Daily Worker
October 11, 1925
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— — — . 1 1 4 yal tins var * a fee ‘tion of Article 16 and may themselves „ mans to enter into a pact that will ‘Earth tremors, extending. in the belt eoſty and beyond, caused considerable — 63 init td 8 * Locarno € 3 Seems Near Crash (Special to The Daily Worker) LOCARNO, Switzerland, Oct. 9.— Aristide Briand, French foreign min- ister and Austin Chamberlain, British foreign minister, are hopeful that Germany will accept a compromise offered on her entry into the League of Nations. Germany balks at entry into the league because of Article 16 of the covenant which provides for the ‘marching of troops over the territory of another member in case of war with a third power. While the en- tente powers cannot exempt Germany from the terms of this article, the British and French have promised to work toward a modification that might be “acceptable to Germany. In order to persuade Germany to enter the league, Briand pointed to the fact that Germany will have a seat at the league council table. The pre- sent permanent séats in the council include only four powers, Great Brit- ain, France, Italy and Japan. A fifth seat is kept in reserve for Germany! and one is always held for the United States in case it enters. The non- permanent seats are filled by Belgiuni, Spain, Sweden, Czecho-Slovakia, Brazil and Uruguay. These nations consti- tute the present council of the League of Nations. Germany is Wary. The German foreign minister, Stresemann, is wary of accepting the promises of Briand and Chamberlain to work toward modification 1 article, as the nations gp K oe 1 bankin ot e. It is feared that “while Britain and France may make a pretense bf working toward modifica- vote for such modification they will intrigue to force the smaller states to oppose it. 2 Russia Watchful. While these maneuvers are proceed- ing Russia is watching the efforts at gerrymandering that have as their object the launching of a concerted drive against the Soviet power, Ger- many has already reassured Russia that she will not sign anything that can be construed, as furnishing an op- portunity for the allies to ‘march troops thru territory in order to at- tack Russia. Should Germany accept the entire covenant, which includes Article 16, she will find herself in immediate conflict with Russia and then be at the complete mercy of the allied pow- ers. The French, Belgian and British social traitors and tories representing their various governments, are des- perately striving to induce the Ger- create a solid anti-Soviet bloc. Near Breaking Point. The dealock over the eastern front- jers of Germany relating to Poland and Czecho-Slovakia continues and al- tho the French issue optimistic state- ments wherein they. express them- selves as hopeful of the outcome, there is deep gloom elsewhere . and their optimism is plainly not shared —_—— . ‘Subscription Rates: Zuteld 8. * * . ee xe piers i ie 7 9 os * ey. Ae Oe 7 > 4 * * ; 44 » * 1 3 ah . foe at Chicago, mee, under the Act of March 2 1379. ie 75 Mahe Cer * by 7 fe 1 ee * By +e 25 75 hot 5 * * co 9 ny . * ee. pa te 1 1 > vil ~ Feet Ry 7 ay a 1 f * * e 2 0 4 EDITION 8 EF 11, 1925 — Published Daily except 8 PUB] ISHING Co., 1113 W. DAILY 4 A.. Blvd., — II. * Price 5 Cents 5 — WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9.— The close connection between pro- hibition enforcement and politics United States Senator John W. Harreld, republican, of Oklahoma, in a letter to General Lincoln C. Andrewa, insisted no steps be taken by enforcement officials that would endanger his chances of re- election to the senate. No political question was raised—simply a plain question of holding his job. Senator Harreld demanded that Andrews make no appointment in his state that would injure his standing before the voters. The let- ter followed dismissal of a meddie- some pulpit pounder by Director White. of the Fort Worth district. in demanding the reinstatement of the clergyman, Harreld said: insist that neither you (Andrews) nor he (White) should do anything which will injure my standing in the state or endanger my chances of re-election in * Nenn cam - paign. ” RE-ELECT LEFT WING IN. THREE Sigman in New York (Special to The Daily Worker) received emphasie today when |. L. l. M. LOCALS! Sweeping Victory Over NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 9—Thel élections in the ie ate — — * — — 5 R a 7 “ai, 2 : men as —— istration of the joint joint action committee or Locals 2, and 22, which were suspended, have resulted in victony for the left wing, the entire executives of the three tert wing locals being reece by their memberships. — . The heat of the struggle whieh went on for 15 weeks, during which Locals 2 and 9 were captured hy armed gang sters of the Sigmauite joint board and state of seige with hundreds of mem- bers on guard night and day, brot eut the heaviest vote these locals have ever shown in the history of the in- ternational. In Local 2 there were 5,208 votes cast. Borchovich, the loft wing can- didate for manager, received 4,362 of them: while Stenzer, left wing enn didate for chairman got 3,987 votes and the whole executive put forth by the left wing was reelected. In Local 9, there were 2,057 votes cast, and Louis Hyman, who led the long fight against the expulsion and suspensions as head of the joint ac- tion committee of the suspended lo- cals, received 1,832 of these votes. In Local 22, the membership which spent its days in the shops and its night guarding the local’s office from the gangsters of the joint board, stood ‘by their executive and officers who led them thru one of the noblest battles against corruption in Amert- can labor history. Of the 2,821 votes cast, Julius Portnoy, the left Wing by other delegates, A day or two longer will either pro- duce a compromise or a break that Will wreck the conference. The lat - tor is the probable outcome. Quake in New Hampshire. MANCHSTER, N. H., Oct. 9. — long the Daniel Webster highway fram the White Mountains to this excitement in New Hampshire today. Youses shook, windows rattled and chairs rocked but no damage was re- ported. The tremors, which resembled those of last winter, lasted for three minutes. D . % ͤ—NV o e P ] ͤ• e ⁰ ͤgĩäaa ¶ èUd˖ ̃ % rr * r re rr SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 > ere een eee eee eee eee O48 444444 O84 SS * candidate, received 2,314 votes and the whole left slate was elected. In all locals the 77 members of the three executives deposed by the Sigmanite joint board on charges of being Communists or having “per- mitted” Communists to speak before the union’s May Day meetings, were given a vote of confidence by the membership which confirmed their claims upon their right to hold their positions, Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the Fand Nas I 9, 3 Local 22 remaine l continually in a cipal monkey house and zoo. A. Loughlin, Mrs. Bridge I sate Made 2 er . 8 g ö 7 1 * wT n N * E i Os A: ‘ ' . N 7 n Per ; S * 2 . 99 * et eh ben df thie A Aber 7. key to the peculiar appraisal of news walues established by it. „, who helped to found the ‘Asso. lated. Press is described by its present. directors as a true American, a Christian gentleman, a courageous newspaperman and a tower of -wis- dom and strength. _ Favored Monkey Against Children It is recalled however that as own- er df the Chicago Daily News this true American opposed a bond issue for Chicago schools at the same time favoring a huge issue for a new muni- As a Christian gentleman he has left. millions of dollars to the Chicago Congregational Missionary and Ex- tension Society, a holding company that has over 40 churches sewed up so that they cannot Wc their own ministers. A Courageous Liar As a courageous newspaperman he permitted his Daily News without re- traction to print absolutely fake news about the LaFollette railroad valua- tion conference in Chicago, describing in detail happenings that never took place. He was indeed a tower of wisdom and strength to the banking and com- meroial interests of Chicago in whose enterprises he was vitally concerned through his large holdings in the Illinois Merchants Trust Co., in whose control he left his immense fortune and his newspaper. Official Returns on LaFollette. MADISON, Wis., Oct. 9.—Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., was elected United States senator by a margin of 146,401 over Edward Dithmer, his -nearest op- ponent, official election returns com- piled in the secretary of state’s of- fice on Friday showed. Oil Magnates Oppose Union Shop. SHREVEPORT, La.—Reported at- tempts to organize workers of the oil industry into a union has caused the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Ass’n., Louisiana-Arkansas division, to de- elare for the open shop and against lunch) to your shop-mate. bea adopted by its directors find ae “dictation.” GIVEN BY THE RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN BRANCHES OF THE WORKERS PARTY OF CHICAGO at EMMET MEMORIAL HALL 22eimme 26°. OGDEN AVENUE AND TAYLOR STREET Union Congress at Scarborough Tomsky, M. Quaile, May — 1 IN“ held another such conference. with W. W. Inglis, presi- dent of the Glen Alden Coal com- pany and leader of the operators in their fight against the demands of the striking ‘miners. it was an- nounced afterward that “the an- thracite suspension situation had been canvassed from various angles without arriving at any definite con- clusion.” * FINNISH WHITE GUARD PREPARES FOR WAR ON RUSS Enormous 3 Spent on F innish Army (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, Oct. 9.—That fears of labor that the imperialist powers are preparing for ultimate war against Soviet Russia are not witout founda- tion is seen in the plans of white guard Finland to make unexampled military preparation running into the billions of dollars. Of course this is to be done, as usual, by preparing for defense.“ President of the Defense Commit tee Hornborg, although admitting that Finland itself could not afford such a pretentions and costly plan, does not say where the funds are to come from to furnish Finland with the estimated $140,000,000 a year for ten years, in addition to the cost of maintaining the “civil corps” or white guard. Broadly hinting that money from the larger capitalist nations would be welcomed, Hornborg says the econ- omic aspects of the plan is causing the Finnish govermment concern, as it had been hoped to make use of material captured from Soviet Russia, but this would not suffice and “Some- thing must. be dome to make Finnish defense more than a bluff.” Admission: 50c & 75c. om ||DEPT. OF NAV GUILTY IN GRE 4 L to The Daily Werker) WASHINGTON.” D. C., Oct. 9-—The | disastrous flight of the navy dirigible Shenandoah, that resulted in ‘the death of her husbnad and mést of his crew, was made solely for political pur- poses, declared Mrs, Margaret Lans- downe, widow of Commatidér Zachary T. Lansdowne, testifying today be- fore the naval court of inquiry. This charge, asserted Mrs. Lans- downe, is borne out by official cor- respondence revealed atathe inquiry. She then poceeded to read-the official documents of the inquiry preving that her statements were amply supported. One of these was the protest of Com- mander Lansdowne in which he felt the Shenandoah should qnly. be used for war purposes and should not be used for political purposes; such as a flight to the Middle West so the taxpayers there could look at their property,” said the commander’s | widow. ; . Staggers Naval Board. Mrs.. Lansdowne then produced the record of her husband's protest which was marked “officially disapproved” (Continued on page 3) | ENGDAHL SPEAKS AT PHILADELPHIA MASS MEETING SUNDAY NITE PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9—Every worker in Philadelphia who wants to get first-hand news of the latest developments of the American Fed- eration of Labor convention must attend the mass meeting to be held at Grand Fraternity Hall, 162.. Arch street, Sunday evenin, Oct. 11 at 8 o’clock where J. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER, who is now touring the east, will speak on the American Federation of La- bor convention. — — * ATLANTIC. CITY, Oct. 9—dJ. Louis Engdahl, editor of the DAILY WORKER, speaks tonight at 8 p. m. at Moose Hall, Atlantic avenue and New Jersey, subject: The A. F. of L. Convention and the American Communist Movement. i rr PERFORMANCE AND DANCE ELL DEPORTED | ] GOVERNMENT ORGAN STARTS FRAME-UP 10 OUST BRITISH LABOR HEAD, PREVENT TOUR By J, LOUIS (Special to The hl: etn ct ea mn ENGDAHL. 5 Dally Worker) The Washington Post, unofficial white house organ, that was caught smeared with so much of the filth thrown up by the Teapot Dome oil scandal, today, came to the aid of Presi- dent Green in his attack on Arthur Purcell and Ben Smith, the two fraternal delegates of the who were outspoken and frank vention. British Trade Union Congress, in their greetings to the con- But the Post, recently edited by George Harvey, former American ambassador to Londo n, goes a little further and in- cites governmental action to deport Purcell, especially in words as follows: the American Federation of Labor? “What is this Communist doing at a meeting of How did he smuggle him- self into the United States an violation of the law excluding Communists and agitators of Communist doctrines? What is the bureau of immigration do- ing that it permits a Commun- ist to voilate the act of June 5, 1920? What about it, Mr. Com- missioner General Hull?“ Urges Deportation. Purcell, of course, is not a Com- munist. He is a labor party mem- ber of parliament, But the Post reaches its conclusiong after quoting an extract from an article written by Purcell in thé August number of the British publication World Trade Union Unity, of which it says, “These are the words of Lenin,” the Washington Post, owned by Edward B. McLean, who was mixed up in the mysterious “principal” letters in the oil scandal, is considered a feel- er for the republican administration. The attack on Purcell may there- fore, be’ considered to have some official inspiration. It was such an insidious campaign that led — barring of Saklatvala from th: try 3 attending the gathering of the interparllamentary ‘union at Washington, to which he — been selected as a delegate, * Green’s Attack Cowardly. There is no doubt, that Green’s at- tack om Purcell and Smith has given considerable encouragement to the government in any action that it may choose to take, and to the capitalist press generally, in its assault on the British fraternal delegates. It is an unheard of precedent for the head of a labor congress to at- tack sentiments expressed by frater- nal delegates. Itspecially when they have no chance to reply, as was the case on Wednesday, when Green im- mediately adjourned the convention for the noon recess after his vitri- olic assault against Purcell. American delegates attending the British Trade Union Congress have been permitted to tire out the British delegates, who have patiently listen- ed to their long winded nonsense and no criticism or complain was offered. President Green, by his attack on Purcell, has established a new code of labor fraternity in this conven- tion. Delegates today attended showing of new labor moving picture, that will be used in trade union. propa- ganda work. Miss Elizabeth Christman, fraternal delegate of the National Woman's Trade Union League, addressed the convention urging organization work. The afternoon session was given over to the discussion of child labor as a special order of business. (More A, F. of L. News on Page 6) * Four Killed in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 9.—The body of a fourth victim of the explosion in the Laclede Gas Light Building was found in the debris in the base- ment by firemen early today. The list of injured treated in hospitals was placed at 50. Officials of the company gave no explanation for the exploding of am- monia tanks in the building Thurs- day afternoon, which wrecked the lower structure and sent flames up the elevator shaft as high as the tenth floor. Many escaped by jump- ing into nets spread by firemen. UNION DELEGATE MEETING 10 BE HELD SUNDAY To Indorse } New York Labor Ticket NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Enthusiastic support is coming from many quarters for the big union delegate meeting called for Sunday afternoon, Oct. 11, at Manhattan Lyceum, 66 K. 4th St., New York City, to endorse the united labor ticket and the Workers Party candidates in the municipal election. Needie trades workers, food workers, metal workers and others are er- pected to have full representation at this meeting. Thel militant. trade unionisis have ‘become actively interested in the Workers Party campaign in the muni- eipal elections and for its determined fight for the united labor ticket against the active sabotage of the socialist party and the Tammany trade union politicians who make up the bureau- cracy of New York’s unions. Active unionists are aiding the par- ty in arranging noon-hour meetings in front of the big shops in the chief industrial centers of the city. Cam- paign literature is being circulated and funds are being collected in the shops and Workers Party speakers are be- ing invited to speak at union meet- ings. The following resolution which is typical of those being adopted, was passed by the Hotel Workers’ Union, indicates the interest of the organised workers in the campaign that ‘fhe Workers Party is waging: “Whereas, The workers of New York City are faced today with the prospest of another four years of the rule of big business under the leader- ship of either Frank Waterman, the republican banker, millionaire foun- tain pen manufacturer and exploiter of labor or that of James Walker of Tammany Hall, lawyer for the beef trust and the milk trust, and “Whereas, The election of either of these tools of the capitalist class means more crowded schools, more crowded subways, higher rents, worse housing conditions, injunctions and ar- rest of pickets, lower wages, in- creased exploitation of labor and new atacks upon the working clase of New York City, and “Whereas, The working glas of New York City stands today weak and divided before the prospect of these certain attacks by the powerful forces of the employers, be it “Resolved, That we send our dele- gates to the conference called by the Workers Party of America for Sun- day, Oct. 11, at 2 p. m., at Manhat- tan Lyceum, 66 East 4th St., for the purpose of furthering the idea of a united labor ticket and the unity of labor on the een feld.“ The DAILY WORKER sub- scription list is a Communist UKRAINIAN DRAMA IN 5 ACTS Will Be Presented. Russian and Ukrainian Singers and Dancers Are Participating in the Performance. The scenery is especially painted for this performance by LYDIA GIBSON. — > > ~*****%***% * > > * . T0 nn en Ie EE . eee 44444444444 4484 Ot 6444 * OOOO “BNXPECT” honor roll. Is your name on it? ; é ¢ 4 9 0 , ; ; ; ’ ’ ‘ 4 1 0 4 ; 5 a „
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— — — — 5 (Special to The Daily Werker) NEW ‘YORK, Oct. 9.—The organiz- ed workers of the city of New York are manifesting great interest in the Workers Party mayoralty campaign. One after another of the big left wing unfons of the city have indorsed the Workers Party candidates and their fight for the united labor ticket and are sending delegates to the big conference of organized labor to be held Sunday. Oct. 11, at 2 p. m., jn Manhattan Lyceum, 66 Hast 4th ‘New York City. é g Locals 1, 5, 10, and 15, of the Fur- riers’ Union; Lastets’ Local 53, and Fitters’ Local 54, of the Shoe Work- ers’ Protective Union; the BPurriers’ and the meeting of Oct. 11. Great Enthusiasm. Ansther interesting development, which shows the enthusiesm which is among workers 1 NEGROES PETITION TEL 0 LABOR TO ABOLISH H COLOR LINE AMONG FREIGHT HANDLERS RATION By ESTHER LOWELL, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) A nkre CITY, N. Jour Negro freight handlers, delegates to the 15th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, have a serious problem for the federation’s attention. Their local unions, 4 out of 89 in a similar predicament, are chartered directly by the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight vor res and Station Employes’ agree- ments with employers. Union Maintains Coler Ban. The Bortherhood’s constitutien ex- preasly states that all white persons employed in the lines of work under their jurisdiction are eligble to mem- bershp in the union, Negro workers are not admitted, altho they pay 500 to the Brotherhood in addition to the 280 per capita to the American Feder- „ation of Labor. Negroes are not per- mitted to participate in Brotherhood meetings or share in insurance and other Brotherhood benefits aside from equal conditions for white and colored freight handlers. Negroes are not al- lowed to become clerks. Couldn't Get Audience. Ben Oglesby, president Local No. 17769, and Albert C. Campbell, presi- dent Local No. 17778, both of Kansas City, Mo,, two of the Negro delegates in Atlantic City, say they ‘attempted to get an audience at the last con- vention of the Brotherhood but could not get beyond the door and found no h the old social-democratic organization is supposed to be peculiarly adapted, the shop nu- cleus basis is more desirable for a truly proletarian party. Campaign in Shops. The unanimity with which the form Brownsville shops have organized themselves to back the Workers Party municipal campeign is, with- out doubt due to the fact that live ing this campaign of the Work- | y into the shops, and after Get. 11, the New York industria) di trict will witness «a veritable fever of. organization within the shops, the circulating of lists of shop collec- tions, of formation of shop campaign committees, noon-hour meetings at N ; : : : Moscow, Oct. - By decision of the people's commissariat for home affaires, ail Russian re-emigranta from alriving in order to en- in agriculture or industry are te te considered as Soviet citizens. / This rule does not apply to natives the border states such as Poland, Dethonia, Latvia and Fin- If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Send for a catalogue of. all Com- munist literature. convention. All four Negro delegates signed the resolution presented to the conven- tion, calling for the American Federa- tion of Labor to approve their pro- al that President Green and who- Bes, he choses from the Ameri- 11115 fl 5 5 e 3 should fan, the Negro freight handlers call upon the the American Federa- tion of Labor to “take the necessary action te properly protect the welfare of at class of railway employes.” ‘Only two Negro delegates attended E oh 4 5 convention last year and bone the American Federation of La- bor Portland convention in 1923. No in Atlantie City, along the boardwalk, in hotels and restaurants, and colored nursemaids ride in the ever-present “| boardwalk wheel chair with their white wards and sometimes with their white mistresses. But when a white girl stops the colored delegates to the American Federation of Labor con- vention for an interview on the board- walk the idle white population sitting on the plers or passing by, gape at the sight, Build the DAILY WORKER. Increasing Classes Speeds Up Teachers Like Ford Factory By exacting an increase of output ‘trom its teachers the Chicago board of education expects to save $300,000 this year in running its education plant. By increasing the average num- der of children in a class room from 48 to 50, the board gets more teach- ing per teacher for the same pay, just as Ford speeds up the production of automobiles by pushing more per hour thru his plant, Superintendent McAndrews also suggests “a neat trim uniform” for teachers. ‘ Speeding-up is undermining health of teachers to such an extent that group sickness and accident in- surance is being advocated by the American Federation of Teachers as a protection to teacher welfare. De- spite the low pay.“ says F. G. Stecker, “the average city allows a maximum of only two weeks’ pay on sick leave. The St. Paul Federation of Men Teach- ers has successfully worked its group insurance plan for four years. Teach- ers under 59 years are eligible with- out physical examination.” at 10 a. m. sharp. Needle Trades T. U. E. L., in other cities. | Cancel every other app 8 ogee we ATTENTION, CHICAGO NEEDLE WORKERS! A special meeting of the Needle Trades Group of the T. U. E. L. will be held SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 4 Comrade Ida Rothstein, national organizer of the take up some very important matters with us and she will also report on the conditions of the needle trades and come to this very important meeting. THE MEETING WILL BE HELD-AT THE FREIHEIT OFFICE, 3118 West Rooselevt Road. TRADE UNION EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE. is coming to this meeting to ointment that you may have WEEDLE TRADES GROUP, ae N — j forts of the internationally organized ** N FURRIERS’ UNION PLEDGE SUPPORT To Give Financial and| Moral —＋ in Pennsylvania: “WHEREAS, 150,000 anthracite coal miners have been forced to York Joint Board Furriers’ Union, re- presenting Locals 1, 5, 10 and 165, pledge our moral and financial sup struggle and urge all re igen labor to rally to the support of the ming workers and help them ‘carry their struggle to a successful conclusion, be it further “RESOLVED, That we urge the or- ganized labor movement of the United States to cooperate with every effort to bring about unity of all labor, in- ternationally, to resist the united ef- capitalist ‘class to force down the standard of lite of all workers.” Workers, Standard of Living Rises Rapidly in Bolshevik Russia The Ruin port iodtcal Labor Sta- tisties pubitsges the results of an en- quiry held for the purpose of ascer- taining the eae of the revenue and expenditure’ the Russia workers. The result of the enquiry showed that because of increased wages, expendi- ture had increased thruout in No- vember, 1924, (the date of the en- quiry) as compared with November, 1923. The increase amounts to 12-14 per cent in Kharkov and in the Don district, up th 40 per cent in Mos- cow, Leningrad and Vladimir. The expenditure on foods, forms about 45% ot the total expenditure in a working class household. Taking in- to consideration increased food prices there is an increase of 10-40% as com- pared with last year with respect to the quantity of food. As to the various food stuffs, a qualitative improvement in nourishment ig noticeable. Whilst less bread and potatoes are consumed, | the consumption of meat, fat and su- gar goes up. The demand for clothes is from 20-25 per cent higher than last year, which is also a sign of the general improvement in the workers’ living conditions. As far as Moscow is concerned, the average revenue of a workers’ family is about 100 gold rubles, and the aver- Polish “Defensive Organization.” Mass arrests of workers and peas- ants have taken place in the. White Russian districts of Bielsk and Vol- kovisk. Up to the present over a thousand workers and peasants have been placed under arrest. Amongst them are thirteen-year-old children. Lack Jails Im Bielsk the arrested are quartered in schools, hospitals ete., in conse- quence of the lack of room in the prisons. Hundreds of the arrested have been subjected to inhuman tortures. Hands and feet are tied and the bare soles beaten with sticks. Electric current is run into the ear. Hot urine with salt is poured into mouths. Lighted cigarettes are thrust against lips, ete, Populace Terrorized The population of the town is ter- rorized by the shrieks of the prison- ers and is leaving the town in masses. The police are forcing the prisoners with these tortures to make false oaths, The international proletariat must raise its voice energetically against the new crimes of the de- fensive.” Soviet Museum Backs Expedition. MOSCOW, Oct. 9.—An archeologi- cal expedition of the Academy of His- tory of Material Culture, headed by Professor Miller, has left for Krasno- day, to carry out excavations on the site of the ancient settlements which had once ished on the river Ku- | 1 ban and tg tributaries, port to the miners in their present | 1 Whole w Aired in n Congress (Special to The De ASH „ D. Worker) president of the — Totally a personal brain ‘Whe “advice” of the that act in “cloue friends,” are responsibility the whole ques- syle to Be}: October 9.— President ‘ie floundering around in @ mass of bewliderment re- TO MINE STRIKE}: cheyka (cell) or nuclei group as bers taken in since the death 22 The Vateheyke. 175 8 5 ae 1 1 4 val Rat a ee oF et a 8 “Set SiS a “pe ove * pinta e 600 YA MOSCOW, v. 8. 8. 3 eb Tatny B80 oN once Reales with a view to the cothing eng Fag ae Rit owed ATCHE unn * administration. Its numbers run from to congress | the ber in the embodied the shipping board: should be taken until after the decision preme court is handed down. of the su- That preparations to take the con- troversy before congress is under way is indicated by the announcement that H, G. Dalton, of Cleveland, select- ed by the president to investigate the matter will next week. His recommendations will be the basis of the recommendations to congress. return: to Washington Board Still Defiant In @ notice sent to Elmer E. Crow- ley, the new t of the leet corporation, the board em- phasized the fact that Orowley is solely responsible. to the board and no other department of government. defiant attitude a con-| At present the delegate of the Bank a then the city conference above The Village Yacheyka In the country there are village ! conference-—cor- responding to the conference in large cities like Moscow, Leningrad and Odessa. Free Discussion The difference between the larger conferences and the unit or yache- ykas is towfold—firat, the yacheykas meet all the year around, and secret- aries and committees are elected for six months only. The higher confer- ences meet once @ year and elect secretaries and committees for the next twelve months. The election is by show of hands for a majority vote. The election is preceded by a wide discussion, during whieh complete freedom of speech and criticism { allowed, resolutions passed, ste. But after the decisions of the 5 vention, have been made all of members must buckle down to ‘work to do the tasks decided 1 Bank Clerks Atte to Organize An attempt will soon be made the Bank Clerks’ Union to organize the bank clerks In Chicago. nidn | reveal Clerks’ Union is in Atlantic City in N ines ota an attempt to have the American Fe- of this branch ot government deration of Labor go on record for even to the extent | phar organizing the bank clerks and place the financial ling „15 is an open | an organizer in the field. secret in W pston, solution to be Atlan 23° upon all union officials to | 2 that the clerks in the ba Leningrad Soviet union funds are deposited MOSCOW, Oct. 9.—A new library has been opened at Leningrad, con- taining 200,000 volumes, to be known Opens New Library |” bl i ee . (Special te The Daily Worker) as the Universal Library. The library contains all the latest * as well as the old fletie tific books in all branches of e edge. The foreign literature section con- tains 50,000 volumes. Lenin Institute Sas Second Full Edition n, and scien- union, the State Federation ot e meeting at Champaign, IIlinols, a re- solution was passed demanding that every union official bank only in those banks that employ union clerks, about seven or eight in a villake up | to 100 or more in the cities, In fac tories or elsewhere, where there ars members, by | confession of members Ss = 4 BALTIMORE SUNDAY BALTIMORE, Mad., d, Oct. 9. Norman lentire, d organizer, will ak at the party reorganization — to be held in Baltimore on Sunday, Oct, 11, at 2 p. m., at the Crecho-Slovakian Hall, Madison and Rose St. Every party member must attend without fall. Anita Whitney Case of California Comes Before Supreme Court By LAURENCE TODD, (Federated Press Service) very hour when President Coolidge’s Omaha speech demanding tolerance tor minoritly opinion in this coun- try was appearing on the streets of the national capital, the federal su- ment on the appeal of Miss Charlotte Anita Whitney from the sentence im- posed on her by a California court for the crime of belonging to the minor- ity group known in 1919 as the ¢ Com- munist Labor Party, Her actual crime was her activity in raising and administering defense funds for the I. W. W. who were be ing sent to prison by hundreds upon mere proof of safest aa in that s | organization. Official 1 Argues Case. Argument for the accused was made by Walter H. Pollak of New York, and for the state of California by a deputy for U. S. Webb, attorney general of the state, who has had charge of the official terror against the “Wobblies” for ten years past. The state dug up the old accusa- tions against the I. W. W.-—that. by they stood convicted of burning crops, poisoning livestock, setting fire to forests and putting lime in the shoes of strike-] Stool Pigeon Testimony. He did not mention the fact that these “confessions” were made by oriminals of the Harry Orchard type who were used as profesional wit- nesses for the state in large num- bers of cases, and whose membership in the I. W. W. was denied by the responsible officers of that body. No case involving conviction of an I, W. W. member on the testimony of the red card in his pocket hag yet come to the final tribunal in Wash- International Leber Defense Ball j ington. 86th St. and Third Ave., in order growing dally. 2 2 The International Labor Defe age expenditure about 97 rubles. Lenin’s Works Pririted Polish Terror MOSCOW, Oct. 9—The Lenin In- 4s stitute is preparing a second com- ortures Young plete edition of Lenin’s works, as the Bielsk Workers — edition has been completely sold] ment (Special to The Daily Worker) In the Lenin archives were, found For further information apply MOSCOW, v. 8. 8. R. Oct. 9—The numerous rare photographs, docu- International Red Aid has received a ments and other materials which 422, New York City. 3 telegram relating new crimes of the wil be utilized for the new edition. The New York segtion of ‘the International Labor Defense is ar- ranging a grand costume ball on Saturday, October 17, at the Lyceum, The need of funds for the defense of the class war prisoners is struggle, who are sent te the oapitalist prisons, The organization has a large number of eases on hand—the number is still growing. Hence, in addition to enjoying one of the finest balls that have ever been arranged—and there will be dancing and refreshments— every comrade will be doing a great service to the working class move- Labor Defense, N@w York Section, Rose Baron, 799 Broadway, Room to riase funde for defense. nse protects all victims of the class to the secretary of the International FOR: 4 o The Russian Communiat as die composed of unite tnown as the ya 5 they would be ing of all party members in one factory, village, preme court was listening to argu~ x * * f . * gw 8 x . — . b 1 ae E r 8 . 7 3 4 . + 2 * „ a 3 2 3 1 N . e et as ay a 1 1 ; nite ; nF 4 BERTRAM woLre: Direetor, Workers’ School, — —— 5 To Aid. - Forsign-lioen in Party (Special to The Daily Worker) NEW YORK, Oct. 8.--The English courses that the Workers’ Achoel of- fers: this year assume special politics! importance because of the reorgan- ization of the party. Party re-ergan- ization means that every party mem- ber must be able to speak, read and write English. The abolition of the foreign speaking comrades in shop un- clei and international branches where English will be the official language and where Russian, Lithuanian, Jew- ‘ish, Scandinavian, Italian and other foreign speaking members will find themselves together with American workers who speak only English, means that the entire party must learn English or great numbers of its members will be lost to the party and to the class struggle in America. To meet this need, the Workers’ ‘School has prepared to offer any num ber of English courses on any and all nigtits of the week in order to accom- odate all those who should and must be studying English during the next three months. To Aid Comrades. There will be courses in elementary, intermediate and advanced English as well as courses in composition and workers correspondence. The ele- mentary. English will be two nights a week and other courses will be one night a week, But to specially accom- odate the active, leading workers of the foreign federations who are go occupied with party work. that they cannot spare more than one night a ‘week and yet need improvement in English, there will be one night a ‘week of our elementary English courge with a distince political tone to its vocabulary, exercises, dictation, to., that is to say, that the subject matter treated in this course will be the subject matter which is necessary for party life to be conducted in the English language. A group of courses will begin the week of Oct. 19, includ- ting elementary, intermediate and ad- vanced English. A staff of twenty teachers has been prepared and as many courses will be started as the registration warrants. The fee for these courses, where they are given one night a week will be $2.50 for a three months course and where two night a week $3.50 for a three months course. Registration is now going on in Room 34 of the Workers’ School at 108 East 14th St., N. Y. City. Further information can be secured by writing to Bert Wolfe, director of the Work- ers’ Schoot at the above address. Every foreign-born worker who takes seriously the Bolshevization and re-organization of the party, must im- prove his knowledge of English. Now is the Aime to begin before re-organ- ization has been b Sen meted, — oe — . — — —— 2 — a? = on Sr. * HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! “GLASSES INN. Y,
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Boston Checker Taxi. (A Worker Correspondent.) | ers in the Taxicab returned to work Oct. cents an hour for overtime. } midnight Sept. in wages and a nine-hour day. won, men won the strike. Cotton Production Increases in America ) WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Based on reports up to October 1 a probable - yield of 152 pounds of lint cotton per acre for the United States and a to- tal production of ‘14,759,000 bales of 500 pounds gross, was forecasted by the crop reporting board of the 4* partment of agriculture. final estimated yield for 1924 157.4 pounds. Drivers Win Strike BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 8.—~Taxi driv- employ of the Checker . of Boston, who have been out on strike since 23 19, 2, when the company granted to the workers an increase in wages of one dollar a day and a nine-hour work day and fifty The strike which was started on 19, was originally ‘meant as a protest against the com- ; pany because of the order to the driv- and caps. © lowest city of Boston and therefore, changed their plans and demanded an increase This is the second strike of taxi drivers in Boston and each strike was The first strike was when the drivers of the Premier Taxi company walked out on strike also for an in- crease in wages and after a struggle that lasted about three weeks, the The estimated yield per acre on Sept. 16. was 143.5 pounds, while the was The total cotton pro- duction last year was 13,627,936 bales. — S |i during the war, | Woodrow Wilson as arbitrator in a DON’T FORGET PITTSBURGH, PA. Just Opened. Hirsch's Restaurant 1603 CENTER AVENUE Modern! Sanitary! Excellent Service 7 ‘tthe banks. Henry. Let us stand on our manly/ laid off for the ‘offense. Withm an God knows we workers are falling| th For Hour Day When Govt. Paid. + (By WORKER CORRESPONDENTY” ; pernort, Mich,, Oct, 9.—At the Ford plant, the world’s richest corpora- tion, the workers are going thru a sweating period being expected to work 12 hours a day even including Sunday for straight time. Everybody has read the advertisements and publicity articles in the capitalist papers about the improved Ford car. r Ne This same Henry Ford, in 1819, was appointed by paid his e adele She Wak daly when the government footed the bill. We older men well remember the booklet issued by this company some years ago. It ran something like this: “The Ford Motor company does not consider the making of cars its chief object, only primarily being interested in the making of men.” Looking at the tired faces at quitting time one is struck by the hypocrisy of it all. Those faces more nearly suggest the | “breaking of men.” e MEXICAN UMN] MAN; ALLEGE PLOT T0 asd CLE MEXICO CITY, Oct. ber of the Railway Union, 4 Son- ductor, is under arrest with others—tho one escaped by leaping thru a car Window on the way te this city—for a rumored “plot to kill President Calles.“ Police state that they discovered the alleged plot in the state of Jalisco. Members of the group are reported to have formed what they call the “new army” composed of 9—A mem- — 80% two Terrorism Didn 't Work. vantage of the "JAPANESE N PROTEST 4 1511 71 ning | — powers of ber riet in order to ter- into refraining EXCLUSION TO JAP DELEGATES|| * In th anese NEW YORK, Oct, 9. — The Japanese Workers’ Union of New York City composed of over 200 Japanese workers employed in various trades, at their last meeting passed a resolution to be sent to the Japanese delegation at- tary union congress. following resolution, sent by telegram to the delegation, the Jap- N kers score the attempt of Secretary ot State Kellogg to esciude ‘ the Communist member of the Brit-+— ish house of commons, Shapurji Sak- latvala, for a speech in which Saklat- vala — the workers of all lands n ot the im- Resslution. 4 “Japanese De eee uten Congress, “Washington, D. C cage 8 “Exclusion of vala, Commun- ist-member of parliament of Hngland from your congress, because of revolu- tionary statements in behalf of en- slaved Hindus, is nothing but a dis- play of dirty capitalistic policy, “Time after time the people of England endorsed the Commynistic views of Saklatvala thereby he enjoys : ; arliament. A couple of years ago when busi-| the enemies of the present govern- — the political 1 the 4 “However, there is a tendency ness rye 2 — 28 11 4 mont. | administration that oyncally l among some English representatives — Aygoronea 8 lives of mem to willingly and shamelessly dishonor : of th Ford would inaugurate a4 five-day|Right Wing G : sory in otder ty increase ite poutiest| thé English empire by accepting the week in his plant as one day of rest B reak U Big othe prestige the voters of the erelusion handed down. Incidentally was insufficient for his workers (an Pp M West. |. they brand themselves as the staunch admission that the men are over-| of Workmen’s Circle we te sient supporters of capitalist class whether worked). But now when business is Se of the Navy Wilbur main-| Coneciously or unconsciously. booming working his men overtime/ HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 9,—Right “As one of the Asiatic nations, dis causes Boom to affect! wing gangsters of the Workmen's Japan, especially the Japanese work- science. That Much Advertised Bonus, When Ford wanted to squeeze out the minority stockholders he was very much interested in his employes and doled out the so-called bonus which act was heralded around the world a few years ago. Now, since he controls all the stock, it does not bother nis conscience one lota when he receives $100,000,000 profit in one year with a little extra change of $400, 000,000 in Fellow workers! Let us ditch. this cowardly Ford spirit of leaving our welfare to the tender mercies of} spirit and join the Auto Workers’ or Machinists’ Union, ~ Let us have something to say about 1 our life and the products of our toll. ‘Let us quit feeling like jelly fish, but let us feel the atl that comes with | organization. jori Don't say, we cunt buck the great Pord Motor Co. months ago what our foreign-born | brothers in. Copenhagen, Denmark, did. A worker accidentally upset/ some paint on a car body, he was hour every worker at the plant quit form, work demanding his reinstatement. The Great FordeMotor Co, complied returned again to work. That is the power of organization, | United we stand, divided we fall. fast in this great land of Rockefeller, Morgan and Ford. Higher than Prewar : Standards of Wages MOSCOW, Oct. 9—Taking the aver- age wage of a worker in the last quar- ter of 1924 as 100, the average wage of metal workers in January, 1925, was 103.8 per cent, of chemical work- ers 107.5, of workers in the food in- dustry, 110.3, in the fobacco industry 107.4, in the leather industry 110.5, in the printing trade 102.5, in the tex- tile industry 100, the general average being 103.5 per cent. As compared with pre-war wages, the situation ig as follows: (in pre- war rubles): 1913, 27.1; October, 1924, 32.71; November, 1924, 31.14 and January, 1923, 32.77. Thus we find that vn the Moscow average the pre-war wage has already been rde. Take this copy of the DAILY WORKER with you to the rer tomorrow, = 0 93 — ll * 3 _ ATTENTION! ! — » | 3 7 ~~. —~ MASS MEETING Members of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ „ Union are invited to attend this meeting, at which the latest developments and the settlement of the controversy in the I. L. G. W. U. in New York will be explained. | To Be Held : Monday, October 1 2th, at 8 P. M. * ASHLAND AUDITORIUM (Small Hall) Corner Ashland and Van Buren. IDA ROTHSTEIN, a member of the I. L. G. W. U. and a representative of the National Committee of the Needle Trades Section of the T. U. E. L. All Needle Trades Workers are Invited to Come to thie Meeting. Under the Auspices of the Needle Trades’ National Committee, T. U. K. L. ADMISSION FREE. a conference in Washington now.” papa AAA AA AAAAAAAAAAA A ee tt ts ss i i ssi r in i i nn anc inn etn ttt do tnd ATTENTION! „Passing the Buck ber to 7,66 roubles, whilst in Jan- uary 1925 it amounted already to Favorite Pastime 17 roubies. 5 Tou read a few 0 1 5 immediately with the demand, and all it was 5m slug door. a were Circle broke up a meeting called by the left wing action committee Satur- day night, The right wingers were out in full force and showed from the start that they were going to break up the meeting. The meeting held at cational Alliance and the speaker was to be Duroskkin of New York, who was once a member of the executive committee of the Workmen's Circle was made a member at large by a right wing machine. e chairman of the mber of the left wing action com- ae was introducing the speaker when the right wingers began to show ir stuff. They wanted to know ho this left wing action committee t right they had to call a meet- ing and their trump card was that the meeting should elect a chairman. This was ridiculous since the ma- those present were not mem- fy the left wing. Their main an just to keep the speaker from starting. %% Hours of Disruption When ‘the speaker, after the air was filled with argument for some two hours, tried to get on the plat-, some right wing strong arms y Sacks, grabbed hold of him. he got on the stage. Ueiirent that no meeting could be hi ce it was almost midnight. The t ‘wingers were afraid to hear @ speaker had to say. He was 6, criticize the bureucratic of- 1 of the Workmen's Circle. — 0 chairman then announced that i this ne (2) was over and that all left wingers who wanted to bear Moscow Workers Get en Speaker should go into another Hall in the building. And He Went Right Out Again We had hardly gathered in this er hall when a few right wing 8, W ais ers began One little right ‘winger, Hurt- vitz, a boss painter and a little runt was the first thru the door but he went right out again by the collar. We aw it was impossible to go on, so we left the building and went over to a member's house where the speak- er gave a brief address, explained the situation and urged the left wingers to keep on the fight with added cour- age. Best Members Are Left Wing The most- active members of the left wing action committee are old members in the Workmen's Circle and members of the Workers Party. The left wing action committee is going to strengthen itself here Hartford so the next time the right |. winger sluggers who try their stuff, will get back their own medicine, On with the fight, brothers, to take the Workmen’s Circle out of the hands of strikebreaking petty bourgeois. e Labor Bdu- but three of the crew perished like rats in a trap. Brande Wilbur Liar. meeting, aas follow: court record. “The maln points in this corres- from the chief ot naval operations, | disapproved 1 0 that the But over as scheduled. “2. Recommendation that out the new my husband to: the chief of nava operations, Aug, 4, 1925: Feared. Possible Defects. In view of the fact that the suc- to break thru the itinerary it is recommended that the Shenan- doah make the functioning of this mast. type. be remedied prior to western flight.“ the — in , the daily produc- average to 7, 1924, it went u in Washington Meet WASHINGTON, Oct, tions made by delegates to the inter- parliamentary Washington government again take leadership in promoting reduction of world armaments answered Theodore Burton of Ohio. Referring to the desire for a new limitation of armaments conference, Mr. Burton said “various propositions looking toward the same ideal are be- ing considered in various conferences and it would be an in- trusion for our president to ask for hat the 9. — Sugges- union’s conference help! by Representative European material available on the disaster in order to launch an investigation of the recent series of naval disasters, the latest of Which was the sinking of the submarine 8.51, in which all The name of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur was brought into the investiga- tion by Mrasiansdowne who testified “Secretary Wilbur was quoted in the press as ‘saying that my husband had made no protest against going at this time, an@ one of my principal rea- sons, for appearing before this court is to emphasise the fact that my state- ment has been substantiated by of- ficial correspondence read into the pondence as I see them are all em- bodied in a letter to my husband dated Aug. 1 1925, in which the } of my husband are flight pee of the second Disapproved, be- airs oecur during first week of month and must be flown a trial flight be made fret to Detroit to test mast there be- fore making the long swing around over the state fairs. Disapproved, be- cause its necessity was not apparent to the department in spite of the de- finite reasons for the recommenda- tion given as follows in a letter from cess of carrying out this proposed and schedule necessitates landing at the Detroit mooring mast trip to Detroit during the last week in August to test out It is pointed out that this mast is of a new Thus in case of failure to func- tion properly of either the mast or gear the Shenandoah could carry suf- ficient fuel to safely return to Lake- hurst, and any defects or deficiencies middle Production Increases In Russ e MOSCOW, Oct. 9. —For the period amounted on an ubles, in October o 7,20 roubles, in November to 7,60 roubles, in Decem- To Save THE DAILY WORKER ing class, has nothing in common with the English ruling class policy of en- ‘slaving India. On the contrary, she is predestined to stand by the Hindus’ ery for justice and self-determination. “The Saklatvala case is the acid test of your. political views—whether you are with the ever aggrandizing inter- national capitalistic plunderérs or have you the heart to side with the down-trodden people - ot Asia. “Your honor as the representatives of the Japanese people demands you pay profound attention to the Sha- purji Saklatvala case. Please, remem- ber you are sitting in the very place christened after the avowed revolu- tionist against English imperialism. „V. NISHIMURA, “Secretary Japanese W kore’ Union of New York. 2 * Labor Defense. Grand Ball Coming Soon in Chicago; Jot Date Down CHICAGO, Oct. §—The Chicago lo- cal committee of I. L. D. is busy with plans for increasing the membership, workers’ organizations, raising special pledged sums for the Zeigler defense and preparing extra attractions for the grand ball and dance to be held October 24 at the new Temple Hall on Van Buren and Marshfield for the benefit of the defense. Tickets, plug- gers, etc. are being widely distrib- uted. The admission ‘price—in ad- vance—is only 50c and includes ward- robe. Branches Are Active. Reports made at the last meeting of delegates from branches were very encouraging. Most branches had substantially increased their mem- bership since organizing a month or two ago and were arranging special meetings. The Bulgarian branch has done very well. It started with 19 members and has already held twa thass meetings, one of which was at- tended by over 100 Bulgarian work- ers, one-third of the entire Bulgarian population of Chicago. It now has 20 members. Slovak Workers Society No. 16 (250 members) and Machinists’ Union No. 337 (400 members) have recently at- filiated to the Chicago I. IL. D. The work here is getting up steam. l Rival Imperialisms Leave One Little Question to Hague THE HAGUE, Oct. 9.—The rival interests of two imperialisms over a little island in the eastern Pacific is the subject of the Hague tribunal’s mediation to settle the dispute bet- ween the United States and Holland as to which owns -the island of Las Palmas, half way between the Philip- pines and the Dutch Archipelago. Both governments have agreed to leave decision in the matter to Max Huber, a citizen of Switzerland who is, acting as president of the rather ignored “international court of just- ice” at the Hague. MT J. KAPLAN MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices $646 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 The Opening the Winter Season! . r Third Annual Youth Ball TONIGHT---OCT. 10 ROOSEVELT HALL, 3437 W. Roosevelt Rd. West Syn REFRESHMENTS O DANCING U 1 A. M. ADMISSION sse Tickets may be gggured at the DA! ators, Music by J. e s Excellegt Jazz Orchestra the Mid- E BEST KIND. office, the local W. P. office and from Y. W. L. members. Auspices, Young Workers League, Local Chicago. Don’t Miss It— . It Will Be LY WORKER a Real Event! | i i i i i i i i i ee ee ee ee ed _——E > i A a ee ee i _., -, -, » » ee DD DD DD DDD DD te DD 4 the privileges in the glorious English } getting more collective affiliations of Peasant Taxes Fall to arter g Taxation in Russia The deputy chairman of the coun- cil of people's commissaries, Comrade Tsuriupa, has given some in figures on the burden of taxation of the peasantry in Soviet Russia in his report at the last party conference of the Russian Communist Party. Be- fore the war direct taxes amounted to 1.80 rubles per head, whilst indirect taxes to 4.5 rubles per head. In addi-j white man's system of tion there were payments to the peas-/ nient * flawless ant bank, etc., amounting to 4.01 ru- bles. Thus the total burden of taxa-}: tion previous to the war was 10.37 ru- bles per head. _ Taxes Fall. After the revolution the burden of u approximated this sum only in one year, the year 1920-21, It amounted. at that time to 10.30 ru- bles per head. In the following years there was a steady lowering of the burden of. taxation: in the year 1921-22, it amounts to 6.11 rubles; in 1922-23, 3.98 rubles; in 1924-26, 3.90 rubles per head. In the coming budget year the bur- den of taxation consisting of the pro- posed indirect taxes and the general agricultural tax will be omly 2.77 ru- | bles per head. Putting the general amount of direct and indirect taxes in } the year 1912 at 100, the situation in the years 1920-21 1 as follows: + | } 1920-21, 100; 1921.22, 60; 193838, 48; 1923-24, 37; 1924-25, 423; 1925-26, 7 that the world war between slain on the battle field, had treating all colored men in a S absolute equality giving up titude of color —— Take this cop t th tomorrow. The peasant taxes, direct and indi- George E. Pashas 4 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block frem Imperial Hell PHONE DIVERSEY 0791 nations in which some 10,000,000 were geen with you to the Gi — ö ö 5 ‘ ‘ ‘ 5 { { : ‘ ! rect, will amount during the current! year to about 44 ber cent of the pre- war taxes, and the general burden of ) taxation of the peasantry will be ouly| | a quarter of pre-war taxatich. But | it must be taken into consideration that the purchasing capacity of che ruble is much smaller than before the war. The direct taxation of the peasantry | | will be only a quarter of pre-war taxa- tion. But it must be taken into con- sideration that the purchasing capac- ity of the ruble is much smaller than befor ethe war. The direct taxation of the peasantry | thru the general agricultural tax has } Four — bean reduced in t% current budget Light Luncheon Served 1154 Madison Street, Corner Ann OPEN DAY AND NIGHT .» en year from 470 million rubles to 300 million rubles, that is to sheer oy about 40 per cent. — GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise Philadelphia, Notice! Weber Printing Co. 850 N. FIFTH | STREET, Phone Humbolét 2707 GRIGER & NOVAK 1934 W. Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winehester) 146 ACADEMY OF MUSIC -:- _ PHILADELPHIA Broad & Locust St. FEOQDOR CHALIAP MISHA Singer Violinist OLGA SAMARO Pianist : ; at GIMBEL’S TICKET OFFICE, 9th and Market. World’s Greatest World - Renowned « ‘America’ s Foremost TICKETS for thie series of 8 Sunday night concerts NOW ON SALE J DAD —— BKB Kr LA, 25th ANNIVERSARY 1900 CELEBRATION of the SINGING SECTION of Frauen-Kranken-Unter- stuetzungs-Verein Fortschritt“ „ at Northside. Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark St.“ Tickets, in advance, 50 cents—at the door, 75 cents. ib » + » +» » » 4 » + + » be bb bette rTvrTrRPYTTTrtYfet’'-='sTsr,jo=sewrww=eewrwo ero reYT-. “Help F ree the Political 8 Grand Costume Ball given by the INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE at THE LYCEUM, 86th Street and Third Avenue NEW YORK CITY Saturday Evening, October I th Jazz and Classic Orchestra Special Entertainment Features Tickets of Admission 75.Cents Store, 799 Broadway, Room 422, and 108 E. 14th St. — — 1 Sunday, October 18, 1925, at 4 o' clock wer Costume Prizes For sale at Freiheit office, Novy Mir, Jimmie Higgins Book .
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SS 190 Advertising rates on application. ——— — 2 1 Fascisti on Rampage Incensed at the growing opposition to the fascist regime in Italy, Mussolini’s blackshirt hordes that waded to power thru riv- ers of blood are demonstrating their determination to retain that power by a veritable saturnalia of murder, rapine, incendiarism and 1 . trom London reveal the fact that the outbreak against the free masons in Florence over the week-end, meager re- ports of which were received by telegraph at the time, was a piece of vandalism seldom surpassed even by that government of assassi,, nation. Free masonry in Italy has taken up the struggle of the petty bourgeoisie against the increased burden of taxation imposed upon that class to maintain the fascist power. In the punitive expedition against this class in Florence their houses were entered and leaders of the society murdered in cold blood, stores large and small were pillaged and burned to the ground, while fascist bands held off the firemen that tried to stop the conflagrations. | Simultaneously with this outbreak, the grand ‘council of the fascisti, meeting in secret session in Rome, framed “constitutional changes” giving the government complete control over every phase of economic and political life. If carried into effect this change means the death knell of the labor movement in Italy. .Under its terms only fascist unions are recognized and the shop committees that have arisen in heavy industry—to a considerable extent under Communist influence—are to be disbanded and replaced by fascist hooligans. In an effort forcibly to conscript the working class of the nation under the banner of fascism a provision of the new code creates a compulsory arbitration board for industry and labor, to be selected by the fascist government, and makes striking a crime punishable by death. This attack upon both the proletariat and certain elements of the petty bourgeoisie will react favorably for the revolutionary movement. The pillaging of the homes and stores of the small shop- keepers will result in aligning many of that class on the side of the proletarian struggle and will neutralize other sections, as that class can never, in any country at this stage of development, lead an independent political existence. Thus arises a situation in Italy that conjures up the words of Karl Mark: | “On the eve of each general reconstruction of society, the last word of soolal science will every be: „ Combat or death. Bloody struggle or extinction. that the question is Irresitibly put.“ it is thus There is but one reply possible to a threat to punish striking by death and that is insurrection. At one blow the fascist govern- ment has placed that question on the order of the day. Thruout the years of black reaction the vanguard of the working class—the Communist Party of Italy—has slowly and painfully struggled to maintain its existence. The long struggle has steeled it so that it will know how to meet this new menace by rallying the bleeding and battered masses of Italy to the revolutionary standard and sweeping from power in a mighty upheaval - Mussolini gov- ernment. Every day get “sub” for the DAILY WORKER and a member for the Workers Party. Five Months of China’s Struggle The manner in which the Chinese people have united to discredit completely the fake international conference to consider the shooting | of Shanghai students and strikers is further proof of the ability of the Chinese for concerted action. The press is practically a unit against the conference, the unions, the students and the smaller Chinese commercial elements, General] Feng and the well-known legislator Tang Shoayi, all have issued statements denouncing it. A huge demonstration in front of the hall where the conference is in session has taken place and the cor- respondents of the American capitalist press take a very gloomy view of the situation. The strategy of Great Britain was to give the conference an in- ternational character and thus conceal the leading part played by British interests in the Shanghai outrages. Her pressure for joint action was so strong that the American government yielded and, much to the joy of the advanced section of the Chinese liberation movement, has practically destroyed the myth that it was a friend of the people. The correspondent of the New Vork Times cables as follows: My opinion is that the inquiry was a mistake, especially from the viewpoint of American policy and may possibly cause embarrass- ment later. it is believed here that Washington was drawn in by Downing Street, which, it is said, is trying to improve the British position in China by relieving. pressure against them exclusively by giving all moves the color of international action. 0 This statement is all the more signiflcant as the Times is the bearer of the mother country“ tradition in the United States. The Shanghai strike and the rise of the national liberation movement that followed it has thus accomplished two highly im- portant things: 1.. It has made a definite cleavage between Britain and the United States in China. 2. It has resulted in American imperialism being exposed as another one of the robber groups. There are remarkable advances in the period from May to October. In addition, the Chinese labor moyement has established itself firmly, the national liberation movement is more ‘than ever based on the workers and peasants and the membership of the Chi- nese Communist Party has tripled. The wave of revolution in the Far East has not subsided but has changed into a powerful ground swell which will sweep im- perialism on to the rocks with a force that will shatter it. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. a att * * 1 1 9 he Ger By ARTHUR ROSENBERG (Berlin). HORTLY before Whitsuntide, the German reichstag agreed to ac- cept the Spanish trade agreement af- ter a tumultuous evening session at Which the fate of the Luther govern- ment was at stake. The German-Spanish trade relations were limited even before the war to Spain supplying Germany with colo- nial fruits and wine, and receiving German industrial goods in return. The world war and the economic con- fusion which followed, had led to the German-Spanish trade relations being almost completely broken off. Not un- til the summer of 1924 did the Ger- man and Spanish governments con- clude a provisional trade agreément by the German reichstag. The éon- firmation of this trade agreement, which was already in force was the subject round which the parliament- ary conflict was waged. HE trade agreement was concluded in such a form, that Spain carried all its points, while the German bour- geoisie had to yield all along the line. Spain forced the concession that Span- ish wines and colonial fruits were to be imported into Germany at a ridicu- lously low customs duty. This was of course, a death blow to the Ger- man vine-growers. There are in Ger- many some hundreds of thousands of small vine-growers, especially in Wurttemburg and on the Rhine, who gain their precarious ~ living under very difficult circumstances. For these vine-growers the wholesale im- port of cheap southern wines is noth- ing less than 1 catastrophe. Political- ly these vine-growers have up to now belonged to the right parties almost without exception: to the German na- tional party and the right wing of the center. By the Spanish trade agree- ment, the German bourgeoisie has now sacrificed these vine-growers in order to drive a good ‘industrial bargain. Besides this, German industrial goods are dealt with very unfavorably in the Spanish trade agreement. The German industrialists did not succeed in obtaining the most favored nation ‘terms; on the contrary, with regard to the most important German ex- : which was still awaiting confirmation | prices man consumers by exorbitant prices, and in this way to gain the strength to enter the w N with quite cheap, ruinously competitive Thus the Spanish trade agreement represents on the ot Germany a dumping speculatién sort. C. P. of Germany violently o every customs duty which increases the price of goods for the consumption of the masses. Wine however is in Germany no staple article of food of the people, but a luxury. The ‘work- ing class which, with: the exception of only a few districts in Germany drinks no wine at all, has no direct interest as to how the price of wine are deter- mined. For this r it was a self- understood duty of the C. P. of Ger- many to stand up for the poor vine- growers who are about to be ruined by the Spanish trade agreement. An- other reason why the C. P. of Ger- many felt compelled to reject the Spanish trade agreement, was that it is, without exception; opposed to the whole economic system which is based on high protective fariffs, undercut- ting and increasing the price of ere for the German consumers. The Spanish trade agreement was a cause of great embarrassment to tho ruling parties of. the right in Ger- many. The acceptance of the com- mercial treaty would of necessity call forth great embitterment among the vine-growers and the small peasantry as a whole. The German nationalists were in danger of losing their -repu- ge 0s digit Bos 5 g 555 it 1 1 : 2 F 5 K treaty. * IAT then was the attitude of the WS. P. of Germany? This so-call- ed labor party behaved in its usual pitiable manner. As the faithful laws passed by the aid of the S. P. of Germany and to delight simultan- eously in the joys of power and the embarrassing one for the Luther gov- ernment. For, had the reichstag re- pudiated the Spanish trade agreement the Luther government would no long- ‘er have In a position to conclude any treaties whatever with foreign states, since no one would have re- garded the signatures of Herr Luther. and Herr Stresemann as quite valid. The day awaited with such anxious suspense arrived, the day when the question was to be decided by the reichstag in full session: The govern- ment parties made a declaration in common which, in tortuous language, expressed their agreement with the trade agreement. At the same tima however, it was announced that a cer- tain minority from the government parties would reject the 3 | The democrats, as a pro-ca | party, declared themselves in favor the agreement. Hilferding made unprecedented speeeh on bre the S. P. of Germany. very detailed theoretical 3 the present economic situation in oh many, he raved against the an eded corn tariff, he ae oat the German big bouregoisie had the! “ rw 1 ; 8 F * — * 1 oe we en . 1 > 7 1 d 7 2 9 — 29 ＋ 4 * * . * a 7 ire Tian 7 * we - * . N = E * . 1 „ A: 2 4 age | - — „ = 1 * * U * * $ * n 2 2 1 a : 7 7 2 2 N 8 ins «=, *-~ . * * * — “> 3 be , Oct. ®—Bnrolimend iy of new men in the co lese of culture at the Sanus of III a says not many students from the farm wick SF *