Daily Worker
July 23, 1925
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«i leo ¢ Past Ff 5 ) =e es sagem ‘the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government The DAILY. WORKER Ralees | ) ad 7" ee Seale | : , | ie: mg - - oe Ae yt $4 sree $8.00 7T bial PAct of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK Petts eS oe itis FR by THE se Bea WORKER Price 3 Centé «Te 5 im i ak saa | ‘ ~ DAYTON, Tenn., Jul case with its violent : to an abrupt in the public schools. counsel that their client be foun (Special to The Daily Workery 21.—The Tennessee anti-evolution between religion and science ca end today when a ‘Scopes of Hageors. the. law prohibiting the teaching of evoluclen 4 convicted John Tho | The jury deliberated only five minutes to convict Scopes, after having been in the court room only three hours since the ' trial began July 10. The conviction followed a request by defense d guilty. © Attorneys for Scopes immediately filed a motion for a new’ trial which was denied. Then the 24-year-old high school pro- AS WE SEE IT. Zs ene OT since Henry Ford, the multi- millionaire flivver manufacturer, made an ass of himself on the witness stand in the Ford-Tribune libel trial, when he referred to history as “bunk” has a man prominent in public life showed up in so unfavorable a light as the notorious mountebank William Jennings Bryan before the grilling examination of Clarence Darrow in the Scopes trial at Dayton, Tennessee, The DAILY WORKER declared that this trial would deal a deadly blow to the church, and this goes for all denominations. If it stopped right now, after William Jennings Bryan exhibited his colossal ignorance un- der Darrow’s grilling, it is hard to see defend the hocus noone any longer. RYAN swallowed Cee that how any self-respecting person can} fessor was called before the bar. of justice and sentenced to pay a fine of $100. Defense counsel at once entered a bill of. exceptions, their formal move appealing the conviction to the ap- pellate court of Tennessee. Rich Landowner Brings in Verdict. ‘The verdict was returned after the jury had been out only five minutes, house lawn. The conviction was an- nounced by Captain Jack Thompson, white goateed and the wealthiest land- owner in the county. “We find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment,” were his only words. The court then called Scopes before bim and asked the young defendant, “Have you anything to say?” “Your honor,” said Scopes, in a nervous tone, but with simple d nity, “I feel I have been convicted violating an unjust statute. I shall continue to de all in my power to op- rose any law which doesn’t permit the tenoning of truth.” 'Bryan’s Testimony Expunged. the bible” gonining.. babi m aa Me greater ease’ th all “a — pir--be ee a | him, God makin i teiiet th m also cursed 7 ud ~ ¥ * , : y Line} trial qallagped when pret s AC Wo hegs ene ats bar athe - te hae 3 heme w a& wan out of! [ey working class—they have crawled on| |. st their bellies for centuries and have}. ‘ eaten dust. .Perhaps a Worker pro- duced the apple that sent Adam and Eve hunting for loin cloths!’ How ever, the workers are begnining to stand on their pins, tho they have no reason to be thankful to the bible for their access of manhood. « * a ERHAPS a Jesuit might have made a better showing on the witness stand than Bryan. Of course, a Jesuit is too clever to go on the witness! ; stand, but if he did, Darrow would not have: such an easy job. The Jesuit god is brought up to date. If. the British empire learned a trick or two in the art of managing colonies thru the loss of the United States, the catholic church learned a good. deal frem its: experience in burning here- tics. Galileo was persecuted and Bruno burned at the stake because they gave expression to their dis- agreement with the catholic dogma that the earth was fiat and. stood still while the sun and the other planets moved around it. This was god’s word according to the church. They admit now that god was all wet, in that respect, yet they still expect us _to._ believe in their specially created t deity—-specially created to frighten us fn giving up our own money. NE crazy preacher in New York— --he- rants in one-of the most Stylish-religious daffy houses—declar- ed that. William Jennings Bryan’s diaf reminded him of Christ while the rugged physiognimy of Clarence Dar- (Continued on Page 2.) — “EXPECTED SINS SCOPES By JOHN THOMAS SCOPES. (Special to The Daily Worker) DAYTON, Tenn., July 21.—1 was rot surprised at being convicted in this ‘court. | had hoped that the fight would be won as early as possible, but it was beyond all my hopes to. gain a victory in the lower court. With the exclusion of scientific evidence and the decision of the présiding judge declaring the anti-evolution law to be constitutional, there was not the least chance of my acquitt- al. The cause has not been daunt- ed, but on the contrary, there is more of a determination to carry on to a successful conclusion in the higher courts. The jury in this court heard only the evidence of two school boys, who were put on the stand by the ‘prosecution. The expert testimony of scientists, which the jury was not .allowed to hear, will be in the records that will be taken before the upper courts, and will enable us to overthrow this verdict. if the higher courts of Tennessee decide against us, the fight will be taken to the supreme court of the United States. Defeat will not be admitted unless the highest court of ‘the land goes against us. We will stay by the ship and évery point — will be fought out bitterly. Sucoses is ultimately with us. we — __. HSIO HSI LOU, AT WASHINGTON, A. “HANDS OFF CHINA” MEET, TELLS OF NATION’S SUFFERING! WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21.—The following is the text of the nae i delivered by Hsio Hsi Lou, the first speaker at the “Hands Off China” meet- ing held at the initiative of the Workers (Communist) Party last Friday in the capital city of American imperialism. Mr. Lou was formerly the editor of the ‘“Hsin-Wen,” a newspaper of Pe Like Fall of Bastile. king. His speech was as follows: ' “Ladies and Gentlemen:—I feel it is a great privilege to me to speak . before this audience on the prob- lems of China. The present move- ment in China has often been misun- derstood, misrepresented by those who. have a_ preconception or who have their own interests to promote. “Perhaps you have heard much about the so-called agitation in China at present.. The movement started with the strike of the Chinese work- ers in a Japanese cotton mill in Shanghai, the arbitrary arrest of some ‘strikers by the foreign authori- 600 Seek Slayer. CARLINVILLE, IIL, July 21.—The posse searching northern Macoupin county for the two slayers of Deptty Sheriff William Barnes, of Nilwood had increased to 600 men this after- noon. Barnes was killed in front. of his filling station last night when. he attempted to arrest the two men whq were, believed:to- have participated in a series of holdups along the Illinois hard. roadie in this vicinity. Apetiat about RUSSIA TODAY (Continued on page 3} |—Subscribe ! to take a single ballot on the court? don ‘itime”’ the danger the --whieh showed themselves in the Mos- HAVE TAKEN THE SIDE OF ‘HEATHEN’ CHINESE MANILA, P. July 21 ke I. 1° phoons and the Chinese anti-impe- | plalist strike have been playing spe- cial havoc with China sea shipping. the last few days. ' The big Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Russia arrived here tor . day three days late after a voyage atti } from Seattle featured by two cases, -of small pox, a walkout of her en- tire Chinese crew at Hong ‘Kong, ‘and an encounter with @ typhoon between Hong Kong and Manila. Yesterday the Roosevelt motor- ‘ship Silverpore arrived here after a terrific battle with a typhoon in the China sea. At the height of the storm the Silverpore’s engines stop- ‘ped and the ship drifted helplessly for four days while her engineers, frantically and without sleep, sought to repair the damage. The Silverpore’s captain reported that in Hong Kong Chinese thugs demanded more than a hundred . thousand gold dollars be donated to the strike fund for towage request- ed. The service was strongly re- fused. “SOVIETS IS GENEVA PLOT e errorism and War to Overthrow V Workers MOSCOW, > July Scene Mail.) — The sendin article of the Pravda dis- SDA} ’ JULY 23, 1925 %: T Tl ce Is Con- f litory (Socal The Daily Worker) PARIS, Fra duly 21—Germany’s| ».. reply to the ‘al | proposal for a European which has been apie ye bert Reply. eaty ‘been several measures , government, and nditiong to her entry which One of th nds of the French note to Gi on the proposed “security” p as that France be permitted to” troops thru Ger- many to Pél case ‘that country, dominated by Bypnce, goes to war on | met to the new alli. ‘y wi ~ the So- "ROGET tee tan or mat aaraed eek a new plan for the struggle yom § the Comintern and the Soviet Uni This. plan consists of terrorist ac- tivities on the one hand and the exer- cise of, the required pressure upon the capitalist. governments coupled with an anti-Soviet press campaign. On July 1, the league was to have presented. all bourgeois governments with a memorandum in which an in- ternational conference for the discus- sion of - measures in the fight ‘against the Soviet. Union was proposed. Depended on British Government. It is worthy of remark that the Eng- lish and Finnish delegates to this con- fference relied with particular confi- dence upon the support of the English government. T 3 \ disclosures prove that the Lea “DB. R.,” the falsification of g the anti-Soviet cam- paign, the official and un-official at- tacks upon the Soviet Union, the jour- hey of the organization consul mem- bers to Moscow, the press campaign, the visit of the English fleet to the Baltic Sea, etc., are all links in the same chain. All Evidences of New Attack. Simultaneous with the imperialist acts of violence in Chine and Moroc- co, the imperialists are preparing an anti-Soviet crusade. In a time when the English people are suffering from industrial crises and growing unem- ployment, the English mihisters make ‘war-like speeches. However, they do not understand ‘that it-is no longer so simple to de- ‘ceive the working class today, which has “experienced very much in the world war and in the post-war period. The working class will recognize in symptoms of cow. consul process and the Geneva conference of the League “O. B. R.” (Chinese Refuse to ‘Feed Yankee Strike Breaking Gunboat PEKING, China, Jul July 21.—Advices from Canton say that food supplies have been cut off from the American gunboat stationed in Wuchow, as well as from the British residenrs. It is ad- ded that the British consul at Wu- chow has advised all British subjects to leave because of the strict boycott against them. ‘ oy ta mvp stoonte "Hivwigt et ing maneuvers ih ie a Pam, 4 rR led dur- the Tsuta was cbadly ¢ ied, ac- cording .to reports here . There were no casualties. Both ae re- turned to Kure. Ford Gtts the Boats WASHINGTON, D. C. July 21 ~The Emergency Fleet corporation| has re- commended aceeptanve of the) $1,706,- 000 offer of Hemry Ford for the 200 old ships which the government has placed on sale, it was announced to- day. Minister | Briand} 20,000 SIBERIANS SEND GREETINGS 10 CHINA WITH SOVIET AVIATORS MOSCOW, June 2 20.—(By Mail.)—| The aerial Moscow-Mongolia-China ex- .pedition is reported to have safely reached Omsk, western Siberia, where a welcome meeting was arranged in honor of the Soviet fivyers. Over 20,- 000 people took part. A resolution was unanimously passed emphasizing. the technical importance of the expedition and sending greetings to the friend- ly Po a soag people. bata “gl * _ermpcogenpa are reported places, where the aviators wnt on their way. 5 SMASH ident Hindenburg} an alliance against i®. ‘ ese As a > az Will Not Accept Fake ‘Peace’ Terms PARIS, France, July 21-—The suc- cesses of the Riffians in Morocco con- tinue, ifffspite of the fact that French troops are steadily pourthg into North Africa. There are now 130,000 French soldiers opposing the Moroccans, and the number: will be increased to 200,- 000 before the end of the month, the war office announces. The sultan, puppet of the French, has enforced obligatory conscription, and the French are now taking Mo- roccans into their army at the point of the’ bayonet. Im desperate hand to hand fighting with the bayonet, 1,500 Riffians wiped out more than half the forces of the French garrison, near Teroual. she s French into Fez has been cut e are new te ced to use 1 “coth=” munication. Two French svintoie! Capt. Volokoff and Lieut. France, were shot down by the Riffians. They were seriously hurt. Abd-el-Krim has not yet replied to the Spanish-French ° “peace” terms, but if is felt he will not accept them, as he is ordered to accept a Spanish protectorate, which he has already re- fused to do. Rumors persist that Marshal Lyau- tey is to be removed as military gov- ernor. It was said he opposed giv- ing Marshal Petain command of the troops. BARBARGUS SHANGHAI COUNCIL, RESPONSIBLE TO NOBODY, RAIDS ~ SOVIET CONSULATE’S AUTHORITY SHANGHAI, China, July’ 21,—That- the secret decision of the great im- perialist powers to ignore the first report of the Peking diplomatic corps on the Shanghai public excuse that the diplomatic corps has no jurisdiction over the Shanghai foreign settlement, added to the fact that the foreign settle- ment’s munieipal council is_tradition- ally free from ‘the , jurisdietion of China, has given rise to the assump- tion by the Shanghai municipal coun- cil that it is a sovereigmity amd power in itself apparenthy: Only such a themry can account for the open and flagrant violation of in- ternational law bycthe Shanghai im- perialists who, acting on the author- ity of the municigal council, ordered the telephone company to disconnect and remove all telephone from the consulate of SovieteRussia and put a horde of detectivem¢o watch all visit- ors to the consulate, Defy law and Invaste Soviet Authority In the opinion 6f Chinese’ authori- ties, this is a defiamee of international law, an insult teOChina and a tres- pass on the sovereignty of Soviet Rus- sia equal to an imvasion of her sOil. It is pointed out that if the Shan- ghai municipal council continues to reject the authority of either China or the diplomatic corps, and acting as if it were an independent nation to- ward China and towara the citizens of Soviet Russia, it has need of finding allies, because such affronts as it is carrying on now against Chinese and Soviet citizens may be replied to with (Continued on page 2) SOVIET RUSSIA WILL PARTICIPATE . IN THE COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL FAIR IN NEW ORLEANS THIS FALL of this year. . MOSCOW, July 21.—Soviet Russia is invited to participate in the com- mercial-industrial enon that ects take place in New Orleans in the fal! massacres on the¢—— | STORMY CONVENTION Ol ONE, U. M. W. OF A. BEGNS WITH By AUGUST VALENTINO, Worker Correspondent, WILKES-BARRE, Penn., July 19—(By Mail.) —What prom- ises to be one of the most stormiest district conventions in the history of District 1, U. M. W. of A., will open in Wilkes-Barre, tomorrow. With the remnants of the Cappellini pre-election op- osition going to the convention organized, instructed by the ocal unions and the various genera! grievance ‘committees to flatly oppose the administration, appearances indicate anything | but a harmonious gathering, insofar as “Rino” Cappellini a concerned. Speaking before the Miners’ Assembly in Wilkes-Barre last night, Pat Toohey laid down a definite and clear cut policy which should be followed by the anti-administration forces at the con- vention. The assembly is composed of all general grievance committees of the various coal companies in the lower Wilkes- Barre field, claiming oF ee! tion over 30,000 miners of the local unions in this territory. Must Organize the Fight. Speaking on the absolute necessity of being organized to effectively fight the Cappelli machine, Toohey empha- sized that in order to do this a com- mittee selected from the assembly should lead the fight on every impor- tant matter arising before the con- vention, take advantage of every téchnicality of the law, be so organ- ized that a fight on every important issue be assured. Speaking on the issues which would undoubtedly come up for decisive ac- tion, which should be supported by the anti-administration delegation, it was pointed out that the fight to re- ain he general grievance committees, which Lewis and Cappellini jointly are attempting to dissolve, should be the chief issue of the convention. Issues"on Which to Fight. STRIKERS: WRIT TO BOSS BALKED Postpone the In junction Hearing Until Thurs. Unable to rush thru an injunction* against the striking members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Union, the International Talloring company. yesterday again brot in the police, who arrested four of the plek- ets, three of whom were women strik- 4 The speaker was app hen | ers. he stated a fundamental | eces:| The hearing on the application of, ener tatets ee tint tseniting: stele? the clothing bosses for ar :nyunction ing the izer by the ‘rank and file of the union and elimimating the present system of being appointed by the district president. The fight for (Continued 6n page 2) which came up yesterday Judge Hugo Pam, room $41 County, building, continued until Taursuay.' Attorney William A. Cunnea told the judge that the new bill drawn up by , jattorneys for the company was noc REPUBLICAN PARTY. | [sree == ome come PAYS FARRINGTON’S Judge Pam was forced to make the MACHINE FOR HELP postponement, the fifth one since the SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July’ 21.—A. company asked court ald. when it was learned the new bill for an in- junction did not have the stamp of the city clerk upon it. W. Kerr of Springfield, counsel for the United Mine Workers ‘of Illinois has been named assistant attorney general, it became known today. Kerr will probably continue as head of the miners’ legal staff. Prior to the last primary election, Farrington, the labor leader at pres- ent the. president of the iilinois Miners’ Union, broadcasted circu- lars urging the re-election of the republican, Leh Small for governor. Strikers Show Enthuslasm. Great enthusiasm was shown at the strike meeting at the Hod Carriers Hall, 814 West Harrisoa, yesterday. The strikers frequently applauded the speakers. One of the officers of the union told how one of the strikers ‘received a letter from an out of j|town agent who had been buying suits from the International Tatlorinx company. FARRINGTON’S FAT EXPENSE BILL PROVES HYPOCRISY OF ATTACKS | MADE ON PROGRESSIVE MINERS This agent sent in an order for one suit before the strike broke out, and it was only delivered last Friday, u month after the order was seut In. A second order sent in after tne strike started was not filled, the company declaring they were “In no position to Illinois -Progressive Miners. By ALEX REID. ry (Secretary Progressive Miners’ Committee) ARTICLE 1 Frank Farrington again gives vent to his customary vomit against the His latest attack is against President Freeman Thompson, John J. Watt, Secretary-Treasurer, and Tom Parry, Vice-Presi- dent, all duly elected officers of Sub District Four, District Twelve, and all unconstitutionally removed from office by Farrington. Right to Earn. Living Illegally Denied. Brothers Thompson, Watt and Parry are men with large families and their means of making a living being mainly cut off by Farrington, found it impossible to comply with the request from miners al] over the state, that fill orders.” op Call Picketing “Assault.” Rose Cicola, 230 Alexander St, was held on $1,000 bond charged with “azs- sault and battery.” The’three other pickets arrested, charged with “disor- derly conduct,” were Encetti Oddi, 1338 Edgemont Aves Sarah Mondello, S. Hermitage Ave.,.ane Frank Fjogert, 1121 S. Wabash Ave. They were released on. $400.00 bond. Frank Fojert was taken to fhe bureau of identification, where his 6205 legal work of Farrington, not only*his illegal expulsions, but also his trea son in the many other ways. Threatens Expulsiongs. Realizing, that without some source of income, the miners’ request would have to be dropped for the present at least, Joe Tumulty, another well known progressive miner of Spring- field, sent out a curcular letter author- ized by the Springfield Educational League calling \for financial aid to Watt and Thompson, to enable them to respond to the miners’ request. In a ‘circular\ letter, Farrington slightingly refers to Thompson, Watt and Parry as martyrs of the ruthless Farrington machine\and well he may, as the miners are learning fast that their greatest enemy in the state is Farrington himself,'and any miner is liable to be a martyr\of his corrupt machine at any moment, Farrington’s fear of the awakened coal miners is seen in his desperate effort to stop Thompson, Watt and Parry from ex- | (Continued on pagé 5.) ~—ai> they visit the locals and expose the il-+ GOOLIDGE MUST HAVE |. ASKED JOHN L. LEWIS ABOUT COAL SITUATION (Special to The Ds Daily Worker) SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July 21.— President Coolidge, it was stated officially here today, does not be- lieve there is particularly danger of a coal strike on September 1. This stood here, was given the president by Secretary of Labor Davis during his recent conference with the:chief executive at White Court: Commenting on the. situation in Thursday the demurrer of the de the anthracite field, a presidential, tense, branding the issuance of an spokesman today asserted that a’ | injunction against picketing as a vio- special session of congress to: deal | lation of the newly passeu stare ante with any contingency that may jinjunction Dill, will be argued before arise ig not likely. jJudge Pam. fingerprints were taken. The cases will come before Judge William Fer- zer this morning. ‘Speakers at the strike meeting fn- Sse Isadore Rothbart, business agent for the pantsmakers. Brother tStiteor and Brother Babrofski of 'Lo- cal Union No. 38. To Argue Constitutionality. The original bill for an injunction filed by the Inte-cnational Tailering company was ruled out when Cunnea showed Judge Foell that contrary to law two corporations, the J. L. Tay- lor company, and the International, had asked an injunction In an fdenft- cal bill. Foell then went on nis vaca- tion and the clothing bosses drew up new bills, which have not yet been filed properly. impression, it was under- Me wee g 3 ahr a Ra he f4 wy + a 7S. on e before ee yo teh? Rt cot sateen yr 2 -_
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Both British and Japanese have al- ready lost heavily from the present boycott, but their losses are expected to be greater from the more syste- matic boycdtt ordered by the cham- ber. Halts Collaboration. The conference of the foreign cham- bers of commerce which was to have been. held yesterday to discuss the question of a strike settlement and negotiations with the Chinese gen- eral chamber was not held owing to the reversal of the Chinese attitude. The foreign chambers are willing to recommend Chinese representation on the municipal council and rendi- tion of the mixed court to Chinese control. Shanghai Council, Is Responsible to Nobody, Raids Soviet Consul (Continued from page 1) acts of war. If such measures were taken, the council would probably dis- cover that it was a British-American protectorate, with Japan expressing a friendly “neutrality.” More American Strike Breaker The “boss” of the council is Stirling Fessenden, an American, and_ the troops have been British for the most part, as were these who started the massacre on May 30. More American naval units, consisting of sailors, were ded yesterday to break the strike at the wharves. There are few scabs. The Chinese chamber of commerce vacillating as do all petty bourgeois in a revolutionary crisis, though not demanding complete withdrawal of all imperialist jurisdiction and limiting this political demand to a mere shar- ing in representation on the municipal council, asserts that it has backing enough to Enforce the boycott against the British for a whole year if need be. Coolidge Would Put Navy on War Footing, Appoints Senator SWAMPSCOTT, Magss., July 21.— President Coolidge has commissioned | . Senator Hale, republican of Maine, chairman of the senate naval com- mittee, to make an extensive study of the navy, before the assembling of congress in December to determine whether there are any useless activi- ties that may be abolished, it was an- nounced at White Court today. The executive is most anxious to ef- fect tvery possibly saving in the naval budget in order that the cost of the navy building program author- ized in the last session from congress may be at least partially offset. Senator Hale conferred with the President yesterday and urged that a new naval base be constructed at Almeda, Calif. Scott Aupesls to Coolidge for Stay of Hanging Friday Russel Seott, under sentence to hang Friday, seemed on the point of hysteria in his cell today. He told of how his wife had sent a telegram to President Coolidge, urging a re- view of the evidénce by the nation’s executive and intercession with Gov- ernor Small to cofhmute the sentence. ae Another new Snb—Makes an- ether Communist. Pare Io ny aes r i de Visite”) 4 _, NO FEAR OF BOLSHEVIST CHARGE NS”; ry ay foreign oppression. (By Rosta News Agency.) SHANGHAI; China, June 16—(By Mail.)—In an interview granted to the Ming Kuo Chi-pao, an organ of the Kuomintang, Mrs. Sun Yat Sen, widow of the great Chinese national leader, observed that the Shanghai events formed the first step made by the Chinese people in the struggle against She also voiced her regret that as yet this national revolutionary movement was poorly organized. “We need not fear that foreigners accuse us of Bolshevism; we must struggle for our country’s national freedom with all available means." Mrs. Sun Yat Sen is further quoted to say, “What we must carefully avold is dispensions in our own ranks. We must be against any compromising deci- sions and demand the abolition of unequal treaties. the only way to free China from foreign oppression and prevent the recur- rence in future of events similar to the recent Shanghai outrages.” That, in my opinion, is 4 Scopes Is Found Guilty; Fined $100 —_ | (Continued from page 1.) rulings wiped out the defense’s case and Scopes’ attorneys «immediately agreed to have the jury instructed to bring in a verdict of guilty. | Raulston this morning expunging the testimony of William Jennings Bryan, placed on the witness stand yesterday by Scopes’ attorneys to prove that the greatest fundamentalist of them all gid not believe in a literal translation of the bible story of divine creation. With their scientists and bible stu- dents barred the defense surrendered. Bryan’s Speech Bottled Up The sudden wind up excluded Bryan from making the closing spéech to the jury, which he was said to have pre- pared in Florida two months ago. This address was to have been an epochal defense of christianity. Reports in- dicated Bryan would make a speech on the court house lawn tonight. Scopes to Go to University It also brought an offer fréth Prof. Kirtley F. Mather, Harvard scientist to raise $5,000 to finances Scopes for a course in high Universities. This was said to be the defendant’s sole wish, as a result of his role in the anti-evolution trial. Scopes took the verdict with slight emotion. State Had Four Witnesses imony of four state witnesses, who said Scopes had taught the theory of evolution from Hunter’s biology. They were Harry Shelton and Howard Mor- gan, two of the pupil in’ Scopes school, Walter White, the county su- perintendent of schools, and F. Earl Robinson, chairman of the county board of education. Robinson added that Scopes had ad- mitted to him his teaching of the Hun- ter’s version of biology was a viola- tion of the state law. . That was the state’s case but the defense attorney’s could not break it down. In order to get an appeal case, they had to admit Scopes taught evo- lution and the court overruled their motion to quash the indictment on constitutional grounds. With this ruling, the defense based al! its efforts on writing into the records-of the trial the foundation for an appeal to higher courts. Professors Attempted Reconciliation Only two defense witnesses were summoned, Dr. Maynard M. Metcalf, a scientist, and William Jennings Bryan, but the jury heard none of their testimony and only the scientists testimony went into the record. The defense, however, inserted a 65,000 word brief from eight nation- ally known scientists, all of whom at- tempted to reconcile evolution to the biblical story of the divine creation.. Get 30 Days to File Appeal Announcement was-. made that a Baltimore newspaper had agreed to go on Scopes’ bond under the appeal. Then Dudley Field Malone, of de- fense counsel, arose and thanked the “state of Tennessee and its hospitable people for permitting us to try these great issues here.” The court then gave the defense thirty days in which to prepare fheir appeal and the trial was ended. Judge Says He’s Guiity A chance remark by the Judge signalled the collapse of the trial. In commenting on the exclusion of reli- gious witnesses, the ‘judge said the only question before him was whether Scopes taught evolution and he thot the professor had. “Well, if he’s guilty,” drawled the imperturbable Darrow, “There’s noth> ing left but to bring in the verdict.” With that, Darrow approached the Judge’s stand, called the state’s at- torneys to his side and said, “I'll en- ter into an agreement right now-to have my client found guilty:and we'll end the trial.” “That suits me,” said Attorney Gen- eral A. Thomas Stewart, chief of pro- secution. 4 I. L. G. W. MEMBERS OF NEW YORK PLEDGE SUPPORT OF LEFT WING NEW YORK CITY, July 21.—The tremendous mass of members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers who packed Madison Square Park on 24 hours notice from the left wing Joint Committee of Action of the three suspended locals, No. 2, 9 and 22, passed the following resolution unanimous- ly: “We have not authorized the Joi the decisions of the governor’s commission, eeferendum and do not recognize the J nt Board to arrange a referendum on We took no part in the fake oint Board at all. “We declare that we shall not pledge ourselves to the so-called ‘agree- ments’ that the Joint Board will mak e with the cloak. manufacturers. The only body that represents at present the interests of the cloak makers is the Joint Action Committee. “We pledge ourselves to aid and support with all our strength the Joint Action Committee and to stand by them as long as our struggle for contro! + athe union by its members will be crowned by succese” _ iste Sh SSRN. 5.8 en iy. 2 The last straw was a ruling by | The verdict was based on the test- | 1 “We'll All Go Home” “All right, it’s all over now,” Dar- row said with a snap of his suspend- ers. “Let the clerk enter it on the record and we'll all go home.” “Let’s have it regular,” retorted Stewart. “The Judge should instruct the jury. We can waive closing argu- ments, but you 't watve the verdict and expect to appeal the case.” “Well, I'll leave that to you Ten- nesseé lawyers,” Darrow replied. “Will you help me arrange our ap peal?” Darrow asked Stewart. “Yes sir, we'll do all we can.” The attorneys then told the judge they wanted him to instruct the jury without hearing closing arguments or any further testimony. The judge agregd, recessing court to prepare his charge. Bryan Still Thunders Bryan charged the defense with “hiding behind a screen of the law.” “I object to that,” Darrow shouted. . “We are willing to meet Mr. Bryan for further discussion of this subject in any forum that he chooses,” shout- ed Dudley Field Malone. Annoyncing that he would expunge Bryan’s .testimony, the judge said: “Since the beginning of this trial, the judge has had many big problems to act upon, If I have made a mistake, we shall. find out when the higher courts pass upon this case. If I did err, it was an error of the heart and not of the mind. Judge Again. Reverses Himself “As I.see it} 'there are two ways by which the court might commit error, first, by passion of the mind, and sec- ond, by an overzeal to be fair. Only yesterday the court feels he showed an overzeal in permitting Mr. Bryan to testify. “I feel that the testimony of. Mr. Bryan can shed no light upon any issue before a higher court. The issue is whether Mr. Scopes taught that man came from a lower order of animals. It is not a question whe- ther god created man all at once or whether god created him by a slow process. “As I see it after due deliberation, Mr. Bryan’s, testimony can not aid the higher courts in determining that issue. Therefore I am pleased to ex- punge the testimony of, Mr. Bryan from the record.” r * French Scientists Indignant PARIS; July 21.—French intellect- uals and scientists, including Mme. Irene Curie, whose research work with radium has been of monumental Service to medicine, took up the cud- gel against Tennessee’s anti-evolution law today. Professors of the university of Paris and members of the French academy of science were signers of the reso- lution circulated decrying the Dayton trial. It read: “The undersigned energetically pro- test the Dayton trial as a violation of the freedom of thov&ht. “Neither religious nor political powers Can assume tke right to forbid any form of human thought. Our in- dignant protests against the Dayton trial are not only a defense of a fe- cund scientific theory but also of the right of freedom of thought, which hitherto never has been ignored by the great American nation.” Appeal in September. Seopes filed his $500 bond with the clerk of the circuit court. It was signed by N. S. Sloan, attorney for a Maryland surety company. It was made returnable at the DPecember term of Judge Raulston’s. court, al- t the appeal to the Tennessee su- preme court will be made in Septem- ber. Dismiss Receiver for Brokers Who - Failed for Millions WASHINGTON, July 21.—The re- ceivership of the stock brokerage firm of Dean, Onativia and company and its local branch was terminated today by Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia supreme court. The firm is now free to resume business. Abel Davis of Chicago and John C. Olaughlin, local manager, were dis- charged as receivers and directed to surrender all the assets, except $10,- 804.34, the cost of the receivership. Two Clipped from Indiana Payroll. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 21—On orders of Gov. Jackson, two state house officials were summarily dis- missed today because they were giv- ing “too much «time to politics and two little to their duties.” , Write the story about your shop-— Order a bundle to distribute there, ; | fo Siok SAMMI ee) cal See a Ne J | Pa, July 21—The \of;the hard coal t among some probably .tomorrow. President Cappellini, the present incumbent is being challenged by his brother faker (Brennan) on the elec- tion returns, cls gy that the re- turns, ning ? returns were fraudulent, and th Brennan, was properly elected. s claim undoubt- be the same edly is true, put 48 if Brennan werd" in gos Cappellini were out. aacs, Brennan supporter, Roc eived @ broken arm i the scrimmage. The Progressive, Min vention are being, Cappellini-Brennan forces office and the spoils thereof. They see in both fakera enemies of prog- ress, and enemies of the progressive miners. They remember that Bren- nan apd joined hands to defeat Alex Howat, and never lost an opportunity to nit at the opposi- tion to the Lewis machine. Their fight is a fakers’ fight for personal power and the progressive miners in the cotivention are getting some amusement watching the leeches per- form. ers at the con- rtained by the Fundamentalists Threaten West Coast SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 21.— A religious sect here threatens to start a campaign to bar the teaching of in Pacific Coast schools evolution if the fundamentalists win the test case at Dayton. Promise To Expose Bootleggere NEW YORK, July 21-—With a pro- mise to reveal all mames, no matter how prominent, United States Attor- ney Buckner’s investigation into the nation-wide “bootleg” ring, was under- way today. 2 RiD: A te Rain Halta’ Dirigible. LAKEHURST, N?Ji; July 21.—Rain this mogning mted the dirigible Shenandoah departing from the naval air station here fo! Hampton Roads, where she was scheduled to partic- ipate in the maneuyérs with the At- Polish soldiers borders. iQue 8 Four Die in Lodging House Fire DALLAS, Tex., Judy 21.—Four men were burned to death, eight others burned or injured, and seven narrowly escaped death here'éarly today when a frame lodging house in the down- ‘ton district burned.’? . The dead: William Brown, 23; T. E. Young, 24; Lloyd Young, 31; Joe Du: naway, 34, as ii» Loot Columbia Gity, Ind. Bank COLUMBIA CITY, Ind., July 21.— Terrorizing the entire population with terrific explosions and flourishing re- volvers, bandits early today looted the state bank at Larwill, eight miles west of here, and escaped with be- tween $10,000 and $15,000 in cash and } securities. : Labor Official Tries Suicide. LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 21.—C. R. Gore, official of the Building Trades Council, shot himself and is dying at the county hospital. The attempted suicide occurred ,at the Gore home, Hollywood. A year ago Gore underwent an operation for ap- pendicitis which was followed by a nervous breakdown. For the last few months, Gore’s mind‘has betn rapidly failing. He frequently threatened to + commit suicide, according to his wife. For a month Mrs. Gore has. been busy hiding poison, knives, and guns for fear that Gore would kill himself. Gore has been identified for over 20 years with southern California labor organizations. PORTUGEESE CABINET, Y DA SILVA, RESIGNS AFTER REVOL LONDON, July 21-—The Portu- guess government, headed by M. da Silva has resigned, according to a Central News dispatch here today. A military revolt took place here this week. ate A CORRECTION | Due to a case of mistaken Identity the DAILY WORKER In yesterday’s report of last Sunday’s meeting of the Chicago Federation of Labor, credited delegate Walt with having joined in the attack on the Communists which was initiated by. the scurrilous letter sent out by the executive council to its affiliated local unions. The delegates mistaken for Walt is a person by the name of Ferris. As the DAILY WORKER takes pride in its accurate reports of meetings, it regrets the mistake and herewith makes a correction. . . se 5 . Seana ae on he ve KTVT PARE RE Me eee. an ee ne a ¢ hy On se pein aber, cahs mantiny 20 Sees bey i dot ae ? nr tae f Page's He ty arte fix Se Ata Pi , Ste wee ore Cee Taio 2 ada > 2 ofl; ee ae a ey y P Mice t yi Se ey, ae 4 and ' fe : : i ; fighting for; aa fleet. To Investigate Pplish Raids WARSAW, Polandg July 21.—For-) eign Minister Tehitcirin has accept- ed on behalf of the @hviet Union the Polish gévernment'¥fproposal for a across the| of airplanes to bomb ‘ *..* Another new Sub—Makes an- | . 7 “ a “e Wi 1 other Commun unist, er. ee e4E Pee A At At ks P dope song file wii “ep : - Nae’ ot fay * to Get Support of 3 ’ . 4 % ] . 2B + s : , ‘ ; = | ae agree, eae ¥ + é - ; : . : te ; e 4 el Oe ‘ ’ ; ere 4 ” . we “, 3 4 by ‘ : ” 4 f f i : r a heh * j ‘ ¥ ‘ - . Sa eG 3 3 we “ = ae? _* ¥; q By 59 iF 7 : 4 zs . ‘= f By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. a the Bosses 4 3) tte, ie Psa a . ‘ - ODAY, a host of capitalist oe to Williamstown, Mass., for the nag i passes under the title of anti-labor discussion that Institute of Politics.” Sessions during recent flood of presegecm ainst with carefully selecte out a government,” doom. specialists in foreign affair us, will have the question o ‘year’s program. : Count Antonio Cippico,' the Italian fascist senator, ody Mussolini regime, will give | staunch supporter of the blo two lectures on the “glories’’ ers’ representative will have’ a voice there. workers must be told, thru the capitalist press that they read, © of the benefits of this anti-Communist regime. No contra-— diction, raising the truth from labor's v mitted. That is in harmony with the best traditions of Amer- ican “goose-step” culture. Advertised as an attraction of equal importance with the fascist count, there is heralded Count Alexander Skrzyn- ski, the Polish minister of foreign affairs, who is doubling during his visit in this aE e Ww ica and Polish Democracy,” Street, trying to get a loan from the House of of the other international bankers. great landlord, is foreign minister in the infamous Grabski government, that murders and imprisons workers wholesale, orders mass persecutions on the slightest pretext feeling its. tottering existence constantly endangered, and carries out the most ruthless campaigns White Russian peoples still within its borders. ; These two speakers, oppressors of the workers in their own countries, typify the whole Williamstown~ program, that seeks to put an intellectual veneer over the barbarous brutalities of the capitalist social order. be a fundamentalist insofar as The Dawes plan will be g! son, French financier and head of the Credit Lyonnais; the ‘League of Nations will be rev tion under the direction of Dr. William E. Rappard, member of “The League’s” Permanent Mandates Commission, while the crisis growing out of the murder of Chinese workers and The importance that the athering is clearly shown by the fact that the writer for the ew York Times reporting the discussions at “the institute” received one of the annual which of course is offered in the shape of go cash. 3 é 4 } BR , the Li | speakers, including the renegade “socialist” John Spargo and the “Russian ambassador with- oris Bakhmetieff, subsidized for years by the American government;, altho the Kerensky govern- ment he was supposed to represent had long gone to its Mi as | It is significant that the “more than 200 pors, diplomats, editors, army “Fascism” at the head of this oan has been pushed down near the end of the eoren. it may develop’ into the most interesting dis on. CS Bia gm te It is important to exploiters’ rule that the “correct cap- italist line” as it is laid down by the subsidized intelligentsia of the ruling class, meeting annually at Williamstown, in the heart of Coolidge’s “open shop” carefully and correctly passed on to the hundreds of thou-. sands of “goose-step”’ teachers in the schools, colleges and universities of the nation. Thus the writers who obediently and successfully perform this task receive their reward, in order that others may be encouraged to do likewise. “Williiamstown, Mass.” will spot of the enemies of labor during the next four weeks. apologits and dafonders ar 7 ‘been featured by a n of Boviet Republics, — college rofes- and navy officers, and other as the New York Times tells te Bor No work- he American ‘fascism in Italy. iewpoint will be per- etween lectures on “Amer- ill be hanging around Wall organ, or any The Polish, count, a against the Ukrainian and 2 Every speaker will the profit system is concerned. orified by such as Robert Mas- . ivified for American cOnsump- master class ‘attaches to this Pulitzer prizes in journalism, American ew England, should be in be: a concentration | ASWESEEIT -: By T. J. O'Flaherty | (Continued from page 1) row reminded him of the devil. Bry- an’s face reminds us very forcibly of a boiled ham, tho when animated it bears a resemblance to the face of a Rotarian at an old-fashioned burlesque show. What's in a face anyhow? It all depends on what is inside the face. Bryan’s testimony proves that @ man with a glib tongue can get along in capitalist society, tho he may not have enough brains in his thinking tank to make a speck on a pin head. * * *& NE of the favorite jabs against so- cial revolutionists was, that they were against religion and the family. This nonsense was swallowed by. the unthinking. As a matter of oa ‘> evolution of the machinery of p tion or “the tool” as an S, L. P.-ite would put it, did more to send religion howling on the vacant lot than all the propagandists that were ever born. Capitalism has brought the industrial machine to a point of development which makes Communism not only possible but essential. And this gi- gantic and complicated industrial ma- chine cannot be operated by mental defectives who believe that an ancient flea-bitten medicineman like Joshua, could stop the planets from revolving by holding up his hands. zs * *# F there is another pen prostitute in the United States more revoltingly disgusting than Arthur Brisbane, we have not yet gotten on his trail. What makes Brisbane so dangerous is his unique style, a style that goes down easily with those who want to get their reading served up in an easily digestible form, as most everybody does. When not engaged in the task of selling real. estate in his column, he is boosting airplanes. He learns that the French are sending a big fleet Riffian villages. --* . —e em HIS plessgmiba sass! tnile radical. “That is réful - ‘practice for, the French airmen, not pleasant for the Riffs,” he comments. Perhaps it* may not be so pleasant for the French airmen either. And here is Arthur again on the same subject: “The French feel that in dealing roughly with the Riffs they are protecting christian civilization from Moslem conquest in 1925 as that early French- man, Charles the Hammer, did many years ago.” Brisbane writes this with his tongue in his cheek. The present French government is largely com- posed of members of the Grand Orient wing of the Masonic Order. The Grand Orient does not let christianity inter- fere with its business. ee ¢ es , E French airmen are bombing H the Riffians in order to get a strangle hold on the mineral wealth of Morocco. Christian civilization or any other kind of civilization has no more to do with the matter than it had with the world war, when “civil- ization” demanded the defeat of the German empire. The French are murdering the Riffians for the same reasons that'the British are murder- ing the Chinese, the Hindoos and the Egyptians. Plunder and profit is the reason. There is no other. * ¢ « HE British in Shanghai have cut the telephone -connections of the Soviet consulate in order to prevent communications with the outside. This is going pretty far. There is a real, tho unofficial war on today be- tween the British empire and Soviet »Russia. So far the empire is getting the worst of it. It is no secret that Britain would make a formal declar- ation against Russia, but for two main reasons: fear of the working class at home and fear of rebellions in India and Egypt, with a general anti-British uprising against British domination in the Orient. Let the British watch out! They feared the white bear that “walked like a man” but*they have more reason to fear the red bear thai a a & porters is evidenced by the fact Sparta ate a * j ; 4 ” “se 4 : Ce eee wa es touched on by the speakér. | : Wm. J. Brennan, speaking after Toohey made bold to assert that “the policies enunciated by ex- wore be ey with f les which I have long on “buth due to the feat of the reaction, should they be stated blicly, I didn’t mention them ;during the ,cam- paign.” Forced to declare nits post- tion on the appointive power \Bren- nen said “that it was due to the fact that since I was district president for two years and said nothing about it then, that I didn’t say anything about | it during the campaign, but, certainly the next international convention wil} find-me using al' my power and in- -|fiuence to amend ‘he constitution to have organizers elected by the rank and file. Time Will Tell. Brennan is a labor faker. Tire . will tell if he does as he pledged. If he opposes the appointive power at the next convention it is esrtain Lewis will lose, as Brennan assuredly will swing many votes against him. By the officials’ own crooked count at the last convention the left wing was counted out of this victory by a meager 157 votes. _ The assembly selected a steerine committee of seven men, from among the elected delegates to the conven- tion, whose duty it will be to lead the fight on all anti-Cappellini measures. Convention Packed by Cappellini. That the convention will be packed to the very roof with Cappellini t all locals of the Penna. Coal Co. ave sending a delegate for every vote én- titled. Some locals are sending 15 or more delegates. Cappellini is usinz everything at his command ts pack the cenvention sciidly with his sup- porters. One local union which never /paid tax on more than 1,000 rombers, « for the months of April , and May — paid tax on 6,500 members and will send a delegate for every vote! The Woodward situation will, it is expected, be the fight of the conven- tion. After revoki the charter of - Local 699 and is g another char- ter to the Dunn faction of the local, ~ an insignificant minority, the Lewis-’~: Cappellini gang recognized Dunn’ as the “bona-fide” president. The new. local does not function, with all ite new charters and supplies. Altho functioning as a local, colleeting - dues, efc., the old local, 699, is got recognized by either the distret or International officers. Big Fight Over Local 699, Local 699 will send a delegation to the district convention. The fight will be waged for their being seated as delegates. If they are seated it means Lewis is whipped in District One. ‘ | Trouble. is ,expected also on the tabulating of votes cast by the locals in the recent election. George Isaacs, vice president, will wage a fight on the grounds he was illegally counted out. .Isaacs opposed the Cappellini slate. Cappellini will be called to ac- count, if reports are true from var- ious delegates, for refusing to call the special convention several months ago when sufficient locals demanded ite On all of the chief issues the op position will fight with the district law as a basis for their position. The DAILY WQRKER correspond- ent will report every session ‘of the convention. : One particular characteristic which the Brennan group has evidenced is their utter bankruptcy, organization- ally. The Brennan group has no ob- jective, but their self, no program which appeals to the rank and file, not a shadow of an organization to fight the well equipped, well organ- ize machine of Lewis and Cappellini. Progressive Miners Only Clean ! Fighters, it will not be the Brennan group who will be responsible for any re. forms in District One. There will be -t the convention adherents and sup- Jorters of the principles enunciated by the Communists and the progres- sive miners. tI will be this group which will have the only definite, clear and practical policy, this group knows how to fight the combination that is wrecking the miners’ union. The delegates to this convention will have many things to decide. The proper path is pointed out in the pro- gram, of the Communists and progres- sives of District One. - . Foreign Exchange. NEW YORK, July 21.—Great Brit- ain, pound sterling, demand 4.85 13-16; cable, 4.863-16;. France, franc, de. mand, 4.72; cable 4.72%. Belgium, franc, demand 4.64; cable 4.64%. Italy lira, demand 3.71%; cable 3.7144. Sweden, krone, demand 26.89; cable, 26.92. Norway, krone, demand 18.36; cable 18.38. Denmark, krone, demand 21.74; cable 21.76. Germany, mark, no quote. Shanghai, tael, 78%: no quote. . Get a bundle for every meet- | | walks like millions of pt Pecan RS: eIESOII Be ehh oh oe ing of your trade uniob local. ? Pate we IC Ae « ote gute Bie! DLR TI IIE, SAP CRI ION Ror ENE I IRN aot Fe Beer a ee ie Pee ‘ - Pet — am « | aN a
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Sa nin beat heed tte adeeb the da. ser epee * » : f t x oF f ¢ _— ey. ' ' ta is ’ . ie. WN sig ee ae thes iy a ee ‘i & ro Aa ee ER ET 2 la de 28 ty” a a Ree ON uh hora Ns Bl Bot ates “s Pe pe 53d i : ay iid bf oe he b + wt) ‘a st oe 3 Fy eit lee nh a> at, 5 a : ved ay te Sy .. F - 7 ¢ * » a THE DAILY WORKER Not only erialism Arming for the # ight t American imperialism has now thrown aside its mask. As is known, it has come forward as ‘the protector’ of China, only acting out of the American consul in the province of Fukien had numerous arrests carried out among the students on account of their participation inthe | TAN on his instructions the governor of Fukien has caused several students to be shot, but in Shanghai the Americans are e also arming for the fight — ANG SHIN SEE, in he Struggle in bio east and Its Significance.”’ orkets’™ French eal British Communists Appeal “(By Rosta Lia iebewee’ MOSCOW, June 18.—(By Mail)—M. Brown and M. Semar, members of the British and, French Communist Parties, respectively, have, under their joint signatures, published a declaration, in which they state that if the Second International and the Amsterdam International Federation of Trade-Unions agree to the proposi- tion of the Comintern (Communist In- ternational) and the Profintern (Inter- national of Red Labor Unions) regard- Ing joint assistance to China, “the warships and machine guns of the im- perialists will have no force against such organized united front of the working class.’ No Technical Delay. This proposition must be quickly accepted; declining it for any formal reasons or otherwise would be disas- trous. There is yet another possibil- ity, which must be carefully avoided, namely that the Second and the Am- sterdam Internationals might try either to dodge their answer or even seize upon the opportunity to use the proposal for polemic purposes. Immediate measures must be taken, the authors of the declaration urgé, to secure the active unity of the front of world labor with.the Chinese peo- ple against international imperialism. The steps taken in Englafd for organ- zing a united workmen’s front on a maitonal scale dre bound to influence the Second International and the Am- sterdam organization. British Unions Stand True. Such activity on the part of the British working class is the more im- portant, remark Comrades Brown and Semar, as it shows that while Britain is the directing and active factor of international imperialism in China. the British workers are taking anew stand. against imperialism. It is in- deed interesting to note that less than a year ago, the left wing of the British 1 movement was unable to make theu&bor organization support China. Quick Action Imperative. There is no doubt but that the mi- nority of the Amsterdam Trade-Union Federation is sincerely in favor of unity of the labor movement and will welcome an attempt to organize sup- port of the Chinese people to a large scale. Be it as it may, any attempt to dodge or decline the proposition of the Comintern and the Profintern will only result in bringing discredit upon the Second International and the Am- sterdam International Federation of Trade-Unions in the eyes not only of the Chinese people; but of all the awakening peoples of the East and the working masses of the world which still have confidence in them. “Our work”’—concludes the declara- tion under review—"“will be success- ful only when we realize that the Chi- nese events are of an exceptional im- portance for all mankind. What we repeat and emphasize is that: not one minute must be lost!” Ask the brother in your union to. subscribe to the DAILY WORKER—take a_ bundle of the DAILY WORKER contain- ing installments of the full re- port of the British Trade Union Detegatian to Soviet Russia. aS aS “Stan by Soviet Russia!” Demand “Hands Off China!” Mass meetings and demonstrations are being held in ever city in the United States’under the auspices of the Workers (Communist) Party under its slogans of “Stand by Soviet Russia!” and “Hands Off China!” Those to be held within the next few days are as follows: ST. PAUL, MINN.—Mass ete Wednesday, 8 pc m., Deutsche House, 444: RWe: Ot Dunne. July 22, Speaker, William F. YONKERS, N. Y —Saturday, July 25, at 8 p. m., 23 Pali- sade Ave. CLEVELAND, OHIO—Open ‘is mass meeting, Speakers: William F. Kuo Min Tang, Wong; John Brahtin, and others. CLEVELAND, OH!O—Mass picnic at Willou 26. Speakers: William F. Dunne, Public Square, at 3 p. m. Secretar Park, July July 25, Dunne; h Beach la Reeve Bloor, Alfred Wagenknecht, J. A. Hamilton for the party. Max Salzman and Carl Weissber Le the ue. ublic Square. for the Young Workers ‘Take Cleveland, Painsville and Eastern cars from MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Monday, July 27, 8 p. m., Labor Temple, 808 Walnut St: Speaker, J. Louis Engdahl. | TSING HUA COLLEGE STUDENTS OF PEKING ISSUE A. SLASHING ATTACKS ON ANGLO-JAP MURDERS The DAILY WORKER has received, ia the kindness of a Chinese student at Cornell University, a copy of a publication issued by the stdudents of the Tsing Hua College of Peking concerning the“Shanghai Crisis.” Among other interesting matter is contained the following manifesto of the Tsing Hua student council: me Tsing Hua Students’ Manifesto. China, the great nation, has long been suffering the bondage of foreign oppression. However, in all circum- stances, she has been patient and gen- erous, extending her hospitality to all alike that inhabit and visit her ground, -Her people, lovers of peace and order, have maintained thruout the ages an attitude of goodwill and friendship toward her neighbors.” Alas! .Her hope of peace has been again and again obstructed by some that live right. under... her, patronage and hospitality! Ingratitude and injus- tice that you find in this world are no more despicable than this! The most outrageous act of the British and Japanese happened in Shanghai a few days ago. Our fellow students of Shanghai, in sympathy with the Chinese laborers who had been killed by the Japanese mills, were out lecturing in the streets one day, The right of free speech as so strongly advocated by these so- called civilized countries, to our great surprise, was denied to them. The British policemen forced the unarmed lecturers to disperse by gun- shots. As a consequence several of our brethren were killed. This is the story sufficient to harrow our souls and freeze our blood! Rise up, you own- ers of this great land! We, the students of Tsing Hua Col- lege, are indignant over this brutal treatment of students by the British and Japanese authorities and so have prepared this manifesto that it may be circulated to the effect that we, as Chinese, representing the republic and standing for our national sovereignty, should present a united front against foreign oppression! In any country, the function of the police is to preserve order and its deemed a breach of law to abuse their weapons, The “accident” recently occurred in Shanghai is therefore unprecedented. There is absolutely no pretext in de- fense of the British policemen’s ac- hall 7. tion. It is ‘evidently an act of atrocity and an expression of foe. How,.on the earth, could the for- eigners treat life so lightly and slaughter our brethren at their will? Do they think that we have no resis- tance, so t ey can commit any foul deed to their advantage? We shall teach them this time that they are altogether mistaken! In settlement of this outrage; it is our opinion that it is incumbent on the whole Chinese nation to lodge a strong protest with authorities | m the. British and Japanese with the following demands: 1. The restoration to China of all British and Japanese concessions and leased territories. 2. Immediate abolition of extra-ter- ritorial rights, 3. An apology from the British and Japanese governments. 4. Punishment of the police, fired the fatal volley. 5. Removal.from post the British and Japanese consuls at Shanghai. 6. Payment of an indemnity to the injured and the dead. 7. Immediate release of the stud- ents arrested. 8. The British and Japanese govern- ments should guarantee against the recurrencé, of outrage of similar char- acter. Let all those, upholding the dignity of the Chinese student-Body, of China as a nation, of justice and humanity. and as sincere and firm believers of world peace and international friend- ship, hereby proclaim any and all elements that stand in opposition to our hopes and expectation the bitter- est adversaries of mankind! who Three Polish Sailors Die DANZING HARBOR, July 21.—The Polish destroyer Kaszub sank here today after an explosion. Three sailors were killed outright and the rest of the crew were sever- ely injured. Go to your union to tell them what the British trade unions think of Russia Today. PHILADELPHIA WORKERS CHEER FOR FREE CHINA Chinese Student Sees Soviet China By R. BAKER. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 21—The workers of Philadelphia for the sec- ond time demonstrated their interna- tional solidarity ate the united front “Hands Off China” mass meeting ar- Y. W. L. M. Yusem, représénting the Y. W. L, expressed the! position of the Young Communist Ifternational and its American section pledging full sup- port to the striking Chinese workers. John Pauu of the Richmond Uni- versity, spoke in ‘the name‘ of the Kuomintang and was:greeted with tre- mendous applause. “We are friends of Soviet Russia because Soviet Russia is our friend,” and “we will do all in our power to see that the Chinese people qstablish a form of government as near as pos- sible to the Russian Soviet govern- ment” were some of the oustanding statements of Pauu that received the applause and approval of the audi- ence, The following resolution introduced “by R. Baker, secretary of the Workers Party was passed by a unanimous vote: “We, the workers of- Philadelphia, gathered in the mass meeting on July 17, 1925 declare: That the con- tinued extension of American, French, British and Japanese imperialism intu all parte of the world, and particularly in the Orient, isa danger not only to the hundreds of millions of colonial and semi-colonial «peoples, but to all the workers of the «world. “The struggle for, world domination is leading up to a new world war, with its slaughter.of the workers so as tO give new and greater profits to the ruling class. _,, “The struggle of. Chinese workers, asants and students in.their present revolt ae , World aeoeston a vars Spar) ye athe once of imperialism. Its suppression would be a blow to the entire working class. “We therefore pledge our full sup- port to our strugghing brothers in China and demand of the United States government«:Hands off China.” Comrade Oliver.Garlson, director of the Workers Schoohof New York, was the principal speaker. He dwelt at length with the histery of imperialism in China and the ;Qrient, and pointed out that the Orient today is the key to the world situation. Carlson ended with an appeal for closer co-operation of the American workers with the struggling workers.-of China and clos- er fraternal bonds between the Work- ers Party and the Kuomintang. Jail Editor for Dry Traffic. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 21. — Charged with possessing and trans- porting drugs and conspiring to vio- late the Harrison narcotic law, Blaine W. Bradfute, 32, managing editor and part owner of a Bloomington (Ind.) newspaper, was free under $1,500 bond today awaiting federal grand jury action. Authorities said Bradfute admitted his guilt. Find Vein of Cood Coal in Itlinois GALESBURG, IIL,’ July 21.—Samp- les of coal were brot to the surface today by the Galesburg Mining com- pany, which Saturday struck a vein of good grade coal four and a half feet thick, in a fleld. which: extends over mile wide. . © ~ ' ranged by the Workérs Party and the 4 EGYPTIAN a masses in the Orient. tries of the East. PROTEST OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF PALESTINE AGAINST ANGLO- The central committee of the Communist Party of Palestine appeals to all workers and peasants to protest in the sharpest manner against the foul and shameful mass murder on the part of Anglo- Egyptian justice against eight accused in the Lee Stack trial. This murder is one of the most shameful acts of revenge which English imperialism has committed in order to terroMze the enslaved Further, the central committee of the Communist Party of Pale- stine appeals to all workers, peasants and revolutionary organiza- tions in the country to commence a great mass protest movement for the purpose of showing to the imperialist hangmen that, of bloody death sentences and cannon, they will strangling the rhovement for emancipation in the suppressed coun- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Palestine (Section of the Communist International). CLASS JUSTICE in spite not succeed in NEW YORK WORKERS PARTY CALLS ON ALL TRADE UNIONS TO DEMAND IMPERIALISTS KEEP OUT OF CHINA NEW YORK, N. Y., July 20.—The Workers (Communist) Party, New York district, has sent a call to 1,200 trade unions, fraternal] bodies and other workers’ organizations, for united action of the workers of America against the intervention of American and world imperialism to exploit the Chinese workers. International solidarity. of the workers against the .murder rule and bloody oppression of the foreign imperialists in China is the demand of the Workers Party. ’ The letter signed by Charles Krum- bein, district organizer, follows: “Dear Sirs: and Brothers: “The Chinese people are waging a valiant struggle for their independ: ence and against the brutal oppression of the foreign imperialists. The toil- ing masses of China demartid that the imperialists get out of China and let the Chinese people develop freely their own lives and manage their own affairs. ’ imperialists Murder Rule , “But the rapacious imperialists of America, England, Japan and France, the capitalist powers that are holding China in their grip, refuse to accede to the rightful demands of the Chinese people. Foreign imperialism is de- termined to hold on to China by sheer force, by jailing, persecution and wholesale murder. “At this very moment the imperial- ists of England and Japan are carry- ‘ng on a joint military intervention to subdue the revolt of the Chinese mas- ses. At the same time the imperialists and militarists are using the Chinese situation as a pretext to mobilize their forces to a new attack on Soviet Rus- Sia. “These efforts of the bankers and imperialists mean a new world war in which the workers will be sacrificed for the greed and profits of big busi- ness. They mean more suffering and misery for the masses of England, France and Japan, aS well as for the people of China. United Action For Chinese “The situation demands united ac- tion of all working class forces in sup- port of the just demands of the Chinese people for “lands off China.” It calls for energetic action to stand by Soviet Russia. The labor move- ment of the United States is vitally interested in the success of the strug- gles of the Chinese. workers against their capitalist exploiters and the free- dom of China from the imperialists, as well as in preventing new alliances against Soviet Russia.” “Realizing the gravity of the situa- tion and the duties that it imposes upon the labor movement of the United States, the Workers Party of America calls upon your organization to join hands in a United Front con- ference for common action in support of the struggles of the Chinese people. + We request your organization to select two delegates to the conference to be held on Monday, August 3, 8 p. m. at Stuyvesant Casino, 142 Second Ave., New York, to make the following de- mands: Demand “Hands Off China” “1. The withdrawal from China of the imperialists and weir armed for- ces. “2. The cancellation of all treaties ‘| humiliating to China, and the cancel- lation of the extra-territorial rights for foreigners. “3. Grant the demands of Chinese workers now on strike. “4. The immediate trial of all those guilty and responsible for the killing of the workers and students in Shan- ghai, Hankow, Cindow, etc. “5. Opposition to the new efforts of the imperialists against Soviet Russia. Connecticut Labor Also Demands Hands the Off Chinese Workers NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 21.—Re- cently, four meetings have been held ‘n the Connecticut district of the | Workers Party. On Saturday, July 11, 350 workers attended the Central | ‘| schools. | Green Bandstand meeting in New Ha- | ven. On Tuesday, July 14th 250 were | at the corner of Buckingham and Main Sts., in Hartford, the state capital. On Thursday, July 16th 250 were near Haven at Dixwell cor. Webster. All of these meetings were addressed by | broom factory district organizer William Simons. TOPEKA COUN FAVORS Gl t i , | : .: | : £ ' of , ' ' : LIBERATION Kansas Workies to Imperialism By JESSE A. KEEBLE. Worker Correspondent. TOPEKA, Kan.—The last meeting i : of the Topeka industrial council was not as large as usual, in conjunction with the W. CG. T. U, and several other organizations to prevent the adoption of the Winston primer as a text book in the Kansas What the meeting lacked in humbers it made up in enthusiasm, Favors Chinese Liberation. , The following resolution was intro- duced by Delegate J. T. Filler from the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen and unanimously adopted: “WHEREAS, the exploiters of labor — in England, France, Japan and the United States, in order to evade pay- ing the required standard of wages of these respective countries, have in- vested their capital in China and Mex- ico, and at this moment are carrying on a joint military intervention to sub due the revolt of the Chinese massea, Means War. “This means war, this meane the sacrifice of thousands of people on the altar of capitalism; it means more suffering and misery for the masses of England, America, Mexico, Japan and France as well as the people of China. “The labor movement of the United States is vitally interested in the suc- cess of the struggle of the Chinese workers against the capitalist exploit- ers as well as the struggles of the Chinese people for national freedom and independence. Demands A. F. of L. Ach . “Therefore be it resolved that pone industrial council of Topeka, Kansas, — call upon the executive committee of ~ the American Federation of Laber te | use all the influence and power @at their command to arouse the working — class of America to the enormity of the situation. Be it further resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be given to the labor press for publication.” Wants “Labor College.” “ay Mr. Tom Tilma, editor of the labor ~ paper at Wichita, Kansas, was present and made an excellent talk urging the workers here to start a labor college here, soon after Labor Day, to study economics from a laborer’s viewpoint and other things of vital interest to labor. It was voted to take up for discus | Sion at the next industrial council the | question of an open forum to get speakers to talk to the laborers and discuss labor subjects. the Post Office in Springfield, Mass. On Monday, July 6,.a meeting was | held in the colored section of New These meetings met with great suc- cess, the audience, being in sympathy | man in the prison beorm factory for with the cause of the Chinese strikers in their demand for economic better- ment and for political freedom. Bridge- port has already arranged a meeting and Stamford will follow suit. Wednesday, a local mex:»ership meet- ing of Springfield considered party activities, In Hartford, a special C. C. C. meet- ing took place after the open air meet- ing, where plans were laid for a fur- ther meeting in conjunction with the Kuomintang party of Hartford. On | Mr. Chas. Snyder or the Broommak- ers’ Union will give a lecture at the next council meeting of the Topeka |industrial council, describing the at the Missou€! peni- _tentiary. Mr. Snyder was employed as fore- several months so knows all the in- side workings of that prison slave pen. Prison Graft. In talking with Mr. Stifler he said that. during the four months that he worked at the prison 1,650 dozen brooms were Sunk in the Missouri river to get rid of them. A large graft was made in selling supplies to sell, the state so when the goods wouldn’t they were destroyed to make ,room for the purchase of more sup- plies, Tell of (Continued from page 1) ties in ‘the. concessions and the kill- ing of a few dozens of the Chinese etudents by the foreign police in the course of a: peaceful. demonstration. ‘%t seemed like a local incident and could have been easily settled. But you must know that this incident was only an occasion of the present movement, the underlying causes of which are far deeper and far more complicated. The first. shot in Shanghai sounded to,me like the fall of the bastile in France and the first death-béll to the imperialistic domina- tion in China. It really opens a new chapter in the history of China. “Now I am going to pdint out to you some of the underlying causes of the unrest in China. Causes Explained. “The first and immediate cause is the intolerable conditions of the Chin- ese workers themselves. With the in- dustrialization of China, the Chinese workers suffered the same sad lot as their brothers in other industrialized countries. “Low. wages, long hours of work, child work, unsanitary conditions, 1 hina’s etc., these are the evils as a sequence of the industrialization. Their imme- diate demand is economical, that is, the improvement of their economic conditions. It is a just demand. 7 “The second underlying cause is the economical’ exploitation of the country at large by the foreign capi- talists. Started as a local incident, the movement has spread rapidly as a protest against the foreign exploit- ation in general. The Chinese people as individuals and China as a nation are the economical slaves of the capi- talistic countries. These capitalists with the support of their respective governments have extorted from China concessions of various’ kinds, railways, mines, forests and so forth. It made China a working nation un- der the foreign capitalistic domina- tion, Foreigners Are Exploiters “Tl may frankly tell you that the Chinese people are fighting foreigners now not because they are foreigners but because these foreigners are also exploiters. In other words, the pres- ent movement is not an anhti-foreign movement, as seme people are led to uffering believe, but it is a movement against the foreign exploitation. “We. Chinese, people are too inter- Nationally-minded to be anti-foreign. Confucius, our great teacher says: ‘Withip the four seas, we are all brothers.’ Confucius in his youth, as he told us, was a cowboy and a watch- Man to a certain noble, ‘Confucius “ould Join Workers Party LY cotter | “If he lived today, I believe, he would certainly belong to a workers’ party. In China at present it is not only a class struggle but also a strug- gle of the oppressed nation with the imperialistic nations. “The third underlying cause of the present unrest is the political domina- tion of China by the foreign powers. China is not only an economical slave but also a political slave. She has no tariff autonomy. She cannot protect some of her industries, that need pro- tection. She cannot raise enough re- venue to establish a stable govern- ment that can maintain order and peace. “The foreign concessions in the various treaty ports serve nothing but: as a ground for both’ undesirable « waste a ge ey f at Chinese and foreig fee to various kinds of cri “These once Nuibiaibie with the so-called extra-territoriality or consular jurisdiction noét only impairs the Chinese sovereignty and political and administrative integrity, but they also made any politieal and judicial reforms difficult if not impossible to work. “And then a stable -government is hardly possible when the foreign pow- ers are intriguing in and interfering with the Chinese politics today sup- porting one faction, tomorrow another faction to promote their own selfish interests in China. Missionaries’ Vile Business. “Now I just gave you a real picture of what the China of tOday looks like. You oan imagine how the Chinese as individuals and China as a nation suffer under foreign’ imperialism. When I refer to imperialism I used to mean three things, missionaries, busi- ness men and soldiers. “You may be surpriséd how I link these three together. Yet they have a united front to promote imperial- commit ism. Most of the missionaries are | + aR ag CH rt leeting not bad in themselves, but they are forerunners of imperialism. Mission- aries to oriental countries, especially in former days had a political mis- sion, too. “Missionaries explored the country and imposed their religion upon na- tives. Then came business men to trade with their capitals. One day, if one of these missionaries or business- men is killed by natives, they appeal to their governments for protection. Then these governments send their army and navy not to protect their nationals, but to demand either the cecession of territory or the conces- sion of various kinds. Chinese Have “Learned a Lot.” “The present anti-impertalistic movement in China is the natural out- come of and reaction against these intolerable conditions. The Chinese people are the most peace-loving peo- ple, but they have learned a lot of lessons from the foreign powers for the past ten or twenty years. “They understand now what is meant by ‘justice, humanity and right- eousness’ in the minds of the foreign powers. The Chinese people no long- ed er rely on their government alone to accomplish their purpose. The Chin- ese an@ especially the Chinese work ers are beginning to organize them. selves under intelligent leadership to free themselves from imperialistic domination. They learned to use those legitimate methods which other people and other nations have used to enfroce their just demands for political and economical freedom. May Cause World War. “Here I appeal to you to have a correct stand as individuals and as a great nation on the present problems of China. I appeal to you strongly not to be misled by some propaganda cables sent to you or to your govern- ment by your missionaries and busi- ness men in China, who try to sacri- fice your interests for their own. “It must be clear to you that what China wants belongs to her as her own. She does not demand more than what is due to her. Unless, China is again in her right place among the family of nations, which she is entitled to and unless the present problems of China are solv- according to the true sense of in Washington D. C. a Pa Ti See POMPOREESY WE POV M EET TE | ban. justice and humanity, it will endanger the. peace and tranquility not only of the Far East, but of the world at large.” The position of the workers of the United States and the position of all workers who follow the banner of the Communist International, was pre- sented by Rebecca Grecht. H. M. Wicks also spoke, dwelling at length on the role of missionaries and the Christian religion in China. The fol- lowing resolution was passed unani- mously: “Get Out” Says Resolution. “Whereas, Events transpiring in China today are of such a nature as to make imminent another world war, “Whereas, the Chinese people are beginning to arise in a nationalist movement against foreign capitalist invaders, therefore, be it “Resolved, That this meeting de- clare that we sympathize with the movement for freedom of the Chin- ese masses and demand of the lUnit- ed States government that it immedi- ately withdrew its armed forces from China and. keep its hands off that country.” J Ke \qate . : oy Ss oe } AL fe a “se . * Pact T ae Hy ia “S ka pee chisel 2 hg This was part: ly due to the intensely hot evening and partly to the fact that a poor many of the delegates were attending a protest meeting at the Y. W. GC. A, AW we ———
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—-— ——— on 12 Hoar Trick By ART SHIBLDS. ‘Ee. (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) a@ s+ 5 ae x te . und NEW YORK, Though the Standard Oil Go. of New Jersey is being advertised as the Jatest patron of the 8Shour day and tulogistic editorials in metropolitan papers are duly hailing Oll for follow- ing the example of steel the facts of this gracious reform have simmer- ed down to smaller size than’ was at first supposed. Only 1,400 workers are affected by the reduction in hours from 12 to 8 r day at dressers and other workers en- rter ed in digging wells for the Ca a Co., a subsidiary of the New Jer sey Standard in the mid-continent fields. Twelve Hour Day Continued Not all the Carter men are includ- ed in the change from two to three shifts a day. In the more remote camps 12 hours will continue, A. F. Corwin of the industrial relations de- partment of the company explaining that the workers would be bored by four hours more leisure in those out- lying spots. The erooubitt system will mean the hiring of about 500 more workers ‘put the daily wage of the individual worker will fall, wages per hour will rise 25 per cent, it is said, but at 8 hours per day this will total to 16 per cent less than before. At the same time there is nothing to indicate that ossding house prices, and the cost ; in general, will be reduced. by 2 Only a Few Affected in the oil fields have been doing @ 12-hour day since the first ‘were boned in the middle of the ie deters, Even during the war when the 8-hour day was fairly com- ‘mon fhe drillers watched the clock go round on the job. The existence of thig 12-hour day furnished a glaring ; n to the statement of J ‘DD. Rockefeller, Jr., two years ago, he was opposed to the two- shift system. And @ is. pointed out, today, that contradiction still obtains, for of the Carter men are af- none of the 12-hour _ he field for the subsidiaries of the ndard Oil com of Indiana, etc,, and Sinclair, Do- sae: Highly Profitable Othiex*eompanies will watch the ex- portent, and if it does not increase . costs, and if the workers in the re- ‘maining 12-hour fields show a rest- jess demand for some of that extra leisure Mr. Corwin is so fearsome of, cit is expected that the 8-hour day will extended gradually thru the pro cing fields. As fox the cost end, the ord Motor Co. fownd that its 8-hour ‘day, even with increased wages, was highly profitable, and tke United States Steel corporation at a later date lost no money when the 12-hour day “was discontinued. It should be stated in this connec- tion that the 12-hour day in the oil fields is found on the continuous oper- ation jobs such as drilling, where there are day and night shifts. Pipe- line workers and most other workers, are generally day men, working more than sight hours but less than twelve. Men Fought For 8Hours Old time unionists from the oil fields, discussing the new Carter rpolicy attribute the chafige to the itation that has been carried on for rmany years in the “grease belt,” “where at different times and places the American Federation of Labor and the Oil Workers Industrial Union Jhave kept the 8-hour issue alive. The ak of the A. F. of L. effort, perhaps, gvas the long strike of 1921 that stop- ped production over an immense area tin California with the aid of a milit- yarized picket line and threatened to Sweep into the mid continent fields. In the latter territory the industrial ‘union conducted such a spirited drive in the early war days tha tthe federal administration, which was in close contact with the oil interests, rounded up about 40 organizers, kept them in ‘filthy Kansas gails for 25 months waiting for trial, and finally dispatch- ed them to Leavenworth penitentiary for the actual offense of labor union- ism, though nominally on espionage bill indictments. At about the same time officials of the Carter Oil Co. attempted to frame up Charles Krieger, a job delegate, on a dynamite charge. He was defended by Fred H. Moore, acting in behalf of his organization, and eventually ac- quitted by a Tulsa jury that became convinced vice president Pew had procured the dynamiting of his own porch for the purpose of discrediting the union. VOLUNTEER HELP WANTED Volunteer help wanted afternoon and week at the Defense office, Ave. every evening of this International Labor at 23 So. Lincoln Come and give as much time Very Important. as you can spare. ges Cut, it, Most Men July » 24-—-(FP)— and these are the drillers, | —, — ‘i tp TBs " ea ngs MAINE OFFICIALS TO TEAR DOWN ALL BILL BOARDS ON HIGHWAYS AUGUSTA, Me. July 21—While state troopers and highway e¢m- ployes sailied forth armed with ax and paint brush to give battle to -billboards and other advertising . signs on all public highways today, the state of Maine was adding an- other “first” to its afready enviable record of leadership. The _ state which launched the first ship of the American navy and introduced prohibition, has now legislated all highway advertising out. of exist- ence. — The prohibition on new billboards and the demolition of the old, de-. creed by the last legislature, is the result of a popular demand for the preservation of the natural beauties of the state. ‘AVIAKHIM” IN FRATERNAL NOTE o- ’ Air and Chemical Socie- ty Wires China MOSCOW, June 18—(By Mail)— Th4& “Aviakhim,” which means the Air and Chemical Defense Society, has sent the following telegram to the Executive Committee of the Kuomin- tang and the Central Council of Trade- Unions of China. “It is with unabated atention that three million workers and peasants, or ganized in the Aviakhim, are following the development of event’ in .China. Two years. ago, to the arréfant ulti- matum of the British imperialism the Russian city proletariat and peasants responded by offering resolute resis- tance and creating a mass public or- ganization aiming at strengthening the defense of the Soviet Union. “Today, the toiling masses of China, with whose people We are con- nected with fraternal ties, are rising against the inhuman oppression of foreign imperialism, against enslaving laws and treaties under which is suf- fering a great nation. A storm of in- dignation and wrath has been roused in our ranks by the brutal shooting of unarmed workers of your country by the police of the oppressing powers. “We are with you; we send our warmest greetings to those who direct the struggle for the national libera- tion of the Chinese people—the Com- munist and Kuomintang parties of China, which are carrying on Sun Yat- sen’s work, and the Central Council of the labor unions of China. And we firmly believe that victory will be on your side. We are convinced that all the public forces of awakened China will follow the same paths as those they tread in the Soviet Republics.” MacMillan Ship Is En Route to Disko Island, Greenland WASHINGTON, July 21.—The air plane carrier Bowdin of the MacMil- lan Arctic expedition was enroute to- day from Hopedale, Labrador, to Disko Island, Greenland. A radiogram to the National Geo- graphic Society from Commander Donald B. MacMillan said that the ship left Hopedale under full sail and engine powér. There Wasa light East wind and “splendid Weather con- ditions,” the mesage said. The Bow- din ig expected to join the airplane ‘carrier Peary at Disko Island the lat- ter part of this week. Tale of Two Cities Among the cities that showed up exceptionally well in the recent DAILY WORKER drive for new subscriptions were Muskegon, Mich., and Bellaire, O. As mistakes were made in publishing the figures for these places, the following correc tlon Is necessary. Eighteen new subscriptions were secured in Mus kegon, all sent in by their “live wire” agent, Walter Johnson, while Bellaire completed 40 per cent of its quota instead of only 25 per cent. Both of these party units ex pect to come under the wire for nothing less than 100 per cent of their quota in the next drive. | Small Takes Rest in Swell Resort, Scott Seems Doomed SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 21.—Gov- ernor. Small, of WUlinois, arrived at Long Beach, Michigan City resort, this. morning, to remain until after Labor Day. He will occupy the cot- tage, “Broadripple.” He expects his son, Leslie, of Kankakee, to spend! part of the time with him. The-governor said he was here to rest, but that he would keep in touch with the Scott case. He will not in- terfere, he said, with the execution orders unless Scott’s brother returns and surrenders to police. Ask the brother in your union to subscribe so he can read the installments of RUSSIA To- D AY. © cm OF KN THE DAILY | JOHN REED COLONY SPI E AMON xe woRken ; SLI can happen. in four weeks. how much it will spread. our dock. He heard that I was HARVEST THIS YEAR IS 8 EXC ey: By ANISE. (Special to The Daily Worker MOSCOW. (By Mail.)—I havé just come igi ed Volga and a visit to John Reed children’s colony, where a “hundred orphan children are now approaching their second : beginning to look very good. Yet everyone is holding his breath for so much Hail, for instance, or some of the little pests that get into grain. There is a lot of this along the Volga; the question is There’s a tractor at John Reed colony. away, from a peasant on the Volga steamer twelve hours hefore we reached ? est. It lédks good; it is I heard of it two hundred miles gat. A, ting off at Alexeivka. “There’s a tractor there” he told me! He did not know to whom it belonged; he knew only that the district had one. But I, knowing the poverty of the famine- stricken peasants, was sire that no nt had bought it. And I found itswas indeed ours, belonging to the colony of John Reed, a present from the Executive Committee of Saratov. Three of the older boys had already Teartied to run it, under the direction of a “tractorist.” ? Help The Peasants. I'saw at John Reed Colony how the 10 K MINT ANG ea! of mutual help is being built up between government groups, peas- ant organizations, and co-operatives. We ourselves, tho our teachérs have not been paid for two months and our children are on short rations till harvest,—we ourselves have yet the |proud position of philanthropists. For we-are richer in implements than anyone else about. Consequent- ly the village Self-Help Committee asked us to help them, by. ploughing and sowing land for widows and Red Army families. And siheé we have a tractor and sixteen working horses, oun. children acceded to the demand and ploughed for those poorer than we. . On the other hand, this SelfHelp Committee, which was 80 poor that even we could help it, was also able to help us. For it brot to our mill all the flour grinding for several small govern- ment depart ents, and out of our ‘per- centage for grinding we got almost a two month’s’ bread ration. , Government Aids Co-ops. Some moreof this mutual help busi- ness. There is a little village co-op- erative in; Alexeivka. Very tiny: $600 is all its working capital. Yet when the Saratov education budget ran short by May, due to the bad harvest last year and consequent small taxes, and our food’supply failed, just after we had put absolutely everything we had into the ground,— this little co- opérative gave ts credit to the amount of $200. It nearly went broke as a result; in fact, it would have gone broke if it had not been ‘helped by the next| lik higher up organ.’ But, you see, little co-operative knew it could count on that, sinee it is government policy to help co-opetfatives. Farm 600 Acres. Our hundred, children. are farming now 600 acres, more than three times what they handled last year. It is a gteat sweep of wheat and rye and sun- flowers and barley and millet; there has been no sweep of grain like it in this district since the revolution broke down the old grand duke’s estate. Our horses and pigs are already so good that the peasants are coming to us for breeding purposes. There is a real struggle going on constantly between. the Old. Russia and the New. It goes on not only be- tween different classes and different individuals, it goes on in the soul of each individual also. Our manager, for instance, is a Communist. But for all that, his soul is that of an old time peasant. He is energetic; he is proud of the number of acres he has sown; he is from the children’s homes and made working citizens of them . But as for schooling, it doesn’t really seem to him that the children need schooling. He had spent all the colony money on more and more horses, in order to make a good productive showing. . After all, he was treating the children no worse than every peasant treats his own children. He himself had first learned to read and write in the Red Army. Schools for Peasants. But the result of this,—was a party investigation. For word began’ to spread around that we were. neglect- ing culture for the sake of our farm work. And while work must come first, of course, in a country which needs rebuilding, there is measure in all things. So there were hearings, | and reprimands, and two new assis- tants appeared at the colony, who had pedagogical training. Also an ener- getic young secretary was sent out by the party for our Communist Youth organization. After I had talked with this youth I saw that the thnig for me to do next year was to “make culture hum.” For the present harvest will give us the food we need, and even a few sheep- skin coats and felt boots for winter and some extra underwear. What our young Communists wanted now was to start a “School of Peasant Youth.” This is the latest thing out in Russia: it does for the village what the Work- ers College has done for the factory. It spreads knowledge among those who are too old to begin all over in the primary school, who have a back- ground of experience to make use of, but have never been given an educa- tion before. It is a short, steep cut to knowledge, and has some similar- Vane 2 s/n —_ proud that he has taken idle children | acUCr > our American clubs and it seems he knew all about them, He knew that “in the summer they, go camping in tents and have of fresh air; in the winter they have all kinds of classes~for various | nd-work and knowledge; in thes} ng they have a big exhibition of work.” . . This he had learne way down on the Volga in the he gets from the Communist } , to teach him how to organize boys and girls. ‘Women M 8e ucated. * He said that had promised a School. of P Youth if we could furnish a building. And it seems there is a building, a ‘ormer barracks where the soldiers “slept who came at harvest time to for the grand duke. During the ci yi war and fam- ine it was used by reds of refu- gees who. rorgen ae floors for fuel and blackened. i 7 s with their smoke. But the s ; brick building still stands, needing calsomining, win- dows and flooring.. Here is a regular audience hall, with ,fheater; here is space for two classrooms ; here is a club-room, and library, and a _ small apartment. for the club-leader. It. will cost $1,000 to make a com- plete so¢ial center here. And when we get it I think’ we will name it, not after John Reed, as the colony is named,-but after some woman. ‘ For that also is part of our fight for the New Russia against the old. Out here in the back country it is still hard for people to believe that women are citizens, and that girls as well as boys should have hoes and also knowledge. $ Our young Comgomolist also telé me of a new peasant Jibrary put out by the Government- Publishing House, —100 small volumes, for $4.00! It beats even the famous, 5 cent libraries of America. And it tells about every- thing a peasant needs to know from Lenin to tractors! «Sq we are buying two of these for us@ dn our library. Radio Spreadg; Like Fire. And games and .sppial life! And a radio with which tq@,hear concerts and lectures, from Pao gt Leningrad and ease Yes, radio, sso. has spread wild-fire. thru he - » Sov Mea our and, where is it. moge,needed than in these dark contets an? fle railroads, snow-bou od pth ay where now it becom to hear the best city contre. yp OPS They are putting an ‘cai, programs instructing peasants, As for games, —perhaps somewhere in Russia there have been beautiful, folk-dances in the past. But most of his talk about the social charm of old world peasant life is just/an out-and-gut lie. No Rus- sian peasant children that I knew ever learned to plgy games. There are no bails around. As for winter. sports, sledding, skating, even making snow-men,—when have Russian peas- ant children had shges and coats to go outdoors in? 4 Huddled on their.great stoves they passed the winter -months and came out to work or lie in the sun in the spring. The chief social amuzement possible was calling the girls names when you were little, or spooning with them when you wre big. Form New Collectivés. Yes, that is peasant ‘life with the glamour removed. But now we are to have a real club, with a stage and a library. And a radio. And besides our young Comsomolist we maye have a club leader from America for the winter, a woman,..to work with him and to organize’ the girls. And to _| bring im some standards of life that he doesn’t know about; mosquito-net- ting,.for instance, so that our chil- dren’s legs will not be covered with great red welts and so that we can knead our bread, without kneading hundreds of flieg into it also. For these also are some of the unconsid- ered joys of pe@#ant life, untouthed by civilization! As for the future of these children, —already there are signs of what they will wish to do. of the older boys, seventeen and fafpiteen years old, have made for application to form their own working collective this au- tumn. They wanf;to live at the colony another year and use the implements| of the colony, biit taking up new land of their own, and’ having the right to their own harvest. diction, 7 Assoctation to Make Spivak a Test Case (Special to The Daily Worker) (Taxi Driver, W. C.) NEW YORK, July 21.—The license of Isador Spivak, a taxicab driver was / suspended by order of Deputy Police Commissioner John Daly, in charge of the license department of the police department. The reason that the police gave for the suspension of this work- er’s license, thus depriving him of earning a living, was that while driv- ing, with a fare in his cab, he was smokin and the suspension followed. Spivak was represented in court by John’ O’Brien, counsel, for the Amal gamated Taxi Association, of which he is a member. O’Brien sought @} change of venue to the state license commissioner, contending that Daly, the police commissioner, had no juris- because of the ruling fast week of the appelate division, that the notorious police taxicab bill and othér laws passed by the local assembly, were unconstitutional. The request for a change of venue was, of Compas | refused. : The Amalgamated, announced - ‘its intention of making the conviction a test case of the whole police supervi- sion and will appeal to the higher courts. NEGRO PLUMBERS ASK ADMITTANCE TO THE A. F. OF L. A group of Negro plumbers headed by E. L. Doty will try again to get into the Plumbers’ Local Unjon here. Doty and other plumbers have already received their city licenses. and.are working at their trade. | As the A. F. of L. has started a campaign to organize the Negro. work- ers, the American Negro Labor Con- gress will watch with interest what action is taken in the case of Mr. Doty and his group. ; Postmaster New: . | Admits Increase in Mail Revenue WASHINGTON, Jul July 21.-<A general Reon veeens ee of postal rates was started today by a special Joint con- gressional commission. under’ the chairmanship of Senator George H. Moses (R) of New Hampshire. Appearing before the commission with a summary of receipts: and ex- penditures under the old and the new laws, Postmaster General New said he. expected there would be an increase in revenue under the rates which went into effect last April, but that he could not tell what the total expense would be under the increased postahk salaries autherized by congress. iSRe German Women — Protest ~ Discrimination BERLIN, Germany, July’ 21.+-Wo- man members and wives of mietbers of the reichstag are protesting ‘against discrimination against womeh in' ‘the goverment service. Wonien ‘ttre dis. wissed without cause, ami deprived of pensions, the protest states. Get a bundle for every meet- ing of your trade union local. | SHERIFF TO ADDRESS | OUTLAWED KLAN MEET IN LOUISIANA CITY NEW ORLEANS, July 21—De- spite the fact that the ku klux klan has been outlawed in the state of Louisiana, 75 klansmen, male and female, are holding a state conven- tion in Alexandria, and just what the boys and girls in nighties. have on tap has not been announced, but it looks as if something is brewing. Sheriff U. T. Downs, of Rapides parish, has been announced as one of the speakers of the kian rally and, barbecue, to be held in Alexan- dria, July 23. It looks like a case of law be damned. ~ Getting a DALLY WORKER sub or two will make a better Communist of you. of THE WORKERS’ Tickets 40c in Advance NEW YORK READERS, ATTENTION! ATHLETIC GAMES AND DANCE to be held on SUNDAY, JULY 26th, 1925, COMMENCING 10 A. M. at BELVEDERE PARK, Best Refreshments and Lunch. , SPORT ALLIANCE NORTH BEACH, L. I. 50c at Gate North Béach car to Park. ity to the clubs and classes maintain- ed in social centers in America. | I told the cate Comsomolist ‘about —Te ) lo Candia _:} apa a“ _ ' «+ s. DIRBOTIONS—Take Corona Subway or “L” to.Junction Ave, and a Se ee ee ee STO eg “as i‘ a ba A ~~ «2 A ‘ ; bs isl and a complaint was made ve a a ee ee ee ee eee ee eS eT eS Se eee . * < purposes of the American |bor Congress and pledge ourselves to assist in every way possible to make the American Negro er we yucca ers’ International Union.” that the a if you tell your sho DAILY is oa RUSSIA [TODAY—The Union Delegation to So- Fair n- al can — wo e British Fe k io The Official Report of the ., Advance are ae rake: WF ead compensation insurance rates are expected to advance five per cent, in Illinois: British Trade Union Delegation to Soviet Russia } was cmoposed of men whose political tradition tended to make them critical of the Communist philosophy and policy, and’ who had each an expert knowledge of, at least, one of the branches of industry under inspection, Further, the advisory Delegates were men who had long official training in inquiring into and reporting foreign countries, and who had a thorough knowledge - of the nanan. and of, Russia under previous conditions. r - ’ ~ THE DELEGATION THE INTRODUCTION) : | HOW THE DELEGATION WORKED } There was no difficulty in getting contact with opinion of every shade. INTRODUCTION) Each member of ‘hte Délegation 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. These author- . izations were made full use of by those members who spoke the language and ,khew the country. The seovided. Wit esas OF ducting tk each Wich cppecta Gaia © and was kept ies ma eT in contact with it: came well We have placed on record the results of our labors in the dees : 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 thé »workers who reside in it and who have secured this control by facing indescribable dangers and | going thru suffering unparalleled in the history of world con- licts between race and Trace, class and class, and one form of WHY THE DELEGATION REPORTED are: (FROM THE’ INTRODUCTION) civilization and another. Ie” A thrée months sub and two books. 1.—The State and Revolution, by 2.—T he L THE COMPLETE REPORT Will b printed serially for the first time in this country (together with charts and maps) tn a uniform Half-Page Installment : BEGINNING SATURDAY, JULY 25 While These Special Offers Are Being Made! OFFER No. I A two month’s sub to the DAILY § WORKER for $1.00. Just the thing to enable every 4 worker to begin meet. the great historical document of ritish La- OFFER No: 2 Vv. |. Ulianov (Lenin). Theory pre on? of eninism, by |. Stalin ALL FOR $2.00. ($2.50 in Chicago). a For the aticlohed Bhs: - beginning for.......months (and the two books offered THE DAILY WORKER | 1113 W. Washington Bivd. send the DAILY Chicago, Hl. . { eee WORKER -—_ - - -_— lll al lll ss ears a ei etrerr Beiter ne § ; ti
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tee ae ; . -——- — — ‘* PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 21.—Per- =i sates: Wee ie tee me By THOMAS . (Worker Correspondent) haps it is the growing unemployment situation which makes the usual ter- tible conditions in the Carnegie Steel miljs worse today than ever before. the history. of these mills. nea wel practi 4 gprs d ea theped vie not need meta stick “ot gl as they have a good , in’ man, de cia ‘do what he is, told @ worker as the so many. e ‘the more they _ - ne better their records look: eile? > . Fue & ae CAE Yi ® ORN es "rey to the Santa Barbara police ‘depart: Ve oe ts e ee .. . A 30R FAKE] | EIN WAGES ANI “WITH REAL EST ATE: Bet RaaRM BAS SIA ‘By ‘L. P. RINDAL, Eel, eecaaien; Cal., July 22“Brother A. W. Muir, A. E. Woolwerton ‘and M;'®. Richardson; representing the Los Angeles county building trades “edbneil, went to Santa Barbara “immediately” after the news of the earth- }quake They were instructed to ascertain the needs of the building trades mechanics of Santa Barbara and offer assitance. Thru the “courtesy” of & police commissioner they were “permitted” to enter the city. They were also “assisted” and made a “complete investigation.” And now they are “greatly indebted to Police Commissioner Foss of Los Angeles and eae tat ae ie ARK RULE ‘ us ment.” Only one brother” ‘Tom Mathews, Lathers, was killed. Several members siaffered injuries. No Buitd ing trades needed at present.* All work © cept cleanthg ‘up wrec kage. 3818 ’ “Arrangements — hinee been atiade with the chamber of commerce: atid builders’ associations to employ 4H hien thru a central employment serv: iée, which will be established: cand fiafntained under’ direction. of the ‘Santa Barbara county building trades council.” This they call a “level headed ‘agreement policy” which have been practiced in Santa Barbara for Old SJaves Dumped On ‘Seraps Heap At the present. time they are off men been wo for twenty without a break ut no they are too old they are not needed anymore, and besides in a few years they would have to be pensioned. One case in is that of | old worker who worked for twenty-t1 years. During the first fifteen y he claims that he never lost a day’s work, but was there every day, Sun- day included. He is now laid off and a young fellow hired instead. ' In the molding section over three fourths of the force have been laid off. The brunt has fallen'on the older men, as the only men who have been kept on are the young men who are strong and able to keep up the terrific pace set in this section. It is all piece work and there is a time set on every job. Having some friends in there ¥ ; walked itt to speak to them for a few minutes but they had no time, they could not take a minute to cussed Pee one another. ~— Unemployment Rife Unemployment and short time ara the main features here at the present time. Most of the mills are shut down, |) only the repair sections are working A few of ‘the young men quit, as, claimed they would sooner starve than be worked to death. Young work- ers are forced so much that {p me oe they almost qj] take to strong drink to ease their minds} from the terrible strain ‘taat is im- posed: on them. Jugo-Slavia and (Italy Sign Treaty.” NETTUNO, ay | , July 21.—Thirty-' two agreements| concluded between: Italy and Jugo-Slavia at the recent con} ference in Venice have been signed here. Mussolini signed for Italy. The. port of Fiume is used equally by the two countries, © ‘| Hee’ authority; ars. “Curiosity seekers and job rs stay away,” ends the message. his is the essence of an article the Southern California Labor yess, the carpenters’ organ, July 2, 1926.) “ Raise in Wages in Santa Barbara ’ During Rebuilding. ynta Barbara, July 1—By un- Saha vote ate, special meeting of the Santa Barbara county building trades council last night a resolution was adopted declaring that no in- crease in wages will inaugurated by any union affiliated’ with the coun- cil during the reconstruction period, regardless of the length of time it takes to rebuild the city. The council also declared that every affiliated union in the city will co-operate in speedily restoring Santa Barbara . “Building trades mechanics are asked to keep away until notified to ‘¢ome, as much work must be done be- fore®' actual building proceeds. All| bo building trades councils thruout the/t mtate will be “notified when men are - }eeded; and when they come here they, will be employed thru this council—-A. G. Gilson, secretary- | Coun of California, attended this Jmeetin#and ‘congratulated’ said coun- cil upon its attitude.” (Labor Press, July 3, 1925.) , These two extracts from the local Jorgen, of the carpenters shows five aon First, yellow submission to po- second, collaboration ‘with bosses; third, agreement in ad- _| ¥ancé* not to ask for higher wages; ‘|fourth, that both the Ha ty organization “and the te ‘body .of the building trades are in - accord with’ the “level- endladsinien” of Santa Barabara union- ists; fifth, that all these bodies are a ms A il cracked at that— : it comés to giving information concerning the sufferings, etc., among thousands of conscripted slaves— working day and night ahd injured right and left—during the quake. P°°Thése collaborators are (also in “thigsrespect) working hand in hand with organizations of the master class, } whose interests demand to keep every- dthing.of this nature under cover and, therefore, out out from the news- papers. Real estate values might go down if the real truth about this l OUR’ DAILY PATTERNS NEW ROMPERS FOR THE SMALL CHILD 5167. iets files jumper model has a separate Guimpe, and outstanding + pockets, which will please the little | wearer because so many things may be stowed therein. The design is ex- cellent for wash material as well as for flannel and jersey weaves. >. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 2, 3, 4 and 5 years. A 4 year size requires 1% -yard of 27 inch- material for the} Gtimpe if made with long sleeves, or 1% yard if made with short sleeves. The rompers require 1% yard. Sem ome NOTICE TO PATTERN BUYERS—The nished by a New York firm of pattern ae re ates Orders are forw by ILY WORKER every day as re- mived, and they are mailed by the Bi man- «facturer wae to the ctistomer. The DAILY WORKER does not keep a stock of patterns "on han livery of pat- terns ordinarily will take at least 10 days ' the date of mailing the order. Do nie impatient if your pattern is delayed. .iD qwatiled to any address un mceipt of 1Zc in silver or stamps. xo _ A PRACTICABLE “SLIP” OR “UNDER DRESS” 5152 This style is very serviceable for wearing under Tunic Blouses or with an “ensemble” coat. ‘The facing ~| may be omitted. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas- ure. A medium size will require 3% facing, and 4% yards with the facing. Width of slip at the foot is 1% yard. FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12c in silver or stamps for out up-to-date Spring and Summer 10926 Book of Fashions, showing color plates and containin des igne of ladies’, ‘ ; ++; isses’,--and -children's erns, Getting a DAILY WORKER hem and comprehensive Drticle pty Bs 8: : making, also some points for the pera sub--er--two- will make a_ better) <iitus ~of~ the various -simple ‘ ; ; stitches), all valuable hints te home Communist of you. : | dressmaker, egagarer of the State Building Trades | les | yards of 32 inch material without the| & —— “rebellious” quake zone was told, BUT THAT IS ANOTHER STORY YET TO BE TOLD. ® Peace Report. . While industrial “peace-making” (in favor of property owners) is the or- der of the day on the main land, Scharrenberg, secretary-treasurer of the California State Federation of La- bor, is attending a conference at the inatitute of pacific relations in Hono- Inlu, Hawaii. The idea is that of try- ing,.to pull the ‘chestnuts out of the fire, for the hard pressed imperialists “rn a world-wide scale. “The federa- tion’s. secretary reports a pleasant yoyage to the home of ukulele” (what- ever,that is) “and other things,” says the Labor Press. A aes peace re- WHIP SLAYER IS FREED OF DEATH OF CONVICT BOY JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 21— John Higginbottom “whipping boss” for one of the biggest lumber com- panies in this state has at last been freed of the charge of having mur- dered ,Martin Tabert.. Higginbottom was once found guilty of murder but the lu ber company for which he w ane who might have en forced to pay the family of the dead nit daitidges if the case were permit- to rest with an employe of their guilty of the murder fought the case thru the supreme court of the state and got & new trial and Higginbottom was. titted. Tabéert was arrested for “stealing” a ride on & freight train here arf was sentenced to sixty days in jail. He was leased to a lumber company and while working in their camp was beaten so badly by Higginbottom that he ieee defense committee of the I hearing of his case and with the,@id of his family in North Dakota had his death investigated. The state ‘legislature of ee Da- kota asked that the guilty parti punished. ‘Theit resolution Peake to the é@tate” legislature of nies and an ‘invéstigating committee after taking téstfmhony reported that the use of the lash should be abolished. Noth- ing was*'safd of the real evil—the leasing Of ‘convicts to private lumber and turpentine firms. | A special grand jury was called and indicted’ ‘Higginbottom. He and oth- ers were: tried and he was . found guiltyo:: The lumber company for whom: te ihed acted in beating Tabert to’ death was not even reprimanded. They fought his case and secured a retrial»and he was freed. In the meanwhile there is a law against the use of the lash on leased convists. but no way to enforce it since | the: fellows charged with the enforce- ment of the law are the same ones who, stills“beat hell out of” the con- viets: to- get the last ounce of work from them. The evil will continue ein some other poor devil is beaten to death. If he has friends who can fight for him there will be more in- vestigatidns. But, if he is a friend- less hobo or a “nigger” he will be buried in quick lime as Tabert was and that will be that. PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who work hard for their ‘money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work, DR. _RASN ICK . NTIS” . 65 Smithfield Street. ter w convention contained in THE eaieenw ones WiFi! indeed. ) oe FRG , v4 ; ee ~. pigs? BAS: , Pts Fast Pigg At PR: hit it ‘ - \ & t |FARRINGTON’S F aT EX PE SE BILL IS HYPOCRISY PROOF Blunts | His iS Attaeles on the Progressives (Continued from page 1) posing him, and his threat of expul- sion to Tumulty - Fight fo# Miners. For many years these four men, Thompson, Watt, Parry, and Tumulty, have been the 0 itanding opponents of the Farrington machine, and the champions of the’ tank and file of the Illinois miners" ‘They have consis- tently fought for the miners against the combined efforts of Farington and the coal opera Their work has become so that Farrington, eign, from him, od of expulsions feeling his resorts to the and threats Ynsane attempt to stop the exp : It fs a well known fact in bis that Thompson and Watt are thd’ miners’: hope for Omid in the next Illi- Lois miners’ ut‘¢r’ electiras. ' \ Duat *t0 * Fakers, Farrington ndw declares the Educa- tional Commit des | to be dual, Far- rington is a lidr.”’ We aré ‘not any surprised or wofried at any thing Far- wneton says about dual ufiidns: We have come to kifow that what Farring- ton says is ‘the union must be good for it. Any miner having a thot of his own, and not in bondage to the machine is “dual” in the eyes of the faker. We organized the unemployment councils to help care for the starving children of the miners when Farring- ton had refused to do so. They were declared dual, so was the Progressive Miners committee declared dual after Farrington saw he could not use it as part of his machine. Now the educa- tional league is “dual” because its members are exposing the fakers to the miners. ~— Bidod Letting. Farrington states the attempt to send Watt and"Thompson around thé state “A brazen attempt to bleed you of your hard @d4rhed money and has never before beén attempted in Iili- nois.” This statément shows the gall and braszennes#’ bf the faker. The proposed trip att and, Thompson |. would cost the©miners of their sub- districts a few ééits each and the re- quest for voluhtéry subscriptions for that purpose is Mitirely constitutional. That request’ afd method of secur- ing money is ifi®great contrast with | by''Farrington him- self. A few exa aplet o ot Eseersenber tland no dou ing read. ing to the 9 Endugh Exp The district edt starving! His? are shown on. port as follows” ° Salary $2,580.00, Hotel, $673.00." Train Fare, "$672.54. Livery $60.78." Total expehsd’ $1,406.29. Total, with ‘Gularies, $3,956.29, or approximately”'$4,000. 000. For the first three months of this year the following figures are shown in Nesbit’s report of Farrington's fat graft: * Salary, $1,062.50. Hotel, $534.00. Train Fare, $651.65. Livery, $74.50. - Total Expenses $1,26048. ~~" With Salaries, $2,322.65. For Six Months: Outside the above, Farrington charged $951.38 for telegrams while traveling, besides the large amount while not travelin All, a total for the last six month that"kas been only partially explained"o? $4830.92, or ap- proximately $7,000500 theIllitiofs min- ers have paid duritig the six’ months period for the luxtiry ot having Far- rington in office. * Tomorrow I will tefl of other details of Farrington’s atices. for quarter, 1% CO ee co o Understand The full progress of the Communist movemént in this he the coming convention )—get the full reportaef the last The Second Year of the Workers (Communist) Party of America 9itls ae el Report of the Central Executive Committee to the Third National Convention he THESES 1113 W. ribeye ome Bivd. : _ PROGRAM 50 CENTS The Daily Worker Publishing Ce * 2 ' Ht MM RESOLUTIONS (oo sn | tne maaan mnrmmearneaimraninenienene went “OHM Chicage, | PG DAILY WORK prepared with money. ington Blvd., Chicago, Il. BUILDERS AT TAKE A TIP FROM A LIVE WIRE In Philadelphia, under the capable leadership of City Agent Lena Rosenberg, splendid work for the DAILY WORKER—and equal effort in books and pamphlets and general propaganda work are being obtained. Comrade Sam Weisberg has been one of those whose good work is a large part of the reason for this success— and is also the first Builder to respond to tell others just how he does ‘it. He puts some: of his apetnods in these few words: SOME OF THE EASIEST WAYS By SAMUEL WEINBERG In the shop, or in the Union my best argument is the ER. | manage to have clippings of articles pertaining to my trade and hand them out to my prospects to make the way clear for a sub. they read the best articles ever written in a newspaper. They come:across right there or else they ask to see a copy or so. When | oblige them his only excuse might be that he is not For which | usually trust him. . * WHO’S NEXT? Tell the Builders At Work Column just how you do it— and what you feel are the very best methods. matter whether you are an Agent or rank-and-file Builder. Send it to BUILDERS AT WORK COLUMN, 1113 W. Wash- & < ba ah es er i tue Bema Page Pigh 2 | “PITTSBURGH, PA, NEEDLE UNIONS PICNIC: SUNDAY All Workers Invited to Glad Big Time ’ PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 21—Needle Trade Unions will hold a great gather- ing and picnic at EB. G. Schwarzwalder Farm, Anderson Road, Glenshaw, Pa., Sunday, July 26 1926. Take Millvale car No. 3 at Pennsyl- vania Station to the end of the line, the signs will lead you to the place. Good union music will entertain you the whole day. Also good speakers will be on the ground. Refreshments will be provided by the committee. All trade unioftis are invited to take part at this gathering: Admission 35 cents. The Joint Arrangement Committee Local 131 J. T. Uz Local 86 A. C. W. VU, ? se — val }; -* aT | WORK ~~ | find less resistance after ‘Two Workers Killed in Quarry. NEW ALBANY, Ind., July 21.—Two seriously, in a dynamite explosion at the Wolfe Bros. stone quafry near They are all glad to pay after they get the first copies of the DAILY | here today. WORKER. Thé dead: C. C. Pate, 36, white, | \ . . and Richard Robinson, 25, Negro. | Your Union Meeting | It doesn’t Second Wednesday, July 22, 1925. Name of. Local and- Place No. of Meeting. Blacksmiths’ District Counell, ense account for the last three mon % ‘of 1924 shows that Farrington drew®two salaries while the miners’ wi¥é# and children were ary and expenses vze 14 of Nesabit’s re- BIG PROFIT IN HAWAIIAN SUGAR 1 MAY ACCOUNT FOR TRUST’S FEAR OF COMMUNISM IN THE BARRACKS 19 S. Throop 3t. Boller Makers, Monroe and Racine. Carpenters, 1? Garfield Bivd. a Western and Lexing- Carpenters, 5443 S. Ashland Ave. Carpenters, 505 S. State St. Carpenters, 1638 N. Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2263 Grace St. Irving 7597. 225,507, equal to more than 50 per cent of its capital. The $2,400,000 paid in dividends is 2-3 again as large as the entire average profit of pre-war years. Oahu Sugar Co, paid, 18 per cent dividends on its -.$6,000,000 capital -stock.and. closed the. year with a sur- plus of $6,695,000 «This surplus ex- ceeds the whole value ‘of the capital stock. The $1,080,000°distributed to the owners in*cash ts' 87% per cent of pre-war years. Get Away With the Swag. Ewa Plantation Co. ‘paid 28 per’ cent on $4,000,000 capital stock, a’ cash distribution of $1,120,000, ap- proximately 2% times the average pre-war profit. The surplus was $3,- 073,000. Hawaiian Sugar paid 24 per cent finished the year with a surplus of $1,376,382. These are typical results for 1924 shown by members of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association., Any one reading the Coolidge apology for refusing to reduce the sugar tariff would expect similar prosperity among the “protected” wage earners. Japanese Struck. The plantation work is being done by Filipinos whom the association is importing by thousands. Tens of thousands of Japanese workers were imported prior to 1920 for plantation work, but they finally struck against the peon conditions and the owners had to look elsewhere for strikebreak- ers. A request to congress for permis- sion to import Chinese for this pur- pose was refused on the ground that an adequate supply existed in the Philippine Islands under the Amer‘. can flag. Filipirios Won't Scab, Either. Recentl¥ the Filipinos also struck but the planters’ association, accord- ing to the Wall Street Journal, can still import plenty for $1 a day and keep. The policy is to lessen the like- ‘thood of strikes by drawing these workers from df#fferent tribes. It is easy for the corporations to break a strike because the workers live in company houses, on company prop- erty and are dependent on the com- pany for their subsistence. Previously imported Japanese and Chinese and their children predomin- ated in the sugar mills. War “Welfare” Expensive. An amusing sidelight on this ex- ploitation is found in the govern- ment reports on cost of sugar produc: tion during the war. Government in- vestigators found that one Hawaiian company raised its expenditure for welfare work from about 30 cents to over $11 per employe to escape the excess profits tax. terest in welfare has taken a slump since the repeal of the tax. “Black Jack” Off for South America. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21.— Gen. John J. Pershing is on his way to Tacna to head the plebiscite there. ak The best argument for world Trade Union Unity, is. RUSSIA TODAY—get your local union- fe take a bundle, By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press industrial Editor) Cash dividends averaging 18 per cerit paid by 156 Hawaiian sugar com- panies in 1924, not to,mention huge undivided profits expected to’ produce stock dividends, bear witness to the successful protection of sugar million- aires afforded by the republican tariff. The tariff protects corporations ex- ploiting the island possessions of the American empire as well as those ex- ploiting peon labor in the beet sugar fields at home, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar .Co., the biggest producer in the islands, s in 1924 paid 24 per cent cash dividends on its $10,000,000 capital stock and in addition showed a surplus of $5,-+#—— dividends on a $3,000,000 capital and | a Probably the in- | ance with his own request, Stekloff has been relieved of his.functions of editor of the Izvestia by the Presidium of the of the U. S. S. R., pointed Professor Stepaneé-Skvortzoff as editor, and Volin as assistant edi- Carpenters, 6414 S. Haisted St. Carpenters, 1581 Maple Ave., Evan- ston, Ill. Coopers, 8901 Sooo Ave. Hod Carriers, 1352 W. Division St. Hod Carriers, 810 W. Harrison St. Jewelry Workers, 19 W. Adams St. Ladies’ Garment vy OTROS 322 W. Van Buren Stree Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. Maintenance of Way, 426 W. 63rd St. Painters, Sherman & Main Sts., Evanston, iii. Piasterers, 910, W aS. Railway Carmen "iat. "Count 1, 5445 S. Ashland Av Railway Sareven, 5444 Wentworth Railway Carmen, 5445 Ashiand Ave. Railway Trainmen, 426 W. 68rd St., Iizvestia Changes Editors. MOSCOW—(By Mail)—In compli- .. sfere. 777 W. Adame 8t. Sheet Metal, 714 W. Harrison &t Metal, 5324 S$. Haleted St. .m, Tanalees, 175 W. Washi Teamsters (Meat), 220 S. Ashla Bivd. 769 Teamsters (Bone), 6959 S. Halsted q fees 810 W. Harrison St. erp Tonal ang Baie nad Workers, i: Central Executive. Committee which, has ap- more than the entire profit average | | ; | bt tp bp tp in bp bp bp te te ee tor. Neto~Unieen, "ounerwies | stated all BROOKLYN, N. Y., ATTENTION! CO-OPERATIVE BAKERY Meat Market men Restaurant IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONSUMER. Bakery deliveries made to your home. FINNISH CO-OPERATIVE TRADING ASSOCIATION, Inc. (Workers organized as consumers) 4301 8th : Brooklyn, N. Y. ee ee ee i i i, i i i ee ee ee ee ee Avenue ee _ - - LL LL LL LL LL LL DL LL DL Lf SL DS ee i ee DE ee ee LL DD DD De D De De DD De DS De ‘ie 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 Soviet 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. RUSSIA TODAY is not writ- ten by Communists. It is the Official: report of British trade ynion leaders and ex- perts, an honest picture of Russia as they have seen it, written ina dignified im- partial manner—but form- ing the most exhaustive study of life under Soviet rule ever made. Place your order on this blank— For Everyday That Your Union Meets THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Enclosed find $.... copies of the issue of July 25. Send bundles of .............. copies every week to reach me on... ITE 2: 5.15. coins sononstecampsnenihsaigilin womidaisaibaliasiaihistiaittiosdliitiassiibsiuos obbishitetedhsenieibicasal: aim PIPE Tt. scchadedhentpoeanisenehneemeieial so ihaiDak dish ic cunenitsnbchasan svsvanesnessoniiiiaaieldiiatiaaaannnn BE fs csncisvnninneshapnetuhentebensaagaiteeibiingtbeiblanabnsnieds STA Tae. icdicasnioons men were killed and six injured, four. . | vane, —E
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4 ———— _ - weet wee: — i nent. st pe teonns Binet ie | hea her mae sine fesanasasiatie ae S . > , - . te. 4 " maaan Ae REM saw , : a eh de Lon ay oa 4 : | S ye ee DAILY WORKIR: BUBLISHING co. Bivd., Chicago, Ill. Phone ieneee 4712 SUBSCRIPTION RATES y mall (in Chicago only): By mail. (outside of Chicago): $00 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 ‘did DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington. Bivd., Chicago, Iilinols J. LOUIS ENGDAHL ) i“w 2 Editors WILLIAM F. DUNNE j MORITZ J. LOEB Business Manager Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, Iil., under the act of March 3, 1879. Advertising rates on application. A “Good” Labor Leader The Chicago Daily News, owned by. the millionaire tory, Victor, Lawson, has words of praise for William D. Mahon, president-of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, for his action in forcing the employes of Samuel Insull’s elevated road to accept the company’s offer which refused a paltry increase, in wages of five cents an hour demanded by the men. Under the caption : “Mr. Mahon’s Wise Counsel,” the Daily N ews. says: “Largely because of the advice of William D. Mahog, the cap- able and experienced president of the international organization of street and electric railway workers, the 2,500 transportation em- ployes of the Chicago elevated railways have abandoned their de- mand for a considerable increase in wages and have voted to ac- cept virtually the same wage agreement as that of last year.” This is praise indeed. Mahon is a good leader in the eyes of the capitalists, tho he was hooted off the platform by the members of this own organization who experienced his treachery before. Mahon agreed with the employers when they claimed that “present in- dustrial and commercial conditions are not favorable to wage in- creases.” Not only did Mahon betray the interests of: the members of his own organization, but he struck a blow at the workers in other industries, in their fight for higher wages. This statement of Mahon will be quoted extensively thruout the country by-the chambers of commerce and other capitalist organizations. Here we have another example of a boss’ leader. He’ 6 the kind they like. While the boss press slanders and villifies militant labor leaders like Foster, Howat, MacDonald, MacLachlan and others of that type they have words of praise for the Mahons; Greens, Wolls, Lynches and the numerous specimens of the labor faker type who use the trade unions in order to feather their own nests at the ex- pense of the workers. This shouldbe convincing proof, to the work- ers that the reactionaries are not fighting: for them, but against them. Benito on the Banana If news dispatches from Italy are authentic Benito Mussolini, representing fascism, has one foot on an over-ripe banana skin. The other foot is covered with bunions. We are speaking politically, so to speak. — rn Mussolini has recently put his murdér machine thru a delousing process. By a wave of the white-wash brush he exonerated his merry men of the murder of Matteotti, going to the extent. of conferring honors on them as a recompense for whatever discomfort they suffered while they were legally held on the murder charge. He has postponed the next national elections indefinitely and got rid of those members of his government who had not separated themselves from every vestige of decency. But Mussolini’s bpwples increase with each new punitive measure against his enemies. The Matteotti murder did not down with the exoneration of his murderes by the fascisti-controlled court. It is now reported that a great movement is on foot with international ramifications to bring about his downfall. As a means to this end, members of the opposi- tion have gotten into the fascist organization with the object. of creat- ing discord within its ranks. | | Weight is added to this report by the action of the fascist news- paper Epocha in publishing a dociim@n&éontaining the story of a terrorist organization formed inside the fascist party by Mussolini and his clique for the purpose of getting;rid of his political oppon- ents. The same paper also charges the high court that tried one of the murderers of Matteotti with having ignored evidence during the trial. é —s HE map shows where England is plotting to form a Baltic league against the Soviet Union. England is endeavoring to enliét Germany against Soviet. Russia by giving back the Danzig corridor chetin s the lower left hand corner, to Hindenburg as a bribe. ‘Lithuania has blocked this. anti-Soviet combination, "Lithuania protests the seizure’ of the region around Vilna by Poland, shown” “the dotted area. | England: proposes to give Vilna back to Lithuania, but, take from her the corridor along the Niemen Cats and give sea to Poland ,in compensation’ fot the loss of Danzig. ae are So far, however, England has been samp to. carry thru.this anti-Soviet plot. Di. ha! IMPOSING STREET DEMONSTRATION IN NEW YORKS EAST SIDE AS WORKERS _ PAY LAST TRIBUTE TO JOHN LASSEN By WILLIAM WEINSTONE. NEW YORK, July 21.—Comrade John Lassen (Lakai) who died of tuberculosis at St. Lukes Hospital was cremated Sunday afternoon after an imposing street demonstration in which the red draped bier carried by a guard of honor was followed in closed ranks by hundreds of workers who — to pay tribute to his memory. The Semoustration ‘stretched a whole length am a city block and attractéd the wonder, attention and interest | ‘the proletari- an families as it passed along First and Second avenues and 79th and 8ist and back to the Hun- garian Workers’ Home on 350 E. 81st street, A Life.of Service to Revolution The funeral ceremonies began at 1:30 p. m. Much earlier than the hour announced the. members of the Work- ers Party, Young, Workers League and - a That this paper has dared to face Mussolini’s wrath is proof that the black dictatorship is steadily weakening and that the mil- lions recently loaned by Wall Street to bolster up.the fascist regime have not stayed the inevitable process of disintegration of a govern- ment that exists, not thru the support of the masses, but thru the economic power of big industry and the bayonets of the fascist army. Blocking the Bloc Great Britain’s efforts to build an unsanitary cordon around Russia, thru a bloe of Balkan nations-is left hanging between earth and heaven, like Mohammed’s coffin, because of the refusal of Lithuania to become a party to the conspiracy. We are not quite satisfied that Lithuania’s motives were ani- mated by any devotion to ethical scruples, but the fact remains that this particular neighbor of Russia threw a good sized monkey wrench into the delicate machine of British: diplomacy. England had sueceeded‘in lining up Finland, Esthonia, Latvia, Poland and Rumania. The messenger boy employed by the British in perfecting the conspira¢y was the Latvian foreign minister M. Meirovitz. small nations like a tea peddler, soliciting the co-operation of the respective governments in the anti-Soviet: plot dnd giving the cash terms England was willing to pay for their assistance. The Lithuanian government. was on the mailing list of the Brit- ish foreign office gnd being somewhat exasperated over the Polish vrabbing of Vy in 1920, thru a “putsch’” sanctioned by the then British voternment, the Lithuanian foreign office allowed the Soviet government to havé a look at the tell-tale correspondence. At least so the story goes. It is signficant that Meirovitz visited the Lithuanion capital | on his way to Paris and that shortly afterwards, the official organ of the Soviet government issued a statement revealing the object of | Meirovitz’s mission. Esthonia is to hand over two of her islands to Britain for use as naval bases against Leningrad. England also proposed to shift some territory between Poland and Lithuania, and Germany and Poland, in order.to satisfy all concerned. But the small nations, like the large‘ones, don’t trust. each other, which is all to the good of Soviet Russia: — The Balkan bandit nations will vain nothing by entering the British conspiracy against the Soviet Union: Lithuania is well ad- vised to depend for its prosperity moré “on trade and commercial relations with Russia, than on the cash boxes of the British govern- [t is also possible that the silhouette of the Red Army which is: thrown across the borders is an grave reminder to Lithuania Athat discretion is the better part « Another one of Britain’s anti‘ oviet bldes seems to be blocked. oo nde . /~ » — ee 8 a 3 %, $ This gentleman, a socialist, visited the capitals of the, TOKIO, July 21—The Korean flood disaster ;is the. worst one in the history of.that.gation, according | to meager ies, Reaching Tokio today..2« «2 Thousands are re banevea bs Forty ¢housand are meported less. Property damage is cana blished international, connections | for the paper obtaining. contributions re- gularly from the best of the Commun- ists writers in Russia, Hungary,‘ Ger- the workers organizations with which Lassen was agsociated assembled to pay their last,,respect to their de- ceased comrade. -They stood closely packed in the auditorium while com- rades Basky, for,the Elore, Lustig for the Htngarian. Young Communists, | iJein of the- Workers Dramatic Socie- ty, Comrade Amter of the Workers Party and Comrade Eber, a member of the Hungarian branch, paid irihute to the services John Lassen had ren- dered to the movement and to the in- spiration that his brief life had fur- nished them. . z Red not. black was the prevailing color in which hall, bier and cortege were adorned and not tears but a so- lemn determination to carry the task to which Lassen had devoted his life were the duminaft note in the »peech- es of tribute It was with the vigorous singing of the International that the ceremoniesiat the home were closed. The. ;street demonstration then followed and later in the day, several hundreds of workers assembled in the Fresh Pond Crematorium in Queens for the final addresses. Comrades Gar- des of the Elore, Raskolsky and other members of the Workers Party and Comrade Jack Statchel of the Young Workers League of New York spoke. Comrade Statchel paid a special tri- bute to the memory of Lassen for his activities in the youth movement of | America and other countries. -ETHO taken from us when scar- ‘cely in his prime, Lassen leaves behind him a career of valuable serv- ice to the revolutionary labor move- ment and to the Communist Interna- tional. Of proletarian family, Lassen became interested in the movement when 16 years of age in Budapest as student. During the war period, and as a student in a Budapest university hejoined the radical student organi- zation known as the Galileo Society. He had hardly reached his 18th birth- day, when in 1917 he became the center of political life in Hungary by his attempt on the life of Count Tiszo, of the editors of death. . paper until his and became editor! Pie, arian ‘the Hungarian Communist daily, T lore. He esta- blished international connections for the paper abtelning Sir as Gian re- gualrly from the Dept of the Commun- ist writers in Ru a, Hungary, Ger- many and Austria. “Me remained one death. Altho: frail in heal as the result of the pernicious disease which was consuming him, he threw himself into the work of the youth of America and helped to build up the splendid Young Workers League which obtains in the Hungarian section. Fee, eevoted him- self to the work. of organizing and systematizing the revolutionary plays and stimulated the Workers Dramatic Society as, well the Workmen’s Or- chestra. Author of Revotutionary Plays Lassen was the author of several re- volutionary plays. “1914-1919” was written while hewrwas in Germany. “Herrin,” a one act play based upon the events in Herrin, IIL, during 1223. “Masters and Slaves” which was run- ning serially in the DAILY WORKER was his play. He’ also wrote a novel “Reds and Whites'*"a story based on the events in Hungary. In his many articles on life“in America, which were -published inthe DAILY WORK- ER, Volkzeitung amd Elore, are depict- ed the bitter str le of the workers and especially of the most keenly ex- ploited workers of the East Side of the American cities. In all his writ- ings and editoria} work Lassen show- ed a keen appreciation and applica- tion of Marxism and Leninism of which he was a devoted student. Lassen’s Life and oe ' By William Weinstone the Hungarian premier :and central igure in the war. Comrade Lassen | was tried and sentenced to death for ' this attempt which had been miscar- ried, but was liberated by the revolu- tion. Was Under Indictment The American capitalist class saw in Comrade Lassen a powerful enemy of exploitation. He was indicted at the end of 1924 for writing a poem against Coolidge and for an article at- tacking the Hungarian counter-revo- lutionary organ Nepsava, and was un- der $2,000 bail. The American Communist fiove- ment and its Hungarian section as well as the ‘proletarian movement everywhere will deeply feel the loss sustained in the early death of our comrade, while,his life will afford a splendid example of earnest and un- tiring service fo the cause of Com- munism. on Active in Youth Movement Lassen then became a member of the Young Communist League and threw himself actively into its work. Up to the time of the fall of the Com- mune, he did editorial work for the revolutionary organs and carried on various organizational tasks. With the fall of the Commune, he emigrated to Russia and became a member of the executive of the Young Communist International and in close cooperation carrigd on work in Ger- many, Austria and France. He wrote for the Jugend fnternational, the Ger- Write the stery about your shop . of the editors of the paper until his| a) ae Political Questions In- volved in Dispute — LONDON, England, July 21— Premier Baldwin was workin energetically today to stave the cabinet crisis which loomed as result of the opposition of W Churchill, chancellor of the fe vere to the naval building program ad verge by W. C. Bridgeman, first of the admiralty. Churchill wants increase the size of the navy, but 1 to the extent that Bridgeman d as “little” navy men in his won| family. The cabinet having reach an accord today was . given over to private and discussions in the hope that the, sive compromise might be found. the time the cabinet again assem in Downing street tomorrow. The controversy having got ifto the realm of politics, there 1s much mere at stake now than the mére of the number of cruisers to be,. down this year and the continuing. rogram. Political issues of Song utmost et vity have entered the quarrel, and might easily precipitate a ministerial crisis. Pitted against each other are the powerful clique headed by Churchill and lord Birdenhead and the “big” navy group. The latter are around Bridgeman, first lord of the. admiralty, who with earl Beatty, first. sea lord, and the entire. board threaten to resign if, sthalt.; -Te- commendations are disc The admiralty group new compromise today as a basis of settlement. They express -. selves as satisfied with a program calling for laying’ @6wn of three cruisers this year, but insisted the four must be the minfmum next ar. Churchill and “his group still are dissatisfied. They refuse t6 26‘#o far. As chancellor of the exchedtiérChur- chill has a strong card. But there is a strong group who insist uport ‘ safeguards for national’ deterise. ‘we Duluth, Minn.,. Wter| ‘Will Stand t DULUTH, Minn., nn., Julye 21i>-The lowing resolution was adopted at the “Slands 4 nic held. here at F “Resolved, that we workers gy as- sembled demand that the capitalist government of America ‘keép its hands off China and we also pledge our aid to the workers’ government ‘6f Russia in its fight to protect the iutérests of the workers and oppressed peoples of the world. Military Revolt in. |. Portugal Quella Have Martial 1. mart LISBON, July 21. —Portusalie.mont recent revolutionary attempt was al- most’ bloodless, it was determined. to- day. The uprising, quelled almost as soon as it started, claimed two lives in the whole country. A few persons were injured. Portugal was quiet today, altho the | state of martial law has not been with- drawn. Mother Dies; Unborn Baby /Lives MEXICO CITY, July 21.—Medical circles here were discussing with in- terest the saving of the life of an unborn baby boy whose mother was shot to death. The baby, altho, wound- | —— ed by the same bullet, was -brought | safely into the world by an. 200 88Y + tion. owe Americans Plan London Subway, | i LONDON. — American have completed their preliminar, plans for a $25,000,000 electric subi for freight and vehicular traffic, ,; solution for London's traffic cha was announced in the Graphic. IU. S. INDEMNITY RETURN | SEEN AS MOVE TO WIN | CHINA INTO NEW TRAP | } WASHINGTON, July 21, — The: United States has completed the ° steps leading up to the re-payment — to China for educational purposes of all the money collected as indem- nity on account of the Boxer rebel- lion. it was announced at the state de- partment today that President Coo- lidge on July 1 sighed an executive order directing the secretary of tne treasury to make payments to the China foundation for education and culture to be used in « Chinese schools. The Boxer indemnity or- iginally totajed $24,440,000. This sudden action’ is known to be part of American ‘fmperialism’s skillful maneuvers t6 win influence’ in | Pant and ‘te are wall lustrated tn this _Compelied by tlpriaek Sat: te. Union of Socialist nr © the ere of t feature story. g America, the of the . have been obliged to soft- the. world’s only working class gov oe take the following qu we ame Fairy Ta Same Fairy Tale. “Take the situation in China to- ‘is the underlying cause. RUSSIA ours) is back of the press that ig being brot there at this »: “Russia must have an outlet and 7 -#the pressure from the interior is be- |. manifested at three important > ‘points. The Soviet republic needs southern outlets; she needs to out to the world with her oil, the risk they are taking in aiding the Soviets. After them, the gang, With tie Detch Shell Off ontat, and earth to help Sov- et its oil! Much of the article read as if that Judas, Wm. English Walling: wrote it, but this is too childish and crude for that pol- ished traitor’s hands. Yet the article is unquestionably propaganda of the Standard Oil interests which are fight- ing the government oil industry of Soviet Russia. The -article goes on to state that, the outlet: for © Russia’s production from the Black Sea territory is. block- Canal and of Gibraltar. and the Riffian uprising in ice The article then goes on “In a lar manner the Soviets are to get thru Persia, India and China. In the. latter country they have made use of every available pretext and of the Chinese: ‘China for the, ese.’ Every method of arousing populace and stinging them into ac- e% is being. used by hg _Self-Contradictions,. . » article . winds up ay | Gill be Gh weed tor this country.to ig FS involved in an oil. war and no | amount. of propaganda can. push her into it.” The conch} ous statements in the same article to the effect that the country has no reserve and is unable to supply its own needs. The optimism, in. wind-up sounds also suspiciously, like that which exuded from. the .self-: same labor skates prior to our .en- trance into the world war. Just as the Union of Socialist. Sov- “ ‘iet Republics is a constant menace to the capitalist system and must. be | es in every possible way by ‘the ruling class, so also must the labor | lieutenants of that class, themselves more ignorant than the representa- tives of the class which they serve, continually prostitute themselves and the truth to misrepresent what is going. on in the Soviet Republic Re- public and to deceive their follows as to its policies. , Go To. It! Paps te task'before the T. U. E. L., it seems to me, should be the exposure in the unions, at every pos- sible. opportunity, of such vicious and lying. articles a# that sent out by. oe “labor news service,” so-called. ingenuity of twisting | creating unwarranted infer- | ‘this article; reprinted in every] — Sng ys tae sts Palen dormaney! those who hope to control that dil t } want to help her in her efforts. The} "| great oll interests do not care about ono ed by England’s control of the ‘Suez oF | “Immediat- ly one sees the ‘disaffection’ in Egypt | ‘hold its first affair at coined every phrase to catch the nee “Frencn ‘saketiae aan Africans do more than dodge, wee’ by the Riffian a see and beanies ~ — ee eT es This game consists of a pate a ‘a large canvas with a small \ the center, and an “Uncle Tom” with 18 no brains who sticks his head thru ‘e the hole. You throw the balls at “Uncle Tom’s” head and he dodges | from side to side. $e The American ‘Negro Labor. Copn- gress hopes to strike. these brainless heads with such force that they will be eliminted: from all Amactoe®: _ | vities forever. Workingclass Movies Will Be Taken at N. NY, Labor Defense Outing NEW YORK, ie, 21.—The Inter. national Labor Defense, which ‘was | organized in Chicago on June 28, w Pleasant _ ser Sei “5 eat Pee ETE ALD LO LE LE EI SS eR a ae Soh RS ae Park on August 23, This nen ‘of the finest outings held this season In addition to athletic events, ‘thi executive committee is arranging td || have @ moving picture taken ye affair. Every comrade will w t te or ist prisons. The organization = itself is opposed to the writer's. previ large number of cases on hand and the number is growing. Hence in addition to enjoying one of the finest outings that have ever been the’ arranged—and there will be dancing and refreshments, every comrade will be doing a great service to) the revo- bee hs movement. Tickets are 35c. AMERIGAN NEGRO LABOR TO CLIMB TOWARD AL Slowly but surely the $10,000 drive of the American Negro Labor Congress is progressing: The con- gress committee looks to every or ganization and individual that is in- terested in furthering the Negro’s |= interest on the political, economic, i@ and social field to rally to this drive 1 for $10,000 and over. | _ Every Negro worker or farmer interested in his own well bel : should do all he can to make this % 4 drive a success. YOUNG WORKERS IN. BRULE TAKE _ 6 _/ MANY COURSES, GRADUATE JULY 26 > By LAURA KANGAS, : Maple, Wis. BRULE, Wis., July 21.—The students of the Y. W. L. {rogram numbers in several recent entértainments. Five of the students went there a pselections which were much appreciated by 9 the students went to Oulu, and: there the same program w Maple, but some other selections were. added, such as sO etc. Three speeches were made by the students, Thi 4.more highly appreciated than the+— Worker Correspondent. E. C. have gives ‘A picnic was held at’ nd each gave interesting the audience. In‘the evening | as Offered as at los, recitations, 8 program was even é “. — Serr. ‘atternoon’s program, because of the + ditional entertainment provided, and .the afternoon the audience was ‘quite restless on account of, the in- tense heat. Gannes the Teacher. Our instructor, Comrade Harry Gan- nes, On Economics, Theory and the Forum, left for Chicago last week. He was accompanied by his wife, Comrade Heline .Gannes, who was here during the time he taught. In his place arrived Comrade Hathaway who will be instructor for the remaining term. His subjects will deal with trade unions, and the organization of ‘the Workers Party history. We are conducting five different study circles. Each circle, hasan in- structor and they meet after classes or after supper. Each s nt has to volunteer to join one of e circles, and when they meet they. bring up man organ Of tae Xouth International. }|=—-Order a bundle ” distribute} China in order to betray the trust Lassen arri¥ed In America in 1921, | there. , \! | as Wilson di ue the war. wee 6 Ae pa Seeates Z | x fee Tae A ee , [some subject they can’t aerate and it is then discussed’ and thoroly explained by the instructor.. We have been working bis for comittg courses, that ing teachers, transportation, culum, food, funds, ete. Commencement on July 26.: As we have only one and one-half weeks of the school term left the’ stu- dents are all busy with preparations for commencement, which will be held July 26. The program will consist ox solos, dances, and monologues. Re- freshments will be served during the intermission, after which will be pres- ented the one-act play,. “Nick in Siberia,” in which five ofthe stu- dents participate. This play is a true happening which took place after the revolution in Russia. This program is one of the most: interesting entertainments — of- fered during the time of teh. courses, C everybody is weleoaae Seal al S. we outlines concern- curr