, with black bris- tles. He stands on two feet as tho he isn’t used to it. He looks as tho he is disposed to bountiful repasts and Bright's disease. His uscfulness is of the past. Jo S. Joplin, manager of the B. A. F. is an importation from Kentucky and a typical A. P. A. If properly tonsured, he would easily be mistaken as u Dominican monk of the Spanish inquisition. He has the blood- less face of a bigot with a craving for money. Three of the boy orators who won the B. A. F. prizes were Roman Catholics, students of Jesuit colleges. They were banquted under the beam- ing smiles of aldeman and Joplin, ku klux klanbers at heart. ver 8 re 3 Wicker Park Hall, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT SENDS ITS TROOPS ABROAD BILLION DOLLARS FOREIGN LOANS TO GUARD NINE WASHINGTON, July 12.—Since imperialism and dollar diplomacy are synonymous in the bright lexicon of an investigation recently completed by the national industrial conference board concerning the growth of private investments abroad has significance. This organization which is one of that. the total investments of United amounted to $9,090,000,000, 44.4 per cent of which is placed in latin Amer- A ican countries. + American foreign policy, a report of the adjuncts of “Big Business” says States private capital abroad in 1924 the acre at 20 a year interest. ie surers issued policies at $14 per year. 8 The change from the period 1780 1820, when Europe was lending the struggling young republic a A . — T 87 7 5 * * 1 : = ia er. + Hon. and a helt jovars, says the con- ference board, represents one of the greatest — in the en iy 2 wie investments” 58 per cent repres- ents capital put into industrial, busi- ness, financial and other enterprises while the remaining 42 per cent re- presents money loaned to govern- ments. About one fifth of the Amer- ican money has gone to Europe in ad- dition to the $11,000,000,000 loaned there .by the American government. But Canada has absorbed over two- fifths more and the loans to govern- ments and investments in Latin Amer- ica amount to about $4,000,000,000. os ** „ * * 1 The governments of the latin Amer- ican countries have not received much “of this fund. comparatively speaking. Jen * 2 amqutt e sabe . c= ae 5 ae ee : ents ö petbate Amacioen — | into | 7 sions, for the guardiag of which Amer- ican diplomacy, American marines and sometimes the army and navy are called into action. The conference board finds that from the beginning of the United States until 1914 capital moved almost entirely from Europe to America. That movement stopped when the world war began and ever since it has swang the other way, until now the amount of American capital invested abroad is fifteen times greater annual- ly than it was in the 18 years pre- ceeding the war. Yowlecs in Superior Hold Street Meetings With Great Success SUPERIOR, Wisc—The entire Young Workers League student branch, 55 in number, held ‘two anti- imperialist street meetings in Supert- South and Central American conces- Hays Gets New Fat Job. Will Hays has been given the fat job of “chairmanship of the public relation scommittee” of the National Air Transport Company, a ten million dollar corporation. The committee is composed of leading newspaper pub- lishers and news service editors, who are aiding to build up an air fleet to or, Wisc., interested and sympathetic. July 4th. The crowd was. rialist conflict. be used as war planes in case of a new Hays was post- master general nad is now publicity Margaret Helander, the first speak- man for the motion picture industries. er, spoke on the Anti-Imperialist cam- paign, and the situation in China. Toivo Tenhunen, spoke of the war | capitalism is forcing on the workers. Clem Forsen explained the program of the Workers Party, and the de- mands of the workers. Neuman Dunker spoke of the condi- | tions in America, of the Anti-Syndical- | ist laws, and of the Labor defense. The | meeting closed with the audience sing- ing the International. The DAILY WORKER and Young Worker were sold. The crowd vigorously applauded the speakers, and exclaimed: “Fine, fine, thege young kids are pretty good.” the Seeks New City Franchise. Henry Blair, president of the Chi- cago traction lines, is endeavoring to secure a franchise from the city coun. cil. His present franchise runs out soon. | PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIS~ 645 Smithfield Street. SiCK AND DEATH BENEFIT ‘SOCIETIES Frauen- Kraokep- -Unterstuetzungs Verein -- FPortschritt Meets” every ist & Srd Thursday, 2040 W. North Avenue. Secretary. at « 1 2 4 wey « J a ory 2 — •2çẽb——[’¹Äü= —— ee ee — —— ä — ll — — ; Fort Workmen Endangered. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 12.— Wnen his guard, Richard Jervis, fell | five feet into an elevator shaft in the repair shops at Fort Jervis, it was disclosed that there is a “general con- dition of dilapidation” in the fort, and workmen are endangered. Cal said he would “investigate.” Write the story gbout your shop— Order a bundle to distribute there. Method of Th flatton™ Crude and Risky LOS ANGELES, July 12—Boosters assert that Southern California orange land now commands $4,000 an acre as compared with $400 a generation ago. But they say nothing about the fact — that the growers are in a more precar- ious state financially than they — formerly. Certainly the 383,500 ap- preciation does not go to them, 10 a whom does it go? The answer is simple and yet it will be news. to 99 ont of every 100 renders. Process of inftation. _. The leading bwosters are J. F. Ser. tori, George I. ance promoter and leader of million- dollar. advertising campaign. That is the key to the answer. A generation ago the banks lent growers $200 on the $400-acres secur- ity. Interest at 6 per cent amounted — to $12 per year. With oranges sell- Jing at $1.20 per box, it took 10 baxes to pay fhe interest. Producing 250 boxes to the acre, growers advanced their prices to $1.26 per box. The burden was simply passed on to the consumers. Life insurance became interested. Growers were convinced that they should carry enough insurance to cover mortgages so that in event of their deaths their families could save the groves. They paid $8 per year to cover the $200 insurance. Again they raised the price of oranges and passed the burden on to the consumers. With the price A the product raised $25 per acre, for the benefit of banks sand insurance companies, it naturally; fol- lowed that the growers valued the land to correspond, increasing the price $250 per acre. This suited banks as it gave them a larger martin of safety on loans. On the $650 valuation operations fe were ‘repeated. Banks lent $325 on In- Growers raised prices 15 cents a box to meet interest and insurance charges. With values of products in- creased $34 per acre per annum the — land value was inflated . N per acre.. ng the Is Ines, “? 2 1. * . 7 * 2 ~Y 8 n * 888 — 3 3 N . 7 are — ‘* * ? ‘ ee 2 * 2 2 ruse’ 3 ot 75 n 4 + + 275 1 years pr 4 eS est, ‘cline r ‘the: ange industry. Their interest rate at present is 7 per cent. If they lend $2,000 on a $4,000-acre valuation grow- ers must pay $140 per year interest to them. With oranges at $3.50 per box this is the equivalent of 40 boxes. On the present basis of $30 per $1,000 for life insurance annual prem- ium, growers pay the insurers $60 per year on the acre, or the equivalent of 17 boxes. Banks and insurers’ share of the 250 boxes per year ts 57 boxes, worth $200. But the growers charge that up to the consumers. 80, on practically every box of California or- anges the consumers pay a tribute of 55 cents to the banks and 25 cents to the insurers. The Bubble Must Break. Growers sell the fruit to wholesal- ers at $3.50 per box, wholesalers to jobbers at $7.00 to $8.00, jobbers to cent retailers at $12.00 to $15.00 and re- tailers to consumers 10 cents apiece. But the inflation is all due to the banks. Productivity of orange land is the same as it was 30 years ago. . The $3,600 increased value per acre is fic- titious, a creation of and for the banks. If consumers stop eating oranges, the banks will foreclose on the grow- ers; if they do not stop, the price of orange land will mount. But every bubble must eventually break and California orange land value is a bub- ble. When Easterners cease coming to . California ot buy land at fabulous prices the bubble will break. That is why bankers and insurers boost Southern California with million-dol- lar advertising funds.—Frapiesa, On the Press! MANIFESTO, with pictures of ORDER NOW! 23 So. Lincoln St. 8 A new pamphlet containing. the AND CONSTITUTION of the First National Conference of the INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE : numreous drawings and cartoons. 8 Every worker should know the facts about this history- making conference. Single copies 100 In lots of 10 or more 5c ) International Labor Defense, : ) RESOLUTIONS the delegates and ORDER NOW! | Chicago, lilino most entérprising banker, sy» Cochran, foremost insur- ae 5 4 5 * N * >> Pat? Morte roo - = Px i. ed * 2 n eee * c J ; 1 PPP : ! * ee * * 2 : 244 ee | 25 7 ae mf? OF. 4 7 g a ö 2 8 — — 2 e a 1 * {reg sd * 5 ’ 1 1 ¢ i) a 3 zs
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‘Sh 97 * 2 8 Aid lished t by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. — Chicago, III. Phone Moores #1 4712 (Continue from Page 5 all countries — stine : SUBSCRIPTION “RATES * agriculture have been eee ae 4 by mai (in Ohieage only): By mat (outside — indeed. * i $4.50 six months | $60@periyear —«- $3.60 six months “We became convinced of the un- that we are 2 N 2 Ps 9 three months | poy $2.00 three months questionable growth of the ‘member of getting hace aes “We think it that 5 tor all ee = “Address: all mail and make but checks to 18 — hen oe 8 18 — wm to join the fight a al te b . the politicians who visited the U. 8. : 5 and of their growing ma , r- + u abel S. R. and who are free from bourge- vu DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, innen ests and activity. outed. ae ois influence to tell abroad about the J. LOUIS ENGDAHL 1 Editors Agricultural Progress ; 2 0 or ge WILLIAM F. DUN NR neh PI Touching on the question of scient- 3 5 rete — of U * ter. 75 MORITZ J. LOEB — B Manager ine methods of agriculture employed| ugtional to take bru the U. 8. 3 dre as second-class mail September 21, 1928, at the 1 at Cut. dy the peasants, Comrade Miglioli| g R., which has ¢ | us to get a © Be cago, IIl., under the act of — 3, 1879. said: closer acquaintance with the state of ' — “The most characteristic feature in} | os ture and t 5 ot peasant wg r e bis its trend in the direction ot = Kiev — ao we b gri- 7 Siet 1 4 | " “sve Jee Poperation and” of collective forms o : | rng * Real Labor 5 olidarity af n> fps ‘cultivation in general. In a number of ponte js ae — i : places we saw with our own eyes the ’ The DAILY WORKER, and with it the entire body of progress of peasant economy, as, for — —— > 1 labor interested in attaining trade union anity against the capitalist’ class, hails the action of three Chicago lodges of the International Association of Machinists, and the resolution of the Chicago Federa- tion of Labor in support of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and in condemnation of the scabbing of the United Garment Workers, instance, the grafting of vines, etc. “At every step we saw the able leadership of the agricultural organs ot the government and of the cooper- ative organizations. “We were particularly struck by the activity of the peasants in the policy that are of int ers and peasants ot Italy. “At Rostov we rot-the opportunity to take a trip to district where we saw the peasant organiza n Acne of cooperative credit sence | the cooperative rere and the 8 The executive committee of the Cutenge Federation of Labor om the part ot the peasants, who. in- aang as well az the oe re , is to be commended for its action, however long the men and women vest their savings in the cooperative 2 2 ne a 4 me a wrth on the picket line waited for such deserved * in weir bitter credit organization. Although the co- rey che. d meet he, struggle to maintain their union. r e a — „interested at the n. * ä only existe , aes | But above all are to be praised the militant unionists who go to nave ee e ee t ix attracting er 8 paused at <a ae the rank and file of the Chicago labor movement, explaining to them considerable numbers of peasants and eo e - 3 vn ‘ Re the issues of union scabbery versus class ‘solidarity. The members in raising sufficient capital for their en ec esi — — i . 5 of the Trade Union Educational League in the Machinists’ and in operations. you call them, we unanimity and tween the adi workers. Kept Press Libets Soviet “In Tiflis we paid a vi Nazareftan, acting Caucasian Couneil of Pe missaries, and to Comrade Djudeli, acting chairman of the 1 Coun- cil of People’s “In our conversation we “touched upon questions of leeal industry and agriculture, and also on questions af- fecting the libelling campaign, of the bourgeois press abaat Ge Georgia and the . U. S. S. R.“ In regard to the results of his tour of observation, Comrade Miglioli char- struck by the existing be- ation and the Revolution Caused Peasant Advance “We believe that all the things which we have seen in Georgia, as for instance, the growing activeness of the peasantry, is the result of the great transformation caused by the revolution in all the spheres of village life: in economy, in the school, in pub- lic life, and in the home. “We engaged in conversation with the peasants at the village of Shilda, and the latter were extremely pleased to hear me say that the calumny and lies of the bourgeois papers of the West have been completely repudiat- ed by the actual realities which I had the opportunity to see for myself.” Peasants Fight Capitatism Yay other unions are to be praised for raising the issue, and thus bring- ing the union men and women of Chicago who are not in touch with or do not comprehend the gravity of the offense of the United Gar- ment Workers, into ebnseiousness of their class duty. Without this sort of mass understanding, the offenders against labor solidarity can go along indifferent to committees or investiga- 3 tions from the American Federation of Labor, thru which President 4 William Green will probably delay results until after the strike is n all over. The executive of the Chicago Federation ea’ an the correct stand, but the DAILY WORKER wishes to accent the fact that the struggle for labor union principles in this case, as in all others, rests primarily upon the members of the left betes. and led by the Trade Union Educational Leggs. | i * Miglioli is one of the oldest, organ - , acterized the situation in U. S. S. R. Auto Workers’ Wages izers of the peasants’ movement in | as follows: : Italy, the representative of the left “The progress of ure is noti- : In the automobile industry, as in many others, the employers ari wing of the “Popolari” party. Com- ceable in the iner 8 ‘growth of 5 beginning to take the offensive against the standards of living of = e Migiioli has been and is waging | upward trend of peasant economy in * : weathers. 25 ee r — agra- peda ation.dnd in the ; : ; ourgeoisie an e reactionary | general. Co e success has iS aoe In the coal mines, there is a union to fight back, granted that parties of Italy. Massarenti is one of | been recorded in the consumers’ co- ‘the leadership of John L. Lewis can be pushed ahead by the rank the active people in the left wing of | operative o atlon, and file and made to break away from collaboration with the oper- the Italian social-democracy, who has “I cannot help co velous the suce ators. The U. M. W. of A. is now demanding, just by reason of this become known as a determined op- a beloy oft Oe, Baio, en tpereant, event if only of ten | ponent of fascism. Miglioli said further: “I am a jour- on all the 8, It i that all this was.aceor rons of the anthracite. nalist and I'm glad to talk to — —ͤ—ͤ— K 1 you | short time. 8 _- 9 ar — — ite. | indu ry the union is not so well organized, tho about my impressions and the things Soviet ¢ ani * more courageously led. The auto Workers, who have Ihave seen. “By the moc — 1 * r e = we di’ 1 that because their particular industry was thriv- We came to the U. 8. „S. R. to take the work an 4 . — N ig 3 f a A ri. 7 * N K part in the deliberations of the ple- nary session of the Peasants’ Inter- national, which notably embraces the — peasants’ movement of sible to judge as to, x and because that they had been getting good pay, that they the Soviet governn en . would and that god or somebody else than their own unified powers would surely guarantee their wages and hours— these n ers are finding out their mistake. 3 KA between the! 0, ——— The Fisher Body company has laid down the most savage * uy : 1 1 De A cuts upon their workers, and if the Fisher company is successful, F 7 Fait TRI AL OF RED Cook County Women Kluxers In City the auto workers of Detroit can be sure that other firms will nn n iladelp . ö Win Right to Serve Invasion, suit and probably pass the low record. The Auto Workers’ Union is courageously fighting to organize the workers, and if the workers are at last aroused from their indif- CHINA” MEETING ference, and are willing to fight for their wages and conditions, their HELD ON COAST chance is ample and the union they enter is W to lead the — | ; 3 0 One Thousand Hear George Bernard Shaw has written another alleged attack on 1 e Sly Communism for the Hearst press. Any worker who will inform this alle tire Speak On Juries With Men women may serve on all ſuries in Cook County. They were Klansmen in automobiles pars ed thru placed on a parity with men by the tae suburbs of Berwyn, Stickney, La nineteenth amendment to * federal Grange and Cicero warning Jew. evad- oonstitution ‘and the Illinois women ers that they must obey the law or suffrage act, and are now. the peers, be driven out. Stirs Up the Police (Continued from page 1) down in expectation of à riot and not finding any disturbance fid their ut- most to create one. „oer Objects to Talk of, Priests H. M. Wicks, representing the Chief Bootlegger Two thousand unmasked Ku Klux SPEAKERS IN | CICERO COURT Two Arremed at Open —— — — office as to what the British mic, who parades as a bourgeois rad- | ical, is talking about will receive a prize of a life’s subscription to the DAILY WORKER. “Peace Nr. Order In China The struggle of thé’ ‘Chinese workers against foreign oppressora gradually uncovers the enemies of labor within China ‘itself. Thus the Klass battle of Chipese labor is turned against native as well as alien exploiters. General Chang Tso-lin, the Japanese eatspa w, who has been rather timid in his moves during the last few weeks, is now reported 10 have issued a strong proclamation,” which the imperialist press reports definitely places the Mukden war lord on the side of “peace and order,” which is an oriental translation of the well known Amer- jean phrase, “law and order.” This means that ‘strikes will be forbidden, the privilege of hold- ing meetings will be denied, working class literature will be con- while military jails will ever be hungry to receive the spokesmen of the Chinese workers Warships of all nationalities ride at anchor in all the Chinese ports ready to see that the cap- italist dictatorship that has fought American labor in bloody wars in West Virginia, Colorado, at Gary, Indiana, and Pittsburgh, Pa., traband, keeps up its murderous record. The solidarity of the Chinese workers alone can stand against this new offensive of the Chinese traitor, Chang Tsolin, supported by foreign bayonets The few merchanta who originally joined the workers’ movement against foreign tyranny have deserted becanse the continued struggle “hurt business.“ The nationalist revolution thus takes on the aspects of the class war, of the workers revolu- It is this revolution that will in time bring the only real capitalists. tion. peace and order” to China, with the ousting of all Chinese labor must bend to the struggle and win the victory. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., has just “sold” four of his palatial palaces to his for something like $3,000,000.00.. Workers will justly ask Where John D. Jr., got the three million, since he has never done a day’s work in his life. They will find that he got the three million by the imperialists By AARON FISHERMAN. (Special to The Daily Worker) SEHATTLE, Wash., July 12—What is considered to be the largest at- tended open air meeting for a long time was held under the auspices of the Workers Party on Occidental ave- nue and Washington St. most enthusiastic anti-imperialist “hands off China” demonstration at- tended by more than one thousand workers. Norman Tallentire, Workers Party district organizer delivered the ad- dress dealing with the invasion of China by imperialists of the world dominated by Great Britain and now of the United States. He traced the rise of the na- tionalist movement dominated and guided by the Kuomintang built up under the leadership of Sun Yat Sen and the awakening of the pro- letarian class of China. Tallentire explained the meaning of the conflict going on there. He was enthusiast- ically applauded. The sentiment of the crowd was one of the best expressions of class solidarity with the Chinese masses. A large collection was taken up and a large quantity of literature sold. Thousands of “hands off China” leat- lets were given away free. Next Saturday night, July 18, an- other large meeting is being contem- plated by workers united front or- ganizations in the same place and it is anticipated that thousands of workers will be in attendance at this demonstration. Stand by Soviet Russia and “hands off China” resolutions of protest against the use of troops as strike- | breakers and demanding that they be in profits from oil stock handed to him by his father, the original oil withdrawn were unanimously adopt- bandit.“ It’s a neat little game to continue the reigning money houses | ed. of America. cease being slaves to any man. But the workers will spoil it when they wake up and | Your neighbor would like to read this issue of the DAILY Every day get “sub” for the DAILY WORKER and a member WORKER. Be Toe for the Workers. Party. lit to him! ne - — at ge CRED 1 It was a N Workers Party, was the first speaker. He outlined the role d history of the fascist movement t Italy and oth- er European countries. While illus- trating the fascist actions of the bloody Zankov government of Bulgaria and the close co-operation of the | cross-bearing priests with the hang- men, the police created a disturbance and made an effort to gtop the meet- ing on the grounds that religion could not be criticized at public meetings in Philadelphia: The polieé made sever- | al rushes for the- platform accompa- nied by a tremendous oWfburst of pro- test against their disruptive methods by the audience. the Wicks ended his talk with a state- ment that the Communist Internation- al and the Communist Parties of the world are the only force capable of crushing the fascist terror and insti- tuting in its place the rule ot the pro- letariat. The audienes ‘greeted the mention of the Commünists with a demonstration lasting several minutes. Arturo Glovannitti was the second speaker and was welcomed with a wild demonstration. He spoke in the Italian langauge and ff his first re- marks he feferred to the incident of the police interfering* with the re- marks of Wicks,’ pointing out that we are too busy to bétHer with the priests, we have a greater battle to conduct against the faselsti and capi- talist governments of thé world, stat- ing nevertheless the police have no right to stop anyone from criticizing religon especially in the city of Phila- delphia where but 150 years ago the Declaration of Independence was signed. Second Police Rush At this point a squad t police head- ed by several captains And a group of Plain clothes men r ed upon the Stage and threatened, in to stop the meeting. This open incitement % riot by the police Was answered by 4 long wild outburst o protest by the audience, Air Meeting Thurs. Two members of the Workers (Communist) Party, Irving Search and J. K. Dante, who were arrested last Thursday night at a street meet- ing on the corner of 14th St., and 49th Court, will appear in the Cicero police station 25th St., and 50th Ave., this morning for a hearing. The Communists were arrested after a crowd of Cicero gunmen, and a few middle class church goers, led by a Lithuanian priest, attacked the open air speakers, hurling bricks and threatening the speakers with viol- ence. The speakers were Irving Search, who spoke on conditions in the West- ern Electric company, D. E. Early, who explained the attempts of the world imperialists to enslave the co- lonial peoples, M. Zaldotis, who spoke in Lithuanian and G. Geller, of De- troit. Search was arrested after he had concluded ‘his speech, but the meeting was attacked by the gunmen, had not yet spoken. Another meeting will be held on the same corner next Thursday night, and speakers should report to Charles Erickson, secretary of the Cicero En- glish branch, which conducts the meetings. speaker and was likewise greeted with a long ovation. Every mention of Mussolini and the fascist government of Italy was drowned in flood of boos and loud re- sentment. This meeting was a splendid exam- ple of the bitter anti-fascist senti- ment existing among the Italian work- ers of Philadelphia and stands as an obstacle to every effort of the fascist organizations to establish foothold in this city, For the last three years the police have waged a warfare against the anti-fascist movement with the result that it is gaing head- way and e daily, The Commu- workers as suc The meeting finally contin- ued and Giovannit nished his speech, Carlo Tr the last PC ane of * of men, within the common law defi- nition of freemen and as such auto- matically eligible to serve as jurors. This was the opinion delivered by Judge Philip L. Sullivan of the cir- cuit court, in overruling the demurrer of the jury commisisoners to the pe- tition for a mandamus brot by Mrs. Hannah Beye Fyfe of Oak Park. An appeal probably will be taken. Mrs. Fyfe, in her petition, charged that the jury commisioners had re- fused to certify her name for jury was continued to the end. Dante, Who nists are the spirit in this movement 2 iam by sa h. service, after she had been subpoena- ed legally cause of her sex, and asked the court for a mandamus to compel the commissioner to permit her to be Placed in a regular mag of venirewems: pki A score of moonshine, gambling and vice resorts were visited, the owners and occupants being brot into the sizeet and addressed by a spokesmen of the klan. A detour purposely was. made to avoid the resort of “Scarface-Al” Brown, also known as ‘Tony Capone, because, klan officials said, Brown's henchmen, all armed, had oer an ambush for the raiders. 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