Daily Worker
September 23, 1925
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: Nh ee mRNA Sry ; ee, ht aid a ~~ . Y é Sire te om POR | Moe Fs no ny “ Ka. Fs peeay er rpg’ hs ‘Shy eRe Ieee oe Me ee ier bot a yi _ eae ay Sets ‘ 8 Ae le eee Vag ‘ ey, . Ly f % ay Me a ay et, ete ares “age ; Pe AE ae Ye f iS ae | PISS Bee” ot Se ~.! PRs Sl laa ge jp: Ps RK? 8 1879. Published Daily PUBLI LISHING CO., te Beh Bivd, Chicage, = Price 3 Cents NEW. YORK! oIry, & No. 1 of aie “ (Special to The Daily Worker) of the world, and ection of r Secretary of State Kellog; oie is an able champion protesting against in excluding him. The “AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY ‘socialist New Leader of New York was very peeved because ene og we anaes on h Morris Hillquit arrived in. port, - Which commented socialist ‘leader’s pa- a a | are not concefned with what the socialists think of a strike, but if anybody thinks the “outlaw” seamen’s strike has no kick to it, he had better consult the Australian gov- as a result of the strike. Premier Bruce gave as his reason for asking | ties ; i and chet ped were geems to us sufficient “outiaw” strike ig only the labor fakers. s 2: s ! : H Tr is rather strange that the federal mathorities should begin to deport Chinese captured in this country in conmection with an alleged outbreak of alleged tong fighting. This drastic has never been taken before in cafes. There is more than a that the deportations are rencluthal follows: Kellogg Attacks Aliens WHEREAS, Secretary of State Kel- logg has instructed the London consul general to revoke the visa granted to Shapurji Saklatvala, a member of the English parliament representing the organized labor movement of that country, at the interparliamentary union at Washington, D. C., and WHEREAS, Secretary of Sfate Kel- logg discloses in his public statement the fact that this move is but the be- ginning of a general policy on the part of the Coolidge administration to dis- criminate against alien labor coming to our shores, so that the more timid and submissive elements may be pre- ferred and thus furnish cheap and obedient slaves for the American em- ployers and also for the purpose of un- dermining the living standards of the American workers, and Saklatvala for Workers. WHERBAS Shapuriji Saklatvala has won a place among the British work- ers and among the workers of the world by his valiant struggle on be- half of the exploited workers of: Eng- lish imperialism in the Far Bast, in India, in China, in Egypt and- parti- antarty in Treland. and ee WHEREAS Shapurii Saklatvala has. : stood in the British a aap on re- MOSCOW, (By Tass) — tn Goén- nection with general measures (for developing trade relations betwe the U. S. S. R. and Italy, spect care is given to establishing close and permanent connections a“ Italian corn market. ~ It is being projected that tte. lian commercial fleet will take part in the corn exportation. the U. S. S. R. A directory® portkhieb,” the state's corn’ ing organization, is leaving for for respective negotiations. WORKER CORRESPONDENTS WIN PRIZES FOR PRESS DAY STORIES Day. A ght in the convention of the labor transpired. serving of speclal mention. conditions and—the boss. * ” These stories are winners. cldedly high erder. on page five today. RIZES were offered«for the three best stories from worker cdr respondents for yesterday’s special issue for International Press The contest brought such a hearty response that many stories of unusually high caliber were left over for today’s and following days’ issues. Those printed yesterday were among the best. CHOICE of five dollars worth of books for the best story goes to Otto Wangerin, a worker correspondent in a field of battle. Hie atory of the railroad workers in convention at Kansas City, Mo., not only gave the issues involved but in a brief, simple worded story gave a picture of the forces in the organization and the problems of the workers Involved. So vital was his story—so timely and worth while that it stood out in an issue that contained other outstanding stories, and earned the place of the leading story for the day. HE second prize of a choice of three dollars worth of books was won by a story of a very high order, written by a worker con respondent also fortunate enough to be on the ground of ‘an important ~session of labor, Andrew Overgaard, who himself led the Communist Illinois ve a clear cut picture of the fight of the forces of progress in the labor unions against those of reaction. Both these worker .correspondents were favored with unusual opportunities by being present where events of real importance to But both also were so ably written as to be de HE third winning story, giving the writer a choice of two dollars worth of books was of an entirely different character. written by a member of a shop nucleus, Frank Buckley, and came with the breath of the steel mills on it. Partioularly a type of story that bariesain the lives of the workers in this country. The others special mention of their merits, since every one printed was of de- More of these—EVERY DAY—wil| soon make the DAILY WORKER a Communist newspaper’ that will stand out among the best in the world. Another page of worker corré8pondence State Federation of Labor, It was Here was a question of wages, * . in the issue deserve _ | SHOWS FEAR OF “Trade UnionU nity Has Plutes Scared,” Gitlow (Special to The Dally Worker) NEW YORK, Sept., 21.—Benjamin Gitlow, member of the Central Exe- cutive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party, who is schedul- ed to speak this evening at a protest mass meeting in Union Square against the exclusion of the Communist mem- ber of parliament, Shapurji Saklat- valia from America by Secretary of State Kellogg, issued a statement showing that Great Britain fears the growing influence of the Communist Party. “The panicky nature of Kellogg's exclusion order is to be attributed in great part to the fear imspired in the British and world ruling classes by the great march to the left recently made by British labor at its trade union conference,” Gitlow said. World Exploiters Unite. “The conference declared over- whelmingly for world trade union unity and against the imperialism of the British empire. It is only natural that British and American imperial- ism should respond with this further demonstration of their own unity against the workers and oppressed nations of the world. “By this act the United States gov- ernment again declares its solidarity with the enslavement of [reland and (Continued on pagé 2) SAKLATVALA BAN /— IMPERIALISTS TO JAPAN FOR STEEL | NEW WO TRUST FOR 20 YEARS (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINTON, D. C., Sept. 2).— Charlies MacVeagh, apointed by Coolidge, who followed out the pol- icy of appointing servants of big business to official posts, as am- bassador to Japan, has been for over twenty years general solicitor and assistant general counsel for the United States Steel corporation. CRIBBEN-SEXTON POLISHERS STRIKE TO UNIONIZE SHOP Demand Recognition of Shop Committees Forty metal polishers employed by the Cribben & Sexton company, stove manufacturers, at Sacramento Blvd., and W. Chicago Ave., laid down their tools and are picketing the plant in their struggle to win recognition of their union and an increase of wages. “We have but four major demands in this strike,’’ stated John Warlik to a representative of the DAILY WORKER, “and‘they are: First, the recognition of the Metal Polishers’ Union and the right of the polishers to organize. Second, the recognition of a shop committee. Third, the res- toration of the’$1 per hour day rate. Fourth the readjustment of piece work prices, so that it will be possi- (Continued on page 2) PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SOVIET UNION’S MINISTER TO AUSTRIA VIENNA, Sept. 21.—With the arrest of a former officer and a soldier in General Wrangel’s anti-Bolshevik army, the Austrian police have run down the details of a plot to assassinate the Soviet minister to Austria. sins confessed having received money and weapons from Lieutenant Borodin, The assas- who lives in Bulgaria and is believed to be in the pay ofcthe Zankov govern- ment, f The arrests have created a sensation here. it is reperted that the assase- sins have confessed invoiving agents of the British government in the plot. | : ity fre Low 7? ¥ oad —— REFUSE ‘REDS’ FREE SPEECH IN OLD FORGE Bargess Denies Work- ers Party a Permit By AUGUST VALENTINE (Special to The Daily Worker) OLD FORGE, Pa., Sept. 21—The scheduled mass meeting of the Work- ers Party in Old Forge, co-operating with the local group of the progres- sive miners will take place at the time set despite the interference of the local authorities. The burgess of Old Forge, a capi- talist lackey, has forbidden the meet- ing and refused the party a permit to speak on the streets. The nieeting was scheduled for “Public Park.” We find however that “‘Public Partk” is owned by the Jermyn Coal com- pany. Of course the Jermyn officials would be only too glad to grant the park to the Reds for a meeting! “The Reds? Nothing Doing.” Yesterday, as the party representa- tive, I called on the burgess with re- gard to the permit. I found him be- hind the bar in his hotel, one of the many he owns or controls in Old Forge. At his side was a bottle of pick handle with a schooner of beer nearby as a chaser. Asked about the permit the burgess said “Can’t be done. The Reds? Nothin’ doin.’ Any- thing but the Reds.” Constanza at the present time is attempting to get re-elected burgess of Old Forge, and the results of the primaries are to be thrashed out in court. Frank has spent at least $50,000 on the primaries, supported by the Jermyn Coal Co. and the scum of Lackawanna County politics. Old Forge is a “wide open town.” Frank owns half the joints in town and controls the other half. The Communists are determined to go thru with the-proposed meeting. The burgess, the. worst law violator in the county, advancessthe alibi that the traffic is tog heavy t& permit street speaking. He forgets that every medicine faker, and holy roller (Continued on page 2) ——_ * 4 | GREAT BRITAIN ORGANIZES ARMY OF CHINESE FASCISTS TO WAR Chang-Tso-Ling whom the ”“ ‘oe (Special to The Daily Worker) SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 21—In Manchuria Great is at the present moment paying increased attention to Ge imes calls “the strongest figure | modern China,” and its future ruler. The endeavors of Great Britain are directed towards t forming Manchuria into a citadel for the struggle against Soviet Union. It has therefore set itself the task of heighten the tension between Soivet Rus- sia and Chang-Tso-Ling. There is now not the slightest doubt as to the fact that during the re- cent conflict with Chang-Tso-Ling con- cerning the East China railway, Great Britain stood behind this “uncrowned king” of Manchuria, and tried to turn the East China railway into a weapon against the Soviet Union. At the present time there is definite information that Great Britain is tak- ing a number of measures for increas- ing Chang-Tso-Ling’s army. British banks are granting Chang-Tso-Ling credits for an order of 40,000 rifles from Birminghan factories; at the same time the British are trying to use Russian white guards for the or- ganization of a strong nucleus within Chang-Tso-Ling’s army, with a view to forming reliable detachments for the struggle against the national liber- ation movement. British Building Army The organization of these detach- ments has been enthrusted to General Nitchaev, Malinovaky (representative of the Hetman Semenoff) Colonel Or- loff, and Nikolai Merkuloff (former members of the “Priamur govern- ment”). : In the beginning it is proposed that these detachments consist of» 5,000 mes, and should be w ed ant. Af the expense of the | In Pekin, British agents are taking police. The foreign instructor, Mutte, has beén entrusted with carrying out this reorganization in order to render the state police capable of preserving the “law and order” necessary for the British, and for fighting against the Chinese liberation movement. In Southern China the British agents are again organizing the fa- mous bands “paper tigers” with whose aid the British Government tried to overthrow the government of Sun-Yat-Sen in Canton last year. The bands are being organized for the struggle against the Kuomintang from the remains of Chang-Tso-Ling’s de- tachment, and are being armed with British carbines and machine guns. Armed Against Soviet Union In Shanghai the British consul en- tered into an agreement with the Chinese fascist groupings supporting them in the organization of a society “of revenge on the national traitors.” This society is of a terroristic nature. Its aim is to “clear out” all well-known political leaders at the head of the Chinese liberation movement. The president of this society, is an agent of the British secret police. The aims of all this policy are very far-reaching. The British newspapers recently have spoken quite openly of the fact that Great Britain is endea- (Continued on page 2) RIFFS SHOOT DOWN | OVER TWENTY FRENCH | AIRPLANE PILOTS SPOKANE, Washington, Sept. 21—The Rifflans have shot down twenty French aviators within a short time, Col. Charlies Sweeney, American in charge of the Lafay- ette escadrilie which is aiding in the imperialist slaughter in Moroc- co, writes his sister who lives here. “The Riffs are excellent infantry and first class shots,” writes Sweeney. “You may judge that when I tell you they have already shot out of airplanes from 500 to 1,000 feet up gxdi going 100 miles an hour, over Swenty French avia- tors.” stéps to reorgani#é the Chinese state} CAL 10 DEPORT MILITANTS WHO ARE NOT NATIVE White Terres Rule Is Applied in America WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 21— The United States government has started a campaign against Commun- ists and militant workers in this country which many believe is an- other step in the spreading of the European white terror to this coun- try. Secretary of Labor Davie an- nounced that all foreign-born Com- munists now In the United States will be deported “as fast as the gov- ernment can lay hands on them.’ The new step of, the Coolidge gov- ernment, representing the American bankers, follows closely on the heels of the action of Secretary of State Kellogg in barring the Communist member of the British parliament, SakIatvala from: this cout Ita. well known here that Sir Wil- wae Joynson Hicks, home secretary of England has asked the world im- perialist powers to unite in a con- certed, drive against workers who are opposed to the exploitation of their class by the capitalists. Afraid of Workers. The Baldwin government has been unable to stem the growing unem- ployment in.England, and has been forced to cut the unemployment doles. The Communist Party of Great- Britain has gained tremendously in influence,. and the Minority Move ment and the left wing in the trade unions have considerable power. The British imperialists fear the profit system is not long for this earth, and now the Coolidge govern- ment, afraid of the spread of demand for workers’ control of industry in this country, is co-operating with the British imperialists in this new drive on the Communists and the working class. Outlaws Militant Workers. Secretary Davis declared that “mere membership” with any organ- ization “planning the overthrow of the government” will be grounds for deportation of foreign-born workers. Davis said that foreign-born Oom- munsts, “are being deported when- ever their presence in this country comes to the notice of the immigra- tion authorities.” Solicitor Risley of the labor depart- ;ment declares that he interprets the immigration laws to mean that “an alien of Communist political fafth many not lawfully enter or remain in this country and is subject to ex- clusion or deportation.” Coolidge and his Wall Street gov- ernment have made it plain that his government will continue the policy of deporting any foreign-born worker who champions the cause of the work- ing class. Schooner Sinks, Crew Saved NEW YORK, Sept. 21.— Bringing the crew of the schooner Benjamin A. Van Brunt, which collided with her near Cape May Sunday morning, the U. S. navy cruiser Milwaukee docked at the Brooklyn navy yard. ;ner sank shortly after the collision. |A dense fog was blamed for the acci- dent, the schooner was enroute from New York to Galveston. AMERICAN VESSEL ENTERS PORT OF LENINGRAD FOR FIRST TIME tonio, has arrived here. The freighter : - SINCE WORKERS GAINED POWER LENINGRAD, U. S. S. R.., lise 21—The, first ship flying the American flag to enter this port since the revolution, the American freighter San An carried a cargo of sugar. The schoo- , Py . « . 4 Ls -.
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‘45. cents an hour, . its enameling department. cles. and sometimes the worker will, fr but an -average of 75 cents an ges We want to change this so ‘the thie and use of terms, Vice-President Smith of the Cribben and Sexton Co. abruptly “e vermin like Sweeney, or e who lend their services of Shantung ‘may ensue on the stenetne Heat borders. . their late master class, .& *« “ Or. the youth of America, ir into Wall Street's 100, cont ee Oe eee, ‘| the first ‘call. — The I. W. W. strike commitete an- will be able to earn a decent wane ended a conference Friday morning |t uling -class-for the purpose new war, may be sent —- the rontiers of the Union of | 20unces with some justifiable pride: The Crihbent “und Seats oer | a aieh geod cined delegation of 48 g others in-subjection. For- Soviet Republics, in another wen te VeRiroW ||. 49 OS ee See eee emplpys about .§00 workers*in its! strikers were present with ‘their | tu y, there are among the Irish ing that we have every British vessel : rs present | or 7 é the power of the liberated work ie 0 gaceeaaa and restore plant manufacturing the Universal business agent and international ahd women who fight on the side in Russie the denosed re of cap in port tied up here, wer practically stoves, rangés and furnaces. It is union president. of freedom from the oppressed. While |} po sign no crew aboard.” considered one of the largest plants making stoves in the middle west. This company systematically opposes all attempts on the part of its work- ers to organize. The molders are the only ones in the shop that have an organization, which numbers 150 workers. The metal polishers’ orga- - nization was smashed by the Cribben and Sexton company three years ago. The metal polishers are again reor- ganizing and intend to carry on the fight until their demands are granted. The company attempted to cut the day rate from $1. an hour to 85 cts. and piece prices were arranged .to suit the convenience of the company. This firm pays its laborers but 42 and stove mounters receive but 75 cents a stove and the high wage for one who breaks his neck is about $5.00. The company also employs a humber of women in The wo men enamel various parts of the stoves and ranges and work on a piece rate basis. By working. very hard they are able to make about $25 a week. The company is having more and more of its work sent into the enameling shop so as to eliminate the polishers as much as possible. The strike of the polishers has come at the time of the year when the Cribben and Sexton company is in its busiest season. The company is sending its work to the Chicago Plat- me Company, formerly known as the Co., 351 West The strike called against the Crib- ben and Sexton Co. bids fair to de- velop into another “Buck Stove and Range” fight, whith is very well known to organized labor in Amer- ica. The Metal Polishers’ Union has the backing of the Chicago Federa- tion of kabor and the entire labor movement of Chicago. A delegation is to be sent to the American Federation of Labor con- vention in Atlantic City, Oct. 5th, to lay the entire matter before the American Federation of Labor con- vention. The International office at Cincin- nati is sending out letters to over forty thousand local unions all over the country, notifying them of the action taken by the Cribben and Sexton Co. In the meantime the union is ask- ing organized labor to remember the refisal of the company, which man- ufacturers the Universal stoves, ranges and furnaces to deal with organized labor. —— the street from the shop in which they worked. The present superintendent of the company was formerly a superinten- dent of the slave-driving Western Electric and also an assistant super- Intendent of the Edison Appliance Co., manufacturers of the Hotpoint electric. appliances, known: in Chica: go ta he a rat shop. Efforts are he- neys, the Crowes, the Devers and others of that ilk, they have the same scorn and hatred for the Con- nollys and Lehanes that they have for ‘the revolutionary leaders of all races who throw in their lot with the ex- iploited and persecuted. The Jour- nal’s eulogy of the fink Sweeney may give patriotic Irish morons 4 thrill, but it will only fill intelligent Irish ‘workers with disgust. Great Britain is Organizing Fascist Forces in Far East ( tinued from page 1) vouring t®6 create a bloc against China in the ‘“Wast, and simultaneously against the U. S. SaR« Strong rumors |, are abroad that Chamberlain is nego-’ tiating with the Japanese ambassador, Ishi on this matter, and that he is discussing with him the question ofa general attack of the allies on China (presentation of an ultimatum to the Chinese government), and the sharing out of China according to spheres of influence between Great’ Britain, United States, Japan and France. ’ British Will Fail However, it is very doubtful that British imperialism will be able to realize its plans in view of the present situation in China. The attempts to, the capitalist press praises the Swee-|- SHOT ny GUNMEN WHO SPED AWAY Harry Novak, 5740 South Green \St.. member of the ,Amalgamitted Clothing Workers’ Union, was shot by neo: sters as he was sitting in his tomobile in front of his’ home. Novek wae active in'the Amalgamated strike against the International Tailor- ing company, 847 'W. Jackson bivd., directed against his strike activities. ‘\Novak’s brother, Osear, who was with him was also shot. Both.will re- cover. Big Furriers’ Union in New York Demands ” Saklatvala be Admitted . (Continued from, page 1) interests of the British workers against the onslaughty of the British employing Class, , BE IT RESOLVED, that we vigor- | ously protest against.the action of the Secretary of Btate Kellogg, in exclud- ing Shapurji Saklatvala; as an Act hostile to the interests of the organ- ized labor movement of the world, as an act of unauthorized and unjust- ifiable discrimination against the fore- ign born workers and as a high-hand- ed attempt to limit,the freedom of and it is believed:‘the ‘shooting was} Amesoan vapitaibain fs all of sss ossibilitiessin mind when it provides, in the law of the land, or the conscription of man power for the next war. Whether American youth will again meekly submit to become fertilizer for foreign fields remains to be seen.” * ie That is something that should engage the attention of the whole, working class, just as it worries the warmakers of ist.class. hen the workers fight the ca behalf of their own Interests; which will be in’the next war, let it be on against the cap- italist class, in the struggle to establish their own proletarian: power. Saklatavala “em Shows Dread of the Imperialists (Continued from page 1.) Fath India, aims a new blow at foreign born workers by extending the rigor of its immigration. exclusion laws, makes a further denial of freedom of4 speech, and brings sharply before the American workers the issue of inter- \jnational trade unfon unity.” Protests against the exclusion of Saklatvala came from many other sources. The Friends. of Freedom For India. issued a statement denouncing the barring of the Communist M. P., and the Furriers’ Union, Local No. 1 also demanded Saklatvala’s admit- tance to this counrty : wt xe oe . Refuse Militants Free Speech in Old Forge, Pa. hie (Continued from page 1) rm Pe, comes along gets a corner with- any~énenbdle. But then perhaps is .last remark. clears up many things. “TheReds? Nothin’ doin’.” He grants the busiest corner in town to “Open Shop” O’Brien; red baiter. When refused a permission for a permit today by the burgess, the fol- lowing letter was handed him by a representative of the party. “Mr. Burgess: You have refused to permit the proposed meeting of the Worekrs Party to be held. You have violated every principle of free speech. The Workers Party does not — Wall Street Journal pea Union Scab. The strikers are calling attention of the British seamen to the gushy praise of the Wall ‘Street Journal of Monday’s edition, given to Havelock Wilson, the reactionary faker of‘ the National Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union. Loud guffaws of laughter with a streak of anger at the traitor Wil- son are had over the following ‘pas- sages from a column of boosts for him by one Herbert N. Casson: “This Nationel Sailors’ and Fire- }men’s Union is a legitimate and well- managed organization. It is strongly opposed to strikes. At its head is J. Havelock Wilson. He has fought the Communists for years and-is ver, highly esteemed by both the sailors and the shipowners of Britain.” Speaking of the sneaking on board the Majestic of a crew. of scabs as she left Southampton, the Wall Street Journal writer says: Union Scabs “Quick and Efficient” “The main fact to notice about this incident is that all the 150 strike- breakers were union men. This vic- tory of a legitimate trade union over a rabble of Communists has made a strong impression upon the wage workers of Great Britain. In fact it was the quickest and most efficient in- stance’ of strikebreaking that the British people have ever seen.” “When you wants a strike broke ‘quick and efficient,’ you gets a crew Cooperative Plating carry out these plans will only bring speech in the Unitedisfates, and intend th of union scabs,” chortled a Limey ° Borah Acainet Gaaain en at the scheduled menrne tr sant tara Gok wXs Universal come | EGON Appliance’ Coread enn th, | Crone ds ack the Sorte of tee Tay| “gp tmand His tidestttance "| wacHINGTON, G2 Sept, 21,— [shall be olther ‘broken up or Dost |"re"simar iny oan, ua.he Tent om t made to turn o 6 Universal rang- e em | ge , | S to the | Cribben and Sexton plant to BE IT FURTHER SOLVED that Senator William Boralt of Idaho has poned) We will go thru with the | es and stoves. The superintendent, is ’ visiting the homes of many-who have applied for work \in the past. year “sp SRaarecing to". round up enough scabs to carry on production... So far his efforts have met with failure due to the mass picketing of the polish- ers from 6:30 in the morning until 5:30 in the evening. The pickets carry a large banner with the inscription “STRIKE ON, This Stove Shop Un- fair To Metal Polishers; ran genie SCAB.” The superintendent has ie to revoke the strikers’ insurance poli- The company has a policy is- sued for every worker in the plant. ploy of the company one year, in case he dies, After two years The graduation keeps on until in his tenth year he is entitled’ to $1500, his family receives $6500. he receives $600. scab on the striking polishers. | BITTELMAN SPEAKS... TONIGHT AT NORTH WEST SIDE BRANCH Alexander Bittelman, member of the central executive committee of \ jthe Workers (Communist) Party, will speak tonight on the “Reorgan- ization of the Workers (Commun- ist) Party” at the educational meet- ing of the North West Side English ing, up one flight. The members of the branch dre urged to bring their friends. Every member is duty ayn to attend. ‘The time’ is 8 p. m. sharp. anese newspaper will be justified “if| the Chinese lion and the Russian bear unite, there is not one force in the world to cope with them.” War Office : Fires Mitchell for His Charge of Neglect SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. .21— Col. William. Mitchell has been re- lieved of his post as air officer of the eighth corps area, it was an- nounced officially in érders issued at Ft. Sam Houston today. eighth corps area, and states. that the air officer will Stand relieved from staff oy until ee her notice. Wrap your luneh in a copy of the DAIL¥ -WORKER and give we demand the imm@diate admission of Shapurji Saklatvala to this country and the removal of? all restrictions which may have been initiated by the secretary of state without the author- ity of Congress against those seeking admission to this coumtry, and BE IT FURTHER:RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution -be sent to the Secretary of State Kellogg at Washington, D. C. and to the press, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, thai we call wpon all affiliated ‘organiza. tions affiliated with this body to take similar action. request that he appeint Miss Ethel Smith, of, the Natl. @ederation’ of Fed- eral Employes, as the minority mem- ber of the civil service commission in place of the late;Mrs. Helen Gard- visitors And barring of foreign redi- indicated he will make an issue of Secretary Kelloge’s gagging of foreign congress meets in Sept- proposes a law forbidding artment to exclude aliens — of orah declared the exclusion from the intermational gathering in Wash- ington of the only spokesman | of 300,000,000 workers in India will be: resented~by the people of India,. and will cause the British empire a heavy price. He charges that Kellogg inter- vened in a political dispute within the empire, and identified the United MADISON, Wis., Sept, 21.—Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., won from Roy F. Wilcox, his nearest’ rival*in the sen- atorial primaries, by 96,197 votes, ac- cording to figures issued today from the office of the segretary of state. meeting. The issue is clear-cut, a free speech fight. You have permit- ted medicine quacks and other para- sites, including O’Brien the anti- working class faker to speak from the streets, and tell us the traffic is too heavy when we want to speak. “The meeting will be held at the corner of Main and Grace streets op- posite Pilosi theater, beginning at three p. m. sharp, Wednesday, Sept. 23 Our speakers will be Benj. Git- low, ex-socialist assemblyman of New York and vice-presidential can- didate of the Workers Party in the last national election; P. V. Zalpis, ers and until- recently when he re- signed secretary of the Plains Local 1483, U M. W. A., and an Italian speaker. We assure you of our in- tention of establisthing the right of our organization to hold: meetings in .a his pocket beside the other Pickets carrying the red card of the M. Ty W, of the I. W. W. P Politicians in all Frauds. Hard on the heles of the expdésure of undue priviliges and liberties granted federal prisoners in Cook and Kane counties, federal authori- ties were investigating reports that Walter Clinnin, brother of a former district attorney here, had served only three days of a 60 day sentence in the Kendall County jail at York- ville, Til. The rest of the time, It was said, he spent “playing around” New York City. ~ | pal Sean who will speak in Lithuanian and After one has been there three| ranch. The place of the meeting is The order relieving Su. MitcHeat!- Cal Turns Down Union Member. Who dene nnn masa Ha Mt the head of s seabby collection | (OeSS th what they are tpcght in| tary corer’ all male persons 18 and 30 years of |. Crimps who refilled the struck ship ee henry Bar os Pe the sthoais: ™ age, or such athe r age limits as he may fix, “without defer- | Matinicoke, with a crew who had “% | ans. TAC 40U pesnaic ” heard of the strike,. When the M. T. MET AL POLISHERS METAL POLISHERS’ HEAD sensical compliments to the “fighting| Feng and Chang Threaten ws ment ‘on account of rai ccinenre ys occupation. o cr da —- oe cae "abe. an | race” and suggests that Sweeney's | The Pekin politicians an hc rbed walked out 100 per cent. The Bdgar . APPEALS T0 ORGANIZED appearance on the scene bodes ill for| at the posh Pin 0 ge “ord wh From, 18 to 30 put of ioe the youth of the land, the bowhus act habs uetes th ae STRI K E TO Wi Abd-el-Krim. We hope that one oo igen # ea‘ Sida na youth of. the working class may | nanan under pedgee of | Saturday, needed only official notte | . UY Aba-chKrim's sharpehepers POS OTe ea orang arly! prison or death for refusal, to next capitalist war of | of the strike and out they went om | for nationalist liberati try to} P ap . | bullet in the filthy human rat, who; for nationalist ration, may try their i rialist master ; a moment’s notice.. . has sunk so low that he knows of| occupy the province of Shansi from ir impe m s. ! | By JOHN WERLIK | They may be sent across the Pacific to war on Japan, or All Out But Cripples. | LA y no better way to amuse himself than | his present positién in the provinces : An M. T: Wy picket boarded the | y. sinaheeil Business Agent, Local No. 6, Metal) py dropping bombs on Riffians Women| of Honan and Shensi, * into Asia to crush the struggling, Chinese republic. They Ber egy Ae a rrvenastoiy aa | (Continued from page 1) Polishers, Buffers and Platers Union.| and children. Those who know Swee-| Shansi is known ds Clifha’s “model| may be sent into Mexico, to smash any resistance there to memo ee ne siete aunt ng The Cribben and Sexton Co., man- | neys! antecedents are not surprised] province” and its hélding by Feng Wall Street’s rule. They ma nt’ into Europe to collect neg a | lisher to-sarm ‘$1.10 per y tion the crew°all left but one fire- | : ve ad a eee ufacturers of the Universal gas jat his present occupation. His ye would mean ‘a solid*block of north- the interest and the principa of i Sip loans a" made ran He ode Metin tab-eit | u seemed. ppled one ‘naan tt "le tnnpossthle tor; a - stoves, ranges and furnaces has jer; shipped the first vig my 7 0, western states under his control. To} to bankrupt capitalist Euro all the more likely if to. andes ses etd. " | definitely refused to grant the pol- scabs into Cour d’Alene, 0, dur-| prevent this? the impgrialists are the workers of additional aie an. nations decide to rid over orecastl | polisher to.know what he will make; — r strike there many years | urope conditions were ‘horrible on this ship. | ishers buffers, and platers in its |ing the big sending their‘tool, Chang Tso-lin, with h " f th italist ; that burdens th working or the piece rate basis.) raioy the right of union repres- | ago ‘army westward, the troops being | CROMROVER. CF TRS: OOF ne grb urdens them | Also another Danish tub, the Nord- ee Every jofhas a different piece rate , rr “** of General magehang and establish their own Soviet ~~ vepudiating the debts of ‘nhavet, reached port Saturday and 75 eirish have no reason to be if The strikers have a meeting every ’ ner. Miss Jessie. Dell, 25 years in| LaFollette polled os es Wilcox, |your city. locuments almost in their entirety. morning in the hall at 736 North Build the DAILY WORKER! it (the DAILY WORKER, not the|the civil service,>samd a native of | 81,834. Woodward: ga wey and| “Yours for the meeting, rhe title of the book is “Bryan and with nb. H | Georgia, was appoiste/> | MoGovere, ty a aa? 1 | = ~weineaanel Albany Ave., whiob is just apems.S ; lunch) to Jz our. ghop-mate, ' a p“AVEUEX VALENTING:. Oty Sec'y.” Darrow a ee fie ne : . pontine ee ‘ ~S.. = 4 oF te ; *e 2 dgcd. Me ; “2 = bed . ' : “A 9 * ‘ i 7 rs i ; 4 ’ ; 2 . { ; { a : ; s bd " . « . :
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iat ~ (bam mes a pre oe DAY 45 (R. I. ts Devoted, to the J Activity and‘ In | TradeUnion Edacational L North American RED INTERNATIONAL OF oie UNIONS ’ at of the © ue RUT, ses Ti L. U.) Represents the Left Wing ers’ Government. ° THE T. Purpose Is to Strengthen the Labor Unions by Amalgamation : of Existing Unions, Organization of the Unorganized, and by x4 Replacing Reactionary and Clase Collaboration Policies with - @ Unified Program for the Transformation of the Unions Into Organs of Revolutionary Clase Struggle for the 'Overthrowal “fof Capitalism and the Establishment of a Workere’ and Farm- U.E. L. ‘of the Labor Movement. tte IN THE AMALGAMATED G WORKERS IN MO ST THE UNION BU ae I ee EAL CRATS By JACK HOLTZMAN, ae MONTRBAL, Sept. 21.—After a long period of apathy and pessimism, the Montreal clothing workers, organized in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers fo America, have started an intensive drive against the union lead- ers who have deliberately attempted to destroy the organization. This is the first time in the last few years that the broad masses of the membership have thrown their hats into the ring and have cone out in open warfare against those who are + lente Sits 0 tabsirah tothe theun: Hostility and suspicion between the workers themselves Sorenonee to a dangerous degree. Here is just one illustration of weds the officials would do: After the masses, unable to endure this any . had forced one of the officials to resign at a public meeting, and after this same official had stated that he would remain loyal and true to the organization, etc., he ‘went up in- shop, made a compact with the to fire a worker —- put. him in io oe te eee the boners s ~ H epee : ny i i d they would be able work into the shops, sition to the organization: ©1823" >< Such wag the situation that thd) of-: |ficilals had oreated. But at union meetings, when they had to give re- really | ports they ‘would say that,ey Those workers who made tempt to uphold union conditions were threatened that if they made a move, completely. This rush made for short- er seasons and soon the bosses were able to put into effect wage. reduc- tions and make the workers work overtime for straight time, this add- ing to the already large number of unemployed in the trade. i Bosses Take Part in Union Affairs. . Well-paid workers were sent down from their jobs, and others on a low- er than union scale were put in their places. Every attempt to sustain union conditions was openly fought by the yellow clique in control. The bosses were of course, highly pleased with these “sane,” “reasonable” la- bor leaders. ‘' Tt is a well-known fact that the bosses themselves took an active part in the internal affairs in the union. In times of election they agitated their: workers to vote for the leaders and in some shops intimidated the workers if they would not do so. The ignorant workers, trained by the union leaders to put their immediate personal interests above those of their class, began to violate all principles of class solidarity and voted and ‘worked for the rotten administration. was O. K. Those who daxeg icize or suggest betterment ed “disrupters,” and atte made to expel prominent ‘the “left.” veils Membership Revolt. * But such a situation could not keep on indefinitely. Amongst the mem- bership a strong feeling of digcon- tent against the acts and policies, of the leadership developed. The more class conscious elements he gan _ to drift more and more to the “left” in their sympathies. The state of the treasury began to reflect the lack of confidence of the workers in their union leaders. Then, when the bank balance be- gan to diminish, the over-fed cynical faces of the bureaucrats began to show signs of uneasiness. The boss- es who had played such a love-fest with these union lackeys when they ‘needed them, no longer caring, start- ed to openly flout union conditions and union authority. Rank and File Gagged. Then did the yellow clique real- ize that they had overplayed the game and one fine day they declared that an organization campaign must be put thru. But the workers had awaken- ed from their apathy and indifference. Their past- experiences had_ taught them what kind of organization cam- paigns these charlatans carry on. It does not take long before all gains made are criminally destroyed by them. The joint board had de- cided to call a mass meeting of all members. To, guarantee themselves COMMUNISTS AID I. W. W. SEAMEN ON STRIKE AGAINST SHIPOWNERS NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 21.—The Workers Party branches of New York Marine Transport Workers’ Union No. 510, |. W. W., strike of seamen in this port: . Other contributions are coming in. to the Marine Workers’ Union No. 510, City, as given below. following contributions were made by City to aid the striking seamen of the which is en a _ Harlem Jewish, $31.50; Downtown English, $15; Bronx Saalich, $16.10; Hungarian Yorkville, $8.50. 4 All funds ins should be sent I. W. W., 105 Broad Street, New York HELP THE STRIKING SEAMEN! NAME: ADDRESS: AMOUNT OF DONATION $ Send All Funds to MARINE TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION No. 510, I. W. W. 105 Broad Street, New York City. ———— 27 ARB. & 0." BL ie | meeting of the Capital City dge, Local 469, 1. A, of M., the membership voted for the recall of “B. and O. Bill” Johneton, who stole the election from Anderson. Also the local sent a strong let- ter of protest to “B. and O. Bill” concerning his statement that the TT. U. &, L. is a dual organization. Also, Local 91 of the |, A. of M. of Minneapolis, at ite last meeting, voted to sustain the recall of “B. and O. Bill,” who, being licked by the rank and file in the recent elec- tions of the I. A. of M., declared him- self elected by illegal methods. Against rank and file opposition, “the boys” were called together, and the int board decided that no discussion 3 Toute take’ place. Thousands came and demanded the right to have their say. Neither’ the protests, nor stormy scenes that kept up for hours, changed the plans of the officials. The result was the rank and file broke up the meeting. The leaders, fearing that their hour was at hand, did not allow any further call- ing of mass meetings. _ No Confidence In Yellows. Weeks passed, the bureaucracy con- tinued to block the calling of mass ‘meetings, and thus:the favorable per- jod for an organization cam thru a strike, was lost. The situation In the trade became worse and finally the clique was forced to capitulate to the rank and file, and now too late for a strike that could possibly meet with success, a mass meeting sup posedly for such a purpose was called. About 2,000 tailors assembled and declared that having no confidence in the present leadership, and knowing their fake stoppages of the past, they were against a strike with them as leaders, they therefore demanded the resignation of all officials and that the joint board call for new elections. The yellow clique’ sneered at this step of the masses of,the membership, and the joint board which is consti- tuted not according to members, but according to locals, made it possibile to give them a majority against | new elections. Officials Forced to Resign. Then the locals themselves took things into their own hands. Locals 209 and 167 which represent two- thirds of the membership: called an-' other meeting and here a packed hall showed that the wishes of the rank and file wete not to be trifled with. They made it-clear that the officials must go and so strong was the press- ure that several officials got up and resigned’ at the meeting. The enthusiasm that is mansneeetll itself now that the workers see 4 “|change of having real working class leaders is wonderful. One big shop in \the city, John W. Pecks, taking ad- vantage of the present situation de- clared an open shop. A hundred per- cent strike was the result. The work- ers at a big mass meeting decided to tax themselves a dollar a week while the strike lasts.. And the re- sults of the collections in the shops have exceeded all anticipations. More- over a committee was elected to make sure that thig money should only be used for the strike. This all proves how well workers réspénd, when they are actively brot ‘int®' the told of the organization. an? en Rule or Ruin. But the end is not yet, only the first round has been won. At the last joint board meeting, after the up- roarious mass meeting had taken place, a motion was madde that all officials resign. This happened. New elections were decided upon, but it is significant that altho it was common knowledge that several old officials were going to run against the Com- munists, at this meeting they sudden- ly changed their minds and decided to put up no opposition. It became obvious at this meeting, that their policy is to crush the organization if they cannot rule, Their reasoning is this, the season is near the end. There will be no work. No work means no dues. The bosses, thanks to the efforts of the bureaucrats, will make an offensive against the union and these bureau- crats are convinced that the lefts will not be able to withstand tne storm of capitalist combat. At tne same joint board the number of officials were cut down to two business agents and a French organizer and the pay of all officials is to be cut down $10 a week. Attempt at “Red” Scare. , On the eve of the new elections an- other mass meeting was called by the two big locals, and here the bureau- cracy made its final attempt to fright- en the membership. Moscow and the Third International were the epithets hurled right and left by the angry raving bureaucrats, but all this will avail them nothing. The broad masses of the member- ship must not slacken in this fight to cleanse their union from all shady elements and to make of it a fighting weapon against the boss. Only with a new fighting revolutionary leader- ship will the chaos in our organiza- tion be stopped. We know the task is not easy, we know that the yel- lows and the bosses will unite against us, but we also know that withir the working class themselves lies the power to fight and overcome all these obstacies. Cleaning Up Needed. All members must become active, we must: nateallow only a few to do ; -_—_ - -—- - 4 i Name of Newspaper OT ES SS OE SS Se ee our work, The methods and plans sue. of the state./atl. aniste,and. the | be stud by all mt meetings of all st be held as often it is timely the malgamated. Little ® a menace to the ‘whole organization, for the bureancrats to carry on thelr foul purposes. Por- po representation to the joint board must be established. It must not be that two or more joint board members should have more power than the whole organization. Off- clals must not get more tian workers in the trade in pay. A union ig not a business concern to fatten eeucies and swell their bank accounts e shop chairman must represent the interests of the shop workers and not be the arbitrat- or between the boss and tn. workers, and certainlymot be the vosses’ rep- Fellow workers, study all these points carefully, we can preserve the gains of our organization, our union must become an. instrument to serve y the boss. The struggle of elothing workers for a clean organization will. this time surely be.crowned with success, and with this # new chapter will be- gin in the history of the Montreal clothing iemengtal movement. LAM. LOCAL PLEDGES AID TO ANTHRACITE Lodge 536 Pa Passes Reso- of Support The following resolution is among the first, if not the first resolution re- ported to the DAILY WORKDR as be- ing im support of the striking an- thracite miners by a local union. of the other trades. It comes from a ern local of Hast Pittsburgh, a.: sth . £ 8 Resolution, on the Anthracite Strike. “Whereas, more than one hundred and fifty thousand members of the United Mine Workers of America are Noe a. in the anthracite coal field, an | “Whereas, these workers are de- manding an increase in wages, full recognition of their union and bet- ter working conditions against the efforts of the coal operators to reduce wages and. enforce worse working conditions, and : : “Whereas, the struggle in the an- thracite coal fields is,the result of re- sistance by the coal:ainers to the general campaign of the capitalist “0 refute wages and en- force worse working conditions, which has already resulted in wage reduc- ware a verter and ay guceessful resistance to this” brane coal miners will stiff resistance of the workers i be industries to similar efforts and n creating a general fight of the Workers against the at- tempt of an capital to reduce the standard of of the workers, and Government Strikebreaking. “Whereag, the federal and state gov- ernments have in the past strikes in the coal fields intervened to use the governmental power in the interest of the coah bosses, notably’ President Wilson thru, securing an injunction against the Miners’ Union in 1919, President Harding thru calling upon governors to fill the mines with sol- diers in 1922, and. both the federal and state government in the anthra- cite strike of 1923; now, therefore, “Be It Resolved: That we pledge our support both morally and financial- ly to the anthracite miners in their strike, and be it further “Resolved, that we demand that both the federal and state government do not intervene in the anthracite strike, and that neither in any way use the governmental power against the struggling workers of the an- thracite miners and to mobilize the workers generally for’ resistance against the attacks’ of the employers upon the standard ‘of living of the workers. “Adopted by’ Lodge 536, I. A. of M., East Pittsburgh, Pa. “Otto Yeager, President, “Morris Schindler, Secretary.” They Call in Bosses and Politicians, but No Amalgamationists WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—Efforts to end the juriadictional fight between the Bricklayers’!*& Plasterers’ unions, which has tied arp many thousands of | dollars of construction work in New York, Chicagoland Washington, will be made at a conference of the nation- al board of jurisdictional awards hgre on Sept. 22, it was learned today. Secretary of Labor Davis and Secretary of Commerce Hoover will address the conference, which will be attended by many noted architects, contractors and building trades offici- als. = i Million Autos in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, IIll., Sept. 21.—Auto- mobile licenseg dssued in Illinois up to August 30 totalled 1,065,000, it was announced todayi Figures given out show that moresthan $62,000,000 in license fees haVe*been collected since 1917, more thah enough to pay off the $60,000,000 agood roads bond is- FDES ay em eke possible. - . GENERAL STRIKE! STRIKE ONE! | STRIKE ALL! STRIKE! STRIKES STRIKE! Marine Transport Workers Indus- trial Union No. 510 of the Industrial Workers of the World. To Take Effect at Midnight SEP- TEMBER 9th, 1925 1. WE DEMAND $16.00 wage in- crease for all men licensed and un- licensed on all U..8. Shipping Board ships. 2. WE DEMAND that the Amer- ican Steamship Owners Association and private owners pay the same rate as the VU. S&S. Shipping Board ships. There must not be any dif- ference in wage scales. 3. WE DEMAND the same scale for all vessels of foreign registry signing articles in American ports. 4. WE DEMAND the eight-hour day as a maximum for the marine industry with a 44-hour week in port. 5. WE DEMAND that there be no overtime work without pay. Overtime pay to be at the rate of 60 cents an hour for all seagoing and coastwise veasels. 6. WE DEMAND better food and living conditions, 7. WE DEMAND that the ship furnish clean bed linen once a week; mess gear, towels and soap to he furnished by the company. 8 WE DEMAND that logging only be permitted if a member of the crew fails to turn to for a whole work day in port, the same to be at the rate of “one for one.” 9. WE DEMAND that the dele- gates of the |. W. W. shall have acoess to all ships and doeke, 10. WE DEMAND that all men Hall. BE A UNION MAN—DON’T SCAB! STRIKE COMMITTEE; . M. T. W.1. U. No, 510 of the Iv W. W. 105 Broad St, New’ York. The following is the strike call of the Marine Trana trial Union, No. 610 of the I. W. W., given in both Engl we republish in, order that it may reach as far and wide a circulation as Workers in seaports are requested to bring it to the attention of all marine workers and ask them to — the “nt Workers’ Indus- and Spanish, which HUELGA GENERAL! HUELGA! HUELGA! HUELGA! A LOS TRABAJADORES DEL MAR: Companeros: En vista de lias pesimas condiciones que atrave- samos nosotros los trabajadores del mar, el MITIN celebrado ei MIER- COLES SEPTIEMBRE 9 a las 7:30 P. M. decidio tlamar a ia huelga a todos los trabajadores dei TRANS- PORTE MARITIMO para pedir las siguientes demandas: 1. PEDIMOS que se suban ios salarios de todo el personaje de los barcos del Shipping Board $15.00. 2. PEDIMOS que las companias particulares paguen el mismo suel- do que el Shipping Board. 3. PEDIMOS que todo barco ex- tranjero que firme en este pais pague io mismo que el Shipping Board. 4. PEDIMOS que ocho horas sea un dia de trabajo por la mar y que en puerto se trabaje semana ingiesa. 5. PEDIMOS que todo sobre- tiempo sea pago a razon de 60 cen- tavos por hora. 6. PEDIMOS mejor comida y condiciones de alojamiento. 7. PEDIMOS que los barcos den ropa de cama limplia semanalimente, tambien utensiliog de mesa, jJabon y toallas. 8. PEDIMOS que la unica multa que podemos aceptar sea cuando un tripulante faite al trabajo un dia entero en puerto y entonces sera a razon de uno por uno. 9. PEDIMOS que los Delegados de la |. W. W. puedan entrar en los muelles y barcog ltibremente. 10. PEDIMOS que todas plazas tlenen que pasar por el local del TRANSPORTE MARITIMO DE LA 1 W. W. ESTA HUELGO TOMA EFECTO A LAS 12 DE LA NOCHE, SEPTIEM- BRE 9 DE 1925. COMITE DE HUELGA Unien industrial Num. 510, Traneporte Maritimo de lia 1. W. W., 108 Broad &St., New York. SER HOMBRES! QUIROLES! MOSTRAR LA SOLIDARIDAD! “UNA INJURIA HECHA A UNO ES UNA INJURIA HECHA A NO SER ES- 'can achieve for the working TODOS.” BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 21.— militant shoe workers of the 5 Workers Protective Union struck shop of B. W. 8. Shoe Co. and after 17% weeks ofbitter . against tremendous odds. This tory marks another gain for the ants in their drive for the tion of the unorganized in the industry—an inspiring example what solidarity, and a determined 1 "32 2 83 ® In a meeting held at the headq ers of District No. 2, 325 Was St., Brooklyn; the long struggle reviewed by the chairman of strike committee, Brother Trubewits pointed out that the workers struck : the shop 100 per cent but were W- successfull in preventing a full crew of scabs from taking the place of the strikers. Then the struggle assumed a bitter and uphill character, The hired thugs of the boss had to be fought tooth and nail. Access had to be had to the scabs which was ex- tremely difficulty as the scabs were brought in automobiles and the en- trance to the shop was well guarded by the police. Despite all that the shoe workers did not lose courage. They contribu- ted heavily to the strike fund. Those workers who procured jobs elsewhere contributed 10 per cent of their wages to the strikers. Finally the scabs were pulled down and the boss was core pelled to give in. Organizer Cosgrove of District Ne. 2 then conferred with Silinsky who acted as mediator for the company, The conference lasted until 1 a. m, after which as answer was to be given. by the strikers the following day. The answer was for settlement. A fesolution was introduced ue Secretary Shader of Dist. Council No. 2, expressing recognition of the sery- ices of the aetfve members. Biéctions for shop chairman for each of the department then took place and the following were elected: # Brothers Miller, chairman of the Cutters; Shapfro, chairman of the Fitters; Harry Barclay, chairman of the Lasters; Meyers, chairman of the Wood Heelers; Andy Riggio, chafr- man of the Finishers; and amas general shop chairman. SUGARY WORDS. FOR EVERYBODY AND A QUESTION By JOSEPH \ W. SMITH (Charter Member, Waiters’ Local 30) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept, ¥1.— I greet the DAILY WORKER and thank you from the bottom of my heart for the unrelenting battle you have put up in behalf of my brothers who have put up a grand fight in.the cause of the working class. They are deserving of praise for the unselfiish and clean fight they have made single-handed against the powerful interests, the Industrial As- sociation, which has crushed many local unions in this city. But they met their Waterloo when they picked on waiters, who do not know when they are licked. The wait- ers of San Francisco know no creed or color or race hatred. Those in charge of the strike de- serve great credit for the manner in which they have handled it in the face of lots of abuse. They have stood their ground and outguessed the bosses and the powerful Industrial Association. I hope the waiters do their part to support the DAILY WORKER that helps them defeat their exploiters. ~ . The editor of the T. U. E. L. See- tion wishes to say that the writer of the above letter is a little bit too sugary all around. Tho he may have reason for his laudation of those in icharge of the strike of the waiters of Local 30, there is a long road yet to travel until we see perfection. For example, are the waiters of Local 30 in favor of amalgamation and other progressive issues? ture of Local 30 and its leadership in |the form of a letter from another member of said local, but we are not | publishing it because the writer did not honor his statements with his sig- nature. Yet we must say this last letter is full of definite statements, figures, etc., which seem to detract somewhat from the bright halo of perfection hung around the domes of some of the Local 30 leaders by Brother Smith. We are entirely impartial in the matter, having only the interests of the rank and file of the Waiters’ We have a decidedly different pic-| | COMPANY UNIONS WILL FIGHT TO KEEP BOARD: HOLD SCAB CONVENTION ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21.—Sending 48 of their officers to St. Louis to hold - a convention, the company unions on 15 railroads inaugurated their fight on the Howell-Barkley rail bill. The bill is supported by the railroad unions and is intended to substitute negotiation between carrier and union for the present procedure of the U. &. rail labor board which has simply been an auxilliary of the open shop movement. The 48 company unionists met in the most expensive of St. Louis hotels, appointed a committee to ° fight the bill and adjourned. Their press agent described the ‘gather- ing as representing “nearly” 100,000 men “who did not strike in 1922 or men who took the strikers’ places in the unsuccessful walkout.” The committee that will lobby against the proposed rail labor measure is designated “The Associated Craft Employes.” GANGSTERS SLUG. AUTO WORKERS’ By GUSTAVE OBERGFELD, (Workers Correspondent.) NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 21—An or- ganizer of the auto workers was as- saulted at 104th St. and First Ave., while talking to an employe of the Standard Auto Body Works, Raskin Bros., about organizing the shop. The United Aircraft and Vehicle Workers of America; Local 49, is again trying to organize the workers in the commercial auto body shops and has delegated Edward Krulich, a popular member of the local, to bring the information directly to the men in the shops. He had been at this shop before and told them he would come again. The man Krulich was talking to at the time of the assault, stated that he noticed an auto across the street with four men in it. Three men came out and one of them came up behind Krulich and without a word of warn- Union at heart, and we think that when any brother writes us he should | tell the truth without fear or favor to put his John Hancock to it. If he doesn’t want us to publish his name we won't do it—but he should tell us. Praise or blame must be merited. And no anonymity. ing struck him a blow on the head with an fron bar, then all three ,| jumped into the auto and sped away. be it good or bad, and have the guts | lice and taken to the Harlem Hospital Krulich was picked up by the po- being unconscious for four hours. He is now at his home in a very critical condition. The doctors are doubtful |of his recovery, P A pamphlet _by a former ernment. THE DAILY WORKE Chicago, Reconstruction in Russia By PAXTON HIBBEN. in Russia—giving an impartial view of the latest developments in the world’s first workers’ gov- 15 CENTS 1113 W. Washington Boulevard —_ officer of the Red Cross R PUBLISHING CO. Iltinole Lenin Memorial Album 25 CENTS yy + Lf his life. A. new booklet from Germany with text in English, German and French —and 33 photographs of the great leader during different periods of UNION ORGANIZER PD ANY or eli irony “8D - ee
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am sete i laa Din Qne Hundred Thousand - Are Distributed One hundred thoudand manifestos, daling with tie anthracite miners’ stike against the attempt of the mine ovners to compel them to accept low- er Wages and worse working condi- titns, have already been distributed, acvording to the announcement issued by the National Office of the Workers (Communist) Party. To win the strike, the miners need not only militant and true leadership, but also the support of the American workers, particularly from unionists” of allied industries, such as railroad- ers, transport workers and others. Political Problems Involved. The strike brings the miners and the whole labor movement face to face with a situation that must be lved and the sooner the better; na- foes of mines, workers’ con- 1 of industry, labor party, etc. The leaflets deals with all such | phases of the situation and is a splen- did piece of literature for distribution, not only among miners and railroad- ers, but the workers generally. | Money Orders for Leaflet. Many of the party units have avail- ed themselves of this opportunity to speak, thru these leaflets, to the American working classj at the time when they are eager to listen and tonsider. Other units not having or- dered any of the leaflets as yet, are expected to get busy at once. The leaflets are the best of all 4means with which to reach the work- “prs with a Communist analysis of the ‘wonditions responsible for the strike and a Communist message and en- gouragement to the _ strikers and thers. Place your orders now with the Supply Department, National Of- fice, Workers Party. Price, $2.00 per thousand. Hold All-Russian Church Council >. MOSCOW, (By Tass)—The first of October is the date set by tre Synod for the third all-Russian council of orthodox churches. The council will sit in Moscow with the participation, besides, the support- ers of the Synod (head organ of the so-called live church), also of repres- entatives of the oriental patriarchs. The arrival is expected of the newly elected universal patriarch Vassili. Protests Saklatvala Ban. LONDON, Sept: 21—The executive committe of the Indian association in London has issued an emphatic pro- “test against the action of Secretary of State Kellogg in barring Shapurji Saklatvala, Communist member of the British parliament, from the United States, where he was to act as a de- Jegate to the interparliamentary union in Washington. | PITTSBURGH WORKERS PARTY MEMBERS TO MEET SEPTEMBER 25 PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 21.— The Pittsburgh district membership meeting to take up the question of Bolshevization and reorganization of the party, will be held Friday, Sept. 25, 8 p. m., at the Labor Lyceum, 36 Miller St. Party mem- bers thruout the district should make all possible efforts to attend this meeting. Admission by mem- bership cards. Robert Minor will be present representing the C. E. C. —— By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. - By discussing the question of the Communist press and party reor- ganization, three natural divisions present themselves: | First.—The press and the party un- der the present, geographical form of organization. Second.—The préss and the party during the time of transition from the geographical to the shop nuclei form of organization. ° Third.—The press and the party un- der the new form of organization with the shop nucleus as its basic unit. * 7 . An Argument for the Change. HB difficult and well-night impos- sible struggle to build a mass Com- munist press, under the geographical form of party organization, is one of the strongest arguments that can be used in favor of the change. Where contact with the masses is developed, in cases of strikes, or the concentrg@tion of effort upon some shop or industry, the contact is usual- ly lost when the strike has passed, or the special campaign comes to an end as it must. There is no nucleus left in the shop or industry directly concerned to continue and develop the interest of these workers in the problems of the working class as a whole, They fall back into their usual rut, until stirred again, while the geo-. graphical branch, based primarily up- on the election campaign divisions of the capitalist class, reverts to its for- mer isolation if it ever managed to escape from it. In the performance of its routine duties, the DAILY WORKER committee of the branch, except during special drives, usually reports “no progress,” a report that is usually accepted without much comment. Success in winning work- er correspondents for the DAILY WORKER under the present organ- izational form has been absolutely nil. Workers gathered in the geographi- cal branches do not think in terms of the problems that arise on their jobs. In the city of Chicago, for instance, where the DAILY WORKER is pub- lished, strikes have come and gone, important problems have time and again faced the workers, but no work- er has ever thot of writing about his needs and grievances. When asked to do so, he instinctively feels that that is the exclusive duty and task of the editorial staff of the paper. e* *¢ 6 During the Transition Period. One of the first problems that pre- sents itself during the period of tran- sition is to firmly establish the newly organized nucleus and to increase its strength. A geographical branch may hibernate and carry on a casual exist- ence. But the shop nucleus that re- mains inactive, will dry up and dis- appear. Only the-struggle will keep it alive. The Communist press is the quick- est and easiest weapon at hand in solving the problem of activity for the newly created shop nucleus. It is not enough to concern the nucleus with the getting of new readers, thru the securing of subscriptions, the sale of individual copies, or the dis- tribution of bundle lots of the paper. Stories of shop conditions, or the problems of the industry, must be sent in for publication, by the work- er correspondents of the nucleus, who must be its most active because best informed members. Thus the work- ers will be introduced not only to the DAILY WORKER, but to the Workers (Communist) Party and its struggle for the workers nationally, and to the Communist movement internationally. The campaigns for the organization of the unorganized, for amalgamation, for the labor party, for the protection of the foreign-born, against child 1la- Build “The Daily’---Build the | Get Ready for + & : : . = - . pit pat b 5 ‘ te F 5 ” ae Pen oe - ‘ . E ef . 3 Lea 7 “ : bh ao , » ¥ . § . 5 v / a : . : . nuclei and international branches. series of articles on organizational the DAILY WORKER by Comrade the activities thru the shop nuclei. Watch these columns closely. As te Organization Department has announced its plan to mobilize the membership for the reorganization of the party ‘loa shop With the beginning of this campaign to reconstr ct ou questions is being odin organ of the party. Questions and problems confronting our mem- bers in the rebuilding of the party will be answered and, analyzed in ization Department, and other party members. The DAILY WORKER has also established the Organization Department. In this section there is being printed ar- ticles on the progress of the organization campaign, the experiences of comrades in the work of organization, and letters ‘and reports from comrades giving their experiences ,in carrying on “the! party’s These articles will be fiving articles, and of intense intcrdt. ‘ @®iss His.» every Jay Lovestone, head of the _Organ- a spec ial. seetion for | bor will help lift the gaze of the worker from the narrow limits of his own job, so that he can be won for the struggle of the whole working class. Only in this way can the work- sr be continually interested in the Communist press that cannot, even if it were desirable, always engage it- self in detail with the immediate job problems of every worker. The Communist press is therefore, the builder of the shop nucleus dur- ing the period of transition. The shop nucleus that fails to recognize this will not make much headway, if it succeeds at all. It would be well for every shop nucleus to put the utiliz- ation of the Communist press as the first order of business at its first meeting, and keep it there. 7 * t Under the Shop Nucleus. NCE the shop nucleus takes root, its struggle may be said to have only begun. Getting new readers, getting the re- newals of old subscribers, distribut- ing bundles of the DAILY WORKER, is an endless task. But where can it be carried on better than on the job, where workers come in daily contact! with each other? After the worker correspondent has sent’ in ‘a few stories, the work may not ‘séent so necessary to him. Or he may feel that he has written him- self owt The true test of the work- er correspondent is the sending in of interesting, gripping material that will engage the attention of the work- ars, not-occasionally at rare intervals, but .often..enuf to hold the continu- ous, attention of the most backward worker,,. This is difficult, but it must 2e done, even to overcome the type of worker. on strike, of whom a DAILY WORKER agent said, “If the DAILY WORKER failed even for one day to have, a story abou his strike in the paper, he would boycott the paper for a week.” The awakening of the American worker to the needs of the class strug- gle has been a most baffling task. One of the important means to this end is the day-to-day reading of the Communist press. And it is only as the worker awakens, stretches him- self and looks about over this new world to which the party shop nu- cleus introduces him, that the shop nucleus will grow and develop from a small group with Hhittle influence, until it greatly increases its mass contact and develops the immediate industrial striggles of the workers in- to the direct political attacks on the capitalist state, that must ultimately result in capitalism’s overthrow. Forward to the shop nucleus! Forward, The Party and Its Press! 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In the evening a banquet will take place to celebrate the opening of this convention that will mark in a fitting manner the Communist work that the New York League has - accomplished within the past year. All revolutionary young,, workers who have in the last years been trained in the class struggle by the Young Workers League will surely be present at this banquet, No efforts have been spared to make this banquet worthy of the occasion. Prominent speakers will address the assembled youlng work- ers. A _ fitting Bie 088 has been arranged. ’ sibs. Fear of Communism Drives Ladies to Notice Poor Kids (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 21. The spectre .of Communism has put the Minnesota -Kederation ,of.. Wo- men’s clubs into motionerr sl... To offset the -propagattda of the Communists among :the:outh of Minnesota, the thousands:of school children thruout the state will be or- ganized into Young People’s Patriotic Leagues by the Minnesota_Federation of Women’s Clubs, according to plans submitted by Mrs. Amy Robbins Ware. In connection with this plan, the capitalist lady said: “The club wo- men of Minnesota cannot sit by and let this plan of the Mastow Inter- national gain headway. What we must do is organize the school ¢hildren in- to pafriotic groups and in‘them work out a practical pledge to the flag and the American creed.” Since the spiritual and = cultural leaders of the Minnesota Federation of Women’s Club are the Tea Pot Domers, it is not difficult to surmise what they mean. by the “American Creed.” “If the Reds Don’t Do It, It Isn’t Done”’ By L. P. RINDAL (Worker Correspondent) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 21.— Some time ago Semptember 13th was set aside as Labor Defense Day all over the country. A conference to establish the local section of the In- ternational Labor Defense was held ‘ton the day designated for that pur- pose at 2 p. m. at the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Hall, 220% South Main St. | Despite of the fine Sunday weather with excursions to the beaches, mount- ains and other outdoors health resorts, 50 people from different organizations presented themselves to the call of duty, We hear all kinds of talk about “democracy” arid “freedom,” but 128 men are still in American prisons for their activities in behalf of the work- ers’ movement. Robert Whitaker, member of the national executive committee of the I, L. D. and also an official of the local branch of the A. C. L. U., acted as chairman, and Comrade M. Alroff (English branch, W. P.) was secret- ary. The chairman expressed as his opin- ion that a “red” cry will be broad- casted, but “if the reds don’t do it nothing is done,” he said. It was also pointed opt, from the same source, that the A. C. L. U. has secured finan- cial support as well as the service of a lawyer of national reputation. He did not care, however, to mention any names at this time. “Something will happen in California in the. next 2 or 3 months,” he said. With Abraham Platkin of the Amal- gamated as chailman of the credent- ‘al committee all delegates from 15 sreanizations were seated. Among the > members of the elected executive committee are A’ Platkin and Ema- nuel Levin. The former is the treas- urer. Resolutions against the criminal syndicalism law and the imprison- ment of Comrades Crouch and Trum- bull were passed unanimously. , ‘A message from 150 children of the Junior Section of the Y..W. L. re ceived prolonged applause as it end- ed with their motto: “We are ready.” The successful meeting in the even- ing of the same day is another story. An amount of $203.00 was collected to start the big fight in behalf of the political prisoners, OF RUSSIAN BRANCH THURSDAY, SEPT. 24 A special meeting of the Russian branch of the Workers Party will be held Thursday, Sept. 24, at 8 p. m., at 1902 W. Division St. The reorganization of the party will be discussed. : Only members #: the party will be admitted. Morgan Sails for Europe. NEW YORK, Sept. 21—J. P. Mor- gan, financier, slipped aboard the utes before it sailed for Cherbourg and. Southampton. His name had not ap- peared in the passenger list. italian Flies to Shanghai SHANGHAI, Sept. 21.—Commander De Pinedo, Italian aviator enroute from Rome to Tokio, arrived at Shan- ghai today from Formosa. 4 C hicago Membership Meeting, Wednesday, October 7th The“Chicago membership me Party, Local Chicago, called to party on the basis of shop nuclei Aves. and M. Abern. , will be held WEDNESDAY, OCTO- BER 7, 1925, 8 p. m., at NORTHWEST HALL, North and Western All party members must attend. Speakers: eting of the Workers (Communist) discuss the reorganization of the Cc. E. Ruthenberg FRIDAY, SEPT. 25th, GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING IN N. Y.; ALL OTHER MEETINGS CALLED OFF convention. e Communist International and the de-@ cisions of the National Convention. The expulsion of Lore from the party was only a beginning in the process of Bolshevization of the party. up the work of its Bolshevization so that it may become a mass Bolshevik can workers in the everyday strug- ian revolution. party on the basis ofvshop nuelei and stone will Bobi sani on beth Bolsheviza- go7 The party must now seriously take, party capable of leading the Ameri- gles, and win them fr the proletar- Connected with the problem of Bolshevization is the im- mediate reorganization of the entire international branches.b\Comrade Love- NEW YORK, Sept. 21—A general membership meeting of all the branches of the city will be held on Friday, Sept. 25, at 8 p. m. sharp at Manhattan Lyceum (large hall) 66.E, 4th St., where Comrade Jay Lovestone will report | for the Central Executive Committee of the Workers Party on the work of the Fourth National Convention and the immediate tasks in this district in carrying out the thesid‘on Bolshevization and reorganization adopted at the This meeting will’ mark the beginning of the mobilization of the entire j}membership of the party for the tasks laid down for our party by the , a White Star liner. Olympic a few min- tion and reorganization as well das on the concrete problems of this district in carrying out these tasks. Every member of the party must attend this important membership meeting. All other meetings are call- bers of the Young Workers’ League ing. ship card. Lyceum, Friday; Sept) 25. its Bolshevization, B° - - ed off for Friday, September 25. Mem- are also urged to attend this meet- Admission will be by member- Every party member at Manhattan Let us make this meeting a real beginning for the mobilization of the’ party, for 1 | 461 ¢ ns Hall, High 1786 SE, Mi Bran Grocery (ae a ig ce : ee 1380 ‘Electricians, 741 8. tee Eineere (Lon) Bae, Wi bt Engineers’ (Loe, ops ? foowerk tin ‘ 8705 27 Meat Cutters, 9206 Houston Ave. Mari Fire ahd Ollera, oof. | Musicians, 176 W. Washington St. 17358 N unk’s Hall ’ i Painter n ee at ‘4 ndgiph st Park 180 Pa . &. ca fornia and Painters, 6414 S. Painters, N. W. cor. 220 Plum Pp Sst. naneny, re, ity 0 "Fellowe’ Hall, island, til., ‘ Railway Carmen, 11087 M Michigan Railway Carmen, 6324 §. Haleted pay | Clerks, 549 W. Washington Railway ag Moose Hall, Chi- cago i Rail Halsted’ St. Railwa ¢ eric, » oie w. Washing: aaah 3369 W. Madi- Dis. Council, 220 S&S. Be 727 Teamsters (Auto), 220 S. Ashland 67 =. 8 y we ngton St. Rete otherwise nacton Bt al Membership Meeting at Philly Will Take _,Up Reorganization PHILADELPHIA, § Sept. 21— The question of the reorganization of the pei seat ne of paramount . import- peal: gd vention has decidea to with the reorgan- ization of the party as quickly as con- ditidns “will ‘permit. One of the pri-. ae conditions for a successful re- organization is the degree to which our @0nirdilés are acquainted with the significance of the change. Every com- rade’ must'be made to grasp the fun- damentals of Bolshevik organization. To:-accomplish this task a general membership meeting has been called arg Saturday evening, September 26, the Machinists’ Temple, 1239 Sprit Garden street. A representa- tive of the Central Executive Com- mittee will speak on the question and ‘a general discussion will follow. This meeting will also hear a thoro report of the National Convention of ; the party. Every member of the party is in- structed to be present. Admission will be by membership card. Mem- bers of the Young Workers’ League will be admitted on the league card. Non-members of the party will not be admitted. Build the DAILY WORKER. 4 overburdened with work, ee 4444444 & 44 O44 HHH HHS SHS HHH HHH HHTHEHESH* HHT ATH SH HHH AS ._~+> > The Workers Monthly By 8. KOOSIS. i _ The es who have sent in | their stories to be printed in our ‘DAILY WORKER for the Internation- al Press Day, undoubtedly want them to be read by many thousands of { workers in the interest of our Com- |/munist movement. How are we going to widen the cir culation of our press which is so im- portant for us Communists? As one who has been doing some | practical work for our «DAILY WORKER; I want to give a few hints comrades, — | sympathizer wil aot actively coer. erate. So far, only a "tow comrades ‘are while the others are indifferent. Some Good Plans, The following, I think, should be done by every Communist: 1. Every comrade, whether he is a subscriber or not should see that the newsdealer of his neighborhood should ‘carry a few copies of the DAILY WORKER by buying one or two. cop- ies there every day. These he should give to his shop mates. 2. We should all co-operate Comrade Katterfield in becoming ¢ lectors, agents, distributors of the DAILY WORKER, etc. _ 8. When collecting the old coptes from the newstands, we should not destroy them, as some of us do, but we should distribute them to the passers-by or deposit them in the Jet- ter boxes at the dwellings. I have done this myself and it showed good results. Must Be Real Weskere. munism, cable 26.83. Norway, krone, demand 21.40; cable 21.42. Denmark, k demand 24.48 cable 24.50. Germany, no quote. half of high ed monopoly.” To those who work hard for Ear money, | will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. , — DR. RASNICK ’ DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street PITTSBURGH, PA, ._*** *& ——_ AIC AFaEgy 25 Cents a Copy $2.00 Ph bo A Year Mos. oie” Foreign 1113 W. WASHINGTON BOULEVARD = CHICAGO - + ILLINOIS ing events of the world of Labor in brief, clear articles— Made more attractive by photo- graphs and art features of Labor’s best artists— But also the theoretical back- ground that leads to better Communist understanding in many articles by the outstand-.. ing writers in the American and: world .Communist movements. ERE each month you will find not only the outstand- .*- = oe e- eae eee Se eae > >see e&*%*%*% ee eee O44 4444 OHH 44 OO * OH OHHH HASH OHO SH OHHH HS >»>****-**?e*ee* SS © PHILIP We have your New Fall Hats Ready Manufacturers of C aps and Hats RETAIL STORE: 843 Belmont Ave., Near Clark Street ed FIDLER ALL OUR CAPS—ONE PRICE $1.85 ce A vy - i i i i i i i : 7. : P + a ee A I ee | RE A i NT IN a om
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“ae a RA gg Rika LONG HOURS, SEVEN-DAY WEES, ‘AND | “ ROBBERY OF EMPLOYMENT. SHARKS BESET GREEK RESTAURANT WORKERS ” By JOHN PERRIDES. ' (Worker Correspondent.) We cooks, waiters and dishwashers in Greek eeatinneata. live in un- bearable conditions. We work twelve work seven days a week. Not anly that, but we are unorganized and that is the reason the bosses exploit us mercilessly. and don’t try to build a strong union, as other fellow workers did in New York, San Francisco and lately in Detroit, But the worst of all, I believe, are the three employment agencies of Arminakis, Colias and Papoutsidakis, and exploit the workers, charging hours a day, without any rest, as we It seems the workers are asleep on South Halsted street. -They rob high fees, as high as 5, 8 and 10 dol-| lars for each job they give, and then the slaves aren’t able to keep the jobs more than three days. The workers thus continue to float back and forth between the emplov- mént agencies and these poor jobs, two or three times a week. They pay the bloody dollars to these sharks. T hope to see somebody come across and organize thése slaves on a solid rock foundation this time and free us of all these miseries. Most of these agents often refuse to refund the mon- ey, and one of them received a punch in the eye and on the jaw last win- ter for his thievery. . I would like to know what is going to happen to us this coming winter if somebody isn’t going to hurty and do something for the Greek Workers” fn’|' the Gréek restaurants. The time is ripe to organize a mighty strong union and fight the exploiters and par- asites of: the Chicago Greek restau- rant keepers. MY FLIGHT FROM SIBERIA rk LEON TROTSKY $1.00 ‘| parations to gather funds for the de- WESTERN PENN, DEFENSE BODY LAUNCHES EE D, To Coneunteate on Pitts- burgh Cases a T ' (Special to The Daily Wérker) PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21 > Trenty- three delegates were present’ At the Western Pennsylvania Labor ise = Free Speech Council conference meg, last Busd Sufday, Sept. 13th, of which ynted trade unions and other organizations and the balance .labor | defense branches. | Lonod 474 _ After a report of the conferenge.of International Labor Defense-haeld in Chicago June 28 and of the, Zeigler, Illinois miners cases the council;voted unanimously to affiliate to the Interna- tional Labor Defense as an ee and component part. 7 Pittsburgh Cases se The conference then took action to initiate an immediate campafgn , to get trade unions to affiliate and to rally the workers in a united front ‘for the defense of all labor prisoners. Along with this plans were laid to as quick- ly as possible make the necessary pre- fense of the Pittsburgh cases which have been listed for hearing in Octo- ber. Resolutions were adopted in defense of Zeigler miners, against the perse- cution of Crouch and Trumbull, against the Polish white terror and against the trial of the 500 Bessara- A story of escape | . eas ek aghey ip mye eT vagy Company Union Aids Bosses’ Trick (By Worker Correspondent) COUNCIL BLUFFS, fa., Sept. 21— The August report of the yardmaster at the Union Pacific terminal at Coun- cll Bluffs showed that 200,000 tons more was hauled in August, 1925, than In the same month a year ago. ) This additional tonnage is going thru the terminal with about 20 clerks and two engine crews less than last year. Last year, engine crews hauled from 70 to 80 care. This has been inoreased to from 100 to 105 cars dur ing 1926. This company is hiring many ap prentices in the shops, calling them helpers. These boys are doing the work formerly done by the skilled mechanics. There is a company un- ion in the U. P. shops and ratings are made according to the efficiency ideas of the foremen and superintend- ents. Clerks to Give Up $245.14 a Year The railroad clerks have been work- ing on an hourly and daily rate basis. The U. P. proposes to change this to a monthly rate after Jan. 1. The clerks work only six days a week now, but after the uew rule gées into effect it will be seven days when wanted, and perhaps two days a week when you are not needed. Of course, you are not paid for the time you are laid off. The plan is this: The company union clerk is told that the company intends to multiply his daily rate by 305 and divide by 12 to get the monthly rating. This looks fair until you find out that it means seven days a week and working seven holidays free of charge to the. company. The clerks work 305 days now but under ‘the new plan they will work 365 for the same pay yearly, when paid on a monthly rating basis. This will save the company $245.14 a year on the average clerk’s wages. Reactionary Union Officials to Blame. An intense struggle has been car- ried on by the Railway Clerks’ Union against the “company” union on the U. P. At one time the clerk’s union, including freight handlers and ex- pressmen, numbered upwards of 2,400 in Omaha. Today, owing to “the ‘funeral procession” of the railroad labor board, and the class. collabora: } tion, banking and bunco schemes of Fitzgerald and his retainers; thé work- ers have lost all faith in the Brother- hood. The union igs now a mere lshadow of its former self. Official Opening of Russian Theater Season Is Success The official opening of the Russian theater season Saturday night at the Workers’ House was a big success. The hot weather “did not stop the crowd from packing the hall at 1902 W. Division St. THe actors were all in high spirits and played well. Many of them surprised the audience by their art. As a result the Workers’ House made some money which comes in so handy after the dull sum- mer season, A string orchestra of balalaikas, guitars, etc., is being organized at the Workers’ House. All who want to join may send in their names to the Work- bian peasants. ers’ House, 1902 W. Division St. LPFUL CRITICISM HIGH PRAISE CO BY READERS OF DAI ee TED ORKER Much * the le feature of ational Press Day. believes in. of the w poetry.” criticism and a spirit of loyalty have been received by the DAILY WORKER ag a special support is evidenced One of the best letters was sent in by Israel Jeneaness. of Brooklyn, who says, “I read the DAILY WORKER because it has the only real labor news, ’ control of industry, a the basis of the class struggle. The ought to min a few articles on science, evolution and m labor party, and fights the battles AILY WORKER Working class Differences of opinion with regard to the DAILY WORKER are striking in some cases. “Truthful account of facts without unnecessary fanciful trimming by reporters,” says Morris Kahn, of New ‘York City, “is what is needed.” | & Likes Our Accuracy. A. B. David, of Toronto, on the other hand, says, “I read the DAILY WORKER ‘écBhse of the accuracy and the revealing character of its news. I will be only too glad to re- new my su when it expires.” Dr. David also says that not enuf labor news of Toronto is printed in the DAILY WORKER. Special Feature Sections. Comrade Sonya Walday, the West Side Wnglish branch of New York, be the paper should be more dep ntalized. “I would like to see. less scattered in news and better | ified,” says Sonya. “One-half of the third be a daily feat- ure page, on Monday a women’s page; Tuesday, a youth page; Wednes, edu- cational articles; Thursday, a lite- rary page and Friday, letters from readers. We should also have a ‘News In Brief’ index on the first page,” Comrade Walday thinks. Comrade Morris Kahn sends a sec- ond letter declaring that the DAILY WORKER ignores the important prob- lem of co-operatives. Working Class Sporte. A “A comrade from Los Angeles writes that we should pay much more atten- tion to working class sports, in order to gain thé attention of the masses. re S&S. A. News. H. M. L’ Almeida, of New York City, believés we should pay more at- tention to*Central and South Ameri- can probleme and to Mexico. L’Al- meida domates one dollar to the DAILY WORKER fund. “I readi the DAILY WORKER to know the class struggle, and also co-operate with the class conscious workers toward the overthrow of “A Militant Com- Angeles. Bickmore, W. Va.., says “ a Communist, I read the DAILY WORKER fc correct inform- — f A reader from Madrid, Iowa, Albert Gerling,” Writes, “I ard ‘the DAILY WORKER because I am intensely interested in human ‘frogress, and the development that is going on in all parts of «the; world toward a high- er civilization’ that signifies the ob- literation of capitalism. I have no criticism to offer and no shortcomings in mind.” MINERS STRIKE UNORGANIZED Betrayed Workers Wel- come Progressives By WORKER CORRESPONDENT PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 21,—Be- tween 600 and 600 coal miners em- ployed by the Washington Coal and Coke Co. at the Star Junction, Pa., mine have come out and joined their fellow workers from the two mines owned by the Jamison Coal and Coke Co. at Perryopolis In a strike against the attempts to reduce wages. Wagea Below 1917 Scale. What is being offered to these miners is even below the 1917 scale. Machine coal would be paid at $1.20 per car and pick coal $1.65 per car and it takes 105 bushels to a car altho the operators and their mine bosses claim the cars contain, when loaded, only 65 bushels of coal. On this wage the miners cannot live and they de- mand $1.75 per car for machine coal and $2.25 for pick coal. These mines are unorganized, left to their own fate after the strike in 1922 by the union officialdom, the same as the rest of the coke region, Welcome Progressive Leadership. When the first miners came,ont-a few days ago Board Member Haynes of District Five and Organizer Robert- gon appeared to speak to the strikers, but were told that they had. better leave as the men, who had’ been taught a bitter lesson by their former experiences, would not trust ,them. They left, and the striking, apinera organized their own strike committee receiving assistance and guidance Miners’ ; Com- from the Progressive mittee of District Five: Strike meetings are being held reg: TeV ie ru ularly and despite the great hvstility toward the official representatives of United Mine Workers;”' dating the ) back to the 1922 betrayals, the feed of organization is being discussed. The progressives under dirgction of Tom Ray are showing the way. ‘Letters from Our Readers a Misleaders of Workers. To The DAILY WORKER:—Some- time ago the Union Colliery Coal com- pany put in a ruling that the men were to remain in their working places until quitting time. But as some of the territories were ahead of turn, the company would take the mo- tor away at dinner time to be placed in some other territories. This would leave the miners hanging around in- side the damp mine inhaling foul air for no reason at all. The men decided that they would not tolerate such a conditioh and went Ito Joe Hurley, a representative of their union executive board with their grievance. This is the kind of an answer we got: “It would be unjust for the miners to leave their working place before quitting time, no matter if the com- pany had taken the motor away.: For there is no telling what might hap- pen in the territories where the com- pany had transferred the motor.” The miners not a bit satisfied with such an answer, went to the mine manager and explained the case to him and the mine manager agreed to let the miners go home before quit- ting time.—A Coal Miner. COKE REGION 7 FAKERS® FIGHT ON REDS ONLY AIDS EMPLOYERS Fagan Has to to Listen to Sound Advice By IRWIN, (Worker Correspondent) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Sept. 21—While the attempts of the coal operators to establish the 1917 scale in District 5, U. M. W. of A, are becoming ever more bold the militants are the only ones to sound a note of working class solidarity to defeat their aims. For some time a consistent propa- ganda has been carried on under the auspices of the Pittsburgh chamber of commerce to induce the district to se- cede from the United Mine Workers while simultaneously open support is being given to smash the union. The district officials, who have deliberately neglected to take the measures neces- sary to energetically oppose this cam- paign and prepare the membership for the inevitable fight, at last found themselves compelled to let up on their fight on the progressives and ap- pear before the Pittsburgh Oentral Labor Union with a plea for assist- ance, Fagan “Appeals.” At the last meeting of this body Pat Fagan, the district president, de- scribed this campaign, stating that so far, at two mines, at Whittset and Banning, attempts had been made to operate under the 1917 scale with the result that a few scabs were working producing coal at a cost to the op erators of $60.00 a ton, while from 300 to 400 miners were picketing the premises. He appealed for what ever support could be given. No delegate seemed to know what to propose to make such a fight until J. S. Otis, who is a member of the Workers Party and a delegate from the Machinists’ Union, now threatened with expulsion by “B. & O. Bill,” aroge to show the way out. Comrade Otis. reminded the dele- gates altho such trades as the build- ing crafts had been able to maintain a comparatively decent standard of wages it was primarily due to the fact that the coal miners and the railroad had withstood the rush to smash the unions at the time, even tho the Int- ter had suffered heavily, He mentioned that other trndes which had not as yet felt the attacks of the employers in enforcing the 1917 scale of wages and thus drive the first dangerous wedge into the mis- ers’ union. He stated that now tie ers’ control and management.” board to put it into effect. Bolivian President Departed ARICA, Chile, Sept. 21—Jose Ga- bino Villaneuve elected presfifemt of Bolivia in May, has been deported to Chile and a state of siege exists in the provinces of La Pas, Oruro and Chochabamba. Night Clinic for Crippled. NEW *YORK, Sept. 21. -—- Bor the convenience of adult worker tite Hospital for Ruptured and Crippied, 321 Hast 42nd street, N. Y. C., Dus established night clinics every day and Wednesday from 7 to 9 ERE are.two magazines lying on the table. One is the Saturday Evening Post, published in Philadel- phia, Pa., U. S. A.. The other is Bez- bozhnik, published in Moscow, Union of Socialist Soviet Republics... Bach of these papers is the finest technical product of its kind that modern mechanical invention can pro- duce. Hundreds of men and women are giving their entire working lives “to produce these two publications— printers and engravers, highly loped imtellectual specialists, corps of business employes and man- agets, and— Artists. Centuries of slowly developed cul- ture lie behind each of these men and women of the pen and brush. Into each of them has been poured some- thing of the cultural accumulation from the forgotten ages of the men who carved images of the buffalo on the walls of their cave,dwellings, of the golden ages of Egypt, Assyria, China, Greece, Carthage and Rome, of the Middle Ages and of— Modern times. In the great and powerful United States, all of this cultural accumula- tion that can be adapted to the pur- pose is drawn out of these culture- bearers and fitted into the pages of the great and typical journal of this civilization—the paper which lies on my table. In the very printing of its pressed every possible device for the maximum of effect, On the other hand lIies this other journal with the Strange Russian characters spelling out the word “Bez- bozhnik.” The °very ‘title of it is Startling; it means “The Atheist.” The pictures and words thruout the pages are startling, and marvelously beautiful as well as ingenious. Equal- ly here, every device of human ingen- uity is used for technical perfection: the technical craft of Moscow in this respect seems to be even better than that of the American city. And also here all of the cultural accumulation of past ages—and of modern times— that could be adapted to the purpose, is poured out in blazing brilliance of the artists. Only, it seems that to the purposes of this magazine vastly more of the cultural accumulation of mankind has been adaptable. In theme and execution the work of the -artists has a.thunderous boldness, de- Structive as, fire and sword to the current standards of thought and the concept of life that we find in The Saturday Evening Post. Two sets of artists are at work. An enormous gulf is between them. N the days béfore the revolution that made the Union of Socialist Soviet: Republics, and made such as Bezbozhnik in its present magnificent form possible, there existed revolu- tionary papers, as there are revolu- tionary papers mow in capitalist coun- tries. And artists wrote and drew for revolutionary papers and for capital- ist papers. From the beginning of title, “Saturday Evening Post’’—is_ex- i Nd As a Weapon In tween the work that was done for the capitalist press and that which was done for the revolutionary workers’ press. The gulf widened in propor- tion as the class struggle developed. Nothing is clearer today than the fact that Communist society is the legitimate heir to the cultural accu- mulation of the ages which finds lodgement in the artist, just as the Marxian science is the unbroken con- tinuation of the trunk of scientific development of all the past. The ef- fort to preserve capitalism in perman- ence, constitutes a preversion and constriction of science, on the field of political economy. Also art in all of its phases is perverted and constrict- ed within the frame of capitalist so- ciety. “The bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honored and looked up to with rever- ent. awe. It has converted the physi- cian, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of science, into its paid wage- laborers.” And it has “left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked -self-Mterest, than callous ‘cash payment.’”’ It has resolved ar- tistic talent no less than personal worth “into exchange value.” Quo- tations from the Communist Mani- festo). In capitalist seciety the cultural ac- cumulation of the ages is subjected to the test of its value as a means of enrichment, preservation and defense of capitalist society and of individual capitalists. The capacities of the art- ist are sifted out, and only that por- tion of those capacities which are | modern timesthere was a gulf be- the Class Struggle - are developed, into the artists’ profes- sions. The more sensitive—the more able —artists tend to cha?é under this re- striction, this prostitution. The workers’ revolutionary move- ment has not the same interests to preserve—bufi the reverse. For this reason the otkers’ revolutionary movement hag, always exercised a magnetic influence upon artists. The definitive charaéter of the artist is in that he to a high degree responds to and expresses. in harmonious, unify- ing form the stimuli of life’s experi- ence. The impulse of the artist is the hunger to bring incoherent things into focus with a unifying concept. Capitalism, in its necessity to shut off, smother and obscure the meaning of life, becomes a nightmare to the artist. Communism, which has no such necessity, becomes a beautiful prospect to the artist who dares to look upon it. In order to obtain the cash pay- ment that enables him to live (and which may even exalt him into luxur- ious wealth), the artist in capitalist society must subject himself to a process of elimination of artistic qualities, comparable to the process thru which a stréet-walker is gubject- ed by long practice of her profession of mock-love. ‘The prostituted artist becomes sleek and witty, but never- theless remainn a flatulent mock-art- ist, Look at these Awo Magazines on the table again, and gou will see the la- borious, unjoyfukitensely skilful work Evening Post; and you will see on the other hand the comparatively re- leased and happy vigor of the true artist in the Bezbozhnik. (This is comparative. The Communist artists have not yet been free long enough to attain full power. I have chosen these two magazines only as ex- amples; you will find the same to be true in more or less tangible degree of all the capitalist and the Russian Communist press.) UT the great proportion of world is not liberated Russia. We must have the workers’ Com- munist press in the capitalist coun- tries. In these it is necessary to struggle against the conditions of all sorte which hamper the development of the workers’ press. It is clear that there comes a com- petition between the powerful capital- ist press and the impoverished, pre- cariously-living revolutionary press. This is in a certain degree (tho this must not be misunderstood as the the liberals misunderstand it) a competi- tion in effective expression. Its horde of prostituted artists is a pow: | It be- comes absolutely necessary to obtain erful army of capitalist society. the greatest possible degree of artistic expression in the workers’ tionary press. The Communist press in a capital- ist country cannot offer the artist the easy prosperity, nor the finest techni- cal service of reproduction, which the the can offer. But with all these dis- capitalist press Communist press, advantages in the-wenrpetition for the | ,adaptable to the interests of capital of the mock artists in the Saturday | artist's; loyalty, has something of } v , “a } or te 4 J ee oe ( | ict . revolu- supremely high value—outweighing all else for the most sensitive artists —the freedom from prostitution, and ung’—a unifying concept of the unl- verse, a thing which is destroyed in italist service subjects Capitalist society cannot a lame and patchéd-up “Weltanschau- | ung” must rags. The artists who serve the capitalist press are propagandists. sion of a conéept of the all artists. hide his sores behind tinsel ry, becomes propaganda. ganda against all that is compatible with a thriving art. But because they go “with the stream” do the capitalist propaganda every day imagine that they are “not propa- gandists.” The artists who serve the workers revolutionary press are also propa- gandists, of course. All unperverted art, in the face of perverted art, is propaganda for a unified concept ‘the universe. In the Communist press, of course, the needs of baitle compel the artist to bring his work down to less glorified proportions, But the satisfaction is great enough to attract a congiderable and increasiny | number of aftists to whom prostitu- ition is impossible. | Art is an indispensible weapon in j the Class struggle-—-on both sides. the positive value of a “Weltanschau- the choking process to which Cap- | give any but | —a pitiful beggar of a god who Any expres- | universe when there aré two concepts in rival-| The propa- ganda of the capitalist press (in fic- tion, poetry, pictures, all) is a propa- the artists who of - or By Robert Minor ‘The Communist press must develop a clearer appreciation of this. Mx- perience shows that the workers give a value to art which'is far greater than the “cultured” classes give ea» | core in some special fields. The hut- ger—the absolute necessity of the | working class for art, is something which, under the influence of Amer- ican phillistinism, Communists are itkely to forget. The tmmense power | of the prostituted art propaganda for the capitalist “Weltanschauung”’—as |shown by picture shows, magazines, etc.—is evidence of a compeliing sort. But we, like the prostituted artists, are likely to forget that it IS propa- ganda. We slip into the habit of considering the capitalist press, movies, etc., as a neutral agent, as to the class struggle, to which the Com- rmunist press need but add a spe cialized corrective infiuence. [If g0, we are already poisoned. The Communist press must become deeply, powerfully, artistic enough to make. us understand this. To make an effective Communist press—and to give a sounder “Welt- anschauung” ,to the membership of the revolutionary party of the work- ers-——are these not important perts of the process of Bolshevizing our par- ty? The essential characteristic of true art is exactly this: That it brings an incoherent mass unified concept. Even the smallest good cartoon or verse does this’ het us speak a word for a higher 'development of art in the service of | the Communist press!) 1 2 RRS ARE ME a of fact into a
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“ ————_———— _—-— BAMA AA OSes. ‘we, bares cael pet wait mail (in Chicage only): te gressman on his return from a _. the imperialists. Wh eign > Fat blished by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING co. Bivd., Chicago, mn. vam Monroe 4713 suBs RIPTION a ver r By mail (outside of Chionge) per year $4.50 six months | $6.00 per year $3.60 six months . $2.50 three months. $2.00 three months Address all mail and make out cheeks to THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, IHilinole J. LOUIS ENGDAHL } a Wittors WILLIAM F. DUNNE f : MORITZ J. LOEB Business Manager second-class mail September 21, 1923, at ~ post-office at Chi- euered se cago, Iil., under the act of ‘March 3, 1879 a ———— s -— es Advertising rates on application. Batler’s Last Bray. Every incipient fascist and ku kluxer in the United States gretted the appointment of General Smedley Butler, as.director of publie safety in Philadelphia a few years ago. Smedley was “devil-dog” in the marines.and had the reputation of being.a hard boiled apostle of capitalist “lawrenorder.” He swore by the mental vacuum of “Silent Cal” that he would make the Quaker City a purga- tory for evil doers; that he would have wickedness:on the run in no time : or less than that. | * This strutting militarist, according to his press comit % was ; wont to ride down the street in his limousine and on seeing somebody occupying the sidewalk whose face bore the dime novel resemblance to'a thug, would step out of his car, jam his gun into the suspected criminal’s ribs and order him to make for the suburbs. This kind of a system was expected to make Philadelphia a nice quiet city for clean minded christians, instead of the humming den of inequity it is alleged to be. : But alas peor Butler! Vice thrives unchecked in the city of brotherly love and every thug’s hand is turned against the other when not lifted to deliver a sleep-inducing tap to somebody suspected wot carrying 2 roll. So Butler is going and the wicked ones are going to ‘ee gave a final exhibition of his idiocy when he heard that an epidemic of robberies broke out in a certain section of the city. “Shoot to kill” was his order to the police. This reminds one of the daily threats of the Chicago police to slaughter the gunmen after each fresh killing . Philadelphia is not yet ripe for a fascist dictator. The big busi- ness interests have not their own way in all things. They must pay toll to the politicians, who are in business for themselves. The: peliticians don’t want to turn their balliwicks into convents. Butler came into Philadelphia like a lion: 7 He is going out like a jackass. More Smoke in China . Rumors of another civil war in China are making the rounds of the various capitals. Where there is so much smoke there must be some ‘fire. One report is that General Feng has formed an alliance with WrPet-Fu to eliminate Chang-Tso-Lin the Manchurian war lord, from. publics Hfe in China. Wut was formerly the creature of British and American capital while Chang was the petted favorite of Japan. The fortunes of war evidently have cast Wu from the arms of his former friends and if he is now in cahoots with Feng, it is very likely that he has much hope in the ability of British and American imperialism to survive the anti-imperialist nationalist revolt in China. Feng was formerly allied: with Wu against Chang. It was Feng’s desertion of Wu that brot about the latter’s military defeat and his partial political obscurity since then. Tt appears that Chang is now the paid agent of British and American imperialism, with Japan between the devil and the deep sea. A recent statement by the Soviet ambassador to China on the prospect of another civil war in that country, created intense excite ment in Washington, where the Chinese situation is watched with anxious é¢ye. American spies in Mongolia, traveling in the guise of archaeologists have reported to their intelligence headquarters in Washington that hundreds of trucks of American make are passing}. thru Mongolia on the way from Russia with arms and munitions for General Feng. It is no exaggeration to state that the events taking ritane in China today may lead, at no distant date to the downfall of British imperialism in the East. If this turns out to be a correct estimation of the course events in the Orient are taking, the end of the British empire is near. The fall of British power in China would waft the ‘flames of revolution thru India and other eastern sections of the empire. Averting a Disaster But for the alertness of Sir Joseph Cook, representing .Australia at’ the assembly of the league of nations, a terrible blunder might have béen committed. * “The league, as everybody knows is organized for,the purpose of ‘preventing wars and in other ways making for peace and harmony in the world. This is believed. by everybody except Communists and Other evil minded people who believé nothing the capitalists tell them. But it is true nevertheless. The New York Times and Lord Robert Cecil, are authorities for the fact. --"Phat matter being settled, the following incident may be inter- “esting. During one of the sessions of the league being held in Geneva, ‘the Swiss delegates moved a resolution which would commit all “those who voted for it to compulsory arbitration of their disputes. ‘Tt was framed so cleverly that it almost passed by the sleepy dele- -gates‘unnoticed. When Sir Joseph Cook pointed out that.this would make war a rather immoral proceeding the delegates got frightened, took the offending resolution and pulled the guts out of it. Then they breathed a sigh of relief and proceeded to discuss Ways and means of averting war. Four hundred men who fought for the kaiser in the world war marched thru the streets of Chicago last Sunday with bands playing and colors flying. Mayor Dever reviewed the parade. Do you remember the days when the capitalist. press shrieked about the “Muns” and swore we would never, never, never again have any- thing to do with those wicked Germans? But business is business. J. P. Morgan needed a rest, so he took a boat to England. Lest the populace should show a disagreeable desire to see. the great man he went up to the upper pier on a freight elevator. - When J. H. Thomas, British labor faker wished to avoid unpleasant attentions on his landing in New York a few years ago after selling out a strike, he descended in a freight elevator. -_ — “The situation in China is graye,’ ’ declared an American con- f strikers. | June,+ where the miners’ “BR Raise Slogan, ing Oat Maintenance-Men” By AUGUST VALENTINE (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES BARRE, Pa., Sept. 21.—As the campaign of the Workers Party among the anthracite miners, who have been on strike for several weeks, gains headway, the union bureaucracy is waking up to the fact that a great awakening is taking place among the strikers, hitherto apathetic and mor- bid but now raising certain slogans thruout the section rallying to their side the rank and file. Communists Raise Slogan The Communists have raised the slogan of “Bring Out the Mainten- ance Men.” These are the 10.000 miners who have continued work, keeping the mines drained of water, keeping the roof posted and doing other work of a like character. The Communists have pointed out in many mass meetings, among many other things, that this situation cannot con- tinue; to insure the strike success every miner must drop tools. slogan is gaining power among the Thru the Pottgville-Shenan- doah valley this slogan is on the lips of thousands of miners. | Toohey—the “Terrible Red” The officials are becoming worried. Instructions have been sent to the lackeys of Lewis to get the leaders of the progressive movement. First on the list comes Pat Toohey a very ter- rible. Red who is causing Lewis so much>concern in this region. It was Toohey who led the small but well organized radical delegation at the tridlistrict convention in Scranton in demands were formulated. Itowas at this convention Toohey got the goat of Lewis who in turn grandiy shook his fist in the direction of>our terrible Red. This was not the firat;convention Toohey succeeded in getting Lewis’ goat, the same little thing was done two years ago at the international convention, 18 months ago atcthe Pittsburgh convention. ¢Itvis.well known Lewis loves our Red;sovwell, so well in fact that his lackeyo(Wm. Feeney, “leader” of the great: Connellsville coke region strike attempted, with the aid of a gang of | sluggerm.to beat him up in a dark alley at the Allentown convention of the: Mederation of Labor in 1924. /., om SeeReds Here To Stay |. MartinoDavis, executive board mem- ber.from, District No. 9, informed a localveunion president of Pittsville he is after«two ducks, Toohey and an- other:militant, Peter Billick. It seems these two. arch-Reds are very terrible people,.-when all that fuss is made over them. Davis said he was order- ed to“drive them from the organiza- tion.” We might humbly inform Mr. Davis that has been tried four times before and in every instance failed, eyenxwith Phil Murray special prose- cutor:'on two occasions. ‘The Reds are here, here to stay, the Reis will be here when Mr. Davis and phis gang are dead and forgotten. They might be driven from the organ- ization but others will rise in their place and carry on the work started by them. We might inform Mr. Davis he will have a sweet time driving them from the union. It is all too evident the Communist campaign among the strikers is suc- cessful and a great source of worry to the fakers, who the Communists do not hesitate a bit to expose and place in the same category with the exploiters. The campaign will con- tinue, the many mass meetings ar- ranged to date will be held, the dance goes on. e Laborite Wins Seat LONDON, Sept. 21—The labor party gained a seat at the expense of the conservatives in the house of com- mons bye-elections at Stockport. The laborite, A. E, Townsend, polled 20,- 219, against 17,892 for the tory can- didate. MANY MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS IN PARTY’S REORGANIZATION DRIVE The dates of Workers (Commun- ist) Party membership meetings ar- ranged in the party’s reorganization campaign are as follows: District Date Boston—Sept. 27. New York—Sept. 25. Philadeiphia—Sept 26. Buffalo—Oct, 4. Pittsburgh—Sept. 25. Cleveland—Sept. 27. Detroit—Sept, 27. Chicago—Oct. 7. Minneapolis—Sept. 27. 15. Connecticut—Oct. 4. An organization tour of the west- ern districts is being planned by the C. E. C. Seattle, Portland, vagom San Franciseo, Ligs Angele and other party centers of the west SRPNSESF PSY > visit to the Orient. Yes, grave for | | will arrange mass membership meetings to ‘He He ddrifessed by a rep- resentative of (4s tii Executive Committee, OA? Wee ewerne a This | "pay, published wo years ago, which ST FOF THE ms 2 *. init sve parliament, he grossly mi: full copy of the s Kellogg pieced torted impression. — Saklatvala’s speech was delivered an a the Secretary of COLONIAL PEOPLES ** Ceiu: ay pi a4 “Sue AS e Dally Worker) 21:—When Secretary of State Kellogg : eaaniee to tvala, Indian Comnfunist member of ‘the presented the latter by garbled quotations from his house of commons speech, says the Friends of Freedom for India. A in question bears out this statement and shows that isolated sentences and fragments to convey a dis- in the house of commons July 9, be- fore the committee ‘on supply on the vote for the Indian office and opposed ppropriation for State for India. ‘It waé primarily an attack on Britigh rule in India and avowed Saklatvala’s “political Com- munist opinions. §“*' In his speech the Comminist M. P. laid stress on the povérty and vote- lessness of the India workers. He scored the British fom denying the factory legislation. and curtailment of child labor which existed at home Pd their subjects in the colonies. He told how the holding of a Trade Union Congress in India two years ago was prevented in Bengal by.a detachment of Ghurka machine gymners sent at the request of the Merghants and the European Mine Owners’ Associations. The gqpngress was rd later at an- other place. eee’ a See | _ ATOR ARRAS Si SAKLATVALA EXCLUSION IS UNLAWFUL OUTRAGE Interviewed yesterday by the DAILY WORKER, Anton Johanson, nationally known ifm the labor move- ment and at present the president of Carpenters’ Local Union 1367, had | the following comment on the ac- tion of the American government in barring the British Communist Sak- ‘ Jatvala, from attending the Wash- ington meeting of” the interpartia- mentary union: | “Barring Saklatvala by Secretary of State Kellogg is outrageous, un- called for and unlawf “y 99's conduct in barring Sak h- out considering and va with- out examination and without inquir- ing Into the circumstances, seems to prove that Kellogg is.a willing agent of the big business interests of America, “Further, President Coolidge, in approving the excl ects the same attitude of oahiny toward the Wall Street bankers.” Caillaux at Mercy of Wall Street WASHINGTON, Sept. aA France cannot pay a dollar of her.debt to the American treasury; she cannot even balance her budget at home without repudiating 60 per cent the Inter- est on her 300,000,000,000 francs of in- ternal debt, for a period, pt years at least. This is the substance of the find- ings in a 450-page report on the French debt problem, prepared by the Institute of Economics and already. submitted to the members of the American debt commission. Even if 20 per cent were to be cut from military expenditures, the bud- get deficit for next year Would be reduced by only one-eighth. The war in Morocco will increase the deficit, of course, but peace would not save the franc. Members ,of the American debt commission, studying {this report, which comps from thes source as the study’ of German 8 eapacity to was denounced: as prdéGerman—are interested in its» tendemcey to make a farce of the coming of Finance Min- ister Caillaux to: Ameri¢a,this fall. They realize that Caijllaux is ‘com- ing to borrow $200,000,9000 from Wall Street, if he can, rathergdhan to pay or obligate France to pay.$4,000,000,000 fo the treasury. ap Fall Night School Term Opens. Registration for the sFall term in thirty-one public night: schools embo- dying seventy coursesjcof instruction began last night and «will last until Friday evening. Thé@4usual elemen- tary and high sché@l’- courses are available. There are also courses | | Workers others. New York . Stirred by K ellogg’s T yranny (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Sept. 21—*Secretary Kellogg’s ban on Shapurji Saklatvala haa been inspired not so much to. safeguard the ignorance or the intel- ligence of the American people of which Secretary Kellogg is the sole trustee but to allow unhampered and unchecked the continued malicious about India that has been going on in this country by British imperialist propagandists.” This is the opinion given by Sail- endra Ghose, secretary of the Friends of Freedom for India, an organization of exiles from British rule. Ghose continued: “Saklatvala has a tale to tell of op- pression in India where the people toil 12 howrs a day under famine ra-| tions and are denied.the right to vote. A ae mist cre .| Not long ago Secretary Hughes, Kel- logg’s sp ig ‘and President coe i support of the propagand lish Speaking -American imper- Union nda an bs ial alliance. Will the American peo- ple allow the fear which this alliance has of Saklatvala’s exposure of Brit- ish rule. in India to prevent ‘them from getting the facts?” . Saklatvala is a Communist member of the British parliament. Support of his right to come here is from Indians of different political beliefs but united against the British oppressor, from numerous American organizations, among them the American Civil Lib- erties Union, the socialist party, the (Communist) Party and Frank P. Walsh ‘and Ghose are slated as the principal speakers at a mass meeting of protest the Lib- erties’ Union is calling at Town Hall and Indians and the Workers Party has held a mass Seeks in Union Square, FIELDS SCHOOL PARENTS AGAINST “JUNIOR HIGHS’ Elementary School Is Im- mediate Need The board of education did not set- tle all of the Eugene Fields school parents’ grievances when it promised to hunt up suitable location for the portables that from the school grounds to permit the building of a Junior high school. “What we need is an elementary school for our children and not a junior high,” said Mrs. Victor Rubin, secretary of the striking parents com- mittee and the most active member of it. “When we report back to our organization at our next meeting on Wednesday night we are going to see to -it that this fact is made clear to the school board. “For twenty-years, since they first plumped portables down upon us, they have been promising us an ele- mentary school. If we meeded it then we certainly need it more now. There are over 25,000 people in that district now. That alone should convince them that our immediate need is an elementary school, not a junior high.” The meeting will be held at 6459 Sheridan road, their usual meeting place. . The children are still out and will stay out until the portables have been meved., in English to foreign@fs. 34 Trolley Hit®*Auto. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Sept, 21—! Bert Wilson, 30, of Peru, is dead and 38 persons are suffering from bruises and injuries today as a result of a (collision between an Indianapolis- ‘Fort Wayne interurban car and an automobile near here. ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 21—Estranged from her, family, Mrs. C. W. Coleman of Cincinnati, a nieée of Vice-Presi- dent Charles G. Dawés, died in Grady hospital here early today from | strychnine poisoning] Make your fr a friend of ithe DAILY WOBKER. Send in Se Bess subscription. ¥)} a , |) SOVIET PROFESSOR, IN PARIS EXPERIMENTS, DRAWS EYES OF WORLD MOSCOW, (By Tass) — The papers report that the valuable in- vestigations of Prof. Vinogradsky, a Russian scholar working at the Paris Academy of Sciences, have re- cently attracted the attention of the scientific world. His work refers to the microbiological analysis of the soil and is a great contribution for practical porbiert'y 00 By thy a sound foundation ow definition of bacteriologic qualitie®\af the group upon which, as itt Known, the harvest largely depends nts « mw ~ —_ r " a oa rs have been removed | be ioe That the DAILY WORKER‘*has last two weeks has been due to the valiant The DAILY WORKER hae not yet been saved. The ten: thousand dollar emergency fund is the first step. This sum must be made avalb— able at once in order that the DAILY WORKER may survive. The next | step is to make the DAILY WORKER SAFE not only for the Immediate future but safe for service to the working class during the coming year money to help safe for Communism.” — “This comrade iT ambitious. and ee! : 3 ity | L. A. W ae el aor G2 Se Lee Boyd, | . Grove, Ore....... 2.00 vs Jewish Br, W. P., Revere, Mass. 5.00] oe M. Mastanka, Roxbury, Mass....... 2.00 English and Italian W. P., Chester, Pa. ....cec-sisccccsssserersacreeee 7,00 Finnish Br., W. P., Kalama, Wash. - §.00 South Slavic Br., W. P., San Francisco, Cal. - 10.00 Simmich, Bronx, N. Y oer 3.00 | Hungarian Br., W. P., Martin’s — Ferry, O 5.00 ° Russian Br, W. P., San Fran- Becomes Human Torch veg ines 000; as Oil Is Applied Violet Schrader, Mount Vernon, > Wash. 2.00 ee H, Cramer, Chicago 5.00 (Special to The Dally Worker) Geo. E. Allen, Painesville, O..... 4.40| NEW ALBANY, Miss., Sept. 21-— Czecho-Slovak Br., W. P., St. L. Q. Ivy, Negro, was burned to death Paul ... 10.00 | at a stake by a mob of whites. . Cc. N, Bjerkan,, Rose Lake, Idaho 2.50| The Negro was arrested on a des Ukrainian .Br., W. P., Woon- cription furnished by a girl, the dau- ea: mpd price ie dg ns acteaguane wieteea W. P, Longeove, Me. 7.50| the coun rina BY athe, English W. P..... 25.00 News of the “identification” spread Final . Pp, Peabody, thru the countryside and a mob form- a 5.00;ed. When the crowd numbered 1,000 Los seat Cal. ((W. P. mem- men, it stormed the jail, smashed bership, meeting) . 68.63 | down the doors and dragged the pris- Palo. Alte, Cal. WwW. P. 5.00 | oner away from the officers. John,,Scoutaris, Hayward, Cal... 2.00 The mob carried the Negro to the sosanb Burgen, Boston 14, Maes. 1.00|scene of the attack, drove a huge my tas Colo., English W. P...... 5.00| Stake into the ground and tied the ‘i Arlington Heights, Negro to the stake. Brush wood was 5.00 | piled around» his. body, Wty Va spread M,. Oakland, Cal 1.00;0n the wood and a match touched to mg ane Dan W. Stevens, it. Ina moment the Negro became Min 5.00} @ human torch, Tom wie ie Jolla, Cal........... .- 10.00 CA a TES ee oi in, Chicago, III 2.50 Throw Airplane Into Sea. 8. Fisher, Chicago 0 1.00} SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 21—«A naval H. B. Keehn, Reading, Pa............. 6.00] Seaplane, catapulted from the of B wet Br, W. P., Brooklyn, _ |the aircraft carrier Langley, fell. into 10.00 | the sea off Point Loma and sank. The eee .. 5.00; Pilot was rescued, a to of- Sofiia P- Sellars, © pn ficers at the North Island naval air John Jegtar, Detroit, Mich........... 15.00 | Station. Br... W. P., Boston, Mass. 16.50 2 = i ,8 Slavic Singing Club, Helmer Adler, San Bruno, Cal..... 3.06 Kansas City, Kan. 20.00} J. Brown, Duluth;:Minn................ 5.00 “Allions Komete,” Lithuanian A. M. Forsman, Mobile, Ala......... 1,00 Club,. Philadelphia 17.50 | Lithuanian Br. W. P., Water- Jease Glick, Brooklyn, N. Y......... 1.00} bury, Conn. ...2..... 40.00 “ee: W. P., Philadel- Lithuanian Workers Literary So- 8.00, ciety, Waterbury, Conn....,...... 5.00 cites Bidiay, Philadelphia.... 10.00; J, Ganapole, Portland, Ore........ . 5.00 Customers of Modern Book Lettish Br., W..P., San Fran- Store, Minneapolis, Minn......... 25.00; cisco, Cal, ....; 20.00 (Gollected by A. E. Georgian: Finnish Br., W. P.,- Newberry, Geo. Nickerson, $3.00; Albert Mich. 10.00 Gunderson, $1.00; Friend, $1.00; Domenick Marco, Arma, Kan..... 1.00 Walter Frank, $2.00; R. V. J. Yerman, Mike Hodak, J. Yer- — Warner, $1.00; R. M. F., $1.00; man, Jr., Barberton, Ohio....... . 3,00 C. Boreson, $1.00; H.H Chdo- P. G. Hedlund, Minneapolis........ 2.00 dyn, $1.00; W. F. Luden, $1.00; H, J. Johnston and Harry C.* F. Uebel, $1.00; E. Brickman, Clifford, Minneapolis ................ 2.00 $1.00; A, R. Angle, $1.00; A. ee ganeee E. Georgian, $10.00.) Today’s receipts $ 437.53 Theo. Evanoff, Cleveland, O....... 2.00; Previously acknowledged ... 6,511.75 Ernest Strand, Roslindale, Mass, | 1.00} Total to date ............ ....$6,949.28 4. NOT BY THE STROKE OF ONE But by the Combined Efforts of All Will It Be Possible to Save THE DAILY WORKER I am sending you my response to your appeal. I en- close $.. bats NINN a2 ec siathnchccoCelabbie as aadasee ronacoioe se\apentilacsbebediticikdmsaats . Street soese CORES S cicionstheia i dassns Qbindhessdébessennannianacenesss State Address letters and make checks and money orders payable to THE DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Il. ¢ *% q — a: Ol — or the names of whose organizations have appeared in these columris, iv & ‘aes i + celina ncetneepiiineatinllie Licenttinae ——— , ms a Oe tA # fo ne ie =e ye 5 ee ;