Daily Worker
December 6, 1925
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J - \ = =D * Joti 2 * . I ay ae Top 5 a i Weng * — aan —— neee — 2 PE gL Ger - ile lt Published Daily except Su Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER LISH 13 W ING CO., 1 Washington Blvd., —— 0 Ey ATION win be located 1 Chicago and con- stitute an executive council which in view of the The conference of the 1 sec - 7 the branches main- BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 4.—Twenty-five miners are entombed in the Cardinal mine, 18 miles south of here with little hope on- tertained of their being rescued alive, according to a report reach- ing here at noon today, The men were trapped when fire caused by defective wiring blocked the exits. A later report states that the number now believed caught in the mine was between forty and sixty. The aes to Op en- tombed men lies in the fact that | membership of the Finnish section | for loyal and energetic support of the bolshevization of the party thru fte reorganization. The convention, which. had on Tuesday unanimously accepted the unity resolution of the Central Exe- cutive Committee, discussed the various problems of the Finnish sec- tion in relation to the work of reor- . ganization during the intervening days. Resolutions were adopted for the guidance of the branches of the tion have been Way as to lay the building even a mt among the Fin- | at the same time rship into the erty thru the shop Bs Bureau. i consists of thir- three candidates. ists of Janhonen, tion of the Workers (Communist) | tain tar halls, whieh | wilt carry on the work between the Party opened last Sunday and closed | are th 4 social, amatic sessions of the whole bureau; Cor- 3 its work on Thursday night with | and ath for the mem- | gan from the Mesaba Range; Ten- 7 P By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. the unanimous election of a bureau | : r shi s in cénneéc- hunen and Heikkinen from the Min- (Special to The Daily Worker) (Special to The Datly Workers of 13 members and an appeal to the tion. v of the activi- | PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Dec. 4.—A near riot lasting ten min- from Cleveland. ob- ected to Rubin of Local 2 speaking in Yiddish against the unseat- of Marks. Sigman opened the session this morning by speak- ing on the introduction to the Executive Board's report. He took} the occasion to make a veiled attack on Judick and the Freiheit. because of its criticism of his policy. . The objection to delegates became the order of 1 on the conclusion of Sigman's weak speech and the case of E. Marks of Local 2 was taken up. The case against Marks appears to be that he, during the Palmer raids, denied membership in the * Communist Party. untes broke out when a machine 1 from South from the Rocky " Mountain diatrict, 1 Comrade ‘The convention adopted a mani- festo addressed to the membership of the Finnish section, urging every member to become a member of a shop nucleus or street leus of the party during the reorganization. the fire is raging in the tunnel, which is a mile and half long may draw gat all the air, causing fatal “black dam p.“ 1 a Finnish section in relation to n s: © district; Sjoman, | The manifesto points out the need It is thru this entrance that rescue e eal The joker in the proceedings is that membership coming into the shop | New ¥ + Karhu and Matt | of bolshevization of the Workers if rescue is possible, must. be made Se r "eueiet ae ee 2 Ee eee (Communist) Party and that the and Attle hope is- expressed that an §- | 9 by bitter enemies of the Workers] work of the workers’ clubs, The ſehigan iet: Puro, Burman, | Finnish membership must Se ey entrance can be gained Gatil late to- (Communist) Party of America. | The guiding rule of the Sigman ma- chine in such cases seems to be that if one is a bad Communist he should not be taken into the union, but that if one is a good Communist one! } should be kicked out. Marks will be seated after the machine speakers have vented their spite on the Com- munists. Antonini led the attack on the Communists. A Left Wing Resolution. The demand for the severance of all relations with the civic federation will be made by I. L. G. W. delegates at the next A. F. of L. convention if resolution tRirty: signed by 17 dele- gates of the largest locals passes. The question comes up on the initia- By T. J. O'FLAHERTY 4 AJOR” GEORGE L. BERRY has announced his candidacy for the presidency of the International Print- ing Pressmens’ and Assistants’ Lge oy to succeed himself. No doubt he 1 Thé only novel feature of the election is that Berry after treating the union for several years as his own person- al property should go to the trouble of seeking endorsements from the mem- bership. Having already secured the sanction of the employing printers there is no reason why the “Majah” should waste good ink singing his own praises in the columns of his own journal which is considerably sub- sidized by scab ads. ki and Wilkkula, who —— on page x. — er Accident” , ae — latter is an important problem for 2 Rescue Crews Arrive. The fire starting between 8 and 8:30 this. morning was soon beyond control of the men working at the mouth of the mine and alarms were sen: to Nederland and Boulder for assitance. Superior, Colo., another mining town responded to appeals for help, rusbing & mine rescue car stationed at that point to Boulder where they will be rushed by high powered automobiles to the scene of the disaster. _Fire Chief Healy of Denver im- mediately rushed a crew equipped with gas masks and fire fighting equip- ment to the stricken mine. More than 300 miners from adjvin:ng camps have been organized into rescue Communists E x pose Imperialist Aimee (Special to The Daily Worker) BRUSSELS, Belgium, (By Mail) — The interpariiamentary Communist Congress which is holding its sessions here spent its second day in the dis- cussing of the alliance of American and English capital in the Locarno peace pact for the exploitation of the subjugated peoples in Europe and of the colonies. ‘ * * * tive of the left wing after many years. squads. Comradé Treint spoke upon the al- HE. hide of a rhinoceros is del] The resolution so far ret if. tered European situation in conse- Pe ared to the intellectual passed, wilh put the I. L. G. W. tar in ; All Shut OFF, quence of the Locarno pact: the skin of pee Aye ee But The compressor and fan houses, the | Froupings of the capitalist gy is impossible and * — ot latter supplying fresh air for the tun. the strengthening. of Germany, the | : wed ner letely des at a} Weekening of Frauce and the attaen if ry's person union, will be inter- loss estimated between 310,000 and | ment of Germany to England. The ested to learn that the series of art- fonal- Lat 215,000. Locarno pact is also of the greatest icles that appeared in this paper some | for recognition of Ru importance for the colonial question which reacts once again upon the constellation in Europe. The Locarno pact prepares the attack upon the So- . viet Union. Locarno is it is true the in troduction to a temporary understand- ing between America and Great Brit- ain, but at the same time it means the preparation for the conflict be- tween the imperialist contradictions of. America and England on other fields. The working crew of the Cardinal tunnel, which is a gold and silve: mine, is composed of sixty men, ac ‘cor ing to information received from Nederland. Whether all of these men were in the mine at the time of the fire could not be learned. William. Bryant, a miner who was at the mouth of the tunnel when the blaze started was badly burned. So far as can be learned there has been no explosfon in the tunned and officials are holding out hope that the men possibly are still alive. sending. of a trade uniof there, oné for freeing ‘Gitk by many delegates, two" Fe for the 44#hour week,’ first as an, obligatory * against the expulsion pani a labor party, one each & st child“ labor and military . mips, two | for the shop delegate stem, one time ago, in the nature of an auto- biography of Mr. Berry, got on the Trside of that worthy’s skin. * _® * N the November issue of the Am- erican Pressman, George offers himself and his international crew of | strikebreakers for re-election. Speak- ing for the gang, Mr. Berry declares “we are desirious of continuing the . great work in which we are now en- gaged.” For the benefit of those not in the know, Mr. Berry's principal | visible means of support is strike- preaking, with the sanction of the officialdom of the American Federa- tion of Labor. oe 1 rl N struggle, tree for amalgamation ‘and one for support of The DAILY WORKER and the Freibeit. Fight Locarno Pact. Comrade Heckert stressed in hig re- marks the fact that America was the initiator of Locarno which will result a in a temporary understanding between American and British imperialism in order to mobilize all capitalist forces against the Soviet Union the existence of which is a permanent threat to (Continued on page 3) - * * All Hope is Gone. BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 4—Hopes of saving any of the men entombed to- day in the Cardinal mine, 18 miles from here, were further dashed late ‘today when smoke was discovered pouring in dense volumes from an abandoned air shaft, 3,700 feet from the entrance. Persons familiar with the workings of the mine expressed the belief that if the men were caught between that airshaft and another at the extreme ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. AEX“ WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Col. March, TACOMA, Wash.—-(FP)—Many ap- eastern end of the tunnel in which citément ran high here following the B. Stewart was appointed by Secre-| plicants for each available job are [they were trapped, all have been suffo- : discovery of a gold nugget weighing| tary of War Davis as superintendent | reported by employment agencies in|cated by now. ROBERT 2 of the United States Military Acad- the Pacific northwest. Municipal work Altho company officials continue to f 43 ounces by C. B. Nelson, a prospec- tor. Nelson discovered the large] emy at West Pint. He succeeds | is being curtailed, farmers are laying assert there were only 18 men in the Maj. Gen. Fred W. Bladen, who was off men and the lumber districts have | mine to the best of their knowledge nugget on the Kantishna river, about 60 miles west of Kobe. The nugget] assigned to command the Philippine many more jobseekers than they can | other estimates varied widely, running department. | handle. as high as sixty. is valued at $731. 7. 7 oe 2 5 y: Doesn't Trust U. 8. Planes. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—By an ex- change of notes between the state de- partment and the British embassy, it was agreed to extend the time that American aviators may. fly over Can- adian soil until April 2, 1926. + AVING proven his good inten- tions, the “Majah” sailed into the } Communists. But for a few “un- (Continued on page 2). LEFT WING FORCES SIGMAN TO SEAT DELEGATE FROM LOCAL 38 By WILLIAM F. DUNNE. (Special to The Daily Worker) PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.—The question of seating one lone delegate, Rea. a member of Local 38 and the editor of La Frustra, a little anarchist sheet, in the afternoon session of the convention showed the inner weaknéss of the machine better than any development to date. Rea himself played an unimportant part, but the struggle between Ninfo and Antonini which he aroused brought delight to the progressives. The charges against Rea seem to have? * arisen out of the criticism of Ninfo 7 carried on by La Frustra and resulted in the expulsion of eight members by Ninfo: The case was clearly a polit- ieal one and without endorsing the views held and opinions expressed by —— | 1111 The Saturday Magazine Section of the Daily Worker NHereafter— (Beginning with the ~~ next issue, Dec. 12), will be a4 new and unique section, under the editorship of This time it is Colorado. Finds Gold Nugget. New Chief of Goose-Steppers. More Applicants than Jobs. it will contain more carefully se- lected material. it will be more en- tertaining,—for it will print some of the best short stories ever written, by the greatest artists of the world. It will be enlivened by the best car- toonists—geniuses of America and Eu- rope—some of whom you know and some you never heard of. And by po- ets whom the bourgeois editors want to hang for understanding too much . We Must Finish the Job for Our To All Party Branches, Party Members, and Party Sympathizers: DAILY WORKER have raised ontinue and the a 0 in favor , a 1 pe city $40,000. This was the amount } There remains a period of ten days | raise funds thru the party branches | to increase its influence in the work- of life, and— a we dee a ni dee for The party and supporters of The | needed to overcome the crisis and to raise the amaunt needed to com- 2 other units of the party should. ine clAss movement, to build itseit | THEORY!?? Do you sometimes | n Antonini and Ninfo, al- put The DAILY WORKER in a posi- plete the fund. Every branch of the largest possible as a secure instrument for service feel depressed and discouraged with Dbetwee 4 1 * bencn bepdee difference on policy| $28:926.88 during the past ten weeks tien so that it would not need | party,\every ber member and every donations sent in by the 15th of to the revolutionary movement in [the thought that you don’t know enuf tho no win light when Antonini to keep alive this weapon of the again to appeal for donations and | sympathizer win the movement is December. the United States. The party can /|of the meaning of life—that you don’t 8 and opposed the creden- working class revolutionary move- | contributions for another year. urged to use thse ten days to drive Comrades, the difference between | give The DAILY WORKER the as- understand enuf of the great Bod- 00 tals committee report unseating Rea. ment. The work done to save and | With this total sum at its command, | up the total eamtributions to The | the situation if The DAILY WORK- | surance, if the latter will be’ the ‘shevik THEORY which is matehing 5 8 d and urged that Rea insure The DAILY WORKER for The DAILY WORKER would be in | DAILY. WORKER fund to the | ER fund is not driven up to the to- | case, by making the last ten days thru the world, placing in the hands of Hyman foljowed an a the coming year, is a tribute to the | a position to liquidate its pressing | 40, 0 mark. That means that ut | tal $40,000 will be, whether The count to complete the 340, 000 fund. uneducated“ workers the power that he seated, 2 loyalty to the revolutlonary move- | obligations to creditors and have | least $1,000 must be raised each | DAILY WORKER shall limp along COMRADES, INTENSIFY THE ‘tears down empires, to blast the ; “Blackest of Black. ment, of the members of our party | some freedom to mobilize its forces | day during these ten days. on the verge of a crisis, with pos- | CAMPAIGN ’ FOR THE DAILY 5 of Ages“ — Sigman, who then renewed officially the demand for a retraction. movement and the response given showed that they realized the seri- members and sympathizers with our movement to complete this fund by the 15th and then promptly send the remittance to The DAILY WORK EB. of readers. We ask you to make it posible for A DAY. MAKE THE DAILY WORKER Zack, a member of Local 38 him-| ang the sympathizers who aided in | for a subscription campaign and in- There are in the hands of many | Sibilities or having again to appeal WORKER. Do you want the joy of knowing and self, brought loud and prolonged pro-] the work. The support given The | crease of its circulation and sup- | members of the party and sympa- | to the membership in the near fu- SELL AND SEND IN YOUR RE. feeling that you possess something of tests from the Ninfoites when he char-|; paiLy WORKER enabled it to sur- | port, which might in the future thizers The DAILY WORKER fund ture, or whether we shall begin the MITTANCE FOR THE DAILY the great wisdom of the Bolsheviks—? | acterized Ninfo and his official family vive the crisis which threatened ite | place it beyond the need of appeal- | coupons. Each member and sympa- | "ew year with a secure foundation WORKER COUPONS. The SATURDAY MAGAZINE of as “the blackest of the black in our ite. The facts of the situation of | ing for donations. thizer who has one of the SAVE | and the road clear for a struggle to RAISE MORE FUNDS THRU ithe DAILY WORKER will try to give | international.” Demands that he with-| The DAILY WORKER were frank- The funds raised is sti!i $11,000 | THE DAILY WORKER coupon. WE MUST FINISH JOB YOUR BRANCHES, MAKE THE it to you—in short, simple explana- draw the statement were made and i told to the membership of the short of this total of $40,009. The | sheets, should, make every effort to make The DAILY WORKER. seif- REPORT OT THE FUNDS LEAP tions, (but not too simple—not vul- the uproar continued until quieted by party and the sympathizers with our | party has determined to ask the sell the balance of the coupons by | supporting by increasing its circle UPWARDS BY AT LEAST $1,0000 garized) from the pens of the men who are unmaking an old world of ‘tyranny and making a new world for “That statement is my opinion and ousness of the situation and were December 15th. On that date The | The branches of the party which | The DAILY WORKER to face the SECURE FOR 1926 BY COMPLET- workers. | will not retract,” said Zack. “I stick| determined to save The DAILY | DAILY WORKER campaign is to be | still have funds collected from the | new year with confidence and assur- | ING THE $40,000 FUND BY OE. And this, too, will be entertaining J to it altho I want it understood that WORKER fer the party. closes. it must be closed with the November 7th meetings, or special | ance that in place of going down un- *CEMBER 15TH. and readable. / it does not apply to the members of The goal which was set for The; | tétal of $40,000 registered as the affairs for the benefit of The DAILY der the difficulties which a working Fraternally yours, Subscribe to the DAILY WORKER ‘4 Local 38 who are workers,“ Sigman ,.DAILY WORKER fund at the be- sum collected for The DAILY | WORKER, shouldicrush these in to. | class newspaper must face, it WW!“ C. E. RUTHENBERG, NOW, and get the new Magazine (Continued on page 2) | ginning of the campaign was WORKER fund, j The DAILY WORMER, The efforts to | be ina position to strengthen itself, General Secretary. section next Saturday, Dee. 12, . * * * * 8 ewe? 5 * ’ „5 eee eee oy vee ing
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be decocrated sufficiently to enable es — — —6ũ— eae 9 Still at It A } Sa N \ N 8 2) 77 o ’ 1 U 4 a France Issues 7,500,000 Paper Francs. | ASWEESEEIT - By T. J. O’Flaherty | (Continued from page 1) scrupulous Communists nestled in the great city of Chicago” there would be no. opposition to his candidacy, mo- destly declares Mr. Berry. The Work- ers Party would be pleasantly sur- prised if it had as many members on its rolls as there are members in the Pressmens’ Union, who would like to see Berry under the monument that covers the dust or what may or may not be the “unknown soldier.” So much for the Majah's“ popularity in his own union. = * * ABOR fakers, as a rule are not noted for intellectual attainments but some of them make an effort to reach some degree of literacy. After assailing The DAILY WORKER m- sinuatingly, George says: “We do not seek the support of any person who believes that the government of the United States or the government of Canada should be overthrown or destroyed. We do not believe there is a corporal’s guard in our organiza- tion who hold such opinions and it is because of this that we seek reno- mination and re-election to the offices which we now hold and those to which we aspire, believing in the great American traditions of free- dom, free from autocracy of Soviet- ism or autocracy from selfishness.” (Emphasis ours— T. J. O’F.) * 7 = OW we know why the average labor faker aspires to office in the trade union movement! To save this and neighboring governments from being overthrown! If Berry whispered this in the vicinity of a Missouri mule’s tail, his face would him to pose as a wounded hero of the world war and perhaps give him an. excuse to apply for the title of general. Berry’s only regret for the year, is the action of members of the union in Chicago in striking against open shop conditions in a big print- ing plant. But Berry “fixed” the strikers, and he made no distinctions between conscious radicals and ordi- Mary non-political trade unionists. 7 * * HE pressmen will gain nothing by railing against Berry. They must learn to fight him effectively. They must organize. Of course he is a political crook, but that is the busi- ness of the reactionary leadership of the American Federation of Labor. They are the “labor” wing of the capitalist government. Berry knows quite well that there are no Com- munists in the rebellious local of Chicago. If there were and if their policies dominated, there would not be any foolishness such as resorting to capitalist courts for injunctions a even against such a capitalist flunkey as Berry. «| * ss ® ' HEN the members of Pressmens Union No. 3 deposed a tool of Berry’s as president, they replaced him with one of the most bitter Com- munist haters in Chicago, a fake pro- gressive who expected to carry favor in certain quarters by denouncing the Communists. This lickspittle policy never gets the workers anywhere. * a * HE pressmen were licked by Berry and the bosses because they expected to win by playing a lone hand. If they are to get rid of Berryism in the future they must’ have both a policy and organization and not depend on the futile method of using “strong” language on the “Majah.” | FREIHEIT SINGING SOCIETY AND ORCHESTRA GIVE BALL AT TEMPLE HALL TONIGHT The Freiheit Mandonn Orchestra and Singing Sociéty is giving a dance at the Temple Hall, corner Van Buren and Marshfield Ave., to- night. Admission will be 50 cents. All are invited to attend. HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! independent Local Joins U. T. W. SALEM, Mass. —(FP)—Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co. workers are now members of Local 33, United Textile Workers’ Union, and will have a spe- cial organizer for pillow case and sheeting mills. The local, headed by John P. O’Connell, former president Federated Textile Unions of America, withdrew from the American Federa- tion of Textile Operatives affiliated with the F. T. U. of A. several months ago. BIEDENKAPP 10 SPEAK MN EAST LIVERPOOL AND STEUBENVILLE CLEVELAND, O., Doc. 4.—The East Liverpool committee of the In- ternational Labor Defense will’ hold a mass meeting Sunday, Dec. 6, in the afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Trades Council Hall. The Steuben- ville committee will hold a mass meeting at Steubenville at 8 p. m., in the Schwaben Hall. Comrade Biedenkapp will speak at both meet- ings on Labor and Defense. A large attendance is expected at both meetings. Left Wing Forces Sigman to Seat Delegate of Local 38 (Continued from page 1) informed Zack that he would not be allowed to continue until he retracted, but as Zack proceeded to ‘elaborate upon the low regard in which he held Ninfo as an official, Sigman, after another interruption in the form of a weak five-minute speech explaining why he would not go thru with his previous mandate to deprive Zack of the floor if no retraction was made, al- lowed Zack to finish his speech. It was an embarrassing position for the national unions. Sigman Retreats. Confronted with a division of his forces while the left wing maintained an ominous and eloquent silence speaking louder than words during his controversy with Zack, Sigman beat a not very graceful retreat, Fac- ing a situation in which the whole ex- pulsion and suppression policy was being aired while the individual in- volved was sure to be seated the ma- chine became “good sports” as they expressed it. Portnoy and Wishnevsky explained that the seating of Rea was no favor but part of the policy of the progres- }sives, altho they took no responsibility for the acts or utterances of Rea. Cer- tain of defeat on this issue the ma- chine speakers became ardent ad- vocates of amnesty and toleration. It is probable that as a result of this discussion the expulsion policy has been dealt a blow from whcih it will not recover. Rea was seated by a vote of 111 to 71. Invite New York Shop Chairmen. The shop chairmen elected at the Cooper Union meeting have been in- vited to the convention. An attempt was made to combine the motion to do this with an invitation to Ashpiz, provisional managers for Local 2 ap- pointed by the machine during the New York struggle, but the motion was divided, the shop chairmen be- ing invited unanimously while . 101 votes were cast against the invita- tion to Ashpitz. Machine Seats Slugger. At the end of the morning session after several hours of bitter debate Dolnick of Chicago, charged with slug- ging and running a corporation shop, was seated by a vote of 147 to 107. — — Settle Suit. A suit for 50,000 damages, based upon the finding of a dead mouse in a bottle of root beer served to Jack Taylor of Harvey, III., in a soft drink parlor in that town, was settled in chambers by the Hydrox Company of Chicago as the suit was called for trial. president of one of the largest inter- THE DAILY + A i | ek „ ö : To Le ma > e tt, —kʒ̃ĩ — Prosecutor Plays on Jury’s Prejudices BY ELLA REEVE BLOOR. (1. L. D. Press Service.) PITTSBURGH, Dec, 4.—The jury in the case of Edward Horacek, active member of Machinigt’a, Union ,here charged with a violation of the Penn- sylvania state sedition law, found Horace guilty on counts seven and eight of the indictment, eharging him with the distribution of Iſterature, etc., and of membership jn a party tend- ing to teach sedition, etc., after it had been “deading” one „ half hours. He was found not aut on all other counts: Bail has been renewed for Horacek and the case will be appealed to a higher court. , me Fight to Higiler Court. The case of the other eight who are also charged with,Wiélation fo the same law will not cOmé up until the Horacek case has been fought in the highest court of the uptry. The jury which tried Horacek was composed of a number of aged wom- en, a foreman, and business men. The personnel of the jury ras published in an earlier issue of The DAILY WORK- ER. ‘ Plays on Prejudices. The prosecutor in the trial of Ed- ward Horacek, accused of a violation of the state sedition act, made a most inflamatory speech before the jury denouncing the “reds”, Bolsheviks, the Russian revolution and Lenin, playing on the prejudices of the jury to re- turn a verdict of guilty. Thruout his entire speech he made a grand stand play to the jury on their 100 per cent Americanism, : I In referring to Hordatek, he launched on a tirade, declaring that if he did not like America, he couid go back to Bohemia where he had dome from and that Horacek would fever receive the enormous salary in Bohemia that he was now receiving. Workers Party on Trial. Following the display of ignorance by the prosecutor, Jpdge Prather in his instruction to the jury, said that the burden of the lays on the programs of the Workers Party as to whether admitted me: rship in the. Workers Party means, ad dition. He sine faunal examine what national was and th tic Workers Party to the, Communist In- ternational. In his ctions the judge actually placed ih the hands of the jury the question of deciding whether or not the Workers Party is illegal or not. It is not so much a trial of Horacek as it jg of the Work- ers Party in Pennsylvania. After his instructions the jury ad- journed to an adjoin! room to de- cide as to the verdict tb bring in. Merrick’s Cowardice, Fred Merrick was brought into court and asked if he Was a member of the Workers Party, Merrick answered “No, Not since July.” te: “Will you renounce future activity in the party?” was the next question put to him. “I will,” he answered. “I have gone into business in Parkersburg.” The judge then questioned him as to why he: had given up his activities in the Workers Party. He answered “I realized the hope- lessness of my own activities.” For this cowardly action on his part the judge paroled him, with Attorney Marshall assuming costs and respon- sibility for Merrick. Bitter resentment was felt by many of.the workers in the court-room when they saw this cowardly surrender and renunciation. Will Be Expelled. Fred Merrick, who, was the district organizer of the rorkers (Com- munist) Party in the Pittsburgh dis- trict about a year g and who had for the past year deserted activities in the. party, was instructed by the Central Executive Committee of the Workers (Communist) Party to plead not guilty and to fight this case to the end. By his refusch to do so, Fred Merrick will undou e@ly be expelled from membership the Workers (Communist) Party.” © — * Read Party Manifesto. PITTSBURGH, Dec. 4.— The entire manifesto, “United States Today”, issued by the Workers Party in 1923, which analyzed the great strikes of that period, was read to the jury by attorney Marshall in his speech in de- fense of Edward Horacek, active mem- ber ef the Machinist union and now on trial for alleged violatien of the Pennsylvania state sedition law. State Twists Meaning. During the trial the prosecution has * 2 . 0 + Inter. ot the 9 Increase England Rate As Gold Supply of Is Threatened By J. Louis ENGDAHL. the two, war debt to the United to new stru empire” hei rate was ma bled of its gol than $933,000, standard last April. gates against creditor nation. 1 the British. ves to American finance. Wall Street rule. lution. Tobax. American capitalism rival, British capitalism, that it is by far the This voracious beast that travels the to satiate its profit hunger, snaps its challenge to the lean lion in London, that no nation must dare oppose America. f * , When Great Britain reached an States and then, with a great show of courage, returned to the gold standard, that was a challenge ggles in the world’s commercial rivalry. : But the bold front of the British suffers another setback. London has been compelled to increase its rediscount rate, at one jump, from four to five 1 cent, in order to stop “the absolutely necessar anemic British capitalism. The o since the Bank of England reduced its rate to four per cent last October, while its gold reserve is $48,500,000 lower than when England returned to the gold The British must therefore close their e exit of this rency. But that only weakens for foreign markets, in its attempted “conquests of over other nations, that are now compelled to turn their ex- clusive attention once more to As if to taunt the British lion, Wall Sreet refuses to ad- vance its rediscount rate by even a fraction. It is indicated that the order to make no change, altho this could easily be done and had in fact been announced, came directly from Secretary of the Treasury “Andy” Mellon, chief spokesman of the American dollar in Coolidge’s cabinet. The American bank rate remains at 3½ per cent, a full 1½ per cent below Thus England, altho she may parade as the chief insti- gator of Locarno “security” pacts against Soviet Rule, is nevertheless the helpless puppet of American The weekly report of the federal reserve system for the New York district shows that in spite of the wild wave of speculation and the giant loans made, yet the total loans of the New York bank have declined 84,924,000. Reserves and deposits at New York increased $3,565,000 and $14,236,000, respectively during the past week. * * * This is the power that the possession of one-half of the world’s gold supply —84, 500, 000,000 out af $9,000,000,000— It was necessary to force the ocarno compact upon the capitalist nations of Europe, so , that the American gold surplus would not only find a safe and “peaceful” spot for investment, but also an opportunity to collect the interest on the investments made. this ncessitates the enforcement of “ir the various nations, resulting in an alliance between the American dollar and the different national governments to keep the workers in servile submission to the bitter exploita- tion forced upon them in order that the demands of the American shglocks may be satisfiet. Thus British capitalism, with the various national ca- pitalisms upon the continent, may be helpless in the grip of But beyond lies the as yet slumbering power of the discontented and revolutionary workers, who are developing strength to tear down not only the dreams of Britain’s Lombard Street, of the French Bourse and the financial districts of the European capitals, but of New York’s center of finance as well. And back of these battling revolutionary workers stands the power of the workers and peasants of the Soviet Union, the bulwark of the world revo- At this writing the United States may furnish the world with its dominant imperialism. oppressed everywhere will result in the creation of a power against which even the American dollar. cannot stand, but before which its rule must collapse and fall. again demonstrates to: its ronger of orld over, agreement to pay its The increase iin the bank by the heavy drains on ow has aggregated more recious basis for their cur- ritish imperialism in its fight peace” the United States as the sole capitalism. Of course, ndustrial peace”, within aan But the awakening of the read excerpts from this manifesto and has twisted and contorted the mean- ing in such manner as will serve their purpose, By reading the entire man- ifesto to the jury, the defense is estab- lishing the “veracity” of the stools who testified for the state. Marshall brought out Lincoln’s con- tention that the people in America had the right to change the govern- nent and that if it did not serve the nterests of the people they had the revolutionary right to dismember the government and replace it by one that would represent them. He pointed out that the Workers Party was trying to organize the workers in this country for a political change and that they were perfectly within their right to do so, ’ He then caused the prosecutors much discomfort, when he brought out that the Workers Party in Amer- ica’ was not the only ones that were looking towards Soviet Russia to lead them out of this maze of injustice and wrong. He showed there many others who were looking toward Russia. The attorney went on to prove that not a single act, word or deed had been proven which would show Horacek working for the overthrow of the government and all the wit- nesses the prosecution had been able to produce were city detectives and former department of justice agents. Raps Lennon. He characterized Lennon, the form- er department of justice head, who placed stool-pigeons in the labor | unions here to spy on their activities | and to commit acts of provocation, as “the little man” who brings the same stack of papers to every trial using them in his attempts to have defend- ants in different trials convicted. The attorney brought out that three of the books and some of the papers that Lennon had introduced as “evidence.” had never been seen by the defendant Horacek and that Horacek had been pulled out of his bed and arrested and that the entire chargé was based on falsehood. In the cross examination of Hora- cek, before the defense rested its case and the final plea was made by the defense attorney, the prosecutor asked Horacek whether he and his party would use the same methods as were used in Russia at the time of’ the revolution to effect a political change in — United States. Horacek shöwed that it is impos- sible to say what the workers in Am- erica will do. He showed that the workers will follow in the path of the Russian workers, who established the first workers’ and farmers’ gov- ernment, and declared that time alone could tell what methods would: be used to attain the aim sought. | SAMOVAR TEA PARTY AT 19 SO, LINCOLN TONIGHT Be sure to drop in at 19 So. Lin- colin tonight. Big Samovar Tea Party. 5 . pointed thru the work which you have b After keeping a 10-year old youth awake all night and applying the killed his father, John Seardina. The mother is now lodged in jail and the dicks who applied the “gold fish” methods on the 10 year old youth claim that they have a’ “confession” from her that she killed her husband in a quarrel over an- other woman, The young lad was kept awake all night, with detectives being chang- . ed off every so often, questioning .. the young lad and trying to force a - “confession” from him that his me- ther killed her husband. , Finnish Bureau Ts Unanimously Elected of (Continued from page 1) 25 the first step toward bolshevization Ps eg qts the party and make the large Finnish membership a loyal part of the bol: shevized party. This manifesto is a ringing declaration against the ten- dencies in some quarters of the Fin- nish section, expressed particularly | in the Minneapolis resolution, whic ) took a position against reorganization. The Minneapolis resolution and those responsible for it, Seéeveri Alanne, Vilho Bowman, and others, were un animously condemned. Co-operate With C. E. G. The seventeen delegates, together with the editors and business man- agers of the Finnish papers, who con- stituted the convention, worked in close co-operation with the repre- sentatives of the Central Executive Committee, Comrades Ruthenberg, Cannon and Lovestone, during the whole period of the convention. All the delegates expressed the belief that the results of the convention will be closer co-operation in all phases of the party. work by the Finnish member- ship. . Comrade Ruthenberg addressed the convention just before adjournment, summarizing the work of the five-days session as follows: — — — United Organization. “The Central Executive Committee representatives are of the opinion that in this convention we have laid the foundation for the development of a bolshevized Finnish Section, part of a bolshevized Workers (Communist) Party. The enemies of our movement has been looking forward to this con- vention hoping’ there would be some sort of disruption or split which would yeaken the Communist movement in the United States. The hopes of the social democrats and two-and-a-half internationalists have been . disap- done. We believe that we have clear- ed away the misunderstandings that existed among the Finnish member- ship in regard to reorganization, The Central Executivé Committee repre- sentatives feel that thru the relation- ships established in this convention with the leading comrades fo the Finn- ish Section, we have the groundwork for close co-operation and continuous aid by the Central Executive Commit- tee in helping the Finnish comrades to solve the many problems which are raised in the work of reorganization: The result of this work will be a pow- erful section of Finnish comrades or- ganized in the Finnish fractions of the party, and around them a broader mass movement in the workers’ clubs than has ever existed before. “Our party has come out of this convention stronger than it ever has been. We will work together in build- ing up a powerful Communist Party in the United States which, in the days to come, will be able to meet the capitalist enemies in open battle and win the struggle for the Soviet Re- public in the United States.” For Bolshevized Party. Comrade Koskela, chairman of the convention, replied to the speech of Comrade Ruthenberg and said: “In the name of this convention of- the Finnish Section, I wish to express the endorsement by the convention of the views expressed by the represen- tatives of the Central Executive Com- mittee. The delegates to the conven-- tion have found, in the co-operation of the Central Executive Committee rep- resentatives, a great aid in their work in finding solutions for the problems which spring out of the work of the organization. We thank the members of the committee of the Central-Exe- cutive Committe for their co-operation and assistance. We will go back tothe membership of the Finnish Section and inform them about the work and views of this convention and we be- lieve that they will respond to the work of this convention and give their loyal support to the reorganization Music by Radio. Branch No. 5 V. W. L. invites you! and take part in the Bolshevized Workers (Communist) Party of Amer- ica.” Come to the > ra na POLISH, RUSSIAN Concert & Ball Given by at SCHOENHOFEN HALL, Corner Milwaukee and Ashland Avenues AND UKRAINIAN WORKERS’ talents will aus TOMORROW, SUNDAY, DEC. 6 Some of the best Polish, Russian and Ukrainian participate in the concert program. AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN DANCES. A good time is promised to all who will attend. TICKETS: IN ADVANCE 50 CENTS, AT THE DOOR 65 CENTS. Beginning 3:30 p.m. 2 in relation to the reorganization of : ) S — Veneta eee see
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4 ‘the bs Oe : . N 7 nf (Continued from page 1) world capitalism. The complete defeat of the Buropean proletariat and the colonial peoples would then inevitably follow. The German bourgeoisie had sold itself to the highest bidder. W. (France) declared that America had played a decisive role in the pre- paration of the Locarno pact. Amer. loan is interested in a pacification of in order to secure its loans, she 18 also interested in decuring. Ger- many against the offensive of French imperialism. England is striving to make an end of the French ascend- ancy upon the continent and Locarno répresents a success for her in this policy. The French bourgeoisie is in retreat. The German bourgeoisie ac cepted the pact under the double pres- sure of Anglo-American capitalism. is responsible for illusions of a pacifist nature both in Germany and in Germany received no con- cessions in Locarno. Enkland's aim is to alienate Germany and Russia. The Locarno pact demands a speedier establishment of the united front of class. A Polish comrade declared that the Locarno pact and the coming entrance of Germany into the | e of nations means certain advantages for Ger- many, particularly in the question of .the eastern frontiers. For Eight-Hour Day. Comrade Heckert and Comrade Pi- quemal spoke,upon the eight-hour day and the Washington agreement. Heck- ert declared that the Washington agreement was a maneuver on the part of the bourgeoisie to appease the working class. The ratification and the carrying out of the agreement by the. bourgeoisie is being sabotaged by the reformists. The speaker described the abolition of the eight-hour day in Germany and the attitude of the Am- sterdam Trade Union International to the question. He spoke further of the, English trade union movement and its struggle for the maintenance of the eight-hour day and for the unity | of the trade union movement. The Communists must place themselves at the head of the struggle for the eight-hour day, they must take part with all possible energy in the campaign for the eight-hour day from Nov. 15 to December 15. We must, however, make it clear to the work- ers that only the mass struggle of the proletariat can bring about an im- provement in the conditions of work. Show Up Washington Agreement. Comrade Piquemal declared that the Washington agreement was a great swindle, We must intensify our meth- ods of struggle to win the eight-hour day. We must inform the working class of the whole history of fhe Washington: agreement. In parlia- ment tho we can stand for the Wash- ington agreement, we must however, expose the attitude of the reformists in this connection. The establishment of the eight-hour day by law is im- possible, it can only be won by the mobilization of the masses. The following comrades took part in the discussion which followed. Overstraeten who discussed the ques- tion of the ratification of the Wash- ington agreement in the Belgian parl- iament, the Polish Comrade, Welti, and Raedel. * hes . j UNF 5 * N * F 5 * — 25 * 1 75 9. asl ty ; iil 2 * 2 — — Por hes 2 ar . * „ 208 0 eh : N te eae a it 1 oi . | 1 N ah TLIVES OF SEAMEN ENDANGERED (Special to The WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Did the and sink to her lonely grave with her 1 ai 485 4 8 Naval experts were asking themselves this question today as a result of an accident to the collier Orion, which forced her to put back to Hampton 3 N ‘ 1 e e n 1 . ay 4 uw? > 2 0 7 3 Bh 1 0 W * 05 ; ; Mies Mie 7 * 125 18 N 1 1 * ra * N. 8 1 x * et. "Sa, eee ; dt fan t 2 — a . br PORT * — 572 ; 5 . » Oe 8 5 * 2 > is 4! ‘ 7 4 - 4 1 ee . 1 8 Daily Worker) ill-fated naval collier Cyclops buckle human cargo of 290? tion. The Orion was a sistership to] | the Cyclops. Some officers expressed the opinion today that the Orion’s mishap may reveal the secret of the greatest of all American naval mysteries, the loss of the Cyclops. Sister Ship Vanished. The Cyclops sailed from South America In March 1918, with a cargo of manganese. He had aboard 290 per- sons, officers, passengers and crew. Nothing more was ever heard of her. She disappeared as completely as if a magic hand had brushed her. from the world, leaving not one trace of her going. The seas were combed, ports were searched, every clne followed intently, but never a trace was found of her, not even a spar of a drifting life preserver. . For some years, it was suggested that a German submarine had sent the collier to her doom, or that she had struck a submerged mine. In- quiries were conducted in Germany after war, but no German sub com- mander could be found who could throw any light on the mystery. Yesterday her sister ship, the Orion, sailed out of the Roads with a cargo of coal. Her structure buckled in a heavy sea and she raced back to port with her forward tanks flooded and almost sinking. The same defect, some officers be lieved today, may have buckled the Cyclop’s structure and sent her to Davy Jones’ locker. Penperell Weavers Refuse to Work Under Multiple Loom System BIDDEFORD, Me.—(FP)—Weavers of the Pepperell mills, organized in the American Federation af Textile Operatives, are striking again, against the multiple loom system. The 3,500 workers fought the introduction of the system by which each, worker’s work is more than doubled, In the previous strike the workers finally went back to try out the system and now de- finitely refuse to accept it. : alii Pullman Porters Conduct Organization Campaign ST. LOUIS—(PP)—Pullman port- ers in St. Louis are organizing. “Men, you have nothing to lose, nothing to fear. Your movement is the Broth- erhood of Sleeping Car Porters. You have the solid support of, qrganized labor generally. ite men erganize, why not you?” reads a campaign cir- cular. The Negroes are angered at the Argus, a local Negro newspaper which in return for a large ‘advertise- ment from the Pullman company pub- lished an attack on the unfon. oY a Carpenters Get Raise. DALLAS, Tex.—(FP)—-Union car- penters in Dallas are about to sign a negotiated agreement with the con- tractors association which will in- crease their wages from $8 to $9 per day of 8 hours. This will affect 1,500 workers. FIRST ANNUAL SUNDAY EVENING, 7 A = - - — — - - -—_ * ee ˖·˖·— a . * 1 6E A TP ²˙ V ⁰˙¹ U E . SAN FRANCISCO, ATTENTION! at TURN VEREIN HALL, 2450 Sutter St., San Francisco. Cal. ) given by the FREIHEIT CLUB | , Admission 50 Cents. ) RE a eee BAURE'N BALL DECEMBER 13, 1925 Roads naval base in a sinking condi-¢ WARD BAKING SLAVES | HELP PRESIDENT BUY M OPERA BOX SEAT NEW YORK —(FP)— Dec. 4.— Business is so booming for the new $400,000,000 baking merger, General Baking corporation, that its presi- dent Paul H. Helms can pay nearly $200,000 for a box in the “diamond horseshoe” of the Metropolitan Opera House. Helms, who has not announced a wage advance for his many baking employes, purchased the box from the August Belmont | estate and becomes owner of $200, 000 equity in the $7,000,000 opera house property. Costume alteration hands are stil! striking against the Metropolitan for abrogation of the union agreement, * Operators and Union Heads Discuss Use of Machinery in Mines Representative of Illinois miners will meet with mine owners at the Great Northern Hotel to open negotia- tions that may lead eventually to machine operation of Illinois coal fields. The operators, at a meeting presided over by President Rice Miller of Hills- boro, made a preliminary survey as to the use of electric machines in the Illinois coal mines. “Call Off Spies, Let Business Take Care of Itself,“ Wails Senator In a speech before the ‘Western Canners’ Association in the Hotel Sherman here, former Senator James Hamilton Lewis called upon Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge and congress to call off the 65,000 “spies” that the government maintains to probe into business and to call off all the com- missions the government had investi- gating business ventures and let business take care of itself. “Aiding” ‘Disabled Vets. | MONTREAL—(FP)—When unem- ployed ex-soldiers were forming pa- rades and storming restaurants, the Montreal newspapers discovered 2 plan to help the men whose wounds made them unfit for hard labor. They collected funds to build little street stands from which the disabled could sell newspapers and magazines. The street corners blossomed with red boxes. A lot of old newsvendors, un- able to meet the competition, went to the poorhouse. Recently the city council, at demand of the bookstores, forbade the sale of magazines on the streets. The newspapers did not rally to the defense of the disabled. — Yellow Swallows Checker Taxi. SAN FRANCISCO—(FP)—Of two remaining taxicab companies operat- ing in San Francisco, the Yellow and the Checker, the unionized Checker will be absorbed by the Yellow, which employes nonunion drivers. The taxi- drivers union will probably have a big fight on its hands to unionize the Yellow in San Francisco. Want Wage Increases. ST. LOUIS—(FP)—Union taxicab drivers of St. Louis are seeking a wage increase from $28.50 a week to $30 and one day a week off instead of two days a month. Funeral driv- ers, members of the same union, re- ceiving $30 a week, are asking for $35. St. Louis taxi drivers are 100 per cent unionized, and even Yellow ORKER a 5 EXTBOOK ONTRI $ ARE GONTESTED Graft .. Fly Thick and Fast AUSTIN, Tex,, Dec. 4. — Text- ook contracts worth approximately 5600, 000 and made by a subcommittee of the state text-book commission with- out “the advice or consent of the at- torney general,’ and with Governor “Ma” Ferguson as chairman, promises to reveal some | juicy plume being handed around the state to sym- pathizers of the “cliques.” Attempts are being made by the at- torney general "Who is on the “outs” with the in power to force the 22 Company, publish of “to hand back a de- — of $25,000 ahd cancel a six-year contract with thé’ state. This company had bid the highest price on school text-books, but ‘Was able to land“ the contract. : ay Prominent Politician Forces, 15-Year Old Girl Into Marriage MIAMI, Fla. Dec. 4 4—A 15-year old girl found bebegt th a porch in the southwest rou of Miami attired only in her night clothes, told a story of a forced 1 age at Fort Lauder- dale, Fla., thdt may lead to the ar- rest of a pro! nt public official of that city, 23 years her senior. Teachers F ight for in Wages NEW YORK, —(FP)— Dec. 4.— New York teachers will find the Teachers’ Urfion leading the renewed fight for imcreased wages by state legislation. The New York City teachers were sorely disappointed when the board of estimate dropped the 35,700,000 put in the budget for teachers’ wage increases. The Teach- ers’ Union urges, teachers to rally be. hind the joint.galary committee which is working ont mevised schedules for the Ricca bill. which passed the last legislature only to be vetoed by Gov- ernor Al Smith on the ground that city authori should act. v2 To Make Actors Work Sunday. NEW YORK —(FP)—Dec. 4.—The- gare trying to restore day shows by pres mt with the managers performances by Movies and vau- ted by the Actors’ The Lord’s Day its protest against g of Sunday closing fork towns by Sunday 1 enterke possible break laws in New shows. Darrow 1 Negro. NEW YORK, a7 (FP)—Dec. 4.—Res- idential disc Mination against Negroes will be, iscussed by Attorney Clarance Darro in Harlem, New York’s Negro city, on Dec. 13. Darrow will speak of the ‘issues raised by the trial of 11 Negroes in Detroit whom he defended from charges of murder committed by an unknown while the Negroes defended the home of one of them from a white mob. World Trade Union Unity. MONTREAL — (FP) — Addressing the annual convention of the Quebec Labor party, Pres. A. R. Mosher of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad remployes strongly upheld independent political action on the part of labor, and advocated affiliation of labor un- ions with the Canadian Labor party. The convention adopted a resolution favoring an all-embracing world inter- national of labor along the lines laid down by A. A. Purcell of the British workers. The DAILY’ WORKER sub- seription list is a Communist cabs operate union. honor roll. Is your name on it? Two big cases are scheduled to come to trial on November 30th. The Pittsburgh raid case of 10 workers and the Zeigler frame-up case of 15 union miners. The lawyers in each of these cases will not proceed with the defense unless we have the money. FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MUST BE RAISED BEFORE DECEMBER 15TH We call upon all members of the I. L. D. to rise to the test and raise this sum. Contribute all you can and get your friends and neighbors to contribute. Much depends on the outcome of these two trials. The entire working Class is on trial. involved. Rash Your Collection and Make It as Big as Possible. | Fraternally yours, INTERNATIONAL LABOR DEFENSE. J. P. CANNON, Exeoutive Secretary. National Office, 23 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill. — 3 A. W ꝶ6ùʒͤ—— . ĩ˙ )— Emergency Call! 2 To All Members and Friends of International Labor Defense: 3 § vt Not merely the 25 workers Equity Association. (Speciat to The Dalty Worker) NEW YORK, Dec. 4.—The New York DAILY WORKER Builders Club has arranged a HIKE to Ja- maica Woods for this Sunday, Dec. 6. This was postponed twice on accourit of meetings of the Young Workers League and the Junior Pi- oneers, and it is expected that this time both organizations will turn out in force to co-operate with the DAILY WORKER Bulliders to make this the most successful event of the season. * There will be miles of hiking thru the woods. There will also a camp fire, and potatoes baked in a hole in the ground and roasted marshmallows and roasted apples and all kinds of good things to eat (altho it is advisable for everyone to bring a little lunch along in case the commissary department a- gain goes astray). By special ar- rangement with the weather de- partment there will be no rain this time, so as to enable the hikers to play all the games that had been planned for three weeks ago. The meeting hour is ten o’clock. Be on time at 108 E. 14th St., or be at the end of the B.M. T. line in Jamaica at 168th St. at 11 a. m. Then follow the crowd and enjoy the fact that you're alive. OPENS CLA tice of Lenniism, aA A PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. 4.— Along with; the’ 3 program of Bol- shevizing the party, Philadelphia has made e definite beginning in the edu- cational work. The slogan “Into the Classes,” 16 more and more of the membership realite that the 1 a Communist party is a membership well ran in the theory and prac put into practice as essential need for The method of education to be om plowed: 10 the classes will not be the old, worn-out, lecture method. Neither shall the classes confine themselves: to the use of one textbook as in th past. Students will be assigned specific subjects in the form of questions which they must study up out of the books, pamphlets, and such other ma- terial as is given for reference, thus giving the students a stimulus for reading revolutionary literature and studying independently. The following classes have already been launched: Fundamentals of Leninism Class has been successfully launched and meets every Saturday afternoon, 3 p. m., at 521 York Ave, This class is led by Comrade Morris Yusem. The principal textbook used is “Stalin’s Theory and Practice of Leninism.” Elements of Communism—begin- ning Dec. 9 at 505 Reed St., with Comrade Bail as class leader. Every Wednesday, Elements of Communism—begin- ning Thursday, Dec. 17 at 3006 Sus- quehanna Ave., with Comrade Ready as class leader. Bvery Thursday. Elements ot Communism— at 4035 Girard Ave. every Thursday evening, with Comrade Sklaroff as class leader. Class in English to begin Monday, Dec, 6 at 521 York Ave., with Com- rade Winner as teacher. Every Mon- day, 8 p. m. Definite announcements will soon be made on the Trade Union History Class for which preparations are be- ing made. Comrades from all units in Phila- delphia must immediately register with the agitprop organizers of the branch or nucleus. All the above classes will begin promptly at 8 p. m. and comrades are To Save THE DAILY WORKER urged to come in time. NOTICE TO CHICAGO MEMBERSHIP LL general membership meetings on the unity question will be postponed for three weeks and will be listed beginning Dec. 21, according to instructions of the Central Executive Committee. | WORKERS’ SCHOOL AT CHICAGO HOLDS MANY CLASSES DURING WEEK The following classes are being held now every night at 19 South Lincoin St., unless otherwise noted. They are as follows: Monday, 8 p. m. Capital, Volume 1, instructor, Earl Browder. Tuesday, 8 p. m., Imperialism, in- structor, Manuel Gomez. Tuesday, 8 p. m. Elements of Communism, instructor, Oliver Carl- son. Tuesday, 8 p. m., English, 2644 Le Moyne St. Wednesday, 8 p. m., American So- cial and Labor History, instructor, Wm. F. Dunne. Wednesday, 8 p. m., Aims and Purpose of the Y. W. L., instructor, Max Shachtman (at 1902 W. Divi- sion St.) Thursday, 8 p. m. Elements of Communism, instructor, Max Be- dacht. For the Workers Little Boy or Girl— BY HERMINIA ZUR MUHLEN TRANSLATED BY IDA DAILES With over twenty black and white drawings and four beauti- ful color plates and cover de- signs by Lydia Gibson. 75 Cents, Duroflex Covers * $1.25, Cloth Sound The Daily Worker Pub. Co. 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, III. — — lll — denen E. Pashas COZY LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue One-half block from Imperial Hall PHONE DIVERSEY 0791 CHICAGO S -— - fii Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. 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LOEB. — Business Manager Entered as second-dlass . mail September 21, 1923, at the - post-offies at Chi- oago, III., under the act of ‘March 3, 1879. : Advertising rates on — 8183 - — J — — Pressure on Germany After several days of conferences between German potash manufacturers and British bankers on one side and the American state department and Wall Street bankers: on the other a request for a 826,000,000 loan for that industry to. be floated'in the Ustited| States was turned down. 0 The excuse of statesmen at Washington was that the G German pro- ducers would not guarantee American consumers against a raise in prices. This is palpably camouflage. Finance capital invests in industries for the purpose of deriving monopolistic prices. As Marx well said, one cannot take the opinions of statesmen_ ding their governments at their word any more than it is possible to believe } what an individual says of himself. AS Before Locarno the bankers of Wall Street were pouring money into German industries. Possibly they will pour more money into that country. But not until Germany is brought under pressure and | forced to take a step away from the pact-of Loearnp,/where Britain contrived to make that nation a vassal of its imperialistic: aims. The United States bankers do not view with favor the German na- tion, into which it has poured billions of dollars; being used by Britain, because in the last analysis.it means another ally of England against the imperialistic aims of Wall Street. 5 Hence pressure will be brought to bear upon Germany until the government of that nation realizes its obligations to the banker. of the world. England launched the Locarno conferenre in the ‘hope of ereating a “security pact” against the spread of Bolshevism—which means against the Soviet Union—but the intensity. of the struggle for world supremacy between the imperialist powers and the contradic- tions arising therefrom prevented the desired consummation. | While not abandoning its designs against Russia, Britain is learning that it must reckon with its imperialist rival and the potash cénferehce proves that its rival is ruthless. Germany is learning that it cannot become the ally of a poiver ; challenging the supremacy of the United States in every part of the world and still hope to have access to the gold hoards of ‘Wail Street. The refusal of the 80 loan means that pressure is pore brought on Germany to force her away from the influence of Britain. * Brookhart’s “Fraudulent” Campaign Senator Brookhart of Iowa, whose right to sit in the United ~Stateé senate is being challenged, is accused of waging a campaign of fraud to secure votes in the last election. The fraud consists in the\fact that he ran on the republican ticket, while the official republican machine urged support of a democrat, one Steck, against him. A Des Moines reporter testified before the senate committee. hearing the contest that Brookhart and the late LaFollette had a ON RATES 1 4 a eis : 75 tT H E 2 * ee . — $ * tah. ne? 8 5 5 A gt hs „ 1 ie ai Wee hat 5 1 A fy 7 to Wreck the miners' union. 9 policy of “no. happiness. The reasons for refusal of the Pinchot offer and amusing to the initiated but the progressive pointed out that unless the Lewis bureaucracy changed its Tr in the strike, the operators would not only deny them the chec NEEDLE WORKERS bf 08 ANGELES IN UNITY MEET Must Unite n U employment [87 Worker Correspondent) 108 ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 4—The conditions of work in the tailoring shops. of Los Angeles .are miserable and unbearable. Wages are small, work is toil, sweat and slavery.. The eenstant fear of. getting “laid off” is eating up the courage and destroys the self-respect and independence. We have to work with all our fervor and energy to hold on to the job. 4 “Each Jobless Ohe a Threat. The steady stream of jobless, hun- gry workers constantly knocking at the door is being used by the boss against. those at work. Only by un- dermining conditions, and wages one is getting. his right to work. Whenever a jobless tailor knocks at the door we feel that our gains and achidve- ments, that our places are in danger. Brothers and sisters! How long are we going to stand for such miserable contemptible conditions of work? How long are we going. to tolerate them, to suffer and to wait? Let us organ- ize our union and improve our work- ing conditions. Let us unite our scat- tered forces and use the power of our united efforts to protect each and every one of us. The time is ripe, the hour has struck for such splendid work now! Let us not loose any time at this op- portune moment! We must “hit the iron ‘while it is hot.” Our only power is unity! Call Mass Meeting. The sentiment among the tailors of Los Angeles is for an organization. P joint campiagn manager in Iowa. The Needle Trades Council, a volun- Only republicans of the Cal Coolidge stripe could Weid to such absurdities. We presume the democrat, Steck, is a republican because he was supported by republican newspapers, and that the republican, Brookhart, is not a republican because the newspapers did not support him. Foolish as this may seem there is method in the madness of the adminisfration supporters in thus preferting a democrat to Brookhart. The Iowa senator is one of those irrecon- eilables who will line-up with the Borah bloc against the administra- tion proposal that this country enter the werld court, while Steck, as a democrat, will support the proposal. If Brookhart can be eliminated on the charge that he is not a regulag republican, it will. remove one more obstacle to the administration scheme to enter the world court. Unquestionably Borah. will fight to prevent the unseating of one of his supporters. frookhart. like the rest of the LaFollette S is endeavoring to serve the interests of the small bourgeoisie while remaining in the ranks of the republican party. His professed radicalism, like that of Borah, fools many workers and farmers, who know they haye nothing to expect from either of the old parties. * 2 The utter futility of the radical bloc in the republican party is becoming apparent to all. Its collapse will aid thoee forces driying toward a labor party in this country. * * 6. B. S. in His Dotage: (George Bernard Shaw, fabian scoialist and founder of the **smart aleck” school of literature, is being featured again by the Hearst papers as a renegade Communist. In fact. the Chicago. Herald- Examiner dubbs him ‘England’s most famous Communist” and then proceeds to speak of his spectacular “about face,“ thus branding him a renegade and apostle. That is certainly . not flatter ing to Shaw, who never professed to be a Communist. The Shavian attack upon the Communist International and his infantile babbling against the Soviet Unien contains nothing. more than the exploded legends woven by the lie factories of the “white: guard press. He cannot even rise to his Customary literary level when he talks of Bolshevik gold to British Communists, the Zinoviev letter and other myths. Shaw, like Wells aud other literary fabians, dislikes the Bolsheviks because they refuse to take fabianism sérious- ly. They listen to the advice of the muddle-heads and then follow their Own course. As a novelist and playwright Shaw sometimes exposes the bour- geoisie very well, but when it comes to discussing political subjects his knowledge does not transcend the low level of the Hearst publica- tions that syndicate his fiction as political mne It is appropriate that the strikebreaker president, Cal Coolidge, have a house built for him on the roof of a scab hotel in Chicago for his accommodation here during his visit next Monday. If the fight betwee “IT Borah and { ‘oolidge over the world court goes much farther they will need a court to settle the fight here., det a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription for the DAILY WORKER. — > — — tary organization composed of all the needle trades locals of Los Angeles, is calling all the workers in men's tailoring industry, to a mass meeting which will be held on Wednesday Dec. 9, at 7:30 p. m. in the union headquarters at 224 8. Spring St., Room No. 218. Good speakers will address the meeting. Steal Standard Oil Payroll. NEW YORK; Dec. 4.— A woman was shot im the leg and.a $5,500 payroll stolen when four armed thugs held up an automobile in which two em- ployees of the Standard Oil Company were taking the money from a bank to the company’s plant in Harlem. | PAT TOOHEY SPEAKS IN ‘WASHINGTON ON COAL: MINE STRIKE MONDAY Pat H. Toohey, progressive miners in the anthra- cite fields of Pennsylvania, ‘will speak here Monday evening, Dec. 7, at 8 o'clock. at the Workmen's Circle Hall, 1337 Seventh St., N. W., on the problems confronting the striking coaldiggers in the Pennsyl- vania fields. 2 Toohey’s tour is coming to an end. Philadelphia will be the last city in which he Will spgak in the present tour. He will then return leader of the — | ther recognition to By ALEX REID Secretary Progressive Miners’ Committee. The refusal to accept the Pinchot hard coal barons in Pennsylvania prove The miners’ the Pinchot offer notwithstanding the fact be tion of the miners’ meager demands and a arbitration of the proposals by the are determined had — — meant arbitra- of the Lewis miners’ lives and interesting iners have off, but would mak. totally destroy-the f nion. Out to Crush [Union. The statement now made by the spokesman for the hafd coal owners, that they will not categoric denial of 0 points offered by Pinchot as 40 ) for set- tlement, places the overs 8 before the miners as wreck their union. Let it be said now ance of the Pinchot « and his gang of ; the anthracite was a cover up the results on policy that has aided jt against the miners thin Nova Scotia Repeated. , The policy pursued in Nova Scotia —the keeping of maintanence men on the property during the strike, which action aided the “Beast of Besco” to defeat the miners, is again doing the work, this time in the hard coal, where the maintenence men are re- pairing and caring for the coal com- pany property, This has placed the operators in a position to be able tp fiotify Pinchot and the Lewis gang that they re- pudiate any offer of Sttzement on any basis other than wn. The progressive mfhefs pointed out sometime ago that ig must pull out the maintainen a nh in the an- thracite and call a natbnal strike to save the union, and “we venture to say now, that had the union officials done so, the Pinchot prepesition would have been more favorable to the miners and would have been gladly accepted by the hard coal owners. Lewis stands in a position today as the head of a labor organization with an opportunity seldom given to any labor leader. Lewis has the power at this moment to the ne meter Mine Workers’ the great- |. est fighting unit in America,—the power to concentrate the full power of the miners of America in one gigant- ic struggle for the miners’ wages, working conditions and union to break the open shop drive and organ- ize the snerganines § miners in the United States. ‘ Is Lewis a fencers Is he big enough to meet the emer- gency? Some hone but sadly de- luded miners feel he 1 and think he will bring out the em ite industry to support the hard ca diggers and save the Jacksonville agreement. Had the miners mifitént 8 at this time, which Would call a tional strike, one of the: greatest — tories known in the history of Amer- ican labor would be the result. Would Bring Out Non-Union Fields. 158,000 hard coal miners supported by 300,000 union soft coal miners would not be on strike 24 hours until the non-union fields were with them and victory assured. And what a vic- tory would be, the organization of the non-union fields of West Virginia and Kentucky! Lewis stands at ue crossroads. Will he take the road to victory thru a national strike, with crowning glory for himself, or the road to defeat and contemptible, well-deserved oblivion thru a partial strikq,and arbitration. The progressives @niners’ demand that Lewis call a onal strike. We pledge our one hugdged per cent sup port to make it & guccess. We demand no Arbitration! We demand a ftaBianal strike! We demand a stftke of the main- tenence men! =2 j ™® 2 & He will like it! "Give your union to the anthracite fields to carry on | brother @ sub 5 The DAILY his fight -there. WORKER. 3 a Reminders for New Yorkers | ficial meeting will take place at the end of the hike around the camp fire in Jamaica Woods, Sunday afternoon, December 6. The presence of every member is requested. One Hundred Candy Girls wanted by The DAILY WORKER New York. agency to help sell DAILY WORKER candy at the great Freiheit mask ball to be held in Madison Square Garden, Saturday evening, Dec. 12. If willing to help, please register at The DAILY WORKER of- fice at once. ‘New York Office is Growing. The room occupied by The DAILY WORKER in the New York headquar- ters has become too small to accom- modate all the volunteers that are helping with the work there, so The DAILY: WORKER Builders Club of- DAILY WORKER New: York agency has moved upstaits to Room 32 at the same address, 108 Fast 14th St. Friends of The DAILY WORKER are invited to call at this office, and to make use of the additional space by volunteering still more work to build our Daily. The next DAILY. WORKER Rescue Party will be different from any of the others in New York. There will be no program, but a package party and the dance. Every reader of The DAILY WORKER in New York is in- vited to bring a package as a present for The DAILY WORKER and then to spend the night keeping step with the splendid orchestra. Make note of place and date: Hgrlem Casino, 116th street and Len» * avenue, Saturday evening, December 19. 1 N — — 2 ¢ an effort to “4 . ne. as * 3 a — AA . 18 — WON IN A DAY DETROIT WOKE UP BY $1 BTI“ E LOCALS OF CARPENTERS’ UNION * lo- By A Worker Correspondent. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 5.— Union recognition and a thirty cents hourly raise was won today for carpenters employed on a prveiously open shop job by an eight-hour successful strike engineered by two “expelled” unions of the Brotherhood of Carpenters of America. é As a result of this vindication of class struggle as the only method by +} which the workers can achieve better conditions, six members of the brother- — ten up. Thus further discredit is put upon J. Sharrock, the kept-president of the district council, whe forced the two militant locals out of the council by unscrupulous machine tactics. Paid Officials Refuse to Act. Tho the union scale in Detroit is $1.15 an hour, the open shoppers. are generall paying 85 cents. On one such job, uploying about twenty men several of & iarrock’s men Were work- ing who reported conditions to Shar- rock and his agents and requested that something be done. Tho this job is centrally located and there are eight paid officials to look after the few. jobs controlled by the Brother- hood (at least an official a job); none- theless, they found themselves unable to visit this job. “Expelled” Locals Lead Strike. When the business agents of the two “expelled” locals in Detroit, Reynolds and Kaller, came on the job and sounded out the men, they found a readiness to strike and a need of leadership. Yesterday morning a strike was called and a picket line thrown around the job. All except a few of the carpenters readily down- ed tools and these hesitating few were ‘assisted in making up their minds by many willing hands. By 9:30 a. m., every carpenter and „ T . A ̃² = 44844 et * FIRST | | BALL N MADISON SQUARE CARDEN n tool yas off the job. By noon, the boss-builders could see 230 cents per hour raise for the carpen- ters but couldn’t see union recogni- tion,—or what they termed union domination.“ However, by 4:30 p. m., they Agreed to all the union's de- mands and it: was agreed that the men should “be written up between 8 and 9 this’ morning. At 9 a. m. the job d @ per cent union. D for Fakers Shown. Following this, six members of the brotherhogd * transferred to the two “expelled locals and a dozen candi- dates wer? written up. See carpen- ters belonging to locals which Hutche son has not yet expelled dropped around to view the novelty of a penters’ strike in Detroit, expressed their dusgust at Sharrock and other parasites whom Hutcheson has wished on the Detroit organiza- tion. One not “expelled” volunteered the information that whlie the strike was in progress, some of the “organizers” (so-called), were busy clipping out and piecing together one of the brain teasers which the capitalist press pub- lishes to keep morons out of mis- chief. “Defeat” Tradition eee It is not expected that Hutcheson will learn anything from this event because hungry, underpaid carpen- ters aren't made of the stuff he’s interested in. But when the yellow- faced, rat-souled Sharrock calls “red” at those whom Hutcheson’s tyranny has driven from the organization, the rank and file may begin to believe, after having seen the “reds” in ac- tion, that some “red” blood is needed. In any event, the tradition of defeat which has eursed the carpenters of Detroit has been broken. The first victory Sales bring many more to come, la "Reminders for C leveland | English Classes Organized. Classes in English—one for begin- ners and one for advanced students are being formed. The firs¢ session will be held on Sunday morning, Dec. 6, at 10 o’clock at the district office and are open to both members of the party and the Young Workers League and sympathizers. Registration is taking place at the district office, 5927 Euclid Ave. oe Trade Union Class. A class in trade unionism will be- gin on Sunday Dec. 6, 10 o’clock at the d This 49th Street and Eighth Avenue. DANCE OF 25, 000 The Largest Workers Party Affair Ever Undertaken FREIHEIT MASK BALL Saturday Evening, December 12 course will deal with the history of the American labor movement and be succeeded by a course of discussions on the tactics of the Communists in the trade unions. This course is most important for all comrades, both those now in the unions and those who by party decision will be obliged to join without further delay. This course is open only to party and Young Workers League members. Sunday afternoon, Dec. 6, at 2: 00 o'clock a conference will be held at the district office, to discuss work among women. ~r** *& *% &% % © — rr 1 | . 51.500 in Prizes for Most Interesting Masques | Advance Sale of Tickets at: Workers Le 16... Ai Rt —. — isQ—— rr * W One of the Largest Bands Ever Heard. Admission 50c, Hat Check 50c Freiheit Office, 30 Union Square; Workers Party and Young © ague Offices, 108 East 14th Street; Offices of Locals 2, 9, 22 and ternational Ladies’ Garment 1 Union; Furriers’ Joint Board Office, 22 East 22nd St. ~ ene *s SS & S&S & * SSS EEE n 35 of the In- rr r rr rr