Daily Worker
November 15, 1925
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arg aE ames: pra , A Np ae ‘i a A ye Suede ranqe eae 7 ars é > Gi He. RPGR Sw This Issue Consists of >rwo - Sections. SECTION ONE. Published Dally except ae PUBLISHING,CO,, 1113 W. Washi by THE DAILY WORKER, ngton Bivd., Chicago, IL. we : Price 5 The following is the second of a series of sctictea’ ‘upon the life and struggle of the 158,000 striking anthracite miners, written om the field of action by William F. Dunne, editor of The DAILY, “WORKER, whose — description of conditions should interest every reader, By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. (Article ‘2.) SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 13.—Ali tate armed-warfare between klan an *. ? ments w may precipi- anti-klan groups which will dwarf the Herrin struggle are being formed here. On the surface it appears asa struggle between the local sections of the republican and democrat parties. Beneath the = in x poke of the heterogenous elements of which both Seventy-Five Per Cent Cut Resented — (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—The Italian debt agreement, in which Italy is to repay © $2,042,000,000 borrowed ruring the War on terms far more lib- eral than’ have been ‘accorded other debtor nation, is dué for apienal bombardment when te rem a8 the group. of spokesmen.,for the America Q8 “trialists” and the pétty” bourgeois democrats from the middle west. Stage Is Set. Administration leaders will make some speeches on American generos-: ity, and the opposition will extend some sympathy to-the American tax- payer pointmg out that the Italian settlement’ represents a net loss of around $75,000,000°a year. The net loss to the taxpayer is incurref thru the difference in interest rates on the _ (Continued on Page 2) A DECISIVE STRUGGLE IN THE FURRIERS’ UNION! The Bostot convention of the Furriers’ Union is the scene of one of the most far- reaching struggles between the left and the right wing in the history of labor in this country. Full Reports by Telegraph Every Day in special articles by William W. Weinstone These articles are of special value to all trade unionists. SUBSCRIBE! JS +zroups are a ao the class line appears. It is faint but it is there. Twenty state cossacks are on guard in the Lackawanna county § court- house. In the bdsement are ten more with their horses and machine guns, The exercise of the right of | franchise by some thousands of Lack- awanna county citizens, and the ad- | ditional complication of a city elec- |tion in Scranton, has brot the threat {of civil war: | but bullets are more than likely to de- Ballots have been cast. cide the moot questions. Both 100 Per Centers. McHugh chief of police of. Scran- ton and a democrat, leads the anti- klan forces. ett yn, a coal operator, heads ‘the republican party and klan cohorts. ‘Both announce that they are per cent Americans, against the “reds’’ and for god, country: and eet | chosen people. The presence of the state troopers prevented god from making a de- precedent, the anti-klansmen have iseized the klan-filled ballot béwei thru- out Lackawanna county with the evi- dent intention of aiding god. to arrive at the proper conclusion. .. . The klan has mobilized. to: prevent god being imposed upon and trusty 30-30s, and smaller arms, are being oiled up by .both. sides. . Class Line is Klan Ieaue. The class line in this : broil, whose seriousness is not to be ‘niitiimized by facetiousness, is faint, as 1 have said. More than that it is’ confused be- ‘cause workers are to be found on both sides. But the general line of divis- ion in the ranks of the miners is for the anti-klan forces and against Jermyn, the coal operator and his klansmen. So powerful has the opposition to Jermyn become among the miners that Cappellini, for years. a wheel- horse of the republican machine, was forced to desert the republican organ- iaztion and support the anti-Klan forces. The whole Lewis machine is beset with contradictions in this situation. It supports the Pinchot republican state gang of silk-stocking reformers but has to break on the klan issue and the candidacy of coal operator Jermyn in Scranton. There is little question but that a klan victory would have serfi- ous consequences for the miners’ union and its large foreign-born mem- bership. Equally serious for the junion is the support of the democrat |party with the catholie’church domi- nating its organized section. Germs of Labor Party. The germs of class consciousness (Continued on page 2) NITRATES NOT SENTIMENT PATILLOS: = ANTOFO: amet PACIFIC OCEAN MEJILLON LES ARGENTINA Nitrates ment not “Black-Jack”’ who are *tory and are na-Arica and these are seeing to “Black-Jack” their interests. (Story on page two.) = . iI EL 100 | | sion up to date and his position is| | more shar neually hgrmneny tees it senti- is the motto of the “blue jackets” and Pershing in thig terri- “arrang- a ing” the plebiscite to decide whether Peru or * Chile wins-in the Tac- controversy. This territory “ig valu- able to American finan- clers as it offers easy access to the nitrate fields of South America, financiers it that protects - — » en ae ASE ORT PP ad 4 ROR OS eRe Re S98 OO EE —_~* x Sep SONS, SORT ROR CFs OF. ey BS 28 PO - = This picture was taken police court in London dema Young Communist League of e eats iE OF COMMUNISTS SO UP PEOP Pre er oe Oe el Re — ~~ ee "=\ » ee EE 8 OR wee Pat en” Ae ‘ l a Fa I ~ > a J ee ee ; ery, | To ee ne wae - - - “= ap ’ > (Special to The Daity Worker) PEKING, China, Nov. 13.—Support- ets of Chang Tso-lin the open tool of foreign imperialism, who has been using imperialist backing to suppress the national liberation movement as far south as his troops could pene- trate from their Manchurian | base; have fied the capital as it was seiz- ed by the soldiery of General Feng Yu-hsiang. Some members of the cabinet have resigned and Feng is the ac- knowledged master of the situation in the ancient capital where the dip- lomats of the imperialist powers are meeting to decide—or so the¥ imag- ine—what concessions they shall give to or withhold from China on the is sue of autonomy. Chang Admits Defeat. Chang Tso-lin admits defeat in the battles that have taken place to the south in the region of Huschow, in northern Kiangsu province, where the statement issued by Chang admits 2.000 of his troops were killed. Meanwhile that the provisonal pres- ident, old Tuan Chbjui, is held un- der guard of Feng’s troops who dis- armed his bodyguard of Chang’s mer- cenaries, the committee on _ iterim measures appointed by the interna- tional customs conference now being held here, met today after a week's adjournment to discuss possible co- ordination of the American, Japanese and Chinese proposals. Anglo-American Bloc, Reports from America say that President Coolidge and Sir Esme Howard, British ambassador, with Secretary of State ‘Kellogg, recently held a long conference upon the ques- tion of China, and formed an alliance (Continued . 2 page 2) Chicago Typo Members to Discuss New Scale on Sunday Afternoon Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 has issued a call for a_ special meeting to take place at the Brick- layers’ Hall, Sunday afternoon, at 1 o'clock, corner Monroe and Peoria streets, to discuss the report of the newspaper scale’ committee. Continue Arrests in Spain. BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 13—Ar- rests by the police of individuals whom it is claimed were involved in the plot against the directorate con- tinue to be made thruout Spain. It is reported the conspirators had planned to revive the defunct military juntas and proclaim a republic. If you want to thoroughly un- deistand .Communism—study ands of English workers in front of the vernm release the leaders of the Communist Party and : vi ' that are now on trial charged with sedition. Bow Stree‘ OOo eo een eee Chang Tso-lin’s headquarters at Mukden, Manchuria, admits in a communique that Chang lost 2,000 killed in battles with forces of the central provinces commanded by Wu Pei-fu and the Chekiang govern- or Sun, near the city of Hsuchow in northern Kiangsu. Meanwhile, Gen- eral Feng Yu-hsiafig, whose align- ment with the forces of the Kuo- mintang and the national liberation movement has won him the sym- pathy of all who wish to see China free, has seized Peking from the west and Chang's supporters have fled the capital. Moscow Court Nips Hopes of Bourgeois Wealth in Bank Clerk Moscow, Nov. 13.—When John Zhivetovsky, a .lerk in a govern- mental bank, thought that he would enrich himself while in government employ by selling cotton on commis- sion for the American firm of Tarver, Steel and company, he reckoned with- out the Moscow authorities. The Mos- cow provincial court has sentenced him to two years:in prison and loss of citizenship for three additional years. It is thus that the budding Falls of the Soviet union: are ably handled. | MEXIGAN WORKERS JOIN PROTEST AT HUNGARIAN TERROR’S RAKOSI! TRIAL By A. G. GARDUNO, VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Nov. 13.— The Vera Cruz Communist workers in the Eighth Anniversary of the Russian revolution, held a gigantic celebration, making strong protests at the same time, agajnst the bloody Horthy regime of Hungary fof its attempt to railroad Rakosi and Weinberger tovthe gallows. The formal protest was transmitted to the Hungarian comsul general’s lo- cal secretary. —_—_—_ Per € to V Pe Seat, to Ford : The 17th general convention of the Industrial Workers of the World was devoted yesterday almost aii day to a discussion of the organization's finances and means of supporting the central headquarters, including the press. As the sliding scale of dues and initiation fees has been previously adopted, a further motion was carrie¢ to provide that per capita tax from the industrial unions should be fifteer Ey (Special to The machine, power of the union—if these are condemn me for it.’’ By WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE... BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 13.—The time at the special convention of the Furriers’ Union. here, while Ren Gold in a two hour speech of defense of the New York board delivered a heavy bombardment = the Kau Dally Worker) delegates: forgot about linich nt -Gold’s speech was a smashing eistiseint of the yéllow socialist bureaucracy when he said,—“If to restore the will and fighting spirit of the membership, if to sweep out corruption and gangsterism, if to organize the unorganized, if to build up the crimes against the constitution, you may find me guilty, but ee: > furriers in the shops will never Delegates Applaud. As Gold closed, the delegates rose amid prolonged cheering for the mag- nificent demonstration .of the left wing’s program and ability. Never was a.bureaucratic machine under so severe a bombardment. Gold’s speech followed the report of a handpicked committee. on the sup } Hementary report, justifying the ac- ion of the international officials gainst the New York joint board, ‘endered after days of sidetracking 0 avoid a fight. .Gold spoke for the board, which was ostensibily on trial | before the convention, but never for a4 moment did the delegates feel that the board was being tried. The yellow socialist bureaucracy, the “socialist” Daily Forward, the Sigmanites and whole pack of cor- ‘mupt officialdom were on trial, with the left wing's spokesman as the ac- er, Tells of Four-Year Struggle. . The delegates listened in reverent- ‘tal silence as the story was unfolded of viciousness, sluggers, and corrup- tion. Gold was unsparing in words, hat fell like shrapnel among the on the dias. He pictured the story of the last four years’ war on the joint board and particularly the last period in the fight against the left wing. Gold re- fered to the Kaufman regime as a ‘Fascist dictatorship employing Noske actics, maintaining terrorism and a spy system known only in the days of- czarism under the Romanoffs, working in alliance with the bosses wid the district) attorney, turning very local union into a bloody battle- jield.” Gold spared neither Kaufman’s a per cent of the dues actually collect 1d from the members, thus making the industrial unions with one dollar dues pay 15 cents while those retain- ng 50 cent dues pay only seven cents er capita. Quarterly Assessment. In addition the need of the central organization for more funds with which to work, was provided for by the authorization of a quarterly as- sessment of one dollar. It is expect- cd by this means to aid the press and discharge other obligations—prevent- ing the‘ discontinuance proposed of the Industrial Pioneer. In the discussion it was pointed out that at present the general organizer is kept at the headquarters continu- (Continued on page 2) Seven Coal Diggers Trapped by Cave-In . _ . oo in Missouri Mine TRENTON, Mo., coal miners were trapped 200 feet be- neath the earth’s surface in the Tren- ton mine today, by a_ cave-in, the cause of which is undetermined. All men are believed to be safe, and officials of the mine believe there is enough good air to sustain the min- ers until a rescue party tunnels in from a lateral channel. A large force of miners pat to work digging for the main shaft, should reach the en tombed men by 9 o’clock tonight, it raq@ said. 1achine nor the Forward, whom he sharged with supplying ammunition to manufacturers in their war against the union. He brought in Meyer Lon- don, sitting in the conyention in sil- ence and not daring yet to address the gathering, serving instead as wire puller for the discredited Kaufman machine. T. U. &. L. Saved Union. Gold exposed the “welfare club” or- ganization of gangsters and tools of Kaufman... Coming to -the~ charge against. the Trade Union Educational League, he did not for a moment dis- avow the organization and member- ship in the T. U. ESL., without which —the union would have been ruined today. “The T. U. E. L. left wingers are a facgor in the labor movement, stand- ing for the interests of the rank and file and the building up of a powerful union to. fight the bosses.” Proud: of Party Membership. Nor did Gold deny affiliation with other Communists in the Workers (Communist) Party, “I declare proud- ly my membership in a revolutionary, disciplined party, which fights for the workers against all enemies. Kauf- man, instead of fighting for the work- ers, paralyzed the unron, destroyed the self-eonfidemce of the workers, placed the.{jnion under the control of the manufacturers.”’ Gold told how Kaufman went to the district attorney—the servant of the capitalist class and enemy of the -~and viee-presidents seat: ft Politics Excuse of Sa- dist’s Lawyers NOBLESVILLE, IfInd., Nov. 18.— “Political persecution” was the de- fense flung at the heads of the prose- cution in the closing arguments of his lawyers in the trial of ku klux dragon, D. C. Stephenson, Earl Gentry and Earl Klinck, on charges of murder growing out of the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. - The charge, voiced by Attorney Floyd Christian, came on the heels -of.a demand by the state that death in the electric. chair be degreed for “Stephenson, the degenerate: Klinck, os Gorilla, and Gentry, the coffeder- e.” Praises Pervert. “They are trying to wash their ‘irty politics thru the suicide of Miss “Madge Oberholtzer,” Christian said n sounding the keynote of his speech. ‘It’s a mud-slinging contest with Ste- phenson as the target because of the power (meaning the klan) he built up thru untiring efforts to succeed.” An attack upon the death-bed state- ment of Miss Oberholtzer around which the state built its case also featured Christian’s speech. “Granting for the sake of argu- ment that all the charges of injuries contained in this statement are true.” he said, “We find one that slipped by the state. She charges that Ste- phenson bit her tongue. Who can ex- plain how this could have occurred without cooperation on her part?” Earlier in the day, Charles E. Cox, former judge and special counsel for the state, had concluded his speech. Minnesota Lands to Be Thrown Open to Homesteaders WASHINGTON, Noy. 13.—Restore- tion to the republic domain of ap- proximately 1,050 acres of public land in Minnesota was ordered by the in- terior department. The several tracts are situated in Aikin, Cass, and Crow Wing counties and will be thrown open to homestead entry under the public land laws, be ginning December 7. la TWO SPECIAL ARTICLES H. M. WICKS workers—-to* destroy the left wing movement. And failing in all meas- ures to overcome the left wing’s pow- (Continued on page 2) |IMPERIALIST POWERS WANT TO FORCE HUGE LOAN ON CHINESE covered the scheme of the American draw up a “liberal” tariff concession movement, TOKfO, Nov. 13.—Observers who have been watching for the joker in the offer of the imperialist powers of “autonomy” to China have at last un- and other imperialist interests. The plain distress evident in the diplomats’ demeanor at the news a General Feng had seized Peking, was accompanied by the suggestion that | the tariff conference should move to some other place, preferably Tokio, which would allow a group of interna- tional bankers to underwrite a consortium loan of $500,000,000 to fund China’s debts and provide a “new administration” to “unite” China. Apparently the new administration is to be opposed to the nationalist on International Politics TUESDAY, NOV. | “THE CRISIS IN OIL” 17: Lays bare the facts regarding British and American conflict that is approaching breaking point in the Near Bast. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18: “The Economic and Polit- ical Significance of the Italian Debt Agreement” SUBSCRIBE NOW! ” os * ~* » oe, eee ae ty Sy i. z na . K : = A aa «eet lil —e —
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a A ————- — - Private Army Tries to Enforce Wage Cut By A. JAKIRA, (Special to The Dally Worker) MARIANNA,. Pa., ‘Nov. 13— Over 600 men are out on strike here re- fusing to accept the 1917 scale which the coal operators are trying to put into effect in place of the 1923 scale which is in force now. Marianna, a quiet little mining town in ordinary times, has now. vir- tually been turned into a military Pp by the coal. company. The Pittsburgh Sun, a capitalist sheet, on ov. 6, reporting on the situation in arianna, writes: “No disorder has marked the re- sumption on the old scale. How- ‘ever, Sheriff Otto Luelicn of Wash- © ington county has his office ready to cope with any situation that may ‘arise.” “ey ‘ The mines were surrounded by an ron fenve so that the scabs may be Armed guards were sta ¢ - roofs of thé conmipany -buildings so that every move of the striking miners can be watched day and night. _ ‘To show that the sheriffis ready to cope with any situation that may arise a number of shots were fired on Tuesday night, Nov. 10 by the armed hirelings of the company. Fortu- nately no one was wounded or killed. Attempt to Get Scabs Fails. Several attempts were made by the. Bethlehem Mines corporation, which owns the mines and the coke ovens here, to import scabs. Spe- cial arrangements were made to have the trains carrying the scabs stop inside the gates under the protection of the iron fences. But apparently the imported scabs are leaving the grounds as fast as they arrive. They apparently do not like the protection given them by the armed deputy sheriffs. At the time these lines are written not more than a dozen scabs, or rats, as they are usually called here, remain .on the job. There is no resumption on the old scale. . The mines are completely shut down. The coke ovens. remain closed. The miners stand united as one man against the attempts of the operators to turn the wage scale eight years back. Evicts Miners from Company Houses. Most of the miners live in company houses. Seven of these miners were ordered to “move.” The company did not dare to order wholesale evictions but picked out the seven most ac- tive men, including the five officers of the local union. The situation in the coke region is getting more and more serious. The strike wave is spreading, the com- pany is preparing armed forces to cope with “any situation that may arise.” This situation exists not only in Marianna but in numerous other places in the coke region. What is needed now is concerted action on the part of the miners both of the soft coal and the ‘anthracite regions. The time is opportune now for the United Mine Workers of Dis- trict No. 5 to start an energetic cam- paign to organize the unorganized fields. Time Opportune for Union. The time is opportune now for the union to start an energetic campaign to arouse public séntiment against the outrageous attempts of the coal operators to force a reduction in Wages at a time when.the cost of liv- ing is climbing mountain high. It is up to the progressive miners 6verywhere to push their union into action against the united forces of the coal operators and against the use of armed guards against the struk- ing miners. Record New Earthquakes. “ DENVER, Colo., Nov. 13—Two earthquage shocks of great severity, were recorded this morning on the seismograph at Regis College accord- ing to Father A. W. Forestall. The first shock at 5:43 reached its maximum at 6:18 while the second registering at 7:15 was of one and one-half hour duration. The distance could not be estimated and it is be- ® + WS wes & Stak ee postponement, which has taken Latin Peruvians alike, It is pointed out on all sides that Career AMERICAN WARSHIPS WHO WINS TACNA-ARIC , ARICA, Chile, Nov. 13.—Gen. Pershing’s “plebiscite commission” has now definitely indicated that it’remains faithful only to: American imperial- ism, by postponing the Tacna-Arica plebiscite until May 30, 1926. This long DECIDE { PLEBISCITE THY America completely by surprise, still further aggravates the Tacna-Arica crisis and is opposed by Chileans and Warships to Decide Controversy. the delay can serve only one purpose: to prolong the period of American domination in the disputed area. Besides General Pershing and his aides, the military might of the United States is representend in the persons of the Officers and men from the cruiser Rochester, whose domineering attitu- de on the streets of Arica would in- dicate that not Chile or Peru, but the United States, is the chief interested party in the disposition of Tacna and Arica, The Rochester is anchored in Arica harbor and will remain there until after the plebiscite—présuming that the plebiscite is to be held at all. Registration of the voters has not been started, despite the fact that Gen. Pershing has been on the scene for months. Hints are thrown out that “the characteristic American ef- ficiency is interfered with” by diffi- culties created due to the expected arrival of 4,000 Tacna-Arica voters from Callao, and also the 8,000 Chile- en voters already here. “Too much importance is being given the sentimental aspect of Tacna and Arica,” said Senor Augustin Ed- wards in an interview recently, “and very little is being said regarding the economic importance, which to my mind is paramount.” Nitrates Not Sentiment. What Senor Edwards refers to is the nearby nitrate region, for which Arica is the principal port: Nitrates, not sentiment, are the principal con- cern in the Tacna-Arica matter. The nitrate fields are controlled by Amer- ican companies, which accounts for the extraordinary interest of the United States government in the dis- pute. The commission headed by Gen. Pershing was appointed by President Coolidge, after Chile and Peru had been practically obliged to come to him with their differences, Coolidge declared at the time that there could be no appeal from his award. Thése facts, together with the great United States military show at Arica and the postponement of the plebiscite just announced, indicate clearly that what- ever the result of the vote may be’ the purpose of Américan imperialism is to establish the dominance and ar- bitral authority of the United States government in South America, as it has already been established in Cen- tral America. Ex-President Alessandri, who is known as thé tool of the American nitrate interests in Chile, is now. in: Arica. “+. ~ Italian Comrades to Hear Jay Lovestone on Reorganization ' ; >». —_ All Italian Workers (Communist) Party members in Chicago, Pullman and Cicero are urged to attend the tea party, which is being given under the initiative of the 19th Ward Italian Branch at which Comrade Jay Love- stone, member of the Central Execu- tive Committee of the Workers (Com- munist) Party, will explain the bok shevization and reorganization of the party. The tea party will take place at 2024 West Harrison street, in the basement, at .8 o’clock tonight. The English speaking comrades are also invited to attend. Ukrainian and Russian Workers Arrange Play and Dance for Sunday The Russian and Ukrainian branches of the Workers (Communiat) Party are giving a four-act play, “Bez Viny Vinovatye” and dance at the Emmet Memorial Hall, 2177 Ogdén Ave,, cor, Taylor St., tomorrow afternoon and evening. The program starts at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and after the four-act play there will be dancing to music played by a union orchestra. Radio Around the Earth. MANILA, Nov. 13.—Lieut. Roberts of Fort McKinley, near Manila re- ported today that by using a short wave length he had several wireless chats with Wickford, Essex county, England; Capetown, South Africa, and Baltimore, U. S. A. He said it was the first direct two-way com- munication between the Philippines and the eastern part of the United lieved the shock was not on this States. NOT cisco, Calif., immediately. ag WITNESSES to the riot at Wheatland, Calif., of August 3, 1913, or anyone knowing the whereabouts of any such witness or wit- nesses will please get in touch with Lee Tulin, Box 574, San Fran- IMPORTANT! ICE! ’ é ; ; ; . , ( ; ; ’ 4 é 4 / ¥ ~~ ***%*%%*%*% % & & 4% & 4% 4% Oo *% *% % OOS Se SOOO OOO HSH HHS OOH HHO O14 8 OO OH OOO OOS OS — - | ) : ! | —— ‘ _ - MITCHELL TRIAL IS FARCE: COURT ORDERS ‘MILITARY DISCIPLINE? WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—Offi- cers with drawn swords and sol- diers with sidearms were very much in evidence at the court mar- tial of Col. William Mitchell, as they stalked thru the court room ordering “No smiling, no laughing, no -applause.” “This is no vaudeville show,” declared the court martial, head, Major-General Robert L. Howze, when. he declared “military disci- pline” to be in effect. 7 Painleve to Take Up Question of Debts with Britain and U. S. PARIS, Nov. 13 — Semi-official sources today ‘confirmed the - report that Premier Painleve contemplates the resumption of negotiations for the settlement of her debts to the United States and Great Britain 1. W..W, Bhai aaa Prisoners Discussed (Continued from page 1) _ ally doing office work .of stechnical nature, and meanwhile no one is in the field where organization may be ripe and waiting. me | The convention has pledged its best efforts to secure the release of the class war prisoners, and in the case of Richard Ford, now facing a hostile California court on a charge of mur- der arising from the Wheatland hop- pickers strike of many years ago, the convention declared that Ford had given his life to the organization and it would pledge every support it could render to attain his acquital. , oo ee THE DAILYSMORKER . 4 crgegnge ites ¥ , yt . ™ | ' Tk a tia} 4 a I 6. im 7 AT Heit 7 __ Beginning Monday evening, Nov. 16, the courses by the Chi- cago Workers’ Sch will begin. | All who have not registered as yet should do so at ones, by sending in thelr names and the enrollment fee of $1 for a semester to the school , Oliver Carison, 19, South Lincoln street. Members can also register direct- ly at classes on opening night. All classes, unless otherwise spe- cified, will be held at 19 South Lin- coln street, at 8 o’elock at night. — Capital, Vol. 1, meets every Mon- day evening. Earl ‘Browder, in- structor., ; ‘ Imperialism, meets every Tues- day, evening. Manuel Gomez, In- structor. x2 American Social ‘and Labor His- tory, Wednesday evening. William F. Dunne, instructor. Elements of Corimunism, Thurs- day evening (6 O'clock). H. M. Wicks, instructor, ~~~ Public Speaking, Thursday even- ing (8:30 o'clock). H. M. Wicks, instructor. tae Elements of Communsm, Friday evening, Max Bedacht,' instructor. History of the International revo- lutionary Youth Movement, Sunday, morning, at 10:30. John William- son, instructor. his All students registering for ele- mentary and intermediate English classes must attend a general meet- ce of all English students which will be held, Tuesday evening, Nov. 17, at 19 South Lincoln street, where they will be assigned to the classes in which they belong. Intermediate classes will meet on Tuesday ard Friday evenings and Wednesdd@y evening and Sunday morning. The elementary class will meet on Tuesday and Friday even- ings. Y. W. L. class on Aims and Pur- poses of Y. W. L. will meet every Wednesday evening, Max Schacht- | man, instructor. School Board Plans New Teachers’ Pension Bill Frank 8. Righeimer, school attor- ney, has been instructed iby the board of education to prepare a bill which will automatically retire teachers at the age of 70. Gold Blasts Kaufman Machine Rale | (Continued from page 1) ‘es Kaufman émployed murderous “a Nogke tactics. Kaufman, egged on by the yellow Forward, went further and turned the fight upon the left wingers into a war upon Communism, Zinoviev, and the Russian revolution; but still unavailing Kaufman followed the foot- steps of Sigman with the suspensions of the left wingers Warshafsky, Gold and others. But the membership time and again demonstrated its con- tempt for the international officials, so much so that the latter never dared debate issues before the mem- bers. The violations of the constitution, which the machine uses to justify the suspensions, Gold declared as mere pretexts. Kaufman made two consti- tutions, one for officials, another for the rank and file. , Not a Personal Fights. Gold closed by pointing out that the fight was not a personal one of Gold against Kaufman, h was a struggle between two sets of policies. The tactics of Kaufmanism represented the tactics of the bureaucrats thruout the labor movement. The left wing policy stood for giving voice to the rank and file, for amalgamation, for new life and spirit in the union. The session adjourned amid applause as Gold’s speech struck home. The afternoon session opened with the left wing I te Mensher speak- ing om the situ 2. i /tell- ing greater detail»! experiences and those of ‘other of Kauf- man’s sluggers. He was followed by Schachtman, secretary of the New York joint boéfd, who opened an hour’s speech with a telling attack upon the sham of constitutional argu- ments advanced by the machine: Schachtmann Speaks “Every tyrant in. his’ ty has fallen back upon constitution to support their own crimes against the exploit- ed.” He replied to the international report, exposing again the ruinous policies of the yellow socfalist bureau- cracy. The report brought in by the major ity of Kaufman’s handpiéked commit- tee, recommended the upholding of the general executive board and the finding of the New York joint board guilty on six counts. No evidence was heard despite thirty delegates being ready to go before the commit tee. The minority report of left wine Delegate Schneider, moved to rejec the report and cendemn the interna- tional officials. The left wingers and other joint board delegates will continue the at- tack on the report tomorrow. The of- ficials are holding off.for final speech- es. The convention is likely to con- tinue until early next week, Mine Owners at Old Game (Continued from page 1) which move the miners. even those who are nominally republican, to re- ject the coal operator candidate, can be developed to support for a labor party but it will have to be done against the united opposition of the democrat, republican and Lewis-Cap- pellini machine, The existence of such a situation as prevails here has no other parallel than Russia under the czars. The largest city in a great industrial dis- trict in which 158,000 miners are on strike is torn, not by class but by religious warfare. The capitalists have maneuvered to divide the work- ers on religious lines, the strike and the issues involved in it, have been pushed far into the background. Operators Can’t Lose. In the struggle between klan and anti-klan forces the coal operators have nothing to lose. They probably a would choose Jermyn to rule Scran- ton if they had complete freedom of choice but if McHugh wins, either by court decision or v open warfare, the coal operators are assured that no “reds,” with their gospel of the class strugglé, will be tolerated. In Scranton are to be seen two very interesting “and instructive things: J (1) The proof that the “peaceful processes of American democracy” under pressure of hatreds generated by the conflicting 6@lements in Amer- ican capitalist democracy automat- ically produce conditions approxi- mating civil war between large sec- tions of the population. (2) that in spite of its essential weaknesses, American capitalism is still strong and cunning enuf to turn class issues into channels compara- tively harmless for itself but filled with danger for great masses of workers. ' -_ aa — Football Hero Bait of Ruling Class Politicians By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. ia ” a Ree >on ” - Bi nieadan - . © «> ® *® «> * «+. * * Performance and Dance Given by the Russian and Ukrainian Branches of the Workers Party SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, at Emmet Memorial Hall, 2177 Ogden Ave., Cor. Tajlor St. >» *-..*.** «****F*s*44e "44 *& 4 424446 OS “BEZ VINY VINOVATYE” In 4 Acts will be presented by the Russian-Ukrainian Players. BEGINNING AT 4 P. M. | curities. [French reverses as they are always |rompt in reporting alleged |Chang Admits His ‘ . Taking Supplies (Special to The Dally Worker) BEIRUT, Syria, Nov, 13-—In a whirlwind flanking movement Druse tribesmen sweeping down from the Hermon mountain range out thru the French lines and captured -the im portant base of supplies recently established at Hasbelya, half way be- tween Damascus and Saida. im- mediately the natives were equipped with captured arms and ammunition invading French. This town is important strategicaly and was formerly the headquarters of American and British missions, The missionaries have fled into the ranks of the French with what loot they could carry away. Long known as depraved practices to be relieved of the christian missionaries infesting the place, won the instant acclaim of the natives. a : | important Victory. This capture of Hasbeiya is espe- cially significant as it the first time the Druses have crossed the Hermon mountain range and overran Lebanon, which is not a part of Syria, but is, like Syria, under French mandate. Christians have falsely claimed Lebanon for themselves, but the majority of the natives despise them as they are considered agents of for- eign imperialism and symbolize the frightfulness that holds the popula- tion in subjection. The consolidated Druse and Syrian forces under Bakri, the former mem- ber of the Syrian government, are concentrating forces on cutting the the French for troop movements. Fierce fighting is going on with the | French posts endangered. More French Troops. Hight hundred more French troops embarked here today to go to the aid of the forces combating Bakri and many transports are reported on the Meditteranean headed for Syria. On the Damascus-Haifa line Syrian forces hold many strategic points. The battle started yesterday between but the details of the fighting are not known here. The eilence indicates gains. Defeat as Feng (Continued from page 1). upon that issue which it is not thot that Japan cam break, unless Japan’s influence upon China by making still greater concessions herself tae Chin- ese liberation sentiment, can break the Anglo-American accord by mak- ing if futile in effect. The details of the accord are lack- ing, but Chinese understand fully that it is aimed at making promises of “autonomy” without really granting it and at the same time to work for the interest of the alliance against other imperialist interests, which are de- finitely Japanese in this instance. Turkey Dance Given by Y. W. L. Br. 3 A novel feature of the dance which Branch No, 3, of the Young Workers League is giving at the South Side Community House on Nov. 21 will bé the giving away of a 15 Ib. turkey. Advertisements have been placed in some of the Negro papers and it is expected that thany of the Negro workers who were brot in touch with the revolutionary movement thru the recent American Negro Labor 1 Congress will attend the dance. In addition to the dancing there will be entertainment. Good dance music has been provided for. All proceeas est, but even at that figure the can- will go towards saving The DAILY WORKER and. building up _ the Young Worker. Tickets are 50c in- cluding wardrobe. Pope Manufactures 3 More Cardinals ROME, Nov. 13.—The pope will cre- ate three more cardinals at the secret consistory to be held December 14, as an incentive to many of the papal agents to do better work in raising money to pay his -holiness’ lengthy payroll. The three who are slated for elevation to the cardinalate are Ce- ritti, papal nuncio at Paris; Gasparri, brother of the secretary of state at the vatican, and Archbishop O’Don- nell of Ireland. >> & eee Bt BBVA TVA T&F HARB O4444444 _ DANCING AFTER THE PERFORMANCE Music by a Union Orchestra. Tickets in advance 50 cents, at the door 65 cents ti A i i i i A i i i i i i i i i i i i ei i i ei i i a oe i i a i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i * and joined in the fight lagainst the petty thieves and addicts of the most’ Jerusalem railroad which is used by Damascus and Homs is still raging, Takes Peking, China tae. - hoe 4 ght r esi te “Pe 5 oe ee eas a = . ere GP Eo ing oe * Ti, aes ee oe ee . ib ease, Ane Plas eee
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v es a ie ete ae be nit e alt ne xt Ne and Tallentire Tell of Russia (Special to The Dally Worker) WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, 13.— The eighth anniversary of the Bol- shevik revolution In Russia was cele- brated here in the Playhouse with speakers for the Workers (Commun- ist) Party, the Young Workers’ League and the Juniors, besides a musical program and tableau repre- senting the conditions of the work- ers in four countries— England, France, Germany and China—as con- trasted with the favorable conditions in the Soviet Union. Eulogizes Frunze. The Playhouse was filled to capa- city, over three hundred being pres- ent, and the first speaker, Comrade Seigman of San Francisco, who was the meeting with a review of the life and ewogy of Com- * rade Frunze, late commissat of war in the Soviet Union. After paying si- lent tribute to his memory the audi- ence sang the International and the musical program began, which was well-liked by the audience, Helen Gorewitz, the youngest mem- ber of the Y. W. L. in this city, re- cited two revolutionary poems, and Sophie Jackerman, secretary of the Y. W. L., outlined the aims and ob- jects of the league and appealed to the boys and girls present to join it and help fight for Communism. Tallentire Speaks. Norman Tallentire, district organ- izer, reviewed the struggle between Soviet Russia and the capitalist world in a very able address. Then he dealt with the importance of main- ' taining The DAILY WORKER in or- der to defen dthe working class in their present struggles and lead them to new and more effective struggles. His appeal for a collection brot a re- sponse of $50. . Russia Stabilized. Bertram D. Wolfe, of New York, spoke and dealt with the progress of the Union of Socialist Soviet Repub- lics. He showed the gradual growth of power and the technical improve- ments since 1917, declaring that Rus- sia, of all countries in HBurope, was stabilized and the other. European governments were ina state of chaos. His remarks were well received by the audience and frequent applause interspersed his effective po of proletariat to complete power in Russia. ——, Unveiling of Dublin Memorial Cross Scene Rebuked by Republicans (Special to The Daily Worker) DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov. 13—Enraged at the brazen efforts of the Britis {1 agents who unveiled a memorial ~ to the Irish war dead at 11 o’clock here today in commemoration of arm- istice day, republican sympathizers threw smoke bombs into the demon- station causing considerable confusion and quick dispersal of the crowd after a mere pretense at conducting the ex- ercises. All thinking elements, not bribed by Britain, are incensed that such a per- formance should be attempted, inas- muchas the Irish condemned the war and its British associations. Your neighbor will appreciate the favor—give him this copy of the DAILY WORKER. ee %*% e444 Oe 4 OOO O44 OOOO OOOO A 15 |b. Turkey Will >> > > ese &ee@* &* &* *% +9444 74% F ee * ese *% tenets eetet tte SS SS “a. 7 cies oo, ? sn? 3 ot Maa . * : * old DANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT given by Branch No. 3, of the Y. W. L. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1925 at the South Side Community House, 3201 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Proceeds to The DAILY WORKKER and YOUNG WORKER. Admission 50 Cents—to include wardrobe. RKEI TF qi we the strike, Company Does Not Sign Contract. When the contract which the union May 1, 1926, a number of the bosses signed up. The bosses of the Inter- national Tailoring Co. and the J. L. Taylor Co. refused.to sign up a re- newal of the old contract. They did not flatly refuse, but found excuse after excuse to drag out the question of the renewal of the contract, In the meantime, the bosses of the International got in touch with the scabby United Garment Workers of America, which is affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, signed .a contract with them ané then notified the members of the Amalgamated that they no longer could employ them as a contract had been‘signed with the heads of the United Garment Work- efs’ Union and not with the Amalga- mated. Officials Try Bulldozing Members. In face of this lockout, the officials of the Amalgamated were forced to follow the steps that had been out- lined by members of the shop to strike on May 1, which would have tied up the plant in the very midst of the busy season and thus forced the company to renew the contract. The officials have long ago forgotten the use of the strike weapon and when we insisted on a strike they babied us along tell- ing us that an “agreement would be “that a conference was being held that day,”’ etc., until the bosses had locked us out, The members of the Amalgamated working in the shop, déclated'd strike on June 27, 1925, and the officials were forced to sanction it. Members of the Amalgamated that had been working in other shops, but were ont of work fat the time, realizing that this strike was not only a strike of the workers in the International Tailoring Co., but a strike of the entire Amalgamated against the wage-slashing and _open- shop drive of the employers, joined the strikers in the seese trey | of the plant. Opposed Mass Picketing. This did not suit the officials. They did not want to see mass picketing. They elected and hired “committees” ‘that would také care of the dtfike!” In order to discourage mass picketing on the part of the strikers and those who were aiding the strikers, the officials had joint meetings of various shops called, where they told the workers that they should not go down on the picket line as “committees” were handling the affair and that their , picketing of the plant might destroy whatever “good” work the “commit- s” would be able to do. ~ Their appeals were unheeded and mass picketing continued. The objec- tions of the officials became stronger and it was only after the mass picket- ing of the New York plant by the New York Left-Wing Committee of Action, following which over 80 of those in the shop in key positions, that were turning out the struck work, walked out, adding to the victory of the work- ers who had organized the mass picketing, did these officials silenced their sharp tongues, Left Wing Violates Injunction, The injunction which the bosses had taken out in New York forbid- ding the strikers to go within ten blocks of the struck plant, was viol- .. > > > ** eee Sse sesessewsvsswse Be Given Away at the >> > > > > > > & & & e * 434400444 ~se%e & ee 488TH TTBS s’ MASS PICKETING WINS ) tars, OFFICIALS. STRIKERS TRY T (By a Worker Correspondent.) Now that the 19-week strike of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America against the International Tailoring Co. and the J. L. Taylor Co., a subsidiary of the International Tailoring Co., has been won, the officials of the Amalgamated are parading about as tho they were responsible for the victory. At the strike meeting that was held they would pat each other on the back and say “stand behind the officials, for they won the strike.” Let us see whether it was the militancy of the workers themselves or the actions of the officials that won- had made with the bosses expired on|- OPPOSED TAKE CREDIT ee WORKERS IN BIG BIZ CITADEL WILL HEAR OF COAL MINERS’ STRIKE WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13— Pat Toohey, member of the nation- al executive committee of the Young Workers League and recently re- leased from jall in the anthracite coal region for his participation in the anthracite miners’ strike, will | speak here Monday evening, Decem- ber 7, at the Workmen's Circle Hall, 1337 Seventh Ave., N. W. Circulars are being printed and will be distributed to all union meet- Ings in the city in an effort to get as many workers to this meeting as possible so that they may learn the condition of the miners in the Penn- sylvania anthracite coal fields. signed the next week,” “the next day,” | ated and shattered not by any official action or organization work of the officials, but by the left wing, whom the Hillman machine kept out of the strike meeting, after they had hope- lessly shattered the injunction that J. L. Reiss, president of the Interna- tional Tailoring and J. L. Taylor com. panies, had hoped would gain the bosses an important victory in the fight against the amalgamated. “Readjustments” Promised. When signing the contracts with the bosses on May 1, 1925, the offi- cials promised the: employers that if conditions necessitatgd a change in rate of production or wages, that each plant, that found itself unable to meet its competition, could appeal to the union and that a “readjustment” con- ference would oa held and attempts would be made to “readjust” the con- ditions in the plant. The bosses are now taking advant- age of that promise, which they know the union officials will break their necks to keep, and are appealing for a “readjustment” conference. Shall We Lose Victory? The strike of the workers of the International Tailoring company was a strike against wage cuts. Tho-the bosses were forced to grant the de- mands of the workers following the mass demonstrations in front of their plants were so tied up, that they were ble to fill the smallest por- tion of the orders that they had on hand, yet in these “readjustment” conferences of the union heads and the bosses, this victory of the work-} ers will be negated by the granting of wage cuts and the sacrificing of other conditions which the strikers won, not only for themselves but also for other shops. There is but one course open to those of us who are in the Amalga- mated Clothing Workers of America, and that is we must take advantage of this victory which wes have won and organize ourselves against wage cuts and “readjustments” that the bosses will attempt in their efforts to make us return to the standards of 1910. We have learned from this strike that we can fight, and that our offi- cials cannot fight and don’t want to fight, and that it’s up to us who have won the fight, to protect our inter- ests. | ra re EIGHT-HOUR DAY Workers Must Unite to Fight Bosses ed NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Albert A. Purcell, noted British trade union leader, who is to speak at the two meetings at Central Opera House and the New Star Casino on Tuesday, Nov. 17 points out the fact that the issue of the eight-hour day is vitally bound up with the question of inter- national trade‘union unity. In a state- ment released today by the trade union committee for organizing the Purcell meetings, Mr. Purcell reviews the situation in various countries of the world, and points out the neces- sity for trade union unity if the eight-hour day is to be maintained. His comment ds in part as follows: “What is the situation as regards the hours of labor thruout the world today? In Germany, as a result of the Dawes plan,-tlte eight-hours day is dead; the normal working day is nine to ten hours amd more, In France the ‘legal recognition of the eight-hour day is little better than a mockery. In Czecho-Slovakia the trade unions complain that the employers evade the eight-hour.day ‘by a skillful syst- em of overtime’ and so all over Eur- ope. We need nto reminding, I hope, of the long hours worked in India, China, and other eastern countries. Here in England the argument of longer hours on the continent is being openly used by the employers, notably in mining and engineering as a pre- text for lengthening the working day. Russia Has 8-Hour Day “On the other hand, there is one country in the world where the eight- hour day (and the six-hour day in cer- tain trades) is a reality — workers’ Rugsia. If we are serious in our will to maintain the 8-hour day, then sure- ly unity with the Russian trade unions is worth while ‘for that object alone. Indeed, it 48° more than just worth while; it is absolutely essential. “Taken all round, then, the 8-hour day is a fine international rallying cry for the rs of the world. What we want t® @ world-wide agitation; but for that to succeed we surely must have international unity.” Committee Mets Sunday. The next* conference of the trade union committee before the big Pur- cell meetings will be held on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 15, at 3 p. m., at Beethoven 210 E. Fifth St. In- terested ‘unions are sendéng} delegates to this conference. Standard-Oil Company Has Little Fellow Beat OMAHA, Nov. 13--Rumblings of another gas war in Omaha, which has driven the price to as low as ten cents a gallon during the last eight months, were heard today as the price cutting companies boosted their price 2% cents, while the Standard Oil Co. remains unchanged at 14 cents. Close observers believe the Stand- ard Oil Co. has eventually got the smaller companies in.a “corner” and now is going to force them out of business. In Hopeless Discord. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—President Coolidge’s Muscle Shoals commission, which he appointed a year ago to ad- vise on a method of disposition of this vast property, is in “hopeless dis- cord,” Russell Bower, American farm bureau representative on the commis- sion, reported to the president. CONNECTICUT DISTRICT ARRANGES FOR REORGANIZATION MEETINGS The following meetings have been arranged in the Connecticut district by the District Executive Committee: NEW HAVEN, CONN.—Monday, November 16. NAUGATUCK, R. 1.—Thursday, November 19. WATERBURY, CONN.—Friday, November 20. TORRINGTON, CONN.—Saturday, November 21. HARTFORD, CONN.—Wednesday, November 25. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.—Thursday, November 26. NEW LONDON, CONN.—Monday, November 30. These meetings are being held for reorganization purposes and it is ex- tremely important that the membership in the respective cities named above attend these meetings. (Special to The Oally Worker) WASHINGTON, Nov. 13— Re- ports filed by the five big north- western roade—the St. Paul, Soo, Chicago & Northwestern, Northern Pacific and the Great Northern— with the interstate commerce com- mission for September show an in- crease in revenue and net earnings —camoufiage for profits. These roads had a gross revenue of $60,252,016, an increase of 9.5 per cent. | Profits Run High. Net revenues, or profits, totaled $16,555,855. As far as the profits of the indi- vidual roads are concerned, the Soo - road showed a gain of 87.5 per cent, the Great Northern 40.7 per cent; the Northern Pacific 35.5 per cent; the Chicago & Northwestern 15.4 and the St. Paul 13.3 per cent. All the roads showed a decrease in their maintenance expenditures, with the exception of the St, Paul for the first eight months of 1925, over the same period last year. Why Rate Increases’ It. will be remembered that the interstate commerce commission has granted many of these roads permission to raise commuters’ rates, especially to the Chicago & Northwestern, which was given the right to boost fares 20 per cent be- fore. The Chicago & Northwestern pleaded that the road was losing heavily and that it needed this in- crease in order to be able to make expenses and in the face of the pro- fit that was being realized on the road, the interstate commerce com- mission granted the increase. WIDOW CHARGES NAVAL OFFICERS URGED PERJURY Shows tin Tricks of Wil- bur Agents (Special to The Daily Worker) WASHINCTON, Nov. 13.—A new sensation was sprung in today’s ses- sion of the court martial trial of Col. William Mitchell, charged with violat- ing the rules of military discipline for, criticizing his superior officials. Mrs. Zachary Landsdowne, widow of the commander of the ill-fated Shenen- doah, the dirigible that was sent on a political tour of the state fairs by the govrenment, and collapsed in a storm with heavy loss of life, was on the stand most of the morning. She dropped a bombshell into the camp when she accused high navy of- ficials of trying to induce her to give false testimony at the naval court of inquiry on the Shenendoah disaster in which her husband lost his life. Advocated Perjury. The naval officers tried to get her to commit perjury before the board of inquiry, and one of them, Capt. John Foley, was judge advocate of the board of inquiry. Mrs. Lands- downe testified that Mrs. George W. Steele, Jr., wife.of the commandant at Lakehurst, visited her and gave her a letter from Capt. Foley asking ther to Me about the attitude of her husband toward the flight of the Shenendoah. The other officer who called was Capt. Walter B. Gherardi, aid to sec- retary of the navy, Wilbur, who tried to persuade her not to blame Wilbur and the political aspirations of the Coolidge administration for the ill- fated flight over county fairs so that the farmers of the middle west could be made to realize something of the naval program of the government. The case is being intently watched by agents of airplane manufacturers as well as those who represent the steel trust, manufacturing armour plate for battleships. Former Senator Clark’s Estate Is $47,763,508 BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 13.—Inventory and appraisement of the estate of the late Senator W. A. Clark, filed in dis- trict court here; fixes the total value at $47,763,508. G YEARS IN JAIL} Police “Shake-up” Is Still-Born Albert Anselmj and John Scalice the two Genna men, who were tried for the murder of two Chicago police- men and during whose trial charges were made that over 300 Chicago policemen were on the payroH of the Genna gang of bootleggers, have been found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in jail by the jurors, who sat at the trial. Verdict Compromise The verdict came after many hours battling in which the various tech- nical points raised by the defense at- torneys as to the right of citizens to resist arrest were raised. A number of the jurors stood out for acquittal, others demanded a verdict of guilty of manslaughter and others demand- ed the death penalty. The verdict is looked upon as a compromise. The incident which threatened to expose the whole police force as part of the Genna machinery in selling booze in Cook county has been giloss- ed over by the police and the state prosecutors. Police Had “Evidence.” During a tilt between the attorney for the Genna gunmen and the chief of police, it was brought out that the police had taken the payroll list for three months during a raid, they had staged on the Italian-American Club headquarters on West Taylor Street, within a few hours of the Genna mur- der. The attorney showed that if the police want to “clean up” they had more evidence then he had, When the chief of police attempted to “whitewash” the raiders and him- self by stating that the raid was in search of gallons of moonshine and shotguns, the attorney wanted to know why they ripped off wall-paper, Coverings of chairs and wrecked a table and showed the the list he had was one that the raiding squad had overlooked in their eagerness to des- troy “evidence” that might show the “efficient” servants of “law and order” as employes of one of the worst gang in the city. Shakeups Never Come. The shakeups promised by the pol- ice department and heralded by the capitalist press have not taken place as yet. A few patrolman who received the “ten-spots” may be effected, but it is doubtful if the big guns will ever be called to account for their $100-a-month “salaries” from the | Gennas. Costumers Strike at Metropolitan Opera; . Picket Line Strong By A Worker Correspondent NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—The Metro- politan Opera House in New York is being picketed this week by members of Local No. 38 of the Ladies’ Tailors Costume and Alteration Workers’ Union, pn strike against the Metro- politan Opera Co. Many of the strikers have worked for the company a8 many as 15 years, being specialized mechanics in the theatrical costume trade. Their union is striking as a result of the opera company’s failure to come to an agreement with them. 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LOUIS BNGDAHL } . | Editors ‘MORITS Lome. ae Business Manager of Bntered as second-class mall Séptember 21, 1923, at the gre an at Chi cago, Ill., under der the act of "March 8, 1879. _———— ie Advertising rates on application. nty-Five Per Cent Cancellation 290 Seve When Secretary of the Treasury Mellon announced on Thursday | that the Italian debt agreement was the most liberal that had been granted any debtor nation, his language was too reserved, ."The terms of the settlement amount tg/a 75% cancellation, eating interest, of the entire amount due We country. Just as we'predicted,’the House of Morgan secures Wik mason of Italy and stands back of the Mussolini tyranny. On the field of in- ternational polatics “it means that Italy, like France, is tobe an ally of this country.in world-wide struggle against G tain. Thru this.eg t the taxpayers of the United States thake up| the difference ‘detveen what Italy was originally sup “to pay and what she. will pay. The - Ftalian debt was floated tained from the sale of liberty bonds during the world: bonds are supposed to draw interest of four per cent guafanteed by the United States government. Italy has sixty-two years in which to pay her debt; now reduced to 25% of the original, but during those 62 years the American government will have to pay seventy-five per ’ cont more to the holderg..of liberty bonds than is collected from ll | | es... wal? ~ » v ee to Italy. That is the theory of the thing. In practice these bonds will be beaten down on the exchanges to such a degree that the small holders will unload them and Morgan will buy them and collect the interest from the government. Hence, altho the terms to Italy seem, In the words of Mellon, “most liberal,” the House of Morgan will lose ‘nothing. It is the taxpayers who will bear:the burdén, Thus the debt burden is removed from the Italy of Mussolini and placed upon the United States. A larger part than formerly of the surplus derived from the exploitation of labor will flow into the hands of Morgan. In the last analysis it means that the workers.of the United States who fought the war will be compelled to slave still harder in. order that Morgan’s investments in Italy may be séectired and that Mus- solini may obtain the credits necessary to enable him to cofitinue crushing the working class of that country. It also means that ere long American industries will face a slowing, down of production as commodities produced by the Morganized industries of Italy enter the world market in huge quantities. Practical results for imperialism are already realized. While the terms are so easy that Italy only needs to pay $5,000,000 per year for the next five years, the House of Morgan, according to Wall Street advices in the capitalist press, is preparing to float a $100,- 000,000 loan to the Italian government, and at least $50,000,000 worth of industrial bonds to shortly follow. So, by paying the mere bagatelle of $5,000,000, Italy gets from Morgan the sum of $150,000,- 000, or thirty times the sum paid. When bank capital penetrates a nation the object is not to realize the principal invested, but to obtain interest and profits forever. Already Wall Street dominates the Italian government and with the debt settlement now realized the complete domination of American finance capital over all Italian industry will soon ae be realized. The political reflex of the settlement in Italy was hastantensodis No sooner had advices that the settlement was a greed upon reached Rome than the most fierce suppression was resumed and new laws are being enacted that extend the power of Mussolini to the point. of absolutism. The settlement embraces a period of 62 years. To the revolitiiia ist this is ironic, for the working class of both the United States and Italy—and the rest of the world—will write finis to the-rule of the Mussolinis and Morgans long before that time has expired. Berry Heard From George L. Berry, dress parade major, and head of his personally conducted International Printing Pressmen’s and Assistants’ Union, is perfectly at home among the yokels of the fundamentalist belt. From his native hearth in Tennessee he delivered a public-harrangue at Morristown, on Armistice Day. This army officer and fascist, who did not fight, paid lip service to those privates who served as cannon fodder and died. on soil that he feared to tread. Amidst the piffle| with which he regaled the fundamentalists, the major didn’t forget to recite his monelog against the vanguard of the labor movement that has exposed him so thoroly that even Tammany’s candidates issue special letters to disassociate themselves from him. Said Berry: “There is no wealth in the mere accumulation of moneys; Wealth is in one’s ability to contribute to and enlighten a happy civilization. it would (sic)-seem to me this is fundamental and is representative of the real antidote to autocracy and will do much to stiffle the / growth of Communism.” } Berry’s. recommendation for dealing with Communists is “to apply the same remedy as it applied to the deserter in time of war.” In fact Berry wants the government to treat rebels against its despotism in the same way as he treats opponents of his autocracy i the Pressmen’s Union. The difference being that the government} would at one fell stroke murder the Communists, instead of trying to deprive them of a means of livelihood by filling their places with union scabs as does the major. The statement of Berry that mere accumulation of money is not wealth, can be taken for what it is worth by those who know Berry’s |, history. The members of local unions whose treasuries he has pil- laged are the best judges of Berry’s attitude toward this question. If wealth is in one’ zation,” Berry would be a bedraggled pauper. anything except devising new methods of betraying the working class being absolutely nit, It is laughable to hear this capitalist lackey talk of antidotes to autocracy. He fears Communism because he knows the growing in- fluence of Communists in the American labor movement means the end of his regime, when he will have to depend for pay upon the} capitalist class that he serves, instead of bludgeoning dues oyt of pressmen who are so unfortunate as to find themselves under his despotism. The graduates of the Ann Arbor naval academy must receive training in plain.and fancy perjury, if the testimony of Mrs. Lands- downe, widow of the-late commander of the wrecked Shenandoah. is correct. s ability to.“contribute to enlighten a happy civili- || His contribution to] ig the secretary. ‘“ * ° _ We come now to. the bal gram, every point of which | At the miners’ convention Lewis said: major demands of the United Mine Workers of The following is the eleventh of a series of twelve articles on the great anthracite strike, now going on for two and a half months, involv- ing 158,000 miners. The present article deals with the program of the Progressive Miners’ Committee, of which Alex Reid, author of the articles, By ALEX REID, (Georetary of the Progressive Miners’ committe) ARTICLE XI. ) e ndnore’ ro- of the | one of the at one or ¢ in Cleveland in :1919, John L. “Recognizing that unemployment isa constant] threat and menace to the security, happiness and miners of the United States, which unemploym the over-development of the mining industry, we recommend and declare for a six-hour day, nyt Peres week and ——— y of the is created by full power and influence of United Mine Workers be isha to attain that end.” Offered. in “Good Faith.” Since the convention, Farrington, oney ob-| x poe These} President of the Illinois miners has alterpately indorsed and repudiated that policy and at Peoria, in the IIli- nois Miners’ convention in 1924, Will- iam Green, now the president of the American Federation of Labor, said, “I have always felt that our propos: | for a shorter work day in the coal mines of the country offered at least a partial solution of this unemploy- ment problem.” And again Green stated, “Our proposition for a shorter ops day is offered in good faith as a partial solution of this problem of unemployment.” : But this is all changed now, John L, Lewis has reached the presidency of the United Mine Workers © and Green dines in Wall Street.” No more do they mention the six-hour day or five-day week, but on the contrary, théir.gang aids im jailing, persecut- ing, and prosecuting any worker that mentions it. The Farrington gang, and the Cap- pellini fakers are expelling from the union any and’ all, that fight for those policies, but the progressive miners still have the six-hour day and five- day week high up on their program,,. and will carry their program to vic- tory in spite of all the Greens, Lewis- es, Farringtons, Cappellinis, and jails in America. It is very interesting to see how the Lewis machine have tried to smother this program and substitute their pet remedy for unemployment. Squeeze Out 200,000. ~ They propose regular employment for fifty per cent of the miners at the expense of total unemployment to the remaining fifty per cent. Lewis states, “There are over two hundred thousand too many miners in the in- dustry.” ' His remedy is to squeeze out this ‘two hundred thousand. He does not State where this two hundred thou- sand will receive employment. He does not state that évery industry in America has its surplus labor supply, that workers from all industries are walking the streef8 seeking employ- ment and none to be found. He does not make any mention of too many officers, with théir padded expenses, but we know there have been none of the upper strata of la- bor squeezed out, and nothing has been said in that connection. Equalize Work. The progressive miners deny that a squeezing out of coal diggers is nec- esSary to the stabilization of the in- dustry. Every miner is a part of the jindustry. Every miner is entitled to a living from the industry, they have grown up in it, and know no other, and is fitted for no other division of the available labor in the mines, and to receive that, we demand the six- hour day and five-day week. We further demand a minimum wage for the workers in the mine. Why? The mine wérkers many times —as shown by the coal commission’s report are prevented from work thru no fault of their own, because of falls of roof, breakdown of machinery, gas in working places, lack of material and cars, etc., and have t# return home many days from the mine with- out earning a penny. No Excuse for Most Lost Time. The miners know that most of this | ost time is preventable and proper nn | “As We See It’ ‘Monday, Nov. 16 Beginning next week, “As We See It,” the column edited by T. J. O’Flaherty, will again appear in The DAILY WORKER as one of its regular features. This bright, analytical comment on the events of the day—graced with the keen wit of the well-known writer, is the very best reason to induce your friends to | SUBSCRIBE! -_—_— :% i : =| |WORKE aA - r ite * NEW YORK, Nov. 18-The Work- ers Schoo! will celebrate the open- Ing of the Brower Memorlal Library with an entertainment and dance on Thanksgiving Eve, Thursday, Nov. 26th, at the school headquart-° ers, 108 East 14th Street. — An elaborate and Interesting pro- gram has been prepared for the | event, which students and friends of the Workers’ School havé been — eagerly awaiting. Made possible by the “generosity of relatives and friends of Comrade Charles Brower, an active*member of Local Browns- ville who died over a year ago, the | Brower Memorial Library has al- | ready acquired several hundred — books, hufidreds of pamphlets, files of revolutionary papers and maga- zines; and promises to become a reading and study center for milit- ant workers of New York. None should niiss the opening on d Thanksgiving Eve. Admission is only 85 cents—and much fun is in store for those who attend. Tickets can be obtained at the office of the school. Get them now! SHOP NUCLEI IN ILLINOIS CO. MINES HAVE BEGUN SPRINGFIELD, Il, Nov. 13.—Within a month’s istence on a shop nu-} clei basis the party units at Springfield, Ill, have e six new members. and thereby aided materially in increasing the organized militant forces amongst the miners in that locality. Party shop nuclei are functioning in five different mines, the Devroux mine, the Old West mine, the Old North mine, the Woodside mine, the Sanga- mon Mine No. 2. The party frac | Milwaukee Notes | tions function in the local unions en-| deavoring to give real organized ex- pression to the fight against the pol- icy, of rule or ruin pursued by Frank Farrington and his helpers. | Local Milwaukee, Wis., Workers During the sharp clashes when the| (Communist) Party, District No. 8, has made rapid headway in the reor- ganization of the party on the basis of shop nuélei. Section membership meetings lidVe been held with the re- higir handed actions of Farrington re- sulted in the ejection from office to sults that: four. shop nuclei have been organized; Whey are: 0. FUNCTION which they were duly elected of Sub-. District President Freeman Thomp- son and Secretary J. J. Watt, one of our party members held the office of progressive miners. Before the sub- sequent elections the party fraction decided that he could not again run for the office, at least not until he had become clear as to what, party policies imply in the everyday activi- cies amongst organized workers. He} lid not become a candidate but he is now making good and showing him- self a better fighter. The Miners’ Educational ‘League is functioning within the Springfield sub-district and there is no intention on their part to give up the fight for the right of progressive elements holding office within the union. The party shop nuclei members are tak- ing the leadership. However, the} to: penuine shop nuclei organizations. | tendency toward limiting the educa- There. gre good prospects that vir- tional league to delegates from vate bow the. total. membership -will re- various locals and local union pro-| main‘in the party either in the shop gressive groups is wrong. The league must be built up as a genuine mass organization in which every adherent becomes an active member. Thruout the Southern Illinois coal fields the party is rapidly becoming reorganized on a shop nuclei basis. West Frankfort when completed, will have six such units, Christopher, two; Zeigler already has two functioning nuclei, while one or two are being or- shops, 8 members. 4. International Harvester Co., 8 members. This is an average of 12 members to a shop. The character of the nu- clei and the sizes indicate real possi- bilities for growth and work. : Comrade Karl Mikalachky, sub-dis- trict organizer, declares that the wares will put fullest energies toward wine the shop nuclei. They have slotted e@ necessary officers and have gotten down to work. The total membership in Milwau- kee in the former English and lan- guage branches was. only 150. This meas’ that nearly one-third of the membership is already organized in- of membérs attended the various sec- tion et anes which is a very high average. The - ‘street nuclei are now being | sub-divided into smaller units. Some} of the members will be placed per- haps in shép nuclei and efforts will ~— nuclei organizations. / or streét:.nuclei, nearly 70 per cent} be made to develop street nuclei into} Three heavy blows were struck for The DAILY WORKER today with the recelpt of remittances from three far- . away citles—-$83.30 from San Fran- cisco, Cal.; $71.00 from Buffalo, N. Y., Finnish branch of the Workers Party; and $62.25 from. Hanna, Wyo., where Finnish comrades are always on the job. The total amount, ‘however, ‘is less than $300.00, not one-thirtieth of what must be raised within the next two weeks. Today’s list is as follows: Walter Kraft, Chicago, I)l.......... 8 6.00 Arthur Klainman, Bronx, N. Y... Cleveland, O., and Philadelphia, Pa., W. P. meetings San Francisco, Cal., Soviet cele- bration ' Polish Br., W. P., Neffs, Ohio, (collésted by Mary Hornik ‘and K. Obraska) .......... denibinissicds ROUND 15.40 83.30 Michael Nahpka, Detroit, Mich... 5.00 Hanna, Wyo., D. W. stamps and } Soviet celebration 62.25 English Bry W.-P., Detroit, Mich. 7.00 Grand Rapids, Mich. (Soviet cele- bration) = bs ae 7.50 G. Tuchelski, ‘Detroit, Mich......... 10.00 F. L. V. Blazina, Rankin, Pa......... 2.00 Lithuanian Br. 15, W. P., EBliza- beth, .N, J. %..i 5.00 ‘Fimnish Br., W. P., Buttalo, N. Y. 71.00 John Kaulta, Detroit, Mich........ . 2.00 So. Slavic Women: Workers Club “Svijetlo,” Kansas City, Kan... 10.00 Today’s total .... $ Previously reported ............ 18,284.74 OS: Bis WOO i. dicot cn dcoc ud $18,575.69 ganized in several of-the other small coal cities. In the Southern Illinois steel cen- ter, in Granite City and Madison, shop nuclei are being organized, One is being established in eaéh one of the steel mills and one of the big foundries composed of a number of live party members. With common LAST MINUTE CHECKS HELP TO RESCUE DAILY WORKER laborers being paid 38% cents per hour for a ten-hour work day and con- Last minute remittances to tide The DAILY WORKER. over the present ditions of slave driving almost equal bad crisis brought in $312.85 more, rushed in from ). WORKERS: PARTY to any steel center there are plenty of | branches. ~ activities for these nuclei to engage in. ) A check Jor $32.00 came from Lithuanian. Br. 96 of Helen, W. Va. theta 290.95 and various countrigs of Europe, par-' The party membership being quite scattered in St. Louis, Mo., the first Steps taken towards reorganization have been the division of the city into two sections within which the language branch lines will disappear. There are immediate possibility of or- ganization of a large clothing factory. In East St. Louis, Ill., steps are be- shop nucleus in the packinghouse. Extend State Reservation. MOSCOW, Nov. 12.—The territory of the Ponza state reservation has} been extended by the forests and marshes, are found in these sections. 10 species of the third idly disappearing. these is the Altaian anemona. A scientific expedition is being or- ganized to explore the fisheries of the lakes and rivers of this region. \ Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the lunch) to your shopanate. —7 7 F shop nucleus in a ing taken toward the formation of «| inclusion of three new sections with a total area of 817 dessiatins consisting of pine Extremely rare and valuable plants Thus, in the Arbanev reservation are growing pre-glacial varieties of vegetation which are rap- ‘ The rarest among ing $5.00 from.Street Nucleus 2 of Chicago Section 3. Three other checks contained proceeds from the Soviet celebration meetings, including a partial payment of $150.00 from Cleveland, 0.; a partial payment of $95.00 from Philadelphia. Pa.; and $35.85 from Maynard, Mass. With the $18,575.69 received earlier, the total amount to date is thus brot to $18,888.54, | AID THE REVOLUTIONARY CAUSE BY SAVING THE DAILY WORKER! HERE’S MY DONATION: Name: : Fe aS ER Ret Ue aN eR REL ERC Be TE AAT Tar ipa aD City: , State: : ey ee ee