Daily Worker
August 25, 1925

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a gues > i ‘ \ ” ing. For one thing, it proves that tle ae a NEW Msn CITY, ITY, August of 35,000 work oe replace owever, 15 of these Monday night. In those by workers a strike will be i by the Joint Committee o aia in the | 6 oat _— ra ‘e: OO SII at a £% re class mat btion En a NEW YORK EDITION Log a little AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY : NE of the happiest men in the state of Illinois is assistant State’s Prosecutor William McSwig- gen of Cook county. He has secured three hanging verdicts and ‘his vic- tims are waiting for the noose in the county jail. McSwiggen is being con- gratulated by the most bloodthirsty section of the legal fraternity and by the capitalist press. It is reported) that every time one of his assistants gets a hanging verdict, Robert EP. Crowe does not ee for a week with envy. os * 7 HE latest unfortunate to face the noose in Chicago is a moron by the name of Costello. He committed an atrocious crime but not any more so than other crimes for which the culprits went scott free. The reason Costello is on his way to the gallows is because he has no money and friends to raise the dough. If he had money, high priced alienists would be willing to testify that he was insane | and lawyers would ransack criminal history for loop holes. Yet, we are all equal before the law! * * £ Bunk. their ful- minations against each other very} seriously. Caillaux was branded in the columns of every paper in this country as a traitor when Clemenceau then war premier of France, was toot- the capitalists don’t take ed as a hero. Now, Caillaux has some uses to which Wall Street can ‘put him, so he is welcome. Clemenceau is not even emitting a grunt. * . NE of our’ readers believes there is a difference between Sidney Hillman, “B, and O. Bill” Johnston and George L. Berry. There is, but it is one of degree. Berry is a burg- lar, along with being a scab. The other two are more polished. John- ston beat a drum in the Salvation army, and still rolls his eyes to heaven when addressing an audience. Even when he is expelling an oppon- ent or stealing an election he looks as solemn as if he were inviting a sin- ner to hit the sawdust trail. * *« or IDNEY HILLMAN has more brains than either Johnston or Berry. He uses a few stereotyped phrases about the class struggle to cover up his company union policy. His former friendship for Soviet Russia still blinds many workers to his present treachery to the working class move- ment. Hillman and Johnston differ from Berry in much the same way that “Yellow. Kid” Weil differs from Tony Kissane or Johnny Torrio, the latter is more crude. All those leaders have turned their backs on the workers. They are turning the unions into aux- illiaries of capitalism. .Of the two kinds of leaders the Hillmans and Johnstons are the more dangerous, * “ 7” HE socialist city of Vienna was not able to protect the delegates to the Zionist convention from the fury of the fascist hordes. If the congress ‘was held in Moscow instead of in Vienna, there would be no fascisti to disturb the peace. Despite the pre- judice gf the socialists against the use of force on the part of the work- ers, this does not prevent force from being uyvd. Even John Wheatley, wembe. of the British Labor Party (Continued on page 2) such a percentage of unemplo | scale will pay po up the Aaa industry - should decide to do so. Committee of Action, said . today. “President Sigman says that 10,900 members answered our call and stopped work. Such a statement is ridiculous. No one can issue any ab- solute figures for there was no actual count. “Originally we engaged halls to ac- nmodate 20,000 people. These were led to capacity, others were hired and also crowded, and many workers | never got into any meeting at all.| According to the reports we have re-| ceived today from. ali sources, estimate at least 35,000 work. ‘ “For the purpose of minimizing whatever figures we might give out in this connectiofi, President Sigman has for several days been talking of the 70,000 or 80,000 cloak and dress- makers in this city: The truth is there are only about 5000 affiltated the New York joint board, and - included the workers in the’ renee Brooklyn, Brownsville, aad a heed th s t a ‘ ns: ’ rd P iy apportioned —e penis " ie that/ the official nemnbotheig, a dent Sigman’s “that we have 25,000 unemy in our union today would m one-half of the members are out work. How could this be , this time which is considered thek of ‘the fall season in our industry? Even in slack seasons we never havé as anyone connected with the’ indu try knows well. ‘ “All these misleading figures are =r" oe Wy we stopped | issued in an effort to prove thatthe} joint board still has the allegiance of the members of our upion; but si- dent Sigman realizes, just as well as we do, that the majority of the work- ers are strongly supporting the Joint! Committee of Action and stand with them in all their demands.” General Strike Move of Building Unions “ Wins Laborers Raise NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 23— (FP)—The general building trades strike called in sympathy with strik- ing building laborers and hodcarriers has led a total of 28 building trades’ employers now to sign agreements calling off the strike. The fight con- tinues against die-hard bosses. The new agreement gives the labor- ers and hodcarriers 674% cents an hour, an advance of 2% cents, instead of the 75 cents per hour for which they went out. A further réeadjustmen: is sched: uled for the “a of the year, to be determined by coy erences. The new ) ke building trades- ‘Carpenters, $1 an men as follows. | hour; fronworkers, $1.25; electricians, $1; plumbers and steamfitters, $1.06% ; painters and engineers, $1.25; sheet metal workers,)$1,06%,; slate and tile roofers, $1.25; building laborers, plas- terers’ helpers, 6744 cents; wood, wire and metal lathers, $6.50 per thousand or a straight hourly rate of $1.25. CHICOPEE, Mass.—(FP)—Dwight Manufacturing Co., cotton goods, fs closing its mill for a few weeks to reorganize its machinery, leaving 400 workers unemployed. SEAMEN’S STRIKE SPREADS FROM AUSTRALIAN PORTS TO LONDON LONDON, Aug, 23.—An unofficial strike among British seamen which is holding up fifty ships in Australian ports is spreading to London where 100 strikers are holding four linerg in the dokes. No Atlantic liners have been affected thus far. The striking seamen are protesting against a monthly decrease in wages of $5, effective August 1, which officials of the Seamen’s Union are said to have accepted. Jer,“from England, learns that the | American embassy | j | ee a the wo ‘investigator sent to Zeigler, Iil., eamine the facts surrounding the ar- Be COMRADE KNIEVeKI asf Cs The three Communists that were court-mart against this brutal murder and other pie The national convention. resolution sborete the murderer ranged in Chicago. | ee | [DEPORT FEDERATED PRESS WRITER FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE The Federated Press, which,pro- tested to Secretary of State Kellogg against the deportation of its for- eign c ndent, Gertrude Haess- in London’ is making inquiries of the British gov- ernment. The. correspondent had without she et foot ta last rot wonth one hye AP tase Por hee it ie : “ea & ; . oa . : TERN Wal F hen ; ange Coal Digger; rame-up Victims | After hearing a report of a special to rest of eighteen union miners for al- leged conspiracy to murder D. B. Cobb sub-district vice-president of the United Mine Workers, International Defense has decided, to aid in the de- fense of the miners).and will launch a national campaign by/)making it a central feature at the mass meeting and conference to be staged. in. all parts of the country on Labor Defense Day, Sunday, Sept. 13th. The outstanding events of the Zeig- ler mine controversy are the refusal of the men to return to work, the murder of a miner, Mike Sarovich, ‘and finally the swearing of twenty- we warrants by Vice-President Cobb, eighteen of which have been served on members of Mine Workers’ Local 992, Zeigler. The immediate cause of the present controversy was a dispute over the weighing of coal that came to a head several weeks ago. The company re- ‘fused to allow the union checkweigh- man to have an assistant. The cars were run over the scales so rapidly it was imposible for one man to reg- ord the weights. The checkweigh- mahi reported to the president, iT: ae Local, Henry Corbishley, that he could not’ weigh the coal. The president no- tified the men they had no check- weighman. The men came out of the mine. The sub-district officials were called in to adjust matters. D. B. Cobb, the vice-president, directed the taking of evidence. After more than 100 men had testified out of which only four gave e& “lence favoring the company, Cob agr. ‘1 to enforce the company’s demand for the renewal of the presi- dent, vice-president, pit committee and checkweighman of Local 992. This caused much _ resentment among the miners and they refused to go to work. The sub-district of- ficials called a special meeting of “(Continued on page 2) a | day. mr to _ | Gibner, pps ae Kntewek: and Henry | tion... | el EXEC or) ’ i hae ca = » t; ‘4 we fay Tet om es day in Wireawy Poland. “the white guard government of Poland is being a _ (Communist) Party, in sesion in Chicago, passed i | COMRADE GIBNER A big protest meeti —_ sit Rutkovski, members of the Commun- These workers were following. the chief of agents provocateurs, Cech- nowski, to trace spies in the ranks of the party under Cechnowski’s direc- While they were so engaged they were attacked, upon one of the main streets of Warsaw in broad day- light by police and white guards who jJrew guns and began to fire upon hem. Shots were exchanged and fifteen | police and spies were either killed or wounded, while the three Communists were wounded and put under arrest. They then began to torture these wounded men. Finally they were dragged before the court martial, more dead than alive, and sentenced to death. But Cechnowski in d4nother attack on the Communists in Lemberg was killed by one of them named Botwin. The Communist parties of Germany and France telegraphed protests to the Grabski white guard government demanding that the lives of Comrades Hibner, Kniewski and Rutkowski be spared from the fangs of the Polish _white terror which has gripped Po- land in its bloody fangs for many years. The whole labor movement of Po- land, even suppressed as'it is under the white terror, Communist and non- Communist alike, have sworn a war to the death against the white guard spies and provacteurs in the ranks of labor, and on the bloody white guard government. MACHINISTS IN PROTEST AGAINST EXPULSION EDICT “B. & O. Bill’ Wants to described by the Times as | distressing,” Oust Communists Local 199 of the oe As- sociation of Machinists at its last reg- ular meeting, held Thursday night, voted unanimously to protest against a ruling made by “B. and O. Bill” Johnston, that all unions who are also members of the Workers (Communist) Party, the Young Workers League or the Trade Union Educational League must sever their connections with those organiza- tions by October 15, or else stand ex- pelled from the [. A. M. The resolution demanded that the ruling be reconsidered, ‘i B upon the workers of this country to protest. members of the! SEWER GLEANERS LOSE STRIKE, MUST WORK FIVE DAYS FOR $30 The Onienge: eowe sewer cleaners, or- ganized in the Tunnel and Subway Constructors International Union, are back at work after one week on strike against a layoff of one ‘day in six. The layoff was insti- tuted by the city because the ap- propriation did not permit the fur- | ther ‘payment of the $36 weekly The strike was unsuccessful i the. Se ser ot st ‘Ss Tor gov SHIPPING BAN WITH CAUTION Complete I Isolation May Ruin Trade (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Aug. 23.—Caution con- tinues to be the policy of the foreign office regarding the order issued by the South China government at Can- ton excluding British ships from Chi- nese ports. Downing Street is marking time pending further reports from the Brit- ish consul general at Canton and re- plies from the Canton and Peking gov- ernments to representations already | made protesting against the closing of the ports to British ships. At Last Impressed. The revival of the spirit of nation- alism in China with its many mani- festations of potential strength during the past three months or so has con- vinced the authorities here that they must deal with China on a somewhat more conciliatory basis than has been the case, especially during the last - ————— JMartin-Aber Co ee Ol 38; ey, 38; C. E Ruthenherg; quarter of a century. The recognition of the new spirit in | _ China is reflected in the caution urged by the non-jingo press, which empha- sizes the importance of cool-headed- ness in the face of the proyoking dis- crimination against British shipping, which is rapidly running into losses which can only be computed in hun- dreds of thousands’of pounds. Learning Caution. The cutting off of British trade at Hongkong, one of the world’s greatest | transshipment centers, from all con- tact with Canton thru British ships is “only too and altho the discrimi- natory order is attributed solely to “red” influences at Canton the Times editorial stresses the fact that this is | “this challenge | another reason why must be countered warily.” Officials at the foreign office today were frankly skeptical that any. re- dress would come from Canton as a result of the British protest against the exclusion of English shipping. They are looking for relief on. strictly economic grounds. They pretend to believe that commercial discrimina- tion is a double-edged sword and that Cantonese are shortly bound to suffer also. ~ai > The Fourth Convention of the Workers (Gommunist) P of America opened preliminary session Friday evening, , at 7 p. m., seating all delegates, both contested and uncon- | ested, as Itho repreg from the 12 reg ultural f 54 accr ates. ional body. Altogether these numbered 63, onal districts and the agri- nized farrivacibe, provides for a maximum Chairman Foster then opened the session with a call for the elegates and visitors to rise and sing the “Internationale,” which #was done with all present joining in this spirited song of ~~. workers of the world. The whole provisional delegates participated in the election. of a com- mittee of five, and provisional officers, | chairman and secretary. William Z. Fo@ster received 40 votes. C. B. th- berg received 23 votes for ath. or secretary, Rudolph Baker received 0 votes, W. W. Weinstone’ réceived 23 votes. Upon a motion to elect a credential committee of five, six nominees were entered, being elected by individual vote. n received 39, votes; 24; Ben Lifshitz, 23. e were elected. Miner Speaks on Zeigler. we A delegate from the southern: Mli- nois coal mining region was unéni- mously granted the floor to explain the recent attack made upon the min- ers of Zeigler, Ill., by the combined forces of the corrupt Farrington ma- chine of the United fine Workers of America and the ku klux klan, is which Lon Fox and D. B. Cobb, sub district satraps of Farrington, had ille- gally deposed the local union officers and tried to drive the miners back to work after they had ceased—at first because there was no checkweighman to watch their interests, and second, in spontaneous protest against the ar- bitrary removal of their local officers. During the local union meeting, to which Fox and Cobb had come guard- ed by armed K. K. K., the klansmen began a fight. One Alex Hargis had fired a shot which mortally ae oe ashak a a rank and fi er ers will be long remembered, died on Saturday night, Aug. 15. The meeting at which the worker was shot was held on Aug. 11. Lon Fox, sub-district official, had at the meeting tried to use a blackjack upon the members of the union. Bitter Fight Expected. Since then, Fox had sworn out war- rants:for 25 miners, members or oflfi- cials of the Zeigler local, charging “conspiracy to murder.” Bond has been furnished by those arrested and a bitter fight is expected to save these miners from persecution by the united forces of the corrupt union machine of Farrington, the klan and Len Small’s state governmental machine. Upon motion from the floor the meeting rose and. stood silent one minute in memory of the dead com- rade, Mike Sarovich of Zeigler, Il. Following this; a collection was taken up in the hall by the“Infernational Labor Defense for aid in the defense of the Zeigler miners now arrested. The total cash collected was $129 and in addition the delegates by unan- *imous vote donated a day’s pay each— which will total about $300 more. Chairman Foster announced that the next session would begin on Saturday at 11 a. m. and. the meeting was ad- journed. The last or third convention was held in Chicago in the early days of January, 1924, at which the present Central Executive Committee was elected. The first two conventions of the party were held in New York City, (Continued on page 2) ' Assistants’ Union. n ‘ Ww: rkers Party of | te : a a : 1 tovad re nétive oakvibin tp th k- 10 TE CAN TO overnment poe Bosses Saved His Neck — This is the seventh ofa & articles exposing the crooked” of George L. Berry, president International Printing Presse This article with Berry’s looting of the pire pension fund and the war emergéney assessment to start industria) -enter- prises, alleged to be the property of the international union, but whieh e¢ really in hig own name. a - On April 12, 1919, Chicago Printing Pressmen No. 3 secured an injunction restraining “Majah” Berry from col- lecting the one day’s pay and 25-cent assessment. No other local in the country, however, was protected by this order from the burglar’s atten- tions. At the Chicago conference of local unions Many delegates gave e re- sult of their investigation imto the directors and p cial status of the The investigation showed ‘hat Clinchfield Mercantile Compangral a Clinchfield Hydro-Electrie Comp ny cularly of the fir en’s Hic and the Clinchfield Land. Lumber rie: pany were private enterprises, all im ; corporated under the names of Berry, a state of | Orr and their wives in the Tennessee. Conference Decided to Act. Owing to the debts incurred by Berry and his pals in the name of the international union, debts contracted for the several enterprises which Ber- ry started with union funds, there was a likelihood that a general creditors’ bill would be filed against the organi- zation. This prompted the conference to act promptly. The following resolution, which is an effective reply to the charge ihat the conference was called for the pur- pose of disrupting the union was passed unanimously: “Whereas there has been for some time past a dangerous tendency on the part of the board of directors to the Union to exceed the authority vested in it, in numerous specific instances, and with apparent wilfulness to misinterpret the wil) of the great majority of the membership of the international union; “This tendency has been of such important cumulative effect that the Assistants’ of the union has been virtually de- stroyed and the most autocratic and dangerous dictatorship rules instead. Meneys paid into the international union by the.membership and dedi- cated to given purposes are recklessly (Continued on page 2) activities of Berry and his board of pes constitutional democratic government NEWSPAPER ROW PRESSMEN EAT UP DAILY WORKER BERRY ESPOSE; HOPE CHICAGO LOCALS WILL WIN (Special to The Daily Worker) The DAILY WORKE NEW YORK CITY, Aug. 23.— its appearance in “Newspaper Row” copies of the DAILY WORKER have employed by the Evening Journal and The World. on the other plants. in this city. “Hey there, buddy, give us a bundle and I'll give them to the boys.” That of Berry. | is how our comrades who distributed the papers were greeted by the victims Pressmen could be seen walking around and letting the rest of the boys have the DAILY WORKER so their fellow workers could see that the “Big Boss” was at last being exposed. The men had pityful stories to tell of how Berry betrayad them during the last strike and expressed their hope for a victory by the pressmen in the plants of Chicago. The pressmen want all the news Chicago, and about their boss rat, who has sold them out. that they can get about the strike in where the men can buy the DAILY WORKER will soon be established in newspaper row. The pressmen of New Locals 3 and 4 in Chicago to know that they are for them in the fight for a victory pressmen in the whole United States strikebreaker. in Chicago for the pressmen they say, means a victory for thé and above all the firing of Berry, the > made For the past two days been distributed free to the pressmen »s Tonight starts the drive ~ A news stand = “ arate , Na 7 - ee : poms a York City want the pressmen of 9). } Cre OR ee

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i w . : " ‘ RN ‘ ad ° oe “AS ‘ aN CES DR REI BOS (Continued from page 1) _ diverted and the purposes of the mem- bership remain frustrated. The situa- ; ~ tion has become so serious that not- withstanding constantly increasing revenue, the funds apparently available for financing the economic functioning of our international organization are nearty always so insignificant that a thought forward suggests apprehen- sion rather than assurance. To rem- edy this condition by again increasing the revenue of the international union seems just as impossible in the future ag it has been in the past. There can be no remedy except by the faithful application of moneys paid in by the membership for given purposes to those purposes by the board or direct- ors. The past record affords the mem- bership no assurance that the board of directors has any intention of keep- ing the faith. ‘ Impaired Union's Efficiency. “To the contrary, their unconstitu- tional and indefensible acts, which have amounted to so many breaches of trust, have impaired the economic efficiency of the organization and the value of its institutions to such an extent that this conference, represent- ing, as it does, a majority of the mem- bership of the international nnyion, deems it desirable and necessary at this time, in protection of the inter- ests of the membership of the inter- national union, that steps be taken for a thoro investigation of the adminis- tration, affairs and properties of the international union. ° “Therefore be it resolved, that this conference create a committee of five *“Amembers for this purpose, and that TE es eee this.committee shall have full power to determine and to carry into execu- tion a plan of action best calculated to protect the interests of the interna- tional union, and to employ such legal assistance as may be necessary in the execution of such plan. Expenses of Work. “Resolved, that the untons repre- sented in this conference be and are hereby asked to contribute to a fund to defray the expenses of this work, a per capita of fifty cents per month, Me ee 2 eee - ee oe ~ A perfect example _ for a decent standard of living. The International Tailoring company two lawyers, Quillici and Jerkis, employes of the International because of employers’ justice was given in the Maxwell Street police court when the International Tailoring company threw off its mask, shoved the slugging cop Mike Grady into the background, and appeared directly of the sixteen members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers as the prosecutors arrested in a raid on their headquarters conducted in the hope of breaking the strike in the tailoring compan repre represented by who howled for‘prison for the ey dared to go on strike Thru the entire proceedings, Judge Lyle frankly took the stating he believed the union men guilty. Judge Lyle reluctantly granted a change of venue, and it was necessary to go before another judge—Harry Fisher—on a writ of habeas corpus, in order to get Patsy De Rosa, one of he strikers, out of jail on $10,000 pond. Lyle had refused to reduce the prohibitive bail of $100,500 which he had set a week ago. Lyle Railroads Workers. “The Amalgamated represents mob rule and violence,” said Quillici to the court, “and the International Tailoring Company represents law and order. We are going to fight these people to a finish and we are going to wipe them out.” Judge Lyle shewed that he is out to help in the wild attempt to extermin- ate the union when he said of the striker De Rosa, in commenting on the freeing of De Rosa on bail: “It is un- fortunate for the people who were slugged by De Rosa, and whose prop- erty was destroyed by the acid thrown by De Rosa, but it is not my fault.” Judge Lyle runs his court on the principle that the framed-up workers are always guilty, and that the em- ployers are always on the side of law and order. Lyle is attempting to be- come the next state’s attorney as a worthy successor to the labor hating Crowe, and believes he will receive recognition if he railroads enuf work- ers.to the penitentiary. Only Crime Is Striking. Quillici admitted to the DAILY WORKER that the fight to convict sixteen union members of “conspira- cy” and “malicious mischief” ig a fight for a period of five months beginning °"* side of the garment bosses. on the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers. “It is connected with our fight for an injunction,” Quillicil said. “These people are conducting a picket line. “They are slugging, murdering, and keeping our employes from work. We have an injunction, but we are trying to get a better one. We are daily menaced and threatened by organized lawlessness.” Lyle approved of this statement, as he is using his job to protect the prof- its of the bosses. Lyle Broke Constitution. In granting the reduction in bail-so that the striker might come out of jail, Judge Fisher said: “This case shows the danger of ignoring estab- lished principles of law just to respond to public clamor, or that which pur- ports to bé public clamor. Under our constitution the right to give bail is one of our sacred institutions. Were the constitutional guarantee to bail ignored regularly, we would have fre- quently, as in this case, a striker who has been held in jail for ten days.” The bond reduction was granted after William A. Cunnea, attorney for the strikers, had shown that De Rosa was being persecuted by the Interna- tional Tailoring Company simply be- cause he went on’strike, that he was the victim of a frameup, that he was only 21 years old, and that he had never been under arrest before. Included among the union members charged with “conspiracy” are Sidney Rissman, Isadore Rothbart, Mike De Novi, Sam Gier, A. De Felicese, Sol Kramer, Ruben Block, L. Anzolone, H. Miller and James Cooper. Their cases will now go to the chief justice, who will assign another judge. THE PIED PIPER A "Se — sa? c= speRwese i A (lors ( Bi tiys Wy ys ile ate WN ae aaa) v' ‘i rsa ‘, y: \ “4 4A Nee (Ll i ( (( Ont Sys ses ? hy Age

15 one uncontested; to seat delegates May ist, 1919. Any unexpended sum upon completion of the committee’s work to be returned to the contribu- ting unions, pro rata per member.” Two other paragraphs referred to _ unions not participating in the confer- ence. Those unions could join in the work outlined according to the terms of the resolution. The following names were signed to the above resolution, representing the large cities thruout the country: Frank Pampusch, St. Paul Pressmen; James J. Bagley, New York Feeders; George W. Schemann, Milwaukee Web Pressmen: John G. Warrington, St. Louis Feeders; Charles H. Galion, Philadelphia Pressmen; John J. Hud- deck, New York Paper Handlers; Wil- liam L. Haas, Chicago Pressmen; Charles J. Harvey, Boston Web Press- men; Frank J. Pyle, Pittsburgh Web Pressmen. | Got Aid of Government. This conference represented the - bulk of the membership and it seems impossible that Berry should hold on | im the face of such widespread and | well organized opposition. Yet he did. And he did it with the aid of the em- ployers, the government and the in- dustrial crisis that followed the war. It is generally believed among press- men that the government aided Berry financially in those critical days. Berry is a useful tool of the employers and what else is the government of the United States but an executive com- mittee of the employers, just as re- sponsible to them as the executive committee of a local union is to the membership, and generally more so? The unions that became a part of the above conference pledged them- selves to a 50-cent per capita tax, which money was to be used for the purpose of cleaning up the affairs of the international union and putting the organization on a trade union basis. - Oe 7” The next article in this series will continue the story of the Chicago pressmen’s fight to clean up the inter- national: union, AS WE SEE IT (Continued from page 1) realizes that the workers must pro- tect themselves. « . * “ HEN the annual income of the criminal element exceeds that 000,000, it must be admitted that the situation is a serious one,” said a prominent banker in an address be- fore the Hlinois Sheriffs’ Association. The banker was referring to the il- legitimate robbers, not to the re- spectable gentlemen who take the savings of the workers into their banks and run away with them. + ” > T is said that one of the causes of William Jenning Bryan’s death was overeating. Perhaps and perhaps not. There is a good deal to be said for judicious eating. Every intelligent person should regulate his diet to suit | of the national government by $40,- IS : SOU ae ste 3 ‘ . = ts : > ~~ Sede : se Me, Amy (Continued from. page 1) the initial ve being helc . m™., , . Terror. of the floor and spoke upon the “persecution of Communist workers by the white guard government of! Poland, propos- three 4 of Poland omrades er, and Knievski, and demands freedom for these victims and a ¢e8sation of the 5 minutes of gener discussion. Motion was amended. by Delegate Ballam to allow for one hour for.main repoyters. Comrade C: n proposed an extension of time first proposed to 45 minutes. This was carried after discussion by a vote of 39 to 21, Comrade Bittelman, reporting for the majority of the credentila commit- tee, spoke in some detail of the various districts where there were contests. For the majority he made the follow- nig proposal:. - «9 | Majority Credential Committee 1, That all cept the two 2. That the compo tested D. EB, C.’s be* as ° cluding Y. W. L. re ntatives and district nizers: ~~ Boston: Majority 4, minority 9; New York: majority 9, minority 6; Phila- delphia: majorit; 7, minorit iority 7; Cleve- follows, in- as a fraternal de ega that Com- rade Askeli be invited to defend be- fore the convention, during the debate on the resolution regarding the liqui- dation of Loreism, the; position he has taken in his article published in the Comrade Ruthenberg, reporting for the minority of the credential com- mittee, spoke at length of the various contested districts an@ made the fol- lowing proposals: ne 6 Minority Credentiat Committee Recommendations. In Boston district to seat as dele- gates 3 minority and 2 majority. From District 2, 7 minority and 4 majority; District 3, 2 minority, 1 majority; District 4, 2 majority; District 5, 3 minority; District 6, 3 minority, 1 majority; District 7, 2.majority, 1 min- ority; District 8, 5 majority 2 minor- ity; District 9, 6 elected uncon- tested; District 12, 2 uncontested; District 13, 3 elected, with declaration that district convention chairman's statement was impermissible; District from national, office and agricultural territory, and Young Workers League, uncontested. ‘ey As regards fraterna} delegates, the minority proposed that all be seated,| ee) a L on, O @ By J. LouIS jekibal «# ties 5 (er aleleg 7) ee 4 k York Times, is back featured his eral ToDay, Walter Duranty, E he ined first ears ago. he ‘we is bitterly year of 1 it published the atrocipus fabrications that p cap market quotations and b “IT CAN NOW BE SAID intervention that followed, basis in agriculture, indu ward to new and the next The period of 95 per cent of 1913. over 50 per cent. Ss. to continue 4 visit to the Uni ist press. | 7 But even the Times must. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EMERGED FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD.” This means that Soviet Rule has mended all the ra) of the three years’ devastation of the world war, and healed the terrible wounds inflicted by the years of civil war and ng the country on a pre-war and trade, and ready to go for- ater achievements on its own account in on. riod, t figures reckoned in pre-war roubles, that is, at the pre-war index co-efficient, are as follows: any INDUSTRY—Industrial production is 5,000,000,000 this year, 6,650,- 000,000 the coming year and 7,000,000,000 in 1913. The coming year is AGRICULTURE—The total agricultural production, including tim- ber, cattle, fish, is 9,150,000,000 this year, 11,436,000,000 next year and 12,826,000,000 in 1913. The coming year is 89 per cent of 1913. TRADE—Exports to Europe and the Near East only are 270,000,- 000 this year, 680,000,000 the coming year, 1,305,000,000 in 1913, or just Duranty writes of these figures that the “experiences of. the past three years has shown the Gosplan estimates are — adhered to.” Which is some admission for the N. Y. are being constructed, the city presents an air of greats, animation, the people have unquestionably a more cheerf arance and the general average of dress has improved, appe while the children playing everywher ‘aay rat hunger are but a memory of a that the days bitter days of the blockade. Duranty The organization has 1 tance to fully quotes the familiar four years to teach the children and our work will stand,” and then gives his own observations and conclusions: — “it is striking to see the increase in the proportion of red-capped and red-ribboned girls—members of the Com- munist youth organization—among the juvenile population. ,000 members and refused admit- The junior organization, ‘ Young Pioneers,’ has increased in similar proportion. Soviet 1,000,000 more. e are plumb >. = @ a, Rule has had eight years and it looks as if children fast enough.” 2 . Which should be a warning to capitalist rule thruout the world and an inspiration to oppressed labor everywhere. ‘ * q Duranty also gives some visible expressions of this suc- cessful ending of the period of reconstruction, p that, in Moscow for instance, a number of lar saying of Leni concede the correctness of figures telling of the 1 Aman. Pe. See ee Wilson, Soviet industry and agriculture, altho it may make malicious | “20wn to be @ ku Klux Kian supporter, war upon the. political program and phi * of Workers | | ‘ 4 Rey siegeat O. » Saree ee ee i It must give great pain to the Times, therefore, to pub- lish the editorial ‘estimate “> “Economic are a Soviet sagt od - with the organ, of the program of the State Plann m n- and supporting sub-district called the Gosplan) for the coming fiscal year beginning | officials. During the fray, Cobb pulled 1, which declares: @ black-jack from his pocket. This the custody of the law in Zeigler. Both Vobb and President Fox receiv- ed injuries during the melee. One of the miners Mike Sarovich, who is a strong supporter of the local officers, was about to leave the hall when he was shot down by Alex Har- gis, former secretary of the local and known to be a klansman. Sarovich died several days later and Hargis is held for the murder. $70,000 Bail Raised. The same night, warrants char rioting were served on Bert Farth and his son. The two were immedi- ately released on bail. The miners continued to stay away from the mine jsave to picket against those who might be brot in to work. On the 18th, warrants were served on 18 lead- ing members of Local 992, among whom were President Henry Corbish- ly and his two brothers. The warrants were signed by D. B. Cobb and Lon Fox and charged 26 Zeigler miners with entering into a conspiracy to murder D. B. Cobb the night of the meeting on the lith, More than $70,000 in bail was raised in a short ‘time and all were released. Ziegler has been a solid phalanx against any encroachments of the op- erators and has been a rallying center against the ku klux klan, which is quite strong in this district. The min- er point out that the only the sub-district officials inting out buildings and he ’ “O79 BRL y > : ae ; , “Give us ku klux ‘Klan. In the present trial of the 18 arrested Ziegler miners, they aay, it will be a case of a triple alli- ance between the sab-district officials, the operators and the ku klux klan against the miners. Important Trial. Preparations are being made, not only in Ziegler, but in every mining town in the county where sympathy is strong for the defendants, to or- ganize to thwart any attempt at frame- up. Two local attorneys have been retained to represent the men at a preliminary hearing next Wednesday and defense committees are being set had got the lishing company, As regards the composition of the majority in District 1, Puro spoke fo ority, 4 majorrty; Diswrict 2, 10 mino ity, 5 majority; District 3, 10 minority, 5 majority; District 6, 10 minority, 5 majority. Lengthy Discussion by Distric A motion was carried that c st- ing groups speak first; vote 40 to 23. Comrade Cannon spoke for contesting majority in District, Puro spoke for the minority. From New York, Wein- stone for the minority contesting, Krumbein for the majority; from Phi- ladelphia, Baker for the majority, Jakira for the minority; from Cleve- land, Benjamin for contesting minor- ity, Wagenknecht for the majority. except Comrade Fisher as a repsesent- ative of the minority group of the South Slavic Federation and Com- rade Askeli from the Tyomies Pub- his constitution and his occupation or lack of it. But we are decidedly of the opinion that amore deaths ar caused thru malnutrition. ' ¢ % gg? . disso congress of the labor and so- | cialist international is taking place in Marsailles, France? , Here is.a list of some of the delegates: Hillquit and Berger from the i#Jnited States; Scheidemann and Patil Levi from Ger- mnay and Karl Kautsky from Austria. What fine company Paul Levi finds himself in? Levi was ‘expelled from the Communist International when he publicly denounced the Communists ‘during the so-called “March putsch” of Germany in 1921. . o* * * i anne the Communist International criticised the March action for tac- tical reasons, it excoriated Levi for his treason to the working class, in the midst of a struggle. That the In- ternational was correct in its decision on Levi is proven by the company in which Levi now finds himself. Those super-critics of the Communist Inter- national usually find themselves -lined up with the worst traitors to the working class movement in the end. o All the above speaking fifteen min- utes each, By agreement the session adjourned at 11 p. m. until 11 a. m, Sunday, when further discussion on credentials be in order. reetings to Convention. When the convention again opened session at 1 a, m, Sunday, greetings were read from the following: Communist Party of Canada, the J ish Branch of Baltimore, Local B falo, the Los Angeles City Centra Committee, the Armenian section of Philadelphia, the Seattle membership in meeting, the Northwest Jewish Branch of Philadelphia and the Cen- tral Bureau of the Russian section, all stressing the necessity of unity. by liquidation of factions and a struggle against the right wing Lore tendency, The Peasants’ International sent greetings and a hope that further vigorous work among the rural masses would be the reg&lt of the American party’s efforts. Protests. $s were read making certain protests and demands, One from Comrade Brahdy of New York demands place on the District Execu- tive. M. Belaisvi$S protested non-pub- lication of an article. Comrade Georgian protests ruling of non- eligibility to party office. The Armen- ian section branches protest the un- remedied situation in the federation ead asks correction. These were re-| em we are a part of munist Party led by the tried and proven Leninist leadership of the Com munist Party of Russia. “The convention forts to liquidate the factional st gle between the majority and minc and to unify all Communist forces? the party for a de against Loreism and for the Bolshe ization of our party. “We reaffirm and to the cause of the the social revolution, to the dictator- ship of the prole Leninist leadership International.” BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 23.—That solidarity is in the hearts of the shoe workers was verified when the work- ers of the Premier Shoe Co. members of the American Union took the fol- lowing collection in the various de- partments of their B. W. S. strikers of the Shoe Work- ers Protective Union; Lasters, $37.00; Cleaners $16.00; Heelers, $15.00; Cutters, $5.00 Finishers, and Fitters, $17.00. These men and women who are now in the sixteenth week of the strike and who have never le for a day appreciate the comradeship shown and declare more link in welding the shoeworkers of Greater New York together as part of one national industrial organiza- tion, to the appeal committee. Send Mésgage to Comintern. Comrade Bittelman proposed the following cablegram to the Commun- “The national convention of the Workers Party sends greeting to the leader of the world’s proletariat, the Communist Interna- tional. We take pride im the fact that up to raise funds to fight the case. It is believed that the sub-district offi- clals are desperate enuf to go the limit in pushing the prosecution and a trial of national importance may easily develop. In the meantime the members of Local 992 are keeping the mine shut down and turning out every morning to see that no miners enter the pit. Several clashes have occurred at the mine, but have been confined to pick-handle fights, since the strik- Communist the world’s Com ,| their members carry guns. ] ternational Labor Defense, said: “This jis a plain case of persecution of work- ers who have been loyal in the strug- gle against the mine operators. Be- cause the persecutors are corrupt union officials makes the case all the more flagrant. The miners of Ziegler merit the support of every honest ; ee pledge our loyalt \ 4 "wo the asctator- | AND WE THOUGHT THAT CLASS COLLABORATION WOULD GIVE US WORK! NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The Balti. more & Ohio railroad announces will make all ) termined strugé iat and to the the Communist heavy repair shops of the B. &. O. system take a temporary lay off August 25 to 29 by an agreement between railroad officials and repre- sentatives of the shop-crafts unions. MOSCOW—(FP)—The state grain trust of the Soviet Union, now cele- brating its third anniversary, an- nounces that it is now handling 40 per cent of all grain in the Russian market. It buys grain direct from the peasants. shop to help the and’ Packers, LAWRENCE, Mass.—(FP)—Strik- ing workers of International Woolen Mills at Methuen are reported return- ing’ to work under the announced 10 per cent wage reduction. ft the, picket line that this is one Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. ers are careful to see that none of "Faines P. Cannon, secretary of In- that 7,600 shopmen employed inthe ff \

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PIR AT ee ; (T. U. (Rt e nion Ed nher err League |. rth American. edtion of the RNATIONAL OF LABOR UNIONS B. I.) P nites THE T.U.E.L. Reprejnts the Left Wing of the Labor Movement. ite |}. Reactionary and Clase Collaboration Policies with . Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Revolutionary Class Struggle for the Overthrowal jem and the Establishment of a Workers’ and Farm- “ea WORKERS OF WHOLE WORLD ARE DEMANDING TRADE UNION UNITY AND ONE GREAT INTERNATIONAL ‘Thatithe organized workers in all countries, and not only in Europe, are deeply ihterested in the movement for trade union unity is witnessed by the res« & vast industrial center like Berlin to ons and other expressions of opinion which we reproduce. From a mining village in the Asturias, from the far/north of Sweden to a little market town on the hillslopes of Andalusia from and to Portugal, from Belgium to Brazil, from Leningrad to Monte- video, the unity of the trade union movement is the outstanding vital issue tm the world of labor. er Belgium. The Brussels branch of the Belgian Teachers’ Union has “unanimously re- solved that: In view of the events in China and Morocco, we condemn with all our might the actions of tke capitalist powers in the colonies. We warn the working class fo the danger of a world upheaval. . . We beg all work- to adopt the same attitude as the Brit- ish in the question of international unity. Similar resolutions have heen pass- ed vad ag the Drome branch of the Teach- *’ Union, and by numerous meet- a in Alsace, at Roubaix, Tourcoing, Boulogne, and in the departments of the Marne, Loir-et-Cher, Allier, Rhone, ete. Further references to the recent - In the Red Square of Moscow i Mass meeting at Lenin’s Mausoleum in honor of the German and Swedish workers’ delegations to Soviet Russia. Comrade Rykoff is speaking. -. ing class organizations to work for the reestablishment of trade union unity, and with this in view, to sup- port the efforts of the Anglo-Russian council. The. last sentence was passed against four contrary votes. Brazil. In an article entitled, “Trade Union Unity,” the new labor paper, A Classe Operaria, writes: The struggle for unity gains more and more the confidence of active trade unionists throughout the world. As in Europe and America, the ques- tion of trade union unity is, in Brazil, also the most important question. We must break with the old rout- ine and open up a wider horizon to our trade union organization, nation- al linked with international. France. A joint mass meeting at Lille has resolved to support the campaign of the C. G. T. U. for untiy in France, and has added: Considering the praiseworthy ef- forts of the British trade unions which have resulted in an agreement with the Russian unions on the question of international unity, the meeting de clares its approval of this. action of “the British trade unionists, and asks tne D. %. tree apteniets of France| \ developments of the unity campaign in France will be found on another page. Germany. The Berlin branch of the Metal Workers’ Union, the largest of all the trade union branches in that city, have unanimously pabsed at a general meeting the following resolution for the German T. U. C. (to be held in August): The international capitalist offens- ive directed against the working class of all countries, and the fact that the capitalists are utilizing all the poli- tical and economic means at their dis- posal in order to lengthen the working day, to cut wages, and to reduce or abolish altogether the meager social rights the worker still enjoys, urgent- ly demand the formation of a united battlefront of all workers in the trade unions and a united trade union or- ganization, nationally as well as in- ternationally. The trade union congress therefore instructs the national executive of the German Trade Union Federation to propose to the International Federa- tion of Trade Unions that all trade union organizations of the world, re- |’ } Comrade Freiberger, Chairman of the German Workers’ Delegation to Soviet gardless of whether they are at pres- ent affiliated to any trade union inter- national or not, be united inte a single amewrete: eelaaal | Politiken, with the Swedish workers’ . delegation in Moscow. trade union international. The ex- ecutives of the International Federa- tion of Trade Unions (Amsterdam), and of the Red International of Labor Unions (Moscow), shall in joint con- ference decide upon the manner and composition of a world congress to be convened for that purpose. At this general meeting 80 per cent of the members present were social democrats. Vorwarts (28-6-25), the social democratic central organ, com- ments that: The I. F. T. U. has already invited the trade unions of all countries, and affiliate. The latter have not only so far refused the invitation, but they have tried to destroy the I. F. T. U. and its affiliated organiaztions under the mask of the united front. It is a pity that the general meeting of the Berlin metal workers was unaware ! of these facts. Norway. i’ .A>mational conferences of trades |.ouncils has passed a resolution of which the following are extracts: The conference entirely supports ‘he. endeavors of the British and Rus- has trade unions and of the R. I. tt. for summoning of an interna- |

present policy of our union is to do nothing—except to yield to every de- mand of the manufacturers. But this will not go on much longer. Our brothers are waking up to the ~~ f. of San Francisco labor council gsery- | labor council of Los Angeles. ie Goad for you, Brother Buzzel, the “ fact that the only way to build up a strong, unified union in Chicago ig by throwing off Kaufmanism and to follow the lead of the New York brothers. The first step in = taken, at the recent meeting, majority of our brothers voted against Milstein and for Israelson. FRISCO CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL OVERLY NERVOUS Assumes Right to Cen-, sure Other. Bodies By R. BELLIT. LOS ANGELES, Calif., August 23.-— Tice Angeles central labor council of Los received a letter from the labor council of San asking who was the originator of the resolutions adopted in behalf of the two privates, Crouch and Trumbull. In reply, tary, Brother Buzzel should have an- swered “What business do you have (0 find out? Are you in the service of labor or capital? Are you gentlemen central — ing militarism or the militant class struggle?” Instead of that, Brother Buzzel an swered that he looked over the re- cords and found no resolution of that — nature ever introduced at the central © country is saved! But alas! Since when has the central labor council of © San Francisco become so ridiculously ~ Crouch and Trumbull? Is it not the duty of every worke ess to demand the freedom of the two privates whose only crime was sae: 4 ‘ ing Communism? There are hundreds of thousands of © ,| Soldiers all over the world that be- lieve that Communism is the hope of ~ the enslaved world. There is an or- ganized army in Russia where Com- munist principles are supreme. It is the duty of every central labo council to demand the release of th two’ Communist soldiers who mane constitutional rights to preach w ever doctrine they believe. NEW YOR lina hosiery workers have struck in the Marvin Carr Silk Mills of the Durham Hosiery Mills, Inc., according to textile trade news. The workers are seeking wage increases. these demands that the Joint — is a with subs, a ae Mer | Francisto,- the newly elected secre- Ai stricken with terror in case the cen- re w 4 tral labor council should have adopt- 7 ed resolutions asking the release of Bi ge ee I i cee a s ie = foe a 4 y “ is > vA

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ae ae “a vi Tere Ra i TERT F aUaIERS STRIKE oTAGAINST WOOLEN MILL WAGE CUT (Special to to The Dally Worker) age Maas., Aug. Three thousand textile workers are now . by the strike against a 10 per cent wage cut that began Saturday “Is the weaving rooms of the James & E. H. Wilson Co. and the Pontoosuo ES , Sad Co. The strike has spread to the W. E. Tillotson Manufacturing Co., the Berkshire Woolen Co, and the N. & C. Russell Manufacturing Co. Strike committees have been chosen with authority to confer with em- players and lay settlement proposals before the workers. This is the first |w Spare Weeks swalama. Wales, Aug. 23.—The South Wales anthracite strike was set- tled today and the miners will go back to work next Tuesday after several) , weeks of idleness. The settlement in- cludes adjustment of the difficulties in the Ammanford area, where serious| np outbreaks of rioting accompanied the strike. phe aon Mig 5 VAS Ble ORS NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—(FP)—The fourteen locals of the Bricklayers | a Union. in. New York are supporting | — the 600 members on strike against |~ George A. Fuller Co. and T. A. Clarke Co.; contractors who are employing non-union workers in other cities for nine-hour days. The bricklayers are , Women workers in J sizable revolt against the 10 per cent cut that swept New England woolen delayed hoor B an pag? treo ae! he | & mills in latter July and early August. Foreign Exchange. commerc- toording to John Gill, chairman of the |. ‘Quures in thie 96% tive to eto B itish gove : NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Great Brit- at Shang- | international union executive commmtt- Scan Council Bluffs Ballots. Plan World Radio Conference. WASHINGTON, August 23.—Ballots from Council Bluffs today occupied the senate committee which is hearing the claims of Daniel Steck, democrat, to the senate seat of Smith W. Brokhart, independent republican. Steck made a net gain of 15 votes during the day. EE © tee. fi Gill asserts that 40,000 bricklayers, apron employing, chiefly in ida, other than union bricklayers. The bricklayers’ and plasterers’ unions are involved in a jurisdictional dispute over respective territoriés. — : ain, pound sterling, demand 4.85 5-16; cable 4.85 11-16. France, franc, demand 4.68%; cable 4.69. Belgium, franc, demand 4.53%; cable 4.54. Italy, lira, demand 3.62%; cable 3.63. Sweden, krone, demand 26.85; cable 26.88. Nor- way, krone, demand 18.80; cable 18.82. WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. — The United States has invited 42 other gov- ernments to send representatives to an international radio conference to be held in Washington next year, it was announced at the state depart- ment today, plasterers and masons are ready to quit work to enforce these-conditions and that 21,000 brick and stone ma- sons’ helpers are with them against open shop and nine-hour day in any mill more - te ‘ile jeonthe ago precipitated the strike” ~ 4 as If you want ithecoughly un- - achieving most remarkable results in respect to public health, housing, ‘and the prison system,” says the report. Regarding the trade unions and could, and the more extreme wished to abolish no following August a decree prescribed that the p sants, who un- less provided with manufactures refused to sail f ‘00d, must also of March 20th, 1919, which professed “to prese¥v sale Society, ““Vukospilka’”’ (Decree of March 5th, 1924). may transact export-import operations with foreign co-opera- Starvation Pay. The regular week in all industries These y the prof- been stated, admitted t r , an Maximum hourly in Aus : fr | (Continued f rom | Yesterday’ S D aily Worker) iteering middleman and provision merchant, -b ver the So- wholesale in ream iy State trusts oa } an ero sainoons industries in May, 19% _ were! . cialist co-operatives. It was, however, imp e, even for while they also produce, though on no ‘very large scale. But Un | Ur ; SYNOPSIS.—The official report of the British trade union delegation them, to preach a holy war against the principle ae cre their future function in the Soviet system is to organize retail Austria SEeee eI Senet ; to Soviet Russia described the workings of foreign trade, transportation, tion as they were doing against that of priva e capt lism. Co- trade, both distribution and consumption. Private enterprise is See; AGNS. AEN en, ae ‘ industry, finance and agriculture in the Soviet Union. The trade union operation had a better and far longer siies : of service tolerated largely because of its keeping the ee up to 39 ond ia oe ae eee leaders concluded that foreign trade is increasing, and that in agriculture than had Communism itself. It could not be. al | ee de- the mark and on the move. Woodworking . 13.2 10.0 8.2 ; and industry the level of production is being raised. The finances have been cree, and could only be absorbed by degrees. And d the question Ye oggen SE are miei er : ‘ placed on a sound basis, the report showed. Harm is beirig done to Eng- as to how this should be done divided the War pote munists be- ©°-operatives in Foreign Trade : ype Brees t Baer? : i land by the absence of full diplomatic relations, the union leaders stated. tween those who wished to keep the voluntary « ¢0-operative as- The co-operative societies generally export and import un- Rubber ee 9.3 5.7 ' cols and universities, and literature, music and opera and the theatre sociations and those who wished to substitute for them new der permission of the Commissariat for Foreign Trade. But two| Paper ......... 18.0 9.8 5.9 é then disoussed. Art collections, censorship, newspapers, wall news- obligatory communal organizations. ed categories are exempt from this rule: The 'Centrosoyouz and|Leather ....-.. 20.0 180 118 N papers, and freedom of the press were explained, with the conclusion that Already in a decree of April, 1918, an attack was aaa: on Other co-operative societies, such as ‘Selskosoyouz (Decrees of| Textile ....... 10.8 8.4 i “the results of education are astounding.” The report then took up hospitals, the character and constitution of the co-operati s by decreeing 1921 and 1923), Ukrainian Co-operative Society (Decree. of Feb-|Glass_ ..... eves 16.4 11.7 | ‘ , welfare work, sanitation, birth control, abortion, cleanliness and housing, that they must supply non-members in the ov ry s.. And in the Truary 15th, 1924), and-the All-Ukrainian Co-operative Whole- Metal trades .... 19.4 15.0 10.6 | pont regulations, family life, and prisons. “The Soviet government is Twenty-one ballots, with an arrow op- Denwark, krone, demand 23.29; cable | derstand Communism—study it. | city. If you want to see the Com- thousands of worker posite Steck’s name, were challenged 23.31. Germany, mark, no quote.| Send for a ce of all Com-| The bricklayers’ strike is one of |munist movement grow—get a sub been forced to lower beir standard by the Brookhart people. Build the DAILY WORKER. Shanghai, tael, 78.75. munist literatures -¢ many in various cities against certain n for the DAILY W of living. The cost lving -is % : ne —— |about 31 per cent abov\ prewar but ; “—s the hourly wages in the\lehemical in- | THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BRITISH H TRADE Viewer areas os, ee ) “Af RE wag is “UNION DELEGATION TO SOVIET RUSSIA © _ }j\ssts%2 i, he lather trades "10 | 3 gules | Theu Courtesy of the Copyright in the United States by the International Publishers Co. sg Recht ag tl ga Rod tag | International Pub- All Rights Reserved. Se ae ae per oe i | fe shers Co. Copyright by the Trades Union Congress General Counell a Gree Britain. jof meeting prewar s 4 ’ be supplied by the co-operatives. .-Thig immense task was at- tives and with private firms and concerns. They have represen- is 58 Ree: Be: Peiins craks me. labor conditions, the report states, “The Delegation were much impressed tempted by the co-operatives, but not A the s tis ‘ ti on of the tatives abroad for the transaction of foreign trade. The second ronan: Bagged ponent comes eae by the position and activities of Trade Unions under the Soviet system.” Communists, who complained that the societi ben as secured on the Congress an cil of the Wor — —. ag ae into their pockets, and that their productivity will not or, ig tots peng at Pes be = aS Be "Coasett by. Oe UBER US, Se ge 15,201 19,458 128 30,599 201 pecan in relation to — ) epensed at the expense of thelr conditions of lite industrial °TC0, of November 30th, restricted voting in co-opeegtive affairs Other « 6-----rocsssou papa Ms I ee, ee ie of u 4 4p to the workers, thus disfranchising the greater nul of its 01 21104 139 32508 21 | t has not been put in statistical form, but partial results middle-class opponents. Thereupon followed ine a L decree sc cpacig obs cade Pat iti A? : : : seem so far satisfactory. For exmaple, at the Krasny Putilovetz Factory and Diesel Factory, individual output now exceeds pre- _ war, while unofficial figures return the monetary value of one ; ; worker’s output in 1922-23 at 1,078 roubles and 1923-24 at 1,227 giving the workers such real wages in respect of housing, edu- cation, and supplementary advantages mentioned in previous chapters, as, in the opinion of the Delegation, are in many re- | ~ gr bettcr than those obtained by labor elsewhere in Europe. he mining industries, however, are not yet reorganized up to the general standard. complete the co-operative organization” as available apparatus proved by years of piled: the voluntary association of consumers and prodycers for their mutual benefit and profit. The principle a the, decree was a distribution of the whole country into either municipal or rural communes, in which all the inhabitants were compulsorily en- rolled in their capacity as consumers. The original co-opera- tive employes and management were taken on as Government officials and continued managing the societies’ business in so Membership of Co-operatives The total membership of the co-operatives is growing rap- idly. The membership in April, 1924, was as follows:— matter of fact, the decree radically changed the whole principle Workers’ Urban Co-operatives ............5.006: 2,297,000 roubles, or 14 per cent. more. and the purpose of the co-operatives by convert ee societies , Peasant Co-operatives ..cs.cccecccecseeceeeeees 2,599,200 \ General Conclusion into “Consumers’ Communes.” These Consum **Communes | Berra iat ki gy ioe sk gee b nhb be ceee 1,000,000 Sag were Governmental organizations for supplying, Hot subscrib- wi ek esatiec. tap ink yy dan demi Madame hae ahh ee * _ The gencral conclusion is that, just as cheap labor does not ers or shareholders, but the public.” Co-operation ‘was originally Pte ak SMO ocacccsinh cou cain 6,265,400 Mean cheap production, so Russia is not losing on the whole by The total membership has risen during 1924 to over 8,000,- 000. The membership of workers’ urban co-operatives has ris- en in the course of 1924 to 2,863,000—that is, from 50.8 per :| Di 5 } Jha cent. of the total Trade Union membership to 62 per cent., an This percentage varies greatly ac- increase of 12.3 per cent. cording to place. In country towns it goes as high as John Hays ay, Throws Hint 99.7 per “cent. In Leningrad it is only 59 per cent. and in Moscow 50 per| BOSTON, Mass. Aug. 23—sJohn CHAPTER IV to Co-tanettien: ue na 6 Comseaenntet of Rationfug, the Com. cent. For which the reason is obvious in the greater competi-| Heys Hammond, former oe C ; munists were also much influenced by fear of the use that was ‘ion ig private apne ess pda ‘aS SERRE SES daw Seonee wharkars BE isiier- o-operation made of certain of the co-operatives by foreign interventionists © RYHLM Of CONRCHOR DY UUORy. Bae ear oF Is is hard to do justice in this report to the importance of _ Co-operation in Russia. But this perhaps matters less, as it is that part of the new regime as to which most is known in EE and as to which less lies are now being told than any er. . _ Pre-war Co-operatives al | ae Fs ; § me : f 4 “the Trade Unions were divided as to the class war. - jority, including the societies with mixed productive and dis- -tributive functions, and the agricultural co-operatives, were ‘against class war. A small minority, representing some of the ‘consumers’ co-operatives of the town workers, favored it. “an even better practical reason. Co-operation in Russia before the war, benefited mainly © better class workers and peasants. In 1914 there were 10,785 " ¢€0-operative societies with a membership of 1,400,000, and a turnover of 250,000,000 roubles, of these over 8, 000 were credit and consumers’ co-operatives. The societies were non-political, but Liberal or Right Socialist in sympathy. The war with its ee pressure doubled the number of societies, raised their _ membership to 9,000,000 and their turnover to seven milliards. “Co-operatives and Class War When the first Revolution broke out, the co-operatives and The ma- In September, 1917, a Special Congress of Co-operatives was called at Petrograd with a view to strengthening the Govern- ment against the Bolshevists, and passed resolutions against class war. Even a Congress of Workmen’s Co-operatives called in August was captured by the Menshevists. Co-operatives under War Communism When the second Revolution brought the policy of class ' ‘war to power the co-operatives refused to accept defeat, and the more middle-class societies became centers of counter-revolu- ‘tion. The Communists had ,therefore, a good political reason for either converting or coercing Co-operation. But they’had For, unless they could ration the town population and the Red Army efficiently and econom- ically, they could not survive; and without the help of the co- operatives they could scarcely do this. Their attempt to set up Communist centers of distribution in competition with the co- Operatives was a failure. In Russia, as in our own war expe- Be rience, the organization of distribution proved a more difficult ~ business than the organization of production or of war admin- wi is ration. Moreover, we were able to use the wholesale provi- on merchant and the local grocer for our purpose. But the | rece te + «a gem a over State enterprise, and they are relieved 0 prgnert’ ab fast aa they yantages that iano ncaa pnternrises Chey, during the critical years of the Civil Wars 1919-20-21. Co-operatives and Intervention The Entente policy of trying to make use of the co-opera- tives for restoring trade relations with.» Russia looked well enough. It appeared to be no more than an att pt to restore commerce with Russia without the disatrecabie’ iplomatic pre- liminary of a de facto recognition of the Russian Government; but transactions with real Russian co-operatives could only have been realized through and by the Russian ‘Commissariats. Any other procedure looked like an attempt to transfer the eco- nomic control of external commerce, and eventugilly of internal consumption, from the Government authority to organizations many of which had heen and still were in opposition to it. For . in those regions occupied by reactionary armies. the co-opera- tives had served as intermediaries for supplying those armies. But there is no good in going into the darliiand long-dead intrigues by which in the end British cargoes and British capital found its way into the pockets of reactionary generals. It is, however, satisfactory to record that last year Russian co- operatives, although they had never received these consign- ments, which had indeed been used by their enemies then in- vading them with British Governmental support, nevertheless honored the debt to their British colleagues and repaid a sum of £60,000. When intervention and Civil War stopped the co-op- eratives could be restored their full liberty, which began the mo- ment the danger was over, and even before the New Economic Policy -was introduced. Co-operatian Restored Already byva decree of September 7th, 1921, the co-opera- tives were allowed to resume their productive activities without restriction. By other decrees of October 26th and NoVember 27th they were restored their nationalized factories and proper- ties, and were given the right to extend their enterprises with- out special permission. This privileged position they have thereafter retained. Under the New.Economic Policy the co- -operatives rapidly recovered not only their old self-governing and voluntary char- acter, but also they have resumed on business lines a good deal of the work that War Communism had wanted them to do on bureaucratic lines. Thus they: are now a half-way houyse be- tween State and private enterprise, both in production and dis- tribution and both im foreign and internal trade. “In developing retail trade in the countryside they have a business advantage e legal disad- are, ae ag elsewhere. kopecks. workers, 2.74; miners, 2.71. to 5 roubles generally. Co-operative Finance Finance appears to be the weakest side of Russian Co- operation—partly owing to such activities as lowering prices during the “scissors“ crisis, partly owing to new extensions as On the other hand, this has been compen- yet unremunerative. sated«4to them by large credits from the Budget—over lion roubles in 1923-24. relief will probably be largely administered through th eratives. 142 million roubles to 170 million roubles in the first six of 1924 and the total turnover from 400 million to 1,100 million. The method of distributing credits to societies has been much criticized; and there is said to be much overlapping. But a great effort is being made to bring down overhead expenses Thus Centrosoyouz central staff was reduced from 3,046 on October ist, 1923, to 2,731 on January 1st, 1924, and to 2,459 on April 1st, 1924, and the ‘turn- over per employe has increased from 4.19 roubles in January to by reforms in the working of staffs. not much higher than in Europe. Which economics have much helped in liquidating the very heavy liabilities that caused a fin- ancial crisis in 1923, during which many small societies suc- cumbed. The Centrosoyouz About six months ago, following the decrees ‘of December 30th, 1923, on the reorganization of the consumers’ tives on the basis of voluntary membership, the Centrosoyouz Only central, territorial simplified its provincial organization. : State, and district co-operative unions, as well as large work- ers’ co-operatives are now eligible for membership.” ~ ee (SQ be continued in next issubs), 4 At the beginning of the year the average share sub- scription was 1 rouble 90 kopecks, and at.the end 2 roubles 66 The average in the textiles was 1.94 roubles; metal Arrangements have been made with Aznepht and other enterprises to advance 5 roubles on the workers’ pay so as to give their co-operatives a working capi- tal; and efforts are being made to raise the share subscription No provision for them is made, how- ever, in 1924-25, but the 40 million roubles allowed for famine The proportion of the capital of the co-operatives owned and borrowed is as 1: 2%; and the present profits are not such as to promise any alteration in this proportion as much business has to be done at a loss. But capital increased from ence today that “there may possibly be a suspension in the -anthracite fields for a little while, but | have a suspicion that something will happen at the eleventh hour so that even that will be avoided.” Hammond told the governors that the anthracite operators have become alarmed over the possibility of losing their market for anthracite because of the growing tendency to use soft coal for household use, adding that the union leaders are coming to realize this. This statement about “union leaders realizing” obstacles, together with his hint at “something will hap- pen at the eleventh hour,” indicates that Hammond has information that Lewis will surrender as he did be fore. 20 mil- e cO-op- Cannery Workers in > Mt. Vernon Treated Worse Than Coolies (By Worker Correspondent.) MT. VERNON, Wash., Aug. 23.—The discharge of workers who presented demands for an increase in piecework rates was followed by a strike of more than 100 women and girl pieceworkers in the cannery company here. The strike was won that same day with the demands granted and those dis- charged reinstated. Under the new rates a ten-hour shift will net an average of $2.25 daily as against the old rates, which formerly brot $1.25 for the same amount of work, Another. cause of dissatisfaction among the workers is the extremely long hours of work during the sum- mer season. Shifts from 9 o'clock in onths 7.9 roubles in March. Overhead expenses are now said to be co-opera- the morning until midnight and after have been frequent. The laws in this state do not protect women workers in the fruit and vegetable canning it.

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| | -~ i “ J err" st ‘net . = ee * ey: \ é . “~ sal - a Law Machin ’~homa will be put into the fight agai * the striking miners of Okmulgee cot maine, “Four miners were arrested when |. “they refused to obey’ the order of the ‘“gheriff prohibiting ‘the © “religious” not become impatient : munist literature. delayed ikea slid eat .) : - ¢. ’ ‘ ¥ y s. i Lt Fi 7 A 1 « - . ‘ q * : . ‘ Pat eo t by t - Granting of OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug. ~The entire legal resources of O try who are charged with dlatin * a’sheriff’s order prohibiting “religious -neetings near the struck Henrye * méetings. The men asked that habeas ‘Corpus writs be issued granting them their freedom on the gréunds that the} sheriff had exceeded his authority in “his geal to serve the mine owners. The county prosecutor fought thq ‘ {stance of the writs. "Trapp announces that he’ will place Now Governor. ‘thé entire machinery of the attorney ' géheral’s office at the disposal of the county attorney in fighting the writs. The whole trouble started when a - court issued an injunction orohfitines picketing and the miners began to gather in the public roadway and kneel in prayer asking God to stop the scabs and “bring light to their hearts.” This the court held was ‘violation of its injunction and t sheriff prohibited meetings of sort, including “religious” mee The miners paid no attentiog to t proclamation of the sheriff amd the arrest of the four miners followed. Attorneys for the four men then tried to secure writs for their release. At- gument on the issuance of the writs has not been finished yet. Coolidge Attorneys Dismiss the Appeal on Teapot Decision _ WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The gov: ernment dismissed its appeal fro the decision of Chief Justice McCoy of the District of Columbia suprem court, quashing the first conspiracy indictments against ex-secretary of interior, Albert B. Fall, Harry F. Sinclair, Edward L. Doheny, and Hd- -ward L. Doheny, Jr. Notice of dismissal was filed with the court of appeals by Atlee Pom- .erene and Owen J. Roberts, ey aie a ofl counsel. ws eason was.given. by. Pomerene and Ruperts for the dismissal action, which applies only to the first com spiracy indictments. Fall, Sinclaii and the Dohenys, after the original indictments had been quashed by the’ court on technical grounds, were reindicted. The’ re-indictments, and -indict ments of Fall and the two Dohenys for bribery, are still pending in the courts. Trial on these is expected late this fall or winter. All indictments were the outgrowth of the senate’s investigation into the leasing by Fall of the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills naval oil reserves. later "200th ANNIV ERSA nee OF R USS IAN ED UNDER SOVIET of the }various departments of research. its early days the academy’s greatest). | Americans who are reported to have accepted are Dr. H. H. Donaldson of F cenerhinaragend of Pennsylvania, and American universities and scientific institutions have been invited to send representatives to the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Science, which will be held ‘ta ‘Moscow from September 5 to September 15. One of the purposes nm is to revive and strengthen the contacts between Russian scientists and those of other countries interrupted by war and revolution. the Physico-Mathematica] Institute, . Frank A. Golder of Leland Stan- ‘sity. Dr. Judah L. Mag- 8, , formerly of New York, has been te represent the Universi * Was Dominated by Czar. . my’s e great stientific revival which has n going! on in Soviet Russia since | 920. The academy was originally-} ounded. by-Peter the Great, in 1725. t bs ssian expression of the ific development of thé he . celebration of the Russian | th birthday marks also | ith special work shops for making ise instruments. Most of the mu- ums have been doubled or trebled size. The se.smographic station t Pulkovo, which burned down in 920, has been replaced by a new one. e chief Russian seismographic sta- ng have been restored and contact stablished with seismographic sta- ons thruout the world. \ A Year’s Work—1924. ‘The great strides made by the Rus- Academy since the revolution . the improvement of general eco- ic conditions is indicated in its “gp century, particularly in physics: nd mathe opher and mathematician Leibnitz irew up the Russian Academy’s pro- am. hae Other German gvientiste organized contribution was in geography. It ex- plored and c ed Russia's immense stretches of territory. During the 19th century the academy’s work won the esteem of West European scientists, who invited the Russian Academy to join the International Association of Academies. Until the revolution the Russian Academy was dominated by the czar and the nobility. It suffered from the general lack of system characteristic of czarist Russia. Attempts to sys- tematize the academy’s work were be- gun in 1912, but were interrupted by | the. war. The chaos which attended the Rus- 7 ships on the scientists. They were | exposed to cold and famine. They had :j. no means for carrying on research, publishing books and magazines or taking care of institutions. The la- boratoriegs were deserted for lack of} fuel. lied blockade enabled the Soviet gov- ernment to come to the assistance of the scientists. Early in 1921 a de- putation from the academy visited | Lenin and laid the situation before him. Subsequently the Soviet govern- ment appropriated money for the re-: storation and extension of scientific » Ander the Soviet Government. +} 600,000 volumes. work. The academy has since then restor- ed libraries, collections, and museums disturbed or neglected during the ci- vil war. The academy’s library, which before the war contained 3,000,000. volumes, has been increased to 4,- The collections of the zoological, ethnographic, miner- alogical and Asiatic museums ave been increased to such an extent tha the Soviet government has had to enlarge their headquarters, making special appropriations for equipment and repairs. With this aBSsistance the Russian Academy of Science has been able to | OUR DAILY PATTERNS I A COOL AND COMFORTABLE PLAY SUIT. | 4736. Linen, chintz, printed voile, pongee or percale could be used for this model. The patern ts cut in three sizes: 2, 4 and 6 years. An attractive develop- ent. would be henna and white ked gingham with white bands finished with lines of henna cross- atitching for trimming. To make this model for a 6-year size requires 2% _yards of 32-inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12c in silver or stamps. 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The Skirt is cut in 7 Sizes: 25, 27, 29; 31, 33, 36 and 37 inches waist measure, with corresponding hip measure 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45 and 47 inches. The width at the foot is 24% yards. To make this “ensemble” for a 38 inch size will require 45% yards of FASHION BOOK NOTICE! Send 12c in silver or stamps up-to-date Fall and Winter, 1925-26, Book of rong showing color plates and co noWE) are designs of ladies’, misses’, and ildren’s patterns, a con- cise and comprehensive article on dress. making, also some Reinte for the needle ‘illustrating: 530 of ‘the various simple “The German philo-* rei rt for 1924. i ef sian civil wars wrought great hard- However, the defeat of the counter:]} revolution and the raising of the al- } polar regions, fand bibliographies. During that year the emy held 64 meetings at which 112 papers were read discussing 85 rtant questions. Four hundred edaitiona papers were read at meet- of different sections of the aca- In | demy. r addition, the academy published 55, scientific books, copies of which were sent abroad; and 78 expeditions were sent to the Urals, Siberia, Mon- golia, Central Asia, North and South Russia, etc. The physiological laboratory carried on research on the occipital lobes of the higher animals. Other depart- ments prepared a catalogue on the life culture, social structure, and re- gions of India; and studied the bio- emical properties of human blood. mportant work was also done by the ksiatic Museum which prepared for jublication 340 volumes of Dao-Jean ind other Chinese works. The academy also stimulated an in- terest in applied science. Researches and experiments have been carried for in the separation of metals by ni- trogin under high temperature and pressure; Crimean lakesal has been ‘analyzed; and a new system of mak- ing seismographs has been invented. The academy worked in close co- operation with economic organiza- tions and with the government. It has prepared maps and other material for the government and is working with the State Planning Commission with a view to study Russian natural resources. Other government com- missions with which the academy co- operates are conducting studies in race problems, tropical countries, the literature, dictionaries, Some Leading Academicians. “Important are also Prof. Steklov’s studies in the basic problems of ma- thematical physics; Prof. Numerov’s astronomical studies; Prof. Joffe’s Studies on the atomic structure of matter; and Prof. Pavlov’s studies in biology, psychiatrics and pathology. he academy has already re-estab- lished many of its contacts with scien- tists of other countries. Charles D. Walcott of the Smithonian Institute of Washington, D. C.; Fridjof Nansen of Norway; A. I. Thompson of Eng- land; and scientists of various other countries are honorary members of -, {the academy. Among the academy’s corresponding members are Dr. Alexis Garrel of New York and Prof. A. A. Michelson of the University of Chi- cago; Louis Bauer of Washington, .D. C.; Madame Curie, and Albert Ein- stein. Scientists of twenty countries have accepted the invitations to at- tend the celebration on September 15. There are 41 members of the Rus- Sian Academy of Science. Among them are A. P. Karpinsky, geologist, president of the academy; V. A. Stek- lov, mathematician, vice-president of the academy; 8S. F. Oldenburg, orien- .| talist, secretary; I. P. Borodin, botan- ist; A. P. Pavlov, paleontologist; A. F. Joffe, physicist; and Y. V. Uspen- sky, mathematician. French Send Note to Germany on Pact | Aimed at Soviet PARIS, Aug. 23.—The French re- joinder to the German note on the “security pact” aimed against the So- viet union will be forwarded to Ber- lin Monday morning, it was announced at the foreign office. —-—_——_— Build the DAILY WORKER with subs. LENIN MEMORIAL ALBUM With 33 photographs of the great leader. Text in English, Ger- man and French. 25c “THE DAILY WORKER SPUBLISHING Co. ar + enjoyment is rapidly tnaing out of scores of young workers who were here. What the C. M. T. C. camp here it awaited them and what they: are now undergoing is plenty of hardj.work and drell which commences before six o'clock in the morning and Officially closed at six Pp. m., but liy continues later into the night. 7). 6 The men ¢ required to tranfp je and drill grounds a a day, clothed in a is called a uni- unds, also a pair of 6 weight oy four bunions, 3% corns. The evil of sore feet Méing a common malady a regular form. of inspection of feet. “Many Fail 1. ‘Not onlyyare’the drills hard and tiresome, “ithe food given here has resulted tipating the men. Those of whi d no relief‘in C. C. pills,. were t home together with those who Von suffering from sever- er cases of ‘sore feet, or other ills. grow continually day af- 3 and larger, until drill are skeletonized, that ‘is, the rear ranks instead of contain- ing four men as they are supposed to, hold only t and at other times it is necessary amalgamate two squads into one, in order to make a showing on the parade grounds. e. about the grand fime promised to the * The month’s vaca- hard drill, and par- fours a day, after which wo . wt do, such as ge the tents in order, ete. ,The: Easation seekers are junder the. mands of all kinds of petty 9m mere croporals who are hic officers to the higher ups sueh as majors and cap- tains, every minute of the day. Athletic games. in which the work- ers participate, * little more than an f are Rictated to them j aber 5. Pe ea Co., therefore, the government ‘hab ‘already commenced ments both printed and verbal. There is evidence to doubt the suc- cess of propaganda for re-enlistments. Most of them: are sick of the mono- tony and rigid discipline and are cer- tainly anxious.for the month to pass quickly. In fact, most of them have learned that’ training to be a soldier for capitalism is far from being a vacation, but ‘f¢' hard labor. Young proletarians Should take a lesson from these facts, ane not permit theni- selves to be lured into sweat camps and understand that it is*nothing and can be nothing for them but a change from one kind of hard labor into an- other. They should instead organize and in this way present a demand for yearly paid vacations. If you want to see the Com. munist movement grow—get a sub for the DAILY WORKER. fr PITTSBURGH, PA. To those who, work hard for their money, | will cave 50 per cent on all their dental work DR. RASNICK | DENTIS~ 645 Smithfield Street. OF THOUGHT FOR 19 : here makes*4@mecessary to maintain | to spread propaganda for, re-enlist-7 2TH : 407 Sp 4 di t ACTION OF THE WORLD OF LABOR—AND THE FORCES THAT GUIDE IT. Pinal CONNECTICUT “OPEN SHOPPERS” PUT ADS IN PAPER BOASTING OF LOW PAY ————— By ESTHER LOWELL (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) NEW YORK, August 20.—Connecticut manufacturers and contractors are boasting of their open shop work! A full page ad appears in the Hartford Courant headed “Firms Operated on the Open Shop Plan. ”" In addition the paper runs a news story, “Detroit Prospers Under Open Shop,” by General Manager Chester M. Cuyler of the Detoit Employers’ Association. Connecticut is one of the most important manufacturing states of the Union. According to the World Almanac: state has greater industrial strength or wider range of manufactures.” Everything from pins and needles to the most elaborate machines is made in the state, one of the smallest terri- torially. Hartford is the insurance capital of the United States. Boy Scout Axe Non-Union. The “open shop” ad is a warning to organized labor that Underwood and Royal typewriters are made in non- union factories and so is the Under- wood computing machine. Interna- tional Silver advertises its seven open- shop factories which make sterling silver and silver plate. Coir firearms belong in the open-shop group., Che- ney silks, made by one of the, biggest silk manufacturing. concerns in the country, advertise open sh¢ The Collins Co. makes the om hoy scout axe in non-union. factor Other open-shop advertisers are: At- lantic Screw Works; Liner-Atwill Co., sheet metal works; Veeder Mfg. Co., meter makers; Blake Foundry; Tay- lor & Fenn Co., machinists and foun- ders; Bristol steel fishing rods; Capi- tol Foundry; Sigourney Tool Co.; Mce- Intyre Machine Works; Abbott Ball Co., steel ball bearings; Jewell Belt- ing Co.; Skayef Ball Bearing Co.; Hartford Faience Co.; Whitney Mfg. Co., chains and sprockets for power transmission; Hanson-Whitney Ma- chine Co.; New Departure Mfg. Co., bicycles, coaster brakes, etc.; W. W. & C. F. Tucker, Inc., oil hole covers and machinery products; Special Machinery Co.; Sterling Blow- er Co., blower systems; Whitlock Coil Pipe Co.; Spencer Turbine Co.; Henry & Wright Mfg.’Co., drilling machines; Terry Steam,Turbine Co.; -P. Garvan, Inc., paper and paper stock; E. J. An- derson, pattern and model making; Root automatic counters; Wiley-Bick- ford-Sweet Co., felt shoes and slip- pers; Hartford Box Co., paper boxes. “Open Shop” Contractors. While -a strike of building trades workers is going on in New Haven to help building laborers and hodcar- riers increase their wages, open-shop contractors announce’ themselves. Non-union printers, one of them claim- ing open-shop operation since 1836, advertise. Graphic Arts Co: offers to do open-shop photo-engraving. Hart- -ferd Blectric Light Co. and Hartford City Gas Co. show themselves on the non-union side. Heublein Hotel and Hotel Bond Barber Shop are open- shop. Frasse Steel Works, Wallace Barnes flat and wire springs factory, Chas. W. House & Sons, woven felts, Riverside Trust Co., boast of open- shop operation. Brick workers have been organizing in Connecticut and are on strike for union recognition and improved condi- tions in various towns. The thread workers of Willimantic, Conn., have been out 26 weegs on strike against wage cuts at the American “Thread Co. (a British concern) mill. The state has only two labor papers listed: La- bor Standard at New Britain and Con- necticut Labor News at New Haven. SIBERIA LEON TROTSKY $1.00 A story of escape Ife fn With photographs and the work of labor’s best artists 25 Cents a Copy $2.00 a Year $1.25 Six Months THE WORKERS MONTHLY. 1113 iP a nerenaton Bivd., Chicago, Hl. Mo Mis S. bits Pi nid: wrt Hartford —— eremrenrmim mm mmm mm TT Minin ee “Proportioned to population, no MONTGOMERY AND WARD PLANT WORKS WOMEN TEN HOURS PER DAY BALTIMORE, August 23.— That the plant maintained by Montgom- ery Ward & Co. mail order mer- chants of Chicago, in southwest Baltimore, employs women who are forced to work more than 10 hours a day, in violation of state law, was charged in resolutions offered by a Typographical union delegate in the Baltimore Federation of Labor. — The business agent of the federa- tion, Henry Broening, was orde to investigate. PRODUCTION AT PRE-WAR LEVEL IN SOVIET UNION WASHINGTON, August 23—(FP)— Industrial production fn the Soviet Union during the fiscal year 1925-26, beginning October 1, will reach 98 per cent of the 1913 total, which was $3,600,000,000, according to estimates which the Russian Information Bu- reau in Washington has received from the state planning commission. This commission expects agricul- tural production from the 1925 crops to reach 92 per cent of the 1913 pro- duction. This, in spite of the fact that the Soviet Union has only 75 per cent a8 many people as Russia had in 1913, before her best-developed ter- ritory in pangs of was taken from her to form parts of Roumania, Poland, and the new’Baltic states. Industrial production in 1921-22 was only 17 per cent of the 1913 figures; in 1922-23 it was 3% per cent, in 1923- 24 it was 46\per cen in 1924-25 it was 72 per c “fn June, this year, industrial production was 2.6 above May, and 70 per cent above June, 1924. In the ten principal industries the working force for the coming year will be 20 per cent greater than this year. Motormen Being Displaced. WASHINGTON, August 23—(FP)— Motormen on city streetcars will soon have to change their trade for that of bus driver, if the trend of traffic shown by the last report of the three companies carrying passengers on the streets of Washington is a fair index of development. During the first half of 1925 the motor buses of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. carried 2,642,546 passengers, or 21.82 per cent more than in the same ees of 1924. On the other hand, the two studios railway companies.-handled respec- tively 43,686,857 and 50,535,557 pass- engers, which meant a loss of 1.4 per cent and 0.54 per cent in traffic, re- spectively. From 1923 to 1924 both streetcar companies lost over five per cent of their patrons. “ieheer most of the farmers up. 1 ditions.” CAL LETS LOOSE PROSPERITY GAS Crops Poor, “Movies” for Empty Stomachs WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—(FP)<— Confidence on the part of the chiefs of, the Coolidge administration that the western and southern farmers have swallowed his “prosperity” bunk is melting away. souri, Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, Penn sylvania, Indiana—all have much the same theme. Farmers find themselves unable to pay their debts and main- tain their equipment ard give their families a decent living. Farmers are discontented. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine has released to the press, on two succes- give days, two statements designed to The first is an account of a moving picture called “Poor Mrs. Jones,” which he has prepared and sent out, to prove ‘¥that the lot of the farmer’s wife is not nearly so hard as that of her town sister. The second statement an- nounces that crop yields this year are poor. The inference he wishes to draw is that prices will be gool. Al’s Propaganda. Mrs. Jones, according to the story told in this Jardine-made reel, gets tired of merely managing her home, ‘keeping the farm accounts, tending the garden, caring for the chickens, etc., and says so. Her husband re- fuses to sell the farm until she shall have had a’ rest, visiting her married sister in the city. In the crowded flat she learns that city folks don’t get fresh food, and the traffic jams, bargain counter rushes and the hazards to children are terrible. In one week she is cured of her discontent with the farm, real- izes that she is really “rich” Mrs. Jones, and goes home to live happily at the old line of work. Crops Are Poor. the grim warning: “Low yields per acre are to be expected this year for principal crops of the United States, the department of agriculture has an- nounced. The published figures show that a yield of all crops combined will be 4.5 per cent under last year’s crops and 6.4 per cent below the ten-year average, as indicated by present cor This, cotton is expected to low its ten-year average by 9 per cent; hay, 16.2 per cent; corn. 0.9 per cent; oats. 3.2 per cent; potatoes, 3.5 per cent; tobacco, 6.1 per cent; sugar beets, 9.3 per cent; barley, 1.75 per cent. Spring wheat will run slightly above its ten-year average. Taken as a whole, the chief Ameri- can crops, in spite of increased acre- age, will yield a total production of about 3 per-cent below last year, and lower than in any recent year except 1911 and 1921. More Hawaiian War Moves. 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Crowe is supplying the Cuneo plant with uni- formed and plain clothes officers to prevent the locked out workers on the picket line from performing their duty. It happens that Cuneo _* is Crowe's brother-in-law. , te PE IH x Pe aa —_ =e wis % ut . ype Sia rag Sel ae Be -. €3 oe ~*~ aaeeee S , 2 ”_ 7 aneiea Re ecke VERGE phon SR RRR te eae _ — pins ; pays ee . To Pol Ee TA : iy ‘ati ” — a? aes o val 4 ‘ > ai 3 >a Sy Pgs " ee ges Ye ae ee oy rete — es a Ta ech we are) NGS he ee : 5 AFF et ¢ : aan be ae? ‘ ae (mee . cide sos * ae - ny The f + On the other side the workers are organizing to overthrow it. _ lawful officials of Locals 2, The Chicago Tribune recently carried an editorial entitled “This is a tough town.” We agree but the kind of toughness the Tribune objects to is not strikebreaking or the spectacle of a public officer using state funds to further the interests of his own family, publicly and brazenly. We are not concerned with the moral phase of the matter. There is nothing moral about capitalism. Public decency cannot be expected under a system which legalizes the robbery of the many by the few; a system under which the parasites grow fat while the ' producers live on the borderland of want. What we are concerned with is the fact that the workers whd have the power if they only exerted it, allow the employers to install their political tools in office, so that the state machine can be used effectively against the workers. Many workers do not believe in independent class political action. They still believe that the democrats and republicans can serve them. They still believe that there are good fellows in both parties and that the problem is to pick out the good fellows. This fond hope has proven to be an empty dream. Incidents such as the one mentioned abeve should convince t workers that not only must they organize on the industrial field b they must also raise the banner of a labor party on the politic field. The workers must be broken away from the capitalist politic moorings. The policemen’s club has more propaganda for a labo party in it than a six column theses—to thé worker whose crania encasement is tickled by its end. Crowe using the state’s attory¢y’ s police to,help out his brother: in-law is a good lesson for the pressmen in t olly of voting for capitalist politicians. @ i It looks Bad for John The ae have finally gotten the British imperialists com- iim-the protracted struggle between the masses of the s over the exploitation of. China. . "Phe Sitinnees have settled with the Shanghai strikers and Britain feels that she has been left holding the bag, with nothing in it. That is the way the situation looks. Britain was the head and front of the imperialist raid on China. At first Japan and the United States were playing at united front with England. The unity was more apparent than real. Japan and the U. 8S. had their own games to play. The. U. 8S. did not : ma ' stand to lose much thru the dumping of the extra-territorial laws and other millstones which foreign imperialism has hung around the Chinese neck. What the United States really wanted more than anything else was a market for her goods and Chinese good will for her capitalist burglars. By holding aloof from the British end of the imbroglio Wall Street expected to come out of the mess without getting badly mussed up. Britain angled vigorously for an agreement with the United States for common action against the Chinese. But the Chinese aided by their powerful friend, Soviet Russia, was able to prevent the highwaymen from getting together. ‘As the situation stands now, British ships are boycotted and so are British goods. British consuls and missionaries are being given the bum’s rush out of several large cities in ¢ ‘hina and every- thing English is looked upon with scorn thruout the celestial republic. This is fine. At home a left wing leader—not so very left at that—John Wheatley, has called for a workers’ defense army of 10,000,000 to _ the interests of labor against the coming caitalist offensive! ‘ascisti are organizing on one side in defense of capitalism. Yes--it looks bad for — ——— Ct Sigman’s Political Death Warrant The New York garment workers, members of the I. L. G. W. U. who refused to recognize the illegal Joint Board presided oyer by John. _ the faker Sigman, gave the employers and the yellow socialist leaders _ @ lesson that thye may not soon forget, when 35,000 of them marched from the shops last Thursday afternoon in a demonstration against the united front between the employers and the Sigman machine to discharge garment workers who acknowledge the leadership of the 9 and 22 united under the banner of the Joint Council of Action. _ After Sigman and company summarily suspended the execu- tives of the three locals from their positions for holding a May Day meeting and committing other similar “high crimes and midemean- ors” against the gospel of yellow socialism, the employers took a} hand in the game. They began to discharge those workers who re- fused to recognize the edicts of the autocrat Sigman. Then the workers called a halt. It was a bold decision. But in times of crisis there is no room for shillyshallying. The Joint Action Committee called out every cloak and dressmaker in New York in protest against the collusion between Sigman and the em- ployers. The employers were to. be given a warning that they must keep their hands out of an inter-union struggle. Sigman was to be shown that he was deposed as head of the Joint Board by a mass referendum of the rank and file. At least forty thousand workers responded to the eal] means that the demonstration was a admitted that 50,000 came out. This Nieman forty shops tremendous success. Already fifteen of the that had discharged anti-Sigman emplayes on Sigman’s orders have taken back their employes Committee. and made terms with the Joint Action This is the beginning of the end of Sigmanism in the Eee eational Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union: ST haiedikeinmteadal sechmnniadl ORKER|| p99] ni ul A Adopted at the Second Enlarged $3.50 six wi, \stee of the Peasant International + To the Peasants of the Coloni and of the East: of Turkey, Persia, Egypt, Algeria, Palestine, India, China, Corea, Jap- an, the Negroes of America and Africa and all opressed by the | capitalists and large landowners. Brothers, Comrades! — In October 1928 there assembled in Moscow for nationalities from all countrtes of the id and decided to form an Inter. national Peasant Council. Its aim is to build a centre for the defense of the interests of the peas- antry, to close the ranks of the peas- antry for the struggle for freedom from the century-long slavery to the 8 |landowners, to establish a close con- nection between the peasants of the whole world, to unite the peasants who are fighting for their national and economic freedom with their brothers, the workers, and to deter mine the rther methods of the the appeal of the Interna- tional Peasant Oouncil, but also the peasants of the East. And to-day, after one and a half years, delegates have come to the conference of the International Peasant Council from Corea and Japan. Representatives have also come from the American Negroes. The peasants of almost every coun- try in the world were represented at this Congress. In these countries there are various religious beliefs. And these peasants belong to the most divergent parties. Many of them be- long to no party at all. The majority. of them are poor the first time in world history the/| representatives of the peasants of 40 the peasants of the West / Turkey,. Persia, Egypt, India, China, | eless there are —— of } have just as though they were at/ ) home. y In America the Negroes are d ed of almost all human rights. a3 3 $ i ae officials? Is it easy for the Oriental lot, he is threatened with monstrous judgements. ° Thousands of peasants are shot jfo oreign soldiers, or by their own ers who are thrust, into the im ialist armies by force. India, Algeria, Monocco, Tunis a Corea are groaning under the yoke are not isolated. The first Workers’ | Egypt and Siam, the capitalists be {| Brothers! — long | this ‘state of affairs last? How | who form two thirds of humanity, yields up their) wives and ad them by force or by the bribery of | ne i: uh PAL fee pee ES % rf semen maar If there are no peasants unions or associations in your country, then }ecreate them. Organize defense committees for your delegates to us to dis- the general work together with peasants of all other countries to report to the International Council how you are strug- against the oppressors or how lewesese top, SER, Long live the Alliance of the Work- and Peasants of the whole World! Long live the International Peasant the General Staff in the for the ee oe the Peasantry! The Presidium of the Plenum of the "International Peasant Council — Biabe SS aammienh tlienlte xe nme ofthe Prony aa, a those resolutions adopted at the first Congress. The work of penetration into the peasant masses still under the influence of the bourgeiosie was carried out by the Presidium with great success. Under its leadership, ever larger and larger masses of the peasantry swing towards the Red Peasant International and express the wish to fight hand in hand with the workers against the capitalists and the junkers for the establishment of bg ‘Workers’ and Peasants’ Republic. with the revolutionary working class: . | victims of imperialism. They may not spread rapidly. ; “Ignorance is the strongest weapon | perialism feels the mass syn of that sympathy. The co The, Honolulu ee terday’s editions: “ tence imposed on Paul Crouch *— by an army court martial, be- fore Federal Judge William F. Rawlins. The army lawyer is fighting the petition of Fred Patterson, attorney for Crouch, which seeks to free the soldier from the Fort Shafter guard house on grounds that his court martial was unfairly and improperly conducted.” Books Are Confiscated. Colonel Brown is quoted as saying: “I can conceive of nothing more in- jurious to army discipline than such propaganda. This is revolutionary propaganda from within, where sol- diers are supposed to protect the country against violence, rather than foster it; propaganda of the most dan- gerous sort. “In the case of Walter M. Trum- bull, an associate of Crouch sentenced to serve one year in jail, Patterson withdrew the petition for his release stating that the action was because of reasons he did not desire to make public ‘at this date. “Meantime the case of Paul Crouch »| goes on and a decision on the case is expected Monday. If the case is de- cided on favorably, the Trumbull case will again be taken up, but if an un- favorable decision is made the Trum- bull case will be taken up in San Francisco courts.” ‘The statements of Colonel Brown show how much Communist propagei- da is feared by authorities and also shows the importance of work with- in the army. A large number of men in Fort Shafter are favorable to our cause. We hope that the publication of our case has helped in establishing to a far greater extent the solidarity of the workers. Is it too much, to hope that we have caused some per cent of doubters to join the ranks? It is in- | deed fortunate that our case has re- ceived the attention of the capitalist press to the degree that it has. Thru this medium we have reached peo- ple that otherwise would never have known just how narrow and impe- rialistic the representatives of the government are. We have received the last package and arrogance the officials confiscated them. We had them for about two days before they were considered “dangerous” matter to be in a guard héuse cell room. “The other men might read them and turn Red,” the HONOLULU, (Delayed).—We are possible for the time when the court wall is The radical cut in our sentences. < athy for us, but ‘ i. t nuance of the de dom and the mass meetings in protest of our now stand, is further cause of alarm by ee wg se rs carried the quotati mel Frederick M. Brow nD. the U. S. Army, vidbactaes defended the three-ye this one factor the men are kept submission. A case SL - = ve iting iently at we ma and confined in the guard house. He has considerable service to his credit ‘ale but such is the system in the army Salah eames in the: hs gre red us from ise ane eer ad,| that he aie en know that he had} 'we have. been given intole in t ofm ( four. rahe "ind out out abent simile mek eet which we hope to smash the whole | ok aatiitary’ thw. pabeiits, not. fab Authorities Fear Communism..© Race, color and religious prejudices are played up by authorities indirect- ly. Here is the strongest barrier: for the organizer to break. Once brok- ney c re afraid our fr s as the elow in yes+ aring fo dier is supposed to compensate ‘him- AS self for his position of servitude by EB of books but with their usual stupidity’ prison officer is reported to have stat- | _ }reflecting that other races are his: eriors. Communism must be» in: duced and this idea eradicated... ; Army officials showed their fear: re mmunistic ideas by having all beoks on socialism, and subjects that ght cause an interest in Commun- ism, taken from the library and read: ing rooms shortly after our arrest. THe importance of thé fight bythe ty against imperialist militarism “Might roadie Re would have read them ther convinced that The books will be ret that we may carry Alcatraz. a *One book in it we would like to have. ‘days that Shook the World,”.by John. Reed, Also any books written by Lenin. All letters are welcome to us as it is a great help for one in prison to know that there is still @.group or num- ying on the work. Withhold DAILY. WORKER. Comrade Trumbull says that tho a professional musician, he is by no means an artist. He has been able to struggle up to the position of. first clarinet in the 21st Infantry band but that organization can, hardly be call- ed an example of musical perfection. However, he is y willing and would be very glad to try to play in the Y. W. L, orchestra when he comes to N. ¥., which of course, we both hope will be soon. Our task of re and enlarging? the party is Indeed hard, slow and trying but we Nee © advantage of being able ule ag for inspira- |The Hawaiian tho having the vote, tion and guidance many noble/has the same problem facing him leaders. With tht z. -|that the American Indian has to face. spiration we must He is facing extinction. Also, very few Hawaiians own any land of value. 2 Pa The Filipino is, with other races in Hawaii, really a slave no matter how a person views his status. fantastic tales are told to him in or- der to induce him to leave his native land and come to Hawaii to work for American plantation owners. His} dream bubble is short-lived tho. Grim reality soon banishes his illusions. imfied to us so 8 with us to ot be overestimated. e Workers Party should lead’ the o race in a fight for economic ancipation! What do you think of an interna- tional language (Esperanto or Ido) as an aid to our propaganda and to break down national barriers? In Hawaii there is an ideal field open for the propagandist. Most of the land is in large plantations, em- ploying Filipino, Chinese and Jap- anese labor. Wages are exception- ally low and living expenses are quite high. Of course, these races live very cheaply because of their choice of food. Clothes cost a laborer more than any other item. Exploited Workers in Hawaii: Ne voting privileges for these three races. t is our intent! te join as soon as scasthia and to make°members of our Mospects in Hawaii. GEven tho in jail we have gained sympathizers for the cause. Some can bé@xalled prospects in every sense of ‘the word. Our work within *he guardhouse is at presept, practically haited. The authorities have confiscated all copies of the DAILY WORKER and Young Worker which were dormerly permit- ed. They contained articleS concern- ing our case and valuable material for reference dealing with problems of the party. We have not received any copies of either pgper since the’ confiscation of those we had, Did you read an article in the Young Worker regarding an American Union of .Soldiers, Sailors, and Ma- rines? If so, what do you think of it? Organization work in the army is very important.""We believe that it is work that should be taken up by the party and the “Young Workers’ League. Soldiers Are of Workers. There are several special problems to be considered i ealing with men who dares think aloud. Hawaiian War Maneuvers. One purpose of the Hawaiian ma- neuvers was to impress these slaves, and the people in their home land, with America’s great strength. To one who has studied military science tho, the whole thing was a gigantic farce and the laugh was on imperial. . ist America. The underlying purpose Was apparent to all thinking and .in- formed people. Comrades, your interest makes life more worth living; while in prison. The knowledge that we have of value to the cause means that de- spite our personal fate, imperialist interests of the men in the army are: 4 | They dimly perceive that they are: . | it by this name, but they know) hat they are subjected continually to: senseless oppression. Then again, the! J soldiers live together in large bar-|. racks and an idea once planted we used as an instrument of oppression.- comes:.to } mind: A staff sergeant was arrested } am en, all will be clear sailing. The sob! Wild and The Manlapit case is a good example |: of the treatment accorded a laborer’}’ been | aie aa’ H SHANGHAI, China, ate rs, . nt for er S re . ‘This is seen by their Christian missionaries and government and declared t they~would stand upon at un- eqaul treaties of violence forced upon China by the imperialist powers. Christians Tell China to Go to Hell. Both the Chinese government and the Students’ Union had requested the christian missions to take a stand in favor of recognition of the sovereign- ity of the Chinese governmént by reg- istering their schools with the Chin- ese government educational depart- ment, and to make the study of christian doctrines a voluntary and not a’compulsory subject in such schools. The convention of christians re- fused both requests and declared they would stand upon the privileges of independence from Chinese supervis- ion granted them by the unequal treaties with the christian imperialist powers. This is seen as a scornful treply also to the appeal of General Feng Yu-hsiang, which puts the “pro- fessed christians” of the world to the test. The DAILY WORKER gives Feng’s appeal in full as follows: “TO ALL THE PROFESSED | CHES ae OF THE WORLD.” By Feng Yu-Hsiang. | (The Christian General of China.) Then there is the non-existence of | “The cruel episode’~ which took place on May 30 at Shanghai has been repeated at Hankow and at Shameen, ese have been butchered ruthlessly by British police and troops. “To put the situation in brief, the British have flagrantly disregarded the sovereignty of China and have a tes the Chinese people as tho the ter were lower than hens and dogs. “What has happened in Shanghai had its origin in the cruel killing of a Chinese worker by the managers of | certain Japanese-owned Canton mines there. . British are Assailed. “Grieved at the “unfortunate lot of their fellow citizens, the students con- ducted a lecturing campaign, but the British police took action without any justification and fired upon the un- armed students. As a result, the injure Communism by persecuting us. We are grateful for your kind let- ters and the books sént to us, tho we are sorry that we cannot read the latter now. However, the day is jnot farmdistant when capitalism will no longer be able to keep tis from our chosen work. | With comradely greetings, and best ' wishés for the success of your work for the emancipation of mankind thru pecial to The Daily Worker) | 3.—The Christian missionaries mperialism. of the “Christian neral” | B dibeces! | fro ha of tne impe ri a is at mentee na are openly wie ceoee'y in the convention of 200 foreign educators at Kikungshan, in the pro- vince of Hogan, where they —— the request of the Chinese an in Canton time and‘again. We Chin Ika the army. In tie first place, the | militarism has lost in its efforts ¢@|the revolution 2 he ae “ y i i 2 ? * | chile ot bahia of the dead and the injured lay in a pile at Hankow and on the Sham- een in Canton. “The British authorities of both places went further in their high-hand- ed policy and gave orders to the mar- ine forces to bring machine guns into operation, resulting in even greater easualties. “Such dark and cruel deeds are in- deed unprecedented. Alas, for a long time has Great Britain boasted of be- ing christian. Now the British are engaged in perpetrating relentless and inhuman acts by means of their su- perior equipment of machine guns and cannons. Labor has Answered—Christians are Silent. “Not only is this a stain upén chris- tianity, but it is also a disgrace to humanity at large. Overwhelmed with indignation and grief, the people thru- out this country are unanimously pro- testing with all their might. “Citizens of friendly nations have shown their sympathy with us and not a few Britishers and Japanese have in the interest of justice made declarations eapDeT NS our move- ment. “The Red International of Labor Unions and labor parties of various nations are particularly enthusiastic in their offers of assistance to our people. “We.christians have always been known as a class of people who al- ways insist on justice and righteous- ness, the support of which has been recognized as our unshirkable duty. . Feng. Naively Trusted Missionaries. “Unfortunately, concerning the pers sistent. massacres in China, nothing has been heard from foreign missions up to the present. In my humble opin- ion, you must have entertained the sincerest sympathy for the suffering of the workers and must have regard- ed the recent massacre of innocent Chinese people as wholly unjustified, _ as you are under the overpower- g pressure of imperialistic govern- ment, I presume you cannot see your way freely to give expression to your righteous views, for fear of incurring the displeasure of your respective governments and the hatred of the capitalistic class which may cause damage to your own position. “Of course, due allowance must be made for your reticence in these cir- cumstances, but» in the interest of elp addressing to you a few words pe and righteousness, I cannot of friendly counsel ——— | — ee ee,