Daily Worker
December 13, 1925
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. n . 6 This Issue Consists of Ty Sections. SECTION ONE. e 1 . N "Subscription Rates h 3, 1879. uy Price 5 Cents Published Daily except Sun PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W. by THE DAILY WORKER ashington Blvd., La III. aii OR LABOR PARTY. finounce the CONVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL F Ben Gitlow lA EARMENT WORKERS TURNS Sst omy xen re BACK ON OFFICIAL A F.OF l. POLICY ee, 3 aS “ aG 1 2 2, a woe | Np of the release of eee Gitlow fr 8 Daily Worker yesterday at fispatches from William F. Dunne and Jack „ now inh. Philadelphia 4 Wention of the International Ladies’ Garment 2 5 Union as representatives of 4 (Special to The Daily Worker) Mas Ben Gitlow, well known: laber tes jer 8 PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 11—The biennial convention of after the United States col the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union assembled here pmunist, was recently committed to the peni-- reaffirmed his conviction in 1920. He had — | Ne 4 already served two and a half years of hie * 3 dendous agitation for his release was carried unanimously adopted a resolution for a labor party. This is the on in the labor movement and the I. L. vention now in session has gone on record 1 k demanding his pardon from Governor F Ne York. second. big international within the past few weeks going on rec- ; The es from Dunne and Jo — tat Gitlow had been invited to address the | ord for the formation of a labor party. bhi gs dos one 1 the re- bam el ¢ pany is 4 De S rich convention by Unanimous. vote and q = . cent Boston convention of the International Furriers’ * connected with the steel trust and Yor — With both these internationals on record in favor of a labor owns 36,395 acres of coal lands in Alabama 12 ed and 1, oe ; party the movement to call a conference and establish a commit- 15 8 Kentucky scab coal fields. “Tope operates on $6,397,723 | | The Santa c 2 eee tee to carry the agitation for a labor party thruout the entire oe Sh Tea capital and in 1922 made a gross ius 8 — labor movement is greatly ac-* * profit of $748, 622. r oo 8 i Pare celerated. AS WE SEE IT | Company to ‘Blame. bs Struggle Continues. Yet this rich corporation failed to The bitter conflict between the left By r. J.) Orne establish safety devices and the wing delegates and the supporters of ee eprinkling system to keep down dust 1 — ee ne tat causes explosions, and as a re- With me enten ein dende pera „ zult there are 61 dead miners in the the worst of it in debate. The Sigman | machine suddenly became an ardent Sea and ready to bark if the Turks 8 — — — er supporter of the Civil Liberties’ } continue to place obstacles in the the part ot the ‘Lewis Pas a ot Union as the guardian of the politi- way of the British oil magnates who as United Mine Workers’ of Amer- al privileges of the workers today 1 to Le Sai oe 2 dea to organize these miners who pate when the endorsement of de Inter- — eposits ma national Labor Defense came before af the Locarno pact was signed „ 9 3 the convention in the form of a reso- P enn. Coal Town Scene 0 amidet nn from pacifists all power of the U. M. W. of A. to sue- lution signed by 23 local unions re- * 7 d over the world! It need not surprise ceed in establishing the union. there presenting a substantial majority of 0 rage y ¢ anybody to see @ nice little shindr ‘whole “situation ie typieel of the membership. The resolutions kicked up in the event Of hostilities) industrial oppression-exiating in committee report referred the matter By A Worker Correspondent | between Turkey and England. Just the United States. Om the board of to the incoming executive board and LIBRARY, Pa., Dec. 11—A striking now France is co-operating with Aivectors of. e Peat “aaa the left wing took sharp issue with| miner’s wife and mother of twelve | England against the Turks, in return Iron company ts Valentine E. Macy, this recommendation. Delegates Wor-| children was killed and another woman for English co-operation against the a New. York enpttditat:« Muay te: aldo tis, Morgenstein and Zack spoke | fatally hurt in this little mining town Syrians, For the moment both pirate director of the Mechanics’ and Metals against the committees’ report while | when a company truck dashed into a : powers are en. ne ena Bank. thes 1 Antonini, Feinberg and Hochman sup- group of women. The woman killed for the sake of “civilization.” But pany, the Bank of ‘Long: Island 0d ported it. The report of, the commit-|is Mrs. Timka and the woman now in 6 unit can nga how long this holy Manufacturers’ Commercial. con tee was adopted by a vote of 155 to the hospital with four broken ribs and ma >. unity y 3 and the Queensboro Gas pay Electric 105. broken arms is Mrs. Susie Besek, aged ‘ company. Demand Releasé of Gitlow. 53. There is very little hope that she Gange FENG, who needs no in- will live. Two deputy sheriffs were to you, is pounding at Interested in Child: Labor! Immediately following the defeat also hurt. the ae ‘Tientsin, in Chihli prov-} But Mr. Macy bes Be an “interest of this resolution a resolution protest- Victims Result of Wage Cuts. ince, formerly a n of Wy in labor and "98 “may ing agaimst the imprisonment of Ben ‘The mine in this little town owned | round en- rere eile and Anita Whitney, 1 and controlled by the Pittsburgh Coal oy ee = — af age a instructing the of. Co. closed down early.“ last spring, oieelgtween r. ee r e gov- Recently it was announced that the — © to ta * “BO 1 N * ö New York : a mine will be reopened at the 1917 ane or yore at Th commit is ¢ act th hat he was ‘passed unanimous . Previous to scale. The men refused to accept this 111 a The odds are in — of the 4 3 of ons , Acontmued on page 2) outrageous wage cut, and the com- tes as he is credited with having made tion, the leading institution of. sen ree pany began to import —— under the ; his yens While the sun shone. With class collaboration composed ot na p- protection of armed guards and depu- the likely fall of Ohang Tso-lin italist, labor and 8 sen- ty sheriffs. Most of the imported men = | Feng should not have much trouble tatives. a‘ were not told that a strike was in cleaning up the rest of the Chinese| Mr. Macy is also xi ed over progress and when they learned the tuchuns in the pay of the foreign cap- child labor, tho one wou not think real situation and wanted to leave italist powers. The imperialist press 4 the mine they were threatened with .« feels very distressed over the civil guns and bullets. Despite of all this, war in China, tho they are not shed- only few scabs remain at work. ding any tears over the bloodshed in Papers Spread Lies. Morocco and Syria. Which is easily 2 As soon as the news of the killing accounted: for- tre spread the capitalist sheets came out ; ee ¢ 7 * Be | 2 with big headlines that a riot took HOSE of you who were inclined 1 place, that the women caused the to. sympathize with Andrew Mel- the driver to lose control over the ma- ’ lon for his laborious work in the Tie Hear t Ie Sto tory of the chine and the women were respon- treasury department should read ‘a — sible for the cold blooded murder. Senator Couzen’s report on the. op- ; 12 eig er F rame up Fifty warrants were issued for the ar- ) eration of the taxation experts of : 11 ¥ f rest of the wives and mothers of the the treasury and save your tears for 25 eee 8 he second night of the 1 men on strike. The company officials | a worthier purpose. It appears that 3 Nort, 2 850 n at gle who are really responsible for the ö one oll company of which Mellon is 5 i murder are still at Hberty. g the principal owner pocketed over N etal Workers N 0. 1 1 ee Aves. for the benefit of the] pe truth of the matter 4s that the four million’ dollars unpaid~ taxes! Has Fi hti icket er tg ö mg ge out | truck, carrying provisions to the scabs which a corporation not in such a 8 ig ing IcRets . Rewarding “Efficiency” n : seve ~ ° — © opem ho do not dare leave the mines, was , friendly’ standing with the treasury | 8. — A = ig 0 8 Sn ryan going at high speed, 60-65 miles an would be compelled to fork out. Be- By A Worker Correspondent 8 e 2 — 8 sy de * 22 — hour, under the protection of armed tween bootlegging his distilleries and After a number of workers had been Sigman Majority tin e i nite evan 1 deputy sheriffs. The truck had to 9 fired for union activities, a strike a 2 ‘ make a turn from the, main road to (Continued on page 2 ———— — — Edieori Ace THREE VALUABLE PRIZES QFFERED on Paper Against n as 3 . 5 the road leading to ti mike “The ; : ance orchestra. which made ‘ trio Appliance Co., on 52nd and 19th Trade Union Uni . driver, instead of running at the Sts., Cicero. The company operates F 5 BEST CON TRIBUTIONS TO THE ty —— 3 eee right side ot the sfreet. turned at the | two shops, one on 54th and Taylor . NE. * left and dashed into the group of wo- ' Sts, and te bart memones stoves} | “ ORKER CORRESPONDENES’ PAGE || sy ». w. sounerone. ß... anting clone tothe tae, Be ' wey which manufactures electric ovens Timka was hit by the wheel and was ' i. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11.—Sig-| wares, making life hectic for every- : 14 and employs mostly sheet metal work man’s ‘paper Majority in the Interna- body. knocked down. She dféd several min- ) ae. f re Ain ‘ utes later before she could be taken 118 ) The strike has been called by the Three valuable prizes will be offered for the three best Worker tional Ladies n 8 Big Nignt Tonight. to a hospital. Mrs. Besek was hit | ; ; Sheet Metal Workers’ International Correspondents’ stories sent this coming week, beginning Monday, e aren ct 3 — 0 sth ite N to os — * by the fender and thrown over the : Alliance, Local 115, and most all th 8 . a ‘ 8 ‘ Max achtman fo te machine. The driver, leaving the vie- Bs , eee aa e bre Dec. 14th. These will be published on the Friday, Deg 18th, Worker unity by a vote of 158 to 113, repre- story of the frame-up against the | tims in cold blood. been te seu Mena Correspondent’s page of The DAILY WORKER. The first prize is the senting less than 30 per cent of the zeigler miners, as he heard it from af h , > \) are maintaining an effective rae ' members. It is clear that Sigman’s atter the machine: : upset, dt was ‘ — line around the plant. much valued book by Nikolai Bukharin, “Historical Matérialism”; the cdiiteat ke eee un lips of men who were in the hall stopped by Joseph Hans, who hap- . (Special to The Daily Worker) The. men employed in the Edison second prize, “Whither England” by Leon Trotzky andithe third prize | NV 7 k d 1 lperi inted out the e pened to be close by. en e eien, PEK! —After eighteen i Ann Among the most prized articles at Hans was severely 4 PEKING, Dec. 11. 5 Appliance have been attempting to the original of th rtoon by R. L f d, th ducti f need of international working class | th y beaten up next hours spent in going eighty miles the | organize for some time and force this 0 ede e ee solidarity to combat international the bazaar were those sent from morning and placed under arrest by international train from Tientsin ar- open shop concern to pay a living which will appear in this page, capitalism. Hochman e, le a Am- 2 meres prison in Washington; by |deputy sheriffs. Later he was releas- rived under guard of various imperial- | wage. The company, thru it spy sys- Tomorrow is Sunday. Write your story and send it in. Non ee on: teas “champion of the 3 8 8 3 (Continued on page 2) g 1 . tem, began a systematic firing of all party workers as well as party members are included im this contest. working class,” claiming it~had 21,-| quest of George Maurer, organizer f | | ere is little fighting but much | men suspected for union activities. pe k b w 4 alt tributi 000,000 members and that the Red In- the bazaar asking for some articles RING ; ; preparation going on in the axea. Boss Used Threats nnen, Pom ternational was trying to destroy Am- for sale Barnett ei tid * ‘ed P | IPAL BREAKS BOY'S * . 7 2 a soli eade ret lee . First two of the most active men to: Editor, DAILY WORKER, 1113 West Washington Blvd. Chicago, sterdam. He contended that there pag two hair bélts, one hair hat were ARM FOR CALLING “SCAR” governor of Chihli, who is also 5 were flred for attempting to organize lil. Today's Worker Correspondence Department in Page Two. j was no need for a new international. and a hair hand bag. All those things ‘ gaged fighting the soldiery from (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 2) AT STRIKEBREAKER’S SON Honan province to the south, — — — AY ROR We eee, pes e Rumors of Japanese aid to Chang B 5 . | y A Worker Correspondent Teptin,. who: ia bard pressed near Saturday Night Sunday Afternoon | LIBRARY, Pa., Dec. 11—The word ; rmed, altho Tokio (2:30) “scab” is the most despised word in err say that the Japanese are- GAMES — DANCING 5 | this little town Bian the school ng Chang, especially with money. | Ande. F Danish C | ; : Freiheit Orchestra, Soloists, anish Costume Dancers children cannot refrain from show- _Seeng is ssid to he prepaciog 4 Dancers and Russian Balalaika Saturday Night—Sunday Afternoon (2:30) wale Night, Andrew Torrence, Soloist. | ing resentment against the cabs. g Tea. 5 One boy, Wm. Turchi h led a Liao river oe 72 Sung- * NORTHWEST HALL, North Ave. and Western Ave. The Charleston—South Side | “scab” at a n 8 r * 44 * an th, e ee A 3 Ukrainian Juvenile Quartet. Branch “Sextette | zis arm broken by M. Baker, the churia.” Chang’s pala ig mei December 12 and 13, 1925 SUPPER AT SIX served by Jugo- | principal of the school. Miss Wilson, ever, very much against him doing Other Features—Lettish, Jewish, Lots of Fine Articles. Exhibit of Articles made by Class-War Prisoners—Do Your Holiday Buying. 2 de | E pe Mba a 2 more than postpone the end... He is, | and Polish, BEST REFRESHMENTS GOOD DANCE ORCHESTRA rt Ratertalament--Gathee, Ave , eee ee despite this, calling in reinforcements PRIZES — AUCTION — __ BARGAINS Con, Prizes. 5 1 ee COME EVERY DAY: * | punishment. That's how miners’ from the north and making ery to HELP THE ZEIGLER MINERS D ; Aft : | , r aneing ernoon and Night _ Children learn their lessons of the — — ——— —ä—ä ..— — . — — — —— | class struggle, A > * fs js ty 1 l * at -
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» N * 232 it. * 1 — 94 : : 1 * SPONDENCE ATTACKS YOUNG WORKERS LEAGUE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN IN CHRISTMAS RUSH EAST CHIGAGO TEACHERS FIGHT WAGE REDUCTION By HENRY VICTOR. (Worker Correspondent) Student of Chicago Class. The teachers of the Fast Chicago, dodging his own. tax experts poor Andy leads a x fas . a T was a mean trick the Farmers’ elect a conservative after his own heart, to the presidency. Cal told the banker-farmers, that their pro- fession was an art, that he handles a ‘ - 3s eat “ERGs e e e 5 gt 5 hal } . 8 7 * * *. wa : ‘ : 4 70 * . 1 y 75 Burden By J. LOUIS ENGDAHL. Knocks out White . fy. ’ * 4 L¥ ? 4 : 1 ia l (continued mom page 1) the International Labor Defense ro- e Ist had been made & Government in Finlande 5 | ; Educators Call Protest ne ee 8 2 é | t : Ga) can Sigman uf 2 2 bate on the Internationa} Labor Do- tense resolution, another clash occur- ed between the left wing and the Sig- ODAY, the Tuleheimo in Finland toppl manites. The convention was held in the Eagles Hall, smaller than the Lu tehtork occ ily—when there is dust. This event is important because Finl nd, : Lu Temple, which is located across 5 By HENRY VICTOR Ind. public schools are putting up a : cameraman in the vicinity—that a 3,000,000 population, is capitalism's frontier on the north- | the street and was available for the | eee. Cremer: Gerreapeaqens) battle against the sweeping reduc- farmer's wife ie about the most valu-| western border of the Union of Soviet R ics. The pres- convention, and the machine had Youth Organizes Miners Student of Chicago Class. tions in the salaries of teachers pro- able piece of animated protoplasm —— — to Fight Lewis By GEORGE PAPCUN. (Worker Correspondent) REPUBLIC, Pa., Dec. 11-—A 80- called trade union official by the name of John Kurtz who is supposed to be an organizer for the United Mine Workers of America’ attacked the Young Workers (Communist) League and the Workers (Communist) Party at a meeting held here recently. He charged that the leaders of the Com- munist movement were “damn fools” and “nuts”—and why? Because the Workers (Communist) A girl employed as a clerk at the Ow! Drug Store, corner State and Adams streets, fainted right at her counter and had to be carried out to a nearby hospital. Nervous breakdown from overwork was the diagnosig made and inquiries of her fellow clerks brot details of a speed up system conducted just before the Christmas holiday. As the shopping rush increases, the bosses, unwilling to employe more help, impose upon the work- ers a vicious speed-up system. This system becomes unbearable in many department stores and mail order houses when workers are posed in a schedule submitted by J. W. Ashbury, superintendent of schools. A number of meetings have been called at which the teachers indig- nantly protested against the proposed cut in wages, which will practically reduce them to starvation. The new schedule introduced by Superintendent J. W. Ashbury, and which was framed without consulta- tion with a single teacher, provides a normal increase in salaries of teachers over a period of 45 years in service—in other words, teachers will be permitted to eat after a number of years of starving. Teachers, un- on earth, because she supplies the wars with the ‘eannonfodder, as the industrial are either too hungry or too sa with factory poisons to make satisfactory reposi- tories for bullets.’ He said the farm- ers were a manly lot and should fight on the barricades rather than allow the government to help them. This would be paternalism, and per- haps alright for railroads, who were brot up on such fodder, but it would rob the farmers their sturdy man- hood and -indepe The farmers showed their apprgcigtion by burying Cal’s friend, who for re-election under a truck manure and ent demise of the Tuleheimo government is directly efforts to fulfill its functions as an imperialist bulwark against Bolshevism. But the masses refused to endure its program of militarism. . + * * * 5 ‘ The news reports do not state just what the “defense” program of the government was. The special radio tp the Chicago Daily News declars that the government had “ad- vocated an ambitious naval program.” The records show that the Finnish navy at one time consisted of two broken ships stolen from Russia when the white terror man to hold Finland against Soviet Rule. Later, reports had it. these ships were dashed to pieces on the Swedish coast in a storm that swept the Baltic Sea. 5 The Finnish terror, however, had paid much more atten- tion to its army. The soldiery has stalked thru Finland, since made no proper arrangements for seating the delegates, Sigman took advantage of the irritability gener- jated by the uncomfortable quarters to continue his deliberate policy of insulting the left wing at every op- portunity by blaming them in the most provocating language for the slightest disturbances. ei 39 He utilized every opportunity to threaten the convention and visitors with executive éessions—something the machine has been trying to en- gineer, in order to get. away from the hundreds of union members who at- tend, ever since the convention open- ed Party and the Young Workers (Com- compelled to work overtime. it re- | der the new schedule, will begin their electing one who branded Cal's the Bolshevik revolution, prett much after the fashion of the A r e munist) League won the confidence sulte in the nervous and physical | teaching at $1,000 the first year; at speech as hokum. Russian knout wielders and saber rattlers in the days of czar- took the floor and delivered another and the leadership of the coal miners | breakdown of a great number of | the end of 10 years of teaching ex- „ „ „ ism. There is also nine months’ conscription and a so-called ne en in the coke region where the trade workers. perience their salaries would be HE Russo-Germun trade alliance union officials failed. $1,850. doesn’t look good to the Literary “voluntary” white guard. The goose-step of militarism is constantly insulting the progressive 1 R firmly and heavily fastened upon the Finnish masses. delegates to this convention, ie line There was jaR Opposition . > ’ Digest. Neither Goes anything Rus- * * * 4 with your general policy of expul- miners’ union during the strike in the | Mother of Twelve in. aan 8 2 ge 9 sian—since November, 1917. Not be- The workers and farmers of Finland, drawn into the..| sions. We have been very patient coke region. Did the officials do any- Pennsylvania Coal only to “good” teachers; “poor” teach- thing to break the opposition against the union? No! They did not even try. It took the party and the league to break this opposition. When we took the situation in hand it convinced over 40 miners that they must join the union and got the other miners convinced that they must not oppose the union but must get inside and fight against such fakers as Kurtz and Lewis. When Kurtz got up in the meeting and said that Feeney was coming to speak at their next meet- Town Wantonly Slain (Continued from page 1) ed. There is a general belief that the truck was intentionally driven into the peaceful gathering of women. A tear bomb and a. policemen’s club were found at the place where the murder occurred. A reign of terror began immediately after the woman was killed. The school is closed. Several stores were ers may be employed the second year without any increase, while “super- iors”. or “excellent” teachers may re- ceive double salary increase, a fact so indignantly denounced by William Ballou, president of the Teachers’ As- sociation, maintaining that personal tributes by teachers to school offi- cials are not within the obligations of a teacher, and “personal favors and powerful friendships have proved to be of more worth in making an ad- vancement than real merit in the ing content with reprinting digests of to the treaty, it reprinted a cartoon from the Montreal Star, depicting Soviet Russia as a hairy and tattered bum, passing the hat to world capitalism, 1 saying: “Help, please! It is impossible to get this is about as far from the truth as even a lying capitalist sheet could get. Only a few weeks ago a Soviet commission was here to purchase articles from various papers hostile |. along without you.” Needlessto say, | world war under the czar, had fought valiantly for their liber- ation following the Bolshevik triumph over czarism.. In the white terror, supported by the German kaiser before his fall, it is estimated that from 20,000 to 30,000 martyrs gave up their lives on the gallows for the revolution. An equal num- ber died in the bullpens from hunger and exposure. A score of thousands more were held in prison for long terms. There are still nearly a thousand political prisoners n Finland. The Communist Party is illegal in Finland. The Work- ers (Socialist) Party, o ized in pathy with the Com- munist movement, was also declared illegal and hundreds of but we warn you that we will stand no more. This is not Boston but Philadelphia.” . Sigman then declared a half-hour recess but no one left the hall. When the convention resumed business Sig- man's tactics had obviously been changed and the discussion proceeded in a calmer atmosphere. The conven- tion has gone on record against citi- zen’s military training camps, instruc- ted its American Federation of Labor delegates to fight against them at the 8 — * * * a 7 8 A S N e a es 114 0 2. esme | convention of that bady and endorsed ing, there was big uproar and the raided by deputy sheriffs, fifty John classroom. American sheep for breeding pur its most prominent spok n thrown into prison. Very re- all the movements directed against fellows shouted they did not want to Doe warrants were issued for the ar- Many of the teachers are preparing | noses, They 8 : ‘several million cently another terror drive was launched against the Young. militarism, | especially among the 1 hear the betrayer of the coke region | rest of women, a Negro, a union min- to move to Chicago and other cities dollars on sheep d 7 Socialist League of Finland, its crime being that it was also youth, that are under way in the coun- miners. er, was beaten ub by w gang of Neste ged 3 sit gor = T akin Seb sympathetic to Commun The miners joined the union at its |... 0 er. They fa realize tha 1 „% i eee eee, = calla: ii oiled — for his refusal to go back to their only duty is to remain and fight |Q\INCE the trade treaty with, Ger- In allowing such measures to pass they joined they say the Workers (Communist) Party and the Young Workers (Communist) League tells us to join and not because the union of- ficials tell us, which is a blow agaiast The union officers are investigating the matter and it is expected that the company officials will be called upon to answer for the cold blooded mur- der. The “accident” in this little town it out for by running away they will only meet with a similar situation elsewhere. Davis Store Workers many was signed; Berlin bankers granted Russia a. t of $100,000,- 000. Curiously emu, Berlin bank- ers borrowed this money from Wall Street bankers, — government All this, however, has not prevented the masses, both in the cities and on the land, from sending their spokesmen into the Finnish diet. The gallows, prison and re torture have not succeeded in silencing protest nor liquidating discontent. The growing taxation burden, to meet the mounting costs of | without opposition and with their open support the Sigmanites are de- monstrating the difference between themselves and the cruder reaction- ary machines in other A. F. of L. sognfzed the Soviet re“ militarism, has been th unions. the fakers and they will not be able is one of the outstanding ‘features in ° probe” sa eee 2 os ee 41 ee the This support to class struggle to fool the rank and file in the coke the history of the class struggle in Receive No Pay for gime. Russia — nich ry agai go ment. effective has regions as they are doing in some of credit whic the other places. ene Te A GF , | cheek and in the most cynical manner j conscious worker into action. means ae manufacturers government. refusing also to take any part in the organiza-..| imaginable but the record is kept | Another big blow to the fakirs was have sold, $7 ö, worth of goods tion of a new one. . — enn et | the Pat Tcohey meeting in Cardale, By JACK REED. then. In The ward steal Pa., which is near Republic. Over a this country and should arouse every | LIVING NEWSPAPER’ IS. Their Overtime Work (Worker Correspondent) three-fourths of tf * ~~ I 8 i t 3 an a „ os Bae * > - - 0 eT been their attack that even the “socialists” have deserted the The agrarians joined the city workers in undermini the government that — 7 in — 9 measures is given with tongue in the issues from the Communists, but 8 has been 80 to keep out of power any group which hundred .on-union miners attended Student of Chicago Class. | de r ' oc agains mee , — ; struggle |. the meeting where the question of | | PLANNED BY THE CHIGAGD.| | Te. department store employes ber cen n r | joining the union was put to the fore. . aer 8 Esthonia, Lithuania’ wen Polaad ten de mite Lat.” Arturo Giovangitti, appeared before * The meeting was eld under the WORKER CORRESPONDENTS working under very miserable condi- 0 1 * in an alliance that the convention im behalf of Il Nuovo auspices of the mine nuclei and two , tions. new attacks on Wor and Peasants’ Mondo, the n Two-and-a-Half In- P i ‘ I was employed in the groceries Rule. Now it finds itself discredited and deposed at home. | ternational daily. Gi itti, wh . L The Chicago Worker Correspond- | shipping room of the Davis company. Truly the capitalist dike against Bolshevism is crumblin t . is — wack : ‘ ents’ class has capes to issue an | There the workers work 60-hours a Finland today. Some other sector — r e ee Green Notices Negro English language “Living Newspa- | week, The wages are $18 for begin- Workers Who Turn Red By A Worker Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 11— The Inter-Urban Association is cir- cularizing the trade unions with ques- tionnaires regarding Negro labor. Among the questions one finds such as: Are there any Negro workers in your trade, if so how many are in the union? Are you opposed to Negro workers in the union? Have Negroes acted as strikebreakers in your union? The letter accompanying this questionnaire asks the unions to co- operate with the above organization per.” Hey Victor, M. A. Skromny, Jack Reed, Charles Erickson, Ellis Chryssos and Nancy Markoff are the first members on the staff of the “Living Newspaper.” Others will. se added rapidly until the en- tire staff is organized. If you are interested in the class, attend the next session Thursday night, Dec. 17, at 8 p. m. Mon- day’s paper, this page, will con- tain an article explaining the “Liv- ing Newspaper.” * * oh Class in N. Y. Monday. NEW YORK, Dec. 11—The New ners and $22 for old hands. From a week before Thanksgiving until after New Years the workers are compelled to work overtime as late, as 10 p. m. for the price of a supper. When the straw boss came up to me and told me that I would have to work overtime I refused. The following day, I was fired. I was told by some of workers that when the company takes “stock,” which is usu- ally on Sunday when che store is closed, they have to work for just the price of a dinner—no extra pay. The American Federation of Labor never made a real effort to organize the workers in the department stores. USSIAN economists estimate that the country needs goods to the value of $1,500,000,000. How this figure will make thg@ teeth of Ameri- can manufacturers water! They hate Soviet Russia as the devil is sup- of capitalism’ against Workers’ Rule on the morrow. __ capitalism's front elements as the Sigman machine, is now the best supporter it has. He Edison Electric Strike Ties Up F | * * actory in Cicero Large Crowds Turn Out to Bazaar for posed to hate holy water, but a Rus- sian ruble looks much better to them just now than the franc of capitalist France, or the zlotg ot capitalist Po- land. Both currie are going down as fast as a plu With Senator Borah’s resolution Soviet recog- nition before the semate and all this Russian business fushing by Amer- ica’s door Silent Gal may have an (Continued from page 1) @ eir fellow workers and when the men protested this action the super- intendent called the men together, first promising them all the privileges in the world, bonus and what not, but the next minute threatening them with violence and abuse if they would dare to strike. He very boisterously boast- (Continued from page 1) the hair long. Defense of Labor look good to the eye and are of ex- ceptionally good workmanship. . But ‘bag is a wonder. contained, 625 R. each 27 inches * would gladly give you all the goods for the defense of those miners told how he wept after the Boston convention when the expulsion policy was put in force but in the next breath chided the left wing for “sland- ering the chosen Officials of the union.” “ The depth to which Giovannitti has sunk can be estimated by the fact that while he mentioned the French and American revolutions he was un- It | able. to remember such a thing as the Russian revolution, The convention pledged support to II Nuovo Mondo. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—President es, teat r 1 * ‘ * 9 1 — — — — if I could” said Barnett. But under this system even a class war prison- er needs a dollar or two occasionally,” Class war prisoner Barnett, likes The DAILY WORKER and insists. that part of the cess be devoted to the purchase 4 cai subscription. “I HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! want the paper” he says “so please == don’t forget.” The program given out for the and is signed by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. ed about the powers that were behind the company, such as the General Electric Co., and stated: “Tf you men attempt any darned picketing around this shop, this com- pany has enough money to hire hun- dreds of sluggers to deal with you.” The next move was to fire 11 more men. This finally resulted in calling York Worker Correspondents meet Monday 8 p. m., at the Workers’ School, 108 E. 14th St. Coolidge sent to the senate for con- firmation a list of more than 500 nom- inations for offices from judgeships to minor postoffices. It is up to the workers themselves to joint the Retail Clerks’ Union in order to ‘better their conditions. awful hard time to keep his mouth shut, when the manufacturers begin to ask questions. 8 GREAT RUSSIAN MOSCOW ARTISTS to be presented by the the qe" 70 N bazaar guarantees an enjoyable time T HOSE 1 * O trike Grows Stronger. for everybody, from those who come T AMERICAN NECRO LABOR CONGRESS The successful picketing and the] to purchase to those who come to STORIES— militant spirit of the workers have had the results that a number of men are coming out every day and joining the ranks of the strikers and produc- tion has been completely paralized. All the highly skilled men who have been working here for many years have joined the strike. The company, however, has made good its threats of hiring all the plug- uglies, pimps and sewer rats in town to try to intimidate the men. All these professional strikebreakers have been sworn in as special deputy sheriffs and each scab is accompanied home by one or two of these skunks, who even have the audacity to threaten violence on elevated trains and street cars when they see the strikers at- tempt to talk to the scabs. Should Be Time to Unionize. 3 in the celebrated play “Young and Old” By H. A. OSTROWSKY dance. In addition appetizing viands will be served. ’ ‘ The bazaar program is as follows: Saturday, Dec, 12, 8 p. m.—Russian Balalaika Orchestra, soloist, costumes and tea; Ukrainian Juvenile dance quartet in Russian dances; Lettish Dramatic Club in a working class prisoners’ tableau; Freiheit Mandolin Orhestra; Special night for, and fea- tures by, Polish, Jewish and White Russian groups. Dancing, good or- chestra, 5 Sunday, Dec. 13.—Afternoon—Dan- ish costume dancers; Andrew Ter- rence—soloist; South Side Branch “sextet” in the Charleston; The South Slavic Branch as hosts’ for a fine supper at six; Special day for Czech, Slovak and Scandinavian; also English and Youth groups. You will find in this issue: good—are they not? This and other splendid work of the greatest of the living new post - revolutionary Russian writers are in- cluded in ASO RUSSIAN AESTHETIC DANCING—— at Unity Community Center, 3140 Indiana Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Saturday, December 12, 1925 Curtain rises at 8:15 sharp. „Flying Osip”’ A book of short stories that should be included in every workers’ library. This book can be had in two editions: clothbound at $2.50, paper covered at $1.50 from THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Blvd. All this intimidation, however, has | Dancing. ; Chicago, III CAST only resulted in greater solidarity}; Sunday Night—Dancing entertain- ere among the strikers, who are determin- | ment. B. S. GALINSKIA (of the Government Theatres of essa and Moscow) ed not to be bluffed by a bunch of professional scabs posing as special police, and they are determined to car- ry on the fight until the company has been forced to recognize the union and pay a living wage. The workers employed in the elec- trical industry are all paid a miser- able wage and this strike ought to be the signal for a general organization campaign to bring into the fold of | organized labor every man and woman who is working in this great and im- DANCING AFTER PERFORMANCE. portant industry. ADMISSION 50 CENTS. i — | Joint Auspices Freiheit Youth Clubs and Young Workers (Communist). Madame E. L. Less and wevnaru Luggmoy. | Take this copy of the DAILY ae. anden 35 CENTS. (Doors Open 7:30 P. Mi) WORKER with you to the shop We ot A 2 5 : A. A. MICHALOWSKIA (oldest member of the Kiev Workers’ Theatre) MADAME E. L. LESS (of the Government Moscow Theatre) LEONARD LUGANOV (of the Government Kharkov Theatre and the Southeastern Contemporary Theatres) A. C. STAKOWSKI (Government Theatre of Leningrad. Pupil of Rus- _ gia’s renowned actor, Nezomonov) F. C. PETROFF (Private Theatres of Moscow) Director: LEONARD LUGANOV Manager: A. H. PERGAMENT CONCERT AND DANCE to be held at Workers’ Lyceum, 2733 Hirsch Blvd. 0 on Saturday, December 19, 1925 For the Benefit of Jewish Daily Freiheit and V. W. . Solos from Freiheit Mandolin Orchestra—Songs—Recitations
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Russian Metal Thales Applaud P Proposal Moscow, u. e S8. R., (By Mall) — A storm of applause greeted the Ja- panese delegate, Kavasi, who in an im- pasioned plea before the conference of metal trades workers of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics called for the formation of a Russo-Japanese committee of action, which would bring the labor movements of those two countries closer together. Kavasi, who is a member of the Japanese delegation that is now in the Soviet Union declared, in the name of the Japanese metal workers, that the persecutions of the police against the Japanese working class because of their demonstrations of solidarity up- on the arrival of the Russian trade union delegation, had not intimidated the Japanese workers. “The Japanese workers are deter- mined to establish a firm connection with the European proletariat despite all difficulties,” declared Kavasi. “They are further determined to ac- quaint themselves with the situation in the Soviet Union.” Kavasi then pointed out that the lack of a united trade union federa- tion was. one of the weaknesses of the Japanese proletariat and reduced its possibilities of resistance against capitalism. “Revolutionary ideas are penetrat- ing ever more deeply into the Jap- anese working class which is losing its belief the labor protection of capitalist law,” stated the Japanese delegate. “The Japanese workers are in favor of the national revolutionary movement for freedom in China. They will do everything possible in order to prevent a new imperialist invasion of China.” Kavasi then closed his speech amid stormy applause with the pro- posal to form a Russo-Japanese com- mittee of action. Swedish Delegate Present. The Swedish metal workers’ dele- gate, Eckmann, who is also attending the conference expressed great pleas- ure in seeing representativs of the Asiatic working class at the metal trades workers’ conference and de- clared that heretofore the European labor movement has always excluded the Asiatic workers. Pastor Uses Dynamite Instead of Chewing-Gum STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 11.—Rev. Clarence M. Goodmaii, clergyman and contractor, told a judge that he chewed dynamite because it was good medicine. He was fined $25 for pos- sessing eight sticks of the explosive without a permit. oo Derr RAILROADS NOT SATISFIED WITH 15 PCT. BOOST To Demand 20 Pet. From Commerce Body A fight to determine whether the interstate commerce commission or the Illinois commerce commission has the last word on rates within the state was in prospect as railroads serving the Chicago suburban districts prepared to refuse a raise of 15 per cent granted by the state body. Their plea for a 20 per cent raise would be carried to the federal com- mission, it was said. That body re- cently granted the Chicago and North- western a 20 per cent increase, ignor- ing the state commission. Railroad Officials testified before the state body that they required a 32 per cent in- crease to break even on suburban pas- senger traffic but would be satisfied with a 20 per cent increase. The com- mission’s order for a temporary 15 per cent increase was not satisfactory. Pershing Postpones “Thru Traffic * Plans were submitted to the city council by the Chicago plan commis- sion calling for the creation of forty- four “thru traffic” routs of which twenty-five would permit a freer and faster traffic service east and west and fifteen running north and south and five diagonally. At the present time there are forty- two “thru” streets of which thirty-six are incorporated into the new plan. The six streets that are not incorpo- rated are-to be abolished. Chicago has had considerable traf- fic difficulty and the streets that were laid down mean to break the con- gestion of traffic. The plans call for their immediate construction and maintenance as boulevards with the customary safety devices, Texas Prison System Makes $1,000,000 on Its Cotton Crop This Year AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 11—The press is talking a great deal about the soft- heartedness of “Ma” Ferguson for her pardoning of a number of bootleggers, but the prisoners that are forced to labor on the cotton flelds that the state runs have a different story to tell. During the past year, the convicts have ben forced to work harder than ever and today as a result of the slave-driving methods, the prison sys- tem boasts that the cotton crop will bring over $1,000,000 this year. It is stated that the debt of the prison will be met and that a neat cash bal- ance will result, when this cotton which was raised by involuntary la- bor will be marketed. Plebiscite, But Cal Gets a Chance at It ARICA, Chile, Dec. 11. — Chile has taken its appeal against General Per- shing’s ruling postponing the plebis- cite to a place of cold comfort for Latin-Americans. She is appealing to Coolidge against the postponement from February 1, the date proposed by Chile, to April 15, the date proposed by Pershing. Chile claims she has obeyed all the orders of the plebiscitary commission and thinks that the voting should pro- ſceed. Peru and Pershing together have overruled Chile. Pershing’s idea being apparently based on the policy of keeping American armed forces as long as possible in South American cities, since it will be good for U. S. imperialism to have Latin-Americans get used to seeing Yankee soldiers around. Fourth Annual T.U.E.L. New Year’s Ball Will Draw Chicago Crowds. Every militant worker, man or wo- man, who misses the Fourth Annual New Year’s Ball of tne frade Union Educational League will be lonely that evening, because all the rest of the Chicago Mayor Urges Staging of Another World's Fe F air in 1934 The Kinetin et ak a centennial cele- bration which would be another World’s Fair, in 1934 to celebrate the anniversary of the founding .of Chi- cago as a village or one in 1937 to celebrate the incorporation of Chicago as a city was raised in Mayor William E. Dever’s message to the city coun- cil. Along with Marne ‘Dever's message were letters of various civic heads urging the centennia L and pointing out that Grant Park and the ten-mile strip along the lake front which includes the Art Institute, the Field Museum and Munleipal Pier and Soldiers’ Feld can be made the pivotal point for units ot displays* = ©" 7 ee 4 * * The n was over tothe Chicago T. U. E. L., will be held the committee on bw for | on New Year’s Eve at the Italian Hall, further action. 8 DES 3 648 North Clark street. The admis- sion will be 75 cents, with the ward- robe free. Music by Letchinger’s or- chestra and dancing until 2 o’clock in bandits held up the Offices of the the morning. Put the date down now Monarch Gasoline and Oil company and buy your tickets early. here and escaped with $1,658.13 in N 488 r Nn Bandits Get e KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 11— Three going to be t | i.e ee e l Quixote in U. S. Senate WASHINGT Dec. 11.—The at- tack of ent Dawes upon senatorial rules fitting reply in the senate when he was hazed by sen- ator Pat Harrison. Harrison described Dawes as “Don Quixote’s only counterpart in history,” derided him as a “bold bad man” and jeered his “gymmastic rhetorical out- burets.” Republicans and democrats alike laughed at Harrison's quips while the vice-president eat in his chair. ＋ꝓꝗ—ʒáẽVw — t Guards of Aiding un Smugglers i WASHINGTON Dec. 11—Nine mem- bers of the Ul 8. coast guard have been court-mattinled and convicted of assisting a Cuban rum runner to smuggle liquore into Key West, Fla., it was To ** a Demaiid Right to Preach Birth Control i in Boston ky — BOSTON, Dec. 11.—In an effort to break the restriction put on the public discussion of birth control by Mayor Curley of Boston, a meeting is being arranged to be addressed by Mar- garet Sanger hefore the mayor’s term expires in Janpary. Millionaire Murderer Is Released on Parole Discovery that Ira D. Perry, Jr., son of a millionaire manufacturer, has been released on parole October 31, from Joliet prison where he was serv- ing a life term on a plea of guilty to murder during à holdup, has led to re- instatement of five charges of robbery with a gun 804 Perry. @ was sentenced in tly that his life term was “An "fool sentence“ and that he would.be. ont shortly. Dec, 11—The senate oom, adjourned until Mon- day to give the senate elections com- ‘to. a report upon the tor-Designate Gerald , of North Dakota. An- was made by Senator ell, of Wheaton, III., police the loss of valued at ap- The clothing was taken from his automobile as it was parked in front ot the home of a friend last night here, cash. 2 HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! Build the DAILY WORKER. — BOSSES EMPLOY PENSION SYSTEM AGAINST UNIONS Research Board Shows Value to Bosses NEW YORK, Dec., 10.—The national industrial conference board, reasearch body for United States Rubber com- pany, American Telephone and Tele- graph, E. I. DuPont de Nemours com- pany, Standard Oil of New Jersey, Bethlehem Steel and similar big em- ployers, és issuing a study of the com- pany pension problem with comment that industry can take care of the situation, and that over $30,000,000 was spent by American industries on employes’ pensions last year. The | board’s study covers 248 formal pen- sion plans of 245 companies, affecting 2,815,512 employes. The 35,953 em- ployes receiving pensions got an aver- age of $506 each for the year. The board warns that “sound financing on a scientific basis” is necessary but adds that industry can work up from present experimental schemes. The American Bankers’ Association Shop Nucleus 1, St. Paul, (collected from a friend) Long island City, N. Y 1.00 John Zuskar, Chicago, III., 8.00 Philadelphia, Pa., Workers Party... 29.54 80 Dr., W. P., Canonsburg, sa N. Validzich and J. R. Boyak, Far- roll, Pa. 14.00 Italian Br., San Francisco, Cal. (Joe . John Celso, Dante Straveli, C. 2 gr ee Oliva, . Lavili, F. Dusa 16.50 Werkers enn V. {Soviet et ration) 6.22 Italian Br., W. P., Boston, Mass. 5.00 Finnish Sr., W. P., Allston, Mass. 5.00 Workers Party, Livingston, III. 11.00 Workers N Belden, N. Dak....... 25.00 Finnish Br., Detroit, Mich 141.35 Finnish Br., Cleveland, O 50.00 Wm. G. Klasgy, East Liverpool, O. 1.00 Help F inis h the Drive Before Dec. 15! | Mariners Harbor, L. I., N. V. (. * Mee oj Kantor, $1; Amron, Wutala) ' 2.28 | $1; b0c; Weissman, $1; n Br., Cromwell, Minn. 7.00 4 $1; L. Rubin, $1 Mary NEW YORK DONATIONS: Goldber $2: A. Goldberg, $2; The following payments on Rescue Lisa Ge at, 1 . A gti $1; N tickets (partial) for Nov. Bergman, Zura, $1; Hagen- Manhattan Lyceum, $58.00 son, $1; 3 $1; Frieda, 500: Hungarian Home, $5.00; Royal Sam c; Helen, $1; Tania, $1; Palace, -50; Finnish South total 37,50 Brooklyn Hall, 83.50 Finnish Shop Nucleus 8, 4 4.75 Harlem Hall, $17.00; Sokol Hall, | Shop Nucleus 11, Shilofrf . 6.50 $4.00; Bronx Workers’ Hall, $19; | Hungarian Yorkville, Czukrocz........ 75 total 129.00 | Jennie Cooper 6.00 Donations collected by B. Halpern M. Bortn 5.00 at Camp Nitgedeige age the fol | Cliffside Lithuanian, Pruseika .......... 10.00 lowing comrades, who did not English Harlem: Auerbach, $1; Osi fail to remember The DAILY poff, $1.25; Corsan, $1.50; Silver. WORKER even during their lei- man, 5 75; Rebelsky, $1; total... 6.50 Sure hours: Sonia Chusid, $1; Yow. L. No 5.45 | Halpern, $1; 8 * Rachel, Hungarian Yorkville Branch 52.30 $1; Sara Katz, $1; 8. Rac hel, $4; R. Schraml 1.00 | Kramer, 277 Kaplan, * Ma — German Ridgewood Sraneh 12.00 | $1; L. Levin Bliger, 50c; Jewish 1, Bronx, collected by Ross 1 Sign my name to the list of those Who have con- tributed to save The DAILY WORKER. I enclose §............ Name: Address: City: * J. State: Foſward fo Finish Raising $40,000 ¢ Daily Worker Fund Passes $30, 000 Mar | 1 re from Stein, Sister Samuel Citver cum Hungraian-.Yor 8. Weiss, $3; Frishman, $4. Kertesz, $4.50; eil, 75; artz, $3.25; Basky, 81 20.00 George ‘ . = 20.00 Ray Feinstein .. 5.00 Lapin, thru 2.00 Auerbach (Sectie +l 5.00 Section 3, A and @peollection............ 25.17 Section 4a, collec 16.20 Section 3c, colle 23.55 Section 4b, colle 14.19 Jugo-Slav, Sizgor 1.20 Kirin * 5.45 Shop Nucleus No Pecker............ 16.00 Greek West Side "Branch än 15.00 Total today 797.07 Previously recorded. . 29,297.33 Grand total eee J. KAPLAN publicity director, Gorden Edwards, discusses company pensions in the Annalist, financial magazine published by the New York Times. Edwards frankly admits that “only a relatively small percentage of workers remain with one company long enough to com- plete 30 years of service and attain 65 years of age. Therefore, the num- ber of employes who reach pension status is a comparatively small per- centage of those who enter the employ of the corporation.” Government fig- ures show less than 1 per cent of the workers employed under, company pensions over get the pnsions. Ed- wards advocates companies setting aside $1 yearly per $100 of payroll as sufficient to cover possible pensions. Edwards notes that most company pensions schemes carry no legal obli- gation for the company granting pen- sions to continue them indefinitely, or to apply them under all conditions, “since in most cases they contain clauses reserving the right to change or withdraw them at will.” He at- tacks present schemes for mounting costs with increasing numbers of workers in industry. He points out that workers in industrial employment have increased nearly 125 per cent in the last 30 years but ignores the like- lihood of much slower increase of pos- sible decrease in the number of indus- trial workers in future. Union complaints against company pensions are not considered by the writers for big business but the use- fulness to employers of pensions as a weapon against aggressive labor and union, organization is implied in the articles, Pensioned engineers of West- ern Maryland railroad, where union engineers and firemen are now strik- ing, feel the pinch of company pen- sions with railroad President Byers trying to force them back as scabs or lose their pensions. Railway carmen pensioned by the Pullman company lost pensions when they refused, as car builders in Pullman, III. sions when the company was taken The Movement for World Trade Union UNITY By TOM BELL. The most vital problem of labor is the subject of ‘this timely pamphlet. The facts are here: Reasons for unity; steps already taken; the basis for unity—every essen- tial point for the infor- mation of a worker in or out of the trade union movement. Read it—take it to your local union—give one to your fellow-worker. 15 Cents DAILY WORKER. PUBLISHING CO The Source — Soe literature 13. WWASHINGCTON BIVD CHICAGO. ILL MERCHANT TAILOR Suits Made to Order at Reasonable Prices 3546 ARMITAGE AVENUE Phone Albany 9400 NOTICE! Mr. Samuel Ball will deliver his MASTER LECTURE: “THE ASCENT OF MAN” SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 7:30 P.M. at Hobo College, Desplaines and Washington St. Admission free. Workers remember the bitter ex- perience of Morris and company pack- ing house workers who lost their pen- over by Armour and company. Beth- the engineers are, to scab on striking |, | | | LEONARD WOOD 1S WALL STREET'S AGENT IN THE PHILIPPINES Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is Wall Street’s chief agent in the Philip- pine islands. Ineidentally, he is govegnor general of the islands, having been appointed by “our” pre- sident as a man who could be de- pended upon to oppose every aspira- tion of the Filipino people for na- tional liberation. His brutal policy of suppression has united the Fil- pinos solidly against American im- perialist rule. “Complete and im- mediate independence for the Phi- lippines!” ig the demand voiced by all sections of the population. Whereupon Wall Street’s favorite general answers that the Filipinos would not know what to do with liberty if they had it. And the bloat- ed American magnates of rubber, sugar, tobacco, hemp and shipping shout their approval, The Chicago Daily News recently published a whole series of slanderous state- ments against the Filipino people, given out by Gov. General Wood in an interview with Edward Price Bell. A recent article, written in reply by one of the best-known figures among the tocal Filipino colony, gave the readers of The DAILY WORKER an opportunity to see what American imperialist rule looks like to the Filipinos. lehem Steel scrapped the Steelton Steel Works company pensions when it took over the company. Shopcrafts workers of Pennsylvania railroad complain that company pensions, in which Pennsy line leads are no bene- fit when workers have no control over them. Ward Baking company, big anti-union machine bread and cake makers, take away all pension privil- éges from workens who leave volun- tarily or “under stress of influence in- imical to the company or when their services are required by the gompany” as in time of strike or attempts at union organization, Private Firms Want the Unemployment Insurance Business NEW YORK—(FP)—Needle trades unions have led the field in organized unemployment insurance but big in- surance companies are eager to corral'the market. Haley Fiske, pres- ident Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., told the annual convention of the Assn. of Life Insurance Presidents that he expected insurance legislation to be «modified so that the companies might write unemployment insurance. That. the old line lite insurance companies make profits out of all proportion to the service they render is shOwn in a recent study proving that policy holders pay twice as much into the company treasuries as their beneficiaries take out in benefits. Watch the Saturday Magazine Section for new features every) week. ‘This is a good issue to give to your fellow worker. New York, Attention! eee SY" 1 Dobkin The famous tenor. Lidia Savickaya Soloist of the Boston Symphony, Pierre Matheo Soloist of the New York ila saad (on oboe and lish horn). 7 Hilda Shaket dances. All Will Appear at the “NOVY MIR” CONCERT and BALL Where? Park Palace, 110th St. and 5th Ave. When? Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. Who Will Be at the Ball and Con- cert? All, All, All. Get Ready—®uy Your Tickets In Advance. George E. Pashas , | COZY - LUNCH 2426 Lincoln Avenue ‘ ‘ One-half block from Imperial Hall | PHONE DIVERSEY 0791 ) ) E CHICAGO The “Nooy Mix” Ball 7 The tamous interpreter of classic} Genova Restaurant ITALIAN-AMERICAN 1238 Madison Street N. E. Cor. Elizabeth St. Spaghetti and Ravioli Our Specialty Special Arrangements for Parties on Short Notice Munmmununmmmmunummumumummumummmummnumnn: GRIGER & NOVAK GENTS FURNISHING and MERCHANT TAILORS Union Merchandise 1934 West Chicago Avenue (Cor. Winchester) Phone Humboldt 2707 To those who work hard for thelr money, I will save 50 per cent on all their dental work. DR. RASNICK DENTIST 645 Smithfield Street, PITTSBURGH, PA. — ATTENTION, CLEVELAND WORKERS! GRAND CONCERT and MASS MEETING SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19 at Carpenters’ Hall, 2226 East 55th Street. Speakers: M. OLGIN, C. E. RUTHENGERG, General Secretary W. P. of the Jewish Bureau W. P. 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— — — 1 a — 12 — * * 7 : 4 *. Published by the DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO. . Phone Monroe 4712 * * * _ SUBSCRIPTION RATES By mait Cin Chicago only): | By mail (outside of Chicag>): $4.50 six months $6.00 per vear $3.50 six months months $2.00 three months „Like the late Harding, the president should confine’ his campaigns ; Address all mail and make out checks to rue DAILY WORKER, 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, lilinols J. LQUIS BNGDAHL ae WILLIAM F. DUNNE { * MORFTZ J. LOEB Manager Entered as second-class mail September 21, 1923, at the post-office at Chi- cago, III., under the act of March 3. 1879. Advertising rates on application. Unity Impelled by Fear Britain and France at the league of nations council in Geneva have reached a deadlock over the interpretation of article 16 of the league covenant. Britain refuses to bind herself to any specific form of military aggression to defend an aggrieved power against another. Her conflict: of interests against France in Europe. and Asia makes such commitment inadvisable. Altho the league council decided that Greece’ pay indemnities to Bulgaria for the recent border warfare, Greece, backed by England, is defiant and insists upon a reopening of the case at which time she will present counter-claims. Turkey, backed by the United States Standard Oil concern and French oil interests, defies the league deci- sion on the question of the Irak boundary dispute. Differences, deep and profound, prevent unity within the league. council... But on one point there is unity, a unity forced by muthal fear of the growing national consciousness of the cdlonial and semi-colonial peoples living under league mandates. Britain Was prepared to pro- pose the revocation of the French mandate in Syria because of the widespread warfare in that territory and it is probable that she had a hand in instigating some of the disturbances. : But the people of Syria are not pliant pawns of imperialism. The outbreaks of fury against French imperialism after the savage storming of Damascus were directed against the whole mandate policy of the league. England expected to gain by the disorders, but instead of being able to capitalize the situation in her interest, she is now confronted at Geneva with a representative of the Syro- Palestine independence organization in the person of Ihsan Djabir Bey of Damascus, demanding not only the withdrawal of the French mandate in Syria, but the British mandate in Palestine. Thus is . a Be 290 as The manifesto e by the convention of the Finnish section of the Workers (Communist)” Party in regard to the party situation was as follows: 4 * „ „ OMRADES: The convention of the Party which convened from Nov, 28 to Dec. 3, 1925, in Chicago, III., in or- der to clarify the situation that was created in our federation in connection with the bolshevization crisis of our party. This crisis, which many com- rades were apt to take as merely a factional fight between the leaders, had its roots deep in the fundamental questions of the class struggle of the American working class. During the party convention this fall, it was clear- ly shown that there really was a right wing in our party against which non- Communist elements the party cbnven- tion took energetic action in expelling Lore. However, thru this action the right danger was not nora 9 and our party must fi ful against opportunistic de Things that have taken place after the party conventio especially Com Cannon’s withdrawal from the 2 group, have shown that the Communist International, by its in- terference, has correctly 1 the party out of the ertsis- and n the factional dangers that have manifested themselves in connection with this crisis. The unity resolution of the Central Executive Committee, Which was unianimously adopted by the Fin- nish convention, is another step for- ‘ward to unify our party. Altho re- mains of former groupings may still manifest themselves, we can be con- fident that our party in following the correct policy in everyday action will completely overcome the tendency to ‘groupings. It is especially important to find the correct line in our trade ‘union policy and the proper way to handle the labor party matter in order that we may encourage the rising @lass movement of the American work- the political situation changed by the agents of the oppressed | peoples. This challenge forced France and England to adopt a uni- fied policy based upon mutual fear of losing both league mandates. If the liberation movement is powerful enough to evict them, neither nation will have the mandate. The N oppressed nations will establish their own governments. When Djabir arrived and sought an audience with Sir Eric Drummond, secretary-general of the league, he found that France and Britain were united to prevent a hearing of his complaint. No such hearing will be granted because the British realize that as soon as the question of the French in Syria comes up the demand will also be made for freedom of Palestine. This retreat of Britain, forced by the natives of Syria and Palestine, is veiled in the cus- tomary hypocritical expressions of amity. Britain now asserts that she will support France in this affair because France supported her in refusing a hearing to the Egyptian representatives who resented * bn the arrogance of Britain after the murder of Sir Lee Stack in Cairo last year. All revolutionists rejoice in the defiant statement of the Syrians that they “demand the complete independence of Syria and will not accept any other power assuming a mandate.” ro Coolidge’ 5 Chicago Repadiation ie Coolidge’s trip to Chicago for the purpose of desseminating poison gas to the farmers of the middle west reacted as a boomerang. ing masses. It is also important to follow a correct polity in the rela- tions of the workers’ class movement and the movements of farmers. It is our conviction that the action of our party, within a short period, will show the millions of’ exploited, workers that our party is to become the ‘uniting, Finnish section of the ‘Workers 3 1 ; 1 * : 17 Ae class conscious pr Co’ have been te that show | for us and the Finnish comrades thru- either conscious or ious efforts out the country will find their to draw away from „ erent oe RO SOURS ERE. OE She munist Party and 1 ee. struggle. tion, the Workers Party. There have Comrades, a historical change has the | been more open ¢ eilec 7 taken place in our federation. The tendencies than Opportunistic tenden@es manife themselves thru exaggpration , F on ‘struggles. ‘tivities in locals, districts, and now in analyzed for — N tendencies and their objective Aneanir Thru a thoro discussion, the assistance analyzed the c the crisis in the party and in on and has clarified misw and e rors where they hi . note with sa are 8 rect weaknesees.cf glad to inform the party and the I ni h section that in all fundamental pr we unan imously come to the same conclusion. This is a gu 45 et b members that we will be able e our crisis and clear our way 1 tu It is natural pear occasional 80 other non- Commus tendencies among made up of such a as ours, but we ar class coscious de actions. bre should ap- mocratic and ty-bourgeois es which are rot elements ent tt it the who have been By J. E. SNYDER. PITTSBURGH, Kansas, Dec. 3— Farmers must take over their own business, set the price on thetrpro- duct, drive the speculators out of the market place, establish their own banking system, and in their assembl- ed local unions study the problems of economics that govern the farmer and his farm. That is about the gist of the advice of John Tromble, president of the Farmers“ Unidn of Kansas. He was speaking at a Farmers’ Union picnic seven miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Kansas. The farmers there are about the average of small farm*owners in Kansas. From the way they received their president’s Instead of convincing the farmers who are forced to sell their corf | crop at 50 cents a bushel he failed even to convince the aggregation | of petty bourgeois business men and well-to-do farmers who attended the conference of the American farm bureau federation. S. H. Thompson of Quincy, Illinois, who openly ‘opposed the nostrums proposed by Coolidge and who is considered the radical spokesman of the conference was elected president of the bureau, defeating the incumbent, O. K. Bradfute, of Xenia, Ohio, who: was instrumental in arranging for the Coolidge address. Coolidge came to Chicago to save the conservative faction in the American farm bureau federation. His speech was so reactionary. it furnished the best weapon with which to defeat his friends. Coolidge has never made much of a hit with the middle western ers. While vice-president of the United States in 1922 he journeyed to the Minnesota state fair where the crowd booed and hissed him until he had to refrain from speaking. An accident of death made him president, and the Wall Street gang had to make the best of a bad bargain and proceed religiously to manufacture a Coolidge myth, to front porch activities, for when he appears in public he queers the game. For a Labor Party. The resolution of the Philadelphia convention of the Interna- tional Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union in favor of a labor party: indicates a definite swing away from the treacherous’ Gompers policy| of “rewarding friends and punishing enemies” within the old party political machines. This is the second convention within a few weeks to go on record for a labor party. The first one was the Boston | convention of the International Furriers’ Unions A good start is made toward the calling of a national conference that ought to set up a permanent committee to carry on intensive campaigns in all the central labor bodies and local unions in the country in order to crystallize the mass sentiment that unquestion:_| ably prevails for a labor party, a sentiment that has steadily grown since the close of the war. The creation of such a party will be the greatest forward step possible for American labor at this time, and those militants who initiated the resolutions should see to it that they are not sabotaged | by the officials who support progressive measures in words but are slothful in deeds. Senator Pat. Harrison of Tennessee excoriated Vice-President Dawes the other day, calling him a “Don Quixote, tilting with every | adverse element from geese to windmills.“ The democratic senator | shows poor historical and literary insight in his use of analogy. Dawes is not a Don Quixote. His verbal outbursts are far more reminiscent of Sancho Panza’s jack ass. | national speech and the one I.made following his, I should judge that there is a de- cided tendency toward revolt against the present system of market gambl- ing, railroad discrimination in freight rates, banker hold-ups by mortgages and high interest and price fixing by everybody that either buys or sells from or to the farmer. He cited the enterprises that are now being established by the Farm- ers’ Union, such as live stock, pro- duee, grain and other commodity ex- changes, and that a combined national conspiracy exists among the specu- lators to destroy these enterprises. An attempt was made to keep the Farmers’ Union out of the stock yards at Kansas City; the bankers associa- tion has it so fixed that they can de- cide whether there are too many banks in a town and a Farmers’ Union Bank is “too many.” A professor from the teachers’ train- ing school in Pittsburgh, Kansas ad- vised the farmers to study up on the use of the many elements in feritlizer and that prosperity would come by | the use of more fertilizer. President Trombel's answer was, that he had no abjection to the professor's advice, but what was the use of using fertil- izer, to increase the crops, when the farmers cannot sell. what they pro- duce now for enuf. to pay: the interest on the debts they owe, besides “when | every time they raise fifteen bushels of wheat to the acre there is an over- production and the bottom. drops out of the market. He said the general impression in the world is that the farmer is a failure,“ it is continually repeated and the farmer has been an upt scholar and has lost confidence in himself and his own enterprises. After the meeting I asked him if he thot the big business interests would submit without a struggle, even at arms, to the farmers taking over the industrial and financial interests and doing their own exchange business all down the line? He answered that he did not think they would. That he feared that things were leading to a terrible situation unless the produc- ers wake up to the enormity of the | Situation. I was invited to address the audi- ence and told them of the Interna- | tional peasants’ movement, the inter- trade union unity move- to join them in 55 ba market places of the hands of the s ator. attention to the fact that market is in Liverp torate over all thes producers of weal propagandized into . big fellows gobble up ey They nationalize and locali: serfs to their indust#ies - terme 4 splendid ne > also of the fact 1a tion and take a les farm organization ‘wi handling the markets. sia the speculation pro allowed in text books such as we find in American text books, phat while we are making our farmer neighbor into a co-operator, the capitalist teacher is making our children into boosters for the capitaltst system. The farmers present were much in- terested and invited me to their locals | to speak further on this subject as I only had a few minutes. A feature that is ‘of: importance to all farm and wage working unions was manifest at this picnic. They sang ner. The sociaf culture idea is one of the big needs of our farm and labor movement and we e were glad to see this feature. So lang g as capitalism furnishes our culture an us we will get nothing but sion for our children and ourséf¥es. Our entertain- ments, schools, teachers, school books, our newspapers, Ming pictures, ra- dios, phonoerapha day ‘comics and churches and all aré being used today to pervert the workers’ minds away from the real probl@ms that confront us, and we must owf and control these ‘institutions as welt fis the institutions of production and, exchange, I seconded the advice of their presi- dent that their loch union must be- come the forum where these economic problems must be studied and prac- ticed, and that I thot the distrust and lack of confidence in each other could thus be destroyed and transferred to the capitalist shell game and confi- many farmer songs, farmer recita- | tions and had a big gommunity din- vanguard of the Finnish laboring! masses in this country has | vin taken practical steps and sho" on. | willingness to discontinue its na . on and to connect itself . the workers of other nationalities in ca in their organizations and In our reorganization ac- this convention, we have come nearer to our party, its pther membership, and leadership. Confidently rking together in all party activities we can go forward on the road to bolshev tion, eliminate misunderstandings possible errors. In order to further this unification and perfect our party activities, we have with the agreement of the rep- resentatives of the C. E. C. in this convention, also planned necessary organizational steps, such as the or- ganization of former Finnish paras wae | into workers’ clubs, etc., and put they will continue, even more before, to serve their purpose as or- ganizations of workers and farmers 255 rn — : 9 ? into action upon a new basis so nat Al . 7 FEE - i i 1 2. In overcoming the . ot factionalism and national separative ness we must create a solid. 0 keeping in view the unity between workers and exploited farmers. In ali these actions we must remem- ber that the first.requirement of bol- shevization is firm faith in the lead, ership of the ‘Communist International . Toivonen, Matti „ee, K. 2 Heikkinen, Wm. Marttila, Henry Pu- ro, John Oravainen, A. N. Koskela, K. A. Suvanto, Matt Wick and Lauri Johnson. HOLD MEMBERSHIP THE DISTRICTS FOR UNIFICATION, | AND PARTY TRADE UNION WORK — — MEETINGS IN : dre being arranged. The following are the arrangements for the meetings to be held: PHILADELPHIA—D. E. C. meetin bership meeting, Dec. 15, at 1626 Arch St. PITTSBURGH, PA.—D. E. C. meeting, Dec. 16; membership meet- ing, Dec. 17, Labor Lyceum, 35 Miller St. CLEVELAND—D. E. C. meeting, afternoon of Dec. 19; membership meeting, evening of Dec. 18, at Gardinia Hall, 6021 St, Clair St. CHICAGO—Membership meeting, Tuesday, December 22, 8 p. m., at Schoenhoffen Hall, 1224 Milwaukee Ave. (Milwaukee and Ashland Aves.). These meetings are of the utmost importance and the comrades in nd eee eee, e e is cll Meetings of the District Executive 800 of the various die- tricts as well as membership meetings in the main party centers on the two vital questions of unfication of the party behind the Central Execu- tive Committee, and the intensification of the party’s trade union work, Dec. 14, at at Vork Ave.; mem- 2 SIGMAN P, PER MAJORITY VOTES ORLD TRADE UNION UNITY IN PHILADELPHIA-€ONV EN TION A ~ DOWN (Continued ‘from page 1) sterdam if they would accept it pro- gram. He, Hochman, was “opposed to Communist domination.” Willing to Discuss. Hyman, speaking, said—‘Hochman uses the excuse of Communist do- mination, but the real reason is be- cause the. Red International has ideals and principles and a program, while you have none.” “Do you agree with the Red Inter- national?” asked Hochman. “No,” said Hyman, “Not on every- thing, but I am not afraid to meet and discuss with them the problems of the working class.” Hyman pointed out that Hochman claimed 21,000,000 for Amsterdam, but that. England with 6,000,000 was lead- ing the fight for world trade union unity and that in all countries there were large sections favoring world trade union unity and we must unite internationally, Besides our immediate demands, all accomplishments can be set aside by capitalism by simply a declaration of war, Hyman said, which destroys the soul of humanity. A declaration of war must be answered by a world- wide strike. Delegate Di Moln was against world trade union unity because, so he said, he “did not want to be dic- tated to by the Communist Interna- tional.“ Profintern Enemy Laughed At. Lefkowitz, chairman of the com- mittee on international relations, ac- cused the Red International of being | a “dual union” and the Communist | International with destroying the Ger- man Metal Workers’ Union. He said that Purcell only “represented him: self’ and that Hyman and Zimmer- man were doing “likewise.” He said that he “voiced the opinion of the membership.” He spoke seriously but even his own supporters laughed at him. dence men who have always hood- winked and robbed he farmers at every turn. The Kansas farmer is reaching out for something better. He is seeking education. He is beginhing to sense | the size of his opponent. Tromble | tells me that his organization is ready | to go more than half way to meet the | labor organization, but that it has been hard to get any response on Pasquale Cosgrove spoke for the International Labor Defense, and especially for the Gitlow case. He stated that Gitlow was convicted on a law made at the time McKinley was assassinated. The motion to donate $1, 000 was laid over to a committee. Expose Class Collaboration. Resolutions on labor banking and the life insurance plan of the Ameri- can Federation were endorsed by. pata the organization away trom The Russian unions could join Am- gressive resolut the class sruggle. The left wingers pointed out that Sigman’ s adminis- nti work deus has failed miserably and upon the administration rests full responsibility for the debating society into which the convention has degenerated. The convention this morning gave unanimous consent for the introduc- tion of a-resolution by Zimmerman denouncing the ku klux khan. Reso- 21 lutions endorsing reco of So- viet Russia, the sending of a trade union delegation and putting the con- vention on record ag t legislation against the foreign-born i No Education for Workers. The report on educational activities by Fannia Cohn was severely criti- cized by the left wing delegates, who pointed out the middle-class and scholastic character of the education conducted. The left wing meeting held here last night in (Gontitiued cork page 1) — tration thot more of business that they did than of the problems of the workers. The * was 135 for to 105 against. The resolution ener that unem- ployment insurance be taken out of profits and administered by the union, was 3 Members Demand Action. The sentiment of members is en in the resolutions from the majority of clothing centers demanding an or- ganizing campaign and a general strike to remedy evils of the industry. All these passed unanimously; the in- coming executive board being instruct- ed to carry them out. Sigman is seemingly trying up the convention by unfair rulings, | demagogic speeches and provocative and insulting methods against the left wing delegates. But in spite of his bravado, he evidently has no set plan to handle the left wing and backs down whenever the left wing becomes militant, The voting down of the pro- s is not taken as seriously as they would be if Sigman really represented the membership. ss ¢* $s By WILLIAM F. RUNNE Convention Reaches Impasse. PHILADELPHIA. Pa;,. Dec. 11— The International Ladies’ Garment |: Workers’ convention has now: reached an im passe. port of the General Executive Board, with its denunciation on the left wing before the delegates, the Sigman ma- chine is wasting time on unimportant Matters. None of the important committees except that on resolutions has re- ported, altho the convention is sup- posed to adjourn Saturday and it is physically impossible to finish the work in the specified time. such matters as reduction of freight | Sigman’s thirty per cent delégation. | Sigman Wants No Fight. Private proposals have been made by certain machine delegates to the loft wing that an agreement be reached for an extension of the con- vention sessions to next Tuesday. .. .. The hope of the Sigmanites is that an agreement on the incoming Gen- eral Executive Board can be reached with the left, and that the complete exposure of the machine, which will be made in the debate on the officers’ report, can be avoided. N Excuse Falls Flat. * unanimousiy. | | to hold |: Afraid. to bring the re. Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription ment and their urgent invitations to for the DAILY WORKER. all farmers’ organizations in America legislation etc, b the farmers are | still hopeful The left wing exposed the machine’s; The Sigman plan of blaming the Class collaboration policy which is ‘Isft: wing for the delay. in een ft from the. condition ot the children cf the miners .who: were killed by the Cverton explotion. Nevertheless, Mr. Nacy is treasurer of the National C 1ild Labor committee and vice-presi- aint of the New York state child la- ior committee. Of the 81 miners underground at tie time of the explosion, only 20 ‘escaped death. Company officials seem to think that they are making, a great. concession when they an- nounce that before mining operations will be resumed—and the profits be resumed with more wage slaves to take the jobs of the dead—all the bod- | Is will be removed. The blast which shook the windows many miles away in Birmingham, brot terrible scenes to the bereaved wives and children around the pit mouth. When the first bodies were brot out there was a rush to identify them. The crowd was in an angry mood and was thréatening ‘to riot as pro- test against this mistreatment. when, usual, the. intervention ot religion came to serve as an “opiate.” A Ne- gro preacher, who like all preachers G rve to make the workers satisfled with heaven hereafter and ‘hell on «rth, mounted a large rock and be- gan to sing: te “Swing low sweet. ‘chtariet; Coming for to take me Home.“ This paralyzing influence of super- & ition, which in the form of a song t aditional to the colored race, took cf the load of responsibility from t 9 Alabama Fuel and Iron company f - failing to sprinklé the mine dust 1 provide proper timbering, and deéd all responsibility onto god, s t the crowd of impresionable work- urs to weeping and praying and their r ood for battle against the company é:d the brutal police was gone. Office Workers Who Are Y. W. L. Members to Hold a Meeting All office workers, who are members of the Young Workers (Communist) League will meet Monday Dec. 14, Room 302, 1113 W. Washington Blvd. at 7:00 p. m. Here the question of the activities of the office workers in con- nection with trade union work will de taken up and every member work ing in an office is instructed’ to Laien this meeting. —— — ei Miners i, ee a ic S A Aare