Daily Worker
July 22, 1925
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/ The striking ome a desperate members of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers’ Union, employes of the International Tailoring found when they arrived on the picket line yesterday, revolver shot had been fired thru a plate s tsapthina thus fulfilling the pr Ha provocative methods would be used as a last to hurry thru ah injunction against the pickets. Company the MILY ass window 0 ion of the The Amalgamated members began the fourth week of their strike with mass picketing, and only a handful of professional scabs, amply protected by police, slipped imside the plant. The union paid strike benefits yesterday, $12 to the married strikers re and $8 to single workers. AS WE SEE IT. By T. J. O’FLAHERTY | Union Labor Journal of Bakers- field, California, devotes a long editorial in a recent issue to an at- tack on the radicals in the ranks of the oil workers. The fake sheet pur- ports to be a representative organ of the oil workers. Like most of its type which peddles class collaboration in return for the crumbs which fall from the employers’ table. In order to in- sure the steady dropping, of . those crumbs, the fake labor sheets carry on a continuous campaign of slander against the radicals, thus earning the contempt of honest workers as well as the shekels of the capitalists. +. * a Nis, times out of a heures. Fae | pent ‘yled nugget: + cat a ate. — | oh Seta Rules Billéimproper. «= + «| Before leaving, Judge Foell. ‘wast: forced to make a téctinical ruling for)’ the strikers. William A. Cunnea, theif lawyer, had objected to the bill for an injunction, on the ground that it was made by two separate tions. Cunnea pointed’ out that itis’ against the law for two companies to apply for an injunction in the *sarié bill, Foell upheld Cunnea, andthe gangsters of the company immediately went on a hunt for new “violetice”’ evidence to put in the new bills’ ° The J. L. Taylor company; * the PY +O. y saa " vy ae Le 3 are on strike, is owned by the same (Continued .on page 6) 4 Ft POLICE BREAK UP “HANDS OFF CHINA’ MEETING Shanghai or New York ‘All the Same (Special to The Daily Werker) NEW YORK CITY, July’ 20 — The meeting called by the Workers (Oom- munist) Party Friday evening at Union Square to protest against the violence and suppression of Chifla was attended early by thousands of ‘work- ers coming directly from the ‘shops and factories from different parts of the city. The meeting was opened »by Comrade Charles Krumbein who briefly introduced the subject of the gathering and then gave the platform to the first speaker of the meéeting, Joseph Manley. The speaker touched upon the in- ternational significance of the events in China, the exploitation of the Chin- a | so far have not been window on the Peoria St. side of the’ = DETROIT, Mich., July 20. departments that have oe © every one withthe ex shop and no work was ie g shop, as they, too, found it i The men who were hived pee sié sible wi of March 3, 168 te DL f NEW YORI EDITION Z, 1928 -— PUBLISHING eae t Sun G CO., 1118 W. met on are 9 ALEX REID TO }and the traitor all know him to be. for Reid’s first article. : PAN FAB The attacks of Frank \ Purshagien upon ti Hlinois district, is stirring up a counter | file miners against faker Frank’s autocratic m Joe Tumulty of Springfield, with side : Watt and Tom Parry, has drawn the fire of gressive Miners’ Committee, who will t a short series of articles exposing Farrington te . Bh tieeoucy bleeder he is ut | Fisher Body Plant 18 is now in full blast. The have struck to a man. shion makers and the men in the wood mill who pion of the of the bosses, were outside the departments mentioned above... fill the places of the strikers have left the have be at the reduced rate. ) x o \E 4 oe * a Y Pp os . : ~~ ae mat \ - i | 4 : * } Br ' saa ; ye : *} ; FR ae 4 5 be | T 4. , » PY. rs 4 - : 7 ec a ‘ ' Oe ¥ 1 DME — , ‘ : This morning Committees TICLES jtestive miners of the ) t of the rank and e charges against err ain Thompson, John o ane ‘secretary of the Pro- nin tomértow’s DAILY WORKER, Wa “DAILY WORKER RED B : | second corporation whose employes} Better pn Are - ven AS —_— fe * ad By * 7 i _ (Worker Correspondent) "LOS ANGELES, July 20. — The week: end for the Better America Fed- eration was an exclamation point. From its Los Angeles headquarters the organization (employers’ union) ‘fet out a:shriek of despair, the most ‘piercing sent forth in this year of stump. Literature issued by the ku klux Klan’s holy office. might. lead some reds to come forth and take charge of the United States. The literary wails sound like unconditional surrender of the country to Communism. Shrill Lament is Hollow. But let none be decived. oe | terics of the leaders of the Better rical. They are resorted to for the purpose of getting funds. All that should interest reds in this is the fact that the B. A. F. needs money. That is good news for them. Los Angeles during the past year had a building slump, followed by a business slump and now it has an earthquake, business and building slump combined. That hurts the B. A. F. What is worse, the chief of police refuses to frame-up I. W. W.’s. So, the wrought-up grief over the country going to the Reds. B. A. F. Runners Scared. Offices of the rich men’s K. K. K. are at 724 South Spring street. They (Continued on Page 5) | SAN FRANCISCO COOKS — | AND WAITERS RESPOND TO CHINESE STRIKERS (Special to The Dally Worker) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 20.— The real stuff in the line of interna- tional class solidarity is shown by the Cooks’ and Waiters’ Union, Local 80, of San Francisco, which has donated $25 to the relief and aid of the Chinese workers striking at Shanghai against imperialist ex- ese people and its meaning for the | (Continued on page 4) ploitation. America Federation aré purely theat- | ~~ we. on HYMAN CALLS FOR ACTION ON BETRAYAL Left Wing Establishes Its Leadership By JOSEPH MANLEY NEW YORK, N. Y., July 18—(By Mail)—At . Madison. Square in the »shadow of the Metropolitan Tower, the second great mass demonstration of 25,000 cloak makers took place today. All along the East side of the park a mighty number of cloak makers listened to speakers from three separ- ate platforms soattered at intervals truout the great*scrowda. . This demonstration was arranged with but one short day’s notice, the handbills announcing it only being dis- tributed on Friday. Following on the heels of the great gathering at the Yankee Stadium last week, it is a fit- ting answer to Sigman and the hand- ful of dupes he has left. It finally (Continued on page 2) b that he read them in the stennenennee : . ®, = alaneoney pA a ; 4 >. " ‘ 4 WITHDRAWN Raulston Says He Acts “Even as Christ”. (Special to The Daily Worker) DAYTON, Tenn., July 20.— Judge John Raulston, declaring he acted “even as Christ,” forgave Clarence Darrow for his “insulting” remarks, and withdrew the citation for con- tempt of court, which he had earlier placed against the Chicago lawyer, or- dering him to appear Tuesday morn- ing under $5,000.00 bond. Rauliston Poses as Christ. Darrow told the court that he re- gretted his words from the moment } religion. {Special to The Daily Worker) DAYTON, Tenn., July 20.—In one of the most amazing legai | documents of history, eight professors bared the heart of science here today in a tremendous effo tried to reconcile it with divine The men of science, all volu tion ever conceived. It carried rt to prove evolution, ‘altho they creation. a mass attack upon the funda- mentalists of religion and their literal interpretation of the bible. The apostles of learning described t the bible as a human, historical document passed down the ages *— ‘by tradition as a text book for Placed In Records The scientific data totalling about 65,000 words and based on the experi- ments of hundreds of experts, was placed in the trials record by affida- vits because presiding Judge John T. Raulston refused to let the scientists testify in open court. As a result the defense will use the record of their revelations in appealing the antici- ™ pated conviction of Scopes to higher courts. Every branch of science entered the arena for Scopes, There were Dr. Winterton C.. Curtis, zoologist of the University of Missouri; Prof. Horatic H. Newman, zoologist, of the Univer- sity of Chicago; Dr. Maynard M. Met- calf, research biologist of John Hop- kins University; Wilbur A. Nelson, state geologist of Tennessee; Dr. Fay Cooper Cole, anthropologist, Universi- ty of Chicago; Dr. Charles H. Judd, educational director, University of Chicago; Dr. Jacob G. Lipman, dean of agriculture, New Jersey state Uni- ing he ‘would tote — se (ome: aumitae deaed tdh of: ‘space, burst in- to applause, first at Darrow’s re- marks and then at the judge’s reply. The incident was ended whén»Dar- row and Raulston shook hands: in open court. 7 Court House Cracks.’ Because of the great crowd, Judge Raulston then adjourned his court. to the court hotise yard, where a speak- ing stand and benches were erected at the opening of the trial for a series of open air prayer meetings. Before taking this extraordinary action, the eourt announced that the tremendous crowds in the courtroom had cracked the first floor ceiling, causing. the building to become unsafe. , The contempt decision was based on a colloquoy held with the court by Darrow during Friday’s session. In the exchange of remarks, Raulston = said Darrow had ‘treated him with “con- tempt and insult.” The court held Darrow in $5,000 bond for appearance at 9 o’clock Tuesday morning. After the judge read the citation, Darrow arose solemnly thumbing his (Continued on page 6.) | DARROW GALLS BRYAN AS |. WITNESS IN APE TRIAL: BRYAN TO CALL DARROW (Special to The Daily Worker.) DAYTON, Tenn., July 20—The Scopes anti-evolution trial took a sensational turn this afternoon, when William Jennings Bryan, out- standing fundamentalist, was called as a witness for the defense of John Thomas Scopes. This maneuver was taken by Clarence Darrow to prove that the bible was not believed literally even by the best known fundamentalist American. Before he took the witness chair, Bryan obtained permission from the court to put Darrow and Dudley Field Malone on the stand, too. The Commoner took the stand with a declaration that he was ready to defend the bible against every attack of science. tw ? * iC * St ty i Foe” a _ Dr. Kirtley — er at mer yers Uni- “First Law of Life” The scientists defended evolution as the “first law of lifé.” to eliminate i from the curriculumis of schools, col leges and universities would bring chaos to education, they said, a di- (Continued on page 2) ELECT REDS TO NATIONAL MEET OF PAINTERS Mpls. Left Wingers Al- so Sent to S. F. of L. (Special te The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, July 19—At the regular meeting of Painters’ Local No. 186, two delegates were elected to the national convention of the Broth- erhood of Painters, Decorators and Pa- perhangers of America, which will be held at Montreal, Canada, beginning Sept. 7. The two elected are: Dan W. Stevens and W. S.. McCullum, both left wingers; strong fighters for the working class. They were elected by decisive votes. Also five delegates were elected to attend the Minnesota State Federa- tion of Labor convention, to be held at Austin starting Sept. 21. Those elected. are as follows: H. E. Sig- man, E. F. Smallen, C. E. J. Erick- son and Harvey Standahl. All these delegates are also left wingers. el "Po. b> op lat. 7 >. ei «} ~ -“ a” 5, Se em, ~ a FEDERATION OF LABOR SCORES. STRMEBREAKNG. Nockels Cond ondones Tom Rickert’s Scabbery Despite an attempt on the part of Mr. Joseph Wise, cub reporter for a publicity service gotten out by Wil- iam Green, to defend the scabtery of the United Garment Workers in the Workers against the international Tailoring company and the J. L. Tailor compahy, the delegates to last Sun- day's meeting of the Chicago Federa- tion of Labor went on record strongly ayers against the action of the — ’ Pe # ‘S = * “2 ) on b. 3 a FP | am Green, - 4 U. GW. a “This action was tAken: to the command of Wi president of the American Federation f Labor, that the’'local body should | ceeps its hands off the situation. During the discussion some intérest- ing speeches were made but none ex- cited more interest than the effort of Edward Nockels, secretary of the: Fe- deration. Nockels, made the astound. ing statement that he did not blame the United Garment Workers for their scabbery, that he did not blame Tom Rickert, president of the U. G. W. for what he had done, that he would do the same thing himself, that self preservation was the first law of nature and if he saw another organization coming in to capture something he built up, he would hold on to his or- ganization at all costs. Nockels talked rather incoherently, almost as stupidly as when he-was slamming the Communists. It was quite evident that Nockels considers the unions the personal property of the officials and not organizations of the rank and file. Why he signed a report protesting against the scab- bery of the U. M. G. was not clear. as he proved conclusively that he con- doned the scabbery. Perhaps as Grape Nuts would say “there is a reason.” Took Slam at Green On the other hand Fitzpatrick made quite a militant speech against the United Garment Workers and for the Amalgamated. Referring to that part of William Green's letter_which brand- ed the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers aS a seceding organization, Fitz- patrick said:the president of the A. F. of L. was wasting his time. Altogether his speech on this particular question kind of speeches Fitzpatrick used to make before he vomited up his pro- (Continued on page 6.) of sentence. anarchy law. GITLOW GETS MORE TIME. NEW YORK.—Benjamin Gitlow was slated to go back to ; Sing on the sixteenth of this month, but his lawyers obtained a sta He had been remanded to prison by a decision of the United States supreme court upholding the New York criminal WM. Z. FOSTER, Chairman ist Panty , ~=MAX SHACHTMAN, Editor 4 * ' Congress SPEAKERS: CIRILO MANAT, Filipino Independence League |}. H.V. PHILIPS, Organizer American Negro Labor < T. CHI, Chinese Student Alliance \ AND OTHERS. Workers (Commun- Soviet Russia! Young Worker Release Crouch and Trumbull! Independence for All Subject People! PROTEST MEETING TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1925 Down with the War Plans of American Militarism! Young Workers! Don’t Enter the Citizen’s Military Training Camps! Hands Off China! Stand 8 P.M. by N orth and NORTHWEST HALL Auspices, Workers (Communist) Party and Young Workers League, Local Chicago. Admission Free Western Avenues strike of the Amalgamated Clothing was good, and reminded one of the’ ttl ta te =~ . — "—— ~~ ~ - ~ a nl . & i te ee ee ’ The document was @- series of affidavits written into the record of the Scopes trial. Sa ntary defenders of John Thomas ~ Scopes, produced one of the most comprehensive cases for evolu-
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P| Workers in Detroit Are Solid Against Cats (Continued from page 1) now been elected for every de- artment and are effectively netioning together. The com- ~~" jittees are receiving the enthu- - ? pr x ‘ - a NY ee \ eee siastic and united support of the strikers. Superintendent Barefoot told the men that he would never go after them again. “From now on you got to come to us” he ‘told them. About 8:30 the next morning he was out again look- wad the committee. Fisher boys are coming down to speak to you fellows,” he told the committee, “and you want to have on the committee to see him or you'll get nothing. Don’t pat any or smart guys on the @e and don’t try and get smart or sy becatiBe you can’t get away with it, with the Fisher boys.” Barefoot Hotfoots it in Reverse. Barefoot repeated that over and over again. His antiety lest the strik- ers injure cause by any indis- creet statem t> the “Fisher boys” left the men cold. It must be that these “Fisher boys” are not used to talking to workingmen who have the gumption to talk back and who have their own opinions on matters per- taining to their conditions and wages. Barefoot proceeded to advise the committee how to organize them- sélves. He told them to get three trimmers, three sanders, three spray- ers and three metal panelers. “How about the spot polishers?” the com- mittee demanded. “Aw, to hell with the spot polishers,” said Barefoot. “We can break in all the spot polish- ers we want in a couple of hours.” If this was an attempt to break the solidarity of the strikers it fell fiat. A committee was promptly formed to go and wait upon the “Fisher boys” and they had a long wait. After be- ing kept waiting for more than two hours they were finally admitted to the august presence of the “Fisher boys” and a few of the other com- pany officials. Try Soft Soaping Leaders. ‘The members of the committee and especially the leaders were patted on the back bythe bosses and told what a fine level-headed lot they were, but ‘when this failed of its obvious pur- pose the management cut the non- sense and got down to business. They confronted the committee first with a lot of figures about average pay. According to the management the average pay of all men in the plant ‘was 93 cents per hour and they even had the gall to tell the commit- tee that the average for the higher priced men was $1.07. However, these figures were so obviously false and ridiculous that the committee jhad no difficulty in refuting them. It was clearly a case of figures don’t lie, but liars will figure. “Nothing Doing.” The committee then proceeded to lay the demands of the men before the officials and after a lot of silly arguments, as well as continuous in- terruptions from the company officials whenever the committee tried to argue their case, they were finally told “that the men could come back and try it all over again at the reduced wage rates.” In short, there was noth- ing doing. 1. While the committee was in con- ference, the men were out on a sand- lot being addressed by a number of speakers from the Auto Workers’ Union, among whom was William Logan, genéral president of the union. When the speakers got thru the com- mittee returned and reported that there was nothing doing except at the conditions stated above and recom- mended that the strike be continued until the demands were granted and ' “the wage cuts removed. The strikers yoted unanimously for this recom- mendation with great enthusiasm. War to the Knife. The strike is now assuming broader proportions. It is no longer a depart- mental strike and the men who are determined that all the rest including the cushion makers and mill hands “eome out also and make the strike 100 per cent at plant 18. The com- mittee is on the job and will see to it that the men at the other Fisher plants will refuse to do any work from plant 18. Painters of Frisco Like Communist Talk By NORMAN BURSLEV. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 20. — Tom Lewis, district organizer of the Workers Party, spoke recently before Painters’ Union, Local No, 19, on “Or- ganization.” Comrade-.Lewis pointed out the need for a more cohesive or- ganization and the necessity for a political party to represent their in- terests. The men were enthused by his talk. After he finished, they said: “He didn’t speak long enough. We've got to have that fellow again.” | S when + 1s bas mar Ss Ga ae - on A & -* A, oe re ~ rear 2% ~~ mst —_ | Imperialist France Trying to pe ED ge RD = et kes en ph ay oo —™ F Stave Off Disaster in Africa 5 want nit ti —_s -_-——S . - | . wenayl PeROCCO HIS week imperialist France faces her greatest crisis in that part of the empire located In North Africa, where the Riff tribesmen are besieging the ancient city of Fez. This is evidenced by the rushing of the master killer, Marshal Petain (left), who was.on the French side of the slaughter at Verdun, to Morocto by plane. ‘The regiments most loyal to French capitalism, some of them being withdrawn from the Ruhr, A © being rushed to the battle zone. The map indicates the location of Fez. The arrow shows how the natives are directing their attack against the city. Abd-el-Krim, leader of the Riffs, Is seen at right. a Present the Case-for Evolution — | (Continued from page 1) saster to the nation and human pro- gress to a standstill. One denounced teachers who omitted it as committing criminal malpractice. Another charged the biblical literatists were “insult- ing god.” All were agreed that a dozen educational courses could not be taught without it. | Life Changes Thru Time Back in the dim dark ages of the past, long before the first dawn of ci- vilization they said, a pre-historic being dwelled, whose offspring evolved thru millions of years into men, ani- mals, birds and fish. They knew not the secret of life; they only knew how life had changed thru time. Man, mon- key, whale and reptile, they asserted, had a common ancestor. Give Lie To Bible In their defense of evolution, the men of science laughed at the claim of the bible literalists that the world be- gan on Oct. 23, 4004 B. C.:on the con- trary they said, the world was formed 1,000,000,000 years ago at least, with life upon the earth’s surface from 50.,- 000,000 to 500,000,000 years old. The earth once was molten, they added, and before that probably gaseous. The sun above us, they continued, once had an earlier system of planets, destroyed millions of years ago by an upheaval amid the stars, but later to develop the existing planetary system. To prove the earth’s age, the scien- tists pointed to potash deposits in Eu- rope as 20,000,000 years old; to the upheaval of the Rocky Mountains as 20,000,000 years ago; *to Green Sand formation in New Jersey as 10,000,000 years old and to phosphate deposits in Tennessee at 50,000,000 years old. It took a million years, they said, for water to corrodo the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and the same time for the mouth of the Mississippi river to move south from Curro, ill, to New Orleans. Earth Millions of Years Why, they added, it took four thous- and years merely for the great conti- nental glacier to melt after it once covered new England from Hartford, Conn., to St. Johnsburg, Vermont. The present human race, said scien- ce, instead of being born in 4004 B. C., has lived on the earth for 25,000 years. Before that, extinct tribes of men have been tracked back 100,000 years by fossils. and before that the ancestor of’man, ape, whale and python. Man Descended From Animals The man of today, they said, is a walking museum of antiquities, which prove his prehistoric relationships. He has 180 vetigial (obsolete) structures in his body, all organisms now used by animals, birds or fish. Man now has an atrophied tail while the human embryo has a free taf? wefore birth. Blood tests show that man’s blood today is closely akin to that of the ape, they added, while some whales have atrophied vestigial limb bones in the pelvin region, which indicate this mammoth fish once walked. And even the snake, the Python, has small but clearly defined hind limbs, hidden beneath its skin. So the kinship‘shows today. Once the scientists said man was the head of the genological tree but now they give this distinction to the whale as showing the greatest organic | development while mumans roots half H ; ‘ ' way down. it.was Curtis, zoologist at Missouri University, who said, “Science and common sense alike inquire regard- ing , the ature and sources of the special ¢reation, as found in Genesis. Science faces the matter squarely, desiring only the right to investigate and draw unprejud ns. Sty that the ‘ratds’ About the Eastern ua w r ; ro ory in Genesis apparently des- cended to the early Hebrews and to their neighbors in Mesopotamia from a source far antedating the appear- ance .pf the Jews as a people and their sacred writings. Archeology and ethnology most reasonably indi- cate that in its origin this Hebrew- Babylonian tradition may be compar- ed with the stories of many other primitive peoples. “We take the story in Genesis seri- ously as an account of pre-historical facts. It has been woven into the thot of Western culture for almost two thousand years and has intrinsic literary qualities. “But the past history of events, whether of human or animal origins, is subject matter for scientific inquiry and the answer of science is evolu- ther primitive peoples, had ittons of the origin of the tion. It is not. that men came from monkeys, but that, men, monkeys and apes all came from a cOmmon mam- malian ancestry millions of years in the past.” As for man’s similarity to the ani- mal kingdom, Curtis said: “The flipper of a whale, the wing of a bird, the forefoot of a horse and the arm of a man, all show the same plan of structure. The biological explanation of this anatomical resemblance is that the present vertebrates (fishes, reptiles, birds and mammals) have all descended from a primite race. All vertebrates are now alike because they have never lost the underlying plan of structure inherited from their common ancestor.” Delving into the antiquity of the world and man, and the latter’s rela- tion to the apes, Professor Newman, one of the nation’s greatest zoologists, said: “The earliest fossil evidence of the existence of our own species date back to about 25,000 years ago. At that time there lived a remarkable race, known to us as cromagnons, a race said to be the most perfect phys- ically of which we have any know!- edge. Five essentially complete skeletons form the basis of the type description. Resemblance of Man and Ape. This tall, strong, obviously intelli- gent, and artistic race, was different in several important particutars from any modern race. A deg¢ailed descrip- tion of his characteristics would take us too far afield. Our chief interest ‘in this race is that it serves to em- phasize the antiquity of our own spe- c1es. “Anatomically, the genus homo bears a striking resemblance to the anthropoid apes. Bone for bone, muscle for muscle, nerve for nerve and in many special details, man and the anthropoid apes are similar. Krim’s men have eaptired the French fortified posts of Rittapa, Bab Hoferne and Oued Hamrive, héfth of Teroual. They are ig betwedh the French and Spanish which’ Wave contact along the Loukos river «- | The first of the Mér@ccan troops withdrawn from the Rifineland have arrived at the French front. Marshal Petain is endeavoring td restore the ers, whose strength hds' been sapped by the terrific mi : African heat and the Rifflan successes. The cabinet is meéting here almost constantly on the Moroccan invasion. Premier Painleve antiounced that the French imperialists have given Abd- el-Krim the choice of either accepting the French “peate” ‘terms, which in- clude a Spanish protectorate for the Riff, or of a war toa finish. The Rit- not accept such a degrading peace. Americans and French Gapaciaticen. The sultan of Moroeco accepted the offer of a dozen American soldiers of fortune to organize a new LaFayette escadrille to fight against the Riffian natives. ; Coy. Charles Sweeney said the vol- unteers will have the same rank they held in the American and French arm- ies during the world war. “Present plans areffor seven of us to fly to Rabat, Toulouse, next Friday,” said Sw * at least six more will first boat leaving Marseilles,” {| : ee ’ MINNEAPOLIS, Minin., July 20.— When Louls Roseland presented his credentials as a duly elected delegate from the Carpenters’ local, to the Cen- tral Labor Union last .meeting, he was denied a seat on objections from Leslie Sinton of the cooks and origi- nal red baiter-of the local labor move- ment. joe Sinton was assisted. by Franklin Hynes of the Typos, who professed being a “socialist” for many years, and who was even arrested during the Palmer raids and speftit one whole night in jail. o Since that episode, however, he has joined the ranks of thé red baiters. Arthur Axsen of the Plumbers, made the third objection, which three constitution, cause the Roseland dele- gatships to be referred to an “investi- gation committee.” It is to report back on Roseland next Wednesday. The objections to Roseland were based on the ground that he is a Communist., Had Roseland belonged to the ku klux klan, the republican party, or, in fact, any capitalist organization, the objectors would have gladly seated him. Nevertheless, it is‘a highly signi- ficant fact, that the big proletarian unions of this city, contain a rank and file that wants to be represented by left wingers. This rank and file can- not be denied. Explosion Laid to Carelessness by Report of Fire Commissioner ‘ An ordinance imposing stricter re- gulations upon craft#which tie up to the banks of the Cnldbe River inside the city limits is nétessary to safe- guard the lives of the people of Chi- cago and to prevent. a repetition of the explosion of 90,000 gallons of gas- oline aboard a bargé; This was the recommendation made by Fire Com- missioner Joseph Connery. The peril in Sundays explosion he said was not merely from the specta- cular fire itself. The. greater danger was from the huge stores of other ex- plosives on either shore—great tanks of naphtha for soap manufacture, tanks containing millions of cubic feet of illuminating gas and an under- ground reservoir of oil. Mother Jones Ill. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20.— “Mother” Mary Jones, 92-year-old la- bor leader, is ill here of niflammatory rheumatism. . Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER. ' objections, under the Paul J. Smith ' ’ 2 ? ¢ Voi - . t - — gee | si etey : é . 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LOUIS ENGDAHL. — Oo pwned wits ae 7 ‘} el * of | DAY, every avenue of capitalist propaganda is busily engaged In telling the American working class that, “Pre- sident Coolidge is determined to prevent a coal strike.” That is a challenge, not only to the coal miners, but to the whole American working class. Especially is it a threat to the organized workers. * s Coolidge, “the strikebreaker president,” will not prevent the threatened coal strike, by insigting that the very a, demands of the coal diggers be granted. He is not thé workers’ president. ; * edi It is said that when the deadlock develops in the n ia- tions, then Coolidge will summon both sides to White Court, at Swampscott, Mass., and listen to the contending argu- ments. oolidge is a good listener, ee i one ear only. ‘Silent Cal” will listen well with the ear into which the mine owners pour their story. The ear mine workers’ representatives will stone deaf. “Silent Cal” will dance to the tune ordered by the ooal profiteers. Thus the coal miners are the nature of the organized cap pelled the fight. n being given a lesson in ist power they are com- Coolidge heads the republican regime at Washington, ~ servant of the American money power, that flew the Amer- ican flag from the mine tipples during the last coal strike, sounded the bugle of the army, and with the usual scowl upon its military face, expected the workers in great fear to crawl back to their jobs. But the coal diggers refused to crawl. They stood erect. They knew that bayonets could not dig the coal that they refused to bring to the surface under the wages, hours and conditions the mine owners demanded, and which they re- jected. eee! wee SA a But the officials of the coal miners crawled. President John L. Lewis openly declared he “could not fight the gov- ernment,” Wall Street’s governn just as he declared dur- ing the Nova Scotia, Canada, strike that he could not fight the government, the king’s government of the British cap- italists. It is well for the coal miners to remember that this is the Lewis who was heralded as a possible candidate for vice- president on the Coolidge ticket selected at last year’s re- publican convention, when the democrats in New York were dangling —— the president of the es union who broke the strike of his own organization in New York City, before the eyes of labor for second place on their donkey ticket. But these sops were withdrawn. Later Lewis was mentioned for the place of secretary of labor, but neither has this materialized. rr . 7. * This same Lewis is the man who will go to Swampscott k for the coal miners. But he will be thinking more me | plum that Coolidge may hand him than he will be thinking of the inte of the coal miners. Lewis, the crawler, is part of the same c. list regime that made Coolidge president, and may lift him to a place in Wall Street’s sun. to Anything that the coal miner's win will come to them because of their class power, afd in spite of the betrayal of that power by such officials as Lewis, Berry and other agents of the profiteers within their ranks. | The coal miners will win, not because they take the posi- tion that, “We cannot fight the government,” but because they rally to the fight against the government, the agent of the mine owners. ) Coolidge will try to win for the coal barons by making war upon the miners’ union with the full strength of the state militia, the regular army, the courts and other weapons of the capitalist dictatorship. The militancy of the miners’ assault against this dictatorship today determines the nature of their immediate victories, until they can develop sufficient class power to establish their Proletarian Dictatorship to end hed to the appeal of the © capitalist rule forever. | H yman Calls for Action Against Betrayal (Continued from page 1) establishes the fact in an incontrovert- ible manner that the left wingers are the real leaders of the cloak makers; that they can at a moments notice call out the masses in the streets and they come, laughing and enthusiastic. Fight Governor’s Commission The keynote that struck home thru- out the vast crowd was: We will fight the decision of the governors commis- sion! Prepare for action! These slo- gangs uttered by Louis Hyman and repeated by the other speakers evoked prolonged and wild applause. Listen- ing to the talk of the workers one could easily gather that they are in a fighting mood. They are not alone anxious to re- pudiate Sigman and his gang but, they also want to repudiate the decision of the governor’s commission © which takes the bread out of the mouths of their children. The workers have been out of work and half starved for months. The past seasons have been bad. Now on the eve of a new season they are in an ugly mood. Sigman and his gang are fool politicians, if one is to judge by the conversation of the workers in the streets. Refuse to Recognize Sigman Activities The whole drift of the talk is: We refuse to any longer recognize the au- thority stolen by Sigman, Perlstein and Feinberg. Let them leave our union we will have nothing further to do with them. Wave after wave of applause from the sea of workers greeted the speech- es of the leaders of the joint commit- te of action. Some of the speakers are: Sasha Zimmerman, Louis Hyman, Joseph Boruchowitz, Rose Wortis, Mershe Rubin, etc. All the speakers flailed the Sigman crowd for its many crimes against the workers and denounced the decision of the governor’s commission. Borucho- witz, quoted from a sheaf of letters being sent out in envelopes contain- ing the return address of the joint beard and obviously addressed on the machine at the international office. Machine Cooks Up Letters These letters are a bitter attack upon the Communists, the Yankee Stadium meeting and the leadership of the left wing generally. They are signed by an alleged group of ‘Local 2. Another “letter” he quoted was one of many sent to a number of cloak makers summoning them to a meeting at the Rand School, at which prepara- tions would be made for the Beetho- ven Hall meeting, called by the joint board to discuss and prepare for the acceptance of the decision of the gov- ernor’s commission. Hyman Point to New Betrayal by Sigman The speech of Louis Hyman detailed the betrayal of workers by the joint board and the Sigman gang. Hyman was loudly applauded when he pointed out the stupid inconsistency of the Sigman gang and the joint board, when they at first declared that they would send out in all languages the decision of the governr’s commission for referendum, without any recom- mendation. | Whereas, now, they are telling the workers that the decision must be ac- cepted, The left wing leadership on the con- ‘trary has fought consistently against even in the first place submitting the workers grievances to the governor's commission. Prepare for Action Hyman declared in closing: “We are preparing for action. You should know that this struggle that ts going on here is a fight to the life or death. You Cloakmakers must not allow a band of parasites to bind you to such deci- sions. We are going to take action as soon ag the season starts,” \ By ALEX REID. (Secretary Progressive Miners’ Committee) — At no stage in history of the labor movement thruout the world has in- ternational trade union unity been more necessary than at the present time. From all over the world come reports that the labor unions are be- ing attacked, and in many places de- stroyed by intense desperate on- slaughts of national and international capitalists. * °° British Minera Fight. | The miners of Bngland, Scotland and Wales are standing with their back to the wall in what appears to ‘be the most desperate struggle in their history. The first skirmish has taken place in Wales between the po- ice and the strikers, with the strikers cing successful to the extent of pull- ng out every man on the job, that vas in the. care of the uniformed hugs. wt Trouble is reported also from the Jouglas colliery in Lanarkshire, and, with the Scotchmen standing seady and determined to protect them- selves and their working conditions and fight for an increase in their wages. hs Introduce Scab Coal. The impending general strike in Britain has caused consternation in the capitalist ranks and steps are be- ing taken to keep the industries in England running with power supplied by the introduction of American and German coal. The American union miners will again be asked to dig coal, to be shipped by the railroad union men and transport workers to defeat their starving brothers across the sea and.the American miners and raiJroad workers must realize that the impending fight in Britain is their fight, just as much as it is the fight of the toilers across the pond, and must notify the operators that the day has gone by that they can be used to scab against their brothers in Bri- tain or anywhere else. , Triple Alliance. The miners, with the transport 4 workers and railroad men are meet- ing ot determine upom a concerted plan of action to govern their rela- tions, during the. pags ge ys Nocs a similar betrayal to that which took place on memorable “Black Friday,” by Thomas of the railroaders’ unidén. This meeting is arranged by A. J. Cook, the militant secretary of the British miners, with the support of the left wing of the British workers, in spite of the opposition of the Eng lish labor bureaucracy. The fact that the left wing is successful in bring- ing about this meeting proves that the minority power in the British unions has reached a stage where it cannot any longer be ignored, and is practically the directing force in the labor movement in the isle across the sea, Expect No Trouble. The situation of our brothers in Germany, where they have been re- duced to the verge of slavery under the Dawes plan, is being duplicated in England, as it is on the American continent, (West Virginia, Alberta and Nova Scotia), and other places in the the workers are in starvation and despair. The capitalists feel the workers are so far reduced that they will be un- able to resist the offer to work (even if it is to produce coal to be used against the miners in Britain) and no trouble is expectde from the slaves in America by the capitalists, No Bourgeois Alliance, We must meet this intense interna- tional offensive of the capitalist class with an organization of the workers on a policy based on the class strug- gle, and freedom from all alliances with the bourgeoisie. International trade union unity is of the utmost importance and has arisen from the dire need of the work- ing class to protect themselves against the encroachment of interna- tional capitalism, and prepare them- selves to take over the industries of he world. Pledge Support. The progressive miners. thruout America stand ready to aid in every way at their command their brother miners in Britain and pledge ourselves to that end. Sympathetic strikes are contemplated in Germany, Belgium, France and in America and Canada. “Nationalization of the coal mines with workers’ control,” is the slogan of the miners thruout the world and the Britsih miners are leading the fight. Bankrupt Commits Suicide Emil W. Wagner, head of the E. W. Wagner and Co., grain, bond and stock commission firm which failed in 1921 with $10,000,000 involved, crashed to -his death from a fifteenth floor win- dow of the Westminister building in the loop today. Death was instanta- neous. Evidence indicated Wagner, 4 who was about 61, had committed gui- cida ROL 0 ea aaloaky mining regions of this country where . — - : : : :
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~ RELEASE SACCO \ ihe thessemanal, ee REEN REFUSES REAL AID TO AND VANZETTI; DODGES GENERAL STRIKE ISSUE _. ts Devoted to the ity and Interests of tho | , BOSTON, Mass., July 20. nee promises and a vata to take any ‘Trade Union ucational League of action that will even stir the membership of organized labor into , Ar. U. BE. Tn) nt activity, such as a general strike, to force the release of the frame- Noriti an Sectisn of the up vitkims, Sacco and Vanzetti, whose legal murder in an electric chair may 8 RED INTERNA TIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS Yesult from denial of a new trial, is the keynote of a letter sent the Sacco- attacking the reactionary Lubinsky sands of our hard-earned dollars to line!” (BR. E&Y.) THE T. Represents the Left Wing Organs of Revolutionary Class ere’ Government. ~ Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation of Existing Unions, Organization ef the Unorganized, and by Replacing Reactionary and Class Collaboration Policies with a Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into of Capitaliem and the Establishment of a Workers’ and sae! ULELL. | : of the Labor Movement. ites Struggle for the Overthrowal SIGMAN GANG EXPULSIONS ROUSE’ HOSTILITY IN TWO MORE LOCALS: ACCUSE FEINBERG OF SCABBING NEW YORK CITY, July 20.—With 85 votes against 12, the meeting of Local 38, I. L. G. W. U., adopted a resolution to condemn the pogrom lead- ers of the Sigman :nachine for their acts against the cloak and dress makers. | The resolution demands the immediate reinstatement of Locals 2, 9 and 22, and that the pogrom should immediately be’ stopped. The resloution had been previously adopted in the executive commit- tee by a vote of 13 against 2, and then recommended to the local union meeting at Te gathering, and stated. was there adopted by the vote above Pressers Are Congratulated. As reported a few days ago, the section meetings of pressers in Bronx, rejected the actions of the joint board. the pressers held on the same eve- It now seems that two sections of | Jacksonville "Pact Is Now Proven Fake By W. F. B. Worker Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Pa—The thousands of unemployed miners, who at one time perhaps were deluded into be- lieving the official lauding of the “Jacksonville Agreement” as a “great achievement” which would stabilize the mining industry, are now learning a bitter lesson. How do they look upon the activi- ties and efforts of the officials, which are not following the track of formu- lating fighting policies and prepairing for action, but rather weakening the union by expelling its best elements. When their children cry out for bread they know it is a serious situation de manding their attention. Busy Expelling Members Here, in District 5, our officials have done nothing, and are so al sorbed in the policy of expelling the progressives that they fail to hear the cry for bread that is prevalent in almost every section. Also in their policy of expulsion, their time is spent in going around, circulating petty per- sonal castigation, and consequently side tracking the men away from the progressive program. The delegates to the last District 5 convention will recall, how Green, Murray et al lauded the “Jacksonville NEW YORK, July 20.—(FP)— Trades unionists should look for t union label on all photographs as as on phot vings from fioW on, the Photographic Workers’ Union of America announces. A big campaign is being waged, Louis A, Baum, »usiness .representa- tive of the new. federal local 17830 of the American Kederation of Labor, de- clares, with great success. Many photographic studious are responding to the workers',demand for use of the union label and union sign in the shop. Photoengravers are being urged by chapel chairmam to get all photogra- phers working in photo-engraving plants into the: photographic workers’ union. Actors Equity Association is being listed, in the organization drive of the photographic workers to en- courage all theatrical performers’ to insist upon union label photographs. Actors and have many professional portraits and their aid is especially solicited by the photographic. workers’ union. Photographic reproductions of ad- vertisements in newspapers for photo- graphic workers at $10, $15 and $20 a week are being circulated by the photographic workers: union among other labor organizations to prove the need for assisting the union in every way. “Help Us Abolish Sweatshop Photography and Child Labor” is the actresses are required to: Federation of Labor. \protested the cases as the frame ups Vanzetti Defense committee by William Green, president of the American Two conventions of the A. F. of L. and many state federations and fens ye 50 unions have gone on record by resolution for a new trial and are, The last big. union con- on tO add its protest to the list ceht Tri-Distri¢t convention acite miners. eration Official Proves Case ‘. Framed. A vicesprésident of the Massachu- setts state federation of labor, John Van Vaerenwyck, himself interview- ed one of the supposed eye-witnesses who was the chief reliance of the pro- secution, and obtained from her a confession that she had lied when she testified at the trial that she had seen Sacco at the murder scene, and that she had so testified falsely un- der pressure from the district attor- ney who had, like a coward and pol}- troon, threatenedto expose some fr- past. This compulsory perjury by blee*- mail is told of in the woman’s affi- davit obtained by Van” Vaerenwycx, and the head of the American Fed- eration of Labor not only knows that the case is a frame up, but knows also that if the workers organized in the A. F. of L. would demonstrate all over the country in a militant fashion, and prepare for a general strike if Sacco and Vanzetti are finally or- dered into the death chamber—the regular conduct of her life in years and restored to. their families. Empty Words—No Action. But in place of such effective ac- tivity, Green prefers to waste time and the lives of two men, presenting resolutions (and even these were pushed thru by Communist influence) to governors and presidents and soft pedalling down those “avenues which } appeal to him” and other fakers. In- stead of militant action, Green offers the Aollowing fine words: “The American Federation of La- bor has given its assistance to the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, and as directed by the last annual eGo vention of the American Federa- tion of, Labor I submitted to the presi- dent m the United States and to the governor of Massachusetts the resolu- tion, number 42, of the El Paso con- vention of the A. F. of L., together with the action of the convention thereon, and bespoke their earnest consideration. “Our Own Way” To Do Nothing. “Whatever the officers of the A. F. of L. may be able to do further in this matter you can rest assured will be done, but we must work in our own way and thru the avenues which appeal to us as being the most ef- fective way to secure the results de. pena tie gre ststitetetttott By ALEX REID. (Secy. Progressive Miners’ Committee.) the country, and another increase May of last year in fatal accidents is | recorded in the latest government re ports. One hundred and eighty-one miners gave up their lives to the italist system for the month of M: Approximately 2,000 miners are “fied yearly in the mining industry, ae | various causes, and most of those com panies. It is a well known fact that 75 eel cent of the mine accidents are a direst. tect the lives of the miners, profits. Profits first is their motto and the miners’ safety is a minor and sec ondary consideration. Death Consuming “Surplus.” resented in the appalling slaughter of coal dig bor mi men. f/ ~ figures can prepresent the awful a he we aa result of negligence of the coal com- | panies, or rather the refusal of the ~ coal barons to make any effort to pro- ie it means a slight reduction in their — yi The slaughter of the coal miners ; goes on unabated in the coal mines “7 a Ye causes are preventable by the expen- F q diture of a few dollars by the —a the mingrs, as a surplus amount of S: ers are today glutting the la- — ket to the extent of 200,000 | ning acted in the same manner. agreement” as a “great achievement” two victims would soon be released | sired.” aad This fact has called forth congratu- and how it was going to stabilize the | 8!0@m of the union at present. Or- _ sapering of the widows se8 St lations from the cloak operators and mining industry. ganization work among the: young & result of the someents, Se finishers. It has also called forth congratulations from all honest work- ers from the other trades. And the progressive membership of Local 35 has issued a special leaflet congratu- lating their brothers which reads as follows: Brother Pressers of Local 35. “Courageously have our members acted at the last section meeting. The crown of the czar Breslau is in dan- ger. Mr. Breslau, feeling the anger of protest of our members, who de- manded his resignation, yelled that he is ready to resign. | “We challenge him. Let him fall a general niembership meeting for that purpose. We have no more pa- tience with the gangsterism in our local which is a shame upon us. AS fall plaintively upon the still night rs x 1. WwW. WwW. The death rat h was von | 08 the job and forced the bosses toy Policy which the officials pursued. | izing and allegation in | air. Suddenly the guitar will strike} 415 sor million tone of coal produced, “Brothers, we want to have @ union) »o.tnone their contemplated 10. per | SO we are now confronted with the | the eff by J.°F. Anderson peahit - or . ee for the members, and not for this e overfed gangsters who attack our sis- ters: -and. brothers on the. picket line. berg, Breslau & Co. is approving the recommendation of the governors and bankers’ commission, which reduces to nothing all our justified demands. “Without our khowledge these po- grom leaders have delivered our fate WORKERS FIGHT OVER WAGE CUT Eclipse May Leave Boss in the Dark | By MURPHY (Worker ri bidcen ato da A , PITTSBURGH Pa.—The victory wor ih by the workers in the Eclipse Plant of the United Laundry company: [§ aiding the propaganda for orgahiva- tion of shop committees. Three weeks ago these workers pulled off a strilte cent reduction in wages for a capite. of weeks. During thie period the bogs. used this bunk. Enough delunded workers fell for it to make possible for the boss to organize a spy system. After this had been accomplished he :was. ready for battle. On June 22nd the boss hired a few Progressives Were Right The progressive miners at that time critized the agreement and pointed out the effects of same, but the pros- perous conditions at that time suited these officials and drunk with power, | they were ‘successful in getting a re- solutions passed, that would expel every miner who attends meetings, j other than officially sanctioned. How- _.| ever the march of economic forces has proven that the progressives were correct, when they advocated a short- er working day. We can see that we are faced with one of the most serious crisis that has ever cohfronted the United Mine ‘Workers. Altho it is quite apparent that the present deplorable condi- tions, has been made possible by the question, how are we going to get out of it? + Oxjanioa! disposal to get the DAILY WORKER circulating amongst the miners, which } Will chase away the smoke screen 6f officialdom, from before the eyes of the miners and in giving all the ener- gy we possess to support the progres- boys and girls who do summer snap- shot finishing is beirg pushed during the busy season. ‘8. & 0.' BILL . On July 20.—Character- “ ian H. aabaaton, presi- son declared that Anderson would. be “dealt with” under the constitution. “It is against our policy and con- trary to the ¢onstitution to conduct an organization controversy in the MOBILE POLICE NAB 5 MEMBERS OF |, W. W. FOR ORGANIZING WORKERS NEW ORLEANS, July 20.— The activity of the marine transport section of the |. W. W. among the marine workers of the gulf coast has called forth the usual repres- sion. A raid on the Il. W. W. hall in Mobile netted the police five members of the organization, sever- al signs and a lot of books and liter- ature. The arrested unionists, so far as can be learned, are held merely for being members of the |FAKER FAGAN AND AGAINST MINERS Line Up with Bosses in THE FORT WITH Rank nial. File Stand Guard Day and Night » (By a Picket at Local 22.) NEW YORK CITY.—It is two a. m. The night watch is on duty. The strains of a guitar which some mem- ber has brought with her, rise and The Volga Boat Song, or the Interna. tional, Immediately will be heard a weary forms cease to relax and be- come rigid and alert, as the night watch goes on. And thus the night is spent—the long, weary hours of the night, interspersed with song, with stories and jokes, waiting and hoping LOCAL 22 HOLDS~ REBEL COURAGE up a popular tune like Dubinishka, mention is made of the 20,000 major and minor injuries occurring each vear in the industry and the attendant suffering arising therefrom. Take Your Choice, Coal Diggers! The miners meet death in many ways in the mines, such as falls from. roofs, and coal, from the rib sides, crushed by coal trips on the main haulage ways, suffocated and pois- oned by foul gases, electrocuted by imperfect insulation og. trolley wires and machines, blown to pieces by ex- plosions and burned by resulting fires. The following facts are taken from reports made by the various state mine inspectors to the U. S. bureau of commerce for the month af May, 1925: j s compared with 3.33 for May, 1924. ‘he increased fatality rate was due death rate for the month would have been 2.80 per million tons of coal mined. “Blood on the Coal.” ‘Rigi For bituminous mines alone the re- . 1 , ports showed 143 fatalities, including into the hands of our enemies. Now] hands and cut wages. Great pains | sive *miners program we will ulti- | Public press, said Mr. Johnston. “We Pennsy vania for the first faint streaks of dawn to} the two explosions mentioned. As the they desire that we should approve | were taken to place these new hands | mately destroy for all time the flesh | Shall not do’so. In the meantime, we , 4 come, when we will be relieved by | production of bituminous coal in May of their treachery. directly besides the most intelligent! pots where the vultures continually | shall have nothing to say beyond what By IRWIN | those who have spent the night at} was 35,474,000 tons, the fatality rate We must an-| Workers in an effort to check those: hover around. I have just said. Mr. Anderson will home, and are ready to take up the “Brother pressers: swer to this fake call of the pogrom leaders who have the audacity to speak in our name. No, a thousand times, no! We demand the resigna- tion of the Sigman, Feinberg, Breslau machine.: “A union for all of us, for the great membership, and not for the Fein- bergs who betray us. The pogrom leaders of the International and ‘the joint board have put.to shame our who were feared the most. ' Even tho the bosses have their spies on the job the militant elements of the shop are determined to, start a shop committee. There are someé among them that are manifesting their willingness to sacrifice in order to get their shop committee on foot. They have already begun a series of discussions of the proper form of or- ganization. Soon actual work will he American Cadet in Mexico Unpopular WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20.— The American vice consul at Aguas- callentes, Mexico, Harold G. Brether- ton, has been shot, it is claimed at the state department here. The American government has demanded an inves- tigation. The assailant is unknown. The consul was not seriously hurt. be dealt with under the constitution.” Other officials of the organization here follow the lead of President Johnston an refused to comment up- on the circular. All, however, appear- ed to be angry over its issuance. No one was wiling to say what action would be taken against Anderson, but it was strongly intimated . that he would be severely disciplined. (Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa.—For more than two months miners at Cuddy, Pa. at the National Mine No. 2 have been employed fixing the shafts for $4.00 a day despite the fact that the miners The president of the Local at this mine, Walcott, who is. also a district organizer knew what the scale called scale calls for $6.60 for outside labor: | watch in the early hours of the morn- ing and stand guard all through the long, long day. The Spirit of a Rebel. Relieved—to go home and rest? No, to get out on the picket line to march back and forth the inter- minable day, trying to convince hun- gry and needy workers, that they must not scab on their fellow workmen. For was 4.03, as compared with 2.98 for May, 1924, and 3.20 for the month of May during the tem years 1915-1924. For anthracite mines alone the death rate from accidents in May was 4.67 per million tons, based on a produc- tion of 8,134,000 tons, as compared with a death rate of 4.78 for May last year and a ten-year average rate of 5.55. Records compiled by the bureau for for but made no attempt to have con-| weeks now, with untiring effort, with |the first fi th f 1925 sh started which in time will develop in- " a iti bh d , ve months o show sduka Getertel oraxatenton of the ne a een ee oe Getting Over His Scare’. ago sieuientatin erdie: trades have eax FOIRIS ok (Ue uel tue tna cloak and dressmakers. In my next article I will deal with “ ‘Resign!’ must be our answer. “They have robbed and betrayed us enough. “None of us should answer this fake call for referendum. “Let us all be united in the shops. “Unity, unity, with all our strength. We must seek to eliminate these po- grom leaders with their strong-arm work. > “We must make a decent living in our trade, won thru struggle of our members. “To the struggle, against the gang of Breslau & Co. Group of Progressive Pressers.” In addition, a group of Progressive Cutters in Local 10, of the L L. G. W. have issued a circular calling on the membership of much the same nature as the Pressers of Local 35, gang at the head of Local 10, which the Progressive declare “uses thon- pay gangsters to beat and cripple the girls of Local 22, on the picket, ways ‘and methods these unorganized workers are using to reach their ob- ject despite the dangers of the spy system. danger, and says that the lefts are scabs, etc. “We do not desire to discuss Com- munism with Feinberg. That would be like discussing mysticism with a peasant. “But let Feinberg attempt to dis- prove the following fact: “At the time of the cloakmaker’s general strike in 1916, Feinberg. work- ed for the Royal Coat Co. on 25th street. The company manufactured cloaks and raincoats, and at that time employed a great number of workers. “When the strike of the cloak- makers was called, this firm had re- ceived a great order for long coats of a enhecked goods. But the boss of the firm was afraid to be ‘caught’. Perhaps the committees of the union would come and stop the work. “Then Feinberg advised the boss bo © DWAIN “—eseem « — « tee “ pie, iz* -. A couple of weeks ago one progres- sive miner was laid off when put to work at this shaft because he refused to work below the scale and stated that working for the price offered by the operators would be equal to scab- bing on the union. He was off for about a week when the company was compelled to take him back for re- gular wages. He received no compen- sation for the time he was off and when returning the pit boss told him “that ought to be a good lesson for you.” The National Coal company owns four mines located closely together National No, 1, 2, 3 and 4. On April lst the locals for the first three men- tioned mines which are completely under the thumb of District President Fagan, celebrated the establishmeni of the eight hour day jointly with the corporation. Superintendents and pi bosses were on the committee wit. Walcott, the lieutenant of Pat Fagan. District officers spoke at this celebra- lion threatening to expell all of the left wingers from the union before a women in the needle trades have car- ried on the struggle. What are we fighting for? Simply to maintain the rank and file control of our locals, for which we have fought so bitterly for many years past, to keep at bay the Fein- bergs, the Sigmans and the Persteins, who have sought to throttle us and deprive us of power, ever since we have become victorious in the strug- gle against class collaboration and corrupt officialdom, which dominates the joint board of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers. Fellow workers, if you b@lieve in rank and file control of industry; if you are progréssive working men and | tactics of the machine in power, if you have but an ounce of revolution- ary fighting blood in your veins, we appeal to you! Help us in our strug- gle. We are sacrificing our time and our money and our energy: our days’ wages, and our nights’ sleep; we are giving all that it is humanly possible dents at the mines. The total produc- tion of coal during the period was 234,978,000 tons, making the fatality rate 3.96 per million tons. For the corresponding months last year the rate was 4.82. The five-month rate ‘or bituminous mines alone was 3.59 in 1925 and 4.73 in 1924, while for anthracite mines alone it was 5.90. as compared with 5.29 in 1924 Produc- tion records show an output of 37,259,- 000 tons of anthracite and 197,719,000 tons of bituminous coal during the first five months of the present year. Major Disasters. Six major disasters with a total loss of 154 lives occurred during the first five months & the present year, as working women, opposed to the dirty | (compared with five disasters and a ‘loss of 384 lives for the correspond- ing months of 1924. A “major’ dis- aster is defined as an accident causing five or more deaths. The fatality rate per million tons based exclusiveely on major disasters was 0.66 for the. Bot } peinly te ean explosion at Sanford, — “Ted | “’Do not participate in their fake) all possible means of propaganda to To get out of this deplorable con- : y-Treasurer E C. | seed > aay joining in with zest] ¥ ©, on May 27, in which 53 lives — a ... referendum. At first they excluded] get the workers to break ranks ay ditions we must organize our progres- Davisoa! aide, ino HIS CREW F CHT oi : : were lost, and to an explosion at Pi- ad " the brave leaders of thé three power-| telling them how they could easily | sive committees. We must energeti-| ircular to the membership of the or- en the song will die down. Tired per, Ala., on May 31, which killed six oy ful locals, and now the same. Fein-| avert the cut. Some of them fell fér| Cally give all the resources ‘at our gatisation. Both Johneton and Davi- faces will again become strained; |men. Without these two disasters the A months of January to May, 1925, and es 1.59 for the same period last year. An examination of the causes of ac There is no need to worry about ‘S , the loss of human labor power, asrefe ~~ \ Al) ry [Ga The circular asserts that the In- month was over. ternational joint board do not repre- sent the union and have sold the workers out to the banker controlled ‘governor's commission. ‘“Dubinsky’s gangsters help the gang of the joint board,” the progressives state. “You must help your brothers and sisters of the three great Locals—Sigman, Perlstein and Feinberg must resign!” In the Jewish Daily Freiheit, a lead-= ing article is given exposing Fein- berg as a scab in the strike of 1914. cidents that have occurred thus far in 1925 shows a substantial reduction in the death rate per million tons caused by explosions of gas or coal dust, a slight increase in haulage accidents, and no. material change for accidents due to explosives, electricity and falls of roof and coal. Nationalization With Workere’ ' Control. Added to this already keen suffer- ing, is the present attempt all over J AUR that in view of the fact that ,it was permitted to work on raincoats and other waterproof; garments, the boss should stamp his checked goods on the left side with the stamp’ ‘‘crave- nette,” and if committees of the union will come, to say that this is water- proof garments and it will be ‘kosher.’ “The firm accepted Feinberg’s ad- vice and for quite a few weeks they were busy at cloaks at a time when the cloakmakers were on strike, at for us to give to win this fight. We need your help—moral and fin- ancial support—-to win. Will you stand aside, or will you rise to the occasion and make the sacrifice? Our Fight is Your Fight. Remember, our fight is your fight, for, once the corrupt officialdom of our union succeeds in ousting the ex- ecutive board eiected by the rank and file simply because they act contrary _* =. The miners from National No. 4 be- longing to Local 280 at New Eagle, Pa., refused to participate in any such celebration jointly with the bos- ses. This local was formerly also un- der the control of the district officials but at their last election the militants took complete leadership electing the left wing slate into office and while miners of the other locals in return for the hobnobbing of their officers with the coal ry —S Lae — >>> > > > WAST : — ~ ~ —_— j i ; WAS NNSA SSS - - ; operators are “enjoy- | ‘0 the machine, this tactic will spread America to cut th t ’ starve ; a time when fifty thousand families ing” 4yj “a a . ini J x ee i . It says: cassie Gio bitted dkrmaaian’ mar bas ing the peteiione of working below ee all wen eet in the United | tion wages, reduce their working con- ° __Feinberg’s Scabbing in 1916. 1 oe wakidan eondieinel. oe wr ished scale the members of oe radical, no progressive 1m | ditions, and déstroy their union. th ane a or a eens he gomn grail “We abe prepated.to eatéblish @ebe 260 with its lett wing administration | any union will be immune from per| ‘There is only one remedy for this e joint boar a er: = secution and expulsion, We must pull together in this fight. Our victory is your victory; and Iike- wise our defeat will be your defeat. are maintaining full union conditions. facts with witnesses who at that . time worked with Feinberg. “Was Feinberg’s igs in favor of the national Ladies’ Garment Workers, and at présent one of the chiefs lead. ing the pogrom against the cloak and dressmakers, says tha situation, and that is the nationaliga- tion of the coal mines with workers’ ~ control to the end that the industry | will be run for thé benefit of the AMSTERDAM: “ I wonder if there's a Bolshevik under the bed?” Getting a DAILY WORKER AMSTERDAM:.“I-wonder if there's a Bolshevik under the bed?” ‘sub or two will make a better o =} save from i the British “ eu U nity.” ; ng ere be your watchwor4, On Pesereare with safety aud service the . wt eel! ! Tw eS = *y oe nion . . (Communis st of Th ~ Me tev ctory, ellow workers (frst consideration % | oe | } . ) * % ; | i a - - oe soe 3 Se
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A BOOTIE AL NORE 0 OE A Lore ae me 28 last, received many letters j: Seamen's strike of 1921. | The Daily Worker Publishing Co. has just secured = on : Y s Defense oie Finds Many Friends he PSaternational Labor Defense, the : non-partisan workers’ defense or- mization founded in Chicago on Mir, Russian daily, 30 Union Square, season. prisoners in all parts of the - country. These letters disclose a mber of workers being persecuted for their labor activities that before had not been generally known. Among them are four members of the Sea- Ave. men’s Union who have been in pris- New York. on at Thomaston, Maine, since the 1. Pienic—The Coney Island, where all ed by all sport lovers. Date: Sunday, July 26, from 10 a.m until midnight. Place: Danceland Garden, =. Other letters tell of workers being framed up. One prisoner for instance, who is at McNeil’s Island, Wash., writes that copper plates were plant- ‘ed in his room and that in conse- ge he is now serving a long term for counterfeiting, all because of his! working class activity. Reports similar to this have come m state and federal prisoners in California, Minnesota, Iowa and Kan- sas. International Labor Defense is Investigating all,such cases to ascer- tain their true nature. A complete list of all class-war prisoners is be- ing compiled by the organization. 3. Its national committee recently de- cided to taise a fund to send at least $5.00 every month to all working class prisoners confined for their ac- will find a resting place. derful Russian string gota nigga 2. Bathing—The famous Was ton baths occupying an scien have been secured. Ocean bathing, steam rooms and an athletic field. nis, handball, sports. led by the famous tivity or their Opinions. the garden, where prizes will be awarded to the most beautiful McCormick Tired of Work. bathers. 4. Afternoon Classic Program— MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 20.—Fow- ler McCormick, son of Harold McCor- mick of the International Harvester company, who gained much publicity | twelve numbers. by masquerading as a real worker | sic will play intermittently. (for a few weeks) has quit his job in 5. Fletcher Rivers the company’s Milwaukee plant. “Pompadur” Review, Miss He will now go to Africa on an ex-/| Standist director and pianist. pedition to recuperate from the ter-|} b) The Spanish Review, sectette. rible ordeal of working eight hours a c) The Russian Symphony orche- stra. day. Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER. | RUSSIAN COMMUNIST DAILY GIVES “KNOCKOUT” FESTIVAL AT CONEY NEW YORK, July 20.—The Novy is arranging a “Knock-out,” a festival at Coney Island which will be the greatest and liveliest affair of the Its main features will be remember- Surf fiear 2ist street, Coney Island, best garden in Novy Mir guests with their friends jin groups Regular dinners will be served there at re duced prices by the Russian Village restaurant, under the tunes of a won- swimming saudi’ Calisthenic exercises. Swimming in- structions without extra. charge, ten-} basketball and other. Contest of Bathing jeckal ae A parade on boardwalk (special per- mission of police procured) will be Broadway star, Miss Fawn Gray. All will march to | CHINA FREEDOM Russian Village string orchestra un- der direction of Mr. Shtempel, gradu- ate of Moscow conservatory of music; Two bands of mu- Cast — The Lorna Miss Lena Jeffcatt, soprano; Miss Grace Constance, piano solo; Mr. A, ee | MY FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA : LEON ‘. ST titi from the publishers the complete stock of this new edition of the thrilling story of escape from Siberian exile written by one of the most brilliant writers in the revolutionary movement. The edition includes an introduction of the histor- ical days of the Russian Revolution of 1905 and the events leading to the imprisonment of Leon Trotzky and others. A map of journéy made, an autographed photo of the author and the binding of board covers in two colors make this book a worth-whlie addition to your library. PRICE $1.00 The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. Washington Blvd. Chicago, III. = THE... RAILROADERS NEXT a lA ey f WT ma f D> | N ATI — : A Wim ZF ae - A study of an important problem in one sec- tion of the American Labor movement. Also a study for the interest of every worker to understand the new forces rising within it. Written by an outstanding figure in the ranks of American Labor. 25 cents The Daily Worker Publishing Co. 1113 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. CHICAGO, ILL. eee ee ee ~~“ = — ~ Cesin, violin solo; Harry Greenburg, violin solo. Willie Baker, pexecutive acrobatic dancer. The Menplig brothers, Buch and Winigond, soft shoe dancers. Miss Peggy Spielman, oriental danc- er; Miss Nita Karmen, toe dancer; Jenny Solan, toe dancer; Theodore Snook, nature and classic dances; Hilda Green, songs and dances. 6. Concert Program. 1. Quartet from opera “Czarskaya Nevesta,” music Ruminsky-Korsakoff. Cast, Mashir, Dmitrieva, popes ie and Tulchinov. 2. Trio “Nochevala Tuchka Zolo- taya’’ music by Dargomishsky. Cast: Mashir, Basmanoff, Tulchinov. 3. Duet fro “Pickovaya Dama” music by Chaikoysky. Cast: Mashir and Dmitrieva. 4. Duet, “Vanke-Tanka,” | Dorgomishky. Cask: 4 Tulchinov. ’* 7. Dances—and d | right into Monday. ‘TMeet and eat and ‘and play games and music by Basmanoff and ces and dances ere we will all rink and bath merry. SEATTLE TURNS “OUT TO DEMAND Tsang Cio | Now o Is ‘China for Workers” (Special to The Daily Worker) SEATTLE, Wash. July 20— Cheer for Soviet Russia, for the mass ve- ment of China, the Kuomintang and the Communist movement, more than fifteen hundred workers assembled last night at Washington and Occi- dental Avenues at an open air protest meeting and demonstration against war with Soviet Russia and against imperialist war on Canina. The meeting was held under the auspices of Seattle City central com- mittee of the Workers Party. The speakers were Paul K. Mohr, secret- ary Bakers’ Local Union, Jean Stovel, a well known woman in the local la- bor movement, Y. Y. Tsang, presi- dent of Chinese student club and Nor- man H. Tallentire, district organizer of the Workers Party. ry The Kuomintang participated by a special delegation and gave its endor- sement of the meeting and its aims. Morris Hansen of -rainters’ Local Union, and well known trade unionist in the lecal labor movement, presided and opened the meeting by telling of its aims and purpose. Unionist Speaks for Labor Paul K. Mohr, veteran in the local labor movement, approving of. the aims of the meeting, spoke at length on the situation and events now taking place said that labor is determinedly against imperialism and capitalist war and aggression on China and Soyiet |} Russia, and expressed the sympathies of labor with Chinese strike and the workers Soviet Republic. Jean Stovel spoke against imperial- ism and invasion of China and against capitalist war on Soviet Russia. Y. Y. Tsang gave an elaborate ad- dress on the Chinese situation, stating that the movement in China was not a movement against other nations but a struggle for independence and self determination of the Chinese people. “China for the Workers” Say Tsang He said that the slogan China for Chinese, employed for about thirty years, is now being substituted by the slogan of “China for the workers.” He said that the capitalists and im- perialists of the world call Bolshevism bad because Bolshevism stands and figths for humanity. Tallentire Speaks Norman Tallentire gave an eloquent speech on the situation in China, the aggression and preparation of capital- and provocation of Soviet Russia to war, ending by urging the audience to rally to the standard of Communism by joining the Workers Party and to be prepared to resist capitalism. A collection of $27.50 was taken up. Resolutions setting forth the continu- ous crossing of Soviet Russia borders by bandit bands and gangs of murder- ers from Poland and other neighbor- ing capitalist nations with intent to provoke Soviet Russia to war and pledging support to the Workers So- viet republic were adopted by unani- mous raising of hands. Resolutions expressing sympathy with the strike in China, and pledging support were also adopted unanimous- iy, the meeting adjourned with three rousing cheers for Soviet Russia, three rousing cheers for the Chinese mass | movement, the Kuomintang and three |} more cheers for the Communist move- | ment. | Workers Defense Expensive. More than $6,500.00 was paid out during the months of June and July by the International Labor Defense to defray legal expenses in ten cases of working class persecutions. Most of these were deportation cases against foreign born radical workers but the biggest item is the Pittsburgh trial of Fred Herrick and nine other Communists for which $4,000.00 has | been advanced ism for another war and its desire [| va AS cheatin span Me ‘> E ss a aS WE SEE (Continued from page i) American worker its danger of a new war and the atbatde exploitation of the American workers. Police interferes. Manley was speaking'for not more than 10 minutes when the police info sergeant Krumbein, that speaker would isthe chairman, plemguage of the S, ta; be modified “because he was ng against the constitution.” M -eoncluded his speech pointing out.jthe friendly rela- tions of Soviet Russia to China in contrast to the ‘lalists and told of the renunciation — re ussia of any territory robbed fro li ina by a old czaristic regime sa Because of this, _ 4 Bi sites) were opposed to issia. as the leader against the op of the sub- jected nations The . of “Stand by Soviet Russia” roundly ap- plauded by the worke rs. Maniey’s 4e- mand of “Hands China” was enthusisetically. _ applatided by the audience. Throws Speaker off Platform. William Weinstone was the second speaker. He told of the killing oi more than 70 workers, and the wound- ing of 300 in Shanghai, of the bitte: exploitation of the Chinese workers who were sweated more than 12 hours a day. He also pointed out the long oppression of China by the Great powers, the policing by foreign troops, the limitation of .customs duty, the draining of the treasuryand continual fomenting of -civil war 0 a pretext for interference. Weinstone had A! iy a 15 minutes, when again ysthe police sergeant informed the chairman that the meeting could not go on as the speaker was “talking against the U. 5.” Krumbein advised the. sergeant that the police had been informed of the meeting by letter telephone and he had received the. usual “alright” 'from the police captain, to hold the meeting. The then threaten- ed that Weinstone ™ have to be the last speaker. 0 otherwise he would arrest the ch 1 and break When he received assurance from Krumbein that..?nis” ould be done, he proceeded, ?to the land ordered | yto stop speak- ing. Weinstone asked the _ police sergeant upon what authority. Where- upon the sergeant ' brandishing his club and followed by,his policemen, exercised his “authority”, of force and violently pushed the . platform over, throwing off the speaker, The audience which’ had grown larger and larger during the meeting and which numbered, several thou- sand, indicated their ‘protest against this. arbitrary conduct, ot the police by loudly booing the. sergeant and closed in about the platform in pro- tection of the speaker. The police re- serves then followed and dispersed the audience with their. -elubs, arrest- ing two comrades whoerdid not instant- ly comply with the orders to move on. Workers (Communist) Party De- nounces Police Action. In a written statement issued to- night, the district office of the Work- ers (Communist) Party denounced the arbitrary and high handed action of ithe police in breaking up the meeting. “The Workers Party,” the statement declares, speech granted by the constitution in nolding this meeting against the viol- ence. in. China and the campaign against Soviet Russia. It is quite fit- ting and glaringly shows up the real significance of events in the Orient, that a meeting ag t the shooting down of workers, ina?hina should be forcefully broken. up by police action in the United States , “The ‘American imperialists are be- hind the plunder and suppression of the Chinese people 4nd they are in- terested in having the action go un- noticed. The WorkergeParty will con- tinue fighting the. (Gaperiaiiam in China and elsewher hich is leading the world to a new war and will go on speaking on the streets of New York laudly demanding freedom of China from the perialist yoke. despite the cossack action and violence of the New York police.” Picnic July 26 at Verona, Pa. VERONA, Pa., Softfh Slavic branch of Verona, Pa., and Russian of Pitts- burgh, Pa., will arrange picnic toge- ther on Sunday July 26, on F. Gajda Farm in Cheswick, Pa. We invite Workers from Western Pennsylvania to attend this picnic which is made for benefit to the Radnik and Novy Mir. We will have speakers in Rus- sian and South Slavic language. oor roe or rr rrr rrr ror ore ‘ é VOLUNTEER HELP WANTED | E ) Volunteer help wanted {afternoon and evening of this week at the International Labor | Defense office, at 23 So.» Lincoln Ave. Come and give as much time as you can spare. Very important. every “exercised the right of free. ee — be ed ry - a tintin (Continued ty Page 1) trail of the night shift prowlers. One is from Mf. Pleasant, N. J.; the other from Middletown, Ohio. One carries the caption: “Pastor Faces Charge.” The other reads: “Girl sues man. for attentions shown her.” The pastor who faces the charge, is a Presbyter- ian minister, and he is accused of paying suspicious attentions to a woman not his wife, th the use of profanity and activities in the ku klux klan.” . *. . * ~~ E second culprit is hot a minister, strange to say, but he is a member of the ku klux klan. His offense .is forcing his attentions on a young girl in a way “not becoming a married, man who is the father of seven chil- dren.” It goes without saying that neither of those two kluxers believes that man ascended from a monkey or even from a gorilla. It is more likely that they accept the bible, hook, line and sinker as the divinely inspired word of god. It is more than likely that they are champions of William Jennings Bryan and foes of science. But they don’t seem to be able to keep out of ner: s way, despite their piety. . od o ‘HE Metropolitan Insurance Com- pany has printed a neat little folder | to be sent to each of its 22,000,000 pol-‘ icyholders, containing an attack on the movement for the pubtic owner- ship of private utilities. This ques- tion hag nothing to do with life insur- ance, but it has a good deal ot do with the business of the officials and stock- hoiders of the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance Company. That company has grown immensely wealthy in the pur- suit of one of the easiest “grafts” in the United States. * *¢ ee 7 insurance companies are among the biggest holders of bonds in privately owned public utilities, such as railway, gas and electric compan- ies. Together with the banks, the in- surance companies dominate the transportation industry. How do they get the money to do this? By the most contemptible form of panhand- ling. The insurance companies par- ticularly those that write industrial, or weekly payment policie the principal ‘field of the Metropolli- tan, get millions every y from poor people, u.to are compelled to let their policies lapse because they can- not keep up payments. . . eS % yu insurance agent who induces a}. worker to take out a policy, on which he pays a premium of, let us say, twenty-five cents a week, receives as a commission for writin icy, fifteen times the weekly premium. In order to insure that the company does not pay this commission out of its existing funds, the agent’s com, mission is spread out over a thirteen week period. Should the policy holder drop the policy for any reason, the agent loses his commission, even tho the policy is in force’ for ten years, and some other agent, than the one who wrote it, is carrying the busi- agent is charged with that $3.75 that his predecessor drew ten years prev- iously. . * « Se Ba this time the policy holder pays. in about $130. But after pay- ing in all. that money, there is no re- turn unless the policy holder is wise enuf to take advantage of the paid-up feature of the policy which the com- panies were forced to adopt after a long fight. The insurance companies cannot lose. Their rates are so “loaded” that only epidemics like the influenza plague of a few years ago, cause them any loss. They use their poorly paid agents as propagandists of prosperity bunk and hocus pocus pa- triotism. « ~ * ~~ device of the Metropoli- tan to fleece their agents out is to refuse payment of commissions on policies written on colored people, on a weekly payment basis. The excuse is given they don’t want colored busi- ness, but can’t very well reject it. However in order to discourage the agents from writing it, they penalize them by refusing to pay the usual commissions. They claim their re- fusal to accept colored business is due to the alleged high mortality rate among negroes. Insurance agents who have spent many years working in colored districts say that this a lame excuse. The grafting Metropolitan sees a chance to get the money of the Negroes without any cost except the small fee the doctor recei eives for mak- ing the physical examination. a . 7. * i ey insurance agents in several cit- ies made several \>fforts to organize a few years ago. In Boston, the agents in the biggest offices were ready and held meetings at which of- ficials of the company were hooted out of the halls. The American Federa- tion of Labor, however, refused to grant them a charter on the ground that they were not workers or produc- ers hey were let down just as the Boston policemen were let down by Gompers and company. There are more than fifty thousand insurance agents working for the so-called in- dustrial or weekly payment compan- ies. They visit the homes of the working class. If they were members of the trade union movement, they would. make splendid propagandists for the organization of the workers into unions. If for no other reason efforts should be made to. get them a ht. inside the ranks of organized labor, ~ + \ ‘a pa," Paerrr’S } ! which is |.$: ‘the pol-|. ness on his books, that unfortunate /\{°« ' -———* _ A “ he ™ ne Teen ees ” OG Neg ape? 24 1a for the WORT, he we aie ak + a a Nn J Seige NEAR CLE OLNVaE:AND. Ohio, July 20.—The # to take place at Willough Beach Park on Sunday, July 26th. It is to be a i t ofthe party Ia northera Objo will cooperate to make It red mile stone in the progress of the party in District 6 The prize athletic events will be ‘under the Wiisetion of the Young Workers League. type gc other all who want to spend a rest and fun upon the shore of Erie. Mass Meeting in P. M. afternoon mass - meeting. per veers LSEE PRL 4A are i — ued € 4 age ‘ i & t ‘ NTI-I] » > », Meat ™M = beraer: ALIS DOP ae Apt ee tee ds 1c an o nay Pp eat ae | SF oa ¢ 4 r N “J ON SUN. JULY 2 of nd, near Willoughby) ; Ean all locals and branches oe 7 amusements will be provided No comrade and worker in northern Ohio will want to miss hearing Wm. F. ae and Ella Reeve Bloor speak pon Chinese-Soviet Russia incidents, pa of which ‘has recently filled the capitalist papers of the entire world. The threat of war against Soviet Rus- sia because of her growing power among “the revolutionary nationalis of the Far Bast, and the meaning of events it China, which will be the sub- ject of all speeches,—will, it is wee nationalists —_— ae The major event of the day will be — ‘bring more comrades into active party work. There will be many other speakers, for a most complete discus- sion has arranged for. " How to Get There. -Willough Beach Park is reached m4 interurban electric cars | Cleveland Public Square at the poet office. Cars leave every hour at ten minutes to the hour, and can be boarded at any car stop going east on St. Clair Ave. Admission at the ‘park will be 25 cents. A_ special round trip and admission ticket can be secured for 75 cents at the district Cleveland. and local office, 5927 Euclid Aveé., { _— w } 5 The Official Report of the . | British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia THE DELEGATION . INTRODUCTION) was cmoposed of me whose political tradition tended to make them critical of the Communist philosophy and policy, and who’ t.:*had each an expert knowledge of, at least, one of the branches 1. Further, the advisory Delegates ‘Were men who had long official training in inquiring into and “ ‘peporting foreign countries, and who had a thorough knowledge : of the language and of Russia under previous conditions. of industry under inspection. — , . - : i ital ate Lae iste . (FROM THE } . HOW THE DELEGATION WORKED shade. (FROM THE INTRODUCTION) ‘ ‘ ‘ There was no difficulty in getting contact with opinion of every ) Each member of hte Delegation had an authorization |. ‘ which enabled him to enter into any Government building, fac- ) tory, club, hospital, police court, prison, or private -house with- out any guide and without any previous notice. _. izations were made full use of by those members who spoke the ! |. language and knew the country. The Delegation came well provided with means of getting in touch with opposition opinion | ? | and ‘was kept continuously in contact with it. = - =. —- ~~ These author- | niall —_ o—!£ ~~ &— -—_ - — — — — 5 4 ‘ : ; s * . y . ; | i ae WHY THE DELEGATION REPORTED (FROM THE givilization and another. —— BOOP OL + -—_- - —-—- - —- = soo orwT vw OO LLL BPD LBD BOD LDP PPE ES —_ -_ ---- —_ - _ INTRODUCTION) . «. We have placed on record the results of our 4abors in the hope that what we have to say will be of interest and use to those “- who desire to understand Russia and who are prepared without bias to examine the consequences which arise from the control of this great country by the workers who reside in it and who have secured this control by facing indéscribable dangers and going thru suffering unparalleled in the history of world con- flicts between race and race, class and class; and one form of } Ss EE OOOO BODIED IDS os . 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NEW YORK CITY, July 20—The | quick deportation of Tony union miner of Italian birth who was taken from Moundville prison, fore- stalled efforts made by International} Labor Defense in New York to stay the government’s action. Stafford had served five years in Moundsville on charges, growing out of a frameé-up during a coal strike in West. Virginia. He. was an official of the United ‘Mine Workers’ Union. He was taken ” | + r & i| y from prison’ by government agents, | lodged in Pittsburgh County jail until last Monday from where a 2 Bick rushed to Bilis Is |. and aboard the “Guiseppe so ch sailed on Wednesday for Seated,” He leaves a wifé in West Virginia and four children who had not seen stopped. ea . _ TELL *FRIENDS" FROM ENEMIES Minnesota Federation Bemoans Indor sements ST. PAUL, July 19.—(FP)—"“Legis- lators elected with the indorsement and active support of the organized labor movement should at least co- operate in the efforts to secure labor legislation and to prevent adverse le- gislation being enacted,” complains the legislative committee, Minnesota State Federation of Labor, in report- ing on the 1925 session. “Unfortunately this has not uni- formly been the case. In some in- stances even members from strong labor districts not only failed to co- operate but openly opposed and critic- ized the action of labor’s committee in carrying out the instructions of con- ventions. “Frankly speaking we cannot say that labor received much in the way of legislation from this session. The program of legislation | which we were instructed to prepare anf present, ds well as those bills which We were instructed to enacted into law met with very little response.” 4 iy The 1925 Minnesota legislature was predominantly farmer-labor minority. Asks Council for Bus Franchise. Guy a Richardson, vice-president of | the Chicago Surface Lines is endeav- oring to induce the city council to permit the exetnsion of tracks and the installation of motor bus ‘Mnes. cooperate in- having; republican with a 2. Fiery Ae ers S. ay Ca neal ICA TO D BUY E-WAR CAPACITY IS DOUBLED ew ** OO PR ee 6 oo ~— 1 EXPERTS NOW EQUIPMENT; ,| own electrification cal NEW YORK, July. 19An expenditure of 160 000,000 rubles or upward of | $80,000,000 for electfification purposes in the Soviet Union is to be provided ‘(for the federal Soviet’ budget for the fiscal year 1925-1926, according to a staternent made by the chairman of the Moscow Combination ot State Elec- | ‘trical Stations Kazimir P. Lovin who arrived here last week for the purpose {of studying the electric power plants and the electrical industry of the United States which the Soviet Union intends to take as a model in its Plans. Accompanying Lovin is the mana-| ger of the technical department of the ‘Moscow combination of state electric- al stations, known for short as. “MOGES,”. Boris A::Barsukeov. Dur- ing their stay in country .the re- Ppresentatives of the | industries will have their. headquart- ers in the offices of the Amtorg Trad- ing corporation, at. .165. Broadway, New York, which is handling. the bulk of the trade ‘between America.and the Soviet Union and thru, which, eventual orders for electrical equipment.which | may be placed in this oe ” be! effected. Electric Capacity Seuien In his statement Lovin pointed out that, while the elec industries in the Soviet Union still in their infancy, plans for él cation have been pushed ahead a rapid pace during recent years andthe capacity | of the electrical stations, though amounting in 1925 to only 512,000 kilowatt, was already double the pre- war capacity. The electrification plans now in execution provide for the construction of new electrical stations and the reequipment and en- largement of existing stations in 100 localities in the Soviet Union as a first step in the work of electrifying the country. Of these 30 stations with a total capacity of 1,750,000 kwt. are to be of the large regional type feeding elec- tricity over extensive areas. Two of these stations, those of Balakhna in the province of Nizhni Novgorod and Kizel in the Urals have already been completed. Nearing completion and partly in operation are the stations Volkhovstroy and Red October in) the province of Leningrad, Kashira and Shatura in the province of Mostow, and Shterovka in the Donetz Basin, The total capacity of these seven’ sta: tions is 194,000 kwt. - one Cost One Fourth of Pre-War Beside these stations which ate being constructed at the expense aud under the control of the centra} or- ganizations created by the Soviet g0v; ernment for the purpose of ele cation, local initiative is making ital manifest in many . districts e smaller electrical stations are built by the local communal aut ties or by stock comparites with) 1 participation of the local autho Owing to this extensive “dlectri Sonetractton’ it has already b mel possible to reduce the price sumers on an average about onp- fourth of the pre-war price. ” } Will Study American Plants In Moscow where the stations} afe } combined under the management the “MOGES” of which Lovin is ch an the capacity by the end of this — is to be brought up to 155, 0b0 kilowatt as against 78,000 kwt. in oe cember 1924. The earnings of “MOGES” in the fiscal year e September, 30, 1924, i. pea = = ~~ ing te OUR DAILY PATTERNS eo | A SIMPLE FROCK FOR A LITTLE MISS 5168. Chintz with binding in a plain colér is here shown. This is a good model. for rep, pohgee or linen. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. A 4 year size requires 1% yard of 36 inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. NOTICE TO PATTERN vee fee PK, anit d being sold thru the AILY ER pattern department me fur- nished by a New York firm of pattern manufacturers. Orders are forwarded by the DAILY WORKER every day as re- ceived, and they are mailed by the man- ufacturer direct to the customer. The DAILY W ER does not keep A stock of patterns on hand. Delivery - terns ordinarily will take at least 1 from the date of mailing the order. not become impatient if your pattern ~~ delayed Pattern mailed to any address «mn receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. 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. —_ — —« | | USEFUL APRON STYLE | Sez ie =a ° o ° 7 a eo ah sdb A { . t ia 5162. A seamless apron is here por- trayed. The model is easy to develop, easy to adjust and easy tec launder. As illustrated, percale was used for its development. One could have ging- ham or sateei. or rubberized cloth. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: Small, 34-26; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44: Extra Large, 46-48 inches bist meas- ure. A medium -size requires 3% yards of 36 inch material. Fattern mailed 19 any address on receipt of 12c in silver or. stamps. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12c in silver or stamps for our up-to-date Spring and Summer — 1925 Book of Fashions, showing color plates iid containing 500 designs of ladies’, nisses’, and children’s patterns, a con. ‘ise and comprehensive articie on dress. raking, also some points for the needle ‘lustrating 30 of the various simple ‘itches), all valuable hints to he horme = Panama. viet -electrical | atid : con: i 21,000,000 rubles, and the expenses, including amortization and the sum of 3,200,000 rubles set aside for re- equipment of the plants, amounted to 20,000,000 rubles. Lovin and Barsukov, who are both electrical engineers, expect to stay in this country about three months. They intend to vi_it the larger elec- trical plants and eléctrical construc- tion works in the United Statés. Your Union Meeting | Third Tuesday, July 21, 1926. Name of Local and Place No. of Meeting. 21 Bricklayers, 912 W. Mon St. 58 Carpenters, Diversey oad ‘Sheffield. 141 Carpenters, 1023 E. 75t 272 emerrears, Moose Hall, Chicago eights 1786 Carpenters, Bh gy and 26th. ‘oe nginee W. Washington St Firemen and Enginemen, jaisted St. 542 gas sie § Employes, Great Northern e ° Glove Workers’ Joint "5:30 1710 5 Hod Carriers, 2258. Sth St., Chi- cago Height ! 6 Hod Carriers, “414 W. Harrison oe Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 an Marine Fire and Oilers, 357 N. N. Clark ar . Painters, 20 W. Randoiph St. Paine rs, N. &. cor. Ca Aa and a n. Painters, 6414 S$. Halsted St. Paint ters, N. W. cor. State #hd me ty 220 W. Oak St. Painters, Trumbull and Ogden Ave. Plasterers, Monroe and Perio Sts. _ one Die Stampers, 19 W. Railway Carmen, 75th and Drexel Railway Clerks, 9 S$. Clinton St. Railway Clerks, 509 W. Washing- on Teamsters 159 N. State § 7 Walters, 234 W am fom st. fe gg Union, 80, W. Wash- Seebted ociothine lothing St. Workers, 162 Workers, (Note: Lepaseccntecy are at 8 p. m.) - « IMMIGRATION ACT SOMETHING LIKE _ TENNESSEE LAW tities Citizen Into} .. Alien and Vi Vice Versa WASHINGTON, D. D. C. July 20.—Mrs. + }PElizabeth Newns of Baltimore was : |Pdenied a passport by the state de- partment on the ground that she was a British subject, and she may not be able to return to her home and four children without experiencing the rigors of Ellis Island. Her husband, Leonard Newns was born in London, Eng., and married his wife in 1912 in Baltimore where she was born of American parents. He was not naturalized then but since has taken out his final papers and going abroad with his wife was furnished an American passport, But because he was not naturalized until 1923, one year after the passage of the Cabell act, the state depart- ment held that his wife was a Brit- ish subject, and therefore not entitled to a passport. She was given the necessary pa- pers by the British authorities, but the immigration authorities have in- formed her that she may have diffi- |culty in getting back into this coun- try unless the necessary documents are forwarded to her in time. All T. U. E. L. Groups Are Asked to Do By TOM FLEMING. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.—The T. U. on Saturday, July 11 at 225 Valencia St. Brother Dobkin earned quite a repu- tation as a play director with his pre- Sentation of a two act comedy entit- led “Suppressed Desires.” Brother Harris, who is one of the elected delegates from Painters’ Local 1158 to the Painters’ National Con- vention at Montreal, made the speech of the evening, in the course of his re- marks he outlined the history of the T. U. E. L. since its inception, and also emphasized the fact, that the league was growing in numbers and influence. The dance was well attended, and every one present had a ripping good time. Fifty per cent of the net pro- ceeds will go to the national office of the T. U. E. L. to help in organ- izational work. Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 350 N. FIFTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa. IT tD aw , Uniess ae stated, all | BE. L. held an entertainment and dance ‘get reports fro the Same As Frisco] Cieihlbiia ‘tron from: page 1) take up the entire ninth floor. When a visitor steps out of the elevator he is right in the midst of the B. A. F. There is.no ante-room. The federa- tion takes ng chances. * When the wewntry is to be turned over to thembéthe reds should know the address tapgo to. The office# dre used principally for work that Olight to be investigated. They are H®Adqdarters for spies and chronic exploiters of the working class. FrotftA®m runners go forth to all parta°@f Bos Angeles to receive reports from Wotels, apartment houses etc., etc. rae For some ths the runners have looked worried. Business has been bad and there 18 danger that they may lose their jobs. They are probably paid as ee ook $6 a day and that is big wages Tf of Cow-town ku kluxers. To hold the AM they race with each other. Tha its the bosses. The more each r er does the fewer will be required. Ba, the runners are just running the Ives out of jobs. The more scared get the faster they run and the faster they run the more } scared they get. California House Snakes. The runners deal principally with hotel clerks and apartment house landladies and manageresses. They these persons at reg- ular periods. . @ reports are on I. W. W.’s, Communists, socialists, etc. Hotel clerks, lardladies, etc., are paid $1 to $6 a month for watching, spying, snooping on the marked vic- tims: The clerks that serve are em- ployed at starvation wages by hotels and ate oftefM cocaine and morphine fiends, ready to do a great deal for a dollar. 6O9 30 Favorites of’ the runners (and of the B. A. ¥.) ate the “house snakes.” This name should be defined. * In Australia sh are made pets in homes. Théy are lazy, worthless rep- tiles that Awellings of human be- ings comfortable to lay around in. But they Bat poisonous and do no harm. different are California house snakes!” These are landladies, manageres “¢hambermaids, house- keepers, ete, They are poison. ous and do he harm’ ‘they can do. Reds. Wanted to \WatchsnSee. House | v/v oSnakes. 019 The B. ‘A..F? pays $1°to’$5 a month to the House for sfotting Reds. Rinners ‘call lipon*the snakes weekly for reports. “The ey'find that the snakes are never without Reds. If a Red moves away the house snake discov- ers anothe? ‘to ‘take his place. She needs the $1°f6 $5 per month. That helps the runners. It gives them work. Also; it helps the B. A. F. be- cause it enables it to show subscrib- ers a big list! of Reds who are being watched. That means money for the federation. Hence, the house snakes are the ‘taygtite spotters. nSlimy Work. Hotel clerks*sometimes have scru- ples, house snakes, never..The snakes receive mail for Reds, open it, take notes, reseal it. They are assured that the law cannot touch them. When there is an opportunity they purloin money, checks, etc., destined for the Reds. As they are patriots, larceny is a duty with them. All movements of the Reds are reported by them. a i - Workers Read “The Daly 1 Just a few of the many “newsies” who handied the DAILY WORKER at the Yankee Stadium Demonstration of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union recently in New York City. The more they report the better for them, Every Red is individually dealt with by the B. A. F. Agents of the feder- ation are experienced in driving the marked victims out of business or em ment. Help is given by officers a | the American Federation of Labor Ww necessary. There can be no question but that thousands of Reds have been crushed, driven to suicide, perjured to prison, hounded from city to city, etc., subjected to malpractice by physicians, dentists, etc., ete. Game is Played Out. But the devil’s game is up.,, Elec- tion of Coolidge ended it. The B, A. F. worked for Coolidge. The big ma- jority rolled up was a boomerang for the organization. Subscribers, beliey- ing it would be extravagant, to sup- port the B. A. F. in the face of the election returns, are keeping. their good money. . pe ae ein its Weekly News Letter: this week the federation plainly says that democracy is: a failure in this: coun- try. Next week it may recommend that steps be taken to establish a monarchy. All of which means that the order is on its deathbed. Reds can from now on with satisfac- tion observe the movements of: the most truculent and unscrupulous -en- emy they have in the United States. Convulsion after convulsion. will shake the dying wreaker of evil until it is as dead as other wretches of its kind. Another Grain Co. Fails. DULUTH, Minn., July 20.—The W. S. Moore Grain company of Duluth, New York and Chicago has failed. The company was forced to suspend business because of “shortage of money” it was announced. —— + Write the story about your shop —QOrder a bundle to distribute there. SUMMER > 6 by MISS FAWN GRAY. handball, basketball. Fletches-Rivers, Dancing. “NOVY MIR GREATEST Sunday, July 26, from 10 a. m. till Midnight Danceland Garden SURF av Es NEAR 21st ST., CONEY ISLAND, N., Y. "PICNIC --- BATHING --- CONCERTS DANCING Contest of bathing beauties with parade and prizes, led Ocean Bathing, large swimming pool, steam rooms, an athletic field, calisthenic exercises. Swimming instructions without extra charge, TWO BANDS OF MUSIC. | Afternoon Russian String Orchestra, 12 classic numbers. Evening Grand Concert under direction of Leo Fedoroff. Dance, music and song performances under direction of director DANCES-—-DANCES—DANCES. TICKET—75ce, WITH BATHING LOCKER, $1.25 AT THE DOORS—TICKET 85c, WITH BATHING LOCKER, $1.50 FESTIVAL tennis, Metropolitan College of —EE ‘Young Prisoner at Leavenworth Claims Government Frame-Up KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 20.—A representative of International Labor Defense visited Alexander Kahn, mili- tary prisoner in Leavenworth peniten- tiary serving a 20-year sentence. Kahn is twenty-six years old and has been in prison eight years. He was one of the seventeen who were tried by court martial in 1918 and found guilty of the murder of another prisoner in the disciplinary barracks at Leavenworth, where all of them were serving short sentences for slight military infrac- tions. Kahn claims that the murder was an accident that grew out of a fist fight between two prisoners. The one who was killed was a stool-pigeon who “had” been discovered by the others. The seventeen were tried and found guilty, Kahn said, as an example’ to the rest of those held in the barracks, many of whom were C. O.’s. The record of the. court martial, which Kahn can produce, is filled with irregularities of a nature not tolerated in the civil courts. The orginal.sen- tence was death, but was later com- muted to life and then to twenty years. Nine of the seventeen have been released. ’ judge denied the motion. Subscribe for the DAILY WORKER.’ Page Five ARMY OFFICERS IGNORE COURT'S, * CROUCH ORDER Judge Obeys eet’, Withdraws Writ. HONOLULWJ, T. H. (By Mail).—The writs of habeas corpus isgued by Judge De Bolt in the Crouch-Trumbull case were made returnable the 25th of June. On that date Counsel Pat- terson who had been retained by the International Labor Derense, for the imprisoned soldiers appeared in court ready to take up the case. The army authorities failed to appear or to pro- duce the bodies of Crouch and Trum- bull as ordered by the court. The judge hastily ordered a continuance to July 2 and transferred the case to an- other judgeé’s calendar. In view of the failure of the army authorities to obey the writ, Patter- son moved that they be made perman- ent and that the soldiers be released from Fort Shafter guard house. The Later the judge withdrew the writs and served fan order on the commanding general to show cause, and the cause again continued. Patterson is carrying on a fight to show that the soldiers are held illegal- DAKOTA FARMERS HEAR OF LIFE IN SOVIET RUSSIA FREDERICK, S. D., July 20.—Com- rade Alfred Knutson, who has recently returned from Russia where he made a thoro investigation in industrial and farming conditions, is traveling in South Dakota on a speaking tour. Comrade Knutson’s lectures furnish a desirable change to the continuous stream of slanderous lies about Rus- sia, that the kept press of South Da- kota has been pouring out ever since the Soviet government began to func- tion. Speaking at Frederick, he explained the great educational campaign that is now going on in Ruégsia, proved by figures of the rapid gain that is taking place in both industrial and agricul- tural production. He told interesting facts about the Red army; and ex- ‘plained the functions and purpose of the farmers international which is naturally to organize the farmers to fight the capitalist exploiters in their ly to unite to fight world capitalism. Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, July 20.—Great Bri- tain, pound sterling, demand 4.85%; cable 4.86%. France, franc 4.71; cable 4.71%. Belgium, franc, 4.62%: cable 4.63. Italy lira, 3.68%; cable 3.69. Sweden, krone 26.88; cable 26.91. Nor- way, krone, 18.10; cable 18.12. Den- mark, krone, 21.30; esble 21.32. Ger- many, mark, not quoted. Shanghai ‘tael, 78%; cable not quoted. Of the Greatest Propaganda Value On Saturday, July 25, the first instalment of RUSSIA TODAY will be printed. This | Official report of the British | ‘Trade Union Delegation to | §oviet Russia, covering every phase of Soviet Life as it is today, is just the thing to take to the trade union meetings; for the shop; for : the street meetings and every possible place where most workers can be reached. For Everyday That Your Union Meets RUSSIA TODAY is not writ- ten by Communists. It is the official report of British trade union leaders and ex- perts, an honest picture of Russia as they have seen it, written. in a dignified im- partial manner—but form- ing. the most exhaustive study of life under Soviet rule ever made... Place your order on this blank— THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Enclosed find $................ of July 25. Send bundies of NAME: STREET: CITY: copies of the issue copies every week to reach me Liha hh eT tt) APPLET Lee ete Tee respective countries and international- . aes + ., aie
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ed a. ‘Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. V. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Phone Monroe 4712 ee ~ SUBSCRIPTION. RATES a mail (in Chicago only): By mail (outside of Chicago): per year $4.50 six months $6.00 per year $3.50 six months $2.50 three months $2.00 three months } Address all mail and make out checks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd,, Chicago, Illinois J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } WILLIAM F. DUNNE { MORITZ J. LOEB Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Iil., under the act of ‘March 3, 1879. gressive. views pay: ppt back to the Advertising rates on application. | reactionary crib. = Joseph Wise, recently on the pay- ‘roll of the DAILY WORKER Publish- jing company as linotype operator, but now a champion red baiter, took the floor to defend the United Garment Workers in their scabbery. He thought the scabs did not have their day in court. He wanted to know if the offi- = 43°¢-¢ Nockels Condones Tom Rickert’s Scabbery ei ee OO (Continued from page 1) Editors Business Manager 20 —— The Communists Score The action of the Chicago Federation of Labor in condemning the scabbery of the United Garment Workers’ Union officials in the strike of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union against two Ltn al the 0. 6. i ees ee Chicago clothing firms, is none the less welcome because it was ac-| before the executive board of the Fe- companied by a tirade against the Communista The DAILY/¢eration and why a communication : ization not affiliated to . WORKER is glad to record that. it was first to call the attention of pony of aot. aaa ee such con- ‘movement. those cities. the: workers of Chicago, and particularly to the organized workers. affiliated to the A. F. of ‘L. to the disgrace of having a set of labor fakers set themselves up as scab recruiters to break the strike con- ducted by a genuine labor organization. This was a challenge to every honest trade unionist in Chicago, and tho the officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor were at first inclined to remain “neutral” as shown by John Fitzpatrick’s inter- view to the Federated Press, in which he expressed the hope that the eentral body would not become involved in the controversy, there was evidence that the local unions would take action on their own accord, so the federation officials decided that valor was at this time the better part of discretion and did what the DAILY WORKER suggested. The DAILY WORKER called on the federation officials and the Federation News to join with it in condemning scabbery masquerad- ing under the cloak of trade unionism. Had we failed to make con- structive proposals, had we confined ourselves to making general attacks on the officials of the Chicago Federation of Labor, those worthies would be pleased. They could go before the rank and __file of the unions and say: “Those Communists have no program, their only policy is one of indiscriminate criticism.” And they would have an argument against the Communists. But unfortunately for the reactionaries, the Communists in this case as in every other case had a program. And what made Fitz- patrick and and his corps of red-baiters mad was that they were ob- liged to adopt the very policy advocated by the DAILY WORKER and by the militants in the local unions. Of course, there are other contributory causes. to this madness. There is the fear of William Green’s wrath. The Amalgamated is listed in the A. F. of L. diction- ary as a “dual union.” Therefore it was hazardous for Fitzpatrick to defend the Amalgamated against the scabby United Garment Workers’ Union, without standing in real danger of being branded as a Communist. When any labor leader acts like a real honest trade unionist, his action is likely to be branded as “Communist.” And the reason is obvious. The Communists and the militants who follow their lead are today the only elements in the trade unions that have a program and*a policy that coincides with the interests of the work- ers. Even Fitzpatrick himself in a lucid moment had to admit this, substantially. The slanderous and-stupid attack on the Communists serves as an alibi for Fitzpatrick and Nockles in case their even more reactionary opponents, locally should make an issue of the United Garment Workers’ Union scabbery before the executive council of the A. F. of L. Fitzpatrick and Nockels can, present this letter to Green as proof that they are real enemies of the Communists. If Communism is to be discredited before the working class, it will not be done by charging the Communists of being in favor of amalgamation, the defense of class war prisoners, Irish famine relief, defense of the Negro workers against race discrimination and other issues that touch the heart of the working class. The Communists alone take up those issues\because they are fighting issues that make: for the greater solidarity of the workers of all races and colors, na- tionally and internationally. The labor fakers, either too lazy to do ® anything or too corrupt, indulge in slander of those who step in to help, whether it be to defend class war prisoners in America or raise funds for starving peasants in Ireland. The employing class and their organs, the yellow socialists, and the labor aristocracy will take comfort from. the official attack of the Chicago Federation of Labor on the Communists. They are wel- come to the luxury. This policy was tried out by the labor fakers, acting under the instructions of the open shop employers in Min- neapolis and Seattle, with disastrous results to the trade union The stock ,of the Communists have not gone down in They have gone up, but the same cannot be said for the labor fakers. . In the struggle in the trade unions between those who want to substitute. class collaboration for the class struggle, such incidents -will grow more common as the-fight becomes more intense. But as the: British trade union: leader Bromley said in his reply to the *¢abinet minister who asked: for the co-operation of the trade union } leaders in tighting the Communists: “The Communists are always on the side of the workers against the employing class.” This fact the rank and file of the Ameri ican workers are learning fast. The “falsehoods of the labor skates will not prevent the spread of this Knowledge. The DAILY WORKER, in forcing the officials of the Chicago rendered another service to the trade union movement. The French and Spanish troops are still “defeating” the Riffians, but the latter are advancing and capturing new territory. No doubt Abd-el-Krim will pray to Allah for a regular catastrophe. General Dawes is going west to train with some bronchos be- fore tackling the senate when it reconvenes. penéd to the “minute men of the constitution” ? : Anti-Semitic riots are taking place in Vienna, a city entirely in the control of socialists. ..There are no anti-Semitic riots in Soviet Russia. How can the yellow socialists explain this? Another struggle in: Portugal between rival wings of the bour- geoisie passed without bloodshed. «Indeed, it is not reported that even a single combatant had his bunions trodden on. - et a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAJLY WORKER Paes ’ ae ae nt Ai ’ gah ong Morris Siskind whispgred in his ear. rae pedis Masons Dhaka Geren cu aaah “i in Dublin. The interview between ariey Bets his money, by acting as| Larkin and Overgaard took place in business manager of the Federation] Moscow and not in Ireland News. He is a strongsgupporter of “B. : Last Sunday’s meeting of the Chi- and O Bill” Johnstom president of the | cago Federation of Labor was enter- International Association of Machin- taining and instructive. It proved the ists, who stole the recent election from compyete bankruptcy of the reaction- Anderson his opponent. Charley’s pink | aries. It showed that the DAILY hair almost stood on end with well- ; KER is a powerful weapon in feigned indignation as he recalled the |*he hands of the workers, by exposing attacks made on his leader Johnston the reactionaries, labor fakers as well in the DAILY WORKER. He wes sore | as by fighting the bosses. There is no because the Communists were trying | doubt but that for the DAILY WORK- to fix up Ireland and,China and there-| ER’s campaign against the U. M. G. by trying to gain the sympathy of | W. scabbery, the officials of the Chi- those people. It was a\great day for | Cazo Federation of Labor would take the Communists ag»Delegate Flora | refuge in “neutrality.” said. ~_ ss irae iid Many delegates are still wondering n a ariey whether Nockels was himself when Pree. wilBhith son twee cons he condoned Tom Rickert’s scabber: “three hundred miles” to attend the by pleading the law of self-preserva ans, he came o the 100 per cent American Charley, for consolation. Charley, like a rea big fellow profess- ed complete ignorayce of the confer- ence but told this \alleged delegate what he thot of the unists. At might be well for Chariey to under- stand that a large number of the mem- bership of the local labor movement are “foreigners” and it is those “fore- igners” who. make motions in their local unions to subscribe to the Feder- ation News, thus helping Cherley’s paurch to kcep extending, making it possible fur t.m to admire the ot on his belt wile reclining restfully in | his. Fae fatbte nexotations are proceed- : feen committees of the im- perialists’ foreign chamber of com- merce and the Chinese chamber of commerce. This is not looked upon with any pleasure by the strikers,. as they rightly feel that the Chinese capitalists are too much interested in profits to be free from suspicion of trading off the liberation movement for their own gain, or to avoid their present continuous losses. Chinese Merchants Play Traitor Game. Evidence of this is that the chief stumbling block is not the demand of the Chinese merchants for all foreign exploiters to get out, but the very contrary, They are willing to let the foreign imperialists stay if only the Chinese business men and property owners who pay 80 per cent of the taxes rdised ‘by the municipal coun- cil, are: allowed nine representatives on the council. The foreigners, true to their habit of granting as little as possible, are to allow only two repre- sentatives.of Chinese capital on the councik ‘Where the workers come in is not mentioned. The amusing and even ridiculous Ysituation in which Shanghai now is as a result of the denial that either China or.the diplomatic corps have any power.over the municipal coun- cil, continues... Meanwhile the strike goes on, even more bitterly. Two Chinese papeprs, who were caught by the workers printing the lying publicity put out by the municipal council, were compelled to pay the strike relief fund $100,000. i Swindler of Millions Says He’s Broke. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 20.— Morton 8S. Hawkins, facing 15 years’ imprisonment following his convic- tion im federal court here on charges of using the mails to defraud, today filed a petition asking the government to finance his appeal to the United States circuit court of err at Shicago. Hawkins declared he was a pauper nd unable to bear the | necessary osts of transferring the’ case to the j Jgher cour ism, and has called in the A. F. of L. officials to help them complete the job. Supreme court justice McGold- > ee to issue an gn- Merchants B Betraying| «National Interest striké pickets at British-wharves here the Wharf to demand the release of Where the British warship Teal op- ee ae sie a i ‘ citation be + aac Clarence Baten ie right to’ do something else,” the judge added, his face turning deep red. , Darrow shrugged his hitched his Suspenders and said: “Oh, all right.” Judge Sheepish; ‘Darrow siresninndeiies In referring to the conversation, the judge said there had been “in- sults and outrages in court and in- sults against my state.” “The court has withheld action un- ; til passion is subdued before taking . ‘said, “Mr. Darrow has shown disrespect not only for my court, but for my © state.” ¥ “I feel that further ‘forbearance will cease to be a virtue and in effort to protect the dignity of my court and the dignity of my state, I hereby order an instanter pt.” Thruout the contempt the judge looked worrfed and him about _ the bond, he faced away i from the Chicago attorney. Mean- while, Darrow acted as tho some one had told him of a grammatical error in a last year’s speech. The contempt proceeding fell upon the mountain audience like a bomb shell. There was a gasp of surprise and when the judge set bond at $5,000, a second audible gasp ran around the room, Largest Bond Ever Asked. Lawyers in the courtroom said the $5,000 bond was the largest amount of bail ever asked for contempt in the annals of American jurisprudénce. It shocked the defense attorneys. _ The contempt proceeding passed like a thunderstorm and attorneys im- mediately began an argument over the reading of the statements from defense scientists. Attorney General A. Thomas Stew- art opposed the move, declaring the defense attorneys were only seeking to get publicity. “There can be no possible reason for this action,” said Stewart, “ex- cept for furthering this educational campaign or spreading propaganda as I call it. It will take three days to read these statements.” Afraid of Contamination. : This provoked Arthur Garfield ) Hays, of defense counset. “Justice is more important than | "| time,” Hays retorted. “I don’t want. to see the court turn- ed into a chautauqua or summer F school,” Stewart countered. “Are you afraid we'll contaminate anybody?” asked Hays. “It costs us more to stay here than it does you, anid it never harmed anybody to hear. 4 new thot.” ae” This. brot William Jennings Bryan into the argument. He contended the state ought to be permitted to present an argument in reply to the scientific statements if they were en- tered in the record. “We ought to be allowed to preseat our side,” said Bryan. “Can | Speak?” Asks Darrow. . Clarence Darrow. arose. He first asked the court whether he could ° speak. The judge nodded. “There isn’t any dispute between the lawyers in this case,” said Dar- row, slouching against counsel table, “even tho Bryan seems to think so.” Hays Reads Evolution Evidence. The court finally ruled the defense. had a right to read what they want- ed from the statements and permitted them one hour in which to do it. a re. Hays did the reading, his great voice seats. booming thru the court room while !} Then Darrow and Raulston. one | spectators leaned forward in their [ a, A — , ta ? hands and made up. é Nis